December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: b&s rebel against technology
by Archel 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

*mwah* (both cheeks). oh dear, i've been hanging out with the university drama society too much again. anyway, here's my news: belle and sebastian BROKE MY CD PLAYER! they really did! well, kind of, temporarily. i was starting to compile a tape for my christmas listening pleasure, and the first track, naturally enough, was to be Le Pastie de la Bourgoisie. but as soon as i put the cd in everything went all weird and psychedelic and explosions started happening near the Play button and strange voices went 'nooooo, nooo'. not really. in fact it just didn't work. obviously i was more upset that i wouldn't be able to listen to b&s anymore than anything else, and so i started fiddling frantically with everything that could be fiddled with. technical genius that i am, it eventually worked. and that's the end of the story. it was a bit crap i suppose, but the mix tape is damn good if anyone wants a copy. :) i spent the whole of yesterday afternoon writing xmas cards, and it made me feel all warm inside. especially as some of the people i'm sending them to prbably won't be expecting one from me and hopefully they'll go, *head on one side* 'ahhh, rachel remembered me'. 'natch' means 'naturally' by the way, to whoever asked. it's quite an annoying term though, so don't bother cultivating its use. quicker to type i suppose. big virtual hugs, archel xxx ps: a thought: i bet i am the only person in the world who has bought a belle and sebastian album and a marilyn manson album on the same day. don't ask. "I want to drink a whiskey" ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Wee timourous beasties
by Mctaggart, Robert 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

Hello Playdates, Wild Duke McDuke of the Clan McDuke said: >i cannae be arsed explaining. > >But i wasnae a GOTH. EVER. > >although that may just be because i cannae sing. I'm convinced, the Duke "wasnae" a Goth. He was a roadie for Runrig. He also said: >Oh yeah, and you can take that as proof that I WAS NEVER A GOTH. >honest, that was all just horrid gossip. who said that in the first >place? some glasgow boot wasn't it? John, the Duke just called your girlfriend a boot. It's time to prove your worth on the Sinister Fighting List. Chris Jones wrote: >I have noticed recently that some people are trying to sell >counterfeit cheesemeal imported from Andorra etc, etc.... Ah, those zany student days. Staying up quoting the parrot sketch, sometimes way past 11 o'clock, drinking...pints of beer. Oh, what a card. Andorra...no, no, stop it. Stitch me up my sides are splitting. Mick McMick said that Leslie Jo was new Genevieve. What a fickle bunch you are - what's wrong with old Genevieve? She's still here, switching between herself and Hank the legendary Wall Street banker. I swear to God, no-one captures the spirit of Sinister better than Genevieve. She rocks. Talking of Merchant Bankers, WeeJay said: >everyone knows that Tag is my list grudge;) Oh dear. Weej, one of your rabbits has same name as one of my cats, and you want to deny the special bond that gives us? I can't help thinking how devastated I'd be if I cared. I've been a right miserable bastard lately, but I'm not anymore. Actually, this is my last post for a while cos my girlfriend is coming over from Canada tomorrow and I'm going to hug her and kiss her, cos she's ace. That wasn't encoded, that was the truth. I'll still be following all your madcap capers, though. How could I not? Happy Christmas. Love tag 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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Sinister: Skip to the Loo my Darling!
by PJMiller 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

I am now the proud owner of the Rotten Mod Song EP. What can I say that you don't know already? Nothing much. Slow Graffiti is my favourite B&S song by a country mile, the EP's poetical highpoint is the appearance of the lassies in the lavvies, and The Gate, despite not being a pop companion to FunkySeb's legendary pub polaroids, is quite a feisty little number, despite what we may have read elsewhere. I don't think I'd be speaking out of turn if I called it a Nutbush City Limits for the 21st Century. One thing that worries me ever so slightly is the cover. Mister Horne is sitting on a COMMUNIST PARTY FLAG! Does this mean that Stuart Murdoch will be participating in Stalinist pop pograms? I think it does. What's more, the first song lasts about seven minutes, and Fidel Castro's speeches tend to last about seven hours! Mere coincidence? Almost certainly. Can one of our Cheltenham listees check out Stuart's secret files, just in case? I am also sporting my new Study at Stow t-shirt, which I have tucked into my underpants as a tribute to Britain's number one orange-haired girly singer-songwriter. Only a few days to go until the Blue Soda Christmas Shindig at the Poetry Café, where one of these two young men: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/people/TrousScary.jpg will be your host for the evening. Yours sincerely, 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: Coming over all December
by Mark Casarotto 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

