November 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: Saturday CMJ Set List
by Angelina.DeGiovanni＠v2music.com 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

Here is the Saturday CMJ Show Set List from Sept. 6th: Loneliness of A Middle-Distance Runner Modern Rock Song Judy and the Dream of Horses Seymour Stein Fox in the Snow Seeing Other People My Wandering Days Are Over Simple Things I Could Be Dreaming Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying What Goes On My friend actually snagged one of B&S' setlists from the show and put it up in the record store where he works in NYC, so I sometimes go just to look at it. What Goes On wasn't on their actual set list, but was amazing live, and Stuart danced up a storm... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: london meet!
by John 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

I think I'd probably show up. I live in London, and haven't killed anybody for about 12 years. -----Original Message----- From: faeiry <faeiry(a)dircon.co.uk> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Date: 05 November 1997 20:09 Subject: Sinister: london meet! > >NOW PLEASE WILL EVERYONE BE HELPFUL *lovely smile* > >I'M WANTING TO ARRANGE A BELLE AND SEBASTIAN MEET IN LONDON... > >..... HOWEVER.... > >TO DO THIS, I'LL HAVE TO KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BOTHER SHOWING UP, AND >FROM THERE, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ARRANGE IT ALL.... ie meeting places >and the like > >I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH FUN IF THIS ACCTUALLY HAPPENED, SO PLEASE, IF >ANYONE WOULD BE SO KIND, WRITE BACK TO ME AND TELL ME IF YOU'RE NEAR OR >LIVING IN LONDON. > >THANKS! > >PETRA > >ALSO. I DOUBT THAT ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS LIST ARE MASS MURDERERS OF >ANYTHING.... i hope! > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >. 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 >. We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Everything
by Rodney Crowley 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

New to the list and just exploding with pleasure that so many people love B&S and POP! so bloody much. And such pleasant conversation. Reminiscent of early indiepop-l days (if anyone remembers). And even a few old faces, Alistair, Andy... So, my first post and so many things to say... Myself: Frighteningly 30 already and still feeling 16. A punk-rock librarian stranded in a once POP-friendly Bristol. There in the early days of C86 and still sort of here despite occasional digressions (I once gave up on 'indiepop' for a couple of years solely because of the relentless mediocrity of the likes of Bouquet). Married now with a baby - Sean Matthew (named after Matt Haynes but don't tell my wife*) 3 weeks old today. Responsibility at last mixed in with occasion irresponsibility when I can get away with it. No Tigermilk I'm afraid (maybe someone might help me out with a tape sometime. I'd be SO SO grateful (not "so-so" - you know what I mean)). Sarah: Clearly they went off the boil a wee bit post Saropoly (certainly with their albums, less so with the singles) but there are still treasurable moments - Aberdeen for one (Beth, I think the Duke was being naughty - I don't think he meant it). But I bought them all anyway (apart from either 12" single - I still have some principles). The thing about Sarah which was always just as important as the music was the politics, and they never really let anyone down. And I'm certain that all non-cynical B&S fans worth their salt would find many, many things to love in the Sarah tapestry if they'd only dip their toe in the water... Ignore these disbelievers!! Football: What is it with B&S and internet football fans? This surely rides wholly against what one might expect the B&S fan stereotype to be. Anyway I'm a Chelsea fan of 22 years standing (so no gloryhunting jibes) and am a member of the mailing list. So there. Oh, and I read somewhere that supporting a lower-league club was the football equivalent of being an indie-fan. Any comments you Grecians or Hornets? Bedford 1986: Nigel, I'm guessing that the Razorcuts gig you mentioned was the legendary one also starring Talulah Gosh and the Pastels (*imagine* that line-up!). I WAS THERE! I travelled up from Darkest Essex, didn't have anywhere to stay and went home finally getting back at 8.30 the next morning. Wonderful gig, evoking such nostalgia for *the* summer of POP anarchy. I'd give anything to get a copy of the video and perhaps catch a glimpse of my 19 year-old self swathed in youthful cool and an uber-smart flowery anorak... And I wanted to nick one of your cool posters too but I was too scared. Nigel, please let me know if you can help. Claims to Fame: Promoting the first McCarthy gig in the North-East of England and talking to Roy Hudd once when I was about 6. One of these is the highlight of my life. Naivete: And finally for some kind of proper B&S content. I love them, they move me. They make me feel like someone discovering POP for the first time and it's a long time since I've felt like that. Clearly most of you feel exactly the same. The lyrics are *so* unusual and sensitive and insightful. Quite marvellous. But does anyone else think that just occasionally words will come out that sound a little like a college music project. Awkward and clumsy, slightly naive. Examples you say...well...most of 'Fox in the Snow' for a start. And 'Dylan in the Movies'. Now I've gone and said it I'm racking my brain for other examples but I just can't think. Basically, just now and again I'll be listening and the words will jar slightly...My point is, if I have one, simply that the band seem to have this wonderful gift and are mostly using it to the full but now and again they'll fill in the gaps with something less artistically divine. Ah well. I still love 'em. RodneyXX *I suggested Stuart and Ruud for names too but wasn't given the time of day. So Matt it was. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: modern rock song
by Skreddy56＠aol.com 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

I don't know if anyone's posted this yet (I've had trouble reading all these messages), but my local record store's distributor has the "Modern Rock Song" EP scheduled for Dec. 5 release. Is this accurate? --Matt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: CMJ "pick of the day" / Cuddly Stuart Murdoch
by Nicole Elger 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

