October 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: friday night plans
by Kelly McGuire 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

welp, i'm off to see the new york shows here in a few hours and thought i'd post real quick. i will be spending my lovely friday evening on a big airplane riding from california (cal-if-or-n-i-a) to new york. No beech trees or ice skating for me tonight. Let's just hope the inflight movie won't make me vomit, or better yet, the nyquil does its job and puts me to sleep for the duration of the flight. so anyway, after i arrive in new york (1:10am! arg) I am taking a big yellow taxi to meet my friends at the grammercy park hotel. wacky escapades will ensue. welp, that's all for now. i'm off to spend the next four days running around pretending i'm in an indierock video. -kelly mcguire kellym(a)raygun.com p.s.- raygun sucks?! well, yeah... so? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Air in London
by paula wiseman 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

Is anyone going to the Air gig on Sunday? Paula xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Raygun, Poor Beth
by Sebastian 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

Beth Beth Beth... Making snide reading remarks to journalism students is pissing in the wind. URINE deep, now, girl. Raygun? Shya. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Raygun magazine
by barzy＠networkmags.com 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

>i hate that flippin mag coz they jazz it up with so much BS fonts and >designs, you cant read it... > >something like this *9437$#^%!@&@#^#(i hate*&%04308-502-= >raygun*(&5428383478940-40-83297398937542754--3039i >87749889(*&*(*REALl00000657238921y do. > > >raygun bites. I agree it was quite hard to read (at one time), Bikini as well..but a close friend of mine (who's also on the list) works at Raygun and kicked down the last one with the B&S write up in it, and it was quite nice.... and not hard to read at all.. unless you're at stage 2 of hooked on Phonics, then it might be a tad hard...i'd try it at stage 5 though...it looked nice. beth +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Raygun magazine
by Sebastian 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

i hate that flippin mag coz they jazz it up with so much BS fonts and designs, you cant read it... something like this *9437$#^%!@&@#^#(i hate*&%04308-502-= raygun*(&5428383478940-40-83297398937542754--3039i 87749889(*&*(*REALl00000657238921y do. raygun bites. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: B&S and radioplay
by Cynthia Someone 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

My friend Camille was talking about how songs get radio play, and what they do is they let people listen to stuff, and rate it from 1 to 5. everything that gets rated 1,2, or 5 gets chucked. Which is very strange, you would think 5's would get played, but I suppose 5's are too personal, as in there is no lowest common denominator. 3's and 4's are like, easy on the ears, they don't stand out. Just plain old mediocre. Strange, yeah? Cynthia ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: post-show malaise disguised as art
by aaron tieger 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

My roommate told me I should post this to the list. Sorry if it's a bit long. "Hardly Getting Over It" The clouds rolled darkly across the black night sky as Jenna trudged homeward through the cold Cambridge streets. The last strains of the band she'd just seen showed no signs of fading from her ears, and she rued the picture in her head of her bedside table: next to her diary and her driver's license lay three sets of earplugs. It was hard to say which bothered her more, for while the lack of earplugs meant that her head would still be ringing in the morning, the fact that she'd forgotten her ID had meant that she'd had to cadge a few drinks off various members of the audience: cadaverous indie-rock geeks who spent more time checking out the guitar player's gear than the gaggle of girls who tried in vain to catch an eye-- anyone's eye. The result of all her haggling was that she was now barely drunk at all, and would be completely sober by the time she walked the two miles back to the house she was staying in, and so the vague emptiness she was just starting to feel would almost definitely deepen before she went to bed, and would probably linger throughout the following day, which was Sunday, which was bad enough without having to add further reason to mope. The pale blue-green of her wristwatch told her it was 1:45, and she still had about thirty minutes of walking ahead of her. Her bobed and dyed black hair fell about her face as she hung her head and thought that after so many shows over the summer at the Middle East, she should've learned by now not to get seperated from her friends who drove. She passed some bars, which were just beginning to empty out for the night, and some shops and cafes, all of which had long been closed. Neon remained on, and the eerie glow the signs cast made Jenna feel especially surreal as she regarded herself with passing glances in windows. She sometimes wondered what the point was in the dyed hair, combat boots, and thrift-store dresses. She told herself it was identity thing, that she dressed like everyone else in order to feel that she belonged to something reater than a fantasy world; she told herself it was economical; she told herself the boys liked it. She told herself many things, many times, and often she believed some of them. Eventually she found her way through Harvard Square, past the sealed-up entrance to the Red Line (devoid at this hour of the crusty punks she would look on with a vague nostalgia), and out Mt. Auburn Street to the house she was spending the month looking after. Upstairs the answering machine followed her weary movements with an unwavering red eye; the clothes she'd rejected earlier in the night still littered the bed; and the window was wide open, letting the breeze she'd just left, the breeze of a loud, lonely Saturday night at the end of an unusually cold September. Christ, it was a little longer than I thought it was. Anyway, now I'm off to work. aaron === atieger(a)rocketmail.com auger/anvil "Strike another match, go start anew and it's all over now, baby blue." --Bob Dylan _____________________________________________________________________ Sent by RocketMail, free e-mail for the planet. * Visit & explore Cybersmith at http://www.cybersmith.com * Get your web-based e-mail at http://www.rocketmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: A bit of a Mess in the Leek and Winkle.....
by ETLRDHY＠notes.ericsson.se 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

