Hi Lovelies; The Los Angeles shows have long come & gone (two months on, the autumn's gone...), I know.... but I have to make sure you all knew that our own *-Sophie-* has co-written a review of said gig for the British-based and internationally-known magazine "Mojo". Congrats are in order for her: One of our Siniterenes has infiltrated the real-time muzik biz with the sweet subject of Bee & Ess. I scanned the article on my website. If you can't read it, then my scanner sucks or your monitor is too small. But I promised myself I'd never make fun of anyone's size, on-list or off. So forgive me. But the article is here: http://www.brier.homestead.com/sophie.html IN OTHER NEWS: Has anyone else come to the realization that "The Boy With The Arab Strap" is Belle & Sebastian's "The Queen Is Dead"? Think openly about it. Don't be swayed to say "it's just because they're both monochromatic green". It's more than that. I dunno. But it's also more than the Boy-With-The-Thorn-In-His-Side vs. Boy-With-The-Arab-Strap thing. It's just that the Smiths album, in my mind, brings a heady 'peak of the wave' feeling that TBWTAS also gives. I guess the Smiths/BelleSebby link might also be highlighted by the fact that their first popular releases both featured, in red, a sexy figure in a bedroom.... but the "Queen Is Dead" connection really is true. Really. And thanks to Brier's self-made segway, could I ask for a group-happening? Everyone on Sinister, pause what you're doing and push play on your CD machines and listen to "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" by The Smiths. If we all do this at the same time, I promise there will be World Peace. Or at least a small inkling of it, amongst ourselves. That song really says everything, doesn't it? And where's Tina, the girl who sang "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" at the 2nd L.A. show? I have an MP3 of it. If you haven't heard yourself yet, you should. It's great. Does anyone else miss the Ice Cream Truck? Like, the organ-bells that would ring, and you'd know that you'd soon have treats? And when you ripped the wrapper off the ice-cream, there was the trash hole that was a dragon's mouth? They'd have a dragon painted on the side of the truck, I mean, and a hole cut in the dragon's mouth for your trash to go. Please, does *anyone* else remember this??? Southern California Listerenes (oh no, medicine breath): Is there going to be a meetup to watch "Storytelling" despite bad reviews? I mean, we'll enjoy it just for the soundtrack, non? Public shout-outs to Ernie (for everything) and Rachel Cornflake (she isn't just for breakfast anymore) and Joan Of Dark (as always) and Llaura (from Random Lip Boy) and the rest of you, everyone. All my love, ~brier +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+