September 1997 - Sinister

Sinister: XFM
by john.jackson＠bbc.co.uk 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

I don't know who said XFM wasn't very alternative but I have heard Man Or Astroman, Cha Cha Cohen, Elastica and countless other wonderful tunes on it...Keith Cameron (is it him or Tommy Udo I can never remember) who does the late night prog plays good stuff... JJ x Get well soon Soozy! Everyone send flowers and so on to Soozy... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: xfm
by Stip / Blue Music 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

>Keith Watson Wrote: >Anyway - last I heard about XFM, their idea of "alternative" music was >like Carter USM and Ned's Atomic Dustbin - if that's alternative then >I'm sticking with Genesis. I agree, Keith - it looks like xfm might be a bit of a let-down - I know it's early days, but I'd hoped the playlist might be a bit more inspiring. Still, I've heard the new arab strap single a couple of times which is a step, albeit a small one, in the right direction. In saying that, I've heard it more often on Radio One, which kind of flattens my point. Still, xfm played Teenage Fanclub's 'God Knows It's True' this morning, so they can't be all bad. Maybe I'm listening to the wrong programmes - has anyone come across a more encouraging slot? -- Nicola M Stip / Blue Music www.stip.demon.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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Re: Sinister: cheezy PBS intro
by leslie.chinea＠emimusic.com 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

If he was a true fan, he would have come up with something more coherent ." Like what? ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Sinister: cheezy PBS intro Author: MPRVixen(a)aol.com at X-MAIL Date: 9/10/97 11:39 AM If he was a true fan, he would have come up with something more coherent than "their songs are like old friends you haven't met yet." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: from server1.emimusic.com (193.122.8.130) by imailgp.xx.emimusic.com with SMTP (IMA Internet Exchange 2.1 Enterprise) id 0001BB65; Wed, 10 Sep 97 17:39:22 +0100 Received: from sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk [129.215.72.230]) by server1.emimusic.com with SMTP id RAA29335 for <leslie.chinea(a)emimusic.com> (2.1.1h-8.8.5/3.1.17); Wed, 10 Sep 1997 17:32:08 GMT Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id QAA23148 for sinister-outgoing; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:39:46 +0100 Received: from emout17.mail.aol.com (emout17.mx.aol.com [198.81.11.43]) by sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA23142 for <sinister(a)majordomo.net>; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:39:42 +0100 From: MPRVixen(a)aol.com Received: (from root@localhost) by emout17.mail.aol.com (8.7.6/8.7.3/AOL-2.0.0) id LAA28137 for sinister(a)majordomo.net; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:39:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:39:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <970910113756_-1400320231(a)emout17.mail.aol.com> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net Subject: Sinister: cheezy PBS intro Precedence: bulk Reply-To: MPRVixen(a)aol.com

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Sinister: Evening Session
by 'Training Unit' 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

If in anyone(in Britain) wants/needs a copy of the songs played on the evening session this week, mail me . In return I'd appreciate a taped copy of Seymour Stein, and maybe even Tigermilk?? Nathan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Variety box
by Keith Watson 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

1. It is perfectly possible to avoid the new "Candle In The Wind" by either finding a decent radio station (like London's new XFM, which plays alternative music all day), or by just not listening to the radio. I managed to miss the whole of Diana's funeral by being in bed recovering from the night before... [Keith Watson] Oddly enough - we decided that as a mark of respect, we'd spend almost 15 hours complete silence, in a near-comatose state ourselves. It's avoidable but let's face facts, it's got to get irritating. Anyway - last I heard about XFM, their idea of "alternative" music was like Carter USM and Ned's Atomic Dustbin - if that's alternative then I'm sticking with Genesis. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: re: PBS taping
by leslie.chinea＠emimusic.com 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

