It was October, last year. I can't remember the day now, I think it was 18. But I'm sure it was a Friday. On that day I fell in love. It's not easy for me to say that, specially me, a macho latino guy (just kidding, guys, just kidding!). But yes, I saw them... and now I'm in love! And I'm damn straight! How is that possible?! There was Sarah, but the rest of them are men! I think I was lucky for Isobel didn't come to Brazil, cos she's really cute! I wonder what might have happend if I saw her... But she was afraid to fly... you know the story. So she never came to Brazil. It's funny, cause just a few weeks later she went to Japan, and I don't think she went on a boat! Never mind... let bygones be bygones. I was talking about falling in love with a band. Then there I was. Alone, for none of my friends like or even know them. First I saw Grandaddy, later on I shed some tears listening to superb Sigur Rós. And then I saw Stuart and the rest of them. It was like the Beatles were back on stage! I've never seen or heard anything like that. People went crazy! And I'm sure the guys in the band were impressed with all that frenzy! And I couldn't help smiling back to Stuart every time he smiled at me (I was in the first row, right in front of him!) He was wearing a very old Smiths t-shirt, and he was a bit amazed with the return from the audience. The funny part was when he tried to say some words in portuguese. He took one of those phrase books, and started speaking, in an awkward portuguese, things like "Tem uma camisinha? Nao? Entao nao da." ("Do you have a condom? No? So we can't do it."). It was comic! And then the climax, when they played Mutantes and Legal Man. I don't know if I have ever been that happy in my whole life. On the cab, heading home, I had that huge smile on my face! I think the driver was afraid I was stoned! But I was in love. It was love at the first sight. And I was so happy for I had found out that it was possible, that someone could fall in love with only one glance! Since then I've never stopped looking for B&S stuff, I've bought all of their LPs and EPs, I've seen every TV shows were there was even only a slight mention of them. And I'm looking forward to watch the "B&S episode" of Gilmore Girls, which is shown a few weeks later here. And now I have you sinisterians, you seem to be beautiful, wonderful people (I'm sure you are!), and I hope I find new friends in some of you. - - - I'm Fernando, from Sao Paulo, Brazil. I'm 24 years old. I share a flat with two other room mates. I left mom's house in 1999 to live my own life. I work as a programmer. I LOOOOOOOVE dancing. I like indie music and indie clubs. And now you guys will turn green with envy... I HAVE MY OWN DDR MACHINE!!! Well in fact it's not mine, it belongs to my korean room mate, but it's in my flat and I can use it any time I want! And I'm not going any further with my introduction, I don't think that's the way it works. I must admit I'm struggling to prevent myself from doing so, but it would be a very, very biased introduction. So I leave it to you, take you own conclusions. Ciao! Fernando Brito +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+