January 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Silence is golden
by Johnston, John CT 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

Apart from dreaming about listees this weekend and an unfortunate incident whereby I was singing Pulp's Common People but actualy saying "I want to sleep with Village People" (I suddenly realised what an apocalyptic image that was and promptly stopped) I had a bit of a thought about the Great Debate over professionalism etc after the Manchester gigs. Basically it struck me that I don't really mind all the gaps between songs etc. That's the way the band works and they need to swap instruments and change positions and all that. It's just that this tends to happen in unrelenting silence. Typically they will finish one of their outstanding songs, there will be rapturous applause from the adoring fans, calculated indifference from the music journalists and then the long dark tea-time that is the GAP begins. I'm not saying Sarah should smash her Stylophone and say "Godamn Cirencester - you rock!!!", but "Donovan Lovedrake" style interludes or musings about B&S and where they get their riffs from are so few and far between. Maybe "sticks" Colbourn could come out and do an interpretive dance or perhaps some conjuring, or "bleedin gums" Cooke could show us a trick with a hula hoop. Maybe even there could be a bit of chat/general sharing of vibes. They are such charming lovely people they shouldn't just let their music do the talking. Of course my problem is that I've always been acutely embarrased by awkward silences. I was always volunteering for things I didn't want at school, just to break that buttock-clenchingly awful silence. "Who wants to be class rep....?" *PAUSE* "I will". "Who wants a detention?" *PAUSE* "Oh alright, I'll have a detention..." Anyway next time they tour, I'll be there - gaps or no gaps. 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 . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Autour de Saint Lucie
by mctag＠mcmail.com 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

Bonjour Cette lettre ne s'agit pas de Belle et Sebastian. J'ai une question pour nos copains (et copines, naturellement) a l'Hexagone. Ce weekend j'ai achete une disque ('Chanson sans issue') par Autour de Lucie et c'est hyper-hyper-yum-yum. Peut-etre quelqu'un peut me dire plus (en privee, pas sur la liste) de cette groupe qui a attrape ma coeur. Merci...je vous embrasse. Le Tageur xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: enough!
by S.C. JAYAWARDENA 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

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Sinister: Mumbly Cd out on Marsh Marigold
by Michael Korchia 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

Well, this is an ad, which I think is not irrelevant on this list! The 1st Mumbly album 'Being Ernest' is out on Marsh Marigold. We're a French indiepop band, but most songs are in English (10 in english, 4 in french, including a Serge Gainsbourg cover). There's a mix of male & female vocals. The sound and the music probably draw comparisons to Felt, the Feelies, the Field Mice. And of course: when we mixed the album, a few months ago, Aurore guitarist/ singer & myself were listening to B&S ALL THE TIME (we still are, even though I expected better than the last 3 CDep). So when the sound engineer wanted to listen to CD whose sound we love, we played him stuff by Felt, Luna, & of Course 'IYFS' by guess who. I said I just wanted the same drums sound. You can order it from me: 15 dollars, 8 pounds, 23 DM, 80 FF, etc.... postage included. Or 20 dollars, 11 pounds, 30 DM, 110FF if you order it along with Watoo Watoo Cdep 'un Peu de Moi' (my other band). Thanks for reading (and, errrr..... for buying) Michael Korchia 315, rue de Belleville 75019 Paris France -- Michael Korchia mkorchia(a)club-internet.fr Watoo Watoo Homepage : http://www.mygale.org/05/watoo/ Mumbly Homepage : http://www.mygale.org/00/aurore/emumbly.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: Bert Jansch
by Arantxa Ubieta / Peter Miller 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

