Sinister: There's a portrait.

[Sam Walton]

Hello Sinister.

I’ve been quiet of late. I would say I’ve had writer’s block, but that would 
involve me being classified as a writer. I’ve just had *block*. A few weeks 
ago, Mark Casarotto asked for some of the list veterans to start posting 
again. I’m sure he wasn’t thinking of me, but I thought I’d try and write a 
little something anyway. After all, I did recently celebrate my own personal 
3rd Sinibirthday, so what the heck.

///AUTUMN\\\
I tend to find that B&S are far more of an end of winter/beginning of spring 
kinda band. It’s more or less the same kind of weather, but when the ground 
is crunchy beneath your feet in late February, there’s the anticipation of 
summer just around the corner, and that seems to suit. The Delgados (“The 
Great Eastern” and “Hate”) do autumn quite well, as do Lambchop 
(particularly “Is A Woman); it’s all the warm melancholic orchestration and 
wistful lyrics that do it for me. Sorry.

///FEELINGS\\\
If there’s one thing that autumn does do to me, it makes me feel strange. I 
can’t put my finger on it, but I always feel a little stressed and highly 
strung, as if I’m being watched and assessed and prodded and poked and 
checked for authenticity. I think it could be some sort of emotional hang-up 
related to autumn always marking the beginning of the school year, and 
anxiety about that. But I don’t really know. It’s just a seasonal thing 
though.

///THE YORK SINISTER MASSIVE RETURNS\\\
After more than a substantial absence from general list conversation, the 
start of term has prompted me to mention the burgeoning YSM. Last night, at 
the York University Indie Society (http://www.indiesociety.co.uk) club 
night, I had the pleasure to bump into James Thorniley, of this parish. He 
is now a York student, which takes the total number of people associated 
with York University and with Sinister nearly into double figures. C’mon 
kids – York Uni is *obviously* the place to be.

York sinipicnic details to be announced very soon.

///MÚM\\\
There was talk on the list a while back about the Múm LP, “Finally We Are No 
One”. Half of Múm are on the front cover to Fishyclap. The other half 
aren’t. I bought it the other day, and for what it’s worth, I think it’s a 
great record. In true lazy, wannabe journo style, think Bjork meets Boards 
of Canada in the rusty shack in Montreal where Godspeed! record their 
albums, and you might be there. It’s a great record.

Love,

Asm.x




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     "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but
      he certainly has a good vocabulary"
               - Holden Caulfield

     "He's not the Messiah, he's a very
      naughty boy"
               - Mary Cohen




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