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Sinister: sinister: le pastie
by mathew schwartz 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

hello all, first time post [bashful backwards step] from Boston ... I think belle, sebastian and the lot are brilliant and I own everything I can get my hands on and can't keep in the blank tapes fast enough to dub them for my friends (who coincidentally all run out and buy everything on CD or vinyl or both so how's that for paying the band back?) but one thing I just can't figure out is .... what the hell does "le pastie" mean? And while we're on that song, I think it's amazing that he can make so many cultural/pop references (Judy Blume et al) and get away w/o sounding like a wee pretentious git. I think that's a first. Okay, back to the day job. [slog, slog] mat --------------------------------------------------------- We seek the teeth to match our wounds. -- Kenneth Tynan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Naughty Catatonian Man of Mystery......is this me?
by northy 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

I am a huge fan of Catatonia and, much as I love Belle and Sebastian, I think that Cerys would eat them up for breakfast along with her milk and cookies > I think I'll give that a miss judging the bloody awful "Mulder > and Scully" single they've just released. Why all the Hyperbole > surrounding Catatonia? Why do they have a cat singing on this tune? Catatonia write great rocky pop numbers and are great live. At least, unlike that godawful Rialto record "untouchable" the record is good! A proper singalong chorus. Respect going out to Leslie Chinea (for being so cool), Tag(for giving a young "Spießbürger a chance), Nick Dragon (for not having a go at me for forgetting how to spell his name), and Paul 'cause I know you are out there (send your first message man) ________________________________________________ get up turn light on take gown don gown look inside pocket take analgesic _________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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by John Stuart 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

The Laird Of Egg wrote: >Just a word of warning if you're planning to go to this 'North' thingie: >Be aware it is just another 'FBI'/'Madchester' spin-off. It's run by the >same people (big Business), and probably has DJ 'Shine' Lee at the helm. >Despite having B&S on the flyer I suspect it'll be just another >'Day Tripper' affair ('FBI' ran that club as well). North is run by the same guy as Madchester (but nothing to do with FBI, as far as I know). My girlfriend knows the bloke who runs it, and says he's a really nice bloke. No big business thang going on there, apparantly. 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 . 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: ........arse!! / drink !! / girls' knickers!!
by Yaz 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

Greetings fellow sinisterians (kinda like shakespearian only minus the shakespeare. Anyway, i've decided i like this better than sinisterines which for me has a kind of tangerine flavour and for some strange reason, tango advert associations. [Disturbingly, this has led me to picture you all as short, round, orange people and i'm scared that when i eventually do meet you, our conversations will be very short and hurried because of some deeep-seated worry i'll have that you'll all EXPLODE!! ]) Do none of you have anything better to do than sending me 247 e-mails about how soddin marvellous the new Air single is? I'm NOT going to say that you're all insane/ the single's shite/ utter arse/ drink !!/ girls' knickers!! ( Don't worry yankees - it's a glasto-thang). Oh no, at Honey Pie Paulie Poo's request i'm going to keep schtum. BUT i am going to say.......I DON'T BLOODY CARE how damned good they are - i never did - and after 247 emails, I still don't give a monkey's left arse. STOP SENDING ME AIR-MAIL!! For the love of god, STOP!!!.........Aaaaaaaaarrgh!!!!!!!!! [yep, "she's losing it"] (yeah, i know, i know - bad, baad jokes] And whoever it was who said that they thought there was a secret Virgin employee amongst us - i agree. There's definitely GOT to be a spy here, who i think we should find, and then castrate. Anyone wanna join me? Else own up you bastard. Anyway, I'm too hungry to find the culprit with a sick "sense of humour" now, so Au revoir mes cuties, Yaz xxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Music Quiz Round 1 : Doomsday has arrived
by Sarah 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

