< < s h u t t e r o p e n s > >
The photograph was taken indoors, in the foyer of a busy cinema. See those
staircases? they're escalators. You can tell because the people on the
leftmost one are just standing there, inside long coats, looking up towards
the first floor and not trying to walk anywhere. The rightmost one is almost
empty, but that's because it's heading down. I bet you don't believe me,
because the only couple who are on it are heading up just like the rest.
Well, I can see you've never considered breaking any of the rules of
escalator safety. These two are breaking them all. They're running up the
down escalator without even thinking of keeping away from the edges. The boy
on the left even has his shoelaces undone. But it is the girl who has caught
her toes on the top step, which will soon become second from top, then
third, then fourth. She looks worried, but he hasn't noticed yet. I hope he
notices, and he manages to catch her in time.
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My Ink Polaroid
You can almost smell the coldness in the air. IÂ’m alone in the station
shelter apart from one other person. HeÂ’s wearing a hat, which fails to
cover either one of his ears. HeÂ’s staring out the window as a car is
pulling into the station car park, the headlights cut through the darkness
like a knife through water, itÂ’s 5.56am. The windows of the station shelter
are frosted over, showing them to be in much need of a wash, snow can be
seen outside, blowing furiously in the somewhat violent and unmerciful wind.
The more sensible people among us have chosen to stay in their warm cars
till the train arrives,
ItÂ’s on its way.
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this picture is a little hazy and out of focus as i
was slightly drunk and very hot while taking it.
It shows a boy sitting with a group of great people
who all meet up every now and then and talk about smut
and things,well the boy doesnt as he is quite shy and
quiet. Its the height of the summer in England but
still the boy is wearing a jumper a fashion mistake of
gigantic proportions. The boy is talking to 2 friends
when he spots a cute girl sitting near by. The girl
makes her way over to talk to the boy and this is
where the photo fades..
The next photo seems a bit more clear and shows a hive
of activity amongst the people on the hill,it must be
cold or they have pints waiting for them in a near by
public house. The girl and boy are carefuly picking up
litter and are laughing and smiling as the do it,they
seem to enjoy the litter picking alot,either that or
they are enjoying each others company.
The final polariod is from a dark room full of people
dancing and drinking,we see the boy standing near a
wall looking even more hot than before,he must have
been dancing very hard and i wish he would take that
jmper off. We just make out a girl near him and they
are saying goodbye i think,judging from his sad body
language. The boy steals a quick kiss just as i press
the button to take the next shot it might have been
missed or saved forever on my little polariod
camera.......
luckily it was saved.
DAf
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Hey there Sinisterites,
As my little old camera went to heaven a few weeks ago and I havenÂ’t got
around to getting a new one yet so this ‘ink polaroid’ will be text only -
use your imagination! It tells you a little of what I get up to during the
weekend....
VSO TODAY
The major part of my weekend was going to the VSO Today - Northern region
conference in Manchester.
Many of you wonÂ’t know what VSO is - itÂ’s a charity that is involved in
international development - it aims to reduce poverty, improving quality of
life through using skilled volunteers.
Anyway, the conference was all about where the charity is going in the
future, a time for us supporters and volunteers to have our say in forums
etc. There were lots of really informative workshops on during the day
including ones on asylum seekers, HIV/Aids, using the media to promote the
work we do etc......
So what is my involvement with the charity? Well, IÂ’m going on one of their
youth schemes after I graduate from uni. in the summer. Whilst their main
scheme wants people with at least two years experience in their profession,
the beauty of the youth scheme is that it gives young people a chance to get
experience of international development work before they go in to their
profession.
In my case that will be environmental engineering. I have to sort out my own
project for next year and IÂ’m at the very early stages of sorting this out
so I donÂ’t know where IÂ’m going or exactly what my project is yet but is
going to be in the sanitation /environmental engineering/education sort of
field.
Many hours are going to be spent in my local development education centre
using the resources there to sort myself out.
CHINESE NEW YEAR IN CHINATOWN...
After the conference a few of us went into ManchesterÂ’s Chinatown for a very
lovely meal in ‘The New Emperor’. The food was lovely. Warning - the
starters are large - they could almost constitute a main course in
themselves...
The decorations were lovely in the whole area - it was heaving with people
and the atmosphere was really cool - this was only quite early in the
evening as all of us needed to get trains do our own thing.....
