I have tickets for Manchester!! well not in real life, but i have an
order confirming email and thats good enough for me.
i also have a comedy email from the security department at my
university:
To be circulated to all staff and students:
There have been incidents of people selling laptop computers from
a vehicle on campus. These people are involved in a scam where
they show you a working laptop computer and after you have
withdrawn the cash from a nearby cash machine they hand over a
laptop case which in some cases is glued shut or has a faulty zip,
by the time you have opened the case and found out it contains
anything from a house brick to bottles of water they have left the
scene.
Please beware and report all incidents to the Security staff by
calling 275 2730 or internally 52730.
Vehicle Registration number - R718 XNG , Blue coloured saloon.
Four Male occupants.
No further details available.
...well i thought it was funny anyway
but then again i'm grasping at anything to brighten my days at the
moment, as i have almost certainly failed my exams and so am going to
go and discuss with my tutor what my options are (if any) wish me
luck. what does one do when they fail their degree half way through
the third year, i'm not sure i can face staying any longer. although
just to spite them i have a feeling that the direct debit for my fees
will bounce now that i've bought b+s tickets hehehe.
on a lighter note, i have recently come to the conclusion that i have
almost all the shoes i ever wanted. i have lived most of my life in a
permenant state of desiring a particular shoe, but just now i have
shoes to suit just about every outfit i own and some that i don't .
its a good feeling being confident in the knowledge that you are
wearing good shoes.
yesterday i made mashed potatoes from real potatoes. it was good.
despite the fact that i had had a couple two many beers before
endeavouring to mash i think the project was a success. the best
thing was that i actually have a masher. i have lots of utensils all
of my own, including some tongs for turning things over that i went
round every shop in the world to find. i also have my very own
microwave and a toaster designed in a fifties style, its yellow. just
thought you'd like to know.
more updates on stuff i own later, but love and lollipops for now
sinistereenies,
fiona.
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+-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+
+-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+
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thank you to all of you who pointed out what i could very easily have looked
up for myself - the song i was referring to is called 'dave the moon man.'
(and no one took me up on my offer and offended my cultural heritage -
you're all so gosh darn nice! surely niceness deserves matzoh ball soup.)
anyway, i got so much puerile amusement from that fact that i had to share
with 1500 people that my ex's name is actually - drum roll please - dave! ha
ha ha!
better stop laughing now, my cat is looking confused.
sophia
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+-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+
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The Belfast gig will be up on Radio 1's ste from today for 10 days.
You can't download it, but you can have a listen.
It's: www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/lamacq.shtml
Rock on
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Attention all London (and surrounding Hamlets) sinister-type peeples.
(others need only read for sheer aesthetic pleasure)
Archel and Ben's (other Ben - hey we could make a mixtape!), Brighton meet
is only Garden Gate (8) days away. Miss Playforth has requested our presence
at around 2:30pm (One little duck, dirty gertie). Assuming we're going to
make the trip together, rather in the vein of the the jolly boys outing to
Margate in Only Fools and Horses, only with girls too, and on a train not a
coach, may I be so bold as to suggest the following plan of action:
Meet at Kelly's Eye, 1pm outside, or more probably, 'in' the pub at Victoria
Station (Rail NOT coach). The name of the establishment escapes me. Boozers
please advise.
Depart on time (what are the chances?) at Unlucky for for some 13:38
(Chrismas cake)pm on the South Central Trains service to, conveniently,
Brighton. Where we will alight at precisely 14:27(gateway to heaven).
I have gleaned the following ticketing details:
Standard Single (Adult) £14.90 (Valentines day, Top of the shop)
First Class Single (Adult) £20.60
Network Awaybreak Return (Adult) £20.10 (Return within 5 days)
Saver Return (Adult) £24.10 (Return within a month)
A young persons, family, or senior citizens railcard is valid with any of
these tickets to obtain the appropriate discount.
I am advised there is no need to book in advance for any of these fares.
Well it's just a preliminary plan, so whaddaya think?
Archel is this OK with you? And how many people can be accommodated
overnight in your "HOUSE!"?
