Dear Sinister,
In case you require clarification from Sunnyset's post here are some useful
definitions for you:
Real Life: All the things non-dreamers think life is like (a place where
money is important, people are not nice and buildings are grey) esp. the
ugly bits. It also contains things like gravity and the weather, which make
it very powerful. (see: all around you)
Dreamer: Person who values the thoughts in his/her head, whose world is
filled with colour on a grey rainy days, who wants more from life and finds
it within himself/herself. (For more information on how to spot them and
what do with them see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/dreamers/)
Friends of the Heroes(1): Bunch of crazy dreamers (see word) who think by
devoting their time and energy to a weekly webzine they can make a
difference. (see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/about/)
Friends of the Heroes(2): Weekly webzine that openly embraces the dreamer
movement, finds heroes everywhere and looks for the magical in the everyday.
(see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/)
Dreamer Movement: the act of leading one's life based on the faith that such
elusive and futile things as love, happiness and money can come to one's
possession and even that one can make the world a better place. (see
http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/dreamers/)
Nixon: The very band that gave the world the line 'today I bought a record
your new boyfriend has never heard of - oh I play it just for you' that
makes indie kids the world over smile. Their association with the dreamer
movement is vague however some people consider them to belong to it since
their lead singer/songwriter/guitarist/bassist/drum machine programmer Roger
Gunnarsson publicly admitted he believes love can make you happy. (see
http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/page2/)
Ballboy: Band who gave the world the lyric 'it's alright, cause someday
we'll be millionaires, and it won't matter then how other people treat you'.
Their connection to the dreamer movement is somehow clearer since their
frontman Gordon McIntyre deemed waking life without dreams as being 'useless
and pointless'.
(see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/archive/issue22.html#3)
The German Exchange: Band that gave the world the notion of gentleman rock,
a few great quotes on the meaning of life and five free cds to those who
answer a few simple questions!
(see http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/page8/)
Sinister: Mailing list that often makes dreams more possible and to which I
owe a proper post. Till then,
Think Pink, Dream Purple,
Dimitra Daisy
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Sunlight falls through the window and music from ballboy plays from my
stereo. The sunlight looks unusually pretty today. It shakes me from my
state of perpetual daydream. I decide to leave the shelter of my mind and
enter the real world.
I catch a bus and travel past trees heavy with bright pink blossom. I sit
outside drinking coffee watching the world pass me by. The real world
involves interaction.
I text a girl in Greece, a fellow sinsterine, a friend of the heroes, and a
life long member of the dreamers movement, if you really want to know.
She tells me:
"sometimes I dream, sometimes I fly/and it's all because I do/ believe that
we'll be still in love tomorrow"-
She tells me Nixon says that.
She tells me she needs a true love.
I tell her she will find one. One day.
I take some pictures and a young girl decides to pose for me. She looks
sweet and happy and excited to be captured on film. She offers me her
balloon. It reminds me of what someone from the german exchange once said:
"There's nothing more inspiring than an act of kindness. Simple throw away
things - general etiquette, passers by who are smiling, etc. "
I talk to a stranger and surprise myself. It wasn't such a terrifying thing
to do after all. I feel brave and talk some more to other strangers. People
in burger king, people on family outings, people I already know. That's a
lie. They talk to me. The world welcomes me. I'm not sure I'm ready to
accept but its nice to know that the offer is there.
Take Care
Rachel
PS for definitions of some of the more complex terms used in this post
please consult dimitra's dictionary
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If you're any sort of hero, you'll be fighting for what you believe in.
You'll get tired, and worn down by the world. There's always somebody to
tell you you're wrong....You can't always save the world.
But you're a hero, so that won't stop you trying.
http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk
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s.lord said:
>>wrote about coldplay and the song the scientist - and i wanted to say that
>>the song also evokes the need to cry in me <<
Coldplay also always evoke the need to cry in me. Like when my old
downstairs neighbours used to play at 5am, almost ritually, every night,
both Coldplay albums, one after another. My flatmate was at the brink of
breakdown until they moved out.
One time in my local pub my friend overheard one of the downstairs
neighbours (who happened to be at the pub also at the time) making one of
the most defining statements in musical history.
Man: "There has been no good bands since the 1960's you know"
then followed by:
Man: "...except Coldplay"
ROFL
That tune about yellow though is fun to play on the guitar and warbling
over. And also the tune about Shivering you can change the words to sing
about erections.
and Stine~ talked about getting a speeding ticket, I remembered the time
when "a friend of mine" got caught speeding by the speed camera that was
pretty scary as he really didn't want 3 points on his licence, and his dad
has moved to live in Hong Kong but was still the registered owner for the
car, so he shifted the blame to his dad who's had a clean licence for the
past 20 years... nice!
This friend of mine is remaining anonymous in case there's any cops who are
on sinister.
Can people be friends with themselves?
