December 1998 - Sinister

Re: Sinister: List-erine Kisses
by Emanuel Brown 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

Finally, a fellow Brooklynite on the list. Are there any others I wonder? curious like george, emanuel Free, fast e-mail accessible anytime, anywhere http://www.imaginemail.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: with my nose in a book
by jennifer 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

hello dear friends! i am a long-time lurker, most definitely, i do love you all but frankly you're all too witty and cute and i can't compete. you all scare me, whoever said you were twee and harmless was batty. (joke) (see, i told you i can't compete) anyway, although i appear out of the figurative woodwork every once in a while to bother people with questions, tonight i am not doing that. i wanted to say thank you to everyone for the c.s. lewis discussion, i too read the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe chronicles when i was wee and loved them immensely. so lately i've been having a bit of personal upheaval and in my spare time (albeit very rare) i've been retreating into old, well-loved books. i already re-read the hobbit and the trilogy (more praise for those, they are amazing!) b/c i own them, but my narnia books aren't here. so tonight i was unmercifully stranded with not a thing to do on a friday night for goodness sake, and rather than sit in my room feeling sorry for myself (usual activity), i nipped over to the library and grabbed the first two books of the series. i've just finished reading them and i am positively glowing, for the first time in a long time. i love rediscovering a childhood memory, when you get all warm inside and if you try hard enough you can pretend that you are wee again, sitting in your room with a good book and no other cares in the world. anyways the whole point of this message (anticlimax coming up right here) is to ask for any other literary suggestions from listees. i know this gets discussed regularly and although the new search page is grand (thanks honey!) it scares me with its complexity and i wouldn't know quite what to search for... my christmas break is looking bleak and will probably consist of me, a pile of books, and my cat, so if anyone would be so kind as to recommend some books, please mail me privately, i don't want the entire list waggling its collective finger at me. and if you've read this far, thank you and you deserve a hug. i'll give you one, if ever i meet you. goodnight everyone, pleasant dreams! the jennifer, the teddy bear, and the computer +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: NYC PRE-HOLIDAY MEET UP
by MWaggner＠aol.com 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

NYC area Sinisterines -- Before everyone heads off for the holidays, or goes completely mad from shopping, crowds, and all that, we thought it would be nice to have a little meet-up... So! Mark this on your Advent Calendars: DATE: Saturday, December 12 PLACE: 85 Down 85 Avenue A (Between 6th and 7th Streets) Underneath Kim's Video TIME: About 9:30 p.m. or so According to JonnyKat, this is a small and cosy little spot where the owner will set aside a few tables near the bar for we Sinisterines to get intimate ... and altho' Jonny claims that this does not mean making love, who knows? Bring a little mistletoe and you might get lucky. So, if you can, stop by... If you have questions, mail me privately (NOT to the list) and I'll try to answer them. Seasonally yours, --michele/simone +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: List kids soon to be increased by one
by Richard Lander 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

Peter Miller said Has anyone answered the listees with children question yet? Off the top of my head, David Moore of Cheltenham UK not only has children, he even allows his daughter to have a boyfriend. dangerously liberal, I feel. Someone, I think it was David/Ruth, was talking about taking a new-born sprog to the London concert. Many moons ago someone's mum was on the list, if you remember they had to accompany their offspring to the NYC Sessions at West 54th or whatever. And who could forget the comforting presence of Big Arthur Bergman? Yes we have one daughter called Kathryn who is 8. She likes Pulp and The Charlatans more than B&S though. Next Saturday her baby sister (name not yet totally decided upon) will arrive in this world.

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Re: Sinister: Dog on Wheels EP, St Etienne in NYC
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

>Well I am actually posting. This is a rare occaison. >So I have recently discovered that my Dog on Wheels EP has been stollen by a >friend. I was just going to buy another one, but for once the store I shop at >has no more and won't for a while. Now I don't know what to do. Hope I'll >manage. my suggestion, try another store. there are loads of stores in the city that carry b&s stuff. most notably other music, but also the kim's and hmv. really, almost every record store in town does. shouldn't be that hard to acquire. >Now onto the more important part of my post. How much is the St Etienne show >at the Bowery ballroom and is the place 21+ only? (hehe, the 21+ argument it's 16+ (as marked on the tickets). ticket web is sold out, and i believe the bowery is too. you can call the mercury lounge, but your best bet is probably to try and find a friend who may have an extra. oh, and for trembling blue stars, other music definitely has their stuff, so do many otheres. hmv always gets the shinkhansen stuff. i know it's an evil chain store, but sometimes the imports are pretty cheap. alas, the only other topic i could speak about would be the fact that i am going to hurt someone or something. finals season is very stressful. 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: stuart's stairwell
by Genevieve Wesley 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

