Hi I'm home on a Friday night.. what a sinister thing to do, I thought. I might just as well post to the list again, it must be about time, since the last was about 6 months ago. It's always good to keep a certain rhythm. But what do I have to say? Oh, that should not be a big problem. There's always something, really, if you only look hard enough. I always could find something. Isn't it strange to see your own name on a computer screen, written by someone else? It makes me feel like I'm not in control of myself; someone else who has never seen you knows your name and types it out on a carolinian keyboard, and a few hours later you read and stumble over something familiar: you say to yourself "hey, that's me!" But is it really me? At the time of writing, it was just the name of a guy who had not updated the literary list in a long time (I will do so, Laura Lleweth (see!), as soon as I've finished this, taken a wodka and smoked another cigar. And then I'll do it, if I still can.) and it's also me, in some strange way. I think that's what shyness is all about: you don't want to lose your name. Once I typed my name into a search-engine just to see what happens. I found a woman who had the same name as me - she was living in New York and she was some kind of musician, I believe. Jan Imgrund, musician in NY. Carrying my name around! How dare she! I felt somewhat betrayed, I must say. I always considered my name as my own property. I should have sent her a mail - that would have been a nice shock, getting a mail from yourself. We might have met, fallen in love (to love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance, as Oscar Wilde said) and married. Then we would have led a funny life of confusing other people. I could have learned to play an instrument and we could have taken turns in playing concerts - no one would know who comes on stage when they announce "Please welcome Jan Imgrund!". But I did send an email to her, and the page where she was mentioned has gone a while ago already. We'll never know. Thinking about it, I'm not so anymore sure who's meant when my name is mentioned on the list. Maybe they're referring to a female fan in New York City, and not to, erm, me. That reminds me of another story (I told you, I'm unstoppable once I've started): my girlfriend and I once brought our old clothes to a thrifteria or whatever you brits call it, and the guy who took care of our rags greeted my girlfriend with her first name ("oh, he may have been lucky, Carolin is not such a rare name"), *and* last name ("????!!!!! Is there something going on between this slightly dim-witted oriental thriftmaster and my girlfriend I should know of??!). But then I was reassured. He knew my name as well. There was no secret affair; the guy was just clairvoyant. This guy should play lotto and get rid of his shitty job instead of scaring the shit out of unsuscepting hipsters. (I can hear you, sceptics, but believe me, I'm not the kind of person who has his name printed on all his belongings, I did not even take my purse out, and my name is not written across my forehead for all I know.) Sorry Laura, I've already started drinking the wodka. Could you correct the spelling on the new litlist?? Surprisingly little B&S content, don't you think? Hmmm. I have not listened to their records all that much at the moment. it might have to do with the fact that I am not currently in possession of IYFS, my favourite by a long shot, since I gave my copy to a romanian girl (who loved it to bits! Another convert!) And somehow I can't bring myself to buy the same record twice, even if it's one of my very very favourites. There's always so much new stuff to buy! Incidentally, my first guided by voices song (the official ironman rally song) was the best thing that came to my ears in a long time. Could someone who knows about such things tell me what record's best to buy? I heard good things about mag earwhig. It's such a great name, too. See you in may 2001 then, Jan PS: Everybody should own "stranded" by roxy music. Not only because of the cover. PPS: And the sophware slump by grandaddy. not only because of the name. -- Tindersticks page: http://www.tindersticks.net 'Lifestyle music for those maybe lacking in life, but never ever in style' -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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. 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