until I leave for the UK! yay! and I always thought I was bad at math... but speaking of numbers, today is my dad's birthday! Big Art is turning a ripe old 47! (that's about 410,592 hours, according to my calculations) So it's Friday the thirteenth *and* a full moon, apparently. Maybe all of these circumstances had a bearing on yesterday's chat? Some kind of cosmic thing? Anyway, my dad seems to be under the impression that the best way to avoid bad luck on Friday the 13th when there's a full moon is to burn socks on a mountaintop. So I think tomorrow I shall round up all the olive green argyles I can find and head to...wait, there are no mountains here in the flat American midwest. Perhaps someone can ascend a Scottish summit for me and do the honors vicariously...? (oh, in other Big Art Bergman news, my dad has officially been inititated into the wide world of chat, so if you run into him there, please be friendly!) More specifically B&S related content: one highlight of the chat for me (aside from Stuart David's incessant sarcasm and abrupt departure, of course) was the acknowledgement that "Lonliness of the Middle Distance Runner" will appear on one of the upcoming releases. That song is so incredibly beautiful. Is anyone else as smitten with it as I am? the HoneyTiger wrote:
I will sOon pack up my bags and sail east, a bright new future in showbiz awaiting, armed only with my copy of Tigermilk in my handbag and fiddling with the clasps on my catsuit. Who'll buy my video?
well, given his penchant for stimulating entertainment on video (Columbo, anyone?) and his strange fascination with all things "exotic," I would venture to say that Stuey D would be a prime candidate. Susannah, what do you think? time to "get to my kip," then. (I am learning the native lingo...) bye bye, CinderSwan Bergman (who hopes that MysticTag's fairytale premonitions come true!) ------------------ Amanda Bergman Northwestern University a-bergman@nwu.edu "And like a fool, I walked away and left them my beautiful swan." --Charles Bukowski ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
More specifically B&S related content: one highlight of the chat for me (aside from Stuart David's incessant sarcasm and abrupt departure, of course) was the acknowledgement that "Lonliness of the Middle Distance Runner" will appear on one of the upcoming releases. That song is so incredibly beautiful. Is anyone else as smitten with it as I am?
yes yes yes - it's the best thing i've heard for ages. i've been trying to work out the lyrics, not very successfully so far - here's my feeble effort - i'd appreciate any corrections from people more aurally-proficient than myself... The loneliness of the middle-distance runner -------------------------------------------- I take a second of the day to think about the things that we have done this year The darkness and the pouring rain, them underneath the smoke is where we are together (?????) The future's looking colourful, it's the colour of the chaos and corruption of a happy soul A happy soul will run in the field, run in the field, run in the field 'til the rain dies down. The railway ticket states the destination but it doesn't mean, we will show There's a fork upon the line, we'll pay the guard to switch the sign, and off we'll go The future's looking wonderful, it's the wonder of the business-man, it's currency (???) to sell your wares, but no-one cares Oh you care I know, you care I know, you care I know, I forgot for a while. And on a sultry afternoon spent in this year you give yourself a headache yeah. So I take revenge in stories, and I'm dreaming of the time when we're on stage Have you seen the loneliness of the middle distance runner, as he stopped the race and looked around, all at the stage I've seen it now And walk to the station, walk to the station, walk to the station Don't you follow me well, that's my attempt anyway - i've worked out the chords as well if anyone's interested. rob xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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