i'm dead good at composing emails to sinister whilst i'm stuck in traffic jams on the m25 so why is it so difficult once i actually get the computer turned on? is it the prospect of a real audience? is it the fact that in black and white my thoughts show their real useless worth? is it...? in my thoughts i can always compose a beautifully balanced three-part argument. so, it's been a long time and in that time i've aquired my two cats (called bella and honey until i discovered they are actually boys. still called bella and honey until i discovered it really doesn't suit them. then renamed ben and sebastian as by then i'd run out of ideas. now just called vicious warrior and fat cat as those names just sum them up without any need for imagination). they are lovely and currently asleep on my lap (ben/vicious) and by the computer (sebastian/fatty). they would send purrs if they could be bothered to wake up. the new album. well, i tried and i tried and i tried to love it. the major set-back happened when my mum called round: "that sounds like Cliff Richard", she said. i pressed that little button with the square symbol. so now i listen and i think of cliff richard. and 10cc and godley and cream (sp?), and the human league and the beach boys. i'm not saying it's wrong for the album to have echoes of these bands but it's just not what i was wanting for this album. anyway, when does influence become 'nicking a toon'? having said that, i've found myself waking up with a song from dickywank in my head. not always what you want, but that's life. but, i do have to admit, to growing into it. is this a good thing? will it change me into a nicer person? will it make me listen to and understand different music and people? will it help me meet a boy? will i get a snog? well, there you go. the big questions in life are raised by one little album. maybe it's not so bad. actually, i think the major problem is c4 and bbc2. i think so many B&S tracks are used as backing music for TV programmes (and almost for films) that these tracks sound like fantastic soundtracks for films that have yet to be made. maybe our boy is writing for a film that's in his head? or just for c4 output for 2004. i'm not complaining that you can't turn on British TV without hearing a B&S song in the background (teachers, wife swap, rolf's art programme... do i watch too much crap?)it's just that i'd prefer the songs not to sound like sound tracks in the first place. and not like cliff richard ones at that. there you go. first post in a long time (i won't call myself a lurker because i've posted in a virtual sense) and it's another shit one. will the girl press send? big shouts to the ssm. meet up next week? daf? James? L x ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+