November 1998 - Sinister

Re:Sinister: Cheese/Giraffe situation
by Alasdair Cook MS1996 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

Turt wrote > I don't like it when cheese goes runny. I saw a giraffe go runny in Zambia > and it's one the most beautiful things I've ever witnessed - real life in > slow-motion. I don't quite understand the concept of runny giraffes, but they sound like a wonderful thing. Anyway, this whole cheese vs Giraffe confrontation has gone on too long. Cheese is bad in all forms except on buttered digestive biscuits with coleslaw on top. Giraffes are good, runny or otherwise. I hope everyone will forgive me, but as I am bored I feel the need to start another pointless debate. Say, Scooby Doo vs Batfink. I say Batfink, for his wings of pure steel. Incidentally, does anyone else feel that 'A short album about love' is Neil Hannon's finest effort to date, and one of the most beautiful albums of the past 10 years? On my cd player: The Pogues 'If I should fall from grace with God' Ally +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Question Of Annoyance
by Jason Brent 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

Hello Everyone! I have a question for all the people on the left side of the pond. I have an English friend here, who is huge into soccer! (football) Anyways, he has all this Arsenal stuff, shirts, scarfs, blah blah... and he says that they are the true team of the working class! (how someone with both parents who are doctors, fits into the "working class" is beyond me!) My question is, I want to get a shirt of a team that represents everything Arsenal supposedly isn't. Snooty, posh, whatever, just to piss him off. I'd love to see the look on his face when I turn up all decked out in the enemy's colors, especially since I know NOTHING about soccer, and I stumbled upon everything he is passionately against! Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! On another note, does anyone know who distributes non Matador B&S stuff in Canada? Hope you are all having a great day! Jay In my cd player: The Crabs What Were Flames Now Smolder +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S go Jive
by WeeJay 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

Sorry about this, I just found the Dialectizer at http://www.rinkworks.com/dialect/ and put in a little something using the 'Jive' settings (the elmer fudd one is good too, but pretty indecypherable) and I thought that you all just had to see it. WeeJay We wuz sittin' in de livin' room on de sofa, de wrong way round, lookin' out da damn window, so cut me some slack, Jack. It wuz quiet, and den in de wheels park across de road we saw Elvis - look, dere beside da damn postman's van, and he wuz walkin' round da damn postman's van, lookin' in de jimmey doo'. He looked as if he wuz dinkin' about digtin' in, but den de postman came back, and he swaggered off, walked past da damn window and waaay down de stairs, and den at da damn bottom uh de stairs right by de caresnatchr's office, he started lickin' de pavement. Man! Every night now since we moved in dat new crib dere's dis noise outside da damn doo' at plum about half seven o' eight o' clock every night. Man! And if we go and look outside da damn doo', Elvis'll be standin' dere waitin' t'be let in. 'S coo', bro. And den he wanders into de livin' room, maybe sits waaay down on one uh de chairs o' even lies waaay down on de floo'. He duzn't say much, he plum stays dere fo' an hour o' two, watchin' de TV. We rap t'him some bit, and den around ten o' clock, he'll go away again, and not mosey on down back until de next night. Man! Dere's some lot uh lanes and stuff around here, around da damn crib - aldough it's right in de middle uh de city it seems quite likes de country, it's wasted hidden - safe ah' suppose, made fo' night livin'. Dere's some lot uh squirrels and birds, and Stuart says he's seen about nine foxes dere when he's jumped upside de fence on his way t'Prio''s Road. Sometimes ya' kin go out walkin', and when ya''ve been out fo' some wee while even ya' duzn't know where ya' is no mo', so's it would be fine hard fo' any sucka else t'find ya'. ah' suppose dat's why he spends so's much time dere, dat's why he's mosey on down to live dere, o' maybe it's plum de squirrels. ah' read about somewhere dat he likess squirrels quite some lot. Man! Dere's dese two videos dat we gots fo' weddin' presents - called da damn e-stashs, e-stashs one and e-stashs two about how Elvis be supposed t'be still alive. And one time when he came round we wuz watchin' one uh dose, but he dun didn't say nuthin he plum sat on de armchair. He wuz playin' wid his collar some bit, and we watched it right drough and den when it finished he plum gots down and walked off into de mist and dun didn't say nuthin. de fust few times he came round ah' dun didn't rap t'him at all, ah' wuzn't real sho' man whut t'say. Slap mah fro! And Karen rapped t'him quite some lot - she seemed t'know whut t'do mo'e dan ah' do. 'S coo', bro. He had quite some funky manna' dough, he'd go into yo' stuff and look drough it, den he'd maybe pick sump'n down and play wid it fo' some wee while, but he'd neva' make any comment about any uh it. Man! Seemed fine rude t'me. ah' plum watched whuteva' Karen dun did, and listened t'how she raped t'him and den, afta' a while ah' started t'copy dat, and tell him some few doodads, not real bodered about wheda' he responded o' said nuthin back o' not. Man! ah' dink de fust time ah' rapped t'him we wuz sittin' down on de mezzanine and ah' said dat ah' would tell him about me and wee Karen, and how it wuz dat we'd mosey on down to be livin' dere. ah' dought he probably likesd da damn fact dat we wuz livin' dere cuz' he came round so's much, so's I dought he might wanna know how it wuz dat it came about. Man! We dun did it all upside backwards, ah' told him. WORD! Fust uh all we gots'ta know each oder, and den some while afta' dat we met, and when we'd knode each oda' fo' about seven years we decided t'have an anniversary, and dat went quite well, so's afta' de anniversary we had some honeymoon, and dat went well too, so's afta' dat we decided dat we would dig married. Dat's why we's livin' dere now, so cut me some slack, Jack. ah' used t'dink mah' pops wuz Elvis, but ah' ain't told him dat yet. Man! ah' ain't told mah' pops eider. Ah be baaad.....<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param><bigger> <nofill> James(a)twopounds.u-net.com Manipulating you illicitly since 1979 http://www.geocities.com/sunsetstrip/cabaret/5523/ (Which will no longer crash your computer. Hopefully.) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sinister : birthdays
by gwenn belbeoch 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

