for those of you who consider yourselves rockabilly godsends-- it occurred to me last night that i have much to share with you all, so share i will, and share i must. so grab your favorite stuffed animal; slam down seven Red Bulls; go buy a red fishing hat; DREAM. so here we go. much discussion about isobel's PRAT. for those of you who may recall, a few seasons ago i sent isobel a declaration of love, and furthermore asked her, in response to my tear and joy soaked message, to chose one of two boxes. one was hopeful, exuberantly idealistic, and the other had something to do with marriage. GOOD news and BAD news. i got a reply! yes, isobel wrote me back! and yes, she did check one of the boxes for me. unfortunately, it was one she had concocted herself. so in scribbly handwriting next to a haphazardly selected box were the words "BILL ME LATER". humph. and she threw in her latest gentle waves LP for me, too. not sure what to do with it. i don't suppose i should play it. i'm at summer school. much to my chagrin. chagrin often plays out as a thematic preponderance in my life. after all, i was born in CHAGRIN FALLS, OHIO. no lie. i kid you not. i would never kid you. not to be confused with twin falls, idaho. people do not have goats as children. therefore, they are not KIDS. they are CHILDREN or BRATS. just not kids. FLASH BACKWARDS three years. i got marine research a few weeks ago and it's adorable. i'm going to take it to class with me today and show it off. good grief, the shows coming this fall to the greater Chapel Hill/Winston-Salem/Piedmont Triad are phenomenal--built to spill, pedro the lion, unwound, modest mouse, and lots of others i can't remember. this is truly remarkable. after years of complaining all the acts i wish to see have flung themselves submittingly on my doorstep. by the way, i have a CRUSH on the keyboardist from The Comas; they're a chapel hill band that nobody really knows much about, but as i've said on the list before, their last album is a pure gem. i actually saw them a week or so ago, and spotted miss lovely keyboardist in the crowd watching the horrid opening acts and almost ignited a conversation with her. but of course, in true blake-esque fashion, i skirted confrontation. of course my in-line was to be something like, "i really like the synth solo on track x!". putty. in. my. hands. no doubt. i'm afraid this is all i have one of these days i will have something monumental to relinquish unfortunately, that day is not today the nerdy shy-eyed pacifist blake +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+