December 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: places to find b&s things
by David & Katrina 14 Dec '97

14 Dec '97

i've noticed (and it's been pointed out) that a lot of people seem to be asking for information on lyrics, old threads on the list and other stuff that is well represented on the web. i know this is really Paul's job, but could i urge you all to check the web-sites before posting to the list, most info can be found quite easily there. to give you an idea where to go for what, try; * http://www.totalweb.co.uk/belleandsebastian/ o the band's and press's interpretation of who b&s are o news & events (from the bands perspective) o sound samples for new songs o postcard competition o ink polaroids o ink movies o Stuart David's links o articles written by fans o sound samples of Tigermilk songs o sound samples of Sinister songs * http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/ o ink polaroids written by fans o lyrics to every released song o official merchandise + on-line orderig system o old mail-outs o java based magnetic poetry o chat - software download and full details of how to use it o compass link to all the sites mentioned here * http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/ o new stuff o subscribe to the mailing list o archives for the mailing list (fully searchable) o mailing list FAQ o sheet music (guitar chords) o inter-active comments form * http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~hahndorf/bas/ o index (discography and sound samples) o interviews (from various sources, UK press and stuff) o reviews (from various sources, UK press and stuff) o live reviews (from various sources including Andy's own brilliant contribution) o news (site updates and major news) o notes on the site and b&s * http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ o an e-zine of related music and fiction o lazy line painter jane review o sinister article o union chapel review o belle lettres (a longer shorter fiction, based over a series of web pages with characters very much in the b&s vein) you can find all of these links a lot easier by using the compass tool that is built into the exit part of the Fan Club site. to get to the compass directly: http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/compass2.htm i hope this helps you all to find what you want, if you still can't find what you wan though, just let us know and someone will add it to a site :) thanks david kitchen @ the fanclub -- ******************************************************************** Belle and Sebastian Fan Club merchandise, mail-outs, chat, lyrics, poetry, fiction http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/ mailto:bluesoda@totalweb.co.uk ********************************************************************

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Sinister: Stuart David..mrrrrowwww...
by blink＠inexpress.net 14 Dec '97

14 Dec '97

Hello! I juste come back from a little Christmas concert,and I'm a little scared,these 5 girls did backstreet boys video (quebec goes mad for them) and I was laughing a little,becuase i thought it was a joke,but it was serious, got soem evil glare from the werewolf woman.... Alright..this was weird,I actually some soem clear,visible pictures of the other members (instead of just Stuart Murdoch) On this one homepage,there is a picture of Stuart David playing an accordian (is that all he does?) and he looks just like this alluring one we will call Sousa.. (goes to my school) I mean,identical,same downward look,when Sousa plays tambourine.... is there any interesting stories or information...(I know nothing of him!) of this little angel Stuart David? you're taking me ov-ah.... love love, Genevieve :0 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Elvis Sightings
by David Moore 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

Hi All What's all this broccoli nonsense? When I talked to Stuart David after the Colchester Arts Centre gig and asked him whether Elvis was a cat, because he sounds just like mine, he said yes. Best wishes to all those able to see the forthcoming gigs and hope they are as brilliant as the two I've seen this year. David Moore Chelmsford, UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Manchester meet...
by David & Katrina 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

... still needs minor organising but to help speed things up a bit, could everyone who can in Manchester please look at the following places and report back with opinions 1) Night and Day cafe 2) Dome restaurant/bar 3) any decent pubs near the Town Hall what we need to know is; a) are they nice venues? b) would they hold 50 people easily? c) would you want to go there? d) what food do they serve? e) do they have age restrictions? f) are they open on the Saturday AND Sunday? if not, which day? your help is deeply appreciated, we've already got some plans, but this will help finalise them and set them in stone (or the web site). thanks david kitchen @ the fanclub -- ******************************************************************** Belle and Sebastian Fan Club merchandise, mail-outs, chat, lyrics, poetry, fiction http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/ mailto:bluesoda@totalweb.co.uk ********************************************************************

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Sinister: Ink Polaroid Competition
by David & Katrina 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

