right right. hello you all. can i just say that big freaking huge props go out to double-triple-fucking-tigerxdare-ya-Lauren for uttering the name of Reggie and the Full Effect on this list. reggie, et al, are what happen when whiny emo kids and hardcore kids can no longer hide their penchant for pop, so they collaborate and make some of the funniest and wonderful sounds ever. check check check it out, y'all. that troublesome rainermaria lot, too. good stuff. on a sadder note, i hear ya, girl. poo on da boyz. i have lately posed the question of "why do boys Act like That" lately to a few boys... they can't explain it. maybe b/c they deny any emotion. maybe b/c they don't have it. maybe they have it to the point of becoming a socially-inept quivering mass disguised as a cool, calm, unfeeling Winky (good word, lj). ummm... okay, enough of that. anyway, if you're going to boy sets fire shows, clearly you are tough enough to kick their whiny arses... unfortunately, we'd rather have them just be Nice to us, eh? tough is lonely. what is with me tonight? anyway. i just spent the past four days in a whirlwind of musica... nyc for cmj... got to see the getupkids (although we missed reggie -- poo!), a wonderful wonderful band called nymb, the kindercore showcase (dressy bessy and kitty craft are the new crack. for real.), and the jadetree showcase -- mmm... joan of arc, promise ring, jets to brazil... except during the kid dynamite set, all the pansy kids in cardies and glasses turned into tattooed, pierced hardcore kids and i ended up in the midst of a bunch of stage-diving, crowd-surfing, testosterone-fueled monsters. underneath them, in fact. which would have been okay had i been a bit prepared. as it were i was emotionally scarred... who knew that such a band could follow joan of arc??? i am a wuss. sheesh. you know what? i bet 3/4 of the people on this list don't give one whit about the above paragraph whatsoever. sorry. :( hey, speaking of listees ... mick mcmick -- were you in town for cmj?? b/c i swear i saw you wednesday walking around the west side... theatre district area... or maybe i just totally made that up. hmmph. do you all realize that i have exactly 2 hours to do all the homework i missed while at cmj, b/c i have to go serve coffee to college students at 10??? i've been wading through the NINETY sinister messages all afternoon.... sheesh, kids. okay, before i delve into translating greek ("homer educates the men. the men go to the marketplace..."), one comment on the. indie/emo/what-have-you scene, and the clothes that go along with it.... while at cmj, i really became aware of how everyone looked exactly alike. and then i realized why we do it -- the nookie! clearly! what better way to get "play" than by wearing ratty corduroys, salvation army cardies, and dorky glasses???? that's it!!! haha! i do it all for the nookie. okay, if my message tonight has taught you anything, it's to lay off the crack, kids. for reals. xoxo, marie === ************************************************************** "I was a proper snob in college, as only a future lifetime English major can be" - buddy glass "to me she was just marie." -mersault ************************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+