Thank you for calling national rail enquiries.
Talking of tickets, I got mine for London :) , but have my eye on Denmark
too, has anyone booked tickets for there from the UK?
I think I may have bingo-ing mad.
Bapps
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+-+ "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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Hey, sorry I'm not one of those familiar people who've posted much. I was
just reading Baby Face Bambino's post, and it mentioned Reading Ken... I am
kind of feeling nostalgic right now about Reading, since I lived there for
a
better part of last year. Even though the town is full of what we Americans
call "yuppies"..., the town is pretty much carved in my mind, especially
the
Purple Turtle...
I would just like to say hi to Reading Ken and the Reading Sinisters...
-Elsa
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+-+ "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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Last weekend I went to the soi-disant Southern Capital of this fine country
to hang out with friends and indulge my secret boardgaming vice. Imagine my
surprise, therefore, when I went to the the Students Union bar there only to
find it full of bellowing gamers fighting to place bids in an auction. But
perhaps you would have too, if you had been there and seen what was on
offer, for this seemed to be some kind of slave auction type thing, and
being auctioned as a job lot were three lovely ladies, ready, able & willing
to be your slaves for a day. It was like falling through a dimensional
portal into some kind of sideways universe of extreme weirdness. Amusingly,
as the bidding went higher, the ladies got more excited and jumped up and
down, driving bidding ever higher.
I cursed the luck that made me leave my chequebook in the Vicarage.
Meanwhile, I notice that popular band Belle & Sebastian are playing concerts
in the United Kingdom, and in Sweden and Denmark. I'm contemplating flying
over to see them but it wasn't very long ago at all that I saw them last.
And they are playing a bit too close to the fab All Tomorrow's Parties
festival, and I'm not really going to fly away for musical things three
times this year. Certainly not to the stinky non Euro zone united kingdom,
they'll get enough of my money at Glarsters and Bowlie, they're not getting
me over to see B&S again this year.
So there's nothing for it - B&S are coming to Dublin to play the Ambassador.
The Dirty Vicar commands it.
I've enjoyed a great many of your posts. I especially liked Kyla Schuller's
post about her great uncle. It made me think about my old relatives, about
being old, and about the likelihood of one day being very old and ill and
stuff. A great uncle of mine died last year, and before hand I went to visit
him in hospital with my Dad. I hadn't seen him for years and was never
really that close to him, but he seemed happy enough to see me. It must be
strange being very old and ill, suddenly relatives you haven't seen in years
start showing up. I bet that's when you know you're in trouble, or maybe it
never really registers like that because you're so whacked on medication and
stuff.
I'm sorry if my ramblings on this topic have brought back unhappy memories
for anyone who has lost someone in those kind of circumstances.
I also loved Kyla's image of her great uncle seeing nuclear explosions
lighting up the sky. And Gneissy's post was very gneiss. I heart symbol
Gneissy.
I notice people have started talking about George W. Bush again.
It's funny Ms Playforth mentioning Yoga and Pilates. I am currently
K*N*A*C*K*E*R*E*D as a result of my yoga class of earlier this evening. So I
think it's time for tubby bye byes.
I think I had a lot of other fascinating things to say, but I forget them
all, so I'm going to post this now and go to bed.
yawn
DV
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+-+ "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 +-+
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Having spent two otherwise useless hours reading posts, I feel inspired to
become an active producer in the community (I will NOT be a lurker, I will
NOT be a lurker). I have constructed this to be a kind of autobiographical
meta-post (or, a self-indulgent post about posts) complete with academic
chapter titles.
Virtual Abjection: Me/Not Me Conflicts in Cyber Culture(s)
Those of you who look to see who these messages come from may have
guessed that my given name is not Stewie but probably Stewart. Though the
name pretty much boxed me into a life of geeky academics, it has never
caused any real trouble; that is, until now. Perhaps due to the fact that I
have never heard the name Stewart used to identify someone besides myself, I
am now filled with joyous expectation that someone has or is about to
acknowledge me whenever I see Stewart, Stew or Stewie (Stew Dawg also
works). So I was on a bit of an emotional roller coaster these past two
hours as the name was mentioned quite often - producing expectation - yet
never in reference to me - producing disappointment. I guess I should have
expected this as the one thing we all have in common is a band with not one
but two Stuarts (though I don't think they spell it right). Does this ever
happen to people called Rachel?
