November 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: stuart david author
by Tjonrr＠aol.com 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

i was reading this book of scottish short stories from 1995 and there was one by someone called stuart david it was about a man, a wee girl and two cheeky monkeys. i dont know if it is the same person but i know he writes stuff and the author information in the book said he is "a singer/songwriter in his own band" (bear in mind this was published in 1995). i have only been on the list since thursday (my birthday) and this is the first time i have had anything to say, i only just remembered it. from tjohn, yes i am lefthanded +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The end off The Fox In The Snow for Jessica Foxinasnow
by Katarina Karlsson 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

Dear Jessica Foxinasnow I'm more like Katta with dreams of horses (but ofcourse Judy isalso a fox in the snow for me). I agree a lot with your thoughts about Fox In The Snow but I was disapointed that you stoped and left the fourth stanza that is the importent end in that song. I will add a few of my one ideas to what you alreadyn have explaind just so that I have enough to finish this song. It's no critic it's just a complement to your mail and I think its importent for this song. 1. A good start whit a picture to explain what sorts off persons the song is about. To all the otside persons that the crowd never will understand. 2 and 3. Two examples off fox in thesnow persons. I think this girl is like Judy. the boy is stuck in a hoples situation and it's not as ifit's fun anymore. I liked your kind explenation that he hurted his legwhen he falls of the bike but I have allways thought that he is constantly being beaten (parents or in school?)That why he trys so hoplesly to escape. 4. The the stanzas befor this has left everyting in a sad mess. Is there really no hope for the boy or all other foxes in the snow? Tere is a sort of good life forus. the foxes don't want the same dull life as most peoples live for following oter peoples beaten track, it wont make the foxes happy. He maby youst ones in a liftime get hes chans so make the most off it. If you are second to being born and to dye no one will notis you anyway. Follow your one way is the only thing you can do. Now this is what I think the writer ment. Now I would bee glad if anyone wold help me and explain to me what you think the boy with the arab strap is about I can't really understand that story. And Jessica Foxinasnow I don't knowwhy because I don'tknow you but Ithink Ilike you. I just wanted you to know that. Katta (with dreams of horses) P S Yes it is true I do dreamofhorses it is a part of the language of my thoughts. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: speaking to you like God
by TFertig3＠aol.com 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

Dear list, So. Still no crush votes to me. Pooey to you all! I'll up and quit this list now. Or maybe I'll just post more. Ha ha ha. Now I bet you'd voted my name in your ballot! I think one time someone mentioned the Aluminum Group, and I saw them on the listening booth in Borders Book Store. The card read something to the effect of the Pet Shop Boys getting it on with someone else I don't remember, in the Stereolab with Belle and Sebastian. I thought they sounded basically like Air. I didn't like it very much. I also saw TBWTAS on the listening booth, which surprised me a bit, but not a great bit. Then I ate a piece of cake that made me sick. Someone said something about cheese and giraffes. I don't know what they were talking about, but let me just add that cheese stands supreme over everything else. Never underestimate the power of cheese. Isn't gnocchi just grand? I had a dream that Stuart David was going to play Looper in my house, and when I woke up (in the dream that is) he was downstairs in my kitchen making schnitzels with confectioner sugar on top. Maybe he can write a song about it for Looper. "I dreamt I had to make schnitzels, I'm always getting on about making schnitzels through the day, but faced with the reality of it, in a dream, I was terrified.." I showed my mom the "Is It Wicked Not to Care" video when she was sick, and she doesn't think Stu M looks like an angel. But then, she likes "real men" like Sean Connery and.. Arnold Schwatznegggger.... Personally, I think Stuart's arms of sex are much nicer than Arnold's arms of steroid-pumped all- man one-foot in diameter ground beef. I've checked the archives for this one (honest!!!), but it either stopped checking midway, or no one ever mentioned it at all. And perhaps no one's ever mentioned it because it's obvious to everyone but me, who knows nothing but the color of my own socks. Soooo, who is Sid James? I'm off to do nothing productive, Tami In my CD player: Nothing. It's broken at the moment, so I'm reduced to radio, which is poo poo. Welcome to flavor country. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sebastian a dog? and other stuff
by ar981611＠student.paisley.ac.uk 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

