December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Dingleberry Rock
by PJMiller 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

Yesterday I rather foolishly suggested that Everett True was a boring fat slob. Little did I realise that Mister True had accused himself of the very same thing further down the page: "Ah, I forgot that not everyone's an anal 30-something boy rock collector with a passion for fashion and a memory almost as large as his beer belly." So I wouldn't fire him after all, Duke. What's more, he mentions Dexy's Midnight Runners in two reviews on the trot, and most of the reviews finish with "send 2.50 to blah blah blah..." which is indie-tastic. Dexy's fans would love it round here at the moment, as they are breaking down the walls of heartache by advertising a new phone company. Another thing that caught my eye in MM was the following: "When changing guitars during the set, Adam unplugs and takes the guitar off and swaps with the next one Simon's holding - which has the volume down - and plugs in and turns up." I was just wondering whether the B&S mob have their instruments turned down when they swap them. Does anyone know? Sarah, I agree with everything you say, it's great that Stuart Murdoch writes from a bird's point of view sometimes, 'cos otherwise chicks don't get a say in rock, apart from PJ Harvey and Hilda Baker, and neither of them are really fit bits, are they? I mean, I wouldn't say no, but you know what I mean. Oon has sent me a picture of a mysterious oriental beauty with her kit off, but it's a painting, so it doesn't count. Mind you, credit where credit's due, the nipples are quite good. Thanks Oon! Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: inflatable honey and jasmine nights
by oon 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

i've recently discovered that my computer is roughly 3 years late. i sent a message to the list last week, on which the date appeared to be Tue, 16 Jan 1996. does that make it the first ever post to the list, honey? honey? honeeeeeeeeey???? chris leonard, how about doubling the dose of your porn-via-email schedule. you might manage to bringing him back to life. (in my head flash up an intriguing image of honey being an inflatable toy. with chris being... um chris doing things you do to inflatable toy. i think it's called blowing up, but it sounds like a rude word so i'm not gonna use it.) PyJaMaman wrote; > ......where their yelps echo eerily. I shall draw a discreet > veil over what happens next. no wonder sarah excels at essaying on animal rights. plenty of writing materials around here. and plenty more on shanabis list no doubt. on another topic entirely, i'd like to recommend a little novel for your reading pleasure. 'Jasmine Nights' by a Thai writer P.S.Somtow. probably what you call coming-of-age story about a thai boy who refuses to speak thai, obsessed with greek myth, lizard pet, nanny and her smutty blackmagic and many other things. living in his family estate back in the 60's. it's a bizarre story by any standard. very very funny. it's published in England about 10-3 years ago (sorry, can't remember) so maybe it should be available there as well. merry christmas and happy new year to every lovely one. i shall be working on christmas day, as usual. P O O O O O O O to b****** world i say. 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: What does a hot desk smell like?
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

Not a Zen mind-clearing riddle, just a personal question of mine. I can't imagine this smell or even any metaphorical connections. An odd phrase if I may say so, almost anti-evocative. On the Simpsons last night: Bart: "What's that?" Homer: "Son, they call this a droodle. (spins it) Woo-hoo, look at it go!" Xavier -- BXK M o t h e r , M a y bkim0(a)dept.english.upenn.edu I S l e e p http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 W i t h D a n g e r ? X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: everyone thought it was a shame
by Philly1013＠aol.com 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

