November 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Drunken Non Sequitor
by Burt Reynolds 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

Hey there! I was working as a hostess in a restaurant a couple of years back. It was located in the heart of a bustling metropolis so we used to get all manner of street life. This drunk guy stumbled in once and I said (grabbing a menu), "Smoking or Non, sir?" He aimed his craggy face at me and raising one crooked finger said, "Jesus was kind, but there's a lot of mean music out there!" ~Rachael In the CD player: a green furry bit of bologna. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ooooooohhhhhhhhh!
by J. MURTAGH 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

I think Jessica Murphy is great, belle and sebastian are only pipping her to my love interest pole position +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Bay Area Clubs? (no B&S)
by Heather Marie Propes 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

I should probably preface this message by asking, is it ok to write non B&S messages? I know that Lipgloss has a (NP) tag that you can insert into your subject line. Is there anything like that here? I don't want to step on anyone's toes. Just for now though, let me ask, does anyone know of a britpop/new wave club that goes on weekends in the San Fransisco Bay Area. I guess New Wave City is good, but that's Thursdays and I work. Just wondering. Thanks. Heather http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch(a)midway.uchicago.edu +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Everything in general and nothing in concrete
by Jordi Trenzano Vilar 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

Hi, sinisterites: I have received "Tigermilk" and the english radio sessions, which were sent to me by a guy called Stuart Gardiner. Really wonderful. I think that some of the astronauts who came to explore at the "discovery" should have taken a copy with them, because I just can?t imagine how it could be hearing "electronic renaissance" a million miles from home. Yesterday I heard a song from the forthcoming Velocette album. Really lovely. I am looking forward to hear the whole album. Tara Widmer wrote: "i have no idea if the Et are any good in concert, but after waiting 6 years for them to grace our shores it's so exciting! break out the platform shows, lame gold hotpants and feather boas, I say! Girls, too!! someone asked about heroes, I have to say Ms Cracknell is quite high on the list for me. She has the voice of an angel and the kind of popstar-drag-queen icon thing working for her. Who cares about the wonky eye, she's just precious. They did this VH-1 (christ, i watch too much of that...) "divas" special and instead of having any real glam chicks it was all ho-hum city with Celine Dion and Pariah Scarey. Sarah is way cooler..." I saw them live at the spanish Benicassim Festival (along with PJ.Harvey, Bjork, Sonic Youth, Teenage Fanclub, Tindersticks, Gorkys Zigotic Mincy, Goldie,...... anything to envy to the english ones ? I do not think so) and they were really sweet. I do not have any of their albums, but if you can make dance 20.000 people who are tired of walking 45 minutes in order to get into the stage, be sure that you have something special. They ended with a slower version of "He is on the phone". Anyway, I just cannot imagine Celine Dion singing this song or Mariah Carey making a crime of "Silvye". Can you ? Stuart, I have sent you an E-Mail, but possibly something has gone wrong with my computer and you did not got it. Let me know, please. Jordi. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: In All Their Glory!!! Be There LIVE!!!!!
by Mark Meyerson 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

Oh Les, I tried to check out the DC story and the link was bad ?? thanks MMMMMark > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Meyerson > Sent: Friday, November 13, 1998 10:55 AM > To: sinister-digest(a)majordomo.net > Subject: RE: : Sinister: In All Their Glory!!! Be There > LIVE!!!!! > > > grrrrreat job on the photos Lesley > > I made the one of just Isobel's head my desktop wallpaper > > thanks for bringing the memories back > as I loved the DC show and can't wait for B&S to grace us with their > musical delights once again > > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4967/bs.html > > > ciao now, brown cow > MMMMMark > > > > np "she's losing it" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: In All Their Glory!!! Be There LIVE!!!!!
by Mark Meyerson 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

Oh Les, I tried to check out the DC story and the link was bad ?? thanks MMMMMark > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Meyerson > Sent: Friday, November 13, 1998 10:55 AM > To: sinister-digest(a)majordomo.net > Subject: RE: : Sinister: In All Their Glory!!! Be There > LIVE!!!!! > > > grrrrreat job on the photos Lesley > > I made the one of just Isobel's head my desktop wallpaper > > thanks for bringing the memories back > as I loved the DC show and can't wait for B&S to grace us with their > musical delights once again > > > http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4967/bs.html > > > ciao now, brown cow > MMMMMark > > > > np "she's losing it" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: In All Their Glory!!! Be There LIVE!!!!!
by Mark Meyerson 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

grrrrreat job on the photos Lesley I made the one of just Isobel's head my desktop wallpaper thanks for bringing the memories back as I loved the DC show and can't wait for B&S to grace us with their musical delights once again http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4967/bs.html ciao now, brown cow MMMMMark np "she's losing it" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: philly redux, nick drake, (real) noise, mbv, record player advice
by Goon Koch 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

