December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: new ep and video ramblings
by Jonas Svensson 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Hi, everybody This is my first posting to this list and thought that I´d write something about my feelings on the new ep. I was a bit dissapointed when I first got the EP it didn´t catch immediately but then neither IYFS nor TBWTAS did, but now I love all three. What an amazing song TIJAMRS is but I have to agree with a previous poster that the second part of the song is superior to the first. I saw the video for the first time on mtv yesterday, it´s good I especially liked the colors in it, acctually this was the first time I realized just how good they are compared to the crap they were showing before and after. Oh, and the rest of the EP then, hmm, good songs not much more to say, the gate wasn´t so bad. Got my first b&s tshirt too, can´t wait until the winter is over so people actually sees it... -jonas goteborg,sweden in my cdplayer now : abba "the hits 2" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Brynner is dead.
by DAVE 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Yul Brynner is not only dead but he starred in a t.v.commercial to adertise the fact. A long way from the heady days of being a wild west samurai who came to the rescue of a depressed peasant village that was being taunted by an evil warlord with only Steve mcQueen and five other pistol-flashing rogues for assistance (scenes only beaten in their compelling nature by those featured in the 'Three Amigos'), Yul dyed a cancer ridden alcoholic who had spent several years drinking, smoking and being shagged to death. This we know because he subsequently starred posthumously in an government warning campaign scripted something like this: "Hello, My name is Yul Brynner and I am dead. I am dead because I smoked cigarettes. I am dead because I drank and smoked and was shagged senseless day in day out by playboy bunnies. Don't do it or you might die too." The above is said with an ironic smile of absolute arrogance and extacy which says, 'Like you wouldn't do it too if you got half the chance!!!' +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: MERV GRIFFIN!!!
by Trevor T Treadmill 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Merv Griffin. Merv Griffin! MERV GRIFFIN!! MERV GRIFFIN!!!!! === Nobody knows I'm a lesbian PS. Merv Griffin. _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We are ze robots
by Keith Watson 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Oon, no problem if you want Dr.Divine's tapey experience for your own front room, drop me your address again and I'll mail it off to you. By the way, you may be "hoist by your own petard" when talking about Yul Brynner, cause, as we all know, Yul Brynner himself is in fact a robot! It's true, and yes, he is dead, he got shot at the end of Westworld. You're going to have to work out where your allegiances lie - robots versus the King and I. Frank - have a lovely Christmas, and, as a special Christmas present to us all - please ensure you compile a list of "What's in your CD player" every day, so's you can post it in the New Year when you return. Everyone going to the Bluesoda thing tonight, please say an extra special hello to Northy for me. If I was there, I'd administer him a Glasgow kiss myself. Unfortunately I'm not gonna be though, never mind, maybe some time next year. Incidentally, the Glasgow thing has no definite location as of yet. I'm gonna find out what the story is and post to the list before I bugger off on holiday which is next Wednesday. Look forward to meeting more of you though, all the usual suspects will be turning up. Cheers, Keith. Ps : Frank, just seen your new mail - perhaps your CD player diary ought to be hourly, instead of daily. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sinster: Aw shit.
by Frank Yang 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Okay, the post I sent two hours ago just showed up, which means my two resends can't be far behind... Massive apologies for the multiple redundent posts. Feel free to harangue me in my absence. Any personal attacks can be sent to f2yang(a)hotmail.com. I thought the posts vanished. It's never taken two hours to show up before... -- Frank Yang "I'm so very very, very sorry..." In my CD player: The Jayhawks - Tomorrow The Green Grass +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: jessica in the snow with her ice princess furry coat on
by jessica 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