Ken
P.S.: Paulo gave us three servings of his Spaghetti Meatballs, yummy. I
don't have any similar stories to tell yet but, tomorrow I'm might be
getting some BIORE. So brace yourself for a reporting back. I have a
feeling that I'll be pulling out something grosser than Paulo's Vasectomist.
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Ah don't worry, I wasn't going to drag it out (with or without a crochet
hook) but as you were all interested, I feel I should close off the story,
with a happy end (pun intended).
Thanks for all your interest, (is it affection, or is it like staring at a
road accident, both hideous and compelling?)
I just wanted to let you all know that it all seems to be OK now. There is
no pain.
I can walk properly, jump up and down, and fit into tight trousers, so we
can all rest easy.
I tell you what though, I'm not having one of those vasectomies again.
Bye then, and sleep well.
Love
Paulo
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hello,
Riding a bike up a hill and then coasting down the other side is one of the most simple yet rewarding things you can do. All that teeth-gritting hard work, the ache in the back of your legs, the sweat on your forehead, your heart beating hard, then the sheer exhilarition of reaching the top and coasting dowhill, the wind flowing through your hair and whistling in your ears, your heart pumping euphoria and joy into your veins.
My year has been like riding a bike up a hill so far. It has been shit really, full of people leaving and me being stressed and busy. Honours has been more intense than I imagined and I have just reached that busy part of semester where you realise that you have a lot of assignments due very soon and they need a fair amount of work still. I just have to keep working hard and try not to get too down, which I have managed to do thus far. It has been tempting on occasion to just turn around and roll back down, to rid myself of all the stress and hard work, but I know that reaching this peak is something I have to do. I'm not building leg muscles, but I'm building character. Or so my Dad would have me believe.
June 25 is the day I turn 24, and that is about the time I think I am going to reach the top of my hill. I have no classes after that and can just concentrate on my thesis. All the testing I have to do for my thesis will be finished, and I'll be doing research for my department and getting paid a very tidy hourly rate. CD's, books and clothes will be purchased, an interstate trip may be had. A few of the people who left will be returning, and plans are being made for a Book Club and maybe even a once a month indie night at a club or pub. And I'll have time to read fiction again! And there should be a new Belle and Sebastian record, and maybe they'll do a world tour and play in Australia...
I just hope this hill I'm climbing isn't one of those ones that doesn't have a downhill bit on the other side, you know when you find that the hill you just climbed is only the start of a long upwards journey. If that is the case I'm coasting back down and getting my car.
love terry
PS. OZ/NZ listee's, email me if you want to be involved in an Anzac Tape Tree. I promise that there won't be any marching.
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Is anyone planning on seeing Yo La Tengo in Turin,
Rimimi, or Bologna in late May? And, is there anyone
in Italy who can advise on how to buy tickets in
advance for those shows? I'm going to be visiting
from San Francisco.
Thanks,
Nick
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I was standing at the back of Cardiff's number eight bus when I saw Stuart
Murdoch come on and pay his sixty p. It was a bit of a squeeze; he had to
stand right up there by the driver with his feet wide apart to stay still on
the corners. I was standing just up the step at the back, where I always
like to stand if the bus is too full, because you get to look down on all
the people and their books and bald patches and Page Three Lovelies. Also,
on the race round Death Junction the step gives an added element of danger.
So I decided that what he would like to hear on an early morning like this
would be for someone to tap "I could be dreaming" on the standing-room-only
bar they were holding on to. No one else seemed to be doing it, so I decided
to give it a go myself. I tried to be subtle: a few people looked around,
but when they did i was casually glancing out of the window. He didn't seem
to notice, though. In fact he got off the bus on the very next stop, pulled
down the cuffs on his Woolworth's uniform and headed off along the street. I
dunno, I thought he'd have liked it; it would have brightened up his
morning. Maybe it wasn't him after all.
Maybe the reason I keep thinking I see members of Belle and Sebastian round
town is because I'm getting exited about seeing them next month. I am, and
I'm getting excited about visiting Glasgow too. The last time I was there
was, I think, when I was fourteen years old. The last time I saw my Great
Auntie Margaret. She used to live in a high-rise flat in Bearsden,
surrounded by other elevated old folk, all boxed up with their wood-panelled
tellys and silver teaspoons like pharaohs in their pyramids, waiting for the
weekend coach to the other side. But I didn't think Auntie Margaret was
ready to go so soon. We sat behind the window, pretending we were on the
balcony, and watched the squirrels that ran up and down the sides of the
high rises eating the crumbs that no one would admit to leaving out but
everyone did. They were great, and not at all timid. One even came and sat
on the edge of the balcony, as if it was listening to my aunt tell me she'd
heard that Paul Daniels, her favourite magician, had invented a new type of
magic called Jazz Magic.
