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Sinister: animals come banging their drums. or something. B&S Video link.
by Paul Arathoon 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

You can watch B&S in glorious (almost) technicolour from Benicassim here: I presume that it's a TV station's highlights package. http://casiopea.emisiondigital.com/...stian/video.asf It's fairly good quality in terms of image though I do have ADSL which probably helps, the sound is perfect. It's about 30 mins long. Stu M claims he is looking forward to Paul Weller, they play one of the Peel Acres tunes, Roy Walker and The Boy With the Arab Strap. And a jolly time was had by all. It looks like it was a balmy evening too, Stu is in all white. Prada I would imagine with a pair of gucci shoes. Though he forgets the lyrics to LLPJ and Stevie has to help out. *TSK*. But then Monica Queen comes on so I think that the *TSK* can be ignored. " girls get up on stage too. Huge apologies if they are on Sinister but they kind of look like Daphne and Celeste. If they aren't on Sinister- they look very much like Daphne and Celeste and appear to be dancing in the same style as the aforementioned P*o*P duo. In other stuff..err I had a B&S dream last night. Isobel told me that B&S had never had a good song and that Falling From Grace was better than anything they had done "for years" though she didn't like the piano bits (and she even did a piano motion with her hands. genius.) in it as Stu did them. The above dream was fuelled by vodka, monopoly and going to bed at 7am after going spectacularly bankrupt in said game. Peel acres stuff- at first i didn;t like Love on the March. Then I realised that the lyrics were really good and that 'animals come banging their drums' wasn't a line that Frank Zappa rejected 28 years ago but about the Orange Order. I went shopping yesterday and all I had on my MD player were the peel acres tracks and they were still great 4 hours after I had left home. John Peel's voice wasn't so great. p. _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: you spent everything you had, wanted everything to stop that bad.
by lindsey baker 04 Aug '02

04 Aug '02

hello sinister. it's funny how the world stops at five in the morning. especially on sundays. i told someone else tonight in a letter about downtown at five a.m. the streets were all wet with rain and the air, i'm afraid to report, is no less thick than it was at 5 p.m. yesterday. i drove slowly, looking out the car windows, wishing that quitting smoking weren't such a chore for me. and tonight i am wearing this bracelet made of cheap white "gems," the kind that sort of look like craft jewels a forty-year-old single woman would glue onto her sponge-painted kitten sweatshirt. big rectangles with clear jewels of plastic and a sliver backing to make them shiny. you get the picture. and it was shining in the soft haze of the streetlights and early, early dawn, and i smiled a little for the first time all day. i thought that if it were not sunday, and if i were wearing a long, black dress and long, black gloves, i would head down to the donut shop on the corner of 17th and Q and buy a cup of coffee and a sweet. and i would find a window downtown with something in it. clothes or jewelry or music. and i would eat my breakfast there, waiting for the chorus of moon river to chime in, reminding me that this is all just a picture anyway. it isn't real. but it is real. it really is happening. i am ok. i'll be ok. the doctors just have to figure out what's wrong. and then i have to remember what it's like to be happy, and how to go about feeling that way again. *** people have said nice things to me lately. thank you for that. and if i owe any of you emails (sara, i KNOW i owe you some, along with that damn parcel that keeps slipping away from me), i promise i shall try to stay out of hospitals and things this week and write to you fine people. love, lou xo. ------------------ THE FOLLOWING IS AN ADVERT FOR EXCELLENCE: never learned how to ride a bike? merely flailed helplessy in a chlorine-laced pool when trying to learn to swim? come to Camp Kids Who Gave Up 2002, sponsored by lindsey baker, dave snyder and conor oberst to learn to ride and swim like nobody's business! while you're temporarily residing on our beautiful, secluded island paradise camp, enjoy lessons from friendly guest instructors such as mandee wright and listen to a different live band every night (we feature saddle creek gems and omaha rapists)! dating lindsey is also an available option, so long as conor is off-island. SIGN UP TODAY!!! _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: I chafe, you chafe, he/she/it chafes!
by Mark Casarotto 03 Aug '02