Dear You guys, Hello. I was in the Leek and Winkle last night. I went to Macdonalds on the way and had a LARGE 1/ 4 with cheese meal WITH an extra cheeseburger on the side. I think some of uncle Justin's waccy baccy had a part in my strangely large appetite. God I was in a bit of a mess. I was the one ranting on about how everyone should try and write one lyric poem per day. Just in case anyone was there I'M SORRY if I invaded your personal zone with my drunken bleatings. What's everyone doing tonight? I think it should be a regular feature of the list that everyone mails in their Friday night itinery. Thus it would give us all an insight into the outside lives of other listees and provide us all with a chance to 'bump' into each other. I'm quite aware of the fact this makes me out to be a bit of a scary stalker but hey we're all using e-mail which tacitly implies weirdoness. Anyway Tonight I will be going to Alley Cats for the Happy hour before staggering off to The Beach, the club not the thing attached to the sea. I'll be wearing one of those really rare (honest guv) German athletic tops and I've got blonde hair in a bit of a mod/Stephen Pastel fusion. If any one finds me in Brighton my friend Alex will buy you a present......... Regards Richardxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Essay: Why I'm Glad B&S are Successful
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

Generally, I like that they're successful because for once (in a while it seems) they genuinely deserve it. I don't mean because they're nice people (who knows really, I don't) but because the songs are great, the lyrics are great, the music itself is praiseworthy. For once this "pop" music lives up to its etymological roots, 'cause B&S are pretty popular, even straining at the restraints of the "cult hero" label. And that is kind of strange. For me, listening to indiepop for a while makes you think "This stuff could be go over really well with a lot of people" because they're catchy, great melodies, lyrics, whatever. But for some reason or another they fade into obscurity known only to you. Now all of a sudden a band that should be popular is, and that's great. Couldn't have happened to a better band, as they already have proven they've got legs. Still vaunted and have lived up to the hype (while also trying to avoid it, but there's only so much they can do), they've proven that you don't have to be all-out electronic, look back to the early '90s (!) for that good ol' grungy angst (Eve 6 anyone?? Creed???), you don't have to be louder than fuck, you don't have to appeal to the lowest common denominator, you don't have to have a slickly-produced record (B&S stuff is some of the least-compressed sounding stuff I've heard, but it's not muddy or lo-fi neither), you don't have to be mediocre Lilith Fair fare and you don't have to rap to make an impact these days. Whew. Who knows though, there may be some acts out there who could sound like B&S if they didn't have annoying over-the-top voices, if they didn't have awful pretentious lyrics, if they didn't have huge drums, if they didn't the delivery period. And maybe B&S would suck if they had one of these elements. But they don't. I'd hate to think it was contrived or anything but I'm just glad they have a handle on things and haven't gone all sucky. Pardon my eloquence! So basically what I'm saying is, B&S have bucked a lot of trends and started one themselves, which is pretty neat. Now watch for a crop of ten- to twelve piece bands who used to be into swing doing delicate fragile folk-pop and watch the record companies drool (or am I being too cynical here?).:) Oh, great cover art too. Stuff you can put on your wall without looking like a teenybopper (who needs the artists themselves on the cover anyway, eh Morrissey?). Anyway, I'm bored! Can you tell. Xavier -- BXK "It's recess everywhere bkim0(a)dept.english.upenn.edu but in his heart." http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 --Ralph Wiggum X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: satanism earrings
by Laurel Girvan 30 Oct '98

30 Oct '98

in the spirit of resurrecting old list jokes (John Johnston's military rip-off of Live the Songs -- dont' get me wrong, i nearly wet my pants), here are some especially significant anagrams for you all to enjoy: THE MORSE CODE = HERE COME DOTS UNITED STATES HISTORY = DATES UNITE THIS STORY HIBERNATES = THE BEAR'S IN THE COUNTRYSIDE = NO CITY DUST HERE ASTRONOMERS = MOON STARERS THE PUBLIC ART GALLERIES = LARGE PICTURE HALLS, I BET A STICK OF CHEWING GUM = THINGS OF MAGIC WE SUCK there, wasn't that refreshing? --raving allure +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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