December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: fare thee well, lovely list
by gateau du wizz 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

"the time has come, i swear to god we'd just begun - my dear, it's clear, i'm never going to see your face again" fine and appropriate words from azure days there... now dawhlings, i hope you all have a fantastic christmas....i am unsubscribing for a while becuase i've just resigned from my boring job and am plannng to move to boston in january...i will be checking my mailboxes from time to time but i guess the sinister list will have to go...i will miss you all so terribly - if any bostonians want to get in touch to show an old boy new tricks please email me on fourboysinourcorduroys(a)yahoo.com. jessicaxo i have the biggest crush on you...i hope you and ahren reproduce. jonnykat - i am going to track you down like a bloodhound. and the lovely london listees i want to see when i throw together a lame leaving party in the new year, otherwise i'll see you all at the next blue soda where hefner will be strumming my intestines and making sweet music (to make a young boy cry). okay i gotta go....be nice to each other people - less politics more obsessive lerve. and now i have a confession: isobel is my least favourite member of belle & sebastian!! hah hah hah!!! lady penelope, gateau du wizz. "you can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, you can't rollerskate in a buffalo herd, but you can be happy if you put your mind to it." - THE MUPPETS _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: top lists?
by Evan Gregg 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

just wondering if there was any sort of tradition of seding top ten or whatever number lists of records to the list, i wont do it in case its taboo for some reason most lists/boards/etc's ive been on have had top whatever lists i realize most people are home for holidays but its best to wait till after holidays anyway ok well thats it -----Ev +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: does that tickle your whippet, sir?
by Kevan Cooke 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

Hello all you happy bunnies, Alix, I'm sure that whoever stole your walkman was aware of your fine taste in music and was really after the tape inside, so maybe you could take it as a kind of compliment. I have to admit to a lingering fondness for Radiohead, although it is the kind of lingering fondness that you can get after you've seen a band play in a pub a couple of years before they started playing in stadiums. I probably wouldn't like them much otherwise, and I don't really see any connection with B&S. I know this topic is getting a bit tired now, but as it's so quiet at the moment I'll throw in my thoughts on the Major Label debate. I work in the drinks industry where the same principles apply. All those fizzy alcoholic drinks on the shelves aren't meant to taste great, they are meant to taste palatable to as many people as possible. Then it's up to the marketing people to make you want to buy them. Likewise the big record labels don't want anything with too strong a taste, niche markets are not for them, they want something they can put a lot of cash behind and push to a mass market. Usually something inoffensive and bland. That's why we love Robbie, it's all in the image that the marketing people push, the music is inconsequential at best. Independent labels will always rely on marketing too, but on a smaller scale. They can take bigger risks because they are not putting such a huge financial investment into each release. That's why you will invariably find the more interesting stuff on indies. If that was too simplistic then I'm sorry, I have a simple mind and things come out that way. Hugs to Lesley Jo, Kevan The Fat Slug *********************************** chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickclick.com http://www.chickmail.com *********************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: acronyms and such
by Clarence Tsui, Hong Chee 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

On Tue, 22 Dec 1998, sam jacob wrote: :Why is it that when I tell anyone anywhere that I like "pop" music, they :automatically start trying to make me listen to their Mariah Carey and :Celine Dion records (I swear, this actually happened once at work). :Maybe it's because I'm 28. I think it's about how people defines 'pop'. Most would pigeonhole everything cheesy, plasticky and such as pop, thus Carey, Braxton, Boyzone, Pet Shop Boys, Cardigans etc etc (not that I hate all of them - I like PSB actually.) People, however, tend to forget that teh word 'pop' comes from 'popular'. Call me a naive fool, but I reckon that rock'n'roll is a sub-genre of pop instead of vice versa...... I'm actually unapologetic of being a pop-lover. Belle & Sebastian is good pop music - that's what I would say. Carey and her ilk are bad popsters... Merry Kerisimasi everyone. Clarence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mark & Lard!
by Chris Jones 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

chris.jones(a)saqnet.co.uk http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/saxtead/chris.htm http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/saxtead/tiger/ Did anyone listen to Mark & Lard today? I was the one who suggested B&S and who said that they were the founding member of the Pat Jackson fan club! Chris Jones. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 long ball game (no smut content)
by Mark Casarotto 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

Does anyone know if Electrasy are on an indie or a major? Cos I fucking hate them with a passion that possibly outdoes my loathing for Embrace - that "Best Friend's Girl" song is easily the most loathsome song of 1998. Kevan, as ever, is the Voice Of Reason - nothing wrong with being simplistic now and then. I should point out to everyone that having seen Kevan on Friday, I can confirm the rumours that he is turning into an unholy cross between Clint Boon and Wimbledon centre back Chris Perry. Which in a funny kind of way is a compliment. I still don't think I've managed a B&S dream, but I did dream of horses last night. They were trying to kill me. Not nice. Anyway, more hugs to lesley Jo, Mark xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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
by Andras Zalan Szolnoki 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

