This is my first post, so I'm a bit nervous. I know that introductions on
mailing lists are often boring and self-congratulatory, so I'll try to be
brief and not make too much of an ass of myself.
My name is Kristi and I am originally from Seattle. Seven years ago, I
moved with my boyfriend to New Jersey so he could begin a graduate program
in English literature and I could look for a job teaching biology. I still,
for better or for worse, live in New Jersey and my boyfriend is now my
husband. I also did manage to get a job teaching science to 14 year olds.
At the moment, I'm exhausted. It's the end of the school year which is a
painful time to be a teacher . There is no air-conditioning in the school
where I work and it gets unbearably hot and humid in my classroom. And then
there's the kids......as much as I love (some) of my students, I'm ready to
see them leave for the summer; there's nothing closer to hell than a bunch
of 14 year olds packed into a small room with no air-conditioning.
I bought my first Belle and Sebastian CD, 'If You're Feeling Sinister',
about 4 years ago after reading about the band in Magnet (an indie music
magazine). The first time I played the CD, I fell in love with the lyrics.
Not since I discovered the Smiths in junior high had I been so blown away by
song lyrics. It's funny because when I was 14, I assumed that by the time I
was an "adult" with a job and a husband, I would no longer have to listen to
dark, ironic songs for comfort and amusement. The older I get, the more I
NEED to listen to dark, ironic songs.
To quote Morrissey:
"But don't forget the songs that made you cry and the songs that saved your
life. Yes, you're older now and you're a clever swine but they were the
only ones who ever stood by you."
I may indeed be older, but I'm certainly not a clever swine.
Kristi
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it seems to be all the rage now, posting to sinister.
so I thought I'd jump on the wagon and join in.
As pigtails reported, we went to an art gallery on
Tuesday in Glasgow. I'm impressed he remembered the
title of the show, cos I didn't. But its sort of left
me hungry for more artistic showings.
In the news: I see Stuart Braithwaite (occupation=
"bemused musician") got sent some exam papers by
mistake. I can imagine it now. Some poor kid sitting
their music highers, having their papers marked by
"Blur: Are Shoite*" man himself, arguing why he is
right, they are wrong, and excuse me? where is the
mention of Aidan from Mogwai.. sorry... Arab Strap? 10
points deducted.
(* if you live in Norfolk.. its "shoite")
I haven't had the chance to buy Toryspelling yet. I
did go on a spending spree last week though. i bought
myself a nice officers army ladies tweed jackety
thing. And some records.
I went to visit my grandmother, since shes been ill.
She was in hopsital, after an angina attack. So now
she was out, and we went to see her.
My gran has a boyfriend (or a "little old man" as she
refers to him). Hes asked her to marry him, twice now.
Shes said no on both occasions.
Not sure if he asked her twice in case she'd changed
her mind, or because he's old and forgetful. I'll give
my grandmother her dues- he takes her away on holiday
to foreign lands all paid, and buys her expensive
gifts.
Well, now shes decided shes definately not marrying
him, after her angina attack. Also, its about four
years since my grandfather died, and that might have
something to do with it.
theres also something to be learnt here- you're never
too old to get yourself in a love sort of situation.
If she can pull at 73, so can you, at 13, 23, 33,
43...
I'm tempted to ask if shes courting....
All the news about Isobel leaving...
Her voice, for all its whisperyness, had quite an
impact really. Perhaps we're more likely to see Sarah
singing more songs.
I guess theres not much else to say. I wish I could,
but my brain is feeling oddly empty at the moment.
sometimes, I wish I had something to fill it up with.
The art gallery worked, temporarily. It would be good
though, if there were inspiration filling stations. I
wonder how much you'd have to pay,and if it would be
taxed.
And would the shop sell little brain fresheners?
right, time to go.
love
Kristin
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Hi All,
Apologies to those who are irritated by frequent short posts, but this is
all I can find to say.
Asm wrote:
"So Isobel left. ... I can't help feeling that it's the beginning of the end
for the band (although perhaps Stuart
David's departure signalled that), but that's no bad thing - they've had a
Brilliant Career. My hope is they'll release one more blinding record
(featuring The Magic Of A Kind Word, Lord Anthony and Miraculous Technique)
to rival the genius of the first three, and then call it a day."
I have to disagree with his feeling "its the beginning of the end for the
band", as I am confident they will take Isobel's departure in their stride &
move on - who knows, it might even allow other band members to reveal more
of their true talents. B&S may well change, but that change could just as
well be for the better.