The Radical Body in Motion
Mad props to Cay Cola-Cube for the Emma Goldman Signature. You've
reminded me to get my own.
Nation-state-ness as Performance: Utopian/Democratic Rhetoric,
Distopian/Fascist Desire
(This is a response to Mike's right-on rant.) When I was in the
process of getting onto this list, I, like a good listee, read about the
crush thing. My first thought was - I shit you not - "This is great!! I'll
meet someone from Scotland, England or some other non-U.S.A. country and get
married and, in addition to having the love I have always dreamed of, I will
become a citizen of someplace besides this place." I don't want to make
some sort of whinny argument about it, but if sides are being drawn in
accordance to national boundaries (which, interestingly enough, are all but
irrelevant to the corporations that are the biggest global terrorists) then
I think I am in the wrong spot. Not that Afghanistan, Pakistan, the
Philippines, Iraq or any other poor nation Bush is trying to annihilate
seems better (or that Scotland, England etc. are totally innocent) it just
really pisses me off that this blood thirsty cow boy takes his (highly
questionable) election as a mandate to speak for everyone and does so like
we all agree. Please don't think we do and please, someone, marry me soon.
Anyone from Sweden? I'm a great kisser and I have a Volvo and an Ikea ...
uh ... catalog ... uh ... somewhere ...
Well, now I'm all flustered which should make class interesting. Take care
and if you can't be good, be good at it.
Stewart
[Amour Fou is always illegal, whether it's disguised as a marriage or a
boyscout troop--always drunk, whether on the wine of its own secretions or
the smoke of its own polymorphous virtues. It is not the derangement of the
senses but rather their apotheosis--not the result of freedom but rather its
precondition. - Hakim Bey]
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+-+ "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 +-+
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careless talk costs lives
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i got myself a copy last week, and although this topic is a tad old now, i
thought id just say what i think of it. it is very pretty. and the writing
is on the whole quite good. it does focus on the music most of the time. BUT
it is very self-referential. you cant quite read it as a mucis magazine.
you're constantly reminded that 'this is careless talk costs lives. its
written by everett true. i live in brighton. i know famous music types. we
hate the nme.' it doesnt exactly spoil my enjoyment of the articles, but id
rather it concentrated on being a good music magazine (which is it) rather
than how crap the rest of the industry is, and how much better they think
they are than it.
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recording birdsong
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i was listening to IWUTU the other day and when the bit with the birds
singing in ILMC came up, i had the mental image of stuart murdoch sitting on
a branch ('Up A Tree', if you will!) with a dictaphone trying to record the
birds himself. dont know why i thought of it, but it does seem like
something i can imagine b&s doing. very twee. :o)
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UK tour
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yipee! :oD i've never been to the usher hall before. does anyone know if
it's good? i have a couple of friends who went to see travis there in
december, and they said it wasnt the best. but they were sitting up the back
with all the ol' folk. i have ordered standing tickets, so it should be ok.
i am a bit annoyed though. i didnt think they'd be playing uk dates, so i
was wanting to make a holiday out of it and go see them play abroad. i like
the idea of a few days in stockholm. but now i have no reason to justify
spending more money i dont have. YAY! to b&s. BOO! to no holiday. this will
be the fourth time ill have seen them in the space of a year (barrowlands in
june(x2), qmu in dec), and i feel a bit greedy. there's people who wont have
seen them at all, and that makes me feel bad. sorry. :o(
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london village
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i am travelling down to london village on the first weekend in march to
visit a friend of mine. does anyone in that neck of the woods have any
suggestions of things to do, places to visit, record shops to plunder? id be
very appreciatave of any suggestions. also, if anyone would like to meet up
for a beverage or two, id be happy to oblige. :o) i should be down from
sat.02/03 til the monday or tuesday.