Vanessa wrote : yay we rule!! Kung Fu Faker wrote: > I know there are a lot of Sagittarian babies on this list. C'mon fess up, it's > the coolest zodiac sign (okay, that's debatable)!> according to me, the most interesting part of Kung Fu Faker's message is the last four words : okay, that's debatable... it is indeed... and anyway i don't pay attention to the zodiac signs... birthdays are important for what they are, not for the signs... have a nice wekend ! ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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by gwenn belbeoch 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

Vanessa wrote : yay we rule!! Kung Fu Faker wrote: > I know there are a lot of Sagittarian babies on this list. C'mon fess up, it's > the coolest zodiac sign (okay, that's debatable)!> according to me, the most interesting part of Kung Fu Faker's message is the last four words : okay, that's debatable... it is indeed... and anyway i don't pay attention to the zodiac signs... birthdays are important for what they are, not for the signs... have a nice wekend ! ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: les etoiles secretes
by vlass＠interlog.com 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

i had to reply: At 05:54 PM 11/19/98 -0800, you wrote: > >Is anyone else on the list into the Secret Stars? >They're a local (Boston) band I've just rediscovered. >Their first album, which is self-titled, is available >on Shrimper (from CA) and I think a lot of B&S fans >would probably like it. A guy and a a girl and very >very quiet, sad, wintry songs. Good snow day music. > >Check it out. > >aaron ooh, i love the secret stars.. they're gorgeous. wintry songs indeed. do you know the band ida? if you like the secret stars, then i'm sure you'll love them as well.. especially since they covered a secret stars song on their last full-length (a beautiful version of "shoe-in"). plus, they even sing the great line, "driving home in your car, listening to the secret stars, can't believe how great they are..". along with belllllle and sebast-i-an and stephin merrit projects, ida are my absolute favourite band. now you know. teri xx there's an interview with ida here! ==> http://members.tripod.com/~meltingsnow/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 like my "virtual cyberfriends," thank you very much
by Nanettee＠aol.com 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

