November 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Tickets for sunday show
by Maria Kokiasmenos 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

hello all-- i am supposed to be going to the sunday show, but my boyfriend is, unfortunately, too sick to go with me. i was wondering if anyone with 2 monday tickets would be willing to trade. alternately, i may be willing to sell his ticket if it turns out a friend will take mine. but i won't know that for a few hours (after 3 pm). please e-mail ASAP. thanks, maria +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Give me My Medal!
by PJMiller 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

I have now finished Duke's book. I urge you all to go and order it from your local library. Going by the theory that any kind of reaction is better than no reaction at all, I'm sure it'll be a storming success. I enjoyed it, but was disappointed because there are no rude bits and only one really funny bit, when Duke rages and rages against the Blue Aeroplanes. I read it in a Richard Burton voice. I look forward to Duke's next book. That Cuban fellow's still being dirty. Yes, that France Gall album is on my anti-shopping list, mainly due to its ludicrous price tag. I can't remember whether it's that album or the other one, but she looks bloody awful on the cover. Like a deflated Diana Dors. Kara wrote: Isobel was wearing a very cute pair of Tiger Ears. She looks like she's feeling better. Is this some kind of Chinese medicine thing? I've never ever heard One Dove, but I have met the girl who sings. She looked at me like I was a particularly toxic dog turd mixed up with rotten cockroach innards. I refuse to knowingly listen to anything she's involved with. I also read an interview with the guys from the band who took a journalist on a tour of Glasgow nightlife on a Tuesday during the infamous curfew period. It was hilariously uneventful. Unlike the B&S US tour. Thanks to everyone for sharing their views and memories with us. If you're going to the New York show on Monday, keep an eye open for my mate Txiki. He's going to New York on holiday, so I bored him by talking about the upcoming Supper Club Free Form Freak Out, and he said he might try to go. He has no idea who Belle and Sebastian are, so he'll probably be quite easy to spot. He's very sociable and will be charmingly jetlagged. I realise this is totally ridiculous, but there you are. Right, we're off to the pictures. Full gibbering tomorrow. Speaking of which.......Chris, where are you, you funny little hedgehog? Bobby C +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: paint the white house plaid
by Corpora Arenacea 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

God I can't believe I went to a show this weekend. I brought my books to the gig for fuck's sake. I thought Belle and Sebastian were good.... you know, there just aren't many bands that do quiet well. Even in concert, every song sounded like leaves falling on dusty pages. Except for those parts in "Stars of Track and Field" that sound like horse races. Oh, and the Little Richard piano flourishes, yes, I liked them but they were a bit much. For long stretches no one even lit a damn cigarette they were so rapt. I did in fact wear a dashiki, which certainly, somehow, makes conversation with indie-rockers easier but is infinitely dangerous, I found out, in the U-Street-Cardozo area. I can't tell you how many poison looks I got that just screamed "cultural perpetrator". I met list people. Weirdness. No wonder I e-mail. Many people were disappointed by the gig. Some looked like they wanted to cry. I didn't, I don't think, understand what was possibly disappointing, except that my grandfather did not come back to life as I'd hoped but whatever. O.K. here's the real weirdness, SMurdoch looks just like my friend Patrick, who is your archetypical soundman: loud, hypermasculine, glandular, pierced genitals, fast eater, psychotic driver. Thanksgiving dinner at Patrick's house, all eight courses, took about fifteen minutes. Larger than love, yes. So seeing Patrick up on stage I of course didn't expect him to sing like such a wuss. Duh. Isobel was very cute, I'll admit, as the Tee-eye-double-guh-er. Playing a cello. With these awful brownish-wet runs down her pants, I think they miked her squooshing. At future gigs you all must pelt her with TP. I felt very bad that there was a front of really tall honkers right in the middle so all the shortish pop fans just got to see a lot of shoulderblade during the show, I let them all ahead of me in vain hopes that they'd see around them. The show ended and I got lost. By the way, "Corpora Arenacea" means "brain sand". As you get older your brain really does turn to sand. I know. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: athens
by brad 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