....I went to visit an old friend from my ‘Year in Industry’ - I haven’t
seen much of him since he came back from his year in Japan.....
DANCING TO ECLECTIC TYPES OF MUSIC....
Well, it was OffbeatÂ’s 6th Birthday night on Friday and I was there bopping
away to indiepoppunk music and eating cake - mmmm.
For the first time ever I actually left early - not because it was bad - no
way! I got a message on my mobile saying that an old housemate had made an
impromptu visit back to Sheffield. By this point Offbeat had long sold out
so I had to go....
I ended up at Urban Gorilla, which is a breakbeats night - two extremes or
what?! Yes, I did get some dancing action here too although not as much as
at Offbeat. Whilst I do like some breakbeat music it is in a bit of a sparse
manner.
SPORTS SHENANIGANS...
Sadly the only exercise I got this weekend involved walking around streets
and dancing as opposed to more hardcore winter walking, kayaking, my usual
yoga routine etc.
This is because I fell down the stairs a couple of weeks ago and bruised my
coccyx - I would like to point out that I was not drunk it also means IÂ’m
not getting any either (sorry for lowering the tone).
Thanks to Brian for pointing out my Freudian slip when spelling
aforementioned body part in an email to him. It all goes back to those
biology lessons so long ago when you spell it incorrectly once your brain
sometimes slips back into it!
DonÂ’t worry - here comes the signing off bit....
Well anyway, IÂ’m enjoying finding out more about what you all get up to over
weekends. I have to admit it isnÂ’t often I get chance to read all the posts
(which is why I hardly ever post myself). IÂ’m using them as short revision
breaks when IÂ’m doing some of my work on the computer!
Take care all....
...Amy
(There are several AmyÂ’s in Sheffield so IÂ’ve been asked to clarify that I
have quite large curly fair hair)
P.S. Plug/List Abuse: - If you are interested in finding more about VSO
other than what I have said you are all net wise so go to: -
http://www.vso.org.uk
....any nurses, social workers, mechanics, engineers, teachers, the list
goes on ...... out there - you are needed!!!!!!
P.P.S. If anyone has any tips on breaking up the message without using rich
text (thus not being allowed by Honey's computer then please let me know!
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See. That girl standing on her bed. She's modeling her new-ish Red & Black
-David Bowie- [--dreamy sigh] long-sleeved shirt next to her -David Bowie-
poster. It was given to her as a present by a boy who is quite lovely.
She's holding a pretty glittery pink tin covered in stickers sent to her
with love from Johan Hugo all the way from South Africa. She remembers the
day she got it, because it was a horrible day. Of course, once munching on
some slightly stale gummi-bears, she decided maybe the day wasn't so bad.
-{blink}-
That's the street outside her window. The tip of the streetcar is on the
right side of the photo. It's snowy out still, but more icy as it's been
warmer the past few days.
-{blink}-
That's her making a face & wrinkling her nose by her laptop [named Steve2]
drinking her green tea out of a NightMareBeforeChristmas travel mug. She's
procrastinating an essay and nursing a sore throat/cough at the same time.
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Friday, 31 Jan. 2003
Oh dear. That would be me, there, in the center of the dance floor, shaking
my ass to any one of the fantastic pop hits John played Friday night at
national pop league; I think it's Emma's House by the Field Mice. My mouth
is slightly open cause I've been caught singing along, an awful habit.
That boy next to me, that's Matt. Mr lokar. Or whatever he's known as around
these parts. Gubke? He's obliging me here; that steady gaze is not his usual
dance face. Were the song, say, Spanish Bombs, he'd be in a blurred frenzy,
incapable of being captured on still film.
The girl behind me? I'm not sure exactly. But she's there every week, and
always well dressed. I think her dainty red locks are quintessentially
Scottish, don't you? And she's always so fashionable. Look at that dress,
with its tiny white polka dots. I've simply shown up wearing all black, with
the collar of my green button-down shirt poking through.
Oh, yes. I suppose that would be Stuart over there. He's a funny dancer,
isn't he? He usually only graces us with his moves for a few select obscure
old indie hits, but tonight he's got his dancing shoes on, apparently. His
partner in crime is John from Camera Obscura, who is without his
characteristic old man's patterned polyester shirt this evening, opting for
a tight white tee instead. It glows purple in the funny lights of the
Woodside Social Club.
