October 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: RE:loneliness
by nikolas montaldi 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

Hi list, Stephane wrote on "Loneliness of a mid-distance runner" and Alan Sillitoe's original short story,can I just ad that it was also made into an absolutely stunning black and white film by Tony Richardson in 1962.The film is much in the spirit of French neo realism and earlier English kitchen sink dramas,and featured the young Tom Courtenay(he has become one of my all time favefourites since seeing the film a few years back). Courtenay turns up again in a similar film of that time,"Billy Liar",which was a source of inspiration for many Smiths/Morrissey songs and was sampled by retro fopsters Saint Etienne .It is very much like a B&S song,as it is about a hopeless day dreamer,his various terryfying fiancees,his drab day job at an under takers and his one chance of escaping to London with Julie Christie. Anyone who hasn't read Sillitoe's stories or seen the two films should do so as soon as possible,they are wonderfully melancholic and just the right thing to curl up with on a rainy Sunday... Bye everyone, Nik +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: nyc, nov.2nd, please help!!!!
by Joshua Hatton 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

you are now reading a message from a person who is in dire need of 3 to 4 tickets to the nov. 2nd show in nyc. could anyone please help?!?!?! think of it as your good deed for the day. i've been searching high and low for some tickets, but at every lead...a dead end. i will forever be grateful to you. thank you for your time. sincerely, joshua +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "There's a werewolf in Birkenhead Park."
by Gary Done 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

Midway through her attempt on the world tortoise frisking record the Fluffyone wrote.... > >The > >slogan was swiped from one that the Edinburgh group Fire Engines used to > >use, and the lead singer from Fire Engines was Davey henderson. The > >drunk Glasgow Central Station poet who supported B&S at the Union Chapel > >made a reference to a Davey Henderson, although it remains unclear as to > >whether it was the same person. > > Ahem. Would anyone think that some people on this list ever get a wee > bit anal about B&S? I do!! I mean, I get anal about B&S, I only realized > that when I made MediaStudiesChris a mix tape of Da Belles, and he was > saying he liked Loneliness of a middle distance runner, and asked where > it came from, I said, I don't knw, does it have Stuart, really quietly > just at the end sayin 'guess thats another fade then' on it?? I then > retreated out of my own arse.... Oh I think you can be forgiven for that. Being the low key sods that they are and not having seen them live.... yet, I wouldn't know one member of B&S from the next. So merely knowing what each individual member looks like (oooh err) is anal to me. Before you all comment on it, yes I am ashamed that i've not taken the time to see the band live yet, I have good excuses though. > I didn't know the Fire Engines were > from Edinburgh!! Tim (ooh Tim how do I miss thee!) taped me a Fire > Engines song, and it is very good indeed. Howevere I cannot find their > records anywhere. You can find a few in Hairys in Liverpool. In fact they used to have loads of the postcard singles, but they'd had a move around last time I went in and I can't find anything now. > Then again, up untill I went to see Honey so we could > slam dunk da funk (um, well 5IVE AREN'T A BAD THING!!! Their new single > rocks and I don't care if you all laugh at me 'cos you're only internet > people anyway who don't even care!!!) I had never seen any Jasmine Minks > records and now one cannot move for the buggers. I think there was 3 in > Skellies! There's two at least, bloody pricey though. > Sebbers then wrote: > > >lalalalalalala self > >lalalalalalala shelf > >lalalalalalala orange. > >lalalalalalala oh. ......bollocks. > > lalalalalalalalalala FUCK! > lalalalalalalalalala FUCK! > lalalalalalalalalala FUCK! lalala lalala lalala, lalala lalala lalala, lala lala lala la la laaaaaaaaa. lalalalalalalalalalalala FUCK! > He's a Hoot, He's in a Suit, Adrian Evans wrote : > > >Alternatively Stuart, you could go to your nearest HMV (stop spitting at > >me you lot) and look in their sale boxes (if the sales still on), and > >I'll think you'll find there are several northern-soul compilations for > >about £5 each. > > *ahem*!! 1.99 I'll have you know....and they're CRAP!! If they are The > Best of Northern Soul ones DO NOT GET!!! They are sheer wank! If that's > Northern Soul, it's crap! Then again my experience of that luverly music > has been, um, the club after the Leeds gig. Heh heh!! I MOSH in Preston > 'cha!!!! Soul Survivors looks good, i've been after it for donkeys, but there's always something more important to get. Oh well, I suppose the one you got had to be 1.99 for a reason. Jess foxinthesnow wrote.... > Fluffy Sarah said: > >Ahem. Would anyone think that some people on this list ever get a wee > >bit anal about B&S? I do!! I mean, I get anal about B&S, I only realized > >that when I made MediaStudiesChris a mix tape of Da Belles, and he was > >saying he liked Loneliness of a middle distance runner, and asked where > >it came from, I said, I don't knw, does it have Stuart, really quietly > >just at the end sayin 'guess thats another fade then' on it?? > > People mention this song "Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner" quite > frequently around these parts, and it makes me sad that i have no idea what > they're talking about. It's my fave B&S song by a country mile, it's fantastic and why the hell has it not been released yet, it's a crime. In days when boy/girl bands dominate our phoney chart, LOTMDR could come along and crush the teenybopping little bastards to hell. Anyone fancy starting a campaign to have it released...... well it worked for Deirdre Rachid didn't it ?. byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeee Gary +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'd like some help too please
by Courtney Knopf 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

