Sinister: the rules of attraction*

[jvic at xxx.br]

Boy, that Zwan album *is* good. BUY IT :) 

Victor. 



>Hello all, 
> 
>It's 3:30 in the morning, I have a lecture in the morning, and I can't get 
>to sleep. So what happens? Well, obviously, I post to 1500 people...again. 
> But at least there's no Huey Lewis in this one. 
> 
>I'm learning quite a lot living out here in the big city of Glasgow. Sadly, 
>not much of that knowledge is coming from the University I 
sometimes-attend. 
> One thing I've learned is that the Glasgow indie types know their music, 
>and they know it well. I sometimes wonder how these people found the time 
>in life to soak up all of this information, and I think of how I would 
never 
>have the time or patience to do that. Then I think of those long weekends 
>where I just sit in my living room watching two seasons of Buffy in a row, 
>and I begin to wonder if I could be doing something more productive with my 
>time (even if it is learning all the different versions of "MacArthur Park" 
>and judging which is better). Still, it's driving me mainstream. I've had 
>three dreams about Zwan, and am fighting not to spend the money on the 
>album, especially with a new Go-Betweens and Aislers Set floating out there 
>(side note: if anyone wants to e-mail me and tell me their thoughts on the 
>new Go-Betweens to help with my decision to purchase it, it would be 
>appreciated). 
> 
>However, one thing I am still trying to get my head around is the 
>time-honoured "pull". Picking up a girl in a club or dance night or pub is 
>something completely new altogether, and i must say, way beyond my current 
>social abilities. 
> 
>An example of my social ineptitudeness: 
> 
>Girl: Hey, you're in my course at Uni. 
>Drunken Matt: Ooh, right. Well, no tutorials tomorrow (slurrr)...gotta 
>fuck off now. 
> 
>So now I know that's not the best idea for next time. I have been informed 
>that a proper pull involves "chatting up" someone, then, at the right 
>moment, moving in for a snog. If the snog is good, then numbers may be 
>exchanged. If not, it's done or perhaps a meeting at the same club some 
>other time to try again. My response to this is a great big "no 
>way". 
> 
>Another tactic, which I saw work right before my very own eyes just this 
>Friday, was employed by a sinister. Through a move of sheer brilliance, the 
>sinister "accidentally" flipped a paper frog he found on a table into a 
cute 
>girl's lap. "oh come, she can't be that stupid...jesus...she is!" But how 
>often is there a paper frog conveniently sitting on a table near a cute 
girl 
>sitting on her own? 
> 
>While amazing to watch, I suppose that information doesn't really help me 
>very much...unless I make many paper frogs and strategically place them on 
>tables in a club for use later in the evening. 
> 
>Since I have no pick up lines of any worth, and I have found the general 
>female's interest in the Peasants Revolt of 1381 or the Jacobite Rising of 
>'45 can be described as passing at best, I'm out of luck in this territory. 
>Push comes to shove, I can always find a large tub of chocolate, a crate 
>with airholes that simply says "from Waldo", and Laura Llew's address. 
> 
>But that's a rather desperate measure. For now, I'll just be that guy who 
>goes to clubs on his own, and stands on his own, and leaves on his own, and 
>goes home and cries and wants to die. You know, like that T.A.T.U. song. 
>So I might not have the insane indie knowledge of most, but I think that 
>makes me far more indie in spirit. Because what's more indie than a 
>romantic failure**? 
> 
>So perhaps next weekend I will attempt to pull. Come see the tears and 
>recriminations. 
> 
>-Matt 
> 
>*If you were expecting something like Bret Easton Elis, I apologize. Sadly, 
>I don't know of any kidnapped females bound and gagged by yuppies at this 
>time. 
>**Other than a romantic failure by Jim O'Rourke or Steve Pastel 
> 
>P.S. I apologize for the worthlesness of this post. But forgive me, I'm 
>bored, delirious, and shaking from too much tea. 
>P.P.S. In a B+S note, does anyone else think that "Put the Book Back on the 
>Shelf" is one of their most unsung classics? I think it's my favourite at 
>the moment. 
> 
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 +-+  "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000  +-+
 +-+  "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001   +-+
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