Hello List, This absolutely not constructive possible debate over the worst, or shall we say least favorite, song is right up my alley. This is my first time posting, I'm Phil, and I'm a Belle and Sebastian fan ("Come on everyone, let's give him a round of applause. You all remember how hard it was to admit it at first") But anyway, the reason this is right up my allley is because it's a debate that'll endlessly chase it self round in circles and prove itself pointless in the end. So basically, what I'm trying to say, is I'll never give up waging the unnecessary war. Maybe it's the red-blooded American in me, who's spent far too much time in the hopelessly mild-mannered Canada, rearing its ugly head. Well if I were to have to argue for a B&S being particularly offensive, the aforementioned "Chickfactor" certainly comes to mind. As far as I'm concerned if I want annoying schmaltz I'll go borrow my friend's Andrea Bocelli CD. "Fox in the Snow" has been known to bring me closer to convulsions than the profound state of joy brought on from other tunes. I'm sure I could go on, but I really shouldn't... But who was it who was complaining about "Rollercoaster Ride???" I find it an absolute masterpiece to say the least. I noticed from the Jeepster site's poll it doesn't seem to be high on many people's lists, and am curious to know why? It's a lovely tune with some of the best harmonising the mighty Isobel has offerred, and the lyrics are perfect in that what's-he-going-on-about sort of way. It had the the tough task of trying to top "Judy and the Dream of Horses" for best possible song to end an album, but I think it almost does. Almost, oh "Judy" is such a lovely song......let's not digress now.... Carry on, Phil +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: orgasm
by Jarkko Fr�ntil� 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

Some american scientists discovered that a sneeze is 1/1000000 of an orgasm. Does that mean that if i buy some sneezepowder and invite some friends to my place we'd have a minor orgy? @--->--- a rose, love and potherr nice stuff, jarkko fräntilä, a devoted fan of everything that is cute and silly. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: everyone thought it was a shame
by Archel 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

dear diverse, argumentative people, outsiders may consider us a verily 'sinister' bunch, all really rather homogeneous in our unwavering support of b&s, but PROOF that we are not is in this whole good/bad b&s song opinion thing, where, kerraazily enough, we are all far from agreeing. eg: someone wrote that 'you made me forget my dreams' is dull and the lyrics are silly, or some such thing. when i first heard that song i cried, and it's still one of my favourites. i think it's a song about war, but it might just be about seedy sex. i don't really care, to be honest, as the lines 'we had peace for a night at least/but the trouble starts today/this morning you'll say/'i'll see you sometime maybe anon' are just lovely and seemed strangely RELEVANT to my life at the time. nuff said. as for chickfactor, i'd like to defend that from its multiple attackers too, though of course everyone is entitled to their opinion (*mouth goes all pursed up, glasses come to rest at end of nose, sniffs disdainfully*. audience falls asleep.) it strikes me as quite different from much of b&s's other stuff, which could be why some people don't like it, but is also why i do. the tune is one of those 'ooh, it's slow, but what do you know? it's catchy too' things, and the lyrics are pretty fine: 'when i get back to London from outer space/will i fall into place?' nothing wrong with that AT ALL. yay. right, missionary bit over for the day. if anyone can convince me that 'the rollercoaster ride' is a masterpiece then they can have a sweetie. luv archel (currently failing to write an essay) ps: brad and robbie are clearly the spawn of satan and shouldn't be allowed to corrupt dear cardie-wearing poppets with their evil programme of indoctrination. sha na na want your soul. resist! (just kidding lads, keep on sodomising those animals, yeah.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Playforth rap101(a)york.ac.uk http://members.tripod.com/~RPlayforth/welcome.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- "Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: desperate 5 am ramblings
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