03 Aug '02

Ho, Sinister, I have been repeating the words "spiders and cabbages" to myself for the last few minutes while muh computer, which is currently occupied in the ultra-important task of downloading B&S Peel tracks, brings up the Yahoo Compose Message screen. I am here to talk to you about spiders and cabbages, though a few weeks ago I also kept repeating the word "spiders" to myself, only to forget at the last moment what I was going to post about. Maybe the discomfiting effects of heroin, I don't know. So, cabbages. They were mentioned in the last digest by someone, whose name I can't remember even though I only read it a few minutes ago. Ruth? Maybe, apologies if not. This mystery person reminded me of my interview for Big School, at the age of 13. This involved lunch with the headmaster, a dapper, learned little man who was not to be daunted by the most gigantic word in the dictionary. Ahem. All I could talk about was cabbages. In one of those terrible moments when you find yourself making a ridiculous statement ("yes, I love gardening too!"), and then find the unwelcome tangent stretching out before you like an increasingly wobbly tightrope, I deceided to tell him all about the cabbages I was growing. Small and tight, they were, but healthy and sure to be delicious! Even me at 13 knew what a fool I was making of myself. Sigh. Onto spiders, which may be no more interesting but which is at least a little more up to date. For a couple of weeks before I went on holiday, I noticed a smallish spider sitting, unmoving, on my lamp shade above my bed. I was worried about it getting hungry, until I noticed it was sitting over a clutch of eggs. When I got back from holidays yesterday, I found the poor spider, crunched up and lifeless, on my duvet. Excitedly, I scrutinised the lamp, and found SEVEN tiny spiders attached to it! A couple of them got a bit frisky, and started abseiling like the cutest little marines, so I moved them into a shady corner to start their spidery lives. But the other five are still there. At this point, I am wondering if the urban legend about how many spiders the average human eats in a lifetime is actually true, and whether I might end up managing it in a one-night orgy of arachnid-munching... (which idly reminded me that Italian for peanut is "arachido", which is frankly nicer to munch, but you could easily get the two confused) Woo! Just listened to "Desperation made a Fool out of Me" from the Peel session. I wish I was called Richard - the whole band singing a song for me and me alone! If I was called Richard, which I'm not. Sigh. My holiday did inspire me to write lots more in my blog, though. Um, I haven't yet, but I'm starting tonight, then keeping aside various hilarious anecdotes to get me through the next few barren months. So if you want to have a look, please visit http://www.joannou.net/biondino and leave me lots of comments, then add it to your favourites. Please? Finally, much love to the delightful Oon, who I was lucky enough to see all too briefly on her recent trip. Ancient ex-Sinister people - take inspiration from her posts and come back yoursrelves, you gnarled buggers! Alright then, Mark xxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: tiny post of questions
by Genevieve Wesley 03 Aug '02

03 Aug '02

Hello Sinister, I am sorry this post will not be so much in the way of some good, proper Reporting Back because I never have enough time left on these internet cafe things plus I am going to the cinema (alone, sad i know, but it is such a pretty little theatre you almost feel guilty opening bag of candy to eat with the chomp chomp noises because it is so pristine!) to see Vivre Sa Vie. I caught Oon's lovely Reporting Back, and what a lovely person she is. Oon, thankyou for that little bag of candy, I was horrible and ate the entire bag on my drunken busride home. My favourite was that little corn candy, that little yellow single piece. So sweet! I am scheming to go to Thailand, which is a nice dream to have as the rain and cold is starting to get a bit depressing now. I have been in wild Winchburgh for a while now, where has all the time gone? But I have also been to Glasgow and Edinburgh and seen lots of lovely listees, some for the first time, and even to see Belle and Sebastian for another time (although that is stale news by now...I could maybe add a few quick bites to that lovely show. Struan in pale green blouse. Revelation of his temper...it is good to want a man who COULD be wicked. Not that he would actually be wicked, but just the fact that he could be, if he wanted to. That is a conversation from one of the Anne Shirley books I think. Beautiful song, 'Winchita Lineman' that everyone in the world seems to know except me, such lovely words and Stevie saying 'You'll not get a better song than this' in his Stevie way) I just wanted to quickly post to say I am going to Galway and (maybe) Clare in Ireland around August 15th or so, I don't know if there are any listees out that way but it never hurts to ask. Or if anyone has any recommendations of something to see please email me. I will do some real and proper Reporting Back soon. Love, Genevieve p.s. When is the next Winchester Woodside Club? p.p.s Also, if there is an actual picnic in Edinburgh, please email me, because I miss the notification of them with my uneven access to sinister digest. _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: Status (Rick Par Fit For the course!)
by Brian McNeill 03 Aug '02

03 Aug '02

. . .And he has no intention of updating Quo's three-chord formula, now or ever. "Why? Would you tell BB King to go and be a jazz singer?" Well, what about the dumb-ass sexism of Heavy Traffic's silliest track, The Oriental? ("Her name was Mia, from North Korea . . . the Oriental, very, very special, if you ever get some you want another one. . .") Explain that. He is nonchalant. "You'll have to ask John [Edwards, the bassist] - he wrote it. I like Indian girls myself. I go weak at the knees. Woof." Gotta larf, aincha? The Guardian, 02/08/02 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: Is it just me or was b&s not on conan tonite?
by ILIVErug＠aol.com 03 Aug '02