a few things - I am a first time writer to the person who wrote re Sebastian in Belle & Sebastian being a dog (sorry I deleted my inbox and forgot your name)- are you thinking of Sebastian the incredible drawing dog? Are there any Glasgow listees going to see Roddy Frame on Monday? Anybody wanting to send me tapes of any Field Mice/Trembling Blue Stars rarities please email me personally and we can arrange swaps for stuff I've got. Finally, any other Orchids fans out there??? Welcome to My Curious Heart is the most beautiful song B&S never wrote. Ailsa xxx incidentally I'm sagittarian and left-handed, anyone else? - we rule the school! in my CD player - "lazy line painter jane"(incidentally Monica Queen also recorded "five years and just one day" with a Glasgow folk/cajun/bluegrass band called the Humpff Family - lp called Mothers - copy if you email me... on my turntable - "coastal" - the field mice +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 matador promo flat, b&s dolls, sociology
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

hello. thanks to all who sent in their mad lib words. i will have more entries posted later, but not now, because i'm just too lazy at this time to access my document of them....... I am fascinated by the discussion of sociological groups i.e. casuals. This intersects nicely with a question i was about to ask of our British compadres, that is What would be the british 'equivalent' of the american redneck/trailer trash? Is there trailer trash in the UK? i seem to recall an Auteurs song in which luke haines sang about hanging out in a trailer park (er, yes, "early years" it was). in the US our Southern region of alabama/missisippi/etc is considered the reign of rednecks and the underclass/undercultured segment. although rednecks can be found as far north as where i reside, in large numbers. Are there even still yuppies in the US, or havent' they all grown up into.....something else? i wonder what segment i fall into, i suppose the shiftless, goalless gen-X. although i do possess the cynicism of government and tradition attributed to gen-x, i'd like to think however that i'm a sight more idealistic than the portrayal of "us' would have one believe. personally i dont put much stock into it at all, so there. for Jess, from my webster's unabridged encyclopedic dictionary: QUIFF: (Brit.) a curl or lock of hair broought forward over the forehead. I love my dictionary because it has fun british slang in it.... Now for business--my friend Jess informed me that she saw in a record store, a promo flat for Arab strap that featured the divine countenance of Isobel, as seen in said cd sleeve....it was bright yellow colored and had belle and sebastian written on it. the record store guy wouldn't let her buy it off him because "it's kind of hot right now' and they only got one of them. it's from matador. Would anyone happen to know where one could obtain such an item, have one they're willing to part with, know if they exist in quantities? i'm prepared to trade my soul for one, or barring that, a lovely 8X10 print of Stuart murdoch, or whatever i can scrounge up. i just really really want one!!! and i dont' know if my friend will be able to acquire the one that she saw. someone help me........ I'll trade someone an original photo print, for a black sessions tape, if anyone is willing to make such a bargain. i've been twiddling in the darkroom at school, and stu and isobel are looking rather lovely in large format, i must say. upping the contrast is good. quantities are limited, as is my time and my supply of photographic paper!!! it was just a thought......otherwise i'll try l out to pay the good gentleman whom i already wrote about said recording. *g* it's just that international currency is such a hassle when you're in a small town that doesnt' handle that sort of thing. blah blah....... amusing thought for the day. jess and i were conversing about magnetic fields, a friend of hers is supposed to keep lookout for stephin meritt when she's in NY, and send him back in a little box if she finds him. so i said if she has stephin, i want to come over and play, and i want to play claudia, and i want to live in the dream house. then we thought up the ChickFactory playset, and jess said if there wer B&S dolls they could play the Dream Concert. i was wishing i had plastic mold technology so i could sculpt little dolls of our friends, figuring that at least a few of them correspond to certain characters n the Scooby-Doo cartoon--with dog on Wheels instead of scooby. Stuart m as Fred, not for any good reason, except his Arms of sex, and Isobel as Daphne, with the little neckerchief AS PER those photos on the jeepster page..(!) except stu and isobel would hopefully not be snogging like we all know fred and daphne were. Sarah would be Velma cept without glasses, and Chriss of course, is Shaggy, what with his flares and haircut. they could ride around in a belle ans sebastian mystery van and escape the Spooky Witch in a Sexy Dress, and The Major would run after stu shaking his fist..."i'll get you you meddling kids!!" Stu would of course be outfitted with an entire array of trousers and pantalloons in dazzling styles that would effectively blind the enemy, giveing him time to escape, and all the girls and boys would swoon over his arms of sex. you could even maybe comb his luscious shock of hair. and Chris would come in "Action-Flares" version. i was looking for some way to fit cover girl Jo and all the rest into the show, but i'll have to think about it some more. trying to live like Pippi Longstocking, lesley Jo Sure i should (be mentioned in the same sentence). I urinate all over Pansy Division and Tribe8 every day. I have their pictures pasted to the bottom of my toilet. --stephin merritt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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". 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Sinister: all i ever want to do is thank you,baby
by Genevieve Wesley 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

