hey there sinistereenies, being a lazy sunday type of day with the rain pelting down outside, i've been going through some old notes and photos and stuff, and came upon this lovely little list that a friend gave a few years back. it made me laugh out loud so i thought i'd share it with you and hope that you haven't already read it (or something like it) before. indie dos: 1. Be pretentious 2. Cut some bangs 3. Continue to wash your hair, but make it seem as though you don't 4. Follow the latest craze (ie vegetarianism or parkas) 5. Collect sneakers, sneakers and more sneakers - adidas, old skool nike 6. Carry old airline bags 7. Renounce anything mainstream 8. Listen to college radio if you must listen at all. Otherwise , send all your money on cds from obscure bands that no one has ever heard of and probably never will 9. Wear a scarf, inside, outside, all the time 10. Forget you ever knew how to dance. If you must dance, reduce your repertoire to a series of jerky movement paired with a blank expression 11. Put on some flared trousers 12. Practice looking aloof in your mirror when you have some free time 13. Only watch pretentious art films. Know all the directors names 14. Always talk about bands and people in bands. Make people think you know everyone personally 15. Wear those black framed glasses, even if they make you look silly 16. In public, only drink imported beer or something pink and frothy 17. Old skool jogging suits, wear them! 18. Kiss up to important people, ignore everyone else! Indie Don'ts 1. Never wear light coloured jeans 2. Never wear a t-shirt that looks new 3. Never admit to liking a band that gets air time on radio 4. Never be openly friendly to non-indie people, unless you can prove they are cool.5. Most importantly, never date anyone that isn't as indie as you. Your date is your biggest accessory, keep that in mind. :) On a seperate note, I recently came back from my holiday in France. It was lovely. Lovlier still was when I wore my Belle and Sebastian shirt and was asked by random Frenchies if it had anything to do with the childrens tv show, and what was the point of the pink car. Sweetness. Hugs Marianna _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+