Sinister: my 2c on Slow Graffiti, and other loose change

[David Hewitt]

G'day all.

Rob Lorenson said:

> It's odd, but I've never actually read that book,
nor seen the movie.  Out
> of all the 100s of books I've read, I never read
that one.  I don't know
> why.  So, I just spoke from my own experience. 
Different people have
> different impressions, different interpretations,
based on their own
> experiences and knowledge.  That's what makes art so
great, whether it's
> music or paintings or films etc.

Bollocks. Whatever happened to "the great thing about
art is that I know more about it than you do; I'm
right and you're wrong, and you also smell funny and
are gay"? This is the Internet, you weirdo. I get
enough tolerance and understanding at home.

Slow Graffiti is about a bloke who's a prisoner in his
own house, shacked up with some miserable junkie who's
abusive and basically a complete mess, and keeps
waking him up with the screaming heebie jeebies. He
tries to look after her, because he feels responsible,
despite the fact that it's killing him inside. So he
sneaks off and spends his private time in the back
room with pornography and phone sex, despite
repeatedly attempting to swear off it, because deep
down he knows it's no good. It keeps him in when what
he really has to do is escape, though he knows he
hasn’t got the balls to try.

That's what I reckon.

I feel like 'defrosting the fridge' ought to be some
sort of euphemism, but if it is, it's too subtle for
me.

Oh, and A Picture of Dorian Grey seems like the best
book ever for about the first third or so, and then
degenerates into a tiresome bunch of old wank. Start
it on a bus trip or something, and forget it on your
seat before you hit the halfway point. You'll thank
me.

Some other things, just quickly:

A Melbourne gig! Huzzah! Is anyone planning a picnic
and/or get-together of some sort?

The new song (Your Cover's Blown, I mean; I haven't
heard the rest of the EP yet) is incredibly catchy,
but I can't decide if I really like it or not. It's
definitely a few minutes longer than it needs to be.
The first few minutes. I don't like the funk thing,
the speaky bits, or the part where it turns into
"Paint It Black" in the middle, but I do quite like
where it ends up, all the same.

I think the problem with Belle and Sebastian is that
Stuart thinks he's cool these days. I suppose I would
too, if I was all hip and buff and spent most of my
working hours standing in front of one of the best pop
groups of all time. It doesn't really suit him, though
- I liked him better when he was less sure of himself.
Poor bugger. I want him to be happy and popular and
successful and all that, and I lap up everything he
puts out, and even attempt to foist it off onto
others, but then it bugs me when he sounds like he's
got too much of a strut in his step. I'm a horrible,
selfish, tiny little man.

The only cool one in the band is Stevie, really, but
it seems like he's always known it, so he wears it
quite well.

Ah, what do I know?

Actually, one thing I do know is that they've chosen
completely the wrong support act for their Melbourne
gig. Architecture in Helsinki are utterly tedious.
Thankfully the seats are all numbered, so we don't
have to stake out territory early on - I'll see you in
the bar during their set.

Bulk love,
-Vanilla Flavoured David.

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