hello sinisterines, i know you all missed me greatly. well, perk up your faces, because i've finished my essays and am now ready to fill up your mailboxes again...well, erm, not quite in the same manner that i did last time. this time, you'll actually care. maybe. i had a wonderful day yesterday - i walked around, drinking tea (which i spilled all over my front, but that's not the good part), got the new wallpaper* (with a photo of a spanish magazine inside, that has sweet isobel on the cover), got a canadian magazine that quite frankly stinks, but LUKE WILSON (sigh) is on the cover...what a cutie he is, there's a boy named kevin in my law class that looks a bit like him and i stare at him comstantly (but it's not me who yells 'luuuke!' when he walks by). i hope i don't make him uncomfortable. but the highlight of my day yesterday was when i walked in to rotate this and found the TWIGJUMPERS ep, and it was the last one and i think it was just waiting for me (and the new shop boy was all condecending, assuming that i had never heard belle and sebastian and saying "have you heard them before? because this isn't the best ep to start with" in a snooty way, so i made a mental note to make myself a b+s teeshirt to wear all the time to avoid such misunderstandings). i really like 'modern rock song' itself, *especially* that part where stevie comes in. it's like in llpj, when monica starts singing and you don't know what to do with yourself because it's so raunchy and odd and totally unexpected in a b+s song, but after a few listens you come to realise that it's such ear candy to have this sweetsweet music with a raucous singer, it's worlds colliding and it's all good. suzanne blasphemed about stevie: >>There is a bit of distinctive charm to his voice---it reminds me of Ringo.<< gaaa! i'm not sure i'm entirely comfortable with stevie being compared to ringo. if you remember (and i know i do) ringo had awful phrasing, like i don't think he knew that the words were supposed to actually go along with the music. whereas stevie, he's just got a voice that's not watercolor like stuart, it's more oil paint and solid and a bit rough in spots but beautiful at the same time. it reminds me of dean wareham, actually, at the 5:30-ish mark where he does the "aaaa-aahl" thing. we have snow today! i woke up this morning and the trees were glistening and the ground was slippery and my cheeks got all rosy as i was walking to the bus (and then i got on the bus and my glasses fogged up, which definitely is not sassy). i kept my eyes peeled for foxes, but all i saw was the raccoon that likes to sit beside the heat vent on the roof of the house across the street. which is pretty cool nonetheless, but let's face it, a song called 'raccoon in the snow' would not be nearly so nice. TWIGJUMPERS goes quite well with a frosty nose and a furry blanket, i very nearly invited luke wilson boy to have lunch with me because the first snow + belle and sebby = swooshy feelings, which translate roughly into distributing far too many christmas cards and wearing my favourite socks. they're twee socks (http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/tweesocks ), you know. ahh, shameless plug. thanks to xavier for mentioning one of my favourite simpson's moments ever, where homer brings the droodle (i know, i know, it's a dreidel) home from the rabbi and spins it around. i also like the one where lisa becomes a vegetarian and she makes gazpacho for everyone, and barney yells 'go back to russia!'. and doctor hibbert asks for a hot beef injection. mmm, smut. love, jessicaxo

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Sinister: This list is SHIT
by Keith Watson 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

