November 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Sagittarian lefty seeks women for mutual smut & teacakes
by Mark Crutch 25 Nov '98

25 Nov '98

Didn't we have this lefties discussion a couple of months ago? Or have i just got a severe case of deja vu? Either way, I've possibly said it before, but I'll probably certainly say it again (in about six months when the next influx of new listees arrive, following the re-release of TM):- for those serious about their sinistrality, get thee over to the newsgroups and check out alt.lefthanders Basically it's a place where like-minded gauchers get to discuss the things that annoy them about the right handed world (microwaves, pastry forks, scissors...), and generally have the same conversation about writing with their arms hoked or not every fortnight or so. Having said that, at the moment there's an ongoing thread about people's star signs (sound familiar) - and Sagittarians are waaay down on the list. I am both leftie and saggy (you know what I mean), what with it being my birthday today (or yesterday by the time this gets sent). I'm more than willing to believe that lefties are better at sex - but alas! it's so long since I last had some real physical smut going on that I think my virginity's starting to grow back. Anyway, I'm off to be apathetic about the passing of yet another year in which little of note has happened. Xav PS: In my CD player - my nephew's jam sandwiches -- xav(a)compsoc.man.ac.uk http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav "It hath whirred into life" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: blinkers are fashionable today
by milla |razorkandy| 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

the you're making blinkers (or blinders in some other versions?) fashionable is about a state of mind the girl in the song has. She dresses right and reads the'right' books if only to have them in her hand at the *right* times and besides the fact that she only represents and does not contribute to some kind of zeitgeist she nonetheless has the power to approve/disprove/alter people conferred on her. She can sway and alter fashion or what is considered fashionable and desireable just by her presence in a room. She is also a little shallow, perhaps even unaware in some ways certainly of some human things. The blinkers (which she wears) is like the way certain kinds of people will just let their eyes glide, ignoring/not seeing those who do not immediately pique their interest, thus devaluing them further while appearing to some extent just naive and ignorant. It is not ignorance, it is far darker and more damaging yet it goes unnoticed, on the surface at least. Maybe other people will copy her cutting but disingenuous behaviour because she is cool? Her lack of caring (whatever and ever amen) contributes too. She is making her own blinkeredness fashionable just by being blinkered- EVEN if it is only a passing phase for her and she couldn't give a damn if she ignores people or not. double apathy. She sometimes goes to far, but this depends on who is defining how far is far. She is colluding in the press-line making a century of fakers, she is a passive victim coming out on top. any of this make sense to anyone or did I just have too much good coffee today?? goodnight and happy thanksgiving. cheers cheers x ................milla... because your eyes are slant and slow because your hair is sweet to touch my heart is high again, but oh- I doubt if this will get me much. Dorothy Parker. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Middle Distance Runner, and some other stuff.
by Rich Juzwiak 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

Hey all- I have a few things that I'm curious about or want to comment on... 1) Anyone have the lyrics to "Lonliness of the Middle Distance Runner?" Why hasn't this song been released yet? It's totally amazing (at the top of my list of favorite songs)... Oh, if you have the lyrics, could you post them on the list or e-mail them to me? 2) Anyone have an interpretation for "You're making blinders fashionable" in "Century of Fakers?" It's been puzzling me for some time... 3) Whoever commented on "TBWTAS" being played at Tiswas in NYC...cool. I used to go there all of the time last year...never played any B&S...I was actually recently wondering if I went this year if Nick Mark would play B&S...incentive to go now... Thanks! Rich +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Calvin & Hobbes
by Gareth Probert 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

Hello everybody! This is me mailing from a new location, as my parents cut off my internet connection - so now I have to use Hotmail with my step-fathers connection. Humph. I was chuffed to hear the question "Any Calvin & Hobbes fans?". I am very much a fan and, between us, my brother and I have all the books. Timeless classics, all of them. Also, I have a copy, on my computer, of the last ever Calvin and Hobbes cartoon and it is really really good. Sarah should find it particularly moving! So, if anyone wanted to have a copy of it, it is is JPG format, so please mail me! Well, better sign off now. Goodbye Gareth ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wednesday poem
by milla |razorkandy| 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

