Sinister: The future's looking colourful, it's the color of blood, chaos and corruption

[Michael Vance]

Someone wrote on Amazon:

'After reading about it for what seems half a decade, "The Loneliness 
of the Middle Distance Runner" is a bit disappointing - i find the 
melody weak and meandering -- but perhaps no actual song could trump 
the "lost masterpiece" I had in my head.'

And I have to say that this person is dead wrong, and it's absolutely 
one of my favorite B&S songs ever. I'm listening to it right now and 
it's so brilliant I want to scream. I also have a couple live versions 
of it because a very nice Sinister fellow by the name of Ernie sent me 
some CDs (and I was never kind enough to return the favor--apologies!).

Ernie sent them to be because I had never heard a live version of 
Seymour Stein and was desperate to. Ben Apps is my new hero for making 
a pun about that song recently. And he got married to another local LA 
Sinister lady in Santa Barbara, which is coincidentally where my 
bride-to-be and I got engaged at the beginning of the year. Yes, the 
future *is* looking colorful--I'm getting married in late September.

If we were playing six degrees of Sinister I imagine I could link up to 
anyone in Scotland through Mrs. Fruitloop to BApps to whomever (maybe 
even KChu in London or wherever--thank fuck for that). And speaking of 
blogs I was reading one (from NYC) the other day when I realized the 
author's good friend worked at the same company as a good friend of 
mine. Unknown connections coming out of the woodwork.

There's a poll on Morrissey-Solo for the saddest Smiths/Morrissey song, 
but they don't even have Jeane there. No other song is quite as 
soul-crushing to me, but of course beautiful at the same time.

"Jeane
There's ice on the sink where we bathe
So how can you call this a home
When you know it's a grave ?"

When Sandie Shaw sings the song I think it's even more sad somehow. 
Maybe because she's a Buddhist.

Or maybe not.

m.

--
"Behold, Sheriff Pony! The flashpoint of all creation!!"
"Woo-hoo!! More tabasco, God!!!"
   -- http://www.wigu.com

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