December 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: Re: Finding B&S in the US
by Reid 20 Dec '97

20 Dec '97

Belle and Sebastianly speaking, I had a pretty great day today. The only thing that I was missing (except for Tigermilk, obviously) was the "Lazy Line Painter Jane" single, so I stopped into Monster records here in Chapel Hill (where I had bought all of my other B&S stuff) to...y'know, just to *see*. And, obviously, I found it. And it is as great as everyone said it is. I would have to say that it's my favorite of the three singles. But then again, I'm a sucker for male/female vocals. By the way, could anyone give some more info on the female singer in "Lazy Line..."? Does anyone else think she sounds a bit like Kate Bush? So, anyway, it's not that difficult to find B&S stuff in the states. I mean, Chapel Hill is a great town, but Boston or San Fran it ain't! And I managed to find all three singles and IYFS in the two non-chain record stores with relative ease. So look around a little more. It's there.... ~Reid -- "If the editors of the Manhattan Argus see fit to publish the rantings of a disordered mind, perhaps they will see fit to publish this letter!" J. Reid Dossinger (Chapel Hill, NC) itstrue(a)earthlink.net or (alternate) itstrue(a)mailcity.com AUTOFAC reviews: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Studio/8002 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: any times for manchester???? please?
by Sarah 20 Dec '97

20 Dec '97

note to Paul/honey! if you see me on IRC, kick me off. I've gotta save on my phone bill! ANYWAY! the aftershow sounds brilliant. Just one thing, does anyone know about when this'll end? I wanted to get a train back but I think I'll have missed the last one by the time it all winds up. If someone could try and give me some times for stuff, tat'd be great. At the mo i don't even know when to get to manchester for. On the sat btw. Anything sorted David/Katrina? thanks a lot. and remeber people, i'll be the one with the STAR wand, probably singing a really bad song, like Wham! or something. I'm only going to listen to B&S that day, and be very Belleandsebastiany! however that is. huh stuart. you never answered my questions. then again they weren't really as good as Sussanahs were they? and i was probably a bit arsey. i'm sorry, i'm just very strange to put it simply i'm gonna stop digging now. I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!!! Sarah ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Arab Strap
by Essexdog5 20 Dec '97

20 Dec '97

CMD Loo - yes, it's a remix of Arab Strap's 'Summer' single. I think. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Single Of The Year
by Essexdog5 20 Dec '97

20 Dec '97

Extract from Planet Sounds music critics Top 30 Singles Of 1997, UK Teletext p484, December 20 1997:- "26: BELLE & SEBASTIAN 3..6..9...Seconds Of Light Swoon! Sigh! B&S arent so much a love affair as an addiction. This, the third EP of 97 from the sensitive Scots combo, included five slices of jangly genius with THE best lyrics of 97. We guarantee youd hate this. Probably." And at Number One...... "1: BELLE & SEBASTIAN Dog On Wheels EP Well, OK, you wont have heard this (or even OF it), but at least we didnt go for Bittersweet Symphony like every other pop hack in Britain! A four-song CD, this starts with a Simon & Garfunkel-esque amble through fields of whimsy, slides into the beautiful State That I Am In, takes in an anorexia-themed String Bean Jean and ends with the jaunty Belle & Sebastian. Trust us, youll know who they are soon." Singles lower in the list include the likes of Pavement, Blur, All Saints, Radiohead, The Verve, Prodigy, Hanson, Backstreet Boys, Helen Love, Spice Girls and the Chemical Brothers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: RE: Chat (fwd)
by Honey 20 Dec '97