Dear List, Hi! you know,the more i think about it...i don't think dirty dream is really so much about sex...but country life..i can agree on that,it's so beautiful beautiful beautiful..but sometimes,what good is that,if all your company to share that with is greasy boys who drive pick-ups with moth-bitten mattresses in the back...so you invent lovely international characters in dirty dreams... like explorers/photographers for national geographic... oh,John Dunn (i think that's how you spell it) is so lovely,he travelled all of the Baffin Island by foot and canoe you know! I've decided I would like to do something like this..where do I sign up? Do I have to become a Boy Scout? you're all talking about children's books...one of my favourite ones was 'From The Mixed Up Files Of Mrs. Basil E...' I forget the rest of the title..anyways,it's a really good story,this sister and brother run away and stay at a Museum Of Art in New York..I was always facisnated with running away,and having a big museum as your castle..and rationing/deciding what food to buy for pennies and cents (couldn't do that today,sigh!)I still think that would be so fun...if I ever get real rich,I'm going to a buy a Museum and run around wearing velvet nightgowns all day long and have a wine cellar and a big dining room with those loooon tables and everything. and after that,I read R.L Stine and Christopher Pike books because they had naughty bits and everything!...not like those babysitter's club books which i was so past. Tag wrote: And I seriously doubt that anyone's got a shag >out of it. maybe they are just keeping quiet about it? tag,you are a grand tease..i hear my ears are burning and that's it? but you know,you're special,because you once wrote a funny thing,that still makes me laugh...what was it,something along the lines of 'yes,rod begebie...i'm sure i'd be walking like john wayne after' hee hee (oh and if brad said he is intimate with your mother,you have to respond with a 'your mothers butt is so big...etc' comment) Peter Miller..I have a Belle And Sebastian child,his name is Stuart Lazy Dog..but i can't talk about it because it brings shame to my family. Jarkko: 'Pretty Fly(For A White Guy)' is the number one song here!...so i found your little event funny...I don't understand why they are making a comeback...in grade 7 Offspring and Green Day were cool.. sleeping outside of stuart's stairwell? i think of seedy apartment for some reason where you cut your hands on the wall...but 'stuart's stairwell' by itself sounds like a magical place. oh no..homework(so much) but love is sent anyways, genevieve ps keith eats wheat berries so there ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Felt ain't twee!!!
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 05 Dec '98

05 Dec '98

I can't remember who wrote it...Robert? Someone found a lot of records in a store including the Pastels, House of Love and Felt...and proceeded to call all of them 'twee.' If I may say so, I disagree with that assessment. I think that Felt are one of the most un-twee bands *ever* to be embraced by the indiepopnoscenti, if only for Lawrence's disturbingly Lou Reed vs. Bob Dylan voice and their aesthetic in general. The early stuff is almost 4AD-like really, looking at the record sleeves and listening to M. Deebank's snaky guitar. Almost like the Cocteau Twins with less effects. Plus some of those songs are really, really long and complex. And the musicianship is top-notch. And there's reverb, dammit!:) Not a flame, just a personal opinion. I never feel like bouncing my head and singing along giddily when listening to Felt...except for maybe "Rain of Crystal Spires" and other Martin Duffy-era stuff. I've said it before, I'll say it again 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: Dog on Wheels EP, St Etienne in NYC
by MileEndGrl＠aol.com 04 Dec '98

04 Dec '98

Hello list. Well I am actually posting. This is a rare occaison. So I have recently discovered that my Dog on Wheels EP has been stollen by a friend. I was just going to buy another one, but for once the store I shop at has no more and won't for a while. Now I don't know what to do. Hope I'll manage. Now onto the more important part of my post. How much is the St Etienne show at the Bowery ballroom and is the place 21+ only? (hehe, the 21+ argument starts again) Is it sold out I think should be the first question. I really want to go now. And also I don't think Bowery tickets are sold through evil ticketmaster. If they are not, where do I get them? Can I just call the place and put them on my credit card and pick them up the day of the show? One last question, can someone in the NYC are tell me where I can find a trembling blue stars cd? I have been searching for so long. I heard them while in England and I have fallen in love. I've been all over, maybe Route 66 sells it? I don't know, I'm loosing hope. I also need the field mice cd. And how much does Cass have to her name? $1.74!!! I am loaded. Wait, I do have 30 quid, which is actually a lot of money in US terms. I just need to find a back to change it. Okay, if someone, anyone. please answer me. I think the only decent thing I can think about today is that Usagi and Mamoru are finally back together on Sailor Moon (my secret obsession, hehe) Quietly going insane, Cassed +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Kid's Stuff
by JJ 04 Dec '98

04 Dec '98

Thew Sarah wrote: > >Hooray I really like all this kids books stuff, but my absolute favourites >were the series of books by Ursula Le Guin about Earthsea, I re read the >first one last year and it's still ace. I think she's really a grown-up >author, but ive never read any of those books. Does anyone know what theyre >like? I've heard rumours of not good sci-fi which worries me. More books, sorry, but we're just SO literate on this list..guess what, I also read a lot of Ursula Le Guin when I was littler, the Earthsea trilogy was fantastic...so, here's another URL of a page you can look at... http://www.wenet.net/~lquilter/femsf/authors/leguin/ I did read one of her Scifi stories once, I can't remember it but I remember thinking "this is dull". Stick with A Wizard Of Earthsea, The Tombs Of Atuan and The Farthest Shore. They really are great stuff. JJ 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: brilliant advertising
by Anastasia Signoretta 04 Dec '98

04 Dec '98

hiya, just wanted to comment on the utterly pretentious and completely brilliant ad for belle and sebastian records on the back inside page of this month's select. i lurved it. now, the crap thing is, i went to the bank with my copy of the mag and absentminded me ended up leaving it on the deposit slip counter. :( stasia +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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