I always thought this was loosely based on Oscar Wilde's 'A picture of Dorien Gray'? "There's a portrait, in the back room..." Dunno. Sorry about the short post. Miss Ho xxx From: "Rob Lorenson" <rlorenson@sbcglobal.net> Reply-To: "Rob Lorenson" <rlorenson@sbcglobal.net> To: <sinister@missprint.org> Subject: Re: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:31:55 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Cat's Pajamas" <the_cats_pajamas@hotmail.com> To: <sinister@missprint.org> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 22:38 PM Subject: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations

Does anybody have a clue as to what kind of tragedy this mag was referring to? Obviously it's a sad song, but beyond that I couldn't figure anything out...

I always thought it was inspired by Osamu Dazai's tragic novel "No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku)." Because the story in the song is very similar to parts of the book. At least, that's what I think when I hear the song. If anyone's curious, the book is about the protagonist's alienation from human society. He cannot connect with other people, and fears them. He has drug and alcohol problems, and cannot have normal relationships with women. The book is semi-autobiographical. The book was originally published in 1948, the same year Dazai committed suicide with his mistress in Tanagawa Canal (near Tokyo). +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+