Hello all you pop quizzers! I have been sent the answers! And NOW I know why no-one could get number 14....... daft! and 1. makes no sense to me at all! Oh no, it does now. Sorry. I think I have progressed onto the next round two.....LOOK OUT FOR POP QUIZ#2! 1. Complete the sequence... 8, 3, 7, ? (4) THIS IS 4 FOR THE SIMPLE (PAH!) REASON THAT THESE ARE THE SINGLES FROM THE SUPER FURRY ANIMALS' ALBUM 'RADIATOR' IN THE ORDER OF TRACK LISTING FROM THAT ALBUM: 8 - Hermann Loves Pauline 3 - International Language of Screaming 7 - Play It Cool 4 - DEMONS SIMPLE, YES? ;-P 2. Complete the sequence... 43, N/A, ?, 22, 38 (5) WELL YOU'RE ALL OBVIOSULY IDIOTS NOT TO GET THIS ONE - IT'S KENICKIE'S SINGLES (PUNKA ONWARDS) CHART POSITIONS! OBVIOUSLY! 43 - Punka N/A - Millionaire Sweeper 27 - IN YOUR CAR 22 - Nightlife 38 - Punka Re-release 3. Si tu etais un ange... Comes from which current single? And what does it mean? (2) IT'S FROM RIALTO'S WONDERFUL 'UNTOUCHABLE' AND IT MEANS - 'IF YOU WERE AN ANGEL' - THE FIRST LINE OF THE SONG (IN ENGLISH) AND APPEARING ON THE FRONT OF THE SINGLE IN FRENCH. 4. What was the UK's best-selling single of 97, and what was Europe's? (2) UK - ELTON JOHN 'CANDLE IN THE WIND 97' - QUELLE SURPRISE! EUROPE - SWEDISH FUNSTERS AQUA'S 'BARBIE GIRL' 5. Lauren Laverne is currently seeing which journalist? (1) MELODY MAKER'S TAYLOR PARKES FOR THE MOMENT BUT SHE KNOWS WHERE I AM SHOULD SHE CHANGE HER MIND. 6. Who released an album last year named 'Ice Cream'? (1) SALAD 7. Name the band/track from this lyric "Idiot - Slow Down" (1) RADIOHEAD 'THE TOURIST' 8. Name the band/track from this lyric "Too much Montechristo No 4 - Pass The Ventolin, I need some more" (1) SUPER FURRY ANIMALS 'HERMANN LOVES PAULINE' 9. Name 5 Welsh bands who have had top 40 hits in the last year. (5) 5 FROM SUPER FURRY ANIMALS, STEREOPHONICS, MANIC ST PREACHERS, GORKY'S ZYGOTIC MYNCI, CATATONIA, AND I THINK 60FT DOLLS IF THEY'RE WELSH. I'M SURE SOMEONE WILL LET ME KNOW. 10. A Brimful Of Asha on the WHAT? (1) 45 - AND IT'S RE=RELEASED IN THE UK ON 16TH FEB WITH NEW MIXES SO YOU'D BETTER BUY IT. 11. Name Embrace's debut single and record label it appeared on. (2) NOT FIREWORKS EP BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY 'ALL YOU GOOD GOOD PEOPLE' WHICH ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON FIERCE PANDA BEFORE IT'S BIG SUCCESS ON THE HUT LABEL. 12. Name any three singles which have been re-released under different mixes. (3) ANY YOU LIKE REALLY. HURRICANE #1, KENICKIE, ELTON JOHN, HOT CHOCOLATE, MIDGET, STING (TWICE) AND LOADS MORE REALLY. 13. Who, if we take everything he says literally, does Thom Yorke want to be? (1) JIM MORISSON - IN THE SONG 'ANYONE CAN PLAY GUITAR' 14. Complete the sequence... I?CP?WSHIWMB?MSRSCPNP?CCO?NINCAMGIFC (10) THIS IS, OF COURSE, THE TRACK LISTING FROM KENICKIE'S LP 'AT THE CLUB' WITH JUST THE INITIALS OF EACH TRACK! SO THE MISSING LETTERS ARE: in *Y*our car, people *W*e want, spies, how i was made, brother *J*ohn, millionaire sweeper, robot song, classy, punka, nightlife, p*V*c, come out *2*nite, i never complain, acetone, montrose gimps it up for charity. 15. Name the only duo to have two top 40 mid-price LPs in 1997. (2) OF COURSE IT WAS MARK RADCLIFFE AND THE HAPLESS BOY LARD WHO HAD MID-PRICE HITS WITH THE SHIREHORSES' LP AND THE BEST BITS FROM THE EVENING SHOW. SNEAKY BUT TRUE. 16. "That worm-pie you made me, you made me eat from the butchers" : By whom, and what is it? (2) THE *EXCELLENT* SILVER SUN WITH 'LAVA' - TOP TUNE INDEED. 17. "I stole his shoes and ran away trying jolly hard to see if we could catch him round the bend" : Again - artist and track please. (2) MORE PEOPLE GOT THIS THAN I THOUGHT - STAND UP IF YOU CAN UNASHAMEDLY NAME MENSWE@R'S 'I'LL MANAGE SOMEHOW'. YOU SAD PEOPLE. BUT I WAS THE ONE WHO PUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. DAMN ME. 18. Gene's debut single only half appears on the debut album. How and what is it? (2) IT IS 'FOR THE DEAD' AND WAS ONLY ON AN AMERICAN IMPORT OF THE LP 'OLYMPIAN'. HOWEVER IT ALSO APPEARED ON A B-SIDES COMPILATION 'TO SEE THE LIGHTS' IN *TWO* TRACKS, ONE OF THEM THE SECRET TRACK AT THE END AND SO THIS WOULD GET YOU THE MARK TOO. 19. What year was Babies by Pulp released? (2) ORIGINALLY 1992 AS A SINGLE, THEN RE-RELEASED IN 1994 AS A-SIDE ON THE 'SISTERS EP' AND THEN AGAIN IN 1997, AGAIN ON THE 'SISTERS EP' WHEN THE OLD VINTAGE PULP WAS RE-RELEASED. 20. So Make Sure That she's old enough, before.... What? (1) "YOU BLOW YOUR MIND" WOULD GET YOU THE MARK. U16 GIRLS BY TRAVIS. EXCELLENT! I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!!! Sarah "It's not unusual to be loooved by anyone.." --Tom Jones, the MAN! blowing his sexual bugle in the orchestra of luuurve! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: A Century of Elvers
by Keith Watson 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

