December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: "the cruise"/ witty bus tours
by brian 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

someone just said: >> this reminds me of a film i saw not too long ago at the st. louis international film festival..it's called "the cruise" and it's about this new york city tour bus guide named timothy 'speed' levitch who is this amazing, wonderful man. he's a bit of a mystic and incredibly intelligent, and spouts off vast amounts of (humorous and useful) information whilst giving the bus tour. i don't know if the film is going to get distribution or not, but if anyone has the opportunity to see it, i highly recommend it... << don't let the film fool you, folks, this fellow is NOT a nice guy. he comes into the restaurant i work at fairly frequently and pees on the floor in the bathroom. or at least we THINK it's him. he came in to drop off flyers to plug his movie and we all said "aren't you that guy that smears things on the mirrors?" and he left without responding. the quest continues for a positive ID; all the security cameras in the world don't help when the govt says you can't put em in the bathrooms! remember, a truly great bus tour operator would allow his/her greatness to go unsung. bus people are meek, and the meek shall inherit the earth. love brian bcw4977(a)is2.nyu.edu if it mentions a bus, it's got belle and sebastian content. really. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Yikes
by Sandibrady＠aol.com 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

I just re-subscribed (was subscribed quite a while back, but couldn't keep up with all the mail) and today my "inbox" has been filled with nothing but a bunch of rubbish knocking Americans. So I must ask: is this typical of this mail list? If so, perhaps this is not the place for B&S fans who happen to be American? And one more thing: if Americans (and America) suck so bad, why would they be filming their next video here? I think it's very unfair to characterize all of us with horrible stereotypes. I happen to be 95 pounds soaking wet (and with a few rocks in my pocket)....so much for the expanding waistlines theory. :) It is true that many Americans are slightly (or grossly) overweight, but PLEASE don't lump me into that category! As for B&S content: I am off to Athens, GA tomorrow morning for the video shoot. It's worth the 6 hour drive as far as I'm concerned. Anyone else planning on attending? Perhaps we can plan to go out for dinner after the shoot or something? Email me if you'd like. Sandi +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Read this and constiipation will be a thing of the past: No shit
by mark del lima 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

Thank you Mr. Ian. I would be angry with your comments if they weren't so amusing. Admittedly, we don't get enough provocation here on the list. In fact, I've come to expect the usual tortured self-observations or half-hearted descriptions of daily serendipity, but this was--shall we say--different. regards, mark. p.s. rachael: you are consistently engaging. p.p.s. your UK references aren't so impenetrable; you're culture is a mirror of ours (or is it vice-versa?) >I am thoroughly pissed off with peoples attitudes to Belle and Sebastian >when I introduce them to the unilateral beauty of B&S. The words that >spring to the lips my deflowered B&S virgin friend tend to include wimpy, >sad, weak , wank and poofy. Mind you the major circle in my Venn diagram of >my deflowered virgins would include more followers of Mr Crowley than >fanciers of non red triangled effete French movies. > >Anyway, being a wee man (thinkTattoo journeying to the centre of the earth >) I take these accusations aimed at B&S as a personal attack. In order to >be able to play B&S to these heathens in future, I demand the introduction >of steroid/creatine supplements to the B&S Mr Motivator regime. Isobel >should also be force fed vegetarian white pudding until she can commuicate >fluently with the deaf through the medium of osmatic viola powerchords. Wee >Stuart should be made to wear platforms, tank tops and pattern his face >with a spiders web tattoo. And all singers must smoke 120 capstan full >strength daily for a week prior to recording. > >I would like to see the whole band take a lead from Norway and start >playing with matches in churches as opposed to strumming their holy chords >therein, replace their cats with starving PCP fuelled Fangface creatures, >pump iron, actually use Arab Strab to brutalise each other anally,orally >until the volume of band screams surpass the combined cacophony of 1 >million screaming guitars. > >p.s This is my first post in a year because I I'm shy and your posts are >all so great especially from the people that have been on the list for over >5 months and 3 days >pps. My List Crush is TAG because he is IT. Was it Sarah that won ? I like >the sound of her Fluffy Candarel although I have no idea what they maybe. > >DUKE: .How are Daisy, Bo, Luke or Uncle Jesse? But serously oh psychedelic >educational guru what did you quote from me in your tome to the pertinence >of pop in the life of us misunderstood kids? > > >chips and gravy: I would like E-mail pen friends from all over the world to >swap pant crust /charming stories with. I would particularly like to >receive pictures of lavacious muslim ladies eyes. > >Speak to you in another year. In fact during the eclipse. > >pppps. Americans. I have included many UK references you may not >understand. This was intentional as I constantly have to suffer your >cultural imperialism. And you continue to bastardize both our verbal and >body language with your "Whatevers" and your ever expanding waistline plot >to absorb the rest of the world. > >Luv, peace, harmony and neck massages to you all. >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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" +-+ >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: fish with a difference!
by Intense meaningfullness 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

