Sinister: hopelessly influenced by...

[elle]

i'm dead good at composing emails to sinister whilst
i'm stuck in traffic jams on the m25 so why is it so
difficult once i actually get the computer turned on?
is it the prospect of a real audience? is it the fact
that in black and white my thoughts show their real
useless worth? is it...? in my thoughts i can always
compose a beautifully balanced three-part argument. 

so, it's been a long time and in that time i've
aquired my two cats (called bella and honey until i
discovered they are actually boys. still called bella
and honey until i discovered it really doesn't suit
them. then renamed ben and sebastian as by then i'd
run out of ideas. now just called vicious warrior and
fat cat as those names just sum them up without any
need for imagination). they are lovely and currently
asleep on my lap (ben/vicious) and by the computer
(sebastian/fatty). they would send purrs if they could
be bothered to wake up.

the new album. well, i tried and i tried and i tried
to love it. the major set-back happened when my mum
called round: "that sounds like Cliff Richard", she
said. i pressed that little button with the square
symbol.

so now i listen and i think of cliff richard. and 10cc
and godley and cream (sp?), and the human league and
the beach boys. i'm not saying it's wrong for the
album to have echoes of these bands but it's just not
what i was wanting for this album. anyway, when does
influence become 'nicking a toon'?

having said that, i've found myself waking up with a
song from dickywank in my head. not always what you
want, but that's life. but, i do have to admit, to
growing into it. is this a good thing? will it change
me into a nicer person? will it make me listen to and
understand different music and people? will it help me
meet a boy? will i get a snog?

well, there you go.  the big questions in life are
raised by one little album. maybe it's not so bad.

actually, i think the major problem is c4 and bbc2. i
think so many B&S tracks are used as backing music for
TV programmes (and almost for films) that these tracks
sound like fantastic soundtracks for films that have
yet to be made. maybe our boy is writing for a film
that's in his head? or just for c4 output for 2004.
i'm not complaining that you can't turn on British TV
without hearing a B&S song in the background
(teachers, wife swap, rolf's art programme... do i
watch too much crap?)it's just that i'd prefer the
songs not to sound like sound tracks in the first
place. and not like cliff richard ones at that.

there you go. first post in a long time (i won't call
myself a lurker because i've posted in a virtual
sense) and it's another shit one. will the girl press
send?

big shouts to the ssm. meet up next week? daf? James?


L
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