-----Original Message----- De: Chris Worth <PMA97CW(a)sheffield.ac.uk> Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: lunes 26 de enero de 1998 2:44 Asunto: Re: Sinister: Edinburgh clubs someone wrote... NO!!!! are we now going to have another week of arguing over the good / bad alternative nightlife in edinburgh??? i really hope not; can we have something else? YES!!! We can discuss Bert Jansch.... "An even bigger impact on Nick as a teenager was made by Bert Jansch.....Jansch's striking gypsy good looks and apparently effortless fluency on the guitar made a mark on all those who heard his records or saw him play in the folk clubs of the mid-sixties. Neil Young cited jansch as being as much of an influence on his guitar-playing as Jimi Hendrix." There, I hope that has answered a question from a week or two ago. Admittedly my own question, but there you are. John and Beverly Martin also feature quite heavily in the Nick Drake story, more as collaborators and buddies than as producers and plagiarists, so far at least. Fairport Convention too. Did anybody see Johnny Marr at the Manchester B&S concerts? 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re :Sinister: I'm ill I'm excused for rubbish like this NER!...Ditto !
by Adrian Evans 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

Sarah Wrote : >AIR! You know what? If i ever meet AIR I will shoot them all and then >laugh because its either that or cry with boredom when I read another >email saying ooh they're ace. Please, once they're dead...pump 'em full of lead from me as well...or take an axe and hack their limbs off....or try canibalism or something. >Well, I know somethig you don't. You see, Belle and Sebastian were >playing a gig in Cornwall. And they loved the local cusine. But 'cos >Cornwall is posh and stuff, they couldn't afford the pasties, being for >the upper class jetset of Cornwall. So Sarah (i love Sarah SHE'S ACE!) >said 'oooh, le pastie de la bougeosie', and everyone said 'oh Sarah >thats so great, we'll use that as a song title, rallying against the >exclusivisation (?) of local delicasies for the already privileged upper >classes'. And thats why its called 'Le pastie de la bougeiosie'. Why in God's name would Belle and Sebastian even consider going to Cornwall, let alone play a gig there ? We are talking about the same Cornwall...South West peninsula next door to Devon and all that ? As a Devonian, born (in a barn, obviously!) and bred of 26 years, that obviously makes me a bloody expert on Cornwall... I am Adrian "Knowledge of all things Cornwallian(?)" Evans to you ! "Posh and Stuff" ? It's a poo-hole ! It's like one big field with one road, and loads of caravans and cow-shit and funny old fishermen who talk a different language and all look about 80 but really they're only 24 cos the sea air has battered they're faces for so long and i'm going to get some punctuation in here somewhere wait for it here it comes its just coming round the corner now wait ! aaaaahhh. Cornwall is Gods waiting room. >HA. Ha indeed ! >Um, what else did I have to say? I can't think. So it can't be >imporatant. I hate colds. They are sooo nasty its unfair. And I've just >got glass of water that tastes like sweeteners oh bugegr! Get Well soon Sarah ! then nip down your local Field Sports shop and buy that rifle....you know it makes sense ! -- Adrian. Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody poor And mercy no more could be If all were happy as we. William Blake. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: UK listees only: Dance to B&S/indiepop/C86/pop-punk classics thi
by Dr C.B.Stride 26 Jan '98

