Sinister: an introduction from an idiot

[James Laming]

dearest all,

this is my first mailing, and in time honoured tradition will be both the 
hardest to write and most bland. i am new to computers as i am a self 
confessed luddite, but have been following belle and sebastian since first 
hearing 'the stars of track and field' on the mark radcliffe show. i got 
very emotional and over excited, and perhaps was not alone in this. anyway 
i've stuck around. like several other people here, i never did get married, 
sell my records and start getting excited by soft furnishings.

it's strange how many people have written about how their lives have 
changed. i'm certainly not knocking marriage or ambition, but i feel no 
different now than in 1997 or whatever. i was 23 then, 31 now, and i still 
feel pretty much the same. i still play the same kinda records, still strive 
for happiness and enjoy a good time. it's not that i've failed to 'grow up' 
- god how ghastly does that sound? i was an adult at 23. i'm still the same 
person, with a few grey hairs perhaps, but hey. doesn't mean it's time to 
accept some faded notion of adulthood.

having said all of this, it's gonna be very strange watching the band play 
'...sinister' at the barbican. the summer of 97 was a heady and peculiar 
time for all here. that album soundtracked so much, brings back some pretty 
peculiar memories. sleeping on stephen's couch and being kept awake by his 
constant fornication. both of us feeding earwax to his girlfriend's 
labrador. falling in love every second week. the unmistakable and slightly 
repellent taste of neat vodka. all this with 'seeing other people' or 
whatever seemingly always in the ether. it is tempting to slip into a hazy 
reminisce.

i hope i meet some of you sinister types there, i'll probably be weilding a 
kleenex and dancing like a fool. and that'll be all for reminiscing, because 
there's a whole damn life to live when the lights go up. and it's there to 
be lived to the hilt. and there'll be a new album soon......i'm just a 
little excited by this. forward to the future people, it's still ours after 
all.........

all good things

james (dumbangel1)

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