This whole argument about list content is really, really silly, in my opinion (and probably the opinion of lots of others). I have never, ever been on a mailing list that doesn't contain some amount of fluff unrelated to the subject of the list. But that's part of the fun of it. I didn't think anyone subscribed to a mailing list and expected it to stay on topic. Yes, there is a lot of traffic on this list. It's something that I noticed after one day of subscribing. Yes, some of it is irrelevant to me. But you know what? I just delete what is irrelevant. No complaints, no bother. If I miss something, I'm sure I'll catch up eventually. What bothered me was the comment about "who needs virtual cyberfriends." I've met a lot of wonderful people over the Internet, and so have many of my friends. Does this mean that "I can't make friends with living, breathing people in the flesh"? No, it doesn't. I'm a perfectly well-adjusted human being (albeit a bit shy). I took offense at this comment. I found it insulting. Relationships formed over the Internet can be just as intense and personal as relationships formed in real life. It may sound sort of cheesy to meet people that way, but I'll find friends wherever I can. Anyone who is going to discount a friendship as being "unimportant" just because it takes place over the Internet needs to open their mind a little bit. And now for some obligatory B&S content...I have been listening to "Le Pastie De La Bourgeoise" all day...and I have been enjoying it immensely. I'm upset that I missed the video on 120 Minutes...I was even awake, but I never watch any more...the garbage that passes for "alternative" just makes my head hurt. But now I realize that I'm going to have to watch it...but with my luck, they'll never repeat it, and I'm out of luck....bah. xo love nanette! no idea, no spark: nanette's online journal http://www.geocities.com/soho/workshop/7432/ new entry coming soon!! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'm not much cop at punching other peoples dads
by Chris Leonard 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

Well, I dreamt about slow giraffe for the fourth night in a row. In fact I woke up about 6:40 AM and thought, yes, I never heard it. And fell asleep again and dreamt it. How long this will go on for? It could be some time judging by my previous "moon river" stuck in the dream head music. That was continuous for three months, back in 95. Anyway, this time I was ice skating and it was playing in the background like in a lovely brr wintry film. Here's a fact, Struan Murdoch dreamt all of "I could be dreaming", from start to finish he said. hence the "if you had such a dream.." bit. Which he must have dreamt as well if he dreamt the whole thing from start to finish. Sort of like a bonus murdoch song, that we got to share in. Talking of which, I've got miss julia's vinyl tigermilk in work with me today. I'm worried sick in case I break it. Do you think she'd mind if I took it down the town and swapped it for some lovely heroin? Now, michelle I strongly recommend you go down to the basement and dig out the string band vinyl. light up some candles, burn some incense and sit cross legged on a travel rug wearing a dressing gown usually does it for me. You're right the hangman's beautiful daughter is miles better than wee tam. However wee tam does have two bright beacons of wonderfulness, namely "You get Brighter" and the epic "Ducks on a Pond". Ducks on a Pond has the most triumphant kazoo solo in it since the dove flew back to Noah with a twig. I'm a bit concerned to hear about the evil Tag clone. I'm sure i've told you before how I feel about evil clones, but an evil Tag Clone is just terrifying, especially if it wields a huge penis. Genetic engineering ahoy: take one tag clone, engineer an unfeasible meat truncheon and give him enough temper to be right rough when it comes to loving. And keep it on your continent. I raise an accusing finger in a general Toronto direction. I may regret typing that. C H R I S T O P H E R +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Bus Stop Chat
by Pinaplcrsh＠aol.com 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

this is my first real post and i'm a bit nervous. please be patient. In a message dated 98-11-19 18:15:03 EST, you write: << Everyone must also have a story about somebody puking up at the back of a bus on a Saturday evening at 11pm. >> i have a story about when i was the one puking up at the back of a bus. when i was maybe 10 years old i was sent on a 4 hour greyhound bus ride to see my grandparents. it was during a strike so the bus was overcrowded by maybe a dozen of us(the air conditioning was broken during the 109 degree day as well). the bathroom had 3 people taking seats inside and the rest of us were sitting in the aisles. i was in the back of the bus where i met a nice young couple who had just eloped, a young man who was on his way to las vegas and was trying to become a professional boxer, and a recent immigrant from mexico in his 40's who kept trying to get me to marry him so he could get his green card. i didn't know what a green card was then, but the newlyweds and the boxer told me it was a bad idea. we spent the 9 hour ride sharing the peanut butter sandwiches and apples i had brought and washed them down with a bottle each of vodka and whiskey. so there i was 10 years old and silly drunk arriving in to town with my head out the bus window letting loose liquor soaked peanut butter sandwich bits on other cars. it was a funny thing that as soon as i turned around to introduce my new friends to my grandparents, they had disappeared. i always wonder if my boxer friend found his career. *alyssa marie* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "let's sing our song of protest!! ..."Up-town guuurlll'..."
by jimmy bryant 20 Nov '98

20 Nov '98

>Oh and the "is a cricket not unfair" video is #1 in Streamland's top 20. >B&S even beat Scary Mary Manson and a bunch of other likewise tuff and >poorly-dressed types. The headline says "Belle and Sebastian knock Manson >Down a Notch" which is a pretty amusing picture if you think about it..... what's streamland? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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