... new tradition? more than 1 poem a wek wldnt go 'stray? here is one of my favourites, a real lifechanger Snow The room was suddenly rich and the great bay-window was Spawning snow and pink roses against it, Soundlessly collateral and incompatible. World is suddener than we fancy it. World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The drunkenness of things being various. And the fire flames with a bubbling sound for World Is more spiteful and gay than one supposes- On the tongue on the eyes on the ears on the palms of one's hands, There is more than glass between the snow and the huge roses. Louis MacNeice and one more, to follow the thread of things being better when one is alone (hear, hear!!) As Much As You Can by C P Cavafy Even if you can't shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade it by too much contact with the world, by too much activity and talk. Do not degrade it by dragging it along, taking it around and exposing it so often to the daily silliness of social relations and parties, until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on. the 5% nation of choclatey-delicious........................... ................milla... ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mullet haircuts
by Burt Reynolds 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

Thankyou Thankyou, Clint. I haven't laughed so hard since...uh, lunch. Anyway, I didn't think the mullet still existed (outside of WWF) until I saw the kings of sweaty cock rock, Cheap Trick. The show was AWESOME but even better were the mullets grotesquely rubbing and grinding their naughty bits together. Ever notice that people with mullets are the only people who know the Lambada/Forbidden dance? ~rachael ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 million X SORRY
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

just wanted to say if i just did what i think i did, i sent my message like 3 times. i'm sorry. it kept saying it could not be sent/rejected by server, so i tried again, then i saw like 3 of them in my sent mail. please have mercy on me. all apologies lesley Jo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: tribute to mick cooke
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

>ahem.... >first of all.let me be the first to say that soap operas interest me not in >the least, and the same with snogging lunky boys in whatever capacity. boys >are icky, let it be said. nothing personal, but this ahren fellow sounds >like a bowl of grease. blech. the only boy in my heart is Stuart murdoch, >aye right. > >ironically as the gen-x topic was coming on, someone mentioned those abysmal >16 Candle's 1980's teenage films, all of which starred andrew mccarthy and >molly ringwald, and all of which i ignored with the utmost conviction in my >time, regardless of the begging of my peers to join in the whimsical fun. I >think i am the only person of the ages 20-30 who was not enamored of those >films, or at least i appear to be, every corner i turn someone is blithely >singing the praises of Pretty in Pink. let me be the first to say, all >those films were relentlessly crap, farcical, and cruel. they present us >with the lie that once you reach the age of 16, your life will be filled >with crazy hijinx, necking, boyfriends, proposals, dances, and teenage kix. >that never happened to me. i was sitting alone in my room playing suede >records over and over again, and fretting about why i was so attracted to >Polly Harvey, and eavesdroppping on my younger sister's phone calls in which >she accused me of being a lesbian(natch!). I would say that is nothing like >the vision of utopia(sic) the movies promised us. Call me bitter and >wizened, yes i am an old maid at 21. throw your stones now, please. >I LOVE that dream about the b/s concert. if anyone else has any fabulous >belle dreams, i'd be happy to make a collection of them because they are so >fascinating. > >announcement: the dulcet, yet bold, tones of mr. Mick Cooke have as of >yesterday persuaded me to pick up my trumpet once again. i was playing that >fanfare from dog on wheels, over and over again....i played for 8 years in >school but i'mve been lazy about it the last couple years. it feels good i >must say. i recommend everyone should learn a wind instrument, it teaches >you breath control that can be almost meditative, you can release the energy >of your prana and what not, and i think it also makes you better at singing. >I forgot how much i loved playing it. thank you Mick cooke. it's funny >when people who dont' play brass try to play one, like stuart blowing on >that trumpet hehe, it always sounds like this: >"BblllllEEAAAGHHHHGHGHGBBAAAGHGHGHHHHH!!!!" that is because brass players >have trained athletic lips that can do superhuman things and withstand >coal-forming pressure. (not to mention the divine tongue flutter move!!!) >thats why i encourage any so-inclined lassie who might happen to look like >isobel, that your chance with me would be well spent and worthy. actually, >i'm lying, you wouldn't have to look like Isobel, it would just be a good >way to get your foot in the door so to speak. oh dear, i fear i may have >used up today's smut content there. "You won't be happy with me, but give >me one more chance, you won't be happy anyway." my favorite line. > >I also learned "Losing It" on guitar last night, tho i think the octave >might need a bit of moving for me to sing it properly. not that i would >recommend listening to me sing, though jess said that my voice was nice. >(we sang an awful lot of Merritt-tunes together on our DC trip, not to >mention "you're on top of the WOrld a GAIANN!!") > >My new zine issue is gonna be out today, and it will have the requisite b/s >content, such as a feature on my Pop star crush Isobel, but the mega >belle-content is saved for the winter issue, a whole feature on the DC trip >and its mythology and significance to the reconstruction of the disbanded >soviet union and the problems of nascent capitalism and uh, stuff. >wouldn't you know it, two days in a row, both BOTH copy shops in town had >broken machines and couldn't do my copies!! i think they were conspiring >against the subversive and titillating content i intend to foist upon an >unwilling populace!!! > >uh i had more stuff to say but i forgot, duh-HEE!!! me so silly. >i'm wearing myklunky shoes today. they go well with a study at stow shirt, >and some nice powder blue flares, and a long brown suede jacket. > >lesley Jo >"there was no reason to exist >if you weren't on the mailing 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: Fw: 16 candles is crap/tribute to mick cooke/etc
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