since it's halloween and i had to work and now i'm home and bored and partyless cause i didn't have time to get to any......i'm gonna tell you about the athens show. i got into town and walked downtown with my friend bob so he could get some smokes. then we walked down to wuxtry records cause i was looking for the new jonathan richman (which i didn't find), i did however find a nice bootleg of the dylan/cash sessions. and we met some members of the band in a store. bob got some autographs, i just talked to mick. funny thing...they wouldn't all sign the same piece of paper bob had. they would only put one name on each thing. so then we went to this bar, the engine room, and got shitfaced on guinness. then bob's girlfriend wouldn't stop talking about shit i didn't care about, so i walked out of the bar and went and stood in what was becoming a line. i saw some other friends and went and talked with them until one of them got on my nerves cause she's a fucking stoner hippie who talks in that annoying stoner voice, so then bob's girlfriend comes and bothers me some more, and then the doors open. so while the opening band is on, masters of the hemisphere, she sees bob kissing another girl, and i think "oh fuck......not tonight" so she starts crying and i'm standing there not about to let her ruin my belle and sebastian moment, so i say a few comforting words and turn around and let my friend robbie handle the rest of it. so he kidney punches me for doing that to him. then she walks off and goes and says something to bob and the girl he was smooching, and bob hauls ass. he left the show. so there's all this high school drama going on around me with my friends, and i decide to not give a fuck, cause, hey! i'm here to see belle and sebastian, not play babysitter to a couple of drunk ex-lovers. then belle and sebastian come one around midnight and you can read reid's letter about all that. i will say that they looked nothing like the pictures or what i expected. except isobel....grrroowlll. they played about 45 minutes and walked off, and the stage lights didn't come on, so robbie asks me if they do encores, and i said "i don't think so. i hope not" and after five minutes of the stage lights still not on and no sign of the roadies i turn to him and say "maybe they do". as soon as i got the words out of my mouth, the roadies came out and started breaking down the equipment. we left and went to his bar i can't remember the name of and got re-shitfaced. at about 2:30 a.m., we went to kroger and bought some 3 for a dollar burritos and a can of pringles, cause none of us had eaten. we walked back to bob's apartment, ate the burritos, watched the southpark episode where they show that cartoon of fat abbot, and he goes "hey hey hey bitch. glock glock. ho" and all that kind of stuff and i fall asleep on the floor and got woke up the next morning by another friend that lives above bob. he was in his bedroom playing with his turntables, which he recently bought. so i walked upstairs to his room, told him to fuck off, and when i got back down, everyone else was awake and showering, so i did the same, and then we drove home. and when i got home i did the laundry and listened to my new bootleg. -brad +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: d.c. set list
by Catherine Andrews 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

i know this might have already been posted but could someone send me the complete set list for the washington, d.c. show? thanks much. catherine ---------------------- catherine(a)virginia.edu 213 Webb Dorm Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only by night. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mercury Rev and One Dove
by Kin Woo 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

Has any of the gorgeous people otherwise known as Sinisterines heard the new Mercury Rev album??? (Deserters' Songs). I've heard magnificient things about it but wanna find out 'real' as opposed to music journalist's opinions:) Finally does ANYONE at all out there love One Dove as much as I do? Has anyone even heard them? They're a band who came about in 1991 and released an absolutely breathtaking and gorgeous album of melancholy ambient techno with touches of Nick Drake and Velvet Underground, in 1993. They broke up before they released their second album (which they had FINISHED! recording) And now I'm finding it ever so hard to get hold of their stuff. Apparently their lead singer Dot Allison has gone solo now but Select mag said she would release something in March and she still hasn'tL I know this isn't B&S related and please Paul Mitchell don't boot me out of the list after this, but sympathise with my plight (that living in Australia makes it extremely HARD TO GET HOLD OF GREAT STUFF, b&s included) and if anyone out there know of this great band please contact me privately at my 'normal' uni email account: daftpunk(a)tartarus.uwa.edu.au and again, do tell me if that Mercury Rev album is any good. seeya lovelies Kin Woo With A Star Upon Your Shoulder Lighting Up The Path As You Walk ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Felicity and Long (middle) Distance Runners
by carrick44＠juno.com 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

It's now past midnight here on the East Coast, and it's now Nov. 1st. The day of the first Belle and Sebastian show. A warning to those traveling in by car to see the show. Sunday is the day for the New York City Marathon. There might be a bit of a traffic problem. Make sure to leave in plenty of time for the meet-up/show. So I guess marathons are for "long distance" runners, as opposed to "middle distance" runners. Either way, I hope the event spurs on the band to play "loneliness of a ...." Personally I hope the set list is completely different from the Boston one. That's me being selfish. And does anyone else's ticket for the NYC shows say "Felicity" on the back. I can only assume that's in reference to our other favorite band, Orange Juice. (yes, I know the real reason why it's there, thank you. But I'd rather think it's for Orange Juice.) Yes, that's it. Carrick ______________ ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: deecee
by MWaggner＠aol.com 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