I also doubt a "proper" release of TMOAKW, in view of what Neil said two
days ago in another place (where all the information seems to be), i.e.
"It's worth noting that the one that goes "Hey cut me loose", Magic Of A
Kind Word, was written solely by Isobel, so it very probably doesn't tell
you anything about the future.
I also can't see any way it will be released now."
What else? I found out today that Looper's gig at Cargo later this month has
been cancelled. Bummer, not only because I would have liked to have seen
them, but then also because the greedy bastards only give you the face value
back, so you still end up paying loads of money for booking fee & postage.
Are the other dates still on? Does anyone know the reason for the
cancellation? Was it poor advance sales?
Love,
David Moore
Chelmsford, UK
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Hello, my name's Peter and I like Sebastian.
I don't know if anyone has already pointed these out or not, they are
reviews for STORYTELLING (positive) and Looper's THE SNARE (negative):
http://www.nme.com/reviews/10602.htmhttp://www.nme.com/reviews/10566.htm
Is it really four years since Sinister went into meltdown following an
England-Argentina match? Those were the days.
Cheers,
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"i'll come running to tie your shoe" by brian eno just Qed itself
up on my winamp playlist. the first note tickled my fancy.
it very much made me miss karren and sandy gill, whom
i met at the detroit and chicago shows. i drove them into
chicago with me, and i played this song for them then.
we discussed the rapture that would ensue if stevie jackson
were to sing the words. yeah, that would be nice.
i'd like to mention the twins, karren and sandy,
as i'm calling upon them to finally post. come on girls,
you know you want to :)
they were made midwest famous by being hauled up
on stage with the band 2 nights in a row.
lucky kids. and cute to boot!
it was refreshing to meet such kind, playful
people.
i haven't properly posted about the shows i attended.
i think maybe i had to let some time pass.
i'm better with reflection in writing than in
blabbering the excited here and now.
it would seem.
it did seem so, as i'm stumped for where to begin.
i could probably list as many regrets about the
whole event as i can wonderful things that did
happen. i even missed kirsten and mandee doing the
"middle aged woman at a festival dance".
it's a shame. dead shame.
the detroit show was one of the greatest times of
my simple life. truly. i can't say quite enough
about it. i can't get over how smooth and lovely
the band sounded. just charming. i was right smack
dab front and center, with many thanks to shawn and emily.
i played the role of girl in awe who mouths the words to
every song and bounces about sillily. *curtsies*
thank you, i do accept flowers!
beans aftershow set rawked my booty too.
literally. and don't let ree lie to you and tell
you that she can't dance, 'cuz the girl can.
i blew beans a good night kiss and headed back to
the hotel with my friend to eat the goodies i'd
picked up for the ann arbor sini picnic...
that were not eaten! there was even gouda!
oh, i did talk to stevie that night too.
my pastiche about it prolly didn't explain
it plainly enough. the storytelling pastiche
i posted here after the shows was all about my
conversation with stevie and how he had promised
to do "happy birthday" for my friend at the chicago
show the next night. it didn't happen, but as you'll
read, i wasn't quite up for it anyway.
besides, colin and amy took the spotlight as far
as audience fun with the band goes! holy heck yeah!
they were precious. i mean, being asked for your
hand in marriage at a b&s show? how sweet...
as far as chicago goes, i'm not going to tell
the looong tale. just know that i puked out of
sweet matthew henderson's car more than once.
then in his post-show post he said,
"amy longcore's wonderful company!",
or something to that effect.
bless his heart. hee hee.
it was not a good day for me.
the band sounded lovely, and aside from meeting
so many wonderful people, i also ran into an
old housemate. i was just too ill to fully
enjoy it all.
i even decided to sit in the balcony.
i highly reccomend seeing the band up front.
it's just not the same from the back.
not at all.
i met so many people i want to meet more of.
it was like a teaser.
ken is really cute.
storytelling is pretty. don't let anyone
tell you any differently. "black and white unite"
and "storytelling" and "wandering alone" are
my standout tracks. golly, "wandering alone"
live is a grand thing!
seeing the band without isobell makes her leaving
the band not such a hard thing for me to imagine.
i guess that's all i have to say about that.
and good luck to her, of course!
a crazy week for music it's been!
new b&s release, iso leaves the band,
rumors are flying about that tim and leatitia
of stereolab have broken up, dee dee ramone dies,
r kelley is busted for kiddie porn,
night ranger are set to play my towns' summer festival,
what else???
there must be something in the air making things
a bit crazy and loopy right now.
in my own life, i've been experiencing drama.
monday i was in an auto accident.
i get some bad financial news, but then
i finally get a decent offer on my home
that's up for sale.