-----Original Message----- From: RebelStrange <rebelstrange(a)ldd.net> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net" <sinister(a)majordomo.net"> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 2:31 PM Subject: 16 candles is crap/tribute to mick cooke/etc >ahem.... >first of all.let me be the first to say that soap operas interest me not in >the least, and the same with snogging lunky boys in whatever capacity. boys >are icky, let it be said. nothing personal, but this ahren fellow sounds >like a bowl of grease. blech. the only boy in my heart is Stuart murdoch, >aye right. > >ironically as the gen-x topic was coming on, someone mentioned those abysmal >16 Candle's 1980's teenage films, all of which starred andrew mccarthy and >molly ringwald, and all of which i ignored with the utmost conviction in my >time, regardless of the begging of my peers to join in the whimsical fun. I >think i am the only person of the ages 20-30 who was not enamored of those >films, or at least i appear to be, every corner i turn someone is blithely >singing the praises of Pretty in Pink. let me be the first to say, all >those films were relentlessly crap, farcical, and cruel. they present us >with the lie that once you reach the age of 16, your life will be filled >with crazy hijinx, necking, boyfriends, proposals, dances, and teenage kix. >that never happened to me. i was sitting alone in my room playing suede >records over and over again, and fretting about why i was so attracted to >Polly Harvey, and eavesdroppping on my younger sister's phone calls in which >she accused me of being a lesbian(natch!). I would say that is nothing like >the vision of utopia(sic) the movies promised us. Call me bitter and >wizened, yes i am an old maid at 21. throw your stones now, please. >I LOVE that dream about the b/s concert. if anyone else has any fabulous >belle dreams, i'd be happy to make a collection of them because they are so >fascinating. > >announcement: the dulcet, yet bold, tones of mr. Mick Cooke have as of >yesterday persuaded me to pick up my trumpet once again. i was playing that >fanfare from dog on wheels, over and over again....i played for 8 years in >school but i'mve been lazy about it the last couple years. it feels good i >must say. i recommend everyone should learn a wind instrument, it teaches >you breath control that can be almost meditative, you can release the energy >of your prana and what not, and i think it also makes you better at singing. >I forgot how much i loved playing it. thank you Mick cooke. it's funny >when people who dont' play brass try to play one, like stuart blowing on >that trumpet hehe, it always sounds like this: >"BblllllEEAAAGHHHHGHGHGBBAAAGHGHGHHHHH!!!!" that is because brass players >have trained athletic lips that can do superhuman things and withstand >coal-forming pressure. (not to mention the divine tongue flutter move!!!) >thats why i encourage any so-inclined lassie who might happen to look like >isobel, that your chance with me would be well spent and worthy. actually, >i'm lying, you wouldn't have to look like Isobel, it would just be a good >way to get your foot in the door so to speak. oh dear, i fear i may have >used up today's smut content there. "You won't be happy with me, but give >me one more chance, you won't be happy anyway." my favorite line. > >I also learned "Losing It" on guitar last night, tho i think the octave >might need a bit of moving for me to sing it properly. not that i would >recommend listening to me sing, though jess said that my voice was nice. >(we sang an awful lot of Merritt-tunes together on our DC trip, not to >mention "you're on top of the WOrld a GAIANN!!") > >My new zine issue is gonna be out today, and it will have the requisite b/s >content, such as a feature on my Pop star crush Isobel, but the mega >belle-content is saved for the winter issue, a whole feature on the DC trip >and its mythology and significance to the reconstruction of the disbanded >soviet union and the problems of nascent capitalism and uh, stuff. >wouldn't you know it, two days in a row, both BOTH copy shops in town had >broken machines and couldn't do my copies!! i think they were conspiring >against the subversive and titillating content i intend to foist upon an >unwilling populace!!! > >uh i had more stuff to say but i forgot, duh-HEE!!! me so silly. >i'm wearing myklunky shoes today. they go well with a study at stow shirt, >and some nice powder blue flares, and a long brown suede jacket. > >lesley Jo >"there was no reason to exist >if you weren't on the mailing list" >(!)=) > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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Sinister: Fw: 16 candles is crap/tribute to mick cooke/etc
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 24 Nov '98

