Sinister: brighton belle

[Rachel Playforth]

i nearly posted on saturday night when i got home from a night of b52s and
latin jazz, drunk and extremely happy in a sickening, hippyish, 'i've just
walked home through the silence of a beautiful starry night in the city i
love best with only the b&s tunes in my head for company' kind of way.  so
count yourselves lucky that i've had a whole rainy sunday to sober, and
toughen, up again.

i'll leave the tender touch to dimitra, astrid and will, who do it so much
better.

yesterday i had to negotiate police lines to get to my favourite restaurant.
there were about 4000 protesters outside the conference centre and
elsewhere, and about 5000 armed police...  some very good (if utterly
utterly pointless) speeches were made about why we shouldn't go to war, but
i found it a bit annoying the way every grievance and agenda was crowbarred
into the protest.  i'm sure we're all very upset that baby seals are being
clubbed, but...

i have listened to dead media now, and can imagine the studio conversation
going something like, 'hey guys, we've written all these cynical,
bittersweet rock songs like we normally do, but you know what?  those daft
punk chaps are doing terribly well, why don't we play around on this
equipment and see if we can sound like them'.  cheers darren.  i say lock
them in a garage with nothing but some saucepan lids and a banjo.

i've been reading ghost world.  it's very good, and reminds me a bit of
jenowl (sorry if that's a bad thing.)  can't wait to see the film,
especially as steve buscemi's in it.

i'm going off to convert a japanese oasis fan to belle and sebastian now.
wish me luck...

luv archel toast (although today i've been mostly archel bagel)

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