the train of thought now at platform 3 is the delayed sinister express from archel. anyone not intending to travel on this service should leave now. i had a mystery boy once. except he wasn't really that much of a mystery, because i knew his name and was on speaking terms with him. i also knew he wrote very good poetry and liked belle and sebastian, which was enough information to allow me to dreamily fantasise about the great conversations we could have if i ever managed to get beyond the 'hello' stage. (although much can be communicated in a 'hello'. not in this case however.) i eventually asked him if i could tape tigermilk off him sometime, which could have been the start of something beautiful, but then i didn't see him for a while and when i did i already had a copy from another source. i still think he is lovely, and as my boyfriend only tolerates b&s (though he does own TBWTAS), and likes o***s, i occasionally entertain wistful, unworthy thoughts. is that evil? oh god, now he's going to be on the list and it'll be all embarrassing. speaking of evil, i went to see 'cruel intentions' the other day, which is a truly dreadful film. the (admittedly gorgeous) main character, played by ryan philippe (one 'l', two 'p's?), is called sebastian, but they pronounce it 'sebasjun', which i have to say grated on me. is that the norm in the US? 'belle and sebasjun' just sounds ugly to me, no offence meant to any americans. have you noticed how b&s have suddenly become a kind of media currency? one of those lazy tactics that music journalists tend to use. first there was the 'good music is good music whether it's made by [random pop group whom i forget] or belle and sebastian' thing, and the other day i read 'blah blah as uncomfortable as a belle and sebastian fan at a def leppard gig'. bloody cheek, taking our names in vain. i for one, LOVE def leppard. well, actually that's not true, but the principle is. (as illustrated by pete ramsdale, and other listees, passim.) whilst straying unexpectedly on topic, i might as well say that i don't think the carpenters comparison is entirely misguided, actually. if you listen to b&s just at that point when you've maybe heard them a bit too much recently and you're not paying that much attention, that is. sarah mentioned helen reddy, and when you consider that i have heard my mother sing 'i am woman, hear me roarrrrrrr', drunkenly, loudly, publicly and out of tunely, it's a miracle that i am still broadly feminist in outlook. it was almost enough to make me think longingly of ironing my husband's shirts in a quiet suburb where not shaving is a crime akin to infanticide, and wearing trousers makes you a radical feminist lesbian. send you a fiver, mr miller? i may be an extravagantly gifted and intelligent graduate, but i'm not running my own charity. yet. i'll get back to you once i get a job, however, because i cannot deny that most of the credit for my degree does indeed go to you. (how do those sarcasm things go again?) (oh yes, ~~~~~~~~~~~) should i go to trash on monday? i was going to make it part of my boyfriend's birthday treat, but we are now going out (to the theatah, dahling) in londinium on tuesday instead, so a) i've got no-one to go with and b) i can't very easily get to london two nights in a row. i could sleep in a doorway i suppose, but then i'd only get into the whole prostitution thing again, and i kind of put that behind me the first time i heard LLPJ... i'm going to go and look for a (legal) job now. no harm can come to me when i'm in your company, archel xxx ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Playforth do something pretty while you can don't be afraid rap101@york.ac.uk skating a pirouette on ice is cool http://members.tripod.com/~RPlayforth/welcome.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+