I'm hoping that today I'm going to be in the appropriate state of mind to write great things (not the Echobelly song, thankfully - they were never the same after Insomniac - is that what it's called? The one that doesn't go "Mounted Police, carry me home", but something similar), as I'm feeling Disillusioned. With work. Everything else is great, really, especially with my gorgeous ex-sinister chickadee who I don't drivel on about nearly enough on the list, to the relief of you all, I'm sure. We'll both be at the Po Caff Xmas bash on Friday, though, so come and say hello to the balding mousy boy in flares and the cute dark-haired girl who is obviously dating below herself... Whether or not list c****s are a good thing is indeed debatable (Sophie Aldred's a minger, for a start), but I for one come into 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. I'm sure I had lots more to say...maybe not. Hello to the depressingly youthful and clever Rob B. and his lovely consort Emma (please god let her be called Emma, as she was quite charming and I don't want to upset anybody), and the depressingly smooth and laid-back Warrander John, all of whom combined to make me pay far less attention to the excellent Pastels experience than I should have. And a shout out to the depressingly fashionable Milla-Isobel, having a simply marvellous sojourn in New York City, in the off chance she reads this. And Nick Dastoor (phwoaar - see archives for explanation of poor joke of many moons ago) - Vicky says your tape is fantastic, and she can't wait for your next package (missus). And finally, a tearful byesy bye to the delightful Beth Cholet... Anyway, enough of that. I really don't have anything to say, do I? I would appreciate any Xmas present suggestions, though (both for me and maiden aunts, insane grandparents etc - I'm getting rather unhappy about the whole thing...). How come Catch 22 has never been discussed on this list? It seems the kind of book that many people will have read and some will have been profoundly affected by, myself more than anyone, and yet the archives reveal not a single mention. Which is a pity. I think I've read it about a dozen times now, and even bought a second copy of it so that I could lend it to people without having to part company with my beaten up old copy. I'm pretty crap on literature on the whole, which is why this is quite important to me. I have no tales of video shoots, or crushes on members of B&S (quiet lady P!), I find CS Lewis creepy and archaic, and I've never even glanced furtively at another mailing list's bum, let alone succumbed to their seductive pull. And I still don't have a cardigan. What am I doing here, exactly? And then I read the Duke's mail, and Alix's, and Lesley Jo's, and I remember. God, I wish I wasn't feeling so maudlin today. I need a holiday... Sod it, I want a pizza. A sorry and damp 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: did i tell you bout the one i know she's on the rag
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

