Sinister: need a subject...

[chris_t_opher]

sinister,

i was going to post about a little article in the guardian a month or so ago because
it mentioned our very own peel favourites, b+s. the general gist of it was that
david white (i think) had the mp3s of a live show on a site. the band and banchory
were happy with it but jeepster wouldnt say either way whether they minded so it was
forced down. im not sure there was any moral to the story but it took up a page in
the paper and had quotes from neil and things.

last night, an american girl id only just met told me "you strike me as a belle and
sebastian fan". it came out of the blue, based on nothing other than how i look i
guess and i was speechless for a couple of seconds as a result. it scares me that im
part of a recognised breed when i was just an odd-looking person not so very long
ago. what can we blame most for this... high fidelity, storytelling, teachers or
just general popularity?

today i partook in my own particular christmas shopping hell. plans to go tuesday,
wednesday, even thursday failed so i ended up in the middle of manchester city
centre on a friday afternoon. im sure i dont need to tell you what that was like but
not even the hundreds of cuties (a friend's word, not mine) on oldham street could
cheer me up. but i found plenty of presents - joy div tshirt, airfix model, graphic
design book, loads and loads of gift vouchers - so i should just be thankful its
over with and i can still sit and type.

on the far end of the busy-things scale, the internet goes very dead every
christmas. youd have thought people would be stuck indoors for long periods and
would have nothing to do but email sinister. but no, everyone disappears into a
christmas vortex for a couple of weeks instead - they cant be christmas shopping all
that time, can they? i guess at least it means in january people will just delete
this and the other 200 unread emails in their inbox and i can pretend it never
happened.

merry merriment,
c.

ps. if anyone in manchester wants to try a music project, bedroom-stylee, give me a
shout. 

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