December 1998 - Sinister

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by Alexandra Duric 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

'lo listees, I'm happy to see that everyone's in a better mood - I might be if I wasn't nursing a red wine hangover from a tree trimming party we threw last night for all of our friends. Imagine passing out before midnight at your own party! uh, yea, a bit embarrassing, but I woke up to the utterly lovely sounds of my friend Chris playing violin with a couple of others on guitar in my living room. Big SIGH! Our tree topper is this fantastic gift that two of my friends, who were the only other real Belle & Sebastian fans there, besides my flatmate and myself, but they put three coloured 7 inches together, sort of in a mickey mouse face shape. It's the topper of the century! So please, feel free to borrow the idea - I wish I'd thought of it. Just don't use any 7 inches you really like or can't find. Maybe Screaming Trees would work. But then, I wouldn't want to know they had the place of honour on my tree. Hmm, now that's a dilemma... We played the new ep on our show on Friday and the only songs which strike me (i.e. i still remembered them after first listen :_>) were This is Just a Modern Rock Song and Slow Graffitti. I don't quite know what to think about the other two. Isobel is OK as a vocalist, really. But to whomever keeps comparing her to Heavenly, I'm sorry, but I DISAGREE!! No one does Heavenly but Amelia! And "Cool Guitar Boy" is one of my favourites... I don't hear it at all when I listen to Isobel, whose singing ability reminds me more of Nico - sort of unsure, except, um, Nico doesn't really sqeak. Please, no don't slam me with claims of B&S or Velvet Underground blasphemy! And can I say that this shortening of EP titles and song titles is driving me MAD!! Who started it?! merry, merry to everyone... Alexandra ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "Friends applaud, the great comedy is over."
by PSchieting＠aol.com 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

Greetings to all, There are some things I'd like to comment on just because I don't write to the list much, and now seems like a good time (I'm excited..Igot accepted to the University of Michigan in the great town of Ann Arbor, Michigan the other day.) I must agree with the guy that said something about the obsessiveness directed towards Belle and Sebastian. They are definitely "just" a great great band. Two years ago, I was really into the Pixies. I think that i am more into Belle and Sebastian now than I was with the pixies in the peak of my interest with them. I love listening to their music and that is aobut as simple as I can put it. I also really enjoy bands like Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, Apples in Stereo (all of Elephant 6), Yo la Tengo, Guided by Voices, Palace, Stereolab, godspeed you blakc emperor!, tindersticks, pavement, modest mosue, sonic youth, my bloody valentine, and others. I have a comment about Isobel Campbell too. She is absolutely amazing, you know. And she plays her instruments well. I'm going to Ohio next week for my break from high school to visit old friends with very similar musical interests so it sohuld be a festive weekend. A celebration. in closing, it's nice to have something to write about, and thank you for your time. Sincerely, John M. Schietinger +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: sinister-digest V2 #571
by OLDSCHREC＠aol.com 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

In a message dated 12/20/98 11:58:00 AM, you wrote: <<oh and Pete (OLDSCHREC(a)aol.com) thanks for the nice words about the youth movement thing,it's always good to be hopeful,yes? i feel like i could tons more about it all,but i don't know..christmas time makes you just want to go out and roll in the snow in santa knee socks and rest your worrying thoughts :) >> Thanks Genevieve. I contribute when I can when a post such as yours moves me enough to do so. Yes, Xmas or T-Rexmas as I've always known it is an emotional time. Still waiting for the snow to arrive here for me to start rolling in. For now, I'll have to settle for listens to my Field Mice comp, the new B&S ep, various Zoviet France old lps I'm checking out again and wrap some presents for the family. No worrying on this end. Just a lot of love and hope and sex and dreams. Pete G. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: at the gate,he'll wait,in a pair of bunny ears
by Genevieve Wesley 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

