Sinister: " i will be the first person in history...

[RPushong at xxx.com]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
to die of boredom..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
welcome all...i haven't posted for a while...i've been listening to alot of 
felt lately...
i think they are a band that i will never get bored of...
& it got me thinking...(dangerous i know...)
in 10 years or so...what bands or artistes are going to be remembered as 
representing this generation...is it going to be  oasis and the manics...& 
robbie williams!?! ...( i have nothing personal against any of these bands or 
people ) already from 10 - 15 years ago...some truly great bands have been 
forgotten...  
lawrence and felt is one of them...dan treacy and the television 
personalities is another...bid and the monochrome set another...( i would 
also like to mention the pale fountains and shack and michael and john head 
but that is another post on its own! )
there are loads more...i have a special affection for creation records...i 
can even forgive alan mcgee for turning into the anti - christ...and even 
though the start of the end for creation was the signing of oasis and the 
selling out to sony...i still had a soft spot for them...they put out some of 
my favourite records of all time...to me alan mcgee was never " creation 
records boss " he was alan mcgee of biff bang pow! ...who wrote songs that 
could tear your heart in two...
bid and the monochrome set were responsible for some of the finest pop 
moments known to man!...the three that i have mentioned probably never won an 
award between them... none of them are household names...yet they mean so 
much to me...they have played an important part in my life...and in 10 - 15 
years time when robbie has turned into rod stewart and oasis and the manics 
have turned into status quo and dire straits... ...who's gonna remember 
lawrence , dan or bid...
~~~~~
fortune
~~~~~
i like the way belle and sebastian have managed to stay loyal to 
jeepster...after the brit award thing i imagine most major labels were 
foaming at the mouth trying to tempt them away from jeepster...loyalty is 
such a rare commodity these days...i love the fact that they are still with 
jeepster...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
forever breathes the lonely word...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
i like this mp3 thing...i really do...it will be great for music on the 
move...but i find the idea that very soon you will be able to download an 
entire music collection off the net ludicrous  ...i have no doubts that this 
will be possible...but yet again i feel the men in suits are completely 
missing the point...you see i like to own things...i like to collect...i love 
vinyl...i like to touch it and smell it ...i like the feel of it...i like 
cd's too ...but i love vinyl...i like the sleeves i like the little messages 
scratched into the end of the record...about 10 - 15 years ago we were told 
cd's would eventually replace vinyl by the year 2000...well 2000 is here and 
vinyl is still fighting its corner...i wouldn't trade my vinyl in for the 
world...i would rather own 2000 records taking up half my flat...instead of 
50 or so memory chips in a shoebox...maybe i'm just stubborn and old 
fashioned...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the optimist and the poet
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
another felt title i'm afraid ...i seem to have felt on the brain...but i 
love this song title i think it would make a great film title...recently i've 
been having a crisis of sorts...an internal war going on in my head...i lost 
my faith in p*o*p ...so i went away to another country to gather my thoughts 
and to forget about things for a while...and what happens...i walk into a 
bar...to be confronted by the sea urchins " pristine christine " ...swiftly 
followed by primal scream " all fall down "...14 iced bears " come get me " 
...and the field mice " fabulous friend " ...i was a good 2000 miles away 
from home...and it was like being struck by lightning...it sent shivers down 
my spine!
and then to cap off an extremely pleasant evening the dj played love's " 
alone again or " followed by belle and sebastians " dog on wheels " ...so my 
faith has been restored...it was a truly surreal experience...that i shall 
never forget as long as i live...
i met some fellow pop fans...a list member ( who shall remain nameless )... 
who is now officially my best friend in the world...and for the first time in 
my life i am optimistic of the future ( so i am the optimist ) and she is 
most definately the poet...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
" I'LL REST THIS CASE...
CONDEMN MY RACE...
I'LL STAB A KNIFE INTO THE FACE...
OF ANY MAN...WHO DARES TO OPPOSE ME..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DECLARATION ~ FELT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      ...signing off over and out...
                                           richard...i...p
                                               x
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
   +---+  Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list  +---+
   To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe
   send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to
   majordomo at missprint.org.  WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister
 +-+  "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+
 +-+  "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+
 +-+       "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper        +-+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+