Have just gotten in from B&S Adventure #2 -- buses and taxis and metros and trains and cars later, I'm still happy... ...but tired. I'm not going to go on about it now except to say that it reawakened that really strong love one gets for this band. And this, to the best of my knowlege, is what was played: 1. Dog on Wheels 2. Don't Look Back... 3. I Know Where the Summer Goes 4. a silly little christmassy thing that made me think of Chris Leonard's little story about Stuart, Steven Pastel and the Christmas pies for some reason -- Isobel and Sarah's voices manipulated.... 5. Century of Elvis 6. Mayfly 7. Ease Your Feet... 8. Wrong Love 9. Stars of Track and Field 10. Seeing Other People 11. Is It Wicked...? 12. Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner 13. Dirty Dream 14. Sleep the Clock Around A few observations: the Black Cat is disorganized; Guvnor really really are awful by any standards; people who want to spend the evening talking loudly to their friends should go someplace that doesn't have live music. 'Night. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: unsubscribe
by GLBurch＠aol.com 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

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Sinister: belle and sebastian experience
by Catherine Andrews 01 Nov '98

01 Nov '98

sorry for the length whoever told me that b&s are supposed to be weak live--you are SO wrong. oh so wrong. their concert was a completely different experience than any radiohead concert i've ever been to, but almost as good in a different way. but my evening started off so incredibly bad that i'm surprised the whole night wasn't ruined. hank and ameet and i left at about 6 and stopped off at burger king for dinner, high class, i know. i always seem to be eating off of trays. anyways that meal was evil. later i started getting a wicked stomach ache which afflicted me for the whole night. so then we left for our 2 hour car ride up to the black cat club in washington, d.c. i'm not a fan of car rides, and also i rode in the back with music blasting in my ears, effectively being clueless about what they were talking about up front. i hate that. so we got there about 9:30, when doors were supposed to open. i saw madflowr with her familiar jacket and i met martin and laini, they both were nice :) anyways they had to run off to find someone so hank and ameet and i got in line. it was freezing and i was so smart, wearing only a shortsleeved t-shirt (btw i am blond and was wearing a green t-shirt and dark flare jeans if you happened to glimpse me). so the line started moving, yeah, good. then it stopped all of a sudden and we were out there in the cold until after 10 pm. we got in finally, after i was hit on by the big black guy at the door ("that's what i'm talkin about..then god made wimmin! umph.") nice. ew. so we went in and had our eardrums blasted by stereolab playing from the horribly placed speakers...they need to move those speakers. they just block the stage too much if you're standing on the side, which is where we ended up. we went to look at the merchandise. i liked the black tshirt but after the show that was sold out so i got the white boy with the arab strap one. anyways the opening piece of crap..i mean, the opening band, guv'ner came on. i'm sorry if there are any guv'ner fans around, but we found them to be absolutely atrocious. what the hell was that keyboard horn thing? every time he played that and it pierced into the deepest depths of my head, i shuddered. i went to sit down while they played. my stomach had started making me want to double over, which probably affected my judgement. finally they finished. they said something like "this our second to last show ever" which i sincerely hope implies that they are breaking up as a band and putting themselves and many others out of misery. sorry for being so harsh, but yeah. so that and the state of my stomach put me in a bad mood. then we had to wait forever for b&s to come out!! they didn't come out until 11:30 or 12. i started worrying that maybe isobel was sick again. but. eventually. they came out. ohhhh my gosh! b&s just make me want to squeal with a maternal type joy, or something. they are undeniably, incredibly cute. isobel came out wearing this tiger ears tie-under-the-chin hat. stuart is the most adorable person alive. he was wearing a white tshirt and red plaid silkish pajama type pants. he sings with an effortless grace and a childish expression of content on his cherubic face. if i had stood next to any of the band, i would have felt like a big ugly ogre. i could probably pick them up and throw them pretty far. they are quaint and quirky and funny and all that is wonderful. i love them more than ever now. just the thought of them makes me smile with unrestrained happiness. hank said at one point, "can we take them home and play with them?" have i gushed enough? i guess so. anyways the played a lot of stuff from IYFS, dog on wheels, i know where the summer goes, some TBWTAS stuff, the loneliness of the long distance runner and at least a few others. it lasted about an hour. the highlight of the show for me was definitely stars of track and field. one of the best parts of teh show was looking around at members of the audience. everyone was just so happy! this band obviously has something special about it, and those who were there were lucky enough to realize just how special. only qualm i had was that they didn't play an encore when the crowd so blatantly wanted one. oh well, you can't have everything. then we went home and i've been content and smiling ever since. happy halloween, everyone! catherine ---------------------- catherine(a)virginia.edu 213 Webb Dorm Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only by night. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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