December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: at least that's what we say we are doing
by Megan 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

today i went to dedsky mir, which translates to children's world assuming that i spelled it right, and bought a fox. there were several to choose from, big and little. some had bushy tails and others didn't. mine doesn't, but he has a little dark spot on his forehead and cute velvety paws and bushy white cheeks. i haven't decided on a name, i've been calling him foxy. though i feel like that isn't very creative and my little fox deserves something better. the naming is a task not to be taken lightly. luckily discussing foxes, even if they're plush, is sufficent content for this. if i throw it out the window it would be in the snow, though perhaps slush is a more accurate term now. a couple of warmer days have melted the snow a little, though i hope it will snow again for new years. i'm coming to like snow quite well. i never grew up with it, so it was a novelty to me for a good long while. in texas, a thin dusting on the ground was enough to call off school. i remember trying to make snowmen, and that it took almost the whole lawns worth of snow to make a head, and it was never a round head, more of a melty head that seemed to be rising out of the ground. but we tried. again i have no content. actually i was just thinking, which i do from time to time, and realized taht we haven't had any b&s news in a little while, after quite a glut this fall. i like gluts. as long as their good things. so anyway, does anybody have any idea of what's going on in their pretty little heads? conjecture is more welcome than fact. i wonder if the band members are scared of the list? thoughi suppose it's no worse than when susannah used to write smut about stuart david. and i don't think that scared him at all. though he's that kind of guy i think. you offer the right guy smut and it works everytime. not that i would know anything about that. i don't even know what smut is. smut backwards is tums. do i sense a global conspiracy? ok, the only acceptable thing about ramblings is brevity. so i'm off to dance amidst the ice fairies. xoxoxo megan +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: a virtual virgin
by Declan and Noren Hynes 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

salutations listees (is that the proper grammar?) everyone has to start somewhere so i'm taking the plunge with my first post to the list, my cold hands are trembling as i type. I took Pauls advice and studied the list for a few days, and reading all the posts has filled me with a nice sense of community, the list does seem to extend further than the music and the band. Belle and Sebastian seem to have created their own sub-culture. I don't think anyone who has fallen for belle and sebstian can sniff nonchanantly and say "yeh, they're alrigh'". Fans are steeped in them. I think it's sort of a comsuming passion. I first heard of them over a year ago when i got sent a tape from Soozy Cole (i'm not sure if she subscribes, if thats then case CHEERS SOOZ) I must say i was smitten, and still am. I don't know of very many other fans in Dublin, but i'm sure they exist. And i must say i was surprised to see so many american fans, i felt like i should have known of this gem of a band before people in the U.S., purely out of geographical snobbery. But theres no place for that, Belle and Sebastian are magic, and everyone deserves magic in their lives. in relation to Blakes post about that point........ where the music is incredibly fresh, new and exciting. You know, before it becomes something you've had for a while. Don't you wish you could rediscover an album all over again? ........ I totally agree Blake, in fact i often think about it. But not just in relation to music, to everything. What if you never had to read the same thing twice, walk down the same street more than once, ever. Taking it to the extremes, even not having to see the same person more than once. But i think without familiarity we'd all go slowly insane, and an old cherished CD, one that sounded so fresh and sparkly the first time you heard it, can still be new and exciting, it's all relative to ones state of mind. But in contradiction to myself, one album i'd love to rediscover is ziggy stardust. well, those were my first few tentative steps into the realm of sinisterness. i've lots more to say, but maybe i shouldn't overstay my welcome, like an eager beaver. and theres the small fact that my attic is bloody freezing. slan finn +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: black sessions
by Alexis Petridis 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

I'm new to this list, and, at the risk of sounding deeply ignorant, would anyone care to tell me what these Black sessions that people keep going on about are? Clearly, it's some sort of B&S radio sesh, but what do they play on it? The only session I've got a copy of is an old one from Mark Lamarr's Radio 5 show with Tigermilk/Sinister era material on it... Apologies for posting something that sounds like Record Collector magazine. I actually do have a personality etc. Alexis xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: better copy of black sessions?
by 999 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

