August 1997 - Sinister - missprint.org

Re: Sinister: About the Verve
by Alan 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

i do believe that their first singles were compiled on an album a while back...can't remember what it was called...if that can help! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: PLEASE READ: mailing list notes
by P.S.Mitchell 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

All, One day into the new mailing list and a couple of notes: o The list is restricted so that only members can post to it - this is to avoid junk mail from the outside. The way I had it set up didn't allow members of the digest versions to post but this should be fixed now - let me know if it isn't. o Some mail addresses are consistently bouncing and holding up the queues to the rest of you. As policy I will remove these bad addresses after about 10 consistent bounces and the bad addresses will be told about this for some time in case they wake up. The following undeliverable addresses have been removed: geoffr(a)erols.com litausa(a)aol.com chriz11(a)aol.com bijoux13(a)aol.com sfeane(a)force9.net. I won't be telling you everytime I do this but I inherited these addresses from the old list. o Finally a plea: from the number of people subscribing and then rapidly unsubscribing I suspect the large amount of non B&S postings are putting people off. I don't want to be dogmatic but from experience mailing lists only survive if there is a high signal-to-noise ratio. There are now over 200 people on this list so please try to make sure what you are saying is of interest to most BELLE AND SEBASTIAN fans! This is not a general discussion list for related music - join indiepop for that. Hmm that's made me unpopular. If anyone has comments on this then let ME know rather than the list - I promise I will post a summary. But let's make sure this list keeps going... Paul ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: if you're feeling eclectic: intro
by galaxie 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

Pup-tent is also the name of a Douglas Coupland character (in "Life After God"). As English is not my first language, could it possibly be that I haven't noticed "pup-tent" stands for loads of other things? > and there was me thinking that Puptent was really > rather nice.. > duke (i'll post a Belle & Sebastian message > soon...) Just can't wait... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: re:Galaxie's idea.
by Chris Stack 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

Nice one there, if another batch of Tigermilks were made, about 1000 would do, then all seriously interested in B&S (excluding those who only want it cos it's rare) could have a copy, and still act all smug when B&S become really famous and the price of Tigermilk rockets. Someone should pass this idea on to the people who control such stuff. Cheers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: Re: Track Stars
by Stuart Gardiner 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

>---------- >> Urmm. Track and Field. > >oh well, if we're starting... > >I went to cross country once... I remember doing a three mile cross-country run at school with a sprained ankle, I was on crutches for a month :-(. I've given up on it now - don't see the point of running three miles up and down hills just to get back to exactly where you started... The best sport around is definitely korfball! Stuart G > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: Arab Strap
by Stuart Gardiner 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

>Hey, A Lad, re: the Verve and your eager promotion of them.Is it them >that did that song with the fab strings? (da-da-daa, da-da-daa...) They >play that at Poptastic quite a lot and I usually end up dancing to it, >and I have a feeling someone told me it was the Verve... It was called "Bittersweet Symphony". And I think the video for it (of the lead singer walking down a street bashing into people) was alluded to in the sleeve notes for LLPJ; "Jane pretended she was making indie-rock videos as she tore through the East End. She thought herself quite magnificent, and only caused two minor disturbances as she went." Stuart G > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The State I am in
by klas.ericsson＠student.jmg.gu.se 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

The State I am in... ...is a quite depressed one, I must say. So the B&S show in New York is sold out. I´d prefer to miss it wth a day or two, as with the Spiritualized concert the 4th, but.... life´s grim. To be in NY that very day without a ticket. Still, there must be a way to get in for us without any moral whatsoever?! And do anyone really have any news about the collection of B&S? About Luna, and this makes me very excited, I had the chance to make an interview with Dean Wareham when he visited Stockholm last week. He was very nice (and had some interesting gossips about Jon Spencer and Paul Auster´s son). I really like Pup Tent, and i fully agree with Alistair who tought it really grows on you. I thought it was crap in the beginning, but now I even like Ihop. But "Pup tent" isn´t as good as "Bewitched". But a man who writes a song with the title "Bobby peru" deserves respect! And the it was the Flying Nun-subject. I´wouldn´t say i´m a an but I really like Bailter Space, 3DS, Chills, Clean and well the most of things they put out. I used to look for their yearly collections but they are hard to find here, as the local recordshop can´t search in their computers on labelname. And to Ivo, I´m afraid to make you disappointed, but my zine is in Swedish. We´re planning however to get an english site but this isn´t a prior thing, but I´ll keep you up to date. By the way - I´d like more info on "Class". Interesting. To Duke of Harringray - what does Kevin Pearce think of Belle And Sebastian? Best wishes to all of you, Klas (who, because of the NY problems will dig up his Smiths collection and stay in for days. Life´s unfair!!! Isn´t that an Able Tasmans-song by the way, all you Flying Nun-fans out there?) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: intro...
by Kristen Blake 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

Hello--- I'm crossing my fingers that this one will work now that the list is all shiny and new. You see I've been on the list for quite some time now, but my messages never seemed to make it to the list. I'm Kristen, I live in Boston (USA), and I love records. Here's a question, did any of you send a message to get free tickets for the West 54th taping? Just curious if you got a response yet. That may be my only chance of seeing the band this time around, so I'm anxious to hear back from them. here I am, kristen ps. I think the Arab Strap album is good (with the exception of 1 song). If you like the sound of guitars recorded so that you can hear the fingers sliding over the strings, all scratchy and lo-fi (for lack of a better word) with whispery/angsty story-like lyrics, an occasional bombastic blast of drums and a catchy bassline here or there, by all means pick it up. The single The First Big Weekend is just stunning (and included on the album.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Chris' cat
by galaxie 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

---------- De: Chris Stack <Chris.Stack(a)BTInternet.com> Para: 'Belle and Sebastian mailing list' <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Assunto: Sinister: The B&S T-Shirts. Data: Quarta-feira, 27 de Agosto de 1997 19:21 This is sort of connected with the recurring theme thing. At first I thought the Bus design on the shirt was because so many of Belle and Sebastian's songs feature this mode of transport: StringBean Jean, The state I am in, and countless others, I expect. But then I realised the acronym for the band is bas, which is the cockney pronunciation of bus, this is reinforced by the fact that B&S seem to like playing for the southerners instead of coming up north, but I'm not bitter about it. Elvis isn't a >^..^< Your point on the bus/bas issue is quite interesting, but your cat is really something!!! Thanx for showing the drawing, i didn't know it yet... Cecilia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Advice for Americans
by Michael Bowen 28 Aug '97

28 Aug '97

As I'll be seeing the band a week from Sunday, I'm going to ask a question of burning importance: what should one wear to a B&S concert? I know that anoraks, flares, jeans, jumpers, or damn near any other item of clothing are loaded with subtexts in British pop culture. I just don't want to embarass myself or Stuart. Any tips? Michael Bowen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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