Hullo Sinister peeps! Uh, it's been a deathly dull week for me, not a punk rock week at all, and a rather unproductive one at that. Yesterday was a nice day, but the temperature quickly plunged into the 30's and now it's quite cold and grey here in Michigan. I rather like the cover of the new single, then again I do miss the old style that the album covers had. Posters from the covers of Fold Your Hands and This is Just a Modern Rock Song both adorne the walls of room, class stuff those covers, but Jonathan David and the new one are both ace as well. I'm really hoping we'll see a new album soon The singles are great, but there's a rather large list of songs that B&S have done lately that aren't out. Not counting the old demo stuff (Hurley's Having Dreams, Lord Anthony, etc), there's still quiet a few: The Season Has Arrived Miraculous Technique Nothing in the Silence Shoot the Sexual Athlete I get the feeling I'm forgetting one or two, but you all get the idea. I'd love to see (though doubt they'll do it) the Portland, Oregon song out as well, and I know my personal fave, Rhoda, will most likely never see a release. Ah, well, that's what bootlegs are for, I suppose. I should probably be frightened I knew all of the cartoon and comic book characters from jarkko's animated indie team. Ah, well, there goes that last of my indie cool creds. I have to say, I don't think I want to be a Rachel or a Will. No, I'm quite happy staying a Jim, sometimes even a James, and very rarely a Jimmy or Jimmy G. Besides, I've seen an example of Rachel Fruitloop's mix CD-fu and I fear her tape mixing prowlness. Of course, if Lil Llew decided to throw her bonnet into the ring it be a tough call. I'm missing all the places I've been this summer, and all the friends I had or made in those places. Stacey's posts made me remember the absolutely brilliant time I had bouncing around the UK and Europe earlier this summer (though I sadly didn't meet any sinister peeps) an of course as I sit here surrounded by grad school catalogues I think about all the brilliant cities I've passed through here in the states. PF said; "Lansing - Now that *does* sounds interesting" Nah, for *interesting* Michigan cities Ann Arbor takes the prize, one of the few cities I'd love to live in Michigan. Lansing's okay though, and East Lansing has MSU (my school), so suppose I have to give it props. Madison, now there's an ace city, and not just because our very own Elise lives there. A friend called it the Berkley of the mid-west, and I suppose that's apt. It's a cool town, very diverse, nice campus, good bohemian vibe to it. I really dug Madison. Then again, I grew up in lil Howell Michigan, where everything is so dreadfully the same. Everyone dresses the same, listens to the same music, reads the same newspapers...*sigh* I suppose I'm feeling itchy because I've been trapped inside the last week working on grad school junk. Btw, are there *any* decent music mags out there? I used to read Puncture for awhile, but I haven't seen it in any of the local booksellers lately. Anyways, everyone must look at this...thing...I have found: http://genrou.com/Terrible%20secret%20of%20space.swf It's an astonishing odd and addictive piece of flash animation. It amused me for several minutes earlier today. I got several family members quite angery at me last night for wondering outloud when the British would start shooting cruise missles into Boston for all the money and aid we've given to the IRA over the last thirty years, or for that matter, when we could expect Chilean paratroopers to start dropping in to capture all the CIA agents and officials responsible for the thousands murdered or disappeared by US backed thugs during the 70's and 80's. I wonder if this country looks as insane from outside of States as it does from the inside? I've just been reading about a guy in Philly who was refused entry onto a plane because he had a book by Edward Abby (Hayduke Lives) that featured a bomb on the cover. The National Guard took him aaide and questioned him at length. So he booked a later flight and went home and got another book, and he was questioned about his choice of reading material once more, this time he had brought a copy of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, obviously the prefered reading material of terrorists. That stories almost as strange as the Kansas school district that mandated that only patriotic costumes could be worn at Halloween. Strange days... Anyways, sorry for the rambling, keep it punk rock Jim _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. 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