January 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: A Slight Resemblance
by Samiam 31 Jan '98

31 Jan '98

As I was scrolling through the backlog of Sinister digests, the song 'Lucky' (the reprise version by Northern Picture Library which I just bought) came on and the Piano bit sounds eerily similar to the Trash Can Sinatras 'Unfortunate Age'. Just wanted to mention that... All this talk of Field Mice/Northern Picture Library/Trembling Blue Stars has gotten me curious about the new album. How does it compare to their older stuff? I liked the Rainbow cd single, I was hoping for more of the same, though I think you hardcore fans of this group didn't like the cd single that much. Sammy Spice Sam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 final goodbye...
by GntlTuesdy＠aol.com 31 Jan '98

31 Jan '98

hey i made that sound all dramatic, but really this isn't going to be... Just wanted to say goodbye to everyone on the list! I don't think i really like the listserves concentrating on one band, but if there ever was a band, then B&S is it! so cheers to all of you for having such rad musical tastes and i wish the band a lifetime of lovely music making! A big thanks to Matthew from NJ for dubbing me Tigermilk. good man! and before i say goodbye, i decided i must do my part and offer the first person to email me privately a dub of TIGERMILK, now i can't promise you amazing fidelity, but who cares, right. okay you just gotta be in the USA thats all i ask... my address is: GntlTuesdy(a)aol.com cheers lads! love, neal conshohocken, PA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: (Arab Crap)..he...he...I started a discussion *neagghh*
by northy 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Hey List > Katrina said... > Ummm, am i the only person who thinks Ultrasound are going to fall flat > on their faces this year??? Quite possibly yes. The fat bloke was wearing an old mans cardigan and they still rocked. Therefore they must be brilliant (plus the song was brilliant) The line I especially didn't like in the Arab Crap song was the "she wanked me off" I mean come on what sort of a sick, disgusting, "I just don't want to know" lyric is that. Anyone out there Welsh? I am a quater Welsh and I'm going to Bangor uni in the summer and....erm.....I like Catatonia. So I basically am! ___________________________smiths bit_____________ OK...so now I have bought the Queen is Dead and Louder than Bombs. They're both great. Louder than Bombs takes a few listens but it is brill. Who did the original "Golden Lights" then? What should I buy next?!? Most of the other albums seem to have 6 or so tracks that I already have on the Louder than Bombs album! __________________________________________________________ Peace Man! Northy ________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: sexy booooyeeeeeee
by John Jackson 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Oi! I read of talk about Sexy Boy by Air, I keep see the video on the MTV BUT and it is a big butt we tried to get it in all the major high street chainstores in Manchester yesterday, when does the single come out? Someone on here said they were listening to the album, how, if it isn't out yet? I did buy Babe Rainbow by the by now infamous House Of Love, also I bought a best of Nick Heyward and Haircut 100 CD, Skylarking by XTC, Welcome To The Pleasuredome and of course Better Living Through Chemistry by Fatboy Slim. Which is nice. Another wet sunday afternoon. Football on sky sports. Hoorah! byeeee JJ 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: raid expectations
by Kimberly Rivas-Plata 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Now here's something pretty impressive: I've played b&s so much at work now that it gave a co-worker a belle & sebastian dream! He tells me that in his dream he was at their concert - which was being held in a strip mall of all places - and it got raided by the gestapo and everyone was rioting. Hmm...somehow I just can't imagine the music of our dear beloved invoking concert-goers to start a riot, but it WAS only a dream... And maybe this is just on my copy of Tigermilk, but does anyone else happen to hear a zipper being zipped at the beginning of "expectations"? A fellow listee said she did, but her tape is a copy of mine, so that doesn't help much. Sorry if this has been brought up before - I checked the archives first! I really did! the only zipper reference was for Squirrel Nut Zippers. If it is a zipper though, it certainly does make the song more interesting. I can just imagine the main character in the song putting on a jacket and heading out the door before being harangued by her mom. Anyone with a vinyl copy willing to verify/falsify this? Gracias- Kim -------------------------------- Yeah, I want some cheesy poofs! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: THE SPIRTUALIZED DATING SERVICE
by Perfection As A Hipster 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Sarah wrote ... >Spiritualized are playing manchester on march the 14th.....and I really >really want to go...but can find no-one to come along! > >Are any listee people planning on going, and is there an way, if >possible, kinda-ish, sorta way I could tag along, or go with you??? Sorta way you could tag along ? I'm sure Tag won't let you down. §;^D >I'M GOING NOW!!!!!!! >Sarah Enjoy yourself, he's the most handsome bloke in Charlton. "Funny ha ha" Andreas The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella But more upon the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella (Charles Baron Bowen) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Fat fun
by mctag＠mcmail.com 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Hello, Couple of things: Northy, if you don't like that particular Arab Strap lyric, you probably won't like 'Your sister helped us wank' or 'She was the best shag I ever had'. A sick, disgusting lyric you say. Personally, I find Arab Strap funny, and sad, and moving. But I'm a slightly rounded, half Scottish (and yes, half Stokish, cheers) bloke, so what do I know? Susannah, I couldn't give a toss about the guy from Ultrasound being got at for being fat. And your letter made me laugh. A lot. Love Tag 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: Get attention by swearing in your subject....it worked for me!
by northy 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Hey listies and especially Rob! > > Arab Strap are absolute shite!!! > > Agreed. Thank God! Someone agreeing with me for a change! > with support from Dawn of the Replicants who are also terribly ace. > That's how I'm spending my Valentine's Day - at the Ultrasound concert. See ya there! I'm getting my tickets when I go up to London to see Catatonia! Great support I agree. > BTW, the NME tape that Ultrasound are on is the Oxford Sound City tape - I > raked it out last night. Yeah I got this too. This song is OK but the one they played on Channel 4 was just so so so so so so so so so brilliant! I don't actually think that they are playing London on Valentines....oh....I bet you're not from London right? Peace Man Northy ________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: Whats the difference between Clinton and the Titanic? Only 200 people went down on the Titanic
by susannah 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

