December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Chet Baker, Julie London...nice n' smooth
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

Ivo and Arantxa brought up Chet Baker, thank goodness. He's amazing, such an underrated singer...you just have to think of the phrase "little boy blue" when hearing things like "I Get Along Without You Very Well" and of course "My Funny Valentine." But his upbeat stuff ("I Remember You") is great too...a smooth easygoing melancholic voice of a strung-out angel. (Poetic license mode on) I also think you could do worse than to check out Julie London, Ms. "Cry Me A River"...usually backed up only by an upright bass and an electric guitar but the songs move, sway, hush, and lie back on the pillow with a cigarette in hand when combined with her voice. Not too brassy, not too sassy, but just enough. Julie *is* her name. If you want to enjoy a good solitary night, put these albums on "repeat" and drink and smoke as much as you can take, slowly. Don't play it too loud, and turn the lights down low. If you're still with us in the morning consider yourself stronger for it. 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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Sinister: Christmas Song + Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
by Graeme Crosbie 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

Since there's such a demand for that nice B&S Christmas song, if someone sends me it (in Real Audio format, or WAV. if i get prior warning of the download) I'll post it on my hilairymouse website. www.cheeso.force9.co.uk If anyone's got Lord Antony, I could do the same with it. The original (Elvis version that isn't on the album) of Spiritualized's "Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space" , possibly the finest song ever, is available in Real Audio format from the download section of my website. That is www.cheeso.force9.co.uk Seeya. Graeme. Quote of the day: "People were given only 30 seconds to leave their houses... sorry, make that 3 months."-My Old History Teacher +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tigermilk for sale
by Steve Papapostolou 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

Hiya guys, I hppen to have a Tigermilk LP in my hands which I had bought when it was originally released, the vinyl is in good condition only its sleeve is a bit frayed at tthe edges. If anyone is interested please contact me with your offers at; sotiris(a)globalnet.co.uk

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Sinister: sinister: hi there...
by gabriel piller 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

Hi. I just subscribed to the list a few hours ago. I'm Gabriel. Yay. I was told that there was a b and s list going so I hunted it down. (Actally I wouln't really call it hunted as such...) Anyway...maybe a little background info? Okay... I live in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, so no good bands come around here. Sloan came by...last month, but I don't like them much anyway. Oh well. Hmmm. I think that all i'm going to say. wishing you all the best, Gabriel Piller "An eye for an eye, a tooth of a tooth, and after all I told the truth, i'm not afraid to die"-Nick Cave ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: K Fraser's friend & various noodles
by Graeme Crosbie 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

K Fraser's friend (Mark Pytlik) said; >So, say you want to wryly and cleverly pay tribute to a band called Radiohead, write a song called "The Girl With The RadioHead" My friend made this joke as soon as the album title was suggested. He said, "Graeme, can I borrow money for the new Arab Strap album? It's called "The Boy With The Belle & Sebastian"... tee hee" If, as was stated in the e-mail, there are only two speeds, and >"Speed #2 is Speed #1 except it's a little bit faster" is it just me, or does that make Speed 2# not like Speed #1 at all... more sort of faster. Sorry about that, just had to complain about inconsistencies in the criticisms others make of B&S. The new E.P is the finest single style thingy of '98. I got mine from Jeepster (8:55 thing on Monday morning.. thanks to all at Jeepster), but when I tried to get a copy for one of my friends, NONE of the shops I went to in Kilmarnock (near Glasgow) were carrying it (Chain Stores or Independant). I know it's not eligible for the British charts, but that's no need to stop stocking it! Don't buy this weeks Melody Maker if you're just getting it for the B&S article. You could do the same if you printed out the whole of the Jeepster site, and reworded bits to make it seem like you had spoken to B&S in a range of exotic locations. Seeya, Graeme Crosbie Quote of the day: "I pity the white man that pisses in my milk" - Mr T. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 on tv - you probably missed it though
by Sam Norman 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

don't take this for gospel, a friend told me last night on the phone, that whilst he was watching bbc's holiday programme (tuesday night?) they kept on playing during relevant moments during a report from somewhere about 8 seconds of the begining of string bean jean looped. did anyone else witness this. Sam p.s. david and katrina make sure you get the royalties deserved +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: pastels in Nottingham
by Arantxa Sanz 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

Hi all you lot! The Pastels + Marine Research are playing tonight in Nottingham.If any of you is in around here and is going to turn up, try to wear something to make you distinguishable from anyone else in the crowd and I will spot you and say : HELLO! in the most affectionate fashion.No B&S t shirt I've got, (sob!)but perhaps Robin will be showing off his Study at Stow. Arantxa +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 news that Katrina hasn't mentioned? (and other topics...)
by Mick McMick 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

