Sinister: Time passes sometimes

[Froggy Frogh]

Well.
Then it’s time again. More than six months has passed since the 28 of March, 
my birthday, and the reason of me posting at the list. The time has passed 
so easily. It’s so long ago, that I have to look at my unsent letter from 
the week after. Ah, yes. Astrid had answered to my second letter with the 
suggestion that I should go with her and her friend to the soundcheck they 
have before each concert, I asked my sister, and she wanted to come with. So 
me and my sister went down on the 28 to the München Brewery, where they 
where going to perform. Astrid did not come, and beside two trucks and a big 
buss there was no sign of anything special. We walked around the building, 
still without out seeing anything special. We stood where we had begun and 
did not what to do. A guy opened a door and came out. My wonderful sister 
walked up to the guy and asked him if we could come in and watch, since I 
was too young to see the concert. He went away and was away for a while. He 
then came out again, waving his hand as a sign to us to follow in. We did, 
and there they where! Belle and Sebastian! We stood at the back of the hall 
for a while, until a voice from the stage asked for some chairs for us. They 
played about four songs, I remember(ed) two, “Dirty Dream no 2” and “Step 
into my office”. And there was a song that my sister recognized, but I did 
not. That puzzled me a bit, since my sister is not as big B&S fan as I. 
Anyway, after those four songs the band stopped playing, and walked away 
from the stage. A guy, whom I later recognized as Stuart Murdock, came 
toward us from the stage. He asked us what we thought and explained that all 
equipment had not arrived yet and because of that they did not play as long 
as they would have done otherwise. Strange how all English I have learned 
was just gone. My sister said something about my birthday and he said “Happy 
returns”. Then we left. Too bad I did not ask for an autograph or anything. 
Anyway, at dinner my sister gave me a wonderful present; “Lazy Line Painter 
Jane”, “3
6
9
Seconds of light”, “Dog on wheels” and “This is just a modern 
rock song”! What a gift! And that’s why she recognized a song I did not! 
Hah!

While we’re at it, I have a question. I have a gift certificate at a record 
store, and I wonder what I should buy with it. Which of the B&S records 
should I buy for it? I have, beside those mentioned above, “Tigermilk”, “If 
you’re feeling sinister” and the wonderful “The boy with the Arab strap”. 
What do you 1400 sinsters recommend? Or something else than B&S? It’s for 
200 SEK (14,12 GBP or 26 USD) which is enough to buy one full CD.

And life passes on. This time during the least summer-like summer I have 
ever seen. Not only because of the rainy weather. And now, when everything’s 
back to normal, or as normal it could get, it feels quite strange. Just 
strange in general. Well, right now a bit more strange than usual, because I 
have been acting today. I played Smirnov in a scene taken from Anton 
Tjechovs’ “The Bear”, and played on a stage on a big square in central 
Stockholm (Sergels Torg if you’re interested) along with other members of my 
theatre group. The whole thing went quite well and I have reason to be 
pleased. Actually I am.

Time to close.

Farwell.

Johan

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