03 Aug '02

Hmmm... the nbc site says... 12:37 Tonite conan welcomes blabla, blabla, and belle and sebastian. then underneath it says, charlie sheen, blabla, and blabla on conan tonite. i know tonites friday so i dont know if they air conan twice like they usually do. leno conan then leno and conan again. but i guess ill stay up and maybe thats the one with b&s. damnit! i want to see this performance. i cant believe i missed it the first time around. oh well! -vicky +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: brighton*picnic*brighton*picnic
by Feather Boa 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

hello all, i'm quite excited about the brighton picnic. no, really. most of the york-sinister-massive are going to be there, and hopefully you are too! although you might have to leave quite early as neither archel or i can put you up (my flat is going to be full of ysms, sorry - unless you really want to sleep in the hall or something). plus, me being a fool, it clashes with brighton pride, which should be ok tho'. my dad said he was going to phone the police and tell them there was a rave on the beach ("and you know what happened last time"), i said i didn't think it would work. i'm going to france on wednesday with mr stuart h (we broke up, but we're still friends) and our friend sarah l. that should be lots of fun, although i'm a bit worried, because i booked the hotel on the net because i didn't trust my french, and i'm worried about the whole thing. ah well. i spent the whole of the last two weeks working at a magazine thanks to the boy asm's sister. it was good and my name should be in it and everything. and they gave me a bag of goodies when i left. which was rilly sweet. lemony snicket is a king among men. go to www.lemonysnicket.com stephin merrit wrote a song and everything. laura llew's beens saying it for ages, but i only just found the bandwagon to jump on. anyway, i'm knackered. see you saturday (maybe), pip pip, FB X _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: coagulation made Tofu of me
by kenneth.chu＠uclh.org 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

Hello there, Yesterday I thought about posting half a paragraph to sinister containing little to no information, or maybe something to the list that only 5 people on the list would know/care about, but then I remember that that might make me look like a , so I didn't. Like the man himself Richard John Gillanders we went to a pub quiz last night, and like RJG we didn't win any money either, nor did we win any beer. Because we were RUBBISH. Well, maybe not RUBBISH, but quite Rubbish at least, and our Monopoly knowledge is poor. There was one gallon of Ale on offer - we had no idea how much a gallon was, maybe if we did we'd have won the quiz, we guessed it to be 3.5 litres, it is in fact approximately 3.785) As some kind of freakish coincidence, we talked about Celebrity Boxing before the quiz, and that maybe there should be an indie pop celeb boxing, and you know, Stuart Murdoch would wipe the floor, and Morrisey would be the type who hide lead inside his gloves. Does anyone on sinister live on Hampstead Road, Euston, London? I bet at least TWO people out of this list of ONE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO do, and about ONE cares. Wanna hang out with me on the weekend? Then maybe I can try and emulate the wonderful Miss Marianna Longmire whose social life seems to be endless, with all the scaffolding climbing adventures and all. Speaking of adventures, the Californian picnic seemed to have gone well, ah the expert hands of Mr Bapps, he can be a whole picnic in himself! And Sara I.G.F. Bus Stoppers said: >>p.p.s...did you know that one can drive the length of the 110 freeway (from pasadena to san pedro) from end to end...in about 30 minutes?<< Sara appears to be a bit of a GIRL RACER.. mmm girl and motors, and is that how she stops the buses? By cutting them up Michel Schumacher style? Love and Red Bulls Ken P.S.: I seem to be in a name dropping mood tonight, maybe it's because Christine Irene named dropped me the other day and that's a good thing. I hope you get better soon stine! P.S.2.: Now that B&S have recorded another PEEL SESSION, will they be releasing the clues to the TREASURE HUNT any time soon? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: the lady in the radiator
by Dean Gillon 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