hullo peeps, a shoutout to my homes Stu-Dogg and Izzy, and Phat Phly Sarah on the g-funk tip, you da bomb sista!!!! hmm well this is miraculous, i'm pretending to be in a cheerfully glib mood this evening!! dont' ask you'll wish you hadn't. NOW i recall why i was writing, last night on our own crap-fest 120 Minutes, "Izzy's Ticket to the Fair" was shown in all its understated glory. gentlemen and ladies, our work here is done, ahem, polish lapels. only i can smack myself for not noticing it, and missing AGAIN the first bit where isobel is in it for so long, and that was the only reason i even sat through an hour and a half of easily the MOST relentless crap i have seen in a very long time, including engrossing interviews in which we delved deep into the penetrating (ahem) minds of those bastions of innovation and artistry, the Offspring and repulsive cunnilingus-bragging, greasy stringy hunk of hiphop wannnabe white boy Kid Rock(so they call him....). ooh, it was scintillating, let me tell you. what a bunch of handsome and quick witted examples of red blooded american masculinity! not to mention the THRILLING debut of a new frat-boy jam vid from Green Day. who says MTV is too mainstream?? despite such nausea-inducing fare, i was still moved nearly to tears by the sheer adorability of wee sarah climbing up in that limb. what an elfin queen! and isobel's knees of sex never fail to satisfy, brief though the exposure may be. not completely sure what is entailed by being knighted as the next Genevieve, except that all of her posts tha ti have read have amused me greatly, so i'm hoping that this is some great honor. i don''t know what was so good about my last post either, as i wrote it in a state of bitter and sleepless disillusionment and slight irritation. about what, i'm not sure, this has just been a very very bad week for me. but i'm glad no one was taken aback by what i feared was a very pissy tone of voice i was taking on. i believe that i am now angry enough to bleach my hair after i get my edie sedgwick cut. i have had it short like that recently, but i've decided to scrap plans to grow it long enough for a bun. i'm out of that mood by now. anyway i was busy looking up edie pics to see if her hair was actually the same as mine used to be, and i got very distracted by the book which was called EDIE of course. i started to feel this gnawing obsession with tragedy growing on me as i was hypnotized by the sight of her utterly white limbs and haunted stare. i was greatly disturbed and had to set the book down and leave in a spooked state of mind. i think i'm having an identity crisis, in any case it was troubling to say the least and i can't explain why. maybe the concept of attractive dead people is just creepy to me and i never really did that whole gig, like my friends still do with james dean, or elvis or what not. hmmm. at least we can hope that isobel willnever end up jagging on amphetamines and getting silicone implants and all that fun stuff. nah she seems too wholesome for that. i digress. never mind. "does that mean that i'm getting boring?" you tell me..... Isobel has Arms of Sex too, you know. *Purrrr*.... leave me be. it's the only thing that cheers me up today, then so be it. lesleyJo (Still working diligently on the B&S collection of Phun Phonts) (who owns one bis record) (and thinks manda Rin is a spiffy bit of sugary-fluff) (NO not in THAT way you perv's.......) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: only me
by schinnen exchange new car sales 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

alix campbell, of course you're right... 'tis but me, a plain old, simple, hum-drum alex. a dime a dozen... hehe, i'll try to at least think of some great stuff in the future. stuff that would be flattering were it attributed to you... will have to rack my brain for yonks (american english: a long, long time). alright, my atlantic/trans-atlantic friends... drop us a line. alex ----------------------------------------------------------- alex tobin pater romboutslaan 14 6419 be heerlen the netherlands phone +31.45.5711883 fax +31.46.443.3937 mobile +31.6.50603533 e-mail alex(a)tobin.demon.nl webpage 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: Shameless plug, and shameful pun
by Mark Crutch 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

As usual I've only just managed to dig myself out of a swampload of digests, so I've completely missed the tail end of the CS Lewis thread, which is where this belongs really. Anyway, all I really wanted to do was to shamelessly plug my website <http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav>, on account of it containing several short stories and a complete novel. What's that to do with anything? Well, the novel has been described (and not by me, I hasten to add), as a cross between CS Lewis, Tolkein and Umberto Eco. My own preferred description has it between Tolkein and Pratchett - more humour than the former, but with more of a plot line than the latter. The first few chapters are a bit pants, and I'll probably re-write them one day, but it picks up quite quickly and becomes a rivetting read - even if I do say so myself. Of course, I'm not as sad as Doestoevky and not as clever as Mark Twain. There's quotes from other people who have read it on my pages if you don't believe me. Oh yeah, it's about 200,000 words long, which works out at just over a ream when printed on one side of A4 using the default Courier font built intointo the laser printer here at work. Not that I'm condoning such a misuse of company resources, oh no... On other matters: I'm a left handed very-amateur musician. Style somewhere between Black Lace, The Wurzels, and my 6 year old nephew on the saucepans. Kind of. Lastly I'll just add my comments about Pish Is Just A Modern Rock Song (PIJAMRS): it's fabbo! I can't stop humming the title track (I've not got any of the sessions, so this was the first time I'd heard it). 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). Perhaps it'll grow on me. <GEEK JOKE ALERT! GEEK JOKE ALERT!> And as for Slow Graffiti - who'd of thought that anyone would ever write a song about the trials and tribulations of taking notes on a Palm Pilot. <WASN'T WORTH IT, WAS IT?> Xav +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: paranoid psychotics anonymous
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

