'manhattan murder mystery' was on television recently. and it just served to remind me of just how much I really actually like woody allen. I forget frequently. I haven't smoked in a while. I had a cigarette last night. after watching juliet binoche attempt suicide. and I heard two cats fighting. and I was glad that it was dark. and that my night vision isn't. good. I was tidying my room and I found a piece of paper under my bed. it had 'I want to be the hero of my own life' scrawled on it. and I wondered when I had written it. and I was watching 'the cider house rules' [kinda] while I was tidying. and then. yeah. tobey maguire started reading the first chapter of 'david copperfield'. as I read somewhere. somewhere. the reindeer section was dreamt up by that gary lightbody guy from the snow patrol. and he had dreamt it up at a lou barlow gig. and after he dreamt it up he went about recruiting musicians from the audience at the lou barlow gig to try and realise his dream. and the thing I read somewhere said that members of astrid are in it. and members of idlewild would have been too. if they could have made the sessions. which they couldn't. but. that makes sense. because I saw lou barlow playing a while back and astrid were supporting at one point. and idlewild at another. point. and I told the wee guy from astrid I had seen him on 'young, gifted and broke' [a late night television programme with a low, low production value and of little interest] he seemed insulted and denied it. I told him I was sure. I later realised I had actually seen him on 'loud TV' [a late night television programme with a low, low production value and of little interest]. quite a different show. but. I had had a few drinks. also. one of the guys on the door that night asked if I was 'in the band'. I asked him if I looked like I was in the band. he shrugged. I saw him again later and told him of my new plan: that he should tell everyone he saw that I was in the band. especially any nice young ladies. that he saw. he shrugged again. so I shrugged too. now. the people from belle and sebastian who have been doing this reindeer stuff are: mick cooke, richard colburn and 'belfast' bob kildea [who was called a 'member of belle and sebastian' in the thing I read somewhere. but other people will say 'v->twin'. so so will I.]. so. and they're playing at nice 'n' sleazy's? or they have? I thought about thinking about going. or I think I did. but I've missed it? probably. maybe it's tomorrow. I'll think about going. and an album. it's going to be called 'ya'll get scared now, ya hear'. and I don't know if that's a good idea or not. and they'll be at t in the park. and whether that's a good idea or not... it doesn't sound like a bad thing. the thing. but the names that were chosen are not too. nice. to me. but...what's in a name? being in #sinister recently and noting that the 'topic' was advertising an mp3 titled 'the state that lorraine is in' I was intrigued to the point of downloading. and listening. my, my. how impressed! I was. what a brave young lady. she kept her cool and recalled lyrics and called out 'sinister!'. had I been in a similar situation I'm sure I wouldn't have even attempted the notes that lorraine achieved. I would have kept to the two notes I know I can produce. notes. or maybe they're tones. anyhow. well done. to lorraine. the hodottir. an eastside [of scotland] picnic is in the works. and it sounds like it might be a whole lot of fun. I received a letter recently advising me that I don't have enough credits to proceed to the third year of my course. worried. I phoned a friend who reassured me that everything would be fine. and hopefully it will. be fine. I mentioned 'brno' last time. and someone said it was cheap. that's what my friend said. or says. 'we'll live like kings!' he repeats. and we might. I might. if I manage to get there. gosh. this rambled a little more than I had intended it to. sorry, richard. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+