August 1997 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Greetings
by Aadam 'It's a miracle I'm still alive' Jacobs 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

A useless post To give a toast To the new list The old one won't be missed. Thanks Paul Aadam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Arab Strap, Important notice
by A Lad Woven In Slur 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

> To anybody interested: > Arab Strap (previous support band for B&S) are playing live on the Mary Ann > Hobbs show, on Radio 1 tonight. I've heard about Arab Strap, but thought they were slightly more...um....drum 'n' bass -y than they obviously are. I'll certainly give it a listen - but what kind of band are they? And on that note - nobody should be denied the opportunity of hearing them, so I'll tell the world THE VERVE ARE ON THE EVENING SESSION TONIGHT [it starts 6.30] AND YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE TO MISS IT! For yes, we like The Verve. We think they're good. And thanks and well done Paul for getting this new list set up. All together: Hip hip....... * * * * * * * Andrew O'Sullivan aeos(a)dial.pipex.com http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/osullivan "Nobody knows the way it's going to be" * * * * * * * ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: first message on a new list
by .j 0n 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

----------------------------------------- my ceiling is covered with dead things bits of spider fly and wasp. i stand on my bed and squash them with a book when i am cross. on my wall some wasps are mounted with red paint pretending to be blood and green to be the juice. they are up there as a warning; 'i will tolerate no abuse' the other day a daddy long legs was dancing round my light i missed with a rubber band it began to show some fight. when chasing a moving foe here's a tip i think you should know grab a can of bodyspray to keep the insect pest at bay. in my haste i picked up 'hair in a can' i got it in a corner and pressed down firm and gave mr long legs a hendrix perm purple haze and out of sight it zipped through the window and into the night. .j 0n ------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Arab Strap
by John Stuart 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

I sent this to the old list this morning, but I have not received it back, so I'm trying the new list. Sorry if you get it sent twice... To anybody interested: Arab Strap (previous support band for B&S) are playing live on the Mary Ann Hobbs show, on Radio 1 tonight. Paul Mitchell - who are you? :) I don't recall the name from any messages on the old list. How about an introduction, if you have not done one yet? Cheers,. John. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: New album !!!!
by Ivo Augusto 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

At 16:12 27/08/97 +0000, you wrote: Any news about "that compilation" ????? Any news about the (re)release of *Tigermilk* ? (Why not (re)release ????) Thanks in advance Ivo Augusto >>I've just recieved an Email which tells me that according to the record >>trades mailout B+S have an Album out in November in addition to the EP >>anyone got any more info ?? > >Belle & Sebby recorded the following tracks a while ago for the new album: > >Slow Grafitti >A Summer Wasting >Simple Things >Is It Wicked Not To Care >Seymore Styne >Sleep the Clock Around >Rollercoaster Ride >Tigermilk (Instrumental) >Ease Your Feet in The Sea > >The new ep is called '3,6,8 Seconds of Light' and should feature >Le Pastie De La Bourgeousie >Century Of Fakers > >.......and probably two of the following: >Put The Book Back On The Shelf >Beautiful >Rhoda (what happened to this being on the dow ep?) >Songs For Children >The Lonliness Of The Middle Distance Runner > > > >John S. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >. 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 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: wondering
by David & Katrina 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

A. Dean wrote: > > yep, seems to work. er, sorry to clutter up the archive like that. > feel > free to delete it. and this one. > > does this mean we're going live today? > > i'll shut up now. > > andy nope, it means we just went live! you caught us off guard with that message, but at least it kicked us into order :) and now's not the time to shut up! we probably should think of a topic of conversation or something... hmmm, I feel lost for words already. The winner of the tape of rare stuff for the most posts on the Cool List list is Alistair a.k.a. "Duke of Haringey". If you mail me your address duke I'll send you the tape. A similiar compo will be run long term on this list, we don't have another different tape, but may do in a month or two, so the winner will be declared before xmas (scarily closer than you think). In the meanwhile another compo? Any ideas anyone, I've got possible prizes! Regards David Kitchen -- ************************************************************** http://freespace.virgin.net/d.kitchen/Bluesoda.htm mailto:d.kitchen@virgin.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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: New EP
by Stuart Gardiner 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

Is there any news yet of when we can hear the new single on the radio? Oh, and I presume that the address you gave us for the new mailing list was spelt wrong ("sininister@...")... 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: New EP (fwd)
by P.S.Mitchell 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

Yes of course it was a typo. You prepare for a change for two weeks and then mess up at the last minute. You know how it is. I'm even going to go and change it in the archive to make sure people don't make the same mistake. Just to reiterate the correct address to send to is: sinister(a)majordomo.net Sorry... Paul ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 15:04:58 +0100 From: Stuart Gardiner <SKG(a)datcon.co.uk> To: 'B&S mailing list' <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Subject: Sinister: New EP Oh, and I presume that the address you gave us for the new mailing list was spelt wrong ("sininister@...")... 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 sessions at west 54th
by jj heldmann 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

Does anyone know when the B&S PBS show will be broadcast? I assume its taped for future broadcast right? Now I've just got to figure out which of the three PBS stations here show it... xo jj ******************************************** fantastic po box 4492 ann arbor mi 48106 usa www.mindspring.com/~initialgirl/fantastic ******************************************** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: New mailing list
by P.S.Mitchell 27 Aug '97