i'd like to point out that the topic does not refer to anyone on the list. *ahem* so anyway, i just saw saint etienne tonight and they rocked the house. er, the bowery ballroom. so for those of you seeing them in london in a couple days, have fun!!! you'll love it. though i guess you already knew that. now things to reply to. At 3:55 AM 12/13/98, Ian MacDonald wrote: and that's where it stopped making sense. then brad and robbie's friend sam wrote about taking over the earth. well, i'd just like to say that when robbie swapped tapes with me he sent pictures of himself and the aforementioned sam doing certain things that i doubt anything terrestrial could accomplish. so i believe him. then brad made an attempt at the written language and said: >understand that, everything will be fine. it was all this guy's fault >named billy who showed up with johnny. he insisted that we "shed some >blood of the innocent" 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? then john warrander started talking aobut making out with the pastels and went on about tag. john, i think you're a little obsessed here. however, tag is a common obsession among listmembers, especially canadian ones. so i wouldnt worry too much. oh, and mr miller, i forgot that i didn't tell you who buffy was, she's a vampire slayer. just wanted to clear that up. alright, back to business. content - none. ha! xox megan mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu visit the magnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sha na na na na na na na sha na na na na
by brad 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

alright, here's the deal. me and robbie (and sam) were sitting around thinking "hmmm, if there can be an offshoot of the list that talks about music (shalala) then where's the one that has nothing but smut and funny stuff that might be somewhat offensive to 800 some other people". we really thought things in those exact words. so we started our own list. and we have dubbed it, fittingly, "sha-na-na" this ain't a joke. we really did do this. so whoever wants to join, come on. it won't be near as much traffic as this list. only one requirement, though. you must, must make us laugh. and i don't mean knock knock jokes. basically all the funny shit that happens on this list, but nothing but. and no subject will be taboo (except bis). so, if you want to join, go to http://shanana.listbot.com and don't ever buy a bis record. -brad +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: hmmhahey
by DMBesPhish＠aol.com 15 Dec '98

15 Dec '98

hello! im in the most delightful mood...<sigh> but i wont go rambling on about all that now. ahh today i gave my speech on belle and sebastian. i got an A, naturally. but i doubt that my mtv/abercrombie and fitch cultured classmates were as interested as i was. ok well ill get to the point of why im writing. my english teacher said that we had to pick a novel to read for our "novel unit" in english and i was wondering if anyone had any ideas. well just email me if you do...thanks! ha...and i enjoyed reading all of your video shoot stories as well as micks santa story. that made my day. and i still havent gotten TIJAMRS yet. i know i know...but i have to save up all my money because im going to see dave matthews band this saturday!!! hooray!!!! theyre one of my favorite bands. and they are they first band that i ever started getting interested in and reading the lyrics. so i owe a lot to them. and i know i will have an utterly incredibly time there because i won 1st row tickets and back stage passes from my delightful little radio. im taking my best friend gina who equally shares her love for dave with me. and we get to meet the band!!!! ohh its going to be so great. and besides all that...one of my good friends corey that moved away awhile ago is visiting and also going to the concert! and also one of my friends chris that lives kinda by me but i dont see as much. ohhhh i cant wait!!!!! and the following day im going to be a little hung over on my way to florida to see the grandparents....yes, thats always a pleasant time. were not even having a christmas tree this year! for shame! well i best be on my way.... xo, jackie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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