December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Lucksmiths
by Evan Gregg 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

i know theyve been mentioned here before but thought i'd put another plug in since i dont remember them being mntioned very recently just picked up their Untidy Town 7" which is out on Drive In/Matineé in the US i heard them on www.benno.com which was mentioned in #sinister there's a recording of a live lucksmith's show which is perty cool defnitely something B&S fans would dig, little bit B&S little bit Go-Betweens first 7" ive gotten in a while that hit so right i had to keep playing it (i think im on my 6th or 7th time through by now) but of course now i really want their cd which is theoretically available in the us, i really shouldnt spend that much though thats all just check em out oh their web page is at: www.lucksmiths.com.au -----Ev -- ----------------------------------------------------- I was happy when I put my new record on But I was sad as I listened to it all alone ---"Feeling Fine" by Class my home page: http://www.angelfire.com/ma/dixiecluck +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: and what's more - she was beautiful! *
by Mark Casarotto 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

I just had to write to tell you all about my rediscovery of the season. On Boxing day evening, after ridiculous drinking games which saw my best mate virtually dead, we went back to his house and spent the smallest hours playing with his fantastically updated Scalextric. It was astonishing! I can't believe I gave away mine a few years ago - what a fool! The buzz of learning how to slide the back wheels out on corners - god, I'm sounding such a boy here - anyway, it's fantastic. Full stop. What else - I have been desperately dull over the last few months whenever I've posted. I'm sure I was more interesting when I first arrived (arrogant, rude, pushy, above myself, I know, I know). Perhaps my life has got duller. Actually, that can't be right - my life is great at the moment in most ways, although my dicky tummy is quite upsetting, especially as I'm off to Glasgow in 2 and a half hours. Perhaps when my life is at its most tedious I actually have time to think of things to say. Anyway, this paragraph ranks alongside my more self-indulgent and pointless ones - I wonder if I can think of anything to say that'll keep you reading... I have come to realise this Christmas that I am physically incapable of winning a Christmas cracker. Is there some secret to it? I pulled about 6 this year (matron!) and inevitably lost every single one. Though I did get an overenthusiastic elbow in the face, but that's hardly a quality novelty item. I'd also like some style advice. Are spats a good thing? I would kind of like to purchase some, for a fancy dress party tomorrow night, but I feel I may just look a fool. Alix Campbell, you are a goddess. How can anyone be so deadpan in writing? I am your pupil, if you'll have me. Boring boring boring. I'd better go now and shiver. Kiss, Mark * I know almost nothing about films, but just to irritate some of you, can anyone tell me what film this line comes from? It's a truly great film... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Negro Session - Jordi
by PJMiller 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

No, not another of my juvenile sexual fantasies...Radio 3 in Spain are re-broadcasting the Black Session from gay Paris tonight, at 20.00 CET. Just in case anyone's interested. Especially Jordi. I promised Jordi a tape of said session a few months ago, but my tape deck has gone the way of all domestic appliances, so I can't do it. Jordi, if you miss the radio programme tonight, let me know and I'll try and persuade someone to take over my arduous duties. Also, I am extremely ill with a virulent strain of the common cold, so if I stop making sense, that's why. The Pastels: as Keith is currently undersubscribed I shall take it upon myself to do his duty. All The Pastels' records sound the same, so it doesn't matter which one you buy first. They're all shite, Reid. Gosh, I enjoyed that! Of course, they are not my own views. I would recommend "Up For a Bit" as a good starting point, mainly because it's the only one I've got. CS Lewis: The other day I was browsing through the Helter Skelter bookshop website to see what they had to say about Young and Foolish, but it wasn't there. But I did stumble across some book called Wilde is Goldie - Up West Bromwich Albion! which claims to have a chapter about CS Lewis, obviously in a inter-disciplinary pop media studies type context, which may be of interst to all the unicorn freaks out there. Oh dear, I'm running out of energy. Daisy.....Daisy.... Peter PS: I've got some Cuban music now, so you can stop worrying about me. PPS: I do so enjoy hearing from FunkySeb. I think the quotation comes from that spooky elizabethan mansion / red sports car, late sixties / early seventies, mystery / supernatural film starring Leonard Nimoy. I don't know what it's called. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: music and stuff...
by Mew817＠aol.com 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

