October 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Re: Sinister: we are the world, we are the children
by MWaggner＠aol.com 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

In a message dated 98-10-10 13:50:28 EDT, you write: > > >And my mate in America says that lots of people in New Jersey, are fat, so > >they must be. That is my reasoning, No offence intended again. > > Lots taken. Bravo, Tag.... I was really too incensed to reply this morning. Just when I get to thinking the world might have grown up some, I always hear this sort of thing. Why don't we all just judge people by how they look, or where they're from -- with no regard to their feelings, their interests, their value as human beings... What, we fucking burn New Jersey because it might have fat people living there? Is that some new fangled "final solution" to some idiot's prejudice? Why is it acceptible to go after people who are overweight? Would you say "Oh, there are lots of black people in such and such a place"? No, probably not. Yet you feel quite justified in saying this? Someone recently said to me that going after heavy people is the last acceptable prejudice -- I had never looked at it, but you know, I see it's true now that it was pointed out to me. And it's a sick sick way to be... look at how this attitude drives girls to starve themselves and vomit themselves to the point of death because the world has this warped vision of value based on willowy looks. Imagine the wonderful people who are driven to insecurity and self-loathing because they know this is how people look at them. Imagine how you limit your own circle of friends by overlooking people based on looks. Who can afford this sort of thing? Oh, rant over.... And hey, I promise not to think the UK is peopled with shallow idiots who drink too much, based on Kenny's ill-begotten attitude. Nor to picture you as Benny Hill, pre-verbal creatures with televisions in your stomachs, people who walk silly, or resemble Margaret Thatcher in any way whatsoever -- and I don't think of you as sharing your future king's desire to be a feminine hygiene product either. --michele --michele +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: His name is Seb - and he is funky
by John Johnston 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

Actually I don't have anything to say on the subject of Seb, expect that he rules of course, but I thought it would make a good title for an email... I read something on a post today that really made my blood boil!!! Mr. Paul Field - have you no shame! >does anyone else out there fancy someone >on an record sleeve? How about literary characters? Mine's Verity >from Ian Banks' 'The Crow Road' You fell for his trap!! We're meant to fancy Verity "the upwardly nubile scionette of the house of Walker" because she's the epitome of the "new tall elegant rich kid", being tall and rich and elegant. But she's got no substance. I bet if she came to the Sinister Booty Bounce/Soul Weekender at new year she wouldn't be there rulling on the dancefloor as Tag dropped some Northern Soul stompers and the Tall Git showed us the moves he'd been practicising at these exclusive Cambridge parties. No way - she wouldn't want to spoil her make up or crease her Prada frock! But alongside her on the pages of that wonderful book sits the worlds most glorious woman. Keep your Cleopatras, your Ophelias and Juliettes. The greatest, most sensational women in the wide-wide world of literature is Miss Ashley Watt from the said Crow Road. She is the quintessence of what by best friend Alice calls "a real girl" (apart from that bit about being in a book obviously). She's got a job, a life, a wicked sense of humour not to mention a cavalier attitude to the whole "wild thing" business. She rocks my world. I wont bore you all with the remarkable parallels between my life and that of Prentice McHoan but we did both have girlfriends called Ashley. I subsequently considered that the finest name a girl can have - yer guarentee of quality so to speak. I want to have thousands of daughters and call them all Ashley! If i have sons I'll call them Honey - get well soon big guy! xx John +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: this is not the list for senseless slagging
by Claire Timmins 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