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america
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nobody (so far) seems to have taken particular offence to my comments. that
pleases me. i meant no offence by it. well, not to any of you, that is.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,642108,00.html is a very good
comment on the speech, if anyone is still interested.
on my final (honest!) point on this topic, id just like to say this whole
'not with us is against us' thing seems very mcarthy-esque. if anyone even
questions the actions of america in this 'war', you're shouted down as that
automatically commits you to being anti-american, un-democratic, condoning
of sept.11th. etc. it wouldnt surprise me if the americans started rounding
up anyone they deem 'un-american' and put them on trial, or even better,
putting them in cages exposed to the elements, starving them off their
senses, and denying them the right to a trial at all. in fact.....
http://www.whitehouse.org/initiatives/patriot/index.asp
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Dear old Aunt Sadie (bless her) was traveling through paisley on her way to
partick, to go shopping (she'd saved her pennies from making bacon scented
candles). She got a taxxi into town and gave the driver a good tip. She was
eating apples, though she liked oranges too, but the juice ran onto her
lovely mittens. Glancing into the mirror, she thought about her appearance.
Sadie was a vain girl. She liked pigtails a lot, but thought brown was a
mistake, but might make people giggle. Despite being lovely it was the wrong
shade, there was another brown she loved more. "You look lovely Dahling",
the driver commented as he dropped her off. "Well it's gneissy you to say
so" replied Sadie "I like your taxi by the way" she added, returning the
compliment. The driver fancied her, but feared she may be the wrong girl for
him, a bit of a workmaid, and so he gave a polite carsmile, before driving
off.
She arrived in town and idly picked berries and sweet tulips, before heading
to the pet store. She looked at a turtle, a toad and a cute wiezzel, however
Sadie was adventurous, what she really wanted was a lion. She loved all
animals, but she had a passion for sheep today, though it could also have
been a bear week. However, being the twee Godmother, her favourite creatures
where foxes. She still liked her little black fox and the pinefox that lived
with her. However, she also adored a certain pet ryan.
At this point, some random thoughts came into her head. She thought about
going into space. However being 82 years old the velocity would be too much,
and the G's would probably kill her. Sadie sighed. "I could never be a
spacekid", she thought. She wondered if there were shops in space. "Jetmarte
- a Wallmart on the moon!" she exclaimed. This made her giggle :O>
She left the pet store and went into a shop selling blankets. There was a
lovely patchwork quilt, a paisley pattern she presumed, she liked it a great
deal. Sadie then glanced at the price tag... "£250!, i'm not rich. or. am .
i?" she pondered. Despite this Sadie was still tempted, because it looked
really comfie.
She left soon after that and headed into the sweetie shop. She bought some
nice honey, as well as hobnobs, cola cubes, fruitloops, crackers, cornflakes
and bread to make toast for breakfast. Sadie loved toast and marmite and all
things sweet.
As Sadie ate, she walked into the bakers. There were two, and both were
nice. She bought a pie or two (one apple) and some pancakes. However, the
baker shouted at her "OI! Ken Chu read?", which startled the dear old lady.
Bewildered, she looked up at a sign saying "NO EATING IN THE BAKERY", which
she thought was llwedicrous, but he was a bit of a maddie, so she didn't
take any chances. He was petulant though, and Sadie wanted to give him a
phatlip.
She ran outside and still shaken, removed a half bottle of Smirnoff from her
handbag, cause she's infamously a bit of a vodkabird. She mixed it with a
few pop's and afterward needed the toilet. However, she quickly found one as
there were lots of loo's around. Luckily enough she only needed a wee, and
not a PooOOOooo as she'd expected. As she walked over there was a baby
outside in a pram. Being a lovely old dear, she couldn't help but look into
the pram and say "pookie-boo". This made the baby giggle.
On the way home and after a lovely day, she listened to the Beatles, which
helped her to relax. She put on her old favourites, "blue jay way" and "Lucy
in the sky with diamonds."
Danke for reading, (it's been a while)
Alan xxx
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+-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+
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