on 30 Jan 98, Aya Masuda wrote... >Hello B&S world! >I'm coming directly to you from Tokyo Japan >Is this e-mail cool? >I tried really hard for this mail! >I wish I spoke to you!! It is better for me to communicate in cool >situation like this. Genevieve your crown is under threat so get your madcap hat on and repeat after me: 'I love you fishcake boy, your elbows are so like , um how do I say? pointy pointy .' >I want to know what is your name mean? >I really interest about "name" long time. It means purity and innocence. No laughing at the back there. Tag wrote about being annoyed about the fat one from Ultrasound being harpooned for being so disgustingly fat and lardy. Well, I think I remember telling you this but Tiny (for that is his name) moved into a room in our house in Newcastle when I was a student, during the summer and just before we moved out. He spent his days and nights living in a single bed with a girl, 2, no 3 times the size of him, and it was a constant source of amazement and wonder to us all that they only emerged in four whole weeks to eat or go to the loo. Thankfully, I never got to see his whole stomach until last week in the Maker or something and there it was in all its shining rippling glory. Well, Tiny, good on you mate, I hope you have a whale of a time in your new found pop career, but whatever you do, don't come blubbering to me when it all bursts and you're left washed up on the beach. Susannah. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: It's like thunder. And lightning. The way you love me, it's frightening.
by mctag＠mcmail.com 30 Jan '98

30 Jan '98

Hmm, Been a bit quiet this week. What was all that age game bollocks? Today's was OK though. And so, without further ado... J.B.Hunt wrote >Jeez, I've just been through the archive, and noticed that B+S and >Peanuts have already been discussed in excelsis. Doh. So sorry for >the previous witter. Hey, what a nice man! >Ho hum. If anyone in Ayrshire feels down after Blind Date and Family >Fortunes on a Saturday, you should visit the Attic nightclub in >Irvine. Not only is it very reminiscent of a school disco with lots >of snogging and crisps, Wahey!!! I went to an ace club in Finland which was like a school disco, only cool - they played 'Stoned love' and 'Knock on wood' and 'Deep' by East 17 AND Serge Gainsbourg (all ace records), and at the end everyone smooched to 'Forever Young' by Alphaville, which, I am not ashamed to say, is a top Euro classic. Yes, my perfect club! Ricky Tikki Tavi Northy wrote: >I ordered my poster on Monday and got it on Wednesday so the people >at VinylTap are pretty quick. > >Poster is brill and hanging up as the pride of my room but it does >come folded and not in a proper poster sender so it has crease marks >:( Oh, god! That's just awful. Can we all rally round? A benefit gig, something like that. >Peace Man And you brother. >Arab Strap are absolute shite!!! Witty, pithy, and incisive. >Their set consisted of one fat Scottish bloke sitting on a stool and >SAYING crap lyrics and then a pointless, non melodic crappy chorus of >plain old guitars Fat Scottish blokes are bastards aren't they? Should have slaughtered the lot of them at Culloden. They've got funny accents too. Aya wrote >If you are cool boy and have flat in London and Paris, >Second house in LA with great swimming pool, >AND living in Amsterdam, You can get special LOVE from me!! ; - ) Haha~ You've been spying on me, haven't you? Katrina wrote >ooh, watch the backlash northy ... quick tag, protect him! With my life, if necessary. Serious bit... Tim wrote > 1. B&S do represent something of a return to guitar pop for me, after a > while away...so for me they say exactly that geetar music is still worthy > of attention (though I would prefer to say guitar music can still sound > fucking brilliant and make me laugh and cry...) I totally agree. I was talking to someone else about this, about how B&S are the first guitar band in years who are capable of combining humour and beauty since, dare I say it the Go Betweens. > 2. pop is (or can be) all about positioning yourself, for and against, > what's wrong and right. But I have to say that B&S are a way to say that > guitar music can still be beautiful and subtle and (shhh...) touching > without succumbing too much to traditional roccknroll business bullshit > and, in particular, laddish boor-rock. The same person I had the discussion above with said pop is everything he loves and everything he doesn't like isn't pop. It's simplistic but I don't think any other definition will do. > Where I disagree is that I think B&S, if they relate to anything else > musical at all, are all about the world of indiepop... No. No. I really don't like this. Why should they 'relate' to anything? Their beauty is that they have captured far more than the hearts of a faithful indiebopper crowd. Indie is a word I truly despise, it's so damn limitting There's nothing wrong with independence, but it's an attitude, not just a lazy banner. How many unimaginative worthy but dull bands fall under that category? Tim then went on to say they didn't relate to electronic music, which is almost certainly true, but so what? I don't see them flying the flag for anything, other than great fucking records, which give me a rush and make me want to get up in the morning. And Ann Sexton, the last All Saints single, Francoise Hardy and Etienne de Crecy all do that too. I suspect Tim knows this too, but I really don't want Belle and Sebastian being put into any cosy indie category, because they're better than that. Aren't they? Did anyone see that thing about Richey Manic in the Melody Maker? Talk about gutter journalism. Fuck, I missed the Simpsons. All the love you can eat, Tag xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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