November 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: Tigermilk + other bits
by MayflyH＠aol.com 05 Nov '97

05 Nov '97

I ran to the record stores and got a copy due to a burning desire to hear 'The State...' again after hearing it on Radcliffe... must be the only LP I've bought on the strength of one song, lucky it was 'Tigermilk', then. It was #7.99 in the local indie store in Northampton, the other copy they had was bought by the boy next door (honest!), so that's two more accounted for... Sadly, I've managed to get a groove in 'The State..' so it goes 'b-by a dream.. b-by a dream' over and over until you can't stand it anymore... makes it unsellabe (is that a word?) I suppose, but then I don't want to sell it:) I'm 16 (sorry, it's not my fault!), doing A-levels, and I've just found out my birthday's 2 days before Stuart M's - nice bit of useless trivia - and it's the same day as Shaun Ryder's. Wow. Which means I bought 'Tigermilk' when I was 14 - does that make me cool or tragic? Or a bit of both? I thought the lyric was either 'I'm only lucid...' or 'elusive...'. And the 'we're four boys in our curduroys' lyric cheered me up for, like, the rest of my life. Hannahxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Sarapalooza? Pah....
by barzy＠networkmags.com 05 Nov '97

05 Nov '97

>I was genuinely thrilled by 'Are you scared to get happy?' at the age >of 18, and I know Matt and Claire wholehearted believed in what they >were doing, but their ramblings became increasingly irritating and >pictures of cherries and disused railway lines didn't scream 'POP' but >Middle England. > First of all it's Clare. Second of all, if you think your 'ramblings' didn't become 'increasingly irritating'...you're mistaken. Thankfully.....More people disagree with you, than agree.....The ones who share your opinionated..... opinions are the ones marked out with WARNING SIGNS saving people like me, us....Sarah fans.....from the likes of you. I'm still confused as to why you posted this on the 'Sinister' list.....Not everyone here are Sarah fans, but everyone here does, or should, share a common love for Belle & Sebastian. Ohhhhh. What a rebel. Just like the big skinheads who use to throw rocks at the wee Smiths fans in the beer gardens in Cheltenham, back in '89 (yes, I realize they'd broken up by then).....Perhaps if I had known about cherries and trainstations then....I would have been so much happier. kirk out. one to beam up. beth P.S. Gob bless floppy fringe, Rickenbackers, Matt, Clare, boys in bunny shirts, and making a parody of ourselves...... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: SINISTER:hello, lots of stuff here actually!
by Sarah 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

Hi everyone! I'm a new listee, how do you all? And do I feel young now..er, can I ask something please? what's Sarapoly? Sorry, I haven't got the best of Sarah records, even tho' i did think some of you were talking about me, coz thats my name, Sarah! And does anyone know anything about the manchester gigs? i haven't seen B&S live yet...and I need to! Oh, and to whoever said Steven wells NME gets on their nerves, Lucy was it, sorry, my memory is, durr!, i think he's a great thing actually. He does my head in sometimes, but he's a good writer, makes you pay attention to what he writes, and always has a point to what he says, in his own words, a 'snotty middle class punk poet wanker', ..or something! He's the only interesting writer in NME these days, I MUCH prefer MM, better variety of writers, articles, funnier 'humourous' section, eg diary of the manics fan! But James Oldham! Didn't he just remind you of a boy whose mum wouldn't let him at the ginger hobnobs! I thought that was really immature writing for him. Oh well, that was the end of my first post! BTW, have not got Little Ink Movies/polaroids due to spending money on my BRILLIANT fanzine, called FEATHER BOAS & NAPALM, all contributions welcome, which I might as well plug here! I sent a questionnaire to B&S ages ago, but so far, no reply..oh well. I am trying to be Zen-like about it..I'd love one now so I could just say up yours to the NME! Lovehearts and stars and just coincidentally finished reading CITR-- Sarah! **************************** FEATHER BOAS & NAPALM ZINE C'MON! PUNCH THE AIR! **************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: This is your grandad speaking
by Giuseppe Gregorini 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

Oh no! Am I really the oldest? Your grandad is just 34 but in good shape (well, there's a strange buzz in my hearing aid, but nothing more). I'm a useless geologist.....now selling, er, dogfood and other pet stuff. Like JJ I stopped buying Sarah after #40-50. Too predictable and flat. Bye Giuseppe

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Sinister: Football (again).
by ben ferneyhough 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