Hi everyone I hope you all had lovely holidays. Sorry, no B&S content from me... Jessicaxo wrote: > oh, poo, i now feel even more left out that i have no plans for new years. I don't have any plans this year either!! Last year I was in London for New Year's and that makes this year seem even more pitiful. Maybe I need a boring year, then next New Year's I'll have something exciting to do! I can try to rationalise it, can't I? Reid was asking about the Pastels, I too would like to know a good sarting point for the band. And the Tindersticks too... Any suggestions? Sorry if my musical knowledge is a bit lacking. I just saw "Waking Ned Divine" today. Someone else said they didn't like it but I quite enjoyed it. It made me laugh and smile and that was perfect for this rainy, cold winter day in Atlanta. Anyone else see the film? OK, that's it from me, take care of yourselves. mew 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: HAHAHA....and here's a good one!!
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

thank you alix for that tee-off to the stereolab reference of the day. (and thank you alix for being so groovy anyway) seconds to Brier's post, not that it means anything, but i am of the same opinion on that idea, so here is my grimy penny, it is a little moist from my clammy palm, and it's one of those from 1982 with all the green crusty copper patina on it. oh, and it's a little sticky too, it has sugary muck on it from this pink lolly i've been sucking, and i just dropped it on the dirt....ooooh mommy obviously it's slow pickings around the holiday and no one will be here to read these, but oh well! what do i care. i've just slept all day long. but one of the perks of that is having the best snogging dream of all time. we went into a museum where there was a dark room you had to light a candle and then kiss in the dark down this little passageway, and she started giggling mercilessily when i was going at her, (but in a pleasurable sort of way) and i was feeling like casanova, we kissed for about 2 minutes straight, then everyone was asking us what there was to do in there, and i couldn't say anything cos i was laughing and we ran out of the museum as quickly as we could. oh, and it wasn't who you would expect, being a sinister post. but she's pixylicious as well. boo. i'm still a little mad at her though, in real life. never mind. "life is never dull in your dreams.." i damn sure wish that being awake would catch up, though. anyone know how depressing it is to watch your youth and sensuality just shrivel up and die of disuse?? mm, i just the othe rday realized that the drum part in Track and Field is one of the drumming pinnacles of the western world. nuff said. any more suggestions for the scarily obsessive B&S Monopoly idea, bring them on. you, too, could be locked away from the light of the law-abiding world. oh, yeah, thanks peter. you''re a sweetheart. as it happens, i have hooked up with a very nice gentleman who is going to share some isobel "kinky schoolgirl" photos with me. oh yes, the wee world will soon be sullied by the mess of a thousand wankers in stained raincoats. "'Ey, 'ey, c'm over 'ere girly, hehehehe wanna lolly li'le girly, hehehe..." sad, but inescapable. *drooll* oh sorry. ahem. awright, no more em, skirting the issue, i've just had two nights in a row of intense making-out dreams, and i'm plainly lonelier than a......a........a really lonely person. so which clever girl wants a sinister date with the infamous me. we can play charades and have some tapioca pudding and you can dress up in that little school outfit, and sing French songs.....oh never mind. blast it all. *sigh* :( I guess that i'll just have to do with getting random flirty emails from boys who know they dont' have a chance. well at least it's something. *quiet sobbing is heard* i'm going to pout in the corner with my lolly until someone says they will kiss me. at least, i taste like strawberries now, so that's a plus......eh?eh?? insane in da membrane, 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". 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: small question
by Bellequasi＠aol.com 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

this may have people going "i thought i heard that last of that, not again!" but, has anyone heard if b&s have rescheduled the cancelled philadelphia show? if you know anything about it PLEASE mail me. kristie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: SInister: REM and B&S
by Clarence Tsui, Hong Chee 29 Dec '98