Hi! (again) ok..i guess i should talk a little proper about the ep now that i've gotten Mister Sex In A Can out of the way...oh Oon,I'm so happy you agree...'trembling and drooling' for SURE! we could be like the pair in gunsmith cats ( a manga comic), gunstore owners by day,bounty hunters at night driving cobras in search of mister legs of sex wearing only bunny ears,because he's been bad,mixed up in the sinister murder mystery over one of the strippers he works with at the Happy Bunnies Hop and he's got a bounty on him and we have to straighten him out...but umm enough belle n sebastian have coated my heart with honey goo,when i was in the store..there was that magnetic fields album everyone swears by,and i had enough money to get it..but i couldn't bear the thought of someone else snatching up the ep,by the way everyone was talking,i was bracing myself for the gate to be stuart murdoch braying like a mule with mister legs o sex slapping out an accompanying rhythm on his bum, but it's not that bad! it's not my favourite but i always find my favourite b&s songs are always with boys on lead vocals. misunderstood bit: 'which i relent' ! seriously..i always thought it was 'with cherry lint' like some sort of scottish vegetable or something. anyways, i for one like to spread out my b&s albums and eps on the floor,because it looks so great...i think they look so nice all together,a delicious medley for the eyes..it's like collecting special postcards or something,and now we have the orange addition...we defintiley need a nice blue or lavender coloured one next,with stuart david on the cover and the title would be like one of those cute names they give the girls,you know like with Lazy Line Painter Jane..something like Sloppy Stiched Stuart..and a story on the back! i miss the stories..i used to always read them out to my mother,who would roll her eyes "why must they be so depressing,genevieve?" haaa i thought there would be some holiday party tales on here? there better be some interesting stories about new years...i think this year is almost more interesting,because it's the last...99..in Wakefield,Quebec 'funkster disco madmen the hammerheads play wakefield's black sheep inn alon with surf/instrumental masters polaris...paul symes says the the last time they played new year's eve ,"the whole place was vibrating" ' hmmm,maybe i'll just go sit up top a mountain or something,it's lots of fun now that we have SNOW! SNOW! SNOW! mmmmm Krazy Karpeting time,i think so. oh and Pete (OLDSCHREC(a)aol.com) thanks for the nice words about the youth movement thing,it's always good to be hopeful,yes? i feel like i could tons more about it all,but i don't know..christmas time makes you just want to go out and roll in the snow in santa knee socks and rest your worrying thoughts :) xxxgenevieve ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: re:we'll have a good time baby,don't you worry
by oon 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

dear list, this is a lovely weekend, even if winter seems to have left us already. lovely mainly because of lovely food. but now sunday is not so lovely. how sad to see keith leaving. and this... Genevieve Wesley wrote: > I'm not gone...I'm still here! I still post! just sometimes one get > discouraged with not-so-nice personal mails put you off on what you > thought was a bundle of sweetness but anyways.. genevieve, people who said not-so-nice things to you are those who obviously never get christmas present ever in their lifetime. papa noel ignores them and so should you, please. how my mailbox feels so empty without your grace. please don't let any dark force keep you away! >..... ...now mister stuart david (Sex In A > Can!)haunts me with his seductive ways that's different..say i'd go i > like to see mister david in a school uniform (hairy legs! rrrrr) .....snip.... > anyways,people don't go 'oh,how cute!' like they would with isobel..why? > i wonder this. they'd be too busy trembling + drooling of course. probably screaming 'Legs of Sex!' if they're a big enough fan. that's what i would do anyway if i ever see mr.Sex In A Can in that outfit. huhuhuh well, with making song like slow graffiti they can all go wearing only fluffy bunny ears while playing on stage. i won't see any problem with that at all. > ...and,i,Hank try to so hard to write touching and > sensitive vignettes from the view point of a > girl. sigh hank/genevieve whoever you are, heaven bless you! > oon,this was really funny! i couldn't imagine you saying bad words,it > has more effect. oh i'm just practising. it's a bloody good method to improving my english i believe. and of course, i'd be happy to arrange boxing match for you and any partner of your choice anytime. a few days ago, mr.miller wrote about the girl in my card, for the record, she's half bird half angel. that's why she doesn't wear any top. as she's an angel, avert your eyes if you can help it please. you can still look at those birdythings' nipples if you like. he also wrote; > PS: China beat Thailand at football. > PPS: Zorionak back Kuwait also beat Thailand at football a few days before China. i just deliberately forgot to mention that. we're beaten by too many teams it's easier to just remember the one we beat. heaven bless Thailand. what is Zorionak peter?? is this some sort of code? like keith's? i try to read it backward. doesn't work. another record, mr.lander just kindly informed me that in Hong Kong my Doraemon is known as 'Ding Dong'. heaven bless Ding Dong too. a-ding-a-ling, oon 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: Peace goodwill to all creatures - from Kin Woo
by travelling_light＠hotmail.com 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