here i am, posting again. inspired at the last least likely moment. Mark C croons deliciously: work every morning desperate for my next fix of Lesley Jo's passionate affair with the spectre of Isobel Campbell. And for this I'd like to award her the Carling Premier listee of the month award, to be presented in the form of an illegal copy of an old Headcoatees album. Lucky girl. ************************** and now: (gasps with delight, rushing up to the podium nearly tripping on the marabou trim of her mint green gown, and attempting to cover up the low neckline in a sorry attempt at faux modesty....'jo takes the mike in her slightly-trembling and clammy hands, and dabs her over-thick mascara before speaking. a prosthetic eyelash tips off and lands un-gracefully inside the bodice...) Oh thank you all, i am so excited to be here, uh......to receive this um, uh carling Listee award, you are all FABULOUS dears, i want to thank oh uh, the academy, the gorgeous Mark C, all the listees who hav emade this possible........uh what, uh oh excuse me, ahem, and um my true love and fiancee Isobel, who is in the audience tonite.....there you are dear! and uh, thank you baby jesus, thanks to Xavier for gracing me with the beauty of Francoise and France and nick drake and Felt, thanks to Genevieve, Honey, tuff Jess, and my handlers for doing such a great job pulling those strings, youre' all lovely, MWAH, mwah, everyone in Sinisterland. i can't wait to have my Illegal Hollygolightly fun, this is the greatest night of my life, oh my god oh my god!!! and thanks to......*a giant crooked cane materializes, ripping her off the stage and into the waiting white van......* Oh, and thank you to jeepster Gods for bestowign upon me the feast of happiness now before us....having just received my arab strap poster, and my badges. ooh my fave is the one of Belle on the bike!!! yeah yeah! and the poster is really so beautiful, even if it has a boring photo on it, it's still a nice color, and it's all in black and green and silver lettering, my favorite color combo by FAR. and it says is it wicked not to care, so i'm happy happy happy and planning to display it proudly. i've already hooked all the buttons onto my favorite odd fuzzy jacket for easy showcasing at home and on the go, spreading the gospel of buxom Fun far and wide, praise the saints for that! if genevieve is still listening, hope i didnt' give the impression i was prepared to "take you place" cos i think you're lovely lovely!! for what it matters. 'im not all that great anyway. it's really pretty shameful to discuss your sad pop star obsessions in public, rather exhobitionist of me, but then again i always dream about showing off in public, so i know i have that streak in me. thank you for having not killed me yet. NEWS FLASH! how will you get me to strike a pose? my new photo i discovered has been posted to the photo album, very rapidly indeed. in case you're wondering do i dress like that every day, well, unfortunatley you've got me there, yes indeed i do, and it makes me quite a lot of money, so staring and name-calling isn't very polite mind you! the geekly mark crutch smirks rudely:<I'm not too keen on the gate - though I did like IIWNTC, so I'm not anti-Isobel (though I would like to hold something against her <- smut content). Har-har!!! Nah, that one kills me every time, classic smut line there. oh it does get me jealous when boys talk that way about Isobel, but sometimes jealousy is a bit exciting NO??? I see you all panting lewdly and swooning like girlies as you stand in line, but watch out, i'm gonna beat my way to the beginning, with my legendary riding crop, you men are lightweights arent' you, bunch of cardie-wearers!!! We'll see how it all turns out, won't we then. Mount Isobel awaits. (<---Latent Smut Content Daily allowance: 96%) (SORRY , sorry, i couldn't resist that!) (my own internal Feminist goddesses are currently whipping me mercilessly for that one, so you all needn't bother with the punishment.) the school i'm thinkign of applying to has an art study program summer in Glasgow, i have found. Huh! would i dare, had i the chance? maybe one day i'll be round to say hello to saucy sarah and the rest up that way. twould be a novelty, eh??? a month in gorgeous scotland, I could handle quite well. i once saw a tv program of british railway journeys, a journey from edinbugh up to glasgow and all the stops, what amazing countryside, like a fantasy painting. i wouldn't mind seeing that for once in my sheltered life. Not to mention the admittedly delicious prospect of stalking Isobel in real life proximity, rather than in cowardly and immature comments behind her back by way of an absurd email list. let's say it one more time, delicious, delicious. dont' get me started, it's 5 am and the concept of her poupee de cire is sounding rather dangerous. You had better back away and cover your ears and eyes when that happens. i'll leave it up to your imaginations, you dirty bastards, i knew what you were thinking right from the start. i hope messr. brad's "Fat Les" was not refering to me,as my family and friends used to call me Les when they wer too lazy to add that second syllable, and to this day i can't stand being called les. so now you all know how to piss me off royally, if you ever need to. I think manda rin is phabulously Phun. teen-c power, everyone, teen-c power. Indeed. a somber hush falls over these hallowed halls. lesleyJo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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". 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Sinister: TCS Operational Costs
by Adrian Evans 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