At last somebody lifted their head out of the ever sinking depths of this list to try and get us to realise why we are spending time and (for some) money on this list. Ye Duke sayeth >it seems to me that people have forgotten something recently, and that >is, well, just how listening to Belle & Sebastian can make you FEEl. Go >on, dig out that record, that Cd, that EP, that tape, and listen and >remember... the MAGIC of it all, the sheer inescapable delirium of Pop. >then you might realise that being a stupid twat and boring everyone else Is everyone going through a post-album/concert depression at the moment? Follow the wise old duke's advice and concentrate on the band. I ain't Honey but the poor soul isn't well and maybe it is related to the level of the communication going on through this list. Lets all be friends again and talk about the first time you heard the jangly beginning of Dog on Wheels or how you wished you were kissing Stuart Murdoch even if it was just for practice. I don't tend to mail a lot but I do read what is going on. Remember what the bachelor boy cliff would think about the good old 'send' button. (For new members, look up 'sir Cliff Richard' in the archives.) sorry folks but it has been f**king annoying me for ages. Take care and appreciate what we have here, Lots of love Claire ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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: I met one of the girls out of Tight Fit!
by Kevan Cooke 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

As promised, here is the story of how I met one of the girls in Tight Fit. This message is B&S content free, so feel free to delete it now if you were hoping for something more relevant. For those of you who are lucky enough to have missed the Tight Fit phenomenon, they were one of the finest examples of manufactured pop bands, and had a number one hit in the UK in 1981. Basically someone said to themselves "Lets get a body builder type bloke, oil his torso up a bit, stick a scantily clad young female either side of him, and we'll have a hit on our hands, even if they record a dodgy version of some shit old song like The Lion Sleeps Tonight." And so Tight Fit wimohwehed their way to the top of the charts, had a less succesful follow up single with Fantasy Island and disappeared without trace... Luckily I have this ink polaroid of the moment when I met the girl out of Tight Fit, otherwise you might not have believed me: That's me, the slug in the background. Not as fat then was I? The other guy is my flatmate, he's just got a job DJing for a local radio station using my record collection. You see that ordinary looking housewifey woman, the one with the pushchair, she used to be in Tight Fit. She looks bored because she's been hanging around in this empty entrance hall for about two hours waiting for her husband, I think he owns the radio station. You see those red letters on the wall at the edge of the picture? You can't see it all, but the sign says Cheshire Choice FM. I've just finished my weekly film review where I get to slag off all the films that the local cinema has let me see for free, and I think you can tell that I've got a hangover if you look closely. Next week: Alex Higgins called me a c*nt Kevan The Fat Slug *********************************** chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickclick.com http://www.chickmail.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: Get On Board with the Double Deckers!
by PJMiller 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

Whilst reading this morning's papers, I noted with interest the "surprise" victory of the Turkish national football team over once mighty Germany. Say no more... Moose poo jewellry?! My mouth is opening and closing, but no sound is coming out... Americans? Fat? I thought they were all like the mechanic in the film "U-Turn". Except the black people, of course. They're all like boxing promoter Don King. And the hispanics. "Look boss! It's zee plane! It's zee plane!". A rich mixture of cultures. Back to our favourite topic: Northern Soul. To my great joy, I managed to pick up two of those CDs I was recommending to Tall Stu the other day. The Twisted Wheel Story is pretty jolly groovy, and the sleeve notes are very instructive. They conjure up the spirit of the times perfectly: "We joined the queue when some drunken sailors, walking up from Deansgate, started shouting abuse at the Mods, calling them poofs and ponces. Some of the scooter crowd went over and gave them a good kicking. Those sailors would rememebr that night as well as we did but for somewhat different reasons!" Heartwarming, isn't it? The music is ideal for parties, Stuart Git. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Shrine: The Rarest Soul Label. The music is excellent, but at least half of the tracks are only really sutiable for smoochie dances. I'm sure that kind of filth won't be allowed at Stuart's party. Another recent Sinster list mystery is cleared up by the notes to The Twisted Wheel Story: "Keith, along with Phil Stables and Phil scott are busy compiling a book about The Twisted Wheel and it's era that will be available soon." So that's where he's gotten to, the little tyke! The apostrophe is theirs, not mine. The same mistake is made throughout the notes, reinforcing my theory that TRUE northern soul fans are totally brainless freaks with moustaches and zip-up pockets, and anyone else is JUST PRETENDING. Those photos of B&S in Paris are really rather good, aren't they? I particularly like that one of Mad Dog Murdoch treating the bemused French crowd to his impersonation of Rigsby from "Rising Damp". He must have done that during the news too, the naughty boy! Yours sincerely, Travis Wammack PS: I'm really enjoying Funkyseb's attempts to brighten the list. It reminds me of that sequence in "2001" when Hal the computer is being disconnected. Funkyseb's obviously going through a difficult time in his lovelife, and it's up to us to humour him. And his Richard Roundtree joke has already assumed legendary status in Bobby Chariot's Jag and other top comedy circles. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Northern Soul On The Radio
by Warrander John - FML 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