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Sinister: Peace goodwill to all creatures - from Kin Woo
by daftpunk＠tartarus.uwa.edu.au 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

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Sinister: we'll have a good time baby,don't you worry
by Genevieve Wesley 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

Dear dear List, I'm not gone...I'm still here! I still post! just sometimes one get discouraged with not-so-nice personal mails put you off on what you thought was a bundle of sweetness but anyways.. so lots arugments yes? where did this anti-jeepster thing start? i think jeepster are great...they are so nice and warm..when you get a package it's like 'David Kitchen was your Jeepster person' or something,it's all friendly..i mean, DUH they make money,we all make money or try to,one's got to survive yes? i mean,unless you were a hermit that swore off all materialistic things ..but even then you'd have to barter i suppose,for wheat and barley? it's the mass consumption i can't stand..but then you can go too far to the extreme as well,denying yourself everything...we've all got to survive and yesss there are going to be evil evil evil people that crush all others in order to do so,but come on..sweet jeepster! i'm glad my money goes to them and belle and sebastian..it could go to a lot worse people, i bought the new ep (13.97! wow! usually like 20 something round these parts) so i hope that money will buy stuart murdoch a deserved christmas present,maybe a terry bathrobe he can wrap himself up in and sip hot coco in. ahh,but sometimes these arguments jsut go round in a circle yeah? it's like the bad song/good song thing and "oh pooh on you! it's a good song and you know it!" hee hee i'm suddenly becoming interested into those scottish stores...i asked my mother if there was a murdoch tartan,and she said maybe he belonged to a clan or something.. mmm a clan! a clan of stuarts. ahhh sweet lesley jo don't worry! there is genevieve and there is lesley jo,it's ow you say? 'all good'...and i know exactly what you mean about 'sad popstar obsessions' (maybe one day we can go search for them together,try and get on that mystical belle and sebastian shagon-wagon) but you're lucky! your isobel crush sounds cute and lovely,but isobel is just another person to me...now mister stuart david (Sex In A Can!)haunts me with his seductive ways that's different..say i'd go i like to see mister david in a school uniform (hairy legs! rrrrr) singing "tonights the night were gonna make it happen,tonight we'll put all other things aside,were going for those pleasures in the night,i want to love you,feel you,wrap myself around you,i want to squeeze you,please you,i just can't get enough,and if you move real slow,i'll let it go,I'm So Excited! And I just can't hide it..i'm about to lose control and i think i like it..." (how many times have i mentioned this song with stuarts david and murdoch? oh dear..sad) anyways,people don't go 'oh,how cute!' like they would with isobel..why? i wonder this. oh tag,peter miller,john warrander and keith you're really all so wonderful,your kind words make me love sinister even more despite...(so there's some girl group going on here is there? can i join the boy group? i want to dance dance sequences with keith,in lyrca bodysuits )... a group hug moment,but i'm too manly and tough. that's right...how come people don't congratulate me on my write-like-a-woman abilities?like how they do cause stuart murodoch can write like a woman? for fooks sake,he can't even grow FACIAL HAIR..(so it's not so difficult for him to be girly is it!)...and,i,Hank try to so hard to write touching and sensitive vignettes from the view point of a girl. sigh >Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:58:46 +0700 >From: oon <ooon(a)samart.co.th> >Subject: Sinister: To shit or Not to shit actually i'm not to >comment on that, just feel like saying shit a few >times today. oon,this was really funny! i couldn't imagine you saying bad words,it has more effect. >change topic. someone challenged stuart m to box >sometime ago. must be susannah. if he ever accepts >the challenge, i'd like to offer myself as organizer >of this spectacular event. i know a bar with a >boxing ring. not bad idea really. wouldn't you rather >watch people kick, elbow, smack each other to death >than striptease? or maybe they fight naked, another >good idea! good ideas! yes! i'd like to box with stuart murdoch or david..or mick or chris,or richard or stevie..no sissy fighting,(no hair pulling!) a real man man fight... sniff..i wave my handkercheif along side the train as more depart, love Genevieve Father Keith is my hero (aieee cool dude!) does this mean no more arse no more drink no more feck atmosphere?.... bye bye ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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Sinister: something beginning with "S"
by Mphintz＠aol.com 20 Dec '98

