Sinister: Vinatieri, New England Kicker

[Sam Walton]

Hello Sinister.

We had a Superbowl party last night at our house. There were about 15 of us. 
We've had one every year we've been at Uni together. It's something of a 
tradition, and I've no shame in sitting into the small hours watching plenty 
of VERY LARGE men in TIGHT LYCRA beating seven shades of shit out of one 
another. But last night's party was special because we had REAL LIVE 
AMERICANS in our presence to explain the rules to us. It was most fun, and 
we now understand the subtleties of the "unnecessary roughness" penalty too. 
It was a pretty good game, although I was rooting for the Panthers, if you 
want the truth. I thought they had it sewn up one stage, too, but you have 
to hand to that guy who kicked the 41-yard field goal for New England with 4 
seconds to go; he certainly had nerves of steel.

Anyway, I'm sat here listening to DCW, and I can happily say that it's 
really standing the test of time, in my ears at least. "...Cuckoo" is an 
extraordinarily good song, in my opinion. Bordering on perfect B&S? Could 
be. See, I recently experienced a bit of a messy break-up with my girlfriend 
of 9 months or so, and I haven't heard quite as good a break-up song as 
"...Cuckoo" since I ended the relationship less than mutually. Anyway, I 
just think that it's absolutely magical stuff. "Wrapped...", "Step..." and 
"...Loose" are also gems, for sure.

But since becoming suddenly single about a week ago I've been trying to take 
pleasure out of the little things in life: I've been enjoying the sound of 
Paul O'Reilly's rather good "First Thing In The Morning" through headphones 
against a muffled backdrop of gently clacking keyboards. I've been compiling 
a list of my favourite non-musical sounds*, and I've also been noticing 
those wonderful, comfortable, easy silences that you enjoy in just the right 
company at just the right time.

I also saw Lost In Translation, too, talking of the simple things. Sure, I 
know I'm late with a review, so I won't bother with one. I think it's a very 
Sinister film though - I can imagine a lot us enjoying the little moments in 
it. I certainly did. Heck I nearly cried at one point, but then I stopped 
and remembered that I'm a DOUBLE-HARD BASTARD. Another good film is American 
Splendour, which again I can imagine a Sinister population really digging.

One thing that's far from simple though is a Justin Trousersnake concert. 
Carsmile may concur. I had the pleasure of attending one with my 
now-ex-but-then-current girlfriend about two weeks ago, and I was just 
absolutely bowled over. He is an ugly man, but he sure can move, and I don't 
think I've ever seen anything as slick and just brilliantly professional in 
all my life. I mean it when I say that B&S could probably take a leaf or two 
out of his book. Really.

Anyway, I think that's about all. It's quite quiet around here at the 
moment, isn't it?



Asm.x



*the crunch of snow under foot; the clunk-roll of balls being released from 
a pool table; the pop of a cork coming out of a bottle; the flap-thud of 
letters coming through the door in the morning; the sqelch of laser on 
compact disc etc.



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               - Holden Caulfield

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