24 Nov '98

-----Original Message----- From: RebelStrange <rebelstrange(a)ldd.net> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net" <sinister(a)majordomo.net"> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 1998 2:31 PM Subject: 16 candles is crap/tribute to mick cooke/etc >ahem.... >first of all.let me be the first to say that soap operas interest me not in >the least, and the same with snogging lunky boys in whatever capacity. boys >are icky, let it be said. nothing personal, but this ahren fellow sounds >like a bowl of grease. blech. the only boy in my heart is Stuart murdoch, >aye right. > >ironically as the gen-x topic was coming on, someone mentioned those abysmal >16 Candle's 1980's teenage films, all of which starred andrew mccarthy and >molly ringwald, and all of which i ignored with the utmost conviction in my >time, regardless of the begging of my peers to join in the whimsical fun. I >think i am the only person of the ages 20-30 who was not enamored of those >films, or at least i appear to be, every corner i turn someone is blithely >singing the praises of Pretty in Pink. let me be the first to say, all >those films were relentlessly crap, farcical, and cruel. they present us >with the lie that once you reach the age of 16, your life will be filled >with crazy hijinx, necking, boyfriends, proposals, dances, and teenage kix. >that never happened to me. i was sitting alone in my room playing suede >records over and over again, and fretting about why i was so attracted to >Polly Harvey, and eavesdroppping on my younger sister's phone calls in which >she accused me of being a lesbian(natch!). I would say that is nothing like >the vision of utopia(sic) the movies promised us. Call me bitter and >wizened, yes i am an old maid at 21. throw your stones now, please. >I LOVE that dream about the b/s concert. if anyone else has any fabulous >belle dreams, i'd be happy to make a collection of them because they are so >fascinating. > >announcement: the dulcet, yet bold, tones of mr. Mick Cooke have as of >yesterday persuaded me to pick up my trumpet once again. i was playing that >fanfare from dog on wheels, over and over again....i played for 8 years in >school but i'mve been lazy about it the last couple years. it feels good i >must say. i recommend everyone should learn a wind instrument, it teaches >you breath control that can be almost meditative, you can release the energy >of your prana and what not, and i think it also makes you better at singing. >I forgot how much i loved playing it. thank you Mick cooke. it's funny >when people who dont' play brass try to play one, like stuart blowing on >that trumpet hehe, it always sounds like this: >"BblllllEEAAAGHHHHGHGHGBBAAAGHGHGHHHHH!!!!" that is because brass players >have trained athletic lips that can do superhuman things and withstand >coal-forming pressure. (not to mention the divine tongue flutter move!!!) >thats why i encourage any so-inclined lassie who might happen to look like >isobel, that your chance with me would be well spent and worthy. actually, >i'm lying, you wouldn't have to look like Isobel, it would just be a good >way to get your foot in the door so to speak. oh dear, i fear i may have >used up today's smut content there. "You won't be happy with me, but give >me one more chance, you won't be happy anyway." my favorite line. > >I also learned "Losing It" on guitar last night, tho i think the octave >might need a bit of moving for me to sing it properly. not that i would >recommend listening to me sing, though jess said that my voice was nice. >(we sang an awful lot of Merritt-tunes together on our DC trip, not to >mention "you're on top of the WOrld a GAIANN!!") > >My new zine issue is gonna be out today, and it will have the requisite b/s >content, such as a feature on my Pop star crush Isobel, but the mega >belle-content is saved for the winter issue, a whole feature on the DC trip >and its mythology and significance to the reconstruction of the disbanded >soviet union and the problems of nascent capitalism and uh, stuff. >wouldn't you know it, two days in a row, both BOTH copy shops in town had >broken machines and couldn't do my copies!! i think they were conspiring >against the subversive and titillating content i intend to foist upon an >unwilling populace!!! > >uh i had more stuff to say but i forgot, duh-HEE!!! me so silly. >i'm wearing myklunky shoes today. they go well with a study at stow shirt, >and some nice powder blue flares, and a long brown suede jacket. > >lesley Jo >"there was no reason to exist >if you weren't on the mailing list" >(!)=) > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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