Hello sinisteriiis!! On monday some friends and I went to see this italian movie , I think it was italian anyway they talked in italian , called la bella e vita ,a funny&sad one. Afterwards we went to the only (almost) place to go here in town (does anyone on the list know/been to SoWhat? ??) . The new Kruder & D was playing. and then it happend....... This is just a model duck song came on and on and on they playd it three times back to back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it was wonderfulllllll :-))) and this glorious twenty minutes or so wasn't to be the end because then came I know that its winter now followed by the best song on the e.p. Slow G. it was a truly great evning , which resulted in too much drinking and too little sleeping , but wouldn't you do the same?????????? yesterday they played "the state".... I wanted to tell all you lovely people about the Yo La Tengo show(s) last week , but I'm having difficulties with my pc ; were not on the same wavelenght . YLT played here in Oslo last monday and tuesday to celebrate this cooooolest (some times too cool) club in town SoWhat? I was there tuesday , but I heard that the monday shows was great as well. On T. anyway they played for more than two hours , and they played non-stop. They dropped that stupid go-off-stage-and way-awhile-atleast-threefourminutes-before-goingback trick. And they were nice. They talked to the crowd (approx. 350-400) , played req. and so on . If anyone one list ..hrmph... matador-hello .... MATADOR RECORDS CAN YOU HEAR MEEEEEE???? just give them a big-big hug a few pats on the shoulder and smiles all around , and say they LOVED you guys and girl back in freezing Norway. Mogwai is coming over in january , how are they live ???????? Greeeeat , great , good , worth to see , if you don't have anything planned or SexPistols in Roskilde? Sebadoh are playing in SoWhat? in january , but it got sold out pretty quickly , it supposed to be the only show in Europe next year just like YLT only played for us , Blllllll . yeah on tiger are playing as well , are they good???? Anyone on the list going to see Molotov in Stavanger? ahhhh my new cd-s arrived!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lets see Nick Drake pink moon , time of slow reply , bryter later , five leaves , and Gorky's Zygotic Mynci -5 But where is the Arabstrap?????????? The field Mice????????????? They're sold out????????????????????????????? Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!! well Nick is fine by me :-))))))))))) He is God you know !! S.M. ( hmm.. SM ...hmmm .. S&M.... hmmmmmmm) is only numero dos ; sorry boutthat I just had to say it. I think I'll go back to lurking , or at least reading on my plate : Cheese & Wasa-knekk in my cup : Chaii a la ungaro in my cd player : Nick Drake ...soon playing in the deck : Black Star -rawkus records- Ciao!!!! Andras :-) ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: acronyms and such
by sam jacob 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

someone wrote: The next "too ridiculous for words" point is the sudden rash of people complaining about the acronyms. It's very simple: TBWTAS is a lot shorter than The Boy With The Arab Strap. And then it became TWATTYBUS and TIGGERJAMMIES because it's *funny*, something that this list used to be. I'm sure that it annoys people. There've been time when the names have become so bastartized that I can't even figure out what song is being discussed. But it's all in fun...just let it go, please. well... I was going to keep quiet about this, but i might as well say something short. Mailing lists are famous for these acronyms and nicknames etc. But, sometimes they can feel like a way for keeping newbies on the outside and "old skool" mailing list folk "in the know." If these acronym titles are so simple, why can't we include them in the FAQ about the mailing list, so people coming in will have a clue as to what they mean. Here is an example of a silly misunderstanding. When i joined the list, i new right away that TBWTAS meant The Boy with the Arab Strap (duh!) and assumed that TWATTYBUS (or whatever) was the same thing, but funnier. I however thought that Tiggerjam referred to TIJAMRS. But than i thought that Tiggerjam referred to Tigermilk. And now Teejammers refers to This is Just a Modern Rock Song. right? or not? Anyway, it wasn't that simple to me, and i am assuming a couple others were thrown off... I don't think mentioning them in the FAQ would render the jokes unfunny, just because they are explained. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: is it wicked when you're smiling,even though you feel like cryi...
by Pulpbot＠aol.com 23 Dec '98

23 Dec '98

jeezus, you need to watch more MST3K--them fellas know obsessive and don't flinch even when they're cat-calling Morrissey references at a badly-dubbed Godzilla rip-off from 1952. Who on the list would make you feel so glum? Point one: Obsessiveness is a tremendous affliction, nevah, NEVAH apologize for it. In my Norton Anthology of Poetry there is an entry by one Mr. Christopher Smart who wrote a tremendous epic poem, "Jubilate Agno," on the the walls of the insane asylum he was committed to. Even better for Mr. Belljar was that the climatic climax of the poem centers around his best, best friend--his cat Jeoffrey. He really, really liked Jeoffrey. And this wonderful poem is taught in universities to kiddies who heretofore believed that Allen Ginsberg truly bitch-slapped the system. So don't you go worrying. Point two: As Mr. J. Rotten once opined, "anger is an energy." Now, you may argue that it takes guts to be gentle and kind, but sometimes you gotta ask if you can't get a fuck you. Okay, I'm making lyrical references instead of stating an actual opinion, but heck, postings with verve are what make the day, even if people occasionally get hot-headed, ain't it better than mumbling about your shopping list? All the postings on the list that I generally check out are usually less the old standard-bearers than the peeps who make their reputation with wit and sometimes a lot of bite. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: does that tickle your whippet, sir?
by Alix Campbell 22 Dec '98

22 Dec '98

some bastard stole my walkman from work today. i wanted to tell everyone that because i'm annoyed. grr. whilst i'm working away, trying to reduce the now critical mass that is christmas novelty cakes, someone is in the locker room stealing my walkman. tits. has everyone gone home, or something? it's really quiet, which is quite nice. well, merry christmas then, you fules. i've run out of words. alix.x i think we should all hug lesley jo. "So don't approach me if you've no more to say than what you've been doing, or how much you paid for the beer in your hand. I really don't care and I might have to kill you, which wouldn't be fair. On me" - Prolapse 'Killing The Bland' +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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