Two weeks today, and I'm off. Off on a holiday, for the first time in *counts on fingers* six years. Off to France, y'see, with the family. And the boyfriend. I'd asked, back in December, that if my parents were heading back to Norway, could I go too. I'd been starting to feel something again, it might have been indigestion, but something that made me yearn for five days solid of sitting in a car, or throwing up in vacuum toilets on ferries, to get to the most isolated little village in Europe. It was as if there was some sort of homing device that had been triggered in my brain, and I needed to go back. I needed to spend time there. But no. My parents announced they were going to France. Did I still want to go? Did I really need to think about passing over the chance of a free holiday not done on the cheap? My one concern is it will be sunny. And hot. And with my Nordic blood very much against the idea of heat and sun, I'm starting to wonder how I will cope. How can a girl be acused of being all gothic if she is wearing a sarong and a sun hat? Oh well. I am looking forward to the sunny bits where it is a bit cooler and I'm not melting entirely. Sort of first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening. ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * It strikes me (with a big old ugly stick) that B&S aren't doing that sitting-round-on-their-arses thing they did for a while, a few years ago. Maybe that was just me, but there was a spell, I'm surely not mistaken, in 2000, when they didn't seem to be doing anything. A whole year passed without a gig or a record. I remember threatening to turn Travis. And now we are blessed, with lots of little gigs in different places for different reasons, and we've even had records, on an almost regular basis. I don't want to speculate on what got them to get their arses into gear, but I'm thinking it was my threat. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * The upshot of this, of course, is that people are right back into discussing things again. Stuff like what Marc Bots said, about the second coming of Tigermilk. Oh, I wish. But I doubt it. *goes into Simpsons comicstore owner mode* Best Belle and Sebastian album, ever. */end dodgy impression* Tigermilk was fantastic. But I think it'd be unrealistic for them to do Tigermilk 2. We'd just (I would) complain it was just a rehash of old stuff, and not groundbreaking. Certainly though, something as refreshing as Tigermilk would be ace. But maybe they know their stuff far too well now for that to happen, the naiviety and innocence has been swept aide for lots of expensive little flashy lights and twiddly knobs that cost thousands to press. And theres people like Lucy, who I have forgiven for ruining my moment of glory by pointing out my car shares the same name as squashed-trout-face Jamie Olivers baby. She has been posting news, before even Aunt Linda could say "B&S", in a cloud of dust, not unlike Mr William Windsor in his Golf GTI on country estates. And there are those who are planning their trips to go to America t see the gigs, being greedy and stealing tickets away from the locals with their credit cards while America, America, sleeps in a different time zone as the news is posted up onto the website. (I am teasing.) Anyway. Thanks to my little contigent of people who popped along and met me on Monday night. You know who you are, but I had a lovely time, and I invite you to Scotland and to stay anytime you like, as long as its not at my house. ta-ra idles xxx ===== <a href="http://retrosec.blogspot.com/">http://retrosec.blogspot.com/</a> thoughts ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+