It must be a connection between Midlands football teams and B&S, as I'm a Forest fan, and I know of at least one other on the list. I'm 27 (pushing that B&S average age up), and am a physiology technician here in dull Oxford (except when it's sound city, or when B&S play !!). Ben. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Students or Boffins?
by plaird 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

>>From what I've read so far, the majority of people on this list seem >to be either students or computer analysts, or something else to do >with computers. > >Later, >Chris. Guilty. I'm 27 years of age and a Graphic Designer/Mac Operator/DJ/promoter (a stereotype, I know). >- I spend loads of time doing constant copies for people in Edinburgh, who want their tapes >replaced and stuff, Paul, I'll do you another one, it's not a scratched record, it's fine, >it'll be my 20 year old tape player having a bad day more than likely. Incidentally, I've >been on holiday and ill last week. >[Keith Watson] ill - I'd suspected as much. Shame you missed the night Keith. I posted a report to the list which should be in the web site archive thingy! Bit of an unfortunate way to spend a holiday - isn't there any way you can claim cash for your 'lost' holiday days while ill? (unlikely, eh?). By the way I've probably contributed to the tape's rapidly diminishing quality by playing it too often! Byee, Paul <plaird(a)ndirect.co.uk> "Go to work on an Egg" - THE EGG Marketing Board ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: registers...
by Felicia Daniel 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

thought i'd poke my head in for a second... i'm 24 (that looks to be around the average)...live in los angeles...have the somewhat perplexing job of working at the tape library at mtv. for the curious, there are no belle and sebastian videos in the library, but there is one pastels video. also, i don't mean to rat anyone out, but i've seen a copy of tigermilk at the famed testcard towers in hoboken, new jersey, which is presided over by one keith d'arcy. xo felicia ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: TIGERMILK REGISTER
by Johnston, John CT 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

aka My deepest darkest secret... I have a copy of Tigermilk and, gulp, I've scratched it! Just a little bit in the middle of State I am In - only my most favourite song ever. I'm really sorry, I know some of you are probably thinking "How could he be so stupid" but it was an accident. I was playing it non-stop on my knackered record player and it happened. I really do feel bad, I mean I'm so lucky to have a copy at all and look what I do to it. It's like a religious icon, a knuckle bone of St Frideswide or a geometry set of St Ignatius - rare stuff that should be treasured. I am not worthy. But I did tape it before I knackered it. And as my penance for my crass hamfistedness I'd gladly make a copy of it. hot love john xxx PS can we start a JJ register - there seem to be loads of us? JJ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Salutations
by Sebastian J Copley 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

Hi People I have just subscribed, so am not sure if this thing will work. I have enjoyed reading all your mail, even though there was quite alot. I am a student in my first year at manchester uni, doing a physics course. I am also new to B and S, although by coincidence my name is actually Sebastian, which was not much fun when the cartoon was on TV as i had the piss taken almost constantly. Does anybody know when and where the manchester dates are in december because i really feel i must see them live, as they have had such amazing reviews and such a good reputation. Time to go as i have rock hard example sheets to do Bye All Seb ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Pocketbook Angel chords
by Dazza 04 Nov '97

04 Nov '97

First draftish - the "write it all down" sections may well be wrong. Pocketbook Angel A B Hey, I'm down on the city lane D I guess I am broke again A Summer is such a pain Yeah, I'm down on the city floor I guess I am pretty bored Least I am not alone Cause here she comes again Oh I saw her just yesterday She looked at me in a certain way Cause she's a pocketbook angel And I know she fakes the limp Cause I saw her in Littlewoods Well she was getting some frozen food She just wants to be goofy Bm I've seen her write it all down D I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down A I've seen her write it all down C#m G Cause of all the things she sees Bm Cause of all the things she sees F G A Things she sees Yeah, she's got it all on computer disk Cause she's a marketing analyst I sometimes wonder what she's got on me Oh sure, I had a job in an office one I never talked to anyone All I ever do is st around She told me over tea She's not working for another boss She got fired but it was their loss She's a pocket book angel And now all the kids have got pocketbooks I guess it's the way it looks Their cosmopolitan diaries Bm I've seen her write it all down D I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down A I've seen her write it all I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down G I've seen her write it all down Bm I've seen her write it all I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down A I've seen her write it all down I've seen her write it all down Cause of all the things she does Cause of all the things she sees Things she sees cheers Dazza ************ Tick, tick, tick, the machine continued. Time was passing. The audience was wandering, dispersing. Only the tick tick of the gramophone held them together. ************ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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