damn, its been long since i posted. i think i was on some different cloud for the philly show, the new york show and the week in between. after the korova milk bar party, my appetite having been whetted for a little of the old ultraviolence, i took a quick nap in my car and then dieseled back down to parts pennsylvanian. but i think that all that ecstatic peacing out together caught up with me a little bit and several days of miserable illness ensued. on Monday i was at the trocadero/balcony bar for movie night. i spoke to one of the managers there (name eludes me) and she expressed great disappointment that they did not play but was not bitter. she didnt say anything about any of the other band members being at the hospital, or otherwise unavailable. i traded in my ticket stubs for the refund. god, that was sad. at least i was able to get my money back. i know a lot of other people werent as lucky. jessica g., im glad your shirt fits. after all my whining about belle and sebastian providing inadequate coverage to their healthy adorers, my XL is almost too big. at least this way i can wear it over a sweater and whatnot, so i can show my colors even in driving sleet . . . nick drake has spent a lot of time in my cd player lately. ive had pink moon for a couple of years (had to have it after i heard sebadohs cover of the title track). its very bleak and makes me feel like im being drawn into a tiny little box, but it really really really grew on me. nick had booked some studio time with a sound engineer and recorded a few songs with his acoustic guitar over the course of two days. the sound engineer was under the impression that these were to be rough demos, but a few days later nick walked, unannounced, into the record companys office, plunked down the tapes on some receptionists desk, and walked back out. thats pink moon. nick never recorded another minute of music and later commented to a friend that he felt he had no songs left to record. when i finally borrowed a friends box set and heard the first two albums, i was totally blown away. compared to the rock garden of pink moon they are like flowers in full bloom. bryter later is a gem. very polished, it is also very balanced. it starts out with a short instrumental and then launches into hazy jane II which reminds me of the way every belle and sebastian album starts with stuart singing very softly by himself and then hits its melodic stride very quickly. also, if youre feeling sinister owes a LOT to hazy jane II, specifically the quick, tight phrasing in the verses while moving through an entire octave with the instrumentation is marching in place. listen to it. i think its uncanny. so anyway, pink moon is the definitive nick drake album for you if you prefer slow, dirgelike joy division over new order circa age of consent. if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense that nobody paid a lot of attention to nick in his day. in 1969/70 everybodys eyes and ears where focused sharply on the other side of the pond, and compared to jimi hendrix and janis joplin, sweet nick, with his string sections and delicate phrasings, must have seemed terribly naive and old-fashioned. when i was flying to canada and the little muffled gong sounded and i was told i could now operate approved electronic devices (are belle and sebastian approved by USAir?) i listened to if youre feeling sinister and it sounded totally different. in an airplane, there is a tremendous amount of noise, but almost all of it is concentrated in a relatively narrow band of the frequency spectrum. (i am told that flight crews eventually lose their hearing in that spectrum) this noise filters out certain aspects of the music so that on get me away from here, im dying all i could hear was the bottom end of the guitar, the top end of stuarts voice, a little bit of percussion and a what sounded like fifty fingers constantly sliding along fret boards. its great hearing music you love and listen to obsessively for the first time all over again. the all time greatest album for combining with noise is, obviously, mbvs loveless. all in all id have to say that creations money was put to good use because mad kevin sure crammed an awful lot of sound in there. i spent a summer in alaska, doing commercial fishery and marine maintenance, and i always made a point of blasting loveless on the portable stereo whenever i was working with a new power tool or noise environment. whether combined with a power sander, air drill, industrial vacuum, circulation pumps, the sea driving against the hull of the ship, the churning of different engine rooms, the music always sounded fresh and different and enhanced somehow. damn, im still kicking myself for not seeing them live, but, yknow, i would have had to take the train to frankfurt . . . oh, to whoever said they were going to burn their mbv cds: dont do that. send them to me and ill make sure they find a good home. can anyone recommend a good turntable to me? where in the u.s. east coast do i have to go to find a nice record player? does anybody have a decent used one they want to sell me? okloveyoubyebye, -goon k.- ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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Sinister: Damon And The Werid But Funny Dream of B&S
by NoelWhitey＠aol.com 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

Hello Mates, Last night I was listening to If Your feeling Sinister and eating a Pack of M&Ms (Witch was Peachy) right before I went to bed so Thats why I think I got this dream.... First There was a Fox in The Snow and it was looking around then it went on the sunny grass and went up a hill where a Catholic church was and went in and then It went into a Cunfession booth where he Found Wee Chris confessing Using an Arab Strap(Hehe Im even Sassy in my dreans >:) ) then my view changed and all of a sudden I was following a horse through the woods and then I saw a wee Littel hut and went in it and there was Stu and all these kids and they all were Lidstening to B&S and watching "Dont Look Back" and then that was it. anyone else have a dream about this? -Damon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Nick Drake's stylish bus ride.
by WeeJay 13 Nov '98

13 Nov '98

Thanks for all the lovely replies for the Drake thing, which I honestly wasn't expecting... You are all lovely lovely people and I now forgive you for not having crushes on me. And I've got one last bus story for you before the subject gets a little tiresome (if this hasn't happened already, which I dont think it has, but hey, horses for courses and casting clouts and all that). My friend James (not me obviously...) was on a bus home when the bus driver stopped half way a one of the usual stops nd with the passengers an inspector came on. Apparently the driver started acting all nervous and the inspector checked all the tickets and found that they were all for 10p of something and that the driver was pocketing the rest. So he chucked the driver off the bus there and then and drove it the rest of the way. Martin Horsfield said; > All of which got me wondering, exactly what are you good people > wearing today? I would guess the stereotypical image of B&S > fans is wedge haircuts, black 501s with turn-ups, cardies or three > quarter length suede jackets and Penguin books T-shirt for the > boys, and short floral skirts, DM shoes, hair slides and woolly > stockings for the girls. However, with all this talk of silver > trousers, I suspect that there's more than a number of > glamourpusses among you. Hmmn, you've caught me at a bad time, this being daytime in the IT centre and not out at a gig or something but here we go - For a start, You've all been assuming I'm short but haha, the 'wee' stands for 'wildman' and does not indicate shortness, in fact I am 5'11 FYI. Today I have my black hair in it's usual semi-quiff, I'm wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Paul McCartney, not because I'm a fan but because it goes with item 2, My suede car coat and Item 3, my blue trousers. I've got some light suede walking boots on and glittery gold nail varnish 'cos it's too much bother taking it off if you're going to put it back on every night. Satisfied...? Missing you already, WeeJay XXXXXXXXXXXX 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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