Sinister: cricket! and school
Hey Sinister. I thought I'd write more. I like getting and reading everyone else's so much I thought I'd contribute a little myself. I've been following the cricket world cup, even though I'm from Illinois where everyone is too busy following the Cubs to care about cricket too much. I played it once last fall. There are some pretty good cricket players at my school; we get quite a few students from India and they've a lot of them played before. Anyway, I was pretty happy that Canada won their first game. I'm not really pulling for anyone in particular (south africa) but I guess I'm partial to the Canadians, since nobody expected them to win anything and Minnesota is really South Canada at heart. It's still hockey country, though. The music department here got a new professor who specializes in studying popular music, and so next term there's going to be a class completely dedicated to it. He taught a class called "Music of the 1960s" this term where John Cage and the Beatles and such like were all over the syllabus; I expect much of the same from this class only more hardcore, since it's apparently a "research seminar" and he uses words like "semiotics" in the course description, and I don't even know what that is. But I like music! So it seems like a good trade-off. Also, there's going to be a music interest house next year, or at least some folks are planning it. I like how Carleton is suddenly Indie Rock University now. So I have been listening to the college radio station, and not just having a show on it. It's gotten me really excited about new music from Cat Power and the notwist, and I'll have to buy new records all over the place when they come out finally. I really wish someone had told me about Cat Power sooner, although I suppose if I listened to more college radio they would. I guess that's all I have to say. I wish we'd get more snow, but the word is it's supposed to be warm next week, which I guess isn't too bad. Incense and peppermints, Kevin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
apparently a "research seminar" and he uses words like "semiotics" in the course description, and I don't even know what that is.
and that's when i wheeled my rolling chair out of the retirement wing. and said 'semiotics'. kid, semiotics is THE SHIT! that shit is the real truth about devolution. There was this french magazine that said BARTHES IS BACK (in english) accross the front. inside there was a picture of the man himself in his junior years sporting a devilish moustache. the moustache that cleaved who knows which depths of manhood. but can the moustache speak? hi everyone, it's me steve, again. what's scary shit is when i signed up for sinister again i thought...who the fuck will i know? they're all probably different people now..and then all the posts were still about ken chu and i remember everyone from before... ... and so, where have i been? well, after trawling the deepest waters off lisbon for the tasty yet disgusting hag eel i've been everywhere worthwhile etc. and am now back in toronto which is a total torontopia! TORONTO RULES! T!O!R!O!N!T!O! and if you think i'm being naive let me tell you: i have been to stockholm, berlin, amsterdam even the elite and trendy magdenburg (they invented the vaccum...the town council worships a lack, absence is their primary civic virtue...their city center looks like an amon dull albumcover it's totally fucked) yeah, it's all about helsinki and toronto. the two new capitals of cool. yeah, we had a wild ukranian new years party at my house back in january and everyone had to wear moustaches. we even sold them at the door and refused entry to all who came without their own and refused to adopt one...the moustache...if my shitty asian genes could even generate such a fine face animal i'd be able to die happy...i think of dieter meier of yello, the giant slug that slumbers on his upper lip, signifying his worldly swiss nature, the twix commercials, the power. the moustache is completely polyvalent, it resonates...if the lips are a kind of fold in the face then the moustache is a kind of topographical abnormality, a genuine possibility of revolt/deviance realised in hair. i got so drunk that i fell from the ceiling onto a post and got kicked out of my own party into the snow...then more computer keyboards were smashed and i snuck back in and drank more vodka... and then yesterday i did the protest thing. we went as a band and sang and marched and justin from do make joined and then we did some huggybear songs and it was all protesty and the snot in my throat froze and my voice got hoarse and then i collapsed. the best thing about valentines day was that it happened just before a massive march. yeah. just like dogs that bark just to bark i love yelling. nothing suits me more. and all the v.day angst...sheesh...why even mention it? like kids, please, is this the smiths email list? shit, the best thing about belle and sebastian is the unfettered sense of freedom that permits the never ending naps and cruddy student lifestyle etc. not the crushing whinging about the same...your nap IS your power, your lack of social skills IS your grace...the nap is the fold in the time fabric of the standard working day. therefore YOU = THE MOUSTACHE (when you nap). is that clear? is anyone from sinsiter currently in berlin? i have a desperate favour to ask. please respond. xo s te ve nn +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Steven Kado