Declan McDeclan Wrote : Just Another... EP: mightily disappointing. will the band ever reach the = heights of 3.. 6.. 9.. again?= Do you want a regular or large portion of knob-cheese with that sir ? Why on earth can't people except that a band might want to move on and experiment with different sounds. Go out and buy yourself another copy of 369.. and snowpake the title out and call it what you like. I for one think the EP is fuckin excellent, apart from TIGHTJUMPERS which only gets going after about 4 minutes which therefore in my eyes makes it a 3 minute gem. IKWTSG is cool and sounds like Foster and Allen on E. The Gate is perfectly charming, and Slow Graffiti as Mr Miller so quaintly put, the best B&S song by a country mile. Sorry for being so rude, it seems to be catching round these parts. I don't like BIS either, but I'm not going to tell 800+ peo...oh fuck. Peter Miller wrote : You're right about all that gnome shit though. I prefer robots. And porn stars mate. Books not worth reading unless its got porn stars in it. Trevor T Treadmill is the best name on the list ever ever ever. I bet you got a big afro with sidies like fucking ski-slopes...smashing. Isn't "Buy one get one free" just the best thing ever ? Ev - The Guru of the Settee. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 review
by alex tobin 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

for those german-speaking listees, just wanted to let you know that my favourite review of the boy with the arab strap (written by a friend) is posted at my site. it's taken from an issue of musikexpress in germany. aside from that, my offer is still up for anyone wanting to start a little e-zine, so let me know if you're interested. anything goes... well, almost! cheers and bye for now, alex http://www.tobin.demon.nl +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: mumbo jumbo and bad song by B&S... and trendy stuff too.
by Jarkko Fr�ntil� 16 Dec '98

16 Dec '98

Hey you lovely sinisterians here, ive got a problem. "What will the trendsetters do, when they run out of alphabets?" Ok, my problem is that sentance. Is that by Douglas Coupland or have I said something Really smart and cool sounding? You know, this X-generation crap and such. Cause I just heard yesterday that I'm part of the Y-generation (although I really HATE all these stupid "Ooh- youre-a-businesswoman-so-youre-part-of-the-AMcBeal-phenomenan"), a member of these under X-generationists. Well, I had a thought, that when the Z-generation comes, we've run out of alphabets. Will all the trendsetters start to use scandinavian letters after that, Å, Ä and Ö? Or will they start to use numbers? But back to my question: Has D. Coupland said something in the lines of that, or is that really something I just happened to think? Hmm... Help me!!! Ok, on to other stuff now. I've been thinking, all you guys seem to be quite big fans of you-know-what-band. Well, maybe we should have a discussion about the WORST songs from B&S. Maybe some kind of a "worst three songs by B&S" discussion? Hmmm, hard, I know. But I just listened to "You made me forget my dreams", and I thought it was a bit: a) Dull, musically and b) lyrically a bit daft. 'Cause I have a hunch that you guys CAN be objective about music, even about B&S... Some people have critisized "The gate" in here, but I cant really say a thing about it since I STILL don't have that new single/EP/whatever it is. Fooking recordstore, they're slow as hell... And another thing, in no relation to other stuff I've said here: I went to Semifinal club here in Helsinki on sunday. Markus Nordenstreng, this ACE finnish singer/songwriter played there. Well, I had a date (first one in over 4 months, yeah!), and the place was ideal for that. The music he playes is basically this calm, slow acoustic music, soooo beautiful. And the place was decorated by candles, and we sat in the corner by the candlelight... And after that we went to my place to have a few glasses of red wine and on the background we had... Belle & Sebastian. Have to say it was one of the most wonderful sundays I've ever had. Now listening to: "Pet Sounds" by the Beach Boys. Now thinking of: This evening. In my mouth: bad taste from coffee and cigarettes. @--->-- a rose, love and other pretty stuff, jarkko fräntilä. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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