October 1997 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: the family
by ByTheSea6＠aol.com 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

We saw Jeepster's Snow Patrol (was Polar Bear) here in NYC this past weekend. Charming boys with youthful energy, rosy cheeks, good jokes, lots of bounce. The obvious comparison is Ash. Couple of poignant moments, like the chorus to 100 Things (100 Things we should have done in bed but we never got the chance to try it) which is basically a flawless piece of teenage i-miss-you lamentation, and then there was singer Gary's graciously suave moves during Mogwai's set on the short girl with the Audrey haircut. The boy is going to break hearts. Q: Has anyone heard the Bitter Springs album yet? Addison Brothers and It's Business are both brilliant singles. wider than a mile, n. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Another Top 10
by Mark Pattison 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

For what it's worth, here's my top 10 (inc Tigermilk): 1. The State I Am In 2. Pocketbook Angel 3. String Bean Jean 4. Judy and the Dream of Horses 5. A Century of Fakers 6. Expectations 7. If You're Feeling Sinister 8. Put the Book back on the Shelf 9. My Wandering Days are Over 10. She's Losing It Interesting Fact: The author of the book on the front of LLPJ is John Polkinghorne, who was until a few months ago was President of my College in Cambridge. So, I've had breakfast with a B&S icon. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Re: 3,6,9 (and yet another Tigermilk request)
by Dazza 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

> for what its worth, I reckon > its a stronger EP than LLPJ. Yes, I think it is. LLPJ was really one great song and three fillers (I don't understand the people who put "Forget My Dream" in their top ten) whereas this one has four strong songs, including "La Pastie..." which sounds like B'n'S getting bolshie! Which has to be a good thing! I don't think the EPs are worse than "Sinister" though, as some people seem to: I love "Dog On Wheels". Haven't heard "Tigermilk" so can't say much about that... except is there anyone who'd kindly tape it for me? I could offer to pay for tape, postage etc or send you something I like in return. cheers Dazza ************ Sugar is not a vegetable. ************ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: RE: Are we all bourgeoisie now?!
by Dazza 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

> The Oxford/Cambridge Yah Hooray Henry types don't exist. Well not in > Cambridge anyway (except possibly Peterhouse College, but they don't > count). Hmmm. Dazza ************ Sugar is not a vegetable. ************ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: tour diary: part 2
by Andrew Dean 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

>From the Melody Maker, October 18th 1997: Hello wee Karn. This is Bel. I like the Angel Orensanz. He gave me two souvenir T-shirts for free! Angel owns the very pretty synagogue where we played and he's a sculptor like you. He is tall and twinkly and around 50 years of age. The Angel Orensanz Arts centre is quite rusty and untidy and unsafe. It is pastel green and gold. They are looking for money to restore it. Before Angel took over it was an unofficial home for punks. They must have had fun listening to the Sex Pistols and swinging from the balconies. New York is tall and generously proportioned with many poised, civilised and elegant people. Our hotel is even worse, I think it's the music television mecca of the city. It is 'delicately' lit for night vampires and I'm often walking into things. The doorman's budgies are dead and their shoulders are artificially very high. In Scotland, I rented "Annie Hall" with a friend. Everything seemed so much better then. Maybe soon I'll have less MTV, more Central Park. I hope so. Anyway, here's Mick... (mick'll be here tomorrow) andy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Wouldn't you like to get away?
by Business Traveller 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

