*nervously coughs* i've finally find the time (well i haven't really, i'm just trying to avoid painting the woodwork in the hall, but will really have to do it soon to avoid a telling off from my partner - she can be harsh, but at least she loves b&s...) where was I? oh, yeah, my first post - a sinister virgin, i've served my time in the nursery like any good boy should, i've read and studied and been in thrall of the various postings i've seen, and itched to speak to you all - now i'm here i feel like the new boy in class with everyone staring and thinking i'm strange. i'm sure i'm not really... the thing i really wanted to talk about was following on from all the car talk - my boring drives to work have been so grately enjoyable these past few days as i've been having a b&s listening bonanza as my excitement increases as jonathan david and preston approach - my journey through the plain(boring)s of cheshire have been somewhat eased through the strains of our favourite band - the journey takes 45 mins or so, so just the right time for an album each way... a couple of things had struck me lately though - the other day, i got in a mild panic after over-sleeping that i might get stuck at this junction that's sometimes backed up - it was clear and my reaction was "thank you god" - strange as i don't believe in god - stranger still as the voice sang "if you're feeling sinister, just go and see a minister" at that exact moment - is the lord working in mysterious ways, i ask? the same day on the way home, i was loudly singing along to "the state that i am in" at a set of traffic lights, when a man got out of a car ahead and tried to open someone's car door in a fit of road rage - the thing was he exactly fitted all stereotypes being about 4'10" with a white vest, white rolled up training pants and somewhat over-developed muscles to match the size of the chip on his shoulder - do his type go to a finishing school to achieve perfection in their field, i wonder? anyway my thought at the time was how much more beautiful (if slightly mental) the world would be if all could see and know the true light of belle and sebastian - then again the world might end up like the old coca cola teach the world to sing type thing, and that might be just too sickeningly sweet - we must retain some bile somewhere... i'm sure i've thoroughly bored you all by now, and my timer's about to go ding, so dulux barley white satin here we go... thank you for listening, the boy with the paint in his hair. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- " only connect..." e.m.forster +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+