I'd probably agree that it's a little odd having a load of songs on the voting thingy that people haven't or are unlikely to have heard odd, however for a band where the majority of their material is currently very difficult to get then relative comparisons on voting could only make much sense between the second LP and the EP's. She's losing it's in the lead is it? That's odd. I'm surprised by the low turnout for A Century of Fakers myself, and indeed for Electronic Renaissance, although that's one I know splits the ranks. You know how I said I didn't read any books, well.... Here it comes... I'm currently reading "Inside OLE 2.0" Fantastic eh readers! It doesn't make much sense mind you, for those of you who haven't read this book :-) , here's a quick definition "OLE is a unified environment of object-based services with the capability of both customizing those services and arbitrarily extending the architecture throuw custom services, with the overall purpose of enabling rich integration between components". Cool eh! Ooooohh Goooodd Heellllp mee... Keith. ps : Klas, I may well be seeing Athole tonight as it's a mutual friend's birthday, so I'll get his address if I do. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Smells like no B&S content
by Johnston, John CT 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

Re- Perfume My friend Alice swears the best smell in the world is that of the freshly bathed and annointed Sumo wrestler on the way to the Basho. When she was living in Tokyo she saw some of these burly warriors in all their ceremonial threads and walked behind them entranced by the amazing smell. Or maybe she likes a fat arse. Or both xx john >---------- >From: Gordon A Rogers[SMTP:gar@csd.abdn.ac.uk] >Sent: 21 Jan 1998 16:28 >To: sinister(a)majordomo.net >Subject: Sinister: Perfume > >No not the band. > >All this talk of books involving food and sex reminds me of a book by >Patrick Suskind called 'Perfume'. > >Although nothing to do with food or indeed sex, I think it would appeal to >most listees. Basically it's about a Frenchman who has an amazing sense of >smell and strives to capture the best smell in the world (the one we emit >just after dying - apparently). The desire to find this smell leads us >into the characters mind as he murders innocent people just to obtain this >beautiful smell. > >The opening scene is the birth of the book's villian (a character you are >both repulsed by and can empathise with). His mother basically has the >child as she works in the fish market (using her gutting knife to cut the >ambilical cord). > >I think it was this opening scene which reminded me of one of the books >previously mentioned. > > I haven't really done the plot any justice at all here, but the language >used in the book is wonderful and the description of the central >characters olfactory ability is gorgeous. Go Buy It Now. > >Anyway are sex and food equivalent to smell and murder ? >- I know which I prefer > >- Gordon (Who said scientists couldn't read) > >_________________________________ > >Gordon Rogers >Room 7 >Flat DF >St Peter Street >Aberdeen >AB24 3HU > >email : gar(a)csd.abdn.ac.uk >phone : (01224) 637 430 > >"You Must Think First Before You Move" > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >. 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? >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: New club night in Edinburgh.
by plaird 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