20 Dec '98

It's been a while, hasn't it? I have been here all along, sitting in the back of the room sipping my tea. I was waiting to speak in turn, but no one asked me. Speaking out of turn isn't rude; it's um... shyness liberation. The NYC Sinister meetup last week went well; some new faces turned up. (Though it would have been nice to seem some more of the older ones too). I thought I was catching a cold that evening so I attempted to cure it with paella, sangria, gin and tonic, and cigarettes. Oddly, all of that "medicine" did not do much, and I just became more ill. Perhaps the "feed a cold"-adage means that I should drink rum and cokes and eat couscous and chocolates. (Don't ask the cats for health advice; they just want to keep you at home to be their slave). <<re: Mickey Mouse... I mean, Mick McMick and others disappointed in the new ep>> I too was a bit "ho-hum" about it, perhaps due to already having two of the songs on tape of over a year. But, I couldn't sleep the other night and sat at the computer, with only the screen for light to avoid disturbing my roommate. I was listening to the ep on my discman, and then, in the middle of the night, it all made sense. Listen to the opening bass notes in "Modern Rock Song," or the cello line in "Slow Graffiti". The music can't do it all for you; you have to give something back in return. I have also been a bit disturbed with frighteningly obsessive love of Belle and Sebastian on the list lately. As much as the band mean to me personally, it is just a band at the end of the day. Taking the music at face value won't lead to much; a little thinking and a critical eye are important. I hate to say it, but if the band were to go lardy or lame, I would have to drop them (though I doubt I could do it straight away). Let's not rest on our laurels. The band, including Isobel, are regular people, no better or worse than anyone else. <<Re: having a hit crap record or poorselling masterpiece>> Funny thing is that some people still believe and have faith in what they produce. Money and fame would be nice, but a clear conscience and sleeping well at night are still more important to some. That Stu M. and the band have been able to achieve their success on their own terms is a testament to this. Guilty feet have no rhythm, I have heard. Living and loving Matthew +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: An ink polaroid involving PRINCE!
by Mick McMick 19 Dec '98

19 Dec '98

Yes, yes, yes, I thought, since someone was complaining for lack of content involving that "short twat" Prince, I'd share an ink polaroid from a couple of nights ago... Well I had gone over to my friend Latelle's house. Latelle must be in his 30's now, but he was a DJ in college in the 80's, and he has a room filled to the brim with records. I'm sitting there on the left, with the cardigan and glasses, and Latelle is the jolly-looking bearded fellow in shorts. Most of the picture is made up of hundreds, possibly more than a couple thousand records. They spill out of their snug spaces in the wall and into even piles on the floor, placed in an organized, if haphazard fashion. Upon a part of the wall which descends from the ceiling, there are a couple of singles tacked up there. A The The record, something from the Undertones, an old Rolling Stones 45. In the right corner, behind Latelle there is a shelf with 6 or 7 gracefully aging turntables, some hiding inside of their respective nooks and crannies. If you squint, you can just make out a couple other pieces of stereo paraphenalia, and the odd CD lying about carelessly. You probably can't make out that the platter on the turntable is spinning, but the tonearm is down, so you can assume that something is playing. At the moment this was taken, Latelle and I seem to have burst into a fit of burbling laughter, and my eyes are closed and my mouth is unattractively gaping open, while Latelle is laughing a bit more gracefully and clutching his belly. The record playing is indeed a Tom Jones 12" single from back in the 80's some time. The 12" is actually some other group, and only features Tom Jones' vocal stylings. They are covering Prince's "Kiss." I'll go ahead and do another one of these, as it's fun... This one is taken from behind Latelle and I. You can make out our backs and hair quite well. There is a tower of cassette tapes of enormous height and breadth. It appears to be built into the wall, some 2 meters high and 4 or 5 across. Spaced throughout in surgically precise alphabetical order are an army of cassettes, all with intricately hand-made names on the spine, often spattered in a bit of paint. Latelle's hand is extended and he is removing a cassette whose spine is entirely black, with the words Durutti Column spelled out in white. I am already holding a precariously balanced stack of some 4 or 5 tapes, while gingerly preparing for the addition of one more. I found that Latelle is rather a large Smiths fan, and he also has quite a fondness for Felt, the Go-Betweens, and Orange Juice, so next visit I'm going to bring him something of B&S', as he's never heard them. Perhaps my next conversion is afoot! /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - bp224995(a)ohiou.edu - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - (same e-mail for now) | | Sandcastle Homepage - | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "I am always wishing to make people | | in the world happy with my smiles." | | - Mr. Friendly +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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