September 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: re:century of fakers
by Chris Stack 13 Sep '97

13 Sep '97

>What do people think of them imminently becoming mainstream? This >question has brought infinite internal conflict to myself I know what you mean Matt, I don't think I could handle B&S becoming mainstream. What would be worse was if Chr*s Ev*ns has them on his show when the next EP is released. We all know he would then claim to have discovered them and popularised the band when we all know any success would be down to the exceptional songs and not some arrogant jumped-up failed DJ whose TV show has almost played as many crap songs as Atlantic 252. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: sinister cd/host's intro/lazy line/more
by Mike Landucci 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

ok, since im having to deal with sifting through all the mail from this list i might as well post about some b+s stuff. sinister just never gets old. i have a dub for my car with tigermilk on one side and sinister on the next and let me tell you it is the very best way to spend a drive to vegas and back-we listened to that tape nonstop for 300 miles. each way. sinister is obviously the best album of 97 and i seriously think it might be the best of the 90's period. far from being a chris douridas morning becomes eclectic fan, i think the intro about b+s songs being old friends you havent met is passable. after the first couple listens i was on the brink of tears thinking they were better than the smiths, better than magnetic fields, better than the cannanes, better than anything id ever heard and sure to live in my heart for the rest of my life the way a small few other bands have. so maybe that's what he meant-their songs' instant "classic" appeal. on that note ill say i heard for the first time lazy line painter jane or whatever it's called today on the radio and was quite underwhelmed. it went on too long, the female vocals are iffy at best-as were the male's on this take, and the basic rock n' roll lick of the thing was a put off. well im exageratting-can you tell i have a penchant for that-but truly i was a bit sad cause it didnt sound very magical. lastly, on "The Boy Done Wrong Again" there is a part, a bridge i guess, where the violins come in after he sings "i will be happy now" for the first time. anyways, the chords and the sound of that moment have always reminded from the first time i heard it, to the wonderful song Aurora by the Cat's Miaow. Play 'em back to back and see if you see what i mean. Play em back to back anyways cause it's a real treat. cheers, mike ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Geneva/B&S
by Ivo A P Escossia 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

At 13:59 12/09/97 -0600, you wrote: Two bands that i really love...for different reasons ! (Belle and Sebastian & Geneva) Ivo Augusto > > I saw Geneva play in Baltimore last night...They were truly lovely, I > must say....Anyway, I chatted with Andrew Montgomery, the singer with > the angelic voice, for a while.... The topic of Belle & Sebby came up > in our conversation, and he proclaimed his adoration for Tigermilk, > and utmost respectfor the work of B&S. He also mentioned that his > favourite song is "The State I'm In"... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Geneva/B&S
by Gregg Weiss 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

I saw Geneva play in Baltimore last night...They were truly lovely, I must say....Anyway, I chatted with Andrew Montgomery, the singer with the angelic voice, for a while.... The topic of Belle & Sebby came up in our conversation, and he proclaimed his adoration for Tigermilk, and utmost respectfor the work of B&S. He also mentioned that his favourite song is "The State I'm In"... Another B&S note from the show: Catherine Wheel (the headline act) had "...Sinister" playing in the dressing room... I'm wondering if anyone in the US has a cassette of a live B&S gig (or a video for that matter!).... Proudly sporting me new pair of terry underwear, Gregg ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Lazy Line Painter Jane
by duke of harringay 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

> I like her voice, it is kind of obnoxious, but > loud and free, it maybe > sounds like a 60's soul singer or something. > A friend of mine said it reminds her of olivia > newton-john, but I don't > know about that... well i said she sounded like Emmylou Harris to Stuart's Gram Parsons, and i'm sticking with that one... the duke -- Tangents On-Line http://www.virtual-pc.com/tangent/ Tangents On-Paper: PO Box 102, Exeter, EX2 4YL, UK tangent(a)mail.zynet.co.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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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[SKG@datcon.co.uk: Sinister: The mailing list formerly known as being about B&S]
by Stuart Maclean 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

