December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: In the new old fashioned way
by Reid Dossinger 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

Ahoy-hoy, Sinisterines. I hope Santa was kind to you all, even those of you who don't call him "Santa" (he only lets his friends call him that). My friends and I laughed and cried over the fact that our most desired Christmas presents are now kitchen wares. It's so goddamn domestic, but when you get right down to it, it's what we need most. After comparing excitement over salad spinners and knife sets, we were practically forced to go out drinking until the early hours, just to remind ourselves that we hadn't gotten weren't quite ready for the rocking chairs. So in houses that get a ton of magazines and newspapers, there is a deluge of "Critics picks for the year" articles, so I spent a good long time over my holidays reading them. The Boy With The Arab Strap didn't appear in *any* of the ones that I read. Which, I've decided, is good. Not that I would totally *mind* having them on those lists, but I like the idea of B&S staying out of the spotlight, ONLY because I like the fact that they quietly make their albums and EP's, relatively free from intense pressure and media scrutiny. A rash of "one of the best albums of the year!" could only lead to "next big thing" articles, which I (selfishly, I'll admit) don't want. I've never heard the Pastels before, but am curious, and I saw their album "Illumination" in the store, used for five bucks. Should I pick it up? Would it make a good impression, or is it one of those "it's a good album but it shouldn't be the first thing you hear by them" albums? Please help a confused little boy. So now we're thankfully past Christmas and onto New Years, which is my favorite holiday of the year. My wish for the future is that New Years Day becomes THE celebrated holiday, with the presents and the cheer and all that. It's perfect, as least for most western countries: it's not religious (aside from being aligned with the Christian calendar) and it's not a celebration of a war or an invasion, it's not for one person and has nothing to do with being in love. How great is it that there's this holiday that can't lead to stupid arguments and "anti-New Years" parties? And how do we treat it? By getting drunk the night before. To me, it's all about starting over again. So with that in mind, I wish you all a Happy New Year. Golly, how'd that mistletoe get there, Reid +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: i'm so full of ideas...
by Alix Campbell 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

hello dears, here's my life story... it was around 11.30pm, and we fancied a cheeseburger. Wed just been to see Snow Patrol, and were about to get on the bus, but we reckoned we had time for food. Opposite us in the queue at Macdonalds are a group of blokes, and one of them is saying You cant pick and choose, for gods sake Then another starts shouting I want pickles, I need pickles, why cant I have pickles? and so on, and the first bloke starts up again you get what youre given, its not fucking KFC - you get what you're given When Id bought my cheeseburger I went to sit down by the door and wait for Tom. A man whod been watching all of the above saw the ink stamp that you get on the back of your hand at The Point, said hey, Thats a good idea, write on your hand what you want, they know what you want at the counter Then he said to me what does it say? and I said 'the Point and he said the Pogues, brilliant group, do you like them? and I laughed and said no, the Point, its a place where they do gigs, he said was anyone good on?, but then Tom came over, and the man said hey I thought Sid was dead, to which Tom was very flattered, then the man said I looked like Nancy Spungen, and warned Tom against me you better watch her Anyway, we left Macdonald s and caught the 2A home. i'm afraid there really wasn't any relevancy to this post, but i'm so bored i think i may explode if i don't do something constructive. oh, and i don't look anything like Nancy Spungen, either. 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: a blessed morning
by Rehak, Kimberly 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

> after napping rather continuously through the holidays to avoid overdosing > on the family, <alas!> i have to return to work. you know that hackneyed > thing about mondays?...it is too sadly accurate today. anyway, i'm all > bleary-eyed and pumping for my car to make it to the top of the big hill > (it's rather shitty, my kitty car) when blessed belle and sebastian comes > over the airwaves. needless to say, i skip the morning cigarette and wake > up right away and my car even kicks in and i make it to work just as > TBWTAS is ending. it was on for one of the npr guys favorite albums of > the year. so here i am now, about to actually start working. boo. but i > wish you all wonderful mornings such as this. > > oh and with all of the new people subscribing, is there anyone from around > pittsburgh? just would like to meet some neighbors. > > bye, KIMberly +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Open letter to David & Katrina
by Brier Random 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

Jeepster (and everyone in it, mostly including you two, David & Katrina) are doing a perfect job. Your job? Bringing the band Belle & Sebastian into our lives, thus changing it for the better, forever. Whatever a loud minority of fans seem to be aiming towards you in the form of either cynical triades or just doubting thoughts, PLEASE know that most of us (almost all of us, I would guess) are glad for the music you help bring us, and the surprisingly lovely spirit with which you do it. Most of us know that the fact that Jeepster is a business does not take away from the fact that you love the band and what they do for us. Please accept our vote of confidence and our sincere thanks. Not ass-kissing, just speaking from the heart of me, Brier Random +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: just because it's cookie monster blue doesn't mean you can poke me
by jessica 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