Apologies if this has already been mentioned. (I'm on the digest version so I don't get all the posts immediately. BTW Paul, I did use your cool new archive search to look for it in recent posts.) The CMJ web site (http://www.cmjmusic.com/Newpicks/cmj.html) featured the new EP as a "Pick of the Day" on Tuesday, November 4. In a gushing review, CMJ compares the music of B&S to migrating butterflies and refers to Stuart Murdoch as CUDDLY! Ha, wonder what he'd think of that! Read the full review below. -- Nicole (whose new work computer has a great set of speakers and she'd better get over the thrill of sound samples soon or she'll be rightfully fired.) _______________________________________ BELLE AND SEBASTIAN 3 ... 6 ... 9 Seconds of Light EP Jeepster, Unit 60, Canalot Production Studios, 222 Kensal Road, London W10 5BN U.K. Sound Samples: "A Century Of Fakers" (ISDN), "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie" (ISDN), "A Century Of Fakers" (28.8), "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie" (28.8) The seven members of Belle and Sebastian make incomparably beautiful music. Led by the cuddly Stuart Murdoch, the band's sublime pop flits from your speakers like so many migrating butterflies. This new EP's first song "A Century of Fakers," is a play on "A Century of Elvis," from the band's last EP, Lazy Line Painter Jane. The revamped lyrics and soft, enchanting melody are framed by carnival keyboards and a slowish cello. "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie" begins with the ghostly guitar from spaghetti westerns, and continues with a rolling, wagon-wheel beat that would make Serge Gainsbourg proud. "Beautiful" is just that, a sad tale of blindness woven by Murdoch's lyrics while the instruments build and burst behind him. The last track is more railroad rhythm with trumpet, but listen further for the hidden acoustic track at the end, which appears like an epilogue for a dream and contains the near-perfect line "Belle and Sebastian/on the radio/and we're really sorry/for all the trouble we've caused." Apology accepted. by DAVID DAY From CMJ New Music Report Singles Section, Issue #545- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: so, er, what's up with the archive?
by Andrew.Dean＠BULL.NET 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

nothing's been added since 4 o'clock yesterday morning (4th nov). i blame laura hamilton. 8) andy and what do i do with the other 49 stickers with today's melody maker? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Modern Rock Song missing bits
by Paul Dean 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

Oh my God! this is my 3rd post today, they must not be working me hard enough. Don't worry this will be my quota for the year These are the bits as i hear them >She went out to the easter house [?] > I think this is true - it's a housing estate in Glasgow. I'll not make a fool of myself by saying any more. Hope someone is Glasgow can expand. It was also the name of Morrissey's pick of 86(?) who as usual thanks to the patronage of the quiffed one soon dissappered down the pan. Others to be so cursed have been The June Brides, The Primitives, Raymonde, Bradford, Marion. I think only James managed to ride that particular one out..sorry to go off topic! >Well I could tell you what I'm thinking >But it never seems to do you good >It's beyond me what a girl can see >[?] when I'm riding buses I'M ONLY HAPPY WHEN I'M RIDING BUSES?? >This is just a modern rock song >This is just a sorry lament >We're four boys in a [???] >We're not terrific but we're competent WE'RE FOUR BOYS IN OUR CORDUROYS.. (Oh I hope I'm hearing that one right) Well, that's how they sound to me - waiting to be shot down as usual S'later Paul (aged 28 & works , gulp here goes, sort of with umm.. computers) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: People are the Lights of Every City
by Neil Hargreaves 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

City Lights! Now *there's* something that should be reffered to in a B+S song! PS Why is the main guy from City Lights in Brookside (can't remember his name) I thought he was languashing in panto hell. -------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: nyc sunday set list
by Andrew.Dean＠BULL.NET 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

>here's another B&S query for ya: was anyone else on this >list at their NYC gig on Sunday Sep. 7? (not the CMJ show >on the 6th) I was there...just wondering what other >people's experiences with it were...and did anyone make >note of the setlist? (hi flea!) Set List: Century Of Fakers Stars Of Track And Field Expectations She's Losing It Is It Wicked Not To Care? Slow Graffiti Lazy Line Painter Jane Sleeping The Clock Around Rollercoaster Ride A Summer Wasted Like Dylan In The Movies Loneliness Of A Middle-Distance Runner this should be on the web site by now but i've had, er, other things on my mind 8) i'm still missing a set list from the saturday cmj-only show btw. oh, and i can't believe 10,000 dollars for the gig hire, even given they were there for 2 days. 10000 pounds for the whole trip i've heard quoted but that may be a bit low given that there are so many in the band and they were all there for a week or so. who knows? there was something else... it's gone. soz. ah, this stuff was also available in the archives. the address is in the little footer thing that's put on all sinister messages, look, just down there at the bottom. see it? good. you can even search them now. andy but you can call me 'trouble'... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Sarah shouting
by P.S.Mitchell 06 Nov '97

06 Nov '97

Just a gentle hint to turn the noise level down a bit about Sarah Records please. More sweet nothings about B&S required. Some of us older folks are trying to sleep. Nicola, you got any more National Express stories? It's still my favourite story :) That'll make everyone feel soft and squishy. Old Paul mailto:owner-sinister@majordomo.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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