Hello All, It seems a tad obligatory to be a bit of a Northern Soul aficionado at the moment. Quite right too, I suppose. But if you're feeling a bit insecure at not really being hip to what all this classic Northern grooves malarky's about, then those clever peeps at Radio 2 have got a treat for you. At 9pm on Wednesday evening there's some programme called "Dancing all night" (I think) which may be a Northern Soul documentary or it may just play Northern Soul tunes for an hour or two. Either way, it'll probably be good and I'm going to listen and that's about it. If you want to buy lots of nice compilations and you're still a bit of a vinyl freak then Kingbee Records on Wilbraham Rd in Chorlton have loads in the rare second-hand bit. Even though they're in the 'rare' bit they're still mostly 8-10 pounds each. And if you have any friends who can access the Granada TV archives they did a good documentary sometime in the 70s at the height of the Wigan Casino's popularity. Having read Peter Miller's description of "TRUE" Northern soul fans, I can only assume he's already seen this. Er, Keep the Faith!! Love...John +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by Kimberly Rehak 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

i'm listening to TBWTAS on random play and it's really messing with my head. i keep expecting to hear the following song and well, i don't. i heard "the rollercoaster ride" and said to myself, "hey, didn't i just put this on?" oh nevermind. i was wondering if anyone wanted to give my friend and i a ride from erie to philly. oh oh i know it's implausible, i'm just shuddering at the $100 bus ticket and 11 hour ride (which should be 6). so just slap me and call me a daft bitch and tell me to shut up and pay the money. ok, i've tired this enough. good night, KIMberly rehakk(a)alleg.edu

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Sinister: Sinister
by bluefishy＠alloymail.com 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

I can read my sinister digests again! Somehow I could't get them for weeks. But . . . David Semple's 'Tales From The Sofa' is a brilliant little book. And cute too, being only a few inches on each side. I was so excited when I got it. How many of you Sinister-list people have read this book? Oh and would somebody please tell me I'm not the only one who can't keep interest long enough to read the whole digest each time? (This is my first post and I don't mean to turn everyone against me right away but I can't be the only one). - Eleanor Bluefishy ----------------------------------------------- Get your free email at http://www.alloymail.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: musings and thingys
by wingless angel 12 Oct '98

12 Oct '98

it is 3am and i am almost done writing yet another university assignment. i have just realised that it is the 3rd last i have left of my entire degree. woo hoo. 2 more essays, 3 exams and it will all be over.. until postgrad school. hehehe :-) anyways. i think my dad likes B&S! i put on the boy with the arab strap and he wanted me to leave them out so he could listen to more later. cool. what else? oh yeah. in a few weeks i am going to be guest host on my boyfriend's radio show. i want to play B&S. but i can't decide which one. arrrggghhhh. gosh i must have listened to the new album at least 20 times today on repeat. it's one of those cd's you don't really notice going by that many times. which is good!! :-) fiona -- the easiest way to sleep at night is to carry on believing that i don't exist - radiohead the desk for dana fund: http://dscully.cjb.net x-index: http://xindex.cjb.net +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tigermilk Auction !!!
by Paul Cains 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

Hi everyone, At the moment the highest bid stands at £200.00 (for tigermilk). The closing date is 31/10/98. I will e-mail people intersted in the auction directly, but also keep the highest bid posted on the main list without mentioning names(unless you want me to) just as a matter of genral interest. Bye for now, Paul. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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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