20 Dec '97

OK - B&S chat part 1. Stuart David sent me REPLIES to Susannah's very shy questions - they do READ the list sometimes you know :) This should scare her pants off :) >From Stuart David: > > Here is some answers. > > Stuart Murdoch: > You've seen 'Star Test', so in that vein, would you care to pick five > adjectives out of the following list that best describe your personality? > > gay, sophisticated, sensitive, rampant, bizarre, gay, nervous, tactless, > intelligent, moody, gay, thoughtful, carefree, casual, ambiguos, gay. > > Stuart is not gay. But he sometimes gets a bit nervous. :) > > Sarah, lovely Sarah: > Whenever you blow on your recorder you have a smirk on your face, what are > you thinking about? > > Boys > > Chris Geddes: > Ian Brown once said that it was almost impossible to wear flares with a leg > width of more than 21 inches. How big is yours? > > In all seriousness, 29 inches. > > > Stuart Davids question is too rude to print. Nothing's too rude for me > > Richard Colburn: > Being the drummer in the band, you probably get a lot of fan mail, in fact you > must get piles!! Ha ha > > Stevie: > funny little stevie, do you play the banjo as a hobby or for a dare? > > Unfortunately he thinks its a cool instrument > > > Isobel: how many band members have you actually slept with? That's not nice. > > > Well, what do you think? bit rude maybe? > > Nope So there you go, NOT a "bit rude" so any followups? Oh, and my main server at work is buggered just after I finished work for Xmas so the Sinister mailing service might be, ahem, unpredictable just now. Bear with me and I'll go in and kick its arse sometime this weekend. Finally, there's plans afoot to see who can be amongst the elite of saddest nerds on the list - a chat on Xmas day. Would be geeks who havent got chat software are invited to post messages on Christmas day to show that they haven't got any friends too. Honey ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: B&S on Sessions
by MWaggner 20 Dec '97

20 Dec '97

To all of us poor, jealous American fans who are hoping to see B&S on PBS and wondering when the Sessions at W. 54th show will air -- and who were hoping it would be on Dec. 27th to take the sting out of the Manchester shows we'll miss: For what it's worth, I got an e-mail today from Chris Douridas, the host of Sessions at West 54th. I had sent off the question several weeks or more ago -- just 2 days ago was bitching about him not replying, and today here it is. In answer to my query about when the B&S segment would be airing, he said, "I think the Belle & Sebastion segment airs in February." I also had heard rumor that it wasn't going to air at all, so this is sort of favorable all in all. But, since the message was kind of vague, I'd tune in on 12/27 anyway... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: 4AD to delete a lot of catalog
by Matthew A. Neimark 19 Dec '97

19 Dec '97

Hot off the presses from the 4AD list: 4AD, troubled by the fact that Gus Gus hasn't been doing as well as they hoped, and that they've basically sucked for the last seven years is now deleting most of their catalog. So pick up those Cocteau Twins Eps you've been meaning to buy but just haven't found the time. Off to procure Spirea-X's Fireblade Skies 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: Aftershow
by mctag＠mcmail.com 19 Dec '97

19 Dec '97

OK Saturday 27th...Aftershow party....Upstairs at the Star and Garter, Fairfield St, Manchester (home of the legendary Smile club)...Smashing tunes...Disco dancing....All welcome....£2 to get in (to cover room hire and fliers...we are NOT, repeat NOT, making any money...drinks are pretty cheap (especially for Londoners)...It's a bit of a walk from the Town Hall, but there's a tram stop outside the Town Hall, so you can get a tram to Piccadilly Train Station and it's near there. And a taxi rank too. We'll be doing fliers for it hopefully with maps and things. Band may well come, but don't mob them cos they'll be scared, and they deserve a place to dance till they drop. Music: You can probably guess: stuff across the ages whether 60's pop, Northern Soul, or 80's/90s indie, and all kinds of pop jewels in between. Any q's mail me. Please come along cos it will be fun, and we have good taste! Love and kisses Tag ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: number one single of the year
by Richard North 19 Dec '97

19 Dec '97

IF YOU LIVE IN ENGLAND THEN GO TO CHANNEL FOUR TELETEXT PAGE 484 that's FOUR EIGHT FOUR and SEE THE GLORY OF BELLE AND SEBASTIAN The single of the year Belle and Sebastian - Dog on Wheels yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssssssss!!! northy from the paw of the pink panther or just Northy being escapist? _________________________________________________ ``A man is as old as the women he feels.'' - Groucho Marx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Bye Bye
by Dawn 19 Dec '97

19 Dec '97

I'll be lurking again after Christmas, so have a great time at the gig,,, wish I was going.... Dawn x ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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