26 Jan '98

Its that time of the month again..... ......and this time its our first birthday party, complete with indiepop cake and shiny balloons! Offbeat ..... A bit different from your average indie night - where else could you hear Helen Love, Half Man Half Biscuit, The Field Mice, Dead Kennedys and Belle & Sebastian played in sequence !!?? OFFBEAT - a real indiepop night....... FRIDAY 30th JANUARY (1st Birthday party) FRIDAY 13th FEBRUARY FRIDAY 13th MARCH with late bar, free lollipops and request sheets Sheffield Uni' SU Raynor Lounge (non-students most welcome) 9pm to 1am, £2.50 on the door... on Saturday 1st November Friday 5th December Playing......Classic Indie, Punk POP 1977-1997 and C86/C96/new underground of indiepop..... HELEN LOVE-HEAVENLY-BELLE AND SEBASTIAN-DELGADOS COMET GAIN-SULTANS OF PING FC-IDLEWILD-CORNERSHOP DWEEB-CHAMELEONS-PASTELS-R.E.M.-SMITHS-PAVEMENT- FALL- BLUR-JAM-HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT-TALULAH GOSH- SUPER FURRY ANIMALS-ELASTICA-CURVE-URUSEI YATSURA- BOGSHED-TIGER-SNUFF-DEAD KENNEDYS-PWEI-CARTER USM- DISCO PISTOL- COMET GAIN -VELODROME 2000-ANORAK GIRL STEREOLAB-CHINA DRUM-BLAGGERS ITA- BUZZCOCKS-BIS- WEDDING PRESENT-ASH-SONIC YOUTH-BODINES-PIXIES-CUD PRIMAL SCREAM (early)-GENE-SHOP ASSISTANTS-FIELD MICE CHILLS-PETER AND THE TEST TUBE BABIES-BLUEBOY-SCARFO. plus many more in the same vein...... for more details/to join the Offbeat mailing list email C.B.Stride(a)Sheffield.ac.uk C.B.Stride(a)Sheffield.ac.uk *** daytime: 0114 2223262 *** *** FAX 0114 2727206 *** ** NEW ** evening: 0114 2306539 ** NEW ** "Watford FC Supporters - South Yorkshire branch" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: Edinburgh clubs
by Chris Worth 25 Jan '98

25 Jan '98

someone wrote... > I'm gonna be in Edinburgh at the weekend on a charity hitch from > Coventry.So I was wondering if anyone could suggest some good alternative > clubs I could visit on Friday or Saturday night NO!!!! are we now going to have another week of arguing over the good / bad alternative nightlife in edinburgh??? i really hope not; can we have something else? how about lemurs??? went to the fanclub site to vote before and was quite amused to see averages and standard deviations etc. is someone going to do a Snow Swing-o-meter? that would be impressive... 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Re: Sinister lyrics
by Stephen_J._Wood＠andyclin.exnet.com 25 Jan '98

25 Jan '98

bradford,parachute(a)earthlink.net,Internet writes: one of kept saying: "i know someone who knows someone who knows alan mcgee quite well" and the other was talking of how he had everything by a certain band "on = tape". who can enlighten me on who this is and if they're any good? Both of those are lyrics by The Pooh Sticks, a mid-to-late '80's twee band from South Wales. "On Tape" was a single. Cheers, Rocker rocker(a)andyclin.exnet.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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: RE: arse, feck feck feck
by Yaz 24 Jan '98

24 Jan '98

An ill Stuart Gardiner rote: >Oh, and cheer up Sarah, you're not the only one feeling miserable, at least you're not (as far as I know!) on painkillers and various other drugs at the moment 'cos of an operation last Monday :-( Can I have some sympathy now please? Dear Tall Git, you can have my sympathetic aaahs... & (did it hurt?) (and pray tell, what exactly are these very vague "various other drugs" ? ) A mysterious Mr. Peter rote: >Keith, your description of Air has certainly cleared up any doubts I may have had. That's the second time you've described something as being like John Martyn crossed with something unlikely in recent weeks. I'll have to have a listen to John Martyn sometime. Alright, what is this with a divorced middle-aged ex-alckie bald tosser otherwise known as Mr. John Martyn? And WHO dares to say he's better than my beloved Nick Drake, anyway? I'll tell you who - the leadsinger offa Mainstream who, when i interviewed them, reckoned that Martyn was "the real thing" and that Nick was just some sort of shallow imposter........... wanker. Anyway, wasn't Martyn Nick's friend/producer/irritatin plagiarist? But boys and girls, I have since softened and decided to listen to a couple of his albums - anyone got in any suggestions for his finest hour that i shooulddefinitely buy? Finally, a sad, sad sarah wrote: >Never listen to Honey. Otherwise known as HoneyEncouragerToMakeEveryonePoor. He invents this fabulous IRC room. He makes me go. And my phone bill is telling me I owe them 66 pounds. I am not a happy bunny. Honeypie Paulie Poos - I've forgotten the very grown-up secret seven stylee password. Au revoir mes cuties, Yaz xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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