Don't bore us, get to the chorus, they say and so I shall. THIS IS NOT A MEDIA HYPE Issue: Blair Witch vs. Eyes Wide Shut. Poor Jim Schmidt took a hiding for some of his criticisms for the a/m films, but c'mon cut the guy some slack, eh? We're all in this together,homeez. IMHO the movies were both swell yet flawed, but some of the reviews y'all posted (esp for the Witch one) .....pppsh!! Kinda like "Go to the cinema and your life will be changed!!!" So what happens here, is everyone reading about how pants-wettingly brilliant the film is goes to the see it and inevitably says, "hmm, kind of a letdown, wasn't it?" Oh nevermind.. we shouldn't be talking about this anyway, it's truly "Summer of Sam" which is The Movie of Sinisterines, not because it covers standard list-related topics as drug orgies and serial killers, but because a main character in the film is a nouveau-punk W!H!O! - obsessee. He practices his windmills in sync to "won't get fooled again" in his Townsend-shrine of a bedroom, and in the somber and spooky tone common amongst cult members he breathily enthuses, "Baba O'Riley is my favorite song." And the most climactic scene is played out against a soundtrack of the W!H!O! You know what this means, don't you. Obviously, the clandestine media have once again infiltrated our ranks, coopting thread topics to recycle for use in their own little creative outlets... Spike, my brutha, shame on you! I DON'T WANT YOUR... PHOTOGRAPH Issue: Rude pictures Someone was trying to figure out where to get some piccies of their naughty bits developed. This problem was recently posed to the incomparable Dan Savage in his weekly syndicated column, and the info his research yielded went a little somethin like this... If you take them to a large chain-operation, like Walgreen's or Safeway, they are usually sent to an off-site facility and processed by a machine. Another human will probably never even see the pictures. The person who said this *did* mention that random security checks were done, but in general you're not likely to run into problems. On the other hand.... If you take your pics to a place specializing in developing, like a one-hour Photomat place, they are indeed inevitably seen by a person, so you're more likely to get caught. So while I cannot attest to the veracity of either of these tidbits of info, I'm passing it along for you to exercise your personal judgment. COFFEE AND TV Did i tell you that I heard "Sleep the Clock Around" playing in Starbucks a few weeks ago?? I challenge you to describe a more serene lunch hour, than sat in the comfy environs of a sunny (albeit monopolizing, overpriced, corporate scum yeah yeah yeah i know) cafe, sipping a venti nonfat chai tea latte surrounded by the lulling sounds of your favorite band. *siiiiiiiigh* You couldn't do it, could you? you are my fire, my heart's desire, tara +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+