27 Aug '97

David Kitchen has prepared people for a change in the mailing list - this note is to tell you it has now happened! Everyone one the belleandsebastian list has now been automatically added to the new list run by myself called "Sinister" (because it's easier to spell). You'll find full details of the list at http://www.majordomo.net/sinister and a text version of this information is below. Very quickly what you now need to do to send a message is send to: sininister(a)majordomo.net That's it. Hopefully the service level and speed of the new list will be an improvement! Paul psm(a)majordomo.net --------------------- Sinister Mailing List The Sinister mailing list was setup by Paul Mitchell in August 1997 to assist David Kitchen's efforts to create information about the band Belle and Sebastian - David and Katrina's site is available for more comprehensive info on the band and merchandise etc. The mailing list was originally set up via a public service list provider but the service, speed and flexibility just wasn't good enough. Hopefully this will be a bit better. Honourable mentions must also go to duke, Andrew Dean (who has a spiffing B&S site), Stuart David (who runs the excellent band members' site and I talked to in the early days of setting up this list) and others who assisted at the start of this list including my mate Linda. The information here isn't supposed to provide much about the band themselves, and will never become a fully-fledged WWW resource on B&S - see the other pages above for that. This also isn't an FAQ for the band themselves - hopefully one will be available soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joining The List Here's the quick answer: send a message to majordomo(a)majordomo.net with the text "subscribe sinister" in the body of the message. That's it - you should get a confirmation email. But please read the information below when you get a minute (a copy will be sent to you when yousubscribe). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mailing List Archive An archive of the current week's mailings to the list is available here. Previous weeks' mailings can be seen by ploughing through the directory structure via this link - sorry it's all a bit messy at the moment but I will tidy it up soon hopefully. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mailing List FAQ 1. How do I subscribe/unsubscribe from Sinister? There are two addresses you need to remember to use the list: sinister(a)majordomo.net - this is the address to send messages to everyone on the list. Everything sent here goes to everyone. You use this address everytime you want to mail information to the list. majordomo(a)majordomo.net - this is where you send mailing list requests i.e. subscribe/unsubscribes. Messages sent here don't go to the list but perform certain commands - they should be sent in the body of your message (i.e. first line) and not the subject line. To subscribe to the list you need to send the following command: subscribe sinister and equally unsubscribe sinister to get off the list. If this doesn't work then it may mean that your mail program is sending out your email address in a slightly different format than before (maybe you changed programs). In this case try unsubscribe sinister your-email-address If you ever get really stuck then just send a personal message to sinister-owner(a)majordomo.net This gets through to a person i.e. me and I can sort it out but please try the automatic method first. Please remember never to send unsubscribe requests to the list itself (i.e. sinister(a)majordomo.net) but always to majordomo(a)majordomo.net!!! 2. Can I tell who is on the list? Yes, just send the command who sinister to majordomo(a)majordomo.net Equally you can get some info on the list be sending info sinister but you'll probably just get the same as you're reading here. 3. I only just joined the list, can I see what's previously been sent? Yes there is an archive available on the WWW. Just point your browser to: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister (this page at the top if you are at the WWW site already). 4. I'm getting fed up with all these messages, can I get them all together sometime instead? Yes, instead of subscribing to "sinister" you need to subscribe to "sinister-digest". This is a summarised version of the list every few days or so. Just follow the same rules as above, so just send the message: subscribe sinister-digest to: majordomo(a)majordomo.net Remember if you are changing to the digest to unsubscribe from the standard list. 5. Brilliant! I can advertise my new band/floor cleaner/hygiene product to everyone on the list now! Please please please don't abuse the list (well OK you can say it's crap but you know what I mean). Anyone who consistently and unashamedly sends adverts to the list will be banned! 6. So why can't anyone out there send any old junk to the list? Because you can only send to the list if you are a member (hopefully). 7. So what can we talk about on the list? Well we'll play this by ear for now, but anything vaguely connected with the band is OK. I may step in if we get a long long conversation about something interesting to only a tiny minority of the list - some people pay handsomely for their email and would not be pleased to receive a thousand messages about an obscure band from Wigan who once sounded a bit like the intro to one of B&S's songs. Please try and be sensitive to the majority of listeners. Pet theories about whether Elvis is a cat or indeed a brussel sprout are however tolerated for a long time because they amuse your list administrator. Another rule: DO NOT FLAME PEOPLE OR BE ABUSIVE! I take this very seriously and will act accordingly - too many mailing lists have been ruined by arrogance or a quick temper by people who consider themselves "real fans" - a pathetic term. This mailing list is setup for everyone, especially new enthusiastic listeners who do not need to be abused and belittled. Please be helpful and if you can't think of anything nice to say go and do a jigsaw. Anyone who is consistently a real pain will be permanently removed. 8. Who provides this list? Who says I can't do what I want on it? The resources to run this list are provided by my employer and it is not a guaranteed public service - I will do whatever is necessary to ensure its continued existence. Hopefully (sorry Stuart) B&S won't become quite as popular as Take That so I will be able to keep it going on borrowed resources - but if it impacted too much I might have to withdraw it one day. To ensure it continues therefore it isn't a public resource in quite the same way a newsgroup is. So please be nice. 9. Why bother? FAQs like this are usually formal and stuffy affairs so a personal note: I am a grumpy thirty-something who still refuses to listen to Eric Clapton or moan how good music was when he was 16 - it's hard though when we're surrounded by so much mediocrity, but we shouldn't kid ourselves it was any different 15 years ago. But when I heard Belle and Sebastian I jumped for joy at a band with genuine musical sense, charm, toughness and POPness. So this is still all about music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Finally remember if you get really stuck with the list mail me at: sinister-owner(a)majordomo.net and if that doesn't work something's really wrong - you'd better try my real address at: psm(a)majordomo.net Paul Mitchell 24th August 1997 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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