"Why does it seem to me that the poets and teenagers are the protectors and sustainers of the possibilities of kisses?" - tess gallagher i'm all over the place this morning. this may be because i've been writing, something to which i've become unaccustomed. it's hard, i now remember, to bring my mind down (or up? or out?) from trying to get a grip on tiny, exact things like words and return to making normal, inexact conversation and doing filing. i've also been reading the new Careless Talk (ha, i just typed 'carless' by mistake - the journal for pedestrians?) which is growing on me. there is certainly a healthy dose of passion in there. although matt brought it home from work saying 'here you go, fresh from the sweaty paw of everett true himself' which did put me off slightly. one belle & sebastian related comment to report so far, from an interview with aerogramme (i paraphrase slightly): 'arab strap and us mix harshness with our emotion. you can't be too sensitive in glasgow or you get twatted. that's why you never see belle and sebastian drinking in the city centre.' something like that anyway. the star-crossed ex-lovers are still making me sad. perhaps also reminding me unpleasantly of my own messy break-up with the boy in question four years ago. it's funny, however much you forget and move on, there are still little grains of every painful experience left behind deep in your subconscious. i can't wait to see b&s in brixton and reach that sublime medium between primal rock n roll euphoria and tearful appreciation of beauty. that should sort me out. oh, can i just have a wee little boast (i really feel like a conceited twat saying this but it has improved my self-esteem so much that i have to share): i've been shortlisted for an eric gregory award, which is pretty much THE last word in prizes if your a poet under 30. so far the shortlist is 17 (out of 107 entries) so even if i get no further i might at least stop thinking that i ought to give up and become a bricklayer. "There are thousands of types of people in the world: The type that divides the world up into two types of people, and the thousands of other types." - the onion luv archel xxx ****************** Visit www.buzzwords.ndo.co.uk for the best new writing on the web. Email submissions to buzzwords@bigfoot.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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+