<<Warning - this letter contains embedded satanic messages>> Hello chums, how's it going these days. Miller, have to agree, robots are definitely better than trolls and little g-nomes any day. I'd lay money that in a square fight, robots would win hands down... Let's imagine. You've got Maximillian, the big red robot from Disney's "The Black Hole" versus the likes of Bilbo Baggins. Well, the results are a foregone conclusion really. Bilbo's tossy little knife going to have little effect on Maximillian's big red metal body, and Max can fly too, and he's got these massive whirly blade things on his hands that he normally uses to shred office rubbish with, but in extreme circumstances, they can be used to kill! I'm afraid that indeed there is only one Genevieve (won THIS si tsil sihT), pity she never posts any more, quite like a lot of people I suppose. There's been a lot of fuss about the latest B+S EP MONKEYSPUNKMOPED recently, I think it's ace, I don't think it's getting into a rut, not least cause some of the songs are pretty old. The Gate's a nice tune too. No problems there, I for one think it's miles better than BUMFACEDGOATS the third track from TWATTYBUS. Also, the relevant content on this list is getting worse and worse too - in the last few months there's been hardly a mention of the WHO (only Miller's "Sister Disco" moniker) and no mention at all of 10CC. We really ought to get back on topic. Nice to hear from Oooooooon again though, how's things in Thailand - is Yul Brynner still treating you lot well? Let us know how things are getting on down there then. We'd better watch what we're saying now too by the way, cause it looks like we've got both Mick and Alastair Cooke on the list, or so it seems, now all we need is mummy and daddy Cooke to join and we'll have a full house - mind you, It's just as bloody well we're in the business of writing to a mailing list and not making a broth isn't it! (emit emos enohp a em evig, luaP) Hey you lot - quit reading private messages Cheers, Keith. Ps: the list isn't shit really, I suppose, it's just being economical with quality at the moment. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We can't rewind, we've gone too far.
by JonnyKat＠aol.com 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Hello there, children. I return from the shadows to comment on all your witty chatter this past week... and you thought I wasn't paying attention! HA! Kevan recently regurgitated: "Behold the power of cheese!" It's a great country, no? Kevan, I'm so sorry I missed you when you visited. Feeling better, I hope? Too much American cheese? Well, I heard you were very sweet, so I'm destroying your image as a tough guy, right now in front of everyone. The reason I was not in NYC is because I was in Athens, Georgia. Which brings me to my next series of comments... Robbie attempted a compliment: "Great meeting johny and billy, your part was ace!" The only problem is, after having met Robbie and discovering he is a truck- driving Southern redneck hillbilly, I think it's safe to say that he has never, ever, uttered the word "ace" is his entire life -- unless it was during a poker game. :) Then Brad Bellowed: "It was all this guy's fault named billy who showed up with johnny. he insisted that we "shed some blood of the innocent." Well, I think you misunderstood, my dear. I was there, and what Billy said was that we should have "fed some mud to the insolent." I think he was referring to you? :) You boys know I'm teasing... Then Megan defended: "Billy is the sweetest little kitten of a charming boy ever. and as chris leonard so helpfully pointed out, brad is a lion waiting to devour and maim. who do you believe?" Thank you, Megan, for defending the sweet little kitten against the big bad lion. Charming is a good word to describe Billy, but I think you should know... he does have a very dark, evil side as well. Right, Billy? Oh, and Ginger teased: "ps--I took pictures, and I'll post again when I can get them up and scanned." Well, we'd love to see them! I can't wait to expose Bob with his animals, Sandi getting sandy, and Billy wrapped up with another woman. It's ok, Billy, I'm over it now. I realize that I have something she will never have... And on that note, I bid thee all a Happy Christmas! Love and Kisses, Jonny P. S. Anyone in New Mexico for the holi-daze? Write me! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: rock around the clock
by jewdee baumann 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

ughhh...you have pulled me in. i can keep my fingers from plucking at this dirty plastic keyboard no longer. wretch. bah. no, must...fight...the urge...! sleeptheclockclockaroundisthebestsongbyfar! egads! "but i couldn't help it, mother. please forgive me!" ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Me and the Major (and the Swede has calmed down)
by Anna J 17 Dec '98

17 Dec '98

Hey everybody, I thought I'd post a little something since my exam is getting near and I really don't have any time for doing things that don't involve me putting my nose in my books. Mark wrote: >Would it really have been so difficult >to prune a track from the Modern Rock Song EP so that we could at least >get excited listening to the new chart rundown? Why in the whole world would anyone want to give up even just one B&S-song for some excitement listening to some shite chart? The excitement you get from listening to say "Slow Graffiti" is millions times that, and you can press "repeat" and listen to it your whole life (or till your record player breaks), next week Five or something will be topping the charts again anyway. Ok, sorry if I'm all wrong, but personally I'm just happy B&S are giving us our money's worth, and besides, I've always had a little special fondness for EP:s. >Let's face it, B&S are a >Radio 2 band. Grannies listen to Radio 2 and they buy their CDs in >Woolies and Asda. They need a major label. If I had a granny I'd be proud if she listened to B&S. Hey, does anybody have a granny/granddad that actually listens to B&S?? That'd be so cool. And we could make them honorary members and godfathers/godmothers to this whole little list. Just a thought. And ooh, they could knit us nice wooly B&S sweaters and bring cookies to the picknicks! Ok, I give up, I'm going to the library, Anna :) P.S. Thanks everybody for clearing up my little "natch"-problem, it does all make sense now. And here I was, thinking you'd been discussing Mexican food for the last 10 months. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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