I must echo the cries of Jess Foxinasnow and ask if anyone would want to dub me a tape with non album/ep songs like Pocketbook Angel, Lonliness of the Middle Distance Runner and Wrong Love. any means to this end will be VERY VERY much appreciated. I haven't lots to trade, but i'm willing to pay for blanks and postage. please email me if you're willing to help out. thanks! Oh, and everyone must go see "The Impostors." it's a HOOT. ~Courtney The Sultraness of Swing "But I've never killed anyone before!" "Well you'll have to fucking learn!" "It isn't hard." ______________________________________________________ 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: Chicago
by OLDSCHREC＠aol.com 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

Response to Angela: <<is anyone going to / has tickets to the chicago show yet? >> Why yes, of course. Maybe some of the mid-westerners will be meeting up before or after?? Pete +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Isobel's acoustic session,release,etc.
by SpaceboyUK＠aol.com 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

is there any new information on the rumoured release of Isobel's acoustic session? and also-i have Real Audio,but it wouldn't let me hear the songs at the treehouse. any help,hints,either or,etc.? thank you. -a.james +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dull...
by Suzanne Schroeder 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

> ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 09:43:53 +0100 > From: "kenny" <kenny(a)dircon.co.uk> > Subject: Sinister: Ruffled feathers. > ps What is the American stereotype of us English. Is it all Hugh Grant, > posh accents....... Or Rowan Atkinson. Plain looking, appearing like they hadn't eaten in a week, and very snooty with a stiff upper lip. A bunch of cockneys. Tea drinkers playing croquet on the lawn. Overly wealthy aristocrats. Princess Diana. Tiny Tim and Ebeneezer Scrooge Overly polite pushovers who act so stiffly and formal they can't budge sitting at dinner parties and waltzing to classical music.. Wimbledon fanatics who consistantly have no one to root for. Millions I can think of. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: we are the world, we are the children
by kenny 11 Oct '98

11 Oct '98

Hi Nick, I was the one who made the comments in the first place, and I am relived that there is one person to have taken my comments as intended. As a JOKE. It got one hell of a reaction though. Next time i'll shut up. Cheers Jake (aka Kenny) ---------- > From: Nick Grundy <nmg20(a)hermes.cam.ac.uk> > To: sinister(a)majordomo.net > Subject: Re: Sinister: we are the world, we are the children > Date: Sunday, October 11, 1998 12:50 AM > > > On Sat, 10 Oct 1998 MWaggner(a)aol.com wrote: > > > > >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. > > Blimey! Sense of humour-failure a -rama! > They were joking! It's obvious! And even if they weren't, it's all the > more amusing because they'd have had to have been so incredibly stupid > *not* to have been joking! > > hugs & kisses, > Nick. > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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" +-+ > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: we are the world, we are the children
by mctag＠bigfoot.com 10 Oct '98

10 Oct '98

Kenny wrote: >I thought that I would try and explain where my, and that of many other of >my compatriates, stereotypical view of Americans came from. Stop right there. How dare you presume to speak for other people. >If I were you I would blame Ricki, Jerry, Ophra et all. We vget these programmes >sent over here and they seem to show those people on stage as being (delete where >applicable) fat, lazy, transvestites who go out with strippers. If I were you, dear Americans, I wouldn't blame Ricki, Jerry, Ophra er all, I'd blame Kenny. My favourite programme is "Eurotrash", where we spend half an hour every week being treated to hilarious exposes of Italian porn stars, Germans who dress as babies for sexual kicks, and Swedes who make jewellry out of moose poo. At no point has it seemed to me that this is normal behaviour across the channel. That's because I am smart enough to know the difference between television and real life. There's been a lot of crap talked here recently about Americans, and while I have certain reservations about American government policy (I have certain reservations about British government policy too), I'd suggest that those responsible for this patronising "I don't like the rest of your people, but you're OK" attitude grow up, or shut the fuck up. >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. Tag +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Take it like a man, baby if that's what you are
by Seamus Campbell 10 Oct '98

10 Oct '98

if anyone sees the make-up in berkeley tonight, i'm curious what you think of the opening band "casiotone for the pinfully alone" -- they (he) are (is) a low-fi pop phenomenon that i discovered last week during a trip to san francisco. it's all tiny little keyboards that you'd expect to see at the goodwill for $5 and he puts them to terribly good use. vocals are vaguely reminescent of arab strap in a quiet half-spoken/half-sung story sort of way. but for you twee kids, don't worry, there are no mentions of cocks anywhere. lyrical content is more along the lines of holding hands and feeling sad. which a lot of people are sick of, but it's so heartfelt that i can't help but love it. c.f.t.p.a. has a 7" on train bridge recordings that you can probably find at indie stores in the bay area or at his shows. or e-mail me if you want the address... seamus > -----Original Message----- > From: Tara Widmer [SMTP:TWidmer@xil.com] > Sent: Friday, October 09, 1998 5:04 PM > To: sinister(a)majordomo.net > Subject: Sinister: Take it like a man, baby if that's what you > are > > > Have a lovely weekend everyone! I'm off to see The Make-up. > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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