Can you see the beads of sweat on our forehead? It's hot.
*
I nearly forgot about ink polaroid day, which would have been a shame
because it's been ages since I've posted here, and I thought it'd be a fine
excuse to do so. Thank heavens for Ms. Lucy's lovely polaroids. Mmm hmm.
Would it be awful to steal her idea and post more than one?
*
Saturday, 1 Feb. 2003
Can you believe how many people they've managed to squeeze into one tiny
functions room above the old fasioned Manchester pub? It's hard to tell from
this distance, but yes, those walls are painted murals of old-fashioned
hunting scenes. That's me sitting on the red pleather bench against the
wall, leaning on the table with the emerald green foil covering. The empty
pint glasses in front of me are not mine, I assure you, for I am too
exhausted from our 5-hour bus journey to drink. Perhaps that is why I'm
leaning against Richard's shoulder. He's the adorable boy with the blong
Beck hair whose face is turned towards the stage to watch his favorite band
ever, the Mountain Goats. Can you see the sparkle in his blue eyes? Doesn't
he look happy? Sitting next to him is Stoo! Of the Sinister Congregation,
Sheffield branch. And next to him is his lovely girlfriend Katie. We ran
into them downstairs, completely unexpected. Stoo was my very first sinister
friend, and I hadn't seen him since Nov. 2001, when he abducted me from a
Lucksmiths gig in Leeds for a few days respite in Sheffield.
Ew. See that guy partially blocking the bottom left side of the shot? Well,
you can kind of make out his yellow pigtailed hair. He was also wearing pale
blue jeans with big holes ripped in them; pity you can't see that. The thing
about this boy was that he didn't seem to have a whispering voice. NO. Thus
ruining the otherwise perfect gig for all. Nah. But enough to annoy me to no
end. John, the lead singer, is the one sitting in front of that cascade of
foil behind the tiny stage. He's American, and talks about fucking posers
and the Tampa Bay Bucks and other things that make the English giggle. He's
losing his voice. But can still sing an amazing love ballad called
International Small Arms Traffic Dealer, or something similar.
Oh yeah. The woman sitting in front of me with the blonde hair and the pale
blue top with weird tassles at the sleeves - she recognized me and Richard
the next night, at another gig. She's from Florida but has an English accent
when she wants. She seems to be dating the most square guy in the room,
wearing khakies and guzzling down pints as if he's been thirsty for a month.
Actually, he's only had three beers since New Years. They make him snore.
*
I just got off the phone with an old lady from Motherwell. It appears I'm
taking the train down there tomorrow to interview her for an article I've
been working on in a panicked frenzy all afternoon. She goes bloodletting
every week. Should be fun.
It's been ages since I've felt like this - slight nausea, shaking, hands
freezing. All the signs that I'm working on a big story. The fear, the
excitement, the adrenaline. I'd forgotten. Is this what keeps Peter Arnett
going? John Simpson? Mmmm.
Did we all know the band are going into the studios next month to record an
album to be released in the fall? That they're going to Spain in May? That
Camera Obscura are playing here on Valentine's Day and I'm so excited I'm
going to burst? That Stuart's girlfriend is not as scary as she seems, even
going so far as to smile at me the other day? That I thought of Honey, and
all of you, while stuck on the last bus out of town last night, with a boy
dozing at my side, and a bus driver whistling 'Everything I do, I do it for
you'?
It's true.
-stacey
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This is a ink polaroid that I'm particularly fond of that I take out once a
while.
======================
It is the inside of a Chinese restaurant in London, some very nice looking
food were in the middle of the table, not as good looking as the girl who
was in the process of writing her folks. She needed a bit of help with her
chinese so she had a boy to help her, but then to call him helpful would
have been flattering. They eventually had to enlist the help from an expert
to complete the letter - that's the waiter with a mostache you can see in
the photo there.
======================
Anyway that was taken a little short of two years back now and the
camerawork wasn't very good because that was the level of his skillz back
then, he didn't get much exposure in there. A much better one was taken
just yesterday..
======================
The camera was positioned rather good on this one, just behind a wonky
wooden table overlooking a street in Lan Kwai Fong going down and then back
up a slope. Along the street are lots of people, whose trendinesses appear
inversely proportional to their proximity to the camera. A couple of pints
of becks can be seen on the table both slightly spilt due to the table's
wonkiness.