well, we finally got round to jdging this, actually we'd decided the winner ages ago but hoping that the band and a few other people would offer their opinion. so the winner of the four posters (one for each Jeepster release to date) and the t-shirt of choice is Jonathon Mackie, his was entrant no' 15 (in our numbered list) and will get his prize pickings as soon as he gets in contact with us and lets us know where he wants them sent. to all the other entrants, we really enjoyed reading them all and had fun judging, thank you for putting the effort in. your efforts an be viewed permanently on the fan club site under the link called fiction , i hope this will inspire you to write something more when the fiction part of the site is developed to include the forthcoming book idea (details to follow in the new year). anyway, here's that winning entry in full... 15 From: jonathon mackie This one's my favourite. It's from around seven years ago, when my dad took myself and my sister up to the dams in the country. It was just after my dad and mum had split up, towards the end of the summer. The year before, my dad had taken a nervous breakdown and had mellowed out, learned to show his feelings a bit more. Trouble is, he showed his feelings to another woman as well. The dams are always one of my favourite places. They're right on the boundary between the country and the city, and they're right beside the wee town I used to go to to play tennis with my uncle, even though I had to borrow a racquet because I couldn't afford my own. It wasn't really a town, more like a scheme that happened to be outside the city limits. My dad told me the dams supplied water to thousands of people in the city, and they'd been built a hundred years ago and still remained intact. You can see me in the background, sitting on the edge of a large pool of water. There's a small waterfall running into the pool. My dad and my sister are in front of me, staring into the camera, squinting cause of the sun. I'm wearing my red and white striped polo top, which I got for my 11th birthday from my mum. There's car in the background too, speeding past on the small road. I started the big school that year, stopped reading Smash Hits and started reading Melody Maker and NME. I had my first instance of true love that year, but nothing happened. My dad wasn't as bald then as he is now. I like him more now than I did then. My mum's not in the picture, which is sad. It was a really nice sunny day. again, thanks for your support and patience david kitchen & katrina house @ the fanclub -- ******************************************************************** Belle and Sebastian Fan Club merchandise, mail-outs, chat, lyrics, poetry, fiction http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/ mailto:bluesoda@totalweb.co.uk ********************************************************************

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Sinister: sinister
by Johnston Family 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

The bit at the end of ' i could be dreaming' is Isobel reading from ( i think) Rumpell Stiltskin. And, yes Susannah, i think your 'star test' questions are very rude. A failed pop star, by any chance? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: sinister-digest V1 #94
by blink＠inexpress.net 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

> >"A hand over my mouth / A hand over the window" Just listening to this last >night and wondering what other people think it might be referring to. Don't >worry all you analysisophobes - I'm quite happy for it to stay a lovely >ambiguous line without particular meaning, but I just thought maybe I was >missing something obvious. Is it all the other boys turning from queuing to >marauding, perhaps? > >Nick There's a lot of things it could be right? I suppose it could be a fingre to the lips like 'shhhh' he doesn't want to speak of what he's doing,and a hand over the window to block people from seeing what he's doing....or it could be a passionate moment,a hand over his mouth and a hand trying to pull down the shades,you know clothes and leoapard print underwear flying unto lampshade and celing fan? Dear sinister people, hello! Are you all doing well,I am just loving Belle and Sebastian more,and I declared this to lovely boy at recordstore...ahhhh..he knows me! I asked (even though I knew it is the UNOBTAINABLE item) and today,now I ordered it weeks ago..he shyly told me he would not be able to get it for me,with the lovely smile and oohhh!It's strange..the counter there,once they go down to get the cd,it's like a magical place,he was down there for a while..and I jumped when his lovely little head reappeared holding a cd...oh,this isn't special to you guitar gods,but I can Get Me Away From here,I'm Dying on the guitar..doesn't sound perfect,but I learn. I'm so jealous of all you,how lucky you can all meet up..I have come to conclusion,as soon as I graduate I'm going to England,even if I'm not allowed... i went to a dance last night,it is crazy all the tearfull things that happen between the couples,all the making up when the slow song comes on,now if I was there with Spinable boy we'd be doing a funky dance to that part in photo Jenny 'they got the drugs I could use them but I don't want any' now my feet are a bit sore,do you know how much hip twisting you have to do during all that puff daddy. I have a Math exam on monday,oh dear! now don't be stupid,cause you're all looking great..you are!;) kisses,Genevieve ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: No Subject
by Matilda Moore 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

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Sinister: good hello
by robinh＠en.com 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

cheers and luv to all on Sinister from cold and inhospitable Cleveland, Ohio. i s'pose i should get this out of the way up front, since it must drive you diehard B&S enthusiasts batty to see it again and again: i am ISO a halfway decent tape of Tigermilk. method of compensation (i.e. trades, etc) is way negotiable. i'd really love to hear this album once and for all. also: anyone know when (or if) the B&S appearance on the PBS music program(me) Sessions at West 54th will make it to air? apologies if this is treading over ground already covered... perhaps i should shut up & hit the mailing list archives... yrs humbly ---robin h. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: MERRY XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
by Leelorn 13 Dec '97

13 Dec '97

Hi there everyone...just a short message to say have a brill xmas and i'll see you all at the BandS gig on the 28th.I got a copy of tigermilk from a mate of mine the other day and it is absolutely amazing!See ya later Lorna 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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