Hullo, I checked the Jeepster site to see what was updated. By chance I checked the "News" section on Jeepster rather than B&S. Here' what I found. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Belle & Sebastian they're back in the rehearsal rooms and will hopefully deliver a new album to us in the spring of next year. they're also working on a possible new ep which should precede the album. yippee! Looper the looper project has now completed their debut album which should see it's release on jeepster in early march. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< I think there had been some mention of another EP after ITCHYITCHYITCHYWAPANG, (shameless Monty Python reference) but this whole new album in the spring deal is news to my ears. Logical news...but news nonetheless. No mention of the Tigermilk re-release on the webpage...hm... Oh yes, and we all knew that Looper had an album coming out on Sub-Pop, but it being on Jeepster also is news, as the first single was Sub-Pop-only. I absolutely loved Lesley Jo's B&S cartoon. I think Honey should mothball it on the list website under the Mummy look what we've made section. I wonder, though, where were Richard, Stevie & Mick (Cooke, not me of course)? Richard always seems slighted, nobody talks about him much. Well, at least he wasn't a villain... Angel Gabriel wrote: > Been a bit bored lately, so I thought I'd check which album was most > popular in the voting booth - here are the average scores for songs on > the albums ... > > Merci gabriel! Les scores du voting booth sont as follows: > > 1. Tigermilk - 7.71 > 2. Sinister - 7.65 > 3. Arab Strap - 7.62 if you count the top 10 songs on it, 7.42 if you > count them all I'm not sure if this is a valid way to measure opinion on the albums. By this measure, an EP of 4 popular songs would beat out all the albums, and I don't think anyone but a trainspotter would claim an EP as their favorite release. Personally I think Tigermilk is the weakest album, though it does reach some of the highest heights... It's also not very coherent-sounding. Both of the others don't sound like the mishmash of Tigermilk. Not to say that that affects the songs, but there is more to an album than the measure of its songs alone. It's the way they fit together, and the sheer number of them! I was so pleased to see that TWATTYBUS had 14 songs rather than 10. Lets home they keep up the lots of tracks thing. Some call me.....Mick? /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - bp224995(a)ohiou.edu - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - (same e-mail for now) | | Sandcastle Homepage - | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "I am always wishing to make people | | in the world happy with my smiles." | | - Mr. Friendly +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: athens 1998
by Lance Bangs 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

>I am sorry to ask it but would the folks discussing the Athens >arrangements for this coming weekend re-post or post in further detail the >information surrounding this get[-]together?? > > many thanks > > jonathan > > Hello. My name is Lance Bangs, and the band and Jeepster have commisioned me to make the music video for "dirty dream #2." We will be filming in Athens, Georgia the weekend of Saturday December 12th and Sunday the 13th. All footage will be shot during daylight hours, from 10 A.M. to dusk at 5:30 P.M. List members are invited to come be featured in the footage. THE INITIAL INVITATION Twenty-five persons are needed. The intention is that each person featured will appear in an uncut ten second segment of film which will fade to black before bringing up the next person, filling the length of the song. We may be able to provide one night of lodging to people coming from outside of the area, but unfortunately can not pay people for appearing, as this is a rather simple production. Your participation should be fun, as we are filming flattering portraits of each of you engaged in some sort of charming and surreal entanglement or escapade. You needn't look anything like the sort of people that usually appear in videos, we want you because you care about the band and are an interesting person. Awkwardness and spastic qualities a plus. Come as you are. We will be filming mostly outdoors to take advantage of the gorgeous winter light here in Athens. We will need to begin early both days, as it gets dark around 6 pm. We are shooting on motion picture film, which invariably leads to some time waiting around while setting things up, so your patience is requested. The band will not be present at the filming, but Athens is a wonderfull town to visit on it's own merit, and perhaps meeting up with other list members and fans is incentive enough. If you are interested and can commit to being in Athens on the 12th and 13th, please respond to me at this account. DETAILS: I live in a schoolhouse/gymnasium at 350 Meigs St between Finley and Pope Sts. The telephone number is 706.369.9043 I would imagine that www.yahoo.com's map function should be able to get you here from wherever. We will meet up at ten a.m. to get to know each other and discuss the options for each person's filming. If you are with a friend and would prefer, we can shoot you in pairs. If you are up for it there are some small scale stunts possible, some charming little bizarre pieces for the daring, as well as some straightforward portraiture for the shy. Lying in grass, waving from a treehouse, etc. If you get in later on Saturday there will be someone at the house co-ordinating and we will come back every so often. If you can only come Sunday, we can work around that as well. It may get a bit boring as we are shooting on motion picture film which requires time taking light readings, measuring focus, setting up shots, etc. However the mix of people should be good, as fans are coming in from all over the southeast to take part. Please bring several changes of clothes, without tradmearked logo's featured prominently (no giant nike swooshes or tazmanian devils, but you knew that as a general rule in life already, right?) The response so far has been tremendous, and there are still a few spaces available, so let us know if you would like to join us. Thank you, Lance Bangs ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Isobel Defenders then, maybe
by Dr Nick Morton 10 Dec '98

10 Dec '98

> Blah blah, everyone knows about it's quality, > but I'll just add my name to the list of Gate Defenders...well, I > think it's much better than "Is it Wicked Not to Care?" at least. Agh! As a leading member of the Gate Defenders, this isn't what I had in mind at all... Is It Wicked Not to Care?! You're talking about the best song on TBWTAS there, matey... :) maybe I'm just deluded, I dunno... or maybe I'm just happy 'cos it's Christmas (well, nearly) and my two t-shirts arrived this morning (so now I can smile smugly in the knowledge I'm wearing my beautiful Sinister t-shirt and wishing it was warm enough to show it off to everyone else I meet and that it wasn't hidden beneath warmer layers and, still, just you wait till Spring... so on)... ah well, take care, and remember pop kids: '"The Gate" sounds like the worst aspects of every drippy cutie band rolled into one horrendous whole...' (M***** M*****) Ho ho :)! Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ And the sad part is..... You do my world the world of good e-mail: ggy3swm4(a)novell2.bham.ac.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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