When they asked for requests the guy sitting next to me whispered "Freebird" thank god he didn't have the guts to shout it out loud. The host's intro seemed shy and meek to me and that kinda fit with the whole atmosphere. I agree the wait was grueling, but it made me appreciate the experience that much more. Leslie. ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Sinister: re: PBS taping Author: Francisco Alberto Wong <faw1(a)columbia.edu> at X-MAIL Date: 9/9/97 10:06 PM I had the recent fortune of being able to attend the perhaps now fabled Sessions on 54th taping of Belle and Sebastian. While the wait outside was gruelling--especially while watching VIP/press and industry people walk right in without having to wait as long, the show was very well worth it. I wish the band had played more songs off IYFS or the 2 current eps, but still, being witness to a slew of new songs certainly made the event interesting. Part of the excitement was also seeing the notoriously camera-shy band in person--quite a good-looking band, eh?--as well as having the back of my head gloriously presented before the cameras as they craned and dollied here and there 'round them. Isobel sang the first song, "Is It Wicked Not To Care". This was followed by "Like Dylan In the Movies", "Ease Your Feet In the Sea", "Century of Elvis", "Slow Graffitti", a flubbed and playful "Mayfly" (Stuart had to read the lyrics of a copy of the album that an audeince member donated), a slow (lazy?) "Lazy Line-Painter Jane", "Seymour Stein" (which I believe Stevie sang), "Sleep the Clock Around", the epic "Roller COaster Ride". It was beautiful. They were playful even tho nervous. I wish I saw them Saturday or Sunday, you lucky lucky people. When they asked for a cover, I'm glad no one yelled out Freebird; someone should have yelled out "Jennifer Juniper". I should have yelled out "Jennifer Juniper". Did anyone else think the host's intro kinda cheesy, or not genuine? francisco ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Received: from server1.emimusic.com (193.122.8.130) by imailgp.xx.emimusic.com with SMTP (IMA Internet Exchange 2.1 Enterprise) id 0001B77D; Wed, 10 Sep 97 03:50:32 +0100 Received: from envy.ph.ed.ac.uk (envy.ph.ed.ac.uk [129.215.72.168]) by server1.emimusic.com with SMTP id DAA25174 for <leslie.chinea(a)emimusic.com> (2.1.1h-8.8.5/3.1.17); Wed, 10 Sep 1997 03:43:19 GMT Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by envy.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id DAA16545 for sinister-outgoing; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 03:06:38 +0100 Received: from konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (cu56193(a)konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu [128.59.35.132]) by envy.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id DAA16540 for <sinister(a)majordomo.net>; Wed, 10 Sep 1997 03:06:34 +0100 Received: from localhost (faw1@localhost) by konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA15673 for <sinister(a)majordomo.net>; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 22:06:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 22:06:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Francisco Alberto Wong <faw1(a)columbia.edu> To: sinister <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Subject: Sinister: re: PBS taping Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.95L.970908220609.15131B-100000(a)labdien.cc.columbia.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Precedence: bulk Reply-To: Francisco Alberto Wong <faw1(a)columbia.edu>

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Sinister: 'Sleep The Clock Around' lyrics
by Soozy 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

Here you go... copied word for word from the back of a setlist (I knew there was a reason I nicked that!) ---------------------- Sleep the Clock Around And the moment will come when composure returns Put a face on the world, turn your back to the wall And you walk twenty yards with your head in the air Down the Liberty Hill, where the fashion brigade Look with curious eyes on your raggedy way And for once in your life you have nothing to say And could this be the time when somebody will come To say "Look at yourself, you're not much use to anyone" Take a walk in the park, take a valium pill Read the letter you got from the memory girl But it takes more than this to make sense of the day Yeah it takes more than milk to get rid of the taste And you trusted to this, and you trusted to that And when you saw it all come, it was waving the flag Of the United States of Calamity, hey! After all that you've done, I am sure you're going to pay In the morning you come to the ladies salon To get all fitted out for the Paperback Throne But the people are living far away from the place Where you wanted to help, its a bit of a waste And the puzzle will last till somebody will say "There's a lot to be done while your head is still young" If you put down your pen leave the trouble behind Then the moment will come, and the memory wil shine Now the trouble is over, everybody got paid Everybody is happy, they are glad that they came Then you go to the place where you've finally found You can look at yourself, sleep the clock around -- Soozy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: NY Shows
by MWaggner＠aol.com 10 Sep '97

10 Sep '97

Aha, someone with a couple of years on chris@secretsounds...(surprised you gave it up ras'). I went to the PBS taping, arriving several hours before the doors opened and sitting on the sidewalk -- drinking soda from a brown paper bag for the total wino ambiance -- was worth it. Although the sound quality was not good where I sat behind the guitar amp missing most of the vocals (two seats away from chris but not nearly important enough to mention), it was wonderful to see the band. They were so young and so nervous that you had to love them even without knowing the music. The Sunday show more than made up for anything missed on Friday. I think that any of the "roughness " that people have been commenting on was probably due to nerves or shyness, which was wearing off as the weekend wore on. I think that the amazing crowd reaction helped them loosen up a bit as well -- at the taping people were much more subdued and I don't think they got as much "feedback" -- people were pretty much huddled in the cold studio. On Sunday we, too, were imposed upon by the Times' photographer. She certainly had a way of spreading herself out and getting in the way -- and that flash!! -- at one point Stuart Murdoch put his foot up to block a shot, and the guitarist kept waving her away. I thought the Times review was lacking, with too much emphasis on things like instrument changes and too little attention to the magic of the music. For the record, it was so hot that they couldn't lower the mike because their fingers were sweaty from playing -- Doug was more than happy to help! Michele (sorry chris)) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: gender issues
by Alex Ward 09 Sep '97

09 Sep '97

There's alot of sexual overtones in B&S's lyrics. I've also found that quite a few songs hinted that the writer was gay (or bi). Any info to help me out on this? -alex ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: NYC shows
by MPRVixen＠aol.com 09 Sep '97

09 Sep '97

Just out of curiosity, how many of us were at the NYC shows? I was at the TV taping (by the piano) and the Sunday night show... Anyone else? Paige ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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