2 friends of mine were attacked last night
after work and could have possibly been raped.
i'm doing a new job at work and having to
get used to more overtime agin.
what else???
big gay mark c has just warned me that he's namechecked
me in his new post twice. all i have to say is,
he had better be nice. and yes, that is a warning,
as well as a somewhat rhyme.
happy belated birthday to jennnnnnnn pb!
love and hugs to all i've met and hope to meet,
your queen of the run on sentence,
amykins
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I was going to talk about football results but if I do I'd have to put
(WARNING FOOTBALL RESULT) on the subject line which means Laurel Lemming
won't read my post and I don't want that.
I then really wanted to talk about love but then the wise Jason had already
talked about it to great lengths, it's just a shame that girls don't fancy
him because he's too wise. Personally I'm all about those 30% of girls he
speaks of who like to be taken advantage of, it's just a shame that I seem
to only ever meet the other 70% or something.. actually I didn't quite
understand what the split was, I didn't actually understand much but that's
just me.
I love Big John Shaft. Are there any other girls who love Big John Shaft?
We should date.
Dates and Red Bulls
Ken
P.S.: Okay sorry Laurel but I can't control myself, if you don't want the
result look away now!
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YAYYAYAYAYAYAY ENGLAND WON 1-0 WOOOOO EAT MY GOAL DUDE etc.
BTW, I agree with Sam Walton as usual.. WE BEAT ARGENTINA BY A GOAL SCORED
FROM PENALTY i.e. we're better than Brazil, Italy, etc. and basically the
best. Actually I shouldn't mention any of those teams since my beloved
China will have to play Brazil and my other beloved team Ecuador got beated
by Italians in their girlie uniforms. grr.
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Sinister.
Maybe I am naive here but is getting filled having sex ? or getting
pregnant? or using aerosol cream for fun?
and how can jason know their asses are cold? Is that not the point of belle
and sebastian to a certain extent in that they accept? from cold ass to hot
totty and back to ugly as a nail again?
"for they always find me too harsh, too cynical, too
>well... mean and manipulative. But they ask for it, she asked for it they
>all do. "
Sinister I apologise for my high horse today as england has won the
football, but I and maybe others ladies on the list might also take
exception to this huge statement about this half of the population. it seems
to apply to all metropolitan cities- the likes of which I live in and I fit
none of the below stereotypes and maybe I too have "experienced some hard
things" but it doesn't put me in a position to cast my cold mean spirited
and misogynistic little eye over the fellows in my vicinity.
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So after an impatient visit to Belfast's HMV (many thanks to those who did the
el-cheapo leg-work for me), I got home last night with a copy of TORI SPELLING
in my sweaty palms. I managed to hold off the first play until I'd watched The
Italian Job, and was very impressed with my own self-discipline. Hurrah for
silly car chases.
Quite soundtracky, mm hm. The theme running through the instrumental pieces is
extremely emotive, very catchy. I've been whistling Consuelo Leavng all through
the Eng-Arg match, while the rest of the lab screamed for Eng-er-lund to do
something in the second half other than defend. Madmen, all of them.
And it also happens to be 34:44 long, which, although short, is almost
precisely the amount of time it takes to clear up the kitchen after dinner and
make a cup of tea. Very handy. Music to wash dishes by.
Very prescient of Chu to notice the Mavericks sneaking in with Wandering Alone.
My own observation is that the chords opening Black and White Unite are exactly
the same as the opening bars of that other modern classic, Postman Pat. True
story. Sing along. All it needs is the baseline.
Re Mr Casarotto's last post: it's interesting to me that these forced and
repeated assertions of being "shy" are applied, willingly, with exactly the
same sense of studied self-obsession that the nu-metal kids display when they
make their own labels. Perhaps it's just me misjudging some of the younger
listees, but it seems being "twee" is just another fashion-choice for kids, and
not, as I'd thought, an unconscious reaction to one's environment or peers.
Mind you, I'm speaking as one who threw out a completely threadbare TWEE AS
FUCK t-shirt somewhere back in the early 90s when The Field Mice were engaged
in a pitched battle with Felt for my attention. But there was a point to that,
then. Or so I think.
It continues to be an eye-opener, this sinister experience. Soon, if I read the
portents correctly, I may even be meeting one of your number. I hope I'm
forgiven if I prove to be unbearably shy in person...
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