August 1997 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: various including arab strap london gig and Seymour
by stephen.b＠easynet.co.uk 30 Aug '97

30 Aug '97

had my first 6 messages and therefore woud like to give my first responses: 1. I saw Seymour Stein once and he had creases ironed into the front of his trousers! that doesn't mean he isn't a nice person but was freaky though 2. Edinburough is not a great place. 3. went to see Arab Strap in London (Water Rats) tonight and they were truly emotional. (and more sober than usual) is that the sort of thing that should be said on this list? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: sheepboy
by .j 0n 30 Aug '97

30 Aug '97

how my dreams were crushed --------------------------------- when im all grown up in years to come (cous im just a little peep) i want to be big and fluffy like a lovely sheep. funny ears - little head wrapped up in finest wool. living on a sunny farm eating grass until i was full. i told the careers officer my ambitions when i was at school he looked me square in the eye and told me i was a fool. that sheep training college was hard and i didnt have the marks. perhaps i should aim to become a dog and practice on my bark.. --------------------------------- .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 . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: another intro
by SolaKola＠aol.com 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

hello all, my name is Sarah and I am yet another SF area B&S fan .. I bought IYFS on the recommendation of a friend and have been hooked since, thats one of the things I think is intersting about them ... the popularity they've achieved so far is due in a large part to word of mouth and not the usual promo overdrive. Its odd how most of the reivews (positive ones) don't really make them sound like something I'd like. A recent review in a local rag (while also getting a few facts wrong), described them as sounding like a "lighter whiter Band". I got a tape a while ago of the demos of 'Pocketbook Angel', 'London Has Let Me Down' and 'Hurleys Having Dreams' if anyone stateside wants a copy, just e-mail me to arrange something; they're all excellent and Pocketbook Angel is one of my fave songs at the moment. -Sarah SolaKola(a)aol.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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Re: Sinister Re: Songs for children
by AEHering＠aol.com 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

Andrew Dean wrote ... >dum de dum. i had an email from sarah a couple of >months ago and the address she gave me to reply to >was john smith's bookshop in glasgow. isn't this >the one where mr pastel also works? Right ... >and nobody answered when i asked whether 'songs >for children' that was mentioned in a list of >upcoming songs was a cover of the pastels track. >does anyone know? Most probably not, since "Songs for children" was, to the best of my knowledge, never a Pastels song. However, it was the title of their Whaam debut 7", the a-side being the marvellous hymn "Heavens above" ... Sigh ... Daniel Treacy, proprietor of Whaam! Records and mastermind of the Television Personalities ... another criminally underrated P!O!P! genius ... Perfection As A Hipster ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: re:stuff
by Chris Stack 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

A lad...wrote: I would guess that the writer has been in the situation [as, indeed, have I] - and thus has had a Catholic upbringing. I thought because the singer wasn't sure if he should call the priest a priest or a vicar then that meant he wasn't a Catholic, or as I pointed out before if he was Catholic, then he was a rubbish one who didn't know the basics etc, not that I care. The Belle and Sebastian Kids show was a live action thing wasn't it, 'cause I can only remember a cartoon version in the early '80's, It was a japanese thing and badly dubbed over, the people spoke really fast and sentences finished abruptly so the lip sync looked better...even though it didn't. I'm pretty sure it was called Bella and Sebastian though and it was made by the same people who did 'Cities of Gold' and 'Dogtanian and the 3 Muskehounds', clever play on words there, the way Musketeers has been replaced with Muskehounds, niiice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: stuart and the pastels
by Sandy Blair 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

>> and just why has glasgow produced more decent >> bands than you can shake a whole bundle of >> sticks >> at when edinburgh hasn't? > >not quite fair, and unlike me to defend edinburgh, >but what about Fire Engines! (and by association >anything else Davey Henderson has done), Josef K >(and by association anything else Paul Haig has >done) Shop Assistants, Jesse Garon... a few >others. Weren't The Thanes from Edinburgh? > >Still, as you so rightly infer, Glasgow's Miles >Better. It wasn't always like that, there were many other bands around at the time of the Fire Engines et all, The Delmotes, Flowers, Scars, Boot For Dancing etc. I dunno why Edinburgh died after the Shop Assistants and the associated bands. Still GIlded Lil and Dominic Waxing Lyrical are from Edinburgh. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: More tea, vicar?
by Arantxa Ubieta - Peter Miller 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