Crikey. All i want is a little 2 bed flat. That's not too much to ask is it?, but I can't find one on the internet that doesn't sound really nasty. Yes, relocation is in the air as I finish my course/worky thingy and have to move to my new job in sunny lincolnshire next month. I therefore have about 4 weeks to 1. finish about half of a 20000 word thesis 2. finish an equally sized work portfolio 3. get a bank loan and buy a car, some new suits, some other stuff. 4. Find somewhere to live 5. continue to work and have some semblance of a social life. I think the last one of the last one might have to be put on hold for a bit. grrr. It's going to be a bit weird as I don't know anyone down there. I just hope there's some people at my new workplace who haven't hit their sixties yet. Only next door to my native Nottinghamshire though, so I can go and see the might Notts Forest if the mood takes me. Someone mentioned Lauren Laverne (Robin?). Yes, I am also a long-term admirer *sigh* I noticed on the Glasto coverage though that she's looking a tad thin. Needs to get back on the lager and pies that one, nobody likes girls that are too skinny do they? Right, I've decided in my ultimate wisdom that everyone on the list has got to go out tonight, mainly because it's friday. That's a direct order and I WILL be checking up on you. *puts on stalker anorak and laughs manically* (they always wear anoraks don't they?). Recent films what I have watched Scooby Doo - shite (but have you noticed he speaks exactly like Doodles off the Tweenies?) Austin Powers III - not nearly as good as the first two, but Beyonce is lovely and the first 10 minutes are very good Men in Black II - pretty good but not really a laugh out loudy one. Worth a watch though. That's my humble opinion anyways. Don't suppose they have sinister picnics in lincolnshire - sob sob. RIght I'm off to continue my search for a nice little Austin Powers type sleazed up bachelor pad. yeah baby. oh yes. Belle and sebastian are good. :o} ahem. Loads of love and don't forget your orders! Dean XX __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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Sinister: Just say what you see
by robin stout 02 Aug '02

02 Aug '02

Hello The funniest moment on Catchphrase was when the catchphrase was actually Say what you see Roy: Heres Mister Chips. Whats he doing? Bob: Erm. Saying things, er, Dont speak until youre spoken to, er.. Roy: Its close Bob, but not quite right. Just say what you see. Bob: Er, Mister Chips.. Chips with everything. Roy: Just SAY WHAT YOU SEE, BOB! Bob: Speak your mind? Think before you speak? Roy: SAY WHAT YOU SEE! Well that was basically what happened. I might have got the words a bit wrong, and Roys hair might not have been so grey as I imagined, but the point is that the contestant was so stupid he couldnt guess the shows own catchphrase. What I do remember, in lucid slow motion, as if the phosphors had burnt their red, green and blue into my brain, is Roys face as he turned to announce the Ready Money Round. His smile was the same as he always smiled on a Saturday afternoon, but it seemed strangely fragile, as if his teeth would fall out if he didnt stand perfectly still, and his knuckles were white as he gripped his cue cards. It was the last series that Roy Walker presented and I really think that was the moment he decided he had to leave. Id like to think the song Roy Walker was about this moment of epiphany, but it probably isnt. It seems to be more about a man called Roy who likes walking. So I got to listen to the new songs, eventually, and theyre pretty good. Live recordings have a bit of extra edge to them, and the whole band sounded like theyre having a lot of fun. Lets hope this is a sign of things to come. I think if Belle and Sebastian have lost anything recently its because of over-production, which has smoothed off a little dynamism and passion. Not that they should try to be amateurish, but sometimes songs become a bit bland if theyve had all their bumps smoothed away. I liked Desperation Made A Fool Of Me a lot. It reminded me of a Velvet Underground song but I cant remember which one. I was at the Commonwealth Games last week. The whole thing was very exciting. Firstly, Id never been to Manchester before, and I was looking forward to riding on trams. But, more importantly, I was meeting my long-lost Uncle Peter for the first time. The story about why hes my long-lost Uncle is too long and Ive probably told it before, but he genuinely is and none of us had ever met him before. Hes also Australias top diving coach, and had a girl called Irina diving in the Games. It was all really good fun, and Irina won two gold medals, but the best thing of all was going to the pub afterwards with Uncle Peter. I hadnt known what to expect, really, but suppose I imagined that, being a top coach, hed be sort of hard-edged and focussed. But in fact he was a bit of a softie. Also he didnt seem to be bothered about the diving at all. In fact the first thing he told us was a funny story about how the shower leaked in the hotel he was staying in and whenever they used it water poured through the ceiling into the dining room. So the hotel owner had told them that they should only use it at night so the dining hall would dry out by the morning. I like little stories like this, and thought it was funny that he ignored all the big stories of gold medals and somersault pikes, and told us about things like that and about the curry he had last night instead. I liked him a lot. Hannah thinks baths are overrated. Have you ever tried eating biscuits in the shower? Mind you, I do wonder how people read books in the bath. It seems like the perfect combination; a good bath, good book and good biscuit, but whenever I've tried reading in the bath the pages have got wet and stuck together and once I dropped a book in altogether and had to dry it off in the airing cupboard. But people read in the bath all the time. Do you? How do you do it? I really want to know. bye r x _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "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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