>1. The 'hard-core' indie fan. Listens to John Peel. Thinks variety means hearing as many different bands as possible, preferably ones no-one has heard of. Thinks credibility is gained by having seen "Tonto's Exploding Penis" playing down the Frog & Sprocket on a Monday night in January. I was there, great gig. Didn't see you there though! And of course no real indie fan owns a CD player, yuk! Oh, and Peel is the messiah, who else plays records from the 50s, 40s even, next to techno, Ivor Cutler, blah blah, all at range of attractive speeds. Back to the BS post, I caught Slow Graffiti and Seymour Stein this week on Lamacq, which two did I miss?? Cheers Stu ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: The State That I Am In
by mlang＠inch.com 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

How do you explain that his brother coming out "takes the heat" off of the narrator in this song? Does that mean he is closeted? Just curious what people think... matrix ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Lazy Line Painter Jane
by gram 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

apologies to people on the indie list, I sent this there first by accident. In response to Mike's post about being nonplussed about it the first time he heard it. Did anyone else feel this way? I wasn't sure what to think, it made me sad at first. especially when she started singing, I was like WHAT? but I listened to it a few more times and it has truly grown on me. Now I love it, its sort of rockingly fragile, if that is possible. I like her voice, it is kind of obnoxious, but loud and free, it maybe sounds like a 60's soul singer or something. A friend of mine said it reminds her of olivia newton-john, but I don't know about that... g r a m ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Century of Fakers
by Matthew A. Neimark 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

>I do feel that Belle and Sebastian's success is purely a matter of = >time, it is stifled by their unwillingness to play the game (do the = >press etc.) which is fine, but even then, when a band's this good, it's = >pretty unlikely that they'll not break through no matter what - On the = >current curve of chart success it's looking like A Century of Fakers = >could be top 20 stuff - I really hope so, as there'll be plenty people = >around the world who'll not yet have heard of them (not "real" fans I = >suppose ?!), who'll get the chance and that, to me can only be a good = >thing Yup. Century of Fakers is ACE. True crossover material. But that leads me to another question: What do people think of them imminently becoming mainstream? This question has brought infinite internal conflict to myself...On one hand I love them and wish them every possible success. On the other hand I'm infinitely jealous (somehow) of other people eventually hearing them and for their entrance into mainstream culture. Somehow, deep inside of me, I hope that they end up as Felt or the Pastels: a band with true diehard fans who truly like them. Musicians and artists who cite them as inspiration in the future. I hate the idea of some slick DJ talking over the beginning of their songs. Worse I hate the idea of Kasey Kasem putting them in his top 40 show: "And here's a little story about the band coming up. It turns out that the bassist Stuart David has a hobby. He enjoys writing. So he made a booklet and called it 'Ink Poloroids' because the stories are about his life in the band. Have you guessed yet? That's Right Belle and Sebatian coming in three positions higher at number eighteen with their hit, 'Lonliness of a Middle Distance Runner'" Matt PS Why do the administrators not like Dyre Straets...HA Super FakeOUT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: A Short Story about a Small Man and a Large Song
by Chris Wirth 12 Sep '97

12 Sep '97

I'm just a boy who plays guitar, how can you expect me to understand how I feel? Perhaps you do. I've been laboring under that funny, fizzy feeling that is part adrenaline induced euphoria, and part stomach-wrenching agony that Yes, you did in fact make an arse of yourself in front of 100 complete strangers. You see, I endured that unique rite of passage for aspiring performers... the Open Mike. I went alone, and I didn't know anyone there, but, I brought my love of B&S and a bittersweet heart. For my first ever performance in front of actual live people, I chose a mellow Replacements song to get me in the mood, and then to bring the house down, "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying", a rather prophetic selection it turned out. My name was called, I plugged in, I adjusted the mike... so far, so good. Eyes closed, voice choked to a whisper, left hand shaking so much that I can't even form a D chord... begin. OK, forgot the words halfway through the first song, right on schedule. Press on, make the rest up as you go. OK, now for a *really* good song, they'll love this one. By way of an intro, I yammered on about how wonderful B&S were (no one seemed to recognise the name) and that everyone should discover them, then I just started. Seconds, several muffed chords, and a number of pleading wails (from *me* not the audience, silly), later, it was over. A smattering of applause greeted my departure from the stage, and I breathlessly recovered at the back of the room before sliding into the night, not nearly unnoticed enough. Perhaps, the gods heard a small voice singing the sad songs, for as the darkness swallowed me, their tears mixed with mine. ~cw~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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