Hello there! How are you all doing? there was some funny liyyl things i was readin in all the past digests :) keep up the good work! good for all you you had imaginary pets! althought i am a little worried about myself now...most of the stories are like "And then I turned 3,and my imaginary pet was gone" ..I invented my imaginary horse in grade 5! ahh well..I loved and hated my boyfriend and the same time,the girls were all bitches...invent a horse,yes! actually...I wanted an imaginary boyfriend,have any of you ever seen Drop Dead Fred? Well...when i saw that i fell in love with Drop Dead Fred and used to write letters to myself pretending they were from Drop Dead Fred.."Hello snotface" was very sexy to me at the time.. :) This list crush thing brings new questions..not only who the people are...but say your objet of affections has many crushing them? *digs around closet for catsuit and freddy-like claws* Come on come on,you want a piece of me? i'll take you on *punches the wall,practices ninja techniques etc* OH! O! O! O! I got to see Is It Wicked Not To Care least night...my first time ever seeing A Belle And Sebastian Video..... It was Scottish Hour on the Wedge..and first I have to vent. I hate that Sook-Yin so much! She's such an idiot! She pends all this time getting 'arty' and filming her reflection in a toilet bowl and then makes up such stupid questions...everything's always about 'decay'. every question is always like "I get the impression with your music that it's about decaying cities,trying to work throught the ruins,was that a catharsis for you?" 'catharsis' (that's misspelt i think) what a poncey word! and what is with her jabbing pop stars in the chest? grrrrr I got very excited when the video came on and started shrieking..ohhhhhh it looks so fairy tale like...stuart david i think and ? fighting with the wooden swords in kilts by the castles! i couldn't really tell who was who...was that the back of stuart murdoch's head? *faint!* (just kidding) I'm not that desperate,I didn't even lick the tv screen this time! (this time she says...ok yeah,i licked the tv screen when gaving rossdale played once...but i an idiot back then! a BIG idiot! i hate him now,what a potatoe,yes?) and all the beautiful scenery of Edinburgh! oh sigh...do you really eat fried mars bars? that's cant' be good on such delicate stomachs. ("Yes,that's right Genevieve,it's not good on little Stuart Murdoch's stomach." "Ok,I'll hand feed him peeled grapes then." "That's exactly what we were going to ask you.") any of you need nannies? I've decided,for my summer job I'm going to be an au pair in Edinburgh..it's so beautiful..your accents are so gorgeous it makes me jump up and down and round and round. they interviewed this guy from a band Prolapse,and they asked him what are Scottish things...and he's like "Truely Scottish are things like kilts...." "And your cliche Scottish would be Belle and Sebastian." heh heh my friend was being so awful though..when i pleaded with her to rewind and let me watch the b&s video again so i could go to sleep with good dreams...she put it on pause at the gate and said "Say Velvet Goldmine backwards and the gate unlocks for you...wooo!" i saw that movie and i didn't understand it,but i liked the part where Brian Slade gets hearts (they glow!) in his eyes...I laughed a lot during the movie.. And I thought when Ewan jumps around and puts glitter on his body was a a good scene,it was powerful. I had some important things to talk about..but now they just seem boring...lately I have been thinking how good it would be if pop stars had like rocket fuelled feet..i keep hallucinating that Brett Anderson says "UP AND AWAY!" puts his arms straight up and flys up through the night. O...MAGNETIC MEGAN! i've been drawing you pictures of belle and sebastian and now i can't stop..I drew a Stuart David,nipples and all. (to make it realistic) oh goodness,i just wrote a novel sorry! hot hot (cool cool) love, genevieve ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: irish bands
by keith m 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