Just wanted to check in with a pair of questions/requests: does the version of "Slow Graffiti" on the Acid House soundtrack differ from the version on the EP in any way? does anyone have a copy of the Black Sessions/Tigermilk that isn't recorded in mono (left channel only) peaking at around -10 db? The music is wonderfull, but I am ready to actually hear it in a version that doesn't sound like it was high-speed dubbed on a clock radio. The Dirty Dream video is coming along well, so thanks again to everyone who came to Athens to take part. I'm deep in the process of sorting through the footage right now, and it is looking gorgeous except for the sad 100 feet of film that broke the registration/pull down claw of one of the cameras and came out as a complete blur. It's only a few minutes of all the footage, but unfortunately it contained the only shots of Robbie and Brad who came up from Albany, and I can't apologize enough to them for the bad luck. Finally, for any list members in the UK, there are a pair of other pieces I shot that are airing. I believe that there is some sort of NME television special in the early new year that will be broadcasting some documentary footage of Hole that I shot while they made their recent album. I know that this is horribley off-topic and everyone is probably aghast at their mention, but the process of being in those sessions for so long, surviving it, and now finally having the footage surface a year later is sort of nice. At the other end of the spectrum, there is a rather hilarious video for Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" that we shot tourist-style on camcorders of Spike Jonze dancing as a misguided street performer that should be airing quite a bit across Europe, and will begin airing in the States in a few weeks. The Dirty Dream video, I am pleased to say, will look nothing like either of those pieces. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mister Grimsdale! Consolidated Dairies!*
by PJMiller 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

Magnetic Megan, I'm not bored at the moment. It has been known to happen though. Today I am writing to report on the exciting rebroadcast of the Black Session on Spanish National Radio 3 last night. It was shit, a complete load of bollocks. They had a half hour slot, so one might have expected them to do a bit of editing, select the best bits and erase the embarrassing gaps. Too much trouble. Instead they played the first thirty minutes and talked bollocks over the gaps. Now I know lots of people talk bollocks about Belle and Sebastian, some people even write bollocks about Belle and Sebastian, but none of it could compare to the bollocks beamed out last night. Apparently Stuart Murdoch has been taken prisoner by literature and thinks that the world is too antiseptic to fall in love. Pah! He could have fooled me with that look he had on his face when I saw him scurrying away from the public lavatories in the park the other day! I'm sure he had a beamer. But I digress. The only good thing about the radio extravaganza was the chance to hear "I Know Where the Summer Goes" (I sang that bit), which was originally obscured by the latest developments in the Monica Lewinsky scandal. It was good. It struck me that "The Wrong Girl" is a bit like "The Laughing Gnome" by David Bowie. Or it could be, if they put their minds to it. I saw "The Boy With the Arab Strap" in the ethnic music department of my local superstore, no doubt because of the word "arab". Didn't think of that, did you Murdoch? Ha! And now you've lost a potential customer, or gained one, depending. Well, no you haven't, because we put it in the right place, next to the Beastie Boys and Bob Dylan. B for Bob, it's like that here. Who would like to laugh at me, and point and call me rude names? Now would be a good time. I bought some Cuban music, in a desperate attempt to like ten types of music before New Year. It's a double CD and I got CD one twice. Heavy bummer, not least because CD two contains a version of "There's Only One Derby County" the unofficial Cuban national anthem. All right Megan, guilty as accused. I don't know what a Romulant is, I'm afraid. But I would like to rediscover The WHO's Quadrophenia all over again. But what I would most like to rediscover all over again is the two albums on one CD Gram Parsons "GP / Grievious Angel" thing - it always makes me inexplicably jealous when I see it in shops, waiting for someone to buy it. Strange but true. Here's a question from the trivia game I have the pleasure of translating: What did Jimi Hendrix do at the 1967 Monterrey Festival? a) burn his guitar b) nothing, he wasn't there c) hold a meeting in favour of the Ku Klux Klan Goodbye, 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: dundee i'm an idiot
by Sam Norman 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

about the meetup my hotmail address is actually sc_norman(a)hotmail.com not s_norman(a)hotmail.com :) ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: dundee
by Sam Norman 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

hi well as some of you may have guessed from my mails before crimbo i am spending hogmanay in dundee, with some friends or should that be fiends. anyway to cut a long story short i thought it would be nice to meet up with some other people from the list. if anyone wants to we were thinking of the rat and parrot in the centre (we don't know any other pubs we only arrived yesterday) on new years day around lunch time. anyone interested please mail me at my hotmail address s_norman(a)hotmail.com asap. rat and parrot 1/1/99 1pm ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: a load of bollocks
by Alix Campbell 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

