Heya Sinisterines, I was all pissy when I left the apartment today, but then I opened up my mailbox (I had the itch that comes when something nice is about to happen), and lo and behold, "Modern Rock Song" had arrived!! After three consecutive listens, I have to say, it's a very nice body of songs. I haven't put the verdict out on "The Gate," 'cuz I want to give it time to grow on me. However, I already adore TIJAMRS and IKWTSG (damn acronyms)...yummy pop! That, and I finally own my first three B&S badges, which are too damn cute. ;) I had some weirdo peeking over my shoulder, with a look on his face that one gets after eating something grey and furry that's been in the back of the fridge for several decades...and he was looking at TWATTYbusiness! I turned around and inquired what his problem was, and he just said he'd NEVER heard of Belle and Sebastian, but heard the tunes coming out of my headphones...had I been in a more Warren Ellis/Irvine Welsh sort of mood, I'd have shoved him down the stairwell, but instead I just kindly let him know that his taste was absolutely crap. (If you'd seen the face he made, you'd have said so too.) Anyhow, I sit here trying to decide whether or not to accept a part in this production of Agatha Christie's "The Unexpected Guest" while I research stuff for the director who's a friend of mine... Not that you guys care, but the mitigating factors are those of distance (driving to rehearsal means 1.5 hours of sheer traffic hell through a very narrow Atlanta corridor) and talent (the folks I saw at auditions frightened me and not by how good they were)... I dunno, I suppose I'm a snob, but then again, that's what I went to school for! That's what Emory's good at teaching, by the way... Anyway, enough ranting and stuff... A quick ink poloroid: I'm standing over my car, leaning back in a fairly awkward position, mid-belly-laugh, looking at the couple of silly yellow traffic-ticket envelopes some foolish Emory traffic cop put on my car...several folks walking by are mystified by this strange boy with three B&S badges pinned to his red Hawaiian shirt.... *endstuff* --Steven ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+