Hello: Sinisterines and Sinisterettes- Good god, it's been a long time. I think I'm required to say that when returning after such an absence. I decided to post again after mis-reading Ken Chu's subject line as 'I'm a bonobo', which, if anyone is familiar with the habits of those particular old world monkeys, would be kind of a strange admission on K.C.'s part. I was relieved to find out that his post contained no references to genital-swelling or fruit-aided self-pleasuring (two things which I naturally associate with B&S anyway). So. News-news. I recently managed to download a new copy of '(My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique', which I still think is one of the best things they've ever done, and which I hope they will record sometime in the near future, and not relegate to holy-grail status like 'Rhoda'. Miraculous Technique may have one of the most progressive beats that B&S have ever put to tape, and I think I like it for that reason primarily, but also for the fact that Stuart says 'snake into your room and be with you the whole night long'- it's just a weird juxtaposition of the vaguely creepy and the romantic. Unlike Other Kevin (jackflaps) I haven't yet gotten Fans Only, but someone at the record store accosted me with a copy the other day and said that I had to, just had to purchase and watch the DVD, because it would change my life. Not that I doubt B&S's reformative abilities, but I get a little freaked-out by rabid salespeople, and *that*, in conjunction with the fact that this record-store-girl was towering over me by about 6 inches and sort of brandishing the DVD much like some of your harder-core religious types will death-grip and point to the Bible, made me wince and recoil, and decide that it would be much better and somehow less shameful to just order the DVD from an online place, or maybe even wear a disguise to the record store, a la the classic 'bashful pervert in an adult bookstore' trope, featured so prominently in so many Charlie Chaplin comedies [this sentence = most commas ever]. Or I could be thinking of something else... Anythough, I'm looking to leave this state sometime soon. With any luck, I'll be back in school come September, afflicting other grad school art-peeps with my harsh and unyielding prose. And, of course, reading and listening to their writing, which, I won't lie to you, I find the prospect of that incredibly frightening. I'd hate to offer criticism of someone's work only to have them tell me that 'oh, hey yeah pal, despite what YOU might think, that actually happened to me- my father spontaneously combusted on the couch beside me, leaving me, my brother, and our dog to fend for ourselves and live off of lollipops and potato chips for three weeks while his remains slowly condensed into a milky sediment on every smooth surface in the house.' Ah-ha. You can see where that would be a problem. Quick recommendations: Sufjan Stevens- Seven Swans. This album is unstoppably good, and worth buying for the title track alone. I'm not usually into polyrhythmic Jesus-folk, but ho boy, this is just that good, and maybe has one of the weirder titled songs (outside of the Liars album) I've seen this year: All the trees of the field will clap their hands. Hot dogs. I had forgotten how nice they can taste, when done properly and when not composed primarily of exotic ungulates. Diamonds: Taste great on toast, surprisingly enough. Hope you're all doing well- Riddled with bad luck, Kevin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+