Andrew O'Sullivan, do you really expect us to believe that you've had it off with a priest in a confessional? You'll get the poor fellow defrocked! While we're on the subject of sauciness, I would like to politely register my concern at some of the potentially hurtful rumour mongering that has been raising its ugly head of late. Just because someone agrees to have their photo taken stark naked in the bath with a toy tiger and then lets it be used as the cover art for a soon to be legendary LP doesn't mean to say that they're a complete exhibitionist who wants the whole world and his dog on wheels to know about their private life. In my opinion. Besides which, the tiger has a much more interesting love life. And the dog trundles after every poodle in town. After giving the matter a lot of thought, I've changed my mind and am now in the camp of the people who favour less non-B&S related messages. The reason is that there are now at least 174 people reading the list, and they will probably feel a bit isolated when confronted with the veterans' gibbberish. It's a thin line between talking to people in a gig queue and talking too loudly on the bus. Out of 174 people probably only one or two will share your/ my/ our sense of humour. And even that's asking a lot. I know it sounds grumpy, but there's nothing to stop people getting a list of subscribers and only sending their eccentricities to people who they know share their taste for off the beaten track rambling. Just a thought... And another thing. How is Seymour Stein going to react to that song? Have Jeepster got good lawyers? I bet Seymour's got really good lawyers. If they ever make a film about him, he'll be played by Robert De Niro. Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: Belle influences
by AEHering＠aol.com 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

The Duke wrote ... >I would really like to >know, however, if he's familiar with the group >McCarthy (Tim Gane of Stereolab was the guitarist, >and they were members of the RCP at the time - >Revolutionary Communist PArty for those who don't >know... sounds rather quaint now doesn't it?!) >because 'la pastie...' sounds like a McCarthy >title if ever there was one! (they had a great >song called 'we are all bourgeouis now', in >fact!). McCarthy played in Glasgow quite >regularly, and i wonder if Stuart was there? What do you think ? Stuart used to be a groovy P!O!P! kid, just like you and me ... probably he lost a little bit of enthusiasm over the years, since hhe would rarely join to see some new Glaswegian bands, but he is familiar with McCarthy who started releasing records in 1986 (!). In fact, the last time I met him was at the Stereolab (!) / Yo La Tengo gig in Edinburgh in '95 and ... well, one couldn't say that he doesn't like Laetitia. I might be wrong, but I seem to remember that he liked the Tindersticks quite a bit at that time ... Perfection As A Hipster ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Song chords
by Alan 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

hmmmm i guess that stacks of people seem to want all the chords...i'll try and type out most of them then you good good people can do what you want with them!! it might take me a while though, but it should be done this week end love, alan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: As big as the Cardigans?!?
by galaxie 29 Aug '97

29 Aug '97

---------- > De: Landmine9(a)aol.com > Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net > Assunto: Sinister: As big as the Cardigans?!? > Data: Sexta-feira, 29 de Agosto de 1997 02:15 > > A faraway friend mentioned the other day that he believed Belle and Sebastian > would be as big as the Cardigans soon enough. > > I can't really see this happening. The Cardigans have a dancey aspect that > makes them more accessible to a wider audience. I have heard from more than > one person that B&S are "depressing," thus destroying any mass appeal they > might have. I have even played them for a couple of people who I was certain > would like them, and they just kind of shrugged. Even the friend who likes > Simon and Garfunkel and does speed didn't like them. > > What do you think? Are they movin' on up? And what kind of effect will > their rather odd way of dealing with press affect it? > > michael > Hmmm...In a certain way, bands like The Cure and Smiths sugest melancholic, lonely landscapes. Of course, bands that have a dancey aspect get more attention, but when something like B&S reachs a certain level of success, its fans get even more passionate. I think that it can be a positive thing as opposed to bands like Cardigans or Spice Girls. I'd say that B&S will be big. I wouldn't go as far as saying the're the next big thing, but they'll certainly have their place in rock history, they may even be starting something other bandas will try to follow and the press will later call "a movement". Regis&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 . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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