I really do wanna be your Joey Ramone. Hullo Sinister children, I hope all is well in sinisterland. Michelle R went and said: "Mr. Jim mentioned Black Box Recorder" Which is funny because I've been called Mr Jim three or four times this week, and I haven't heard that in ages. It makes me smile because it was one of my nicknames as a kid. If you guessed the source of the subject line, give yourself a cookie. It comes, of course, from Sleater-Kinney's 'Call the Doctor' album and is the title of my favorite song of that album. It's brilliant, though I'm afraid it's not for some twee sinister folk. Long live the riot grrrls, I want to marry Corin Tucker...well, not really, but she does make brilliant music. Joey Ramone is gone of course, cancer took him a few weeks ago. *sigh* Was it that long ago I was standing on the top of a car screaming the words to 'We're a happy family'? I tried to get 'The KKK Took my Baby Away' as the senior class song, and if you knew the small michigan town I grew up in you'd see why it was appropriate. We ended up with a Garth Brooks song as the class song, you can be assured I was not pleased. I'm listening to Sleater-Kinney far too loud as I type this and I'm wishing I hadn't sold my electric guitar, then I look at my beloved 12-string and I'm happy again. I must get another electric one of these days. Ahh, Joey and the other Ramones were one of those things that helped keep me sane growing up. I feel as if I've just outted myself to the list. Yes folks, I lean much more towards the punky side of the 'indie' scene. Don't hold it against me, I love the sad bastard bands as much as I love the angry bastard bands and the happy bastard bands, it's just that I was much more the punky Clash and Sex Pistols kid than the Smiths and Morrissey kid, as I matter of fact, I really don't care for the smiths all that much (put down the knives my friends, it's just a personal opinion). Of course, I could never really get into the *scene* like others did. Didn't wear leather of have tattoos or five foot mohawks (because I've always thought mohawks a bit daft) and generally just wore what I wanted. The closest I got was short, spikey plum hair and a Clash or John Lennon (who wasn't punk, but whose t-shirt got me called a commie by some redneck in 11th grade, so close enough) t-shirt. I have to laugh at some of the punky kids nowadays in their Hot Topic clothes and borrowed attitude. Though if I was honest I'd admit there were plenty like that when I was growing up. Sometimes I think I must be getting old, but no, I don't feel old at all. I don't care much for *kewl* kids who get so into the scene and the spectacle, just give me the music please. The punk music, the indie music, the ska music, the blues, the electronic music, that's all I want, thank you. I've mellowed with age (ohhh, my bones are creaking as my 25th b-day looms a few months away). Mojave 3 follows S-K into the cd player and it makes me want to lay back under a shady tree somewhere. I wish I collected vinyl, I've always said I was going to start my collection, but I also realized that if I started, my I would quickly bankrupt myself. I do so love the sound of a record. One of these days I'll begin my collection. Or I'll just cheat and find a girl who has a record collection and marry her and her collection will become our collection...I rather like that idea. Has anyone heard the new AIR album? I hadn't realized it was out already and I think I must buy it soon. If you haven't heard the VIRGIN SUICIDES soundtrack, you should go buy it and listen to it, and then read the book, and then watch the movie. You will thank me, because they are all wonderful. Otherwise, your recommended music is "Winners Never Quit" by Pedro the Lion and "Orange Ryhming Dictionary" by Jets to Brazil. Recommended reading is Philip Pullman's DARK MATERIALS trilogy (Golden Compass, Subtle Knife, and Amber Spyglass) because they are brilliant fantasy novels that I read and shared with my twelve year old niece, and we both loved them. They're light years ahead of Mr. Potter's adventures (nothing wrong with Harry though) and they even outshine poor Frodo and his ring. It's finally sank in that I'm leaving the states for six weeks on sunday to travel around the UK and Europe and see Belle and Sebastian live and now I am filled with mad energy. This should prove to be a brilliant summer. If anyone needs to get ahold of me whilst I'm gone, I can be reached at jgilmer2001@yahoo.com Hope to see some of you at the shows. Be Sinister... Jim +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+