It was a day much like yesterday: in fact, it probably was yesterday. Strange reports had reached Simon's ears; Stuart Murdoch, the singer from Belle & Sebastian (Neal and Simon's favourite band), had apparently been seen playing football! How could he? He must stop this strange behaviour at once! As people whose destinies had been shaped by the fact that neither of them could kick a football to save their lives, Neal and Simon had hoped that Stuart too would similarly be a kindred spirit in this department. But no. He disappointed them, but, they hastened to add, only in this department. Simon hoped that Belle & Sebastian would be impressed. He liked to think they had had real value for money from him because he was on the 'Stone Immaculate' mailing list, and because of this he had been able to convert dozens of people to the worthy cause of B&S. Simon had also heard from some of the lucky few who'd been to see Belle & Sebastian perform live that Stuart was quite an attractive fellow. Simon was thrilled to discover this for himself when he'd seen a recent photo of Stuart in the NME. At that same time Simon was in pursuit of a charming-sounding guy who'd mentioned his love for Belle & Sebastian in a personal ad. Consequently, as the band could be contacted through the magic of cyberspace, Simon wondered if it might be worthwhile leaving a message for this mysterious young man on the band's website. The message read: 'If you are 31 and live in NW London, and hate parsnips, then why the fuck haven't you written to me, you bastard?!.' For reasons best known only to Simon and himself, Neal had known about the Union Chapel gig only after it had happened! How sad for him! Then he'd discovered, much to his increasing annoyance, that they had gigged in New York - Neal's favourite city after London. He desperately hoped that Belle and Sebastian hadn't been there from the 22nd of August through to the 29th because he was there then! Neal wondered whether they would play anymore gigs in New York that year because he was going back there again for Thanksgiving. Had they loved Manhattan the way that he did, he thought to himself. And whereabouts in Manchester had they had scheduled to play later that year, and when precisely; he knew it was sometime in December, but no more than that. Neal was concerned that Belle & Sebastian were troubled by inquiring fans - he hated to think he might be a bore, even though he was never being boring. He had bought the '3 ... 6 ... 9' 12" on vinyl recently and had so looked forward to getting home to play it loudly. When he did he was not disappointed. Good God, he thought, I'm thirty years' old and haven't behaved like this oh, for some 12 years, since those heady Smiths days. How pathetic! But he knew they both adored them. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: TOTP, you c**ts
by Nathan Howie 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

It's a bit of a shame that 32 isn't high enough for TOTP. It would have been pretty unbelievable seeing Sturt fluff his lines on national TV. At least we're safe from the Chris Evans' of this world claiming to have discovered them, for a while. Anybody know what songs could be involved on the forthcoming EP or album(sorry Katrina), and am I right in thinking "The Lonliness of the Middle Distance Runner" was planned for the current EP ?, if so why was it dropped ?. Finally, the excellent Ballboy are playing here in Edinburgh tomorrow night, (Tues. 21st, 9pm at Potterow). I'd definitely recommend going to see them. Nathan "And he said unto them, there's nothing in here for your pot" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: huh?
by Keith Watson 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

alright, regarding the top ten.....i'm not even gonna attempt it. but i do have a question. i've recognized all the songs (unreleased and released) except for one. what the hell is "pocketbook angel"? is it one of those unreleased ones or is it on a compilation or what? i haven't heard that one talked about on the list before. -brad [Keith Watson] Pocketbook Angel isn't strictly a Belle and Sebastian song which does seem odd that it's on people's lists. It's a song recorded by Stuart whilst at Stow College. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: huh?
by superbob 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

alright, regarding the top ten.....i'm not even gonna attempt it. but i do have a question. i've recognized all the songs (unreleased and released) except for one. what the hell is "pocketbook angel"? is it one of those unreleased ones or is it on a compilation or what? i haven't heard that one talked about on the list before. -brad -- *************************************************************** i sit in my apartment sullenly, with a broom against my chair. whenever the neighbors laugh, play music, have sex, show any signs of life whatsoever, i rap on the wall with the broom. i go out as little as possible because i hate to miss the opportunity to kep my neighbors in line. (bill callahan) *************************************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Parsnips
by Business Traveller 20 Oct '97

20 Oct '97

ATTENTION! Simon Harper asks of the person who recently expressed, in a classified ad, a fondness for B&S: 'If you are 31 and live in NW London, and hate parsnips, then why haven't you written to me, you bastard?!' You know who you are. Thank you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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