So, to me, Glasgow is a place of aunts and squirrels and broken lifts. It'll
be strange to go there again, a different person almost. The squirrels will
still be there I suppose, storing up their acorns like gifts for a trip to
the other side. But not dear old Auntie Margaret. I wish she was.
A bit of proper content now. Stuart's been a little inspired recently,
giving us this: http://www.banchory.net/belleandsebastian/030421.html and
this: http://www.banchory.net/belleandsebastian/030424.html . I think his
writing is grate.
As is that of Paulo, my new favourite Sinisterine. Gloriously random. Thanks
for that tale about your spaghetti, Paulo. I'll be sticking to baked beans
from now on, I think.
robin x
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I had planned to go and live in New York. In a street
that reminded me of Edinburgh. I wanted to get away
from everything. I didn't want to just travel, I
wanted to live. To pay rent. I found this perfect
flat, but it cost £400 a month. I was only planning to
go for one month, but I hadn'r saved enough money.
Silly girl, I am. If I had, I may have been able to
afford it.
So instead, I walked along Princes Street in
Edinburgh, wishing I was in New York.
*********
I was watching Songs of Praise. Pam Rhodes was sitting
on a bridge, one of those old fashioned bridges that
is very wide, and cobbled. Like somewhere in a grand
European city, the sort of bridge that dates from the
17th century.
She was interviewing George W Bush, and he was talking
about his faith in Christianity. They tried to get a
choir or a brass band to play, so that he could sing
"Onward Christian Solidiers", but as everyone was so
anti-war, they couldn't find anyone to play. It was a
little embarrassing for George, as he sang on his own,
without a band.
And perhaps even more embarrassing, when they decided
to dub over it with songs from Belle and Sebastian's
Storytelling album, in particular "Big John Shaft". It
was amazing to watch it on the telly. Aparently, the
producer of the show is a huge B&S fan.
Afterwards, since it was such a sunny afternoon, I
went to a church, called St Giles. It was apparently
named after him because that was where he took his
last breath, and fell down dead, under an oak tree
that grew next to the steeple. The church was next to
a little river, with a leafy avenue and a cobbled path
leading up to a stone bridge over the river.
I was standing at the bar, in the shade, where the
church was selling alcoholic drinks. Next to me, was
Stuart Murdoch. He was waiting patiently, as I was. On
the other side of me was a brown haired girl. Stuart
was bored, and quietly started to sing "I don't want
to play football" to relieve his boredom from waiting
to be served.
The barman turned to the girl next to me, and thinking
it was her singing, asked if she would join the church
choir. She said yes. Stuart sighed. "Thats the
problem" he said to me, "they all think I sing like a
girl".
********
I went home, and proceeded to write a sinister post
about the Songs of Praise sighting. I wrote the
subject line "Praise for Songs on Songs of Praise".
It seemed rather fitting, when I woke up, to tell you
this.
Love
idleberry
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In a vague attempt at "content" good to hear we can
expect a new album from fellow jeepster jump shippers
snow patrol in the summer. Although on the other hand
it also means being deprived of the Reindeer Section
for the foreseeable future.
Now to the nitty gritty. I need some help from
Sinister females (and males if you have anything to
pass on). I need to show a girl how much I love her.
Short of plonking a ring on her finger (which believe
me I would love to do but circumstances forbid it at
the moment) I can't think of the best, most grandiose
and original way. But I know the Sinister massiv will
be able to help me out with this one.
Big love, Chris
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Archel reminded us of the long lost art of the pastiche. This one has been
gathering dust for a few weeks now:
The Loneliness Of A Middle Aged Goalkeeper
I'll take a second of the day to think about the goals that weÂ’ve let in
this year
WeÂ’re 3 nil down, the pouring rain, I'm in between the frog and railwayÂ’s
sticks again
The full timeÂ’s looking colourful
It's the colour of pub lager and protection of an open goal
An open goal is wide on the field
Wide on the field
Wide on the field
'Til the posts come down.
The right back, Ricky, slates the opposition but it doesn't mean that we
will show studs
There's a throw-in up the line, we'll pay the ref to add some time, and off
we go (thud)
The full timeÂ’s looking wonderful
It's the wonder of the magic sponge and muddy pitches everywhere, no one
cares
Oh, you care I know
You care I know
You care I know
Is it four nil or five?
(guitar solo)
On a soggy afternoon spent in dispute you'll give yourself a headache, ref
So he took my name for hauling down their bleeding striker and a pen he
gave!
Have you seen the loneliness of a middle aged Goalkeeper,
When he stops the ball and looks around
Just like big Dave, HeÂ’s past it now
The ball hit the stanchion
Ball hit the stanchion
Ball hit the stanchion
Won't you welly it in?
Ball hit the stanchion
Ball hit the stanchion
Ball hit the stanchion
Won't you welly it in?
Take care. I'm going to play with my lego now.
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