29 Dec '98

Hi all, I was reading a past issue of Q and a review of REM's "Up". Under that they've got this wee list of records one shoudl hunt out if they like the said album. Under "Up" was the usual suspects (Radiohead's OK COmputer) but also our very own B&S's "TWATTYBUM"!!!!!! REM and B&S..... relationship between the two evident in what sense. discuss! (I do like "Up" by the way. Fabulously done, that) And to answer Reid: TWATTYBUM was number three on the festiev Top 50 at Select, behind Air and Pulp. Happy Hogmanay (or summat like that) Clarence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 up for best newcomer at the Brits
by Stevie -G- 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

Just heard on 97-99 BBC Radio One FM that B&S has/have (is "B&S singular or plural?) been nominated for Best Newcomers at the Brit awards. This seems to be a very strange definition of Newcomer, but then didn't Pulp win a few years back, after being in existence for about 100 years? So, does that mean that the boys and girls will be along for the awards ceremony? Maybe they'll be asked to play - perhaps doing a FatBoySlim medley, or a "duet" with the Spice Girls. Or maybe not. Ooh, isn't it exciting? Stevie -G- 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: stuff
by Ben Parker 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

Nice to see some people agreeing with me about that Girlfriend in a Coma book being none too great, (well one person anyway). I haven't lost my touch on yoof culture at 22 then, thank god. I've never read any of his other books, though, are they much better? The smiths still do mean a lot to me, as someone commented. I just find it strange that no other band could move me like they did those years ago, until I fell into a wave of self-obsession recently, then anyband could move me to tears, if you know what i mean. A nice healthy dose of angst, not teenage but just as potent. On the subject of lookalikes, as someone said that they got mistaken for nancy or whatever. this drunk bloke thought i was the singer from suede the other week,in a less than flattering light, and i once got followed through croydon high street, at the height of britpop, by a gang of teenage girls that all thought i was the singer from mensware. They actually thought i was him, witch was quite frightening actually, in a beatles mobbing sort of way. Not as intense, but still...suppose my haircut was too 'indie' for the masses of the time. Just thought i'd share that. Just boredom i suppose. BeN _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: To begin with; I was born without earlobes.*
by Funkyseb＠aol.com 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

Hello popkids, All been gobbling shite like little festive veal calves? Good. I've squeezed out of my crate for a few minutes to talk to you all, well, it's only polite, isn't it? And no one's reported back from the blue sod crimbo party yet have they? Well, much fun was had by all and our host, the none- more-suave stevie trousers produced mountains of food which we all ate. Hoorah! And, lo, the angels of the list came upon us, and the glory of tag and tim p!o!p!kins shone all about us. And we were sore afraid. Or something. Then everyone put bits of shit in a sack, and got lovely gifts in return. At least, that's how it worked for me. I met lots of gorgeous people I hadn't seen before, and lots of ugly ones who I had. The evening wound down in the now traditional manner- indie-smindie pictionary, and popkins and trousers arguing drunkenly about scritti politti.Yaay! I type all this with cemented fingers, so excuse my occasional mispellings. I've just finished making a tiny wee bus, and painting it, and sticking on little tyres and things. It was all very exciting. Now I want to make a little tiny chip shop, and a little tiny cafe to go with it. And a house like a caravan. And when I suceed in cloning a tiny weeny Stuart M (from some DNA I found on an old felt T shirt), I can put them in his cage, to keep him happy, and stop him from chewing his legs off. I saw Billie the other day. She's bigger than she looks on telly, but then my telly's only little. Which maybe explains it. I work in her old stage school, and her file, if anyone's interested, describes her singing as 'basic'. She also has two mums, which is far more interesting than I'd have thought anyone from swindon would be capable of. Right, I'll leave you all to get back to your bickering. I'm off to Boston to see the big swans; they sound lovely. byebye seb * The first person to e mail me, stating the film that quote is ripped from, wins a simply fabulous prize. Oh yes indeed. (Unless it's Kneedham01 in which case you get a turd through the post for being a bastard) ''We had a good Xmas that year; it must have been good, 'cause they're still not talking to me.'' Animals that swim +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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