>>Anybody on the list planing to go to the opening night of 'North' on >>Saturday? It's at La Belle Angel in The Cowgate, Edinburgh. Fiver to get >>in, and Whiteout are playing. According to my girlfriend the flyer lists >>Belle & Sebastian as one of the bands they play. Of course, she might just >>be saying that to get me to go. Anyway, I might see some of you there. >> >>The Laird Of East Fountainbridge - I hope this doesn't leave The Egg half >>empty! > > >North, that puts me off given a rather dodgy Sunday night recently in >Manchester that Paul, Julia, Stuart and Susannah will remember. > >Doubt it'll leave the Egg half empty especially if Whiteout are playing mind >you! Thanks Keith! Just a word of warning if you're planning to go to this 'North' thingie: Be aware it is just another 'FBI'/'Madchester' spin-off. It's run by the same people (big Business), and probably has DJ 'Shine' Lee at the helm. Despite having B&S on the flyer I suspect it'll be just another 'Day Tripper' affair ('FBI' ran that club as well). Of course 'North' might be just your indie-kids cup of tea, or 'FBI' with some musical taste. I'm not slagging it off just 'cos I run a club. Strangely enough, the guy I run 'The Egg' with ran a club in Edinburgh called 'North' for two years during the Madchester craze - so I told him he should sue them. Byeee! The Laird of East Fountainbridge. P.S. Dead clubs run by the FBI people: MI5, CIA, Fat Neck, Day Tripper, Neighbouhood, Shaft, Big Fridays, Club Haka, E.R. and about a half-dozen others. BEWARE!!! BOO TO THE BUSINESS WORLD. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Perfume
by Gordon A Rogers 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

No not the band. All this talk of books involving food and sex reminds me of a book by Patrick Suskind called 'Perfume'. Although nothing to do with food or indeed sex, I think it would appeal to most listees. Basically it's about a Frenchman who has an amazing sense of smell and strives to capture the best smell in the world (the one we emit just after dying - apparently). The desire to find this smell leads us into the characters mind as he murders innocent people just to obtain this beautiful smell. The opening scene is the birth of the book's villian (a character you are both repulsed by and can empathise with). His mother basically has the child as she works in the fish market (using her gutting knife to cut the ambilical cord). I think it was this opening scene which reminded me of one of the books previously mentioned. I haven't really done the plot any justice at all here, but the language used in the book is wonderful and the description of the central characters olfactory ability is gorgeous. Go Buy It Now. Anyway are sex and food equivalent to smell and murder ? - I know which I prefer - Gordon (Who said scientists couldn't read) _________________________________ Gordon Rogers Room 7 Flat DF St Peter Street Aberdeen AB24 3HU email : gar(a)csd.abdn.ac.uk phone : (01224) 637 430 "You Must Think First Before You Move" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Nothing to do with B&S
by John Stuart 21 Jan '98

21 Jan '98

Keith wrote: >You know how I said I didn't read any books, well.... Here it comes... >I'm currently reading "Inside OLE 2.0" Fantastic eh readers! It doesn't make >much sense mind you, for those of you who haven't read this book :-) , >here's a quick definition "OLE is a unified environment of object-based >services with the capability of both customizing those services and >arbitrarily extending the architecture throuw custom services, with the >overall purpose of enabling rich integration between components". Cool eh! >Ooooohh Goooodd Heellllp mee... By a cruel twist of fate, I'm reading something pretty similar. I've just started an Open University course called 'Computing : An Object Orientated Approach'. A ton of books, binders and CD-ROM�s landed on my doorstep yesterday. Scary stuff. Any other Open Uni students on the list? 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 . 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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