firstly, let me announce that i am wearing a brand spanking new pair of shoes that look exactly like the ones prada is showing this season, the only difference being that i paid muchmuch less for my shoes. they're mary janes, they're leather, they're quite geeky really and they look smashing with my knee length skirts and requisite cardigans. with biscuits in hand, of course, and penguin paperback tucked into my pocket. but am i allowed to nibble on my glico pocky milk super snacks? ah yes, they can be eaten in conjunction with biscuits. one glico pocky snack, one biscuit. and then some lemonade. wizzcake wrote: >jessicaxo i have the biggest crush on you...i hope you and ahren >reproduce. now, i couldn't let this roll by without some sort of comment. first, eeeeek! okay, now i can say that there will be no reproducing between me and ahren any time soon (or me and anyone for that matter, but you really don't need to hear about that), we're just good friends and our relationship is totally platonic. but i still touch him a lot. that can't be helped. wizzcake, we will miss your urine scented cakes as they stick to the list like wet tissue. in a good way, of course. then peej wrote: >>What's the appeal of Boston?<< boston? please, other than being old guys sporting the ever-fashionable mullet hairstyle and singing about old trains and ladies, it's also a great city with some of the best chai tea around, a lovely discount bookstore, and filene's basement which gets hit so hard every time i visit. did i mention that glenn jones, of the ultra-talented cul de sac, lives there? yessir, and he took me to dinner at a nice thai restaurant, and we discussed music, and i discovered that he likes belle and sebastian! he also remembers seeing jimi hendrix in concert, which eliminates him as a real world crush, sadly enough, but i did go away grinning from the ride in his volvo and our little discussion of belle and sebastian, and the fact that he paid for dinner, which always thrills me (i'm simple, i know). and peej wrote some more: >>And while we're on the subject, don't despair if you fail miserably to get a Christmas snog, New Year's Eve is just around the corner, and everyone gets a snog then, regardless of physical repulsiveness.<< oh, poo, i now feel even more left out that i have no plans for new years. i had tentative plans last year, and then i got tonsillitis and was forced to stay at home and feel sorry for myself drinking neo citran and watching 'muriel's wedding'. anyone volunteer to show up at my house, take me out for new years and kiss me? perhaps that sounds a little too desperate, let me try again...anyone care for a lovely new years outing, rewarded definitely by a hug and some cookies and a feel of my new blue furry jacket (not a grope, mind you, just a feel. there is a difference, pervyheads). well, being at home won't be so bad, i'll get another chance to listen to my whole belle and sebastian library from start to finish in chronological order as the new year comes in and the old year passes, and paint my nails pink and phone old friends and leave pathetic messages on their machines saying "happy new year, hope your karma gets you this time" and laughing from having too much lemonade and having them call me back the next day saying "what were you on, jessica, and what's this about karma?" and i'll pretend that it must have been another jessica and quickly change the subject. oh yes, here comes 1999, inevitably ushered in by prince (party like it's 1999) and ended with pulp (disco 2000). how appropriate, somehow. i think my work in retail is making me cynical. oooh, i almost forgot about christmas cheer! hannukah is over, yes? hope the festivities haven't left you too groggy, and that you all got a gift as marvellous as my electric toothbrush. wow, it spins and makes my whole head vibrate, and then i end up with clean teeth. amazing stuff, this technology. love and rockets (oooh, cliche), jessicaxo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by Cynthia Someone 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

Hello darlings: Isn't winter a cerebral and sort of dour time? I feel like smelling lemons to brighten up... all this lack of sun, the tilting planets et cetera must be affecting us all ... how else can people be complaining about the doldrums of the list,the lack of humor, et cetera. Though Lesley Jo's post did brighten my day. Maybe she's in the Bahamas ... anyway, I feel I must apologize if anyone felt I was accusing the list of being apathetic to the world around them. That wasn't what I was getting at, no ... I pretty much just wanted to say what was really going on at my end. That's all for now. Cynthia ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: after x-mas
by bluefishy＠alloymail.com 28 Dec '98

28 Dec '98

From: Eleanor Bluefishy---I don't know how everybody else goes about writing their sinister posts, but I've tried a couple of times and mine never posted. And this time I'm trying writing the from thing myself. At any rate, now x-mas is over and I thought I'd make the preposterous admission that I still don't have The Boy With The Arab Strap, nor have I heard any of the songs from it. I'm sure this will make some of you aghast with horror, others with pity. I do love B&S, but . . . I could fill up a house with excuses. Still, I'll love it and it'll be "new to me" like those NBC reruns (no, I did not fall for that). But thing of it this way: most sinisterines have heard all there is out there, but there is still new Belle and Sebastian for me! Well, this is a long enough post. Someone please reply, and give me reason to read these things. Bye! Happy New Year's! ----------------------------------------------- Get your free email at http://www.alloymail.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: Thanks Sinister List!
by Mike Newman 27 Dec '98

27 Dec '98

As the end of the year approaches (always more important to me than Christmas) and since I've already drunkenly de-lurked tonight, I thought I'd just write to thank everyone who actively posts to the list for a fun year, lots of entertainment (sometimes even intentional) and for helping in my hour of need (when my Tigermilk tape expired unexpectedly). Despite recent fractiousness, you're still the nicest list around....a little more pressure and I might even reveal who I voted for in the list crush debacle! Happy new year sinister folk! Mike -- Sent by mike(a)greatnorthern.prestel.co.uk at Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:40 ICQ UIN: 3533902 -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: girlfriend in a coma.
by HadieLB＠aol.com 27 Dec '98

27 Dec '98

In a message dated 12/27/98 9:36:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, someone wrote << There's just nothing coming from the _real_ Douglas Coupland in that book, and there's nothing about (or even feeling like) the Smiths "as we know them" in it. >> okay, i know this douglas coupland thread is pretty much beat... but can someone please tell me exactly what that book was *about*? was there supposed to be a connection between the book ('girlfriend in a coma') and the band? are the smiths part of the book's plot in any way, shape, or form? i am confused..... okay, that's it. i want some pen-pals. --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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Sinister: lonely far into the year again?
by Laurent de GUELL 27 Dec '98

27 Dec '98

hu humm... No need to bla-blater as you noticed I'm pretty new on the internet and French which makes two reasons for me to cut the crap, for Chrissake. Bonne nuit ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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