Hello list! Yes, its me, Sarah, and my email adddress is taking the piss alright...its just the only yahoo address where POP3 actually works.... Weej wroted: Right, this is my last message to the list before I > temporarily unsubscribe to go home. BYE WEEJ!!!!! >I'm > getting a good response to the story game thing (called "exquisite > corpse" What?? Thats a book by Poppy Z Shite. Load of hippy crap her book are. Plot. Two men GET IT ON regulary, and then talk about how it's just so godamed sexy when I cut open your chest and eat your innards. All my goth and wannbe goth friends like the, She also wrote a story about how it would be ace if the beatles had GOT IT ON!!!! Well, Paul and John anyway. "woulnd't paul look so good sucking cock??", YUK!!! Oh yes I'm at Garys right now and he's put on some music with a girlie singer that I dont know. Hmmm. It's Heavenly! Rather twee. Rather fun! disapointingly, Sarah isn't particularly > fluffy at all (*awaits slap*). *SLAP*! Of course I am fluffy and gorgeous! AND I'll have you know WEEJ that MY picture is not up upon the Sinister grown-up peoples page. You must have seen Australian Sez who is still gorgeous but is not me! I is me and I is top banana. I shall send you a picture of me soon. Way and inded, hey! > scrappy-doo involved. I hate scrappy-doo. He RUINED scooby doo. Stupid fucker! Thats all. I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Fluffy Sarah who has no grown up photos so ner. _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: olive branch to the US (&Canada)
by Ian MacDonald 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

It seems my puerile attempts concerning our friends on the other side of the Atlantic at wit have stirred up a hornets nest on a topic that has a nasty habit of tying up the last regularly on a series of futile arguements. I apologise for any offence caused and if anybody still feels like giving me the stick I deserve, will they please send it to me privately so as to prevent listee repetitive strain injury from deleting all the flak aimed at me. I have E-mailed Keith M privately requesting that he not leave the list just because of my lapse. I would like to think,to lessen my feelings of guilt and responsibility, that Keith was already suffering from some sort of dissatisfaction with the list. I am not proud at all to cause such grave offence to an individual. I do believe that my perceived currentUS cultural imperialism is a a product of historical natural selection. By this, I mean that the most powerful/successful nation's values historically have left a cultural residue over their sphere of interest. The British having been in a similar position of global power 2 centuries ago with the same accusations being equally valid against the Brits.Having said that, I feel that the Western capitalist way has a positve affect globally and is good a system as anything else the World has seen so far. As I said earlier, if anybody disagrees with what after all is only my opinion please take it up with me privately. I shall now return the Andrews salts to the cupboard and remain verbally constipated regarding the list until the Eclipse in August 1999 when MacDonaldian darkness will descend again. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Read this and constiipation will be a thing of the past: No shit
by Rachael . 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