jessica wrote- >But anyway, one >thing the professor wants is to have different people do presentations >on >different areas of Irish culture, one of which is contemporary Irish >music, >so i am wondering if some of you lovely listees could help me out >with the >names of lots of different Irish bands and musicians. there is the frank and walters and the harvest ministers and the divine comedy all of which are from ireland. keith +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: yoyo
by yee ho 22 Nov '98

22 Nov '98

jay-- very touching story (~: next time, look for your alterna cds at Other Music right across the street from Tower. 'boy with the arab strap' was around $10.99. since you're a hop, skip, and a jump away (i attend sarah lawrence college--30 min. from the city), we should definitely meet sometime! lurve, yee >Play. Welp, by the end of "Sleep the Clock Around," I >noticed I was getting some funny looks from the passers-by, and I started >flipping out, wondering what was wrong. As it turned out, I was crying. >I hadn't even noticed. It struck me by surprise cos when it comes to my >emotions I'm usually very stoic, and I really can't say what set me off. >I assumed it was the album, and I shelled out $16.23 to purchase it. >Since then, I've been playing it non-stop and eating my roommate's food. > >Just thought you'd like to know. I'm usually a lurker on these lists, and >I will inevitably be one here, but I just wanted to declare my intent. >So, that's that...can't wait to get the rest of the LP's and EP's, and >hopefully I'll be able to meet a few of you who are in the NYC area. > >P.S. I'm not usually this somber. As a matter of fact, I'm not usually >somber at all. > >Cheers >Jay >- ---------------- >"We're desperate. Get used to it." -- 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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Re: Sinister: irish bands
by me 21 Nov '98

21 Nov '98

are the cranberries irish? have they been said? Lex -----Original Message----- From: keith m <keithmcl(a)bignet.net> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Date: November 21, 1998 6:39 PM Subject: Sinister: irish bands > >jessica wrote- >>But anyway, one >>thing the professor wants is to have different >people do presentations >on >>different areas of Irish culture, one of which is >contemporary Irish >music, >>so i am wondering if some of you lovely listees >could help me out >with the >>names of lots of different Irish bands and >musicians. > >there is the frank and walters and the harvest >ministers and the divine comedy all of which are >from ireland. > >keith > >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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: ireland
by Jessica Gockley 21 Nov '98

21 Nov '98

Hello lovelies. I was wondering if you could give me a little bit of help. Oh, you could?! Wonderful! I am taking a class next semester called something like 'The Literature and Culture of Ireland.' This class involves a spring-break trip to Ireland, so sometime later on i'm going to want to converse with any and all Irish listees about cool places to go, possible meet-ups, etc. But anyway, one thing the professor wants is to have different people do presentations on different areas of Irish culture, one of which is contemporary Irish music, so i am wondering if some of you lovely listees could help me out with the names of lots of different Irish bands and musicians. I mean, the obvious ones would be, say, U2 and Sinead O'Connor, but i'm sure there are lots of somewhat less-obvious ones that it would be nice to have a bit of help with. Too bad the class is not 'The Literature and Culture of Scotland,' otherwise i would spend the entire time talking about Belle and Sebastian. Maybe i can figure out some way to work them in anyway. Hmm. Love, Jessica Foxinasnow "When you're dancing and laughing and finally living, hear my voice in your head and think of me kindly" - The Smiths Jessica Gockley | Box 326 Eastern College | 1300 Eagle Road | St Davids, PA 19087 | 610-225-5403 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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