hello chums like mark c, i also spent boxing day playing with toys. due to severe boredom, myself and two friends got the marble run construction kit out and whiled away the hours watching a small glass ball roll down a badly made track. the excitement was immense, but quickly wore off. at this point we began hurling the bits of track around my room, and, then as my incredibly christian neighbours drove up the drive, we started throwing statuettes of the virgin mary and her lovely husband jo out of the window. i think i'll stop telling this story... my school of deadpan is now open to anyone wishing to be educated. it's a school with no set curriculum and no PE lessons. milk will be served during morning break and you will get beaten up if you bring yo yo's along. By me. anyway, a very happy new year to the lot of you. sadly it looks like i will end up pissed and vomiting copiously in someone else's house again. hopefully this year, though, most of the 6th form won't be there also. my dad's just thrown me off the computer. bastard love alix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "No, Patrick," Luis says. "They were . . . broiled" It's silent in the boardroom as I comtemplate this, thinking it through before asking, finally, "What's 'broiled,' Luis?" "I'm not sure," he says. "I think it involves . . . a pan" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ...when you're having no fun...
by Buron St�phane 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

Hi kids!!! It's been a very very long time... I dont even remember when I last posted on the list. And yet, I've not unsubbed, I'm still here (but nobody cares anyway, since nobody remembers me... sigh...) I still read carefully your messages (more or less) and wish I could write nice stories too. But I cant. Look, I had a Belle & Sebastian dream two nights ago but it was too short and nonsens: I was talking with Stuart Murdoch and, hum, that's all I'm afraid. That's why I've got nothing to say. But I decided to write that I had nothing to say, simply because others do it and because this list is soooo quiet these days. Have you noticed the number of messages in which listees say they are "bored"??? It's amazing. You should go and have a look at the sinister archives and search for the word, you'd have fun (especially if you're bored, but anyway you are, we are...) Speaking of the archives... Yesterday, I tried to search for the phrase "soul of an unearthly" and found almost nothing. Well, a few people asked what it meant but there seems to be no answer. Does it come from a Postcard record? From a fanzine? Is it the title of a book? No, it's not, since i've also searched on amazon.com and other book stores. It's a shame: i'd love to read something new, more or less related to belle and sebastian, cause i've finished the books i wanted to read: Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar (no, not The Belle Jar, the meaning would be slightly different...) which is a great novel ; Young and Foolish by you-know-who ; and an anthology of "new writing", coming directly from Glasgow (thanks Nik!). By the way, there is a wee story written by Ciara Mac Laverty, the Sinister "cover star". I didnt know she was a writer, at least sort of. I like her novel. .. I almost forgot to tell you I had the best christmas present in the world... Guess what??? A new "bus tshirt"!!! I had an original one, bought in Manchester, but the washing machines didnt like it and now i could offer this wee shirt to my youngest brother (if I had one...) So my girlfriend managed to scan the bus design and to put it on a new shirt... and here is the nicest christmas present I ever had. That's it, now. Just a last thing: a few weeks ago, my computer exploded and I lost everything (addresses, files, netscape, everything...). So, Jennifer, if you ever read this message, write to me cause I dont know where you are anymore... The same for Niall, this nice boy from Dublin I met before the B&S gig in Paris... And if you're bored and dont know what to do, why dont you have a look at my web site (provided you speak french...). It's at http://www.chez.com/tweeclub. I have to eat my quiche lorraine, now... Take care Stephane +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: the enclave, la di da
by HadieLB＠aol.com 30 Dec '98

30 Dec '98

In a message dated 12/29/98 2:25:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, mark wrote: << Hey, anyone know how many copies of IYFS were pressed by The Enclave? That's the one I have, and the label seemed to disappear immediately upon the disc's release. I don't suppose it is -rare-, but maybe uncommon compared to the Jeepster or Matador versions.>> yes, my copy is an Enclave copy too. i got it from the Matador offices. i don't know how many Enclave copies were pressed, but they gave a lot of their extra copies to Matador, when the label folded. Matador used the extras as promos and such. i don't think there are many Enclave copies left *at all*-- when i got mine, there was like one left in the promo closet. or something. i wanna have some make-out dreams... and make-outs in real life... :P --laura +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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