The back of the polaroid read 'Hong Kong Sinister Meetup Jan 2003'.
======================
In which a great time was had by all attended (I hope!), with discussions
going from Madchester to the Lamma Massiv to Belle and Sebastian to
graffitis in french.
And hopefully now an extra meetup will take place this Thursday that
promises a 50% increase of turn-out figure! Hong Kong sinisters beware!
Kung Hei Fat Choi everyone
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Great. I couldn't post until someone did, as I'm not on my computer. Here's my ink polaroid.
We're sitting in my friend Angus' front room in his flat on Tulse Hill, our new home for the next three months while our house is being put back together again. There's a program about designer vaginas on TV that I'm doing my best to hide from. I hate surgery on telly and it's only a matter of time, apparently. Angus is miles away in Enfield at his girlfriend's. He'll be there for quite some time. Months probably. I'm in the armchair, Adrienne is on the sofa. And Daz, Angus' flatmate, is sitting on the stairs, talking about his life and "my now ex", almost in a comic monologue. Adrienne has a moment of deja vu, which prompts Daz to tell us about the dream he had when he was young about falling out of a tree. He must have been eight or so. Four days later, he fell out of a tree. We're all laughing.
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hello all,
<ink polaroid>this is an ink polaroid which was taken on friday night. in
it you can see myself and ms gina t (also of this parish). we're standing
on a very small stage with a pair of makeshift decks in front of us. we're
about to put on a cd which comes in a yellow cover because a very drunk boy
has just asked us to play his favourite song. we're wondering if we should
because we only just played 'the boy with the arab strap' and two b&s songs
in ten minutes might be too many for most people. it's the end of the night
and a lot of people have already gone home, so we're going to decide to play
'there's too much love' after all.</ink polaroid>
and now to complete my 15 minutes... the mighty ladybird ladbird featuring
several sinisterines (including myself) has got through to the semi-finals
of battle of the bands at york uni. we're all very excited, if slightly
nervous, especially because our drummer missed the last practice because he
was interviewing the delgados in leeds and he's only played one of the songs
we're doing once. but i'm slightly hoping that we don't get through because
i'm not sure if we have enough songs to get to the final. although i would
like to resurrect our cover of llpj, even though i can never get the high
notes that monica queen can.
mark hester wrote about ice skating. i haven't done that in ages, but at my
oh-so-posh prep school we had ice skating lessons at queen's ice in
queensway (it's called something else now like leisure box, that sounds a
bit dirty to me), i got my grade two. but i was never very good at it.
some of the girls could do pirouettes on ice (!) and everything.
now i have to go and have a shower because i've been writing an essay since
five o'clock this morning, and i feel all cruddy and skanky.
dalai lama (check) cliff richard (check)
pip pip,
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*****
This one's a bit blurry because of the high winds. Matt and I are in
it, and our friends B and E. Matt and I are clutching each other and
laughing because B apparently has his head inserted between E's breasts,
though in fact he's just using the shelter of her coat to light his
cigarette. She is wearing some fantastic mittens. B has a hat with
ears. We're all on the top of a hill on the very muddy, claggy footpath
to Lewes; in the background are the Downs and a few tiny farms dotted
around. I have mud all over my shoes and up my legs, and my hair is
blowing across my face in the wind. You can see a few birds outlined
against the sky.
*****
This is in the Lewes Arms. We all have pints of Harveys bitter in front
of us, and we are all smiling and a bit red in the face. Behind us on
the walls of the pub are old photos of Lewes Bonfire Night celebrations;
mostly they're of stiff-backed moustached men in viking costumes. There
is some ancient horse tack on the wall as well, and part of it seems to
be made of Burberry tartan which is odd.
*****
This one is later that night. It's my front room, with me and Matt in
it. We are sitting on the floor eating our dinner off the coffee table,
and we both have rapt expressions on our faces. On our plates is
home-made spinach and potato curry. I am wearing my pyjamas. The red
curtains are pulled closed, and we are lit by the reading lamp next to
the rocking chair. You can see our winter cherry tree on the dining
table behind us; the two orange fruits are a bit shrivelled now but
still bright.
Love Archel
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+-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+
+-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+
+-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+
+-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+
+-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+
+-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+
+-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+
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