Sinister: testimony to marty's tape making skills

[Christopher Johnson]

Hey guys,
good luck to all currently sitting exams.  Rather luckily mine have now all 
finished.  So last night i took the train down to the wah wah hut to see Dot 
Allison and wow! it was a great gig.  I wasn't sure what i'd make of these 
new fangled techno beats but it was really special.  Her new tunes sounded 
great and she did a great rocked up mo'pop which was a real treat.  I was 
standing behind a guy doing these wicked projections although it didn't work 
that well being beamed onto the King Tuts drape at the back of the stage.  
still, i got the general idea and it was really entertaining seeing him 
scrammble trying to load another real whilst trying to pick up the set list 
and everything else he lopped onto the floor.
I also got to meet Monica Queen.  I was sure it was her but noone else 
seemed to take any notice so i wasn't totally confident unitl i saw her 
fetch a chair from the bar - a dead give away!  So i went and said hi! and 
told her i was another crazy belle and sebastian fan but she was really 
pleasant, especially after she found out i had 'ten sorrowful mysteries', i 
got the impression not many other people had which is a pity cos its really 
good.  so go forth and buy!  anyway, after leaving her in peace i figured 
i'd forgot to ask that niggling question; was their any symbolic reason 
behind her wearing the tour de france yellow jersey at last years 
barrowlands gig?  ah well, maybe another time.  So it wasn't quite as 
excitng as having andy rourke back to your flat making morrissey 
impersonations but i was still quite excited.
a couple other things occured too which are best not shared but needless to 
say i felt very remote and a little strange, uneasy and detatched and so by 
the time i left id seen a really moody and dark gig, and bumped into someone 
i'd have done a great deal to avoid.  not great but no problem, i'll just 
listen to the mix tape marty thrust in my hand as i left the flat on my way 
out the door.  Bad move., it was all the really melancholy bits of sigur 
ros, the blade runner soundtrack and other great gems of mogwai and so 
forth.
Even the cheeriest guy would have been floored by this tape.  as testimony 
to marty's great tape making skills it was all there, all the most 
depressing bits of songs with all the semi cheery bits absent.
Afterwards i didn't feel so bad actually.  not that the music itself helped 
but the fact that marty had actually gone through all his records to select 
the darkest bits possible, even it they were just 12seconds long, to create 
a mix tape which he regarded as his favourite. So if i felt mixed up that 
was replaced by my worry for him.  theres always someone else worse.  so 
incidently if anyones got a great sunshine mix they can suggest to sort the 
lad out please don't hesitate to post it to me.  Thanks.
well anyway, take care and best wishes,
chris

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