Ian speculated: > pppps. Americans. I have included many UK references you may not > understand. This was intentional as I constantly have to suffer your > cultural imperialism. And you continue to bastardize both our verbal and > body language with your "Whatevers" and your ever expanding waistline plot > to absorb the rest of the world. Oh dear. Are we going to have to defend ourselves against another tiresome "fat stupid american" onslaught. Ho-hum. Ian, I'm sure you meant well. However, television is not reality. There are alot of well read americans who don't use words like, 'whatever', 'so all', 'like', and 'totally'. I'm sure that there are colloquialisms from your country that are just as silly. As for our expanding waistlines, well, yes, statistics show that on average americans are heavier than the rest of the world. I think that it is the exception rather than the rule which raises the median weight. That's just like saying we all have 1.8 children, or whatever it is. I love Americans. For the most part, they are a child-like silly bunch of freaks. Where would the rest of civilization be without them? Is this arrogance to feel this way? No. France and England have had such a huge impact on the rest of the world. Especially here in the U.S. Look at Furby. Yer American sister, Rachael ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: so long, farewell
by barzy＠networkmags.com 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

This is really hard...as this place has been a safe haven of chip nibbling, cardiewearing maties......but the time's come where I just can't handle the amount of pain in the butt mail from people saying lame things, and the people who use to say things of worth are dead silent...and i've been told i'm slowing down the company server so.....with deep regrets I leave you all...*sniff* Duke, Tag....Andy...all my old chums....and a very few of the new ones....and especially honey dipped Honey...this is no fault of yours...and i'll live in your pants drawer in spirit. maybe i'll see ya'll at a show or something... happy holidays and bye bye.... beth +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 cruise
by Lauren 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

Tara wrote: >Some of you remember the girl (Julie, right?) who wrote about her >experience >on the "love Bus" in San Francisco not long ago?? Bad news, mes cheries... >The singing bus operator.... who spread the message of love and >togetherness >to his frustrated and weary commuters through the gift of music, has been >ordered to stop his singing. There is some ordinance or code that says >bus drivers can only use their intercom for announcing upcoming stops and >similar nonsense. the world has just become a little less kinder :*( this reminds me of a film i saw not too long ago at the st. louis international film festival..it's called "the cruise" and it's about this new york city tour bus guide named timothy 'speed' levitch who is this amazing, wonderful man. he's a bit of a mystic and incredibly intelligent, and spouts off vast amounts of (humorous and useful) information whilst giving the bus tour. i don't know if the film is going to get distribution or not, but if anyone has the opportunity to see it, i highly recommend it... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Short Graffiti
by Ciflux＠aol.com 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

Am I alone in being disappointed by the shortened "Slow Graffiti" on the new EP? I've been absolutely obsessed with the song since hearing it live last year I remember feeling absolutely enveloped in it, in large part because of the way it kept building and building for minutes, ultimately concluding in a flourish of horns and guitars. On the EP, they've chosen to fade the song out about thrity seconds after the last verse, which really does omit a crucial element of the song for me. It's still one of my very favorite Belle & Sebastian songs, but I wish they'd left it as is... Forget the summer, I want to know where the winter's gone. It's mid-December and still the temperature's in the 50s. I want cold weather, dammit. mike ciflux(a)aol.com http://members.aol.com/ciflux +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: WeeJay's Game
by Graeme Crosbie 11 Dec '98

11 Dec '98

The band "They Might Be Giants" wrote a song called "Exquisite Dead Guy" based on a time they played the game. The lyrics go along the line of; "Exquisite dead guy, rotating in his display case.." etc. It really is quite good. On the subject of B&S, Stuart Murdoch told NME (just before If You're Feeling Sinister was released) that he would do two albums, some EPs, then they would split. Maybe r.h's prediction ("the ep sounds like a good stopping point for the band, like if they were to break up today it would be a good last note." isn't too far from reality. We can always hope not. Cheery, Graeme QUOTE OF THE DAY : "I pity the white man that parks in my space", -Mr.T On my stereo - The rerelease of the White Album

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