Sinister: tell the truth, it really helped you...

[Declan Haskins]

What's ^ sinister...

I've been around here for a little while (out of the
nursery for only a few months, but a B&S fan for much
longer) and I've been touched as of late, with the
help of a fellow sinister (thanks Michelle), and moved
to kick out my keyboard and send you all my first
post... so here goes...

I guess I'll start out and say that the B&S show I
attended up in Atlanta a few months back was one of
the most amazing experiences of my life... but then I
had been anticipating it for almost two years, since
my first exposure to the band when on a whim I picked
up a copy of 'FYHCYWLAP' because of its cool cover. I
won't ever forget pressing play on my CD player as I
sat there in my car parked outside of the record store
and hearing for the first time the soft voice of
Stuart singing on its own "I fought in a war..." and
the most amazing music that followed shortly after...
and my life has never been the same since that day...

Back to the concert... that night I was standing right
up in front, just under where Mick was standing and
was next to all those crazy and wild kids who came up
from Miami and were having such a great time out
partying for the show. And even with the abscence of
Isobel that night, the show left me feeling all warm
and fuzzy inside like I had just came on to some
wonderful and great drug... 

Thanks so much to the fellow sinister who posted the
pictures of the show on their website a while back. I
downloaded them all and they've been rotating quite
frequently on my desktop!

Onto storytelling... I think its a wonderful album and
the more I listen to it the more I seem to appreciate
it and the genius that went into creating it. I've yet
to see the movie and so I'm void of any connections
between the songs and the movie's themes and plot...
And so I've constructed my own personal meanings for
them... isn't that always the case with music, its
always so personal.

I have to say that 'Black and White Unite' is my
absolute favorite and that everytime I listen to it I
think of imagery of the 60's in america and all the
strife during that time period (the riots and such
between blacks and whites in the struggle for
equality)... and I imagine someone (the perspecive of
the songwriter) unaffected by all the hatred and
madness around them and finding a way to transcend it
all and finding beauty and love.

Anyways, thats about all for now... Thanks to many of
you fellow members especially those who live in the
U.K. and always post about bands similar to B&S that
I've never heard of... some of you mentioned trembling
blue stars, camera obscura, and mum amoung others not
to long ago and it opened up a whole new world of
great music for me... plus mum's coming to florida in
august!!! that's more mellow indie excitement then
we've had here in over a year!!! (incidently I was on
mum's website the other day and noticed the cover of
'FYHCYWLAP' on a band photos link, anyone know
anything about this... what's their connection to
B&S).
 
Unfortunately audiogalaxy is gone now... do any of you
know of any good sites to get mp3's, such as the rare
B&S live stuff that audiogalaxy used to have (epitonic
is decent but very limited and I've tried morpheus and
winMx and they both suck), email me of list.

on a side note I'll be up in Atlanta again this coming
weekend for the Neil Halstead show with some
friends... any fellow sinisters who happen to be up
there (any fans of slowdive, mojave3???) I'll be
wearing a B&S t-shirt and looking kinda like Moby...
say hello!!!

good times and music to all
love,
-D

"this is it, my world, the real world, the secret,
where there are no teachers, no schools, no
unanwerable questions, where on can be without having
to ask anything" Carl Jung

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