December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Nothing in particular
by Frank Yang 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

G'day all Just popping in with a few obesrvations/comments/unsolicited opinions on some of the recent thread. They've actually started giving me work to do (bastards! What do they think they pay me for?), so I've had to go back to lurking mode for a while. Anyways... Records of the year: Belle & Sebastian - TBWTAS (natch), Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenue, Emm Gryner - Public, Semisonic - Feeling Strangely Fine, Sloan - Navy Blues, Spiritualized - Live At The Royal Albert Hall, Elliott Smith - XO Honorable mentions to Catatonia, Bernard Butler, Drugstore, Mojave 3, Bob Mould, Heather Nova, Son Volt, Pulp and Cracker. Records I would have liked to have on the list but that I can't find on this continent for less than $35... The Boo Radleys - Kingsize (but since they now have North American distribution and will be released in late January, look for it on next years list... boo forever!) Manic Street Preachers - This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours (of course the All Saints remix album can find distribution, but the Manics? Oh nooo....) Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider Regarding C.S. Lewis: I read recently that his theological books were enjoying a resurgence in popularity. I guess they look good alongside those Chicken Soup and Celestine Prophecy books... I thoroghly enjoyed the Narnia books, though I don't think I've ever managed to read them in the proper order. The Last Battle disturbed me - the body count was pretty high for an 8 year old to deal with. BTW - did anyone catch the Stu Murdoch quote in December's Select where he says he wouldn't mind if B&S were called a Christian rock band? I think that's what he said, I don't have the article handy for reference... interesting, anyways. To anyone in the US/Canada who's ordered stuff from Jeepster before: How long does it take to ship a package about the size of a t-shirt and CD across the Atlantic? I'll be foolishly checking my mailbox everyday from Dec 7 on awaiting my Christmas gift to myself... Alyssa: Sincerest condolences (sp?) about your cat. List crush: I see I am conspicuously absent... that's fine... why should cyberspace be any different from the real world... sob sob (peeking through the crocodile tears to see if the desperate ploy for pity is paying off...) Well, I think that brings me up to speed. Have a good day everyone and beware the ice weasels. They have pointy nasty teeth. -- Frank Yang "Ooh, you got a head bag! Those are chock full of... heady goodness." In my CD player: The Boo Radleys - Wake Up! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Jonathan 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

Greetings, I've Never read the narnia books. Should i be hanging my head in shame right now. I don,t think so I did watch the t.v. program though, ahh sunday afternoon t.v. when i was a nipper. BLISS. Did any of you lot go to see B&S at nottingham the other month? If so could someone PLEASE post a set list for the pleasure of yours truly. TAR . I'm sure that you've all probably gone through this before but i was'nt here so PLEASE. Thats enough of that grovelling lark Whats on my stereo:- The white album. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Doesn't Anyone Want To Be On The Telly?
by Karen David 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

C'mon. Don't be shy. We don't have too much time, and I don't have the vocal skills or imagination to fake it all myself. Get those anecdotes in to: belleandsebastian(a)classic.msn.com Hear from you soon, Neil@B&S +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Unloveable
by Mark Casarotto 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

Some thoughts on fellow listees and their posts: Archel, your cheek knows no bounds. Yesterday's request was very "oh no, I accidentally seem to have dropped all my clothes down the waste disposal and am in need of a big strong man to sort it out while I stand around in a teddy with a Father Xmas pompom!", I thought... :)) Kevan Cooke - give this man the world. He is my perfect man, and will be getting my alternate sexuality list crush vote as soon as a site is set up for Murdochesque ruminations on fancying one's gender (or not, in the case of some of you). I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet, but as it seems to be along similar lines to some of the lit so far mentioned "The Weirdstone of Brisingamen" is unmitigated SHITE and I have ben scarred by its pompous, pointless bland elf-wank since I was forced to read it when I was 9. Why I feel so antipathetic towards a children's book I don't know, but I'm not having a good day. Got an Xmas tree shaped chocolate in my advent calendar today. Could any other listees with Cadbury's calendars confirm whether or not they are all the same? Just checked out the newcrush list (in the desperate hope that *someone* will like me) - nice to see I am in such August company on zero - whoever hasn't voted for luminaries such as Keith, The Duke, Archel, Janine, Kevan (swoon), Seb, Megan (how the mighty have fallen :)), time to pull your fingers out.... And more importantly, where the hell did Begbie come from...? And who the hell is Minnie Ripperton??? Enough envy, time to W!O!R!K! Kisses from your ever-so-fanciable Biondino xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 2 quickies [one OFF one ON]
by Seamus Campbell 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

i don't believe that anything is out yet, but i'm not positive. k is putting out an amazing single sometime soon, built to spill covering "by the way" (from operation heavenly) and marine research doing "sick and wrong" (available on bts's the normal years, i believe). seamus > -----Original Message----- > From: dave cohen [SMTP:lapis@pobox.upenn.edu] > Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 7:20 AM > To: sinister(a)majordomo.net > Subject: Sinister: 2 quickies [one OFF one ON] > > have Marine Research put out anything? i thought i had heard > about a 7" (called Queen B? MayB...) but not seen/heard 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: murdoch goes punk?
by Esteban 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

hullo...aah wuz walking along byres road yesterday but who said i see walk past me but stuart murdoch with bright reddy orange hair...whats all that about then? love Esteban +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: final calling
by Sam Norman 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

I know that there is Davids lovely message board (my message is up there) but for any sinister feeling people in the Dublin area, we are meeting up in in the Long Hall on George's Street South tonight at around 7.30pm to 8.00pm. I arrived in Dublin yesterday by the way and so far have had no sleep in the last 28hrs. I will be wearing my Study at Stow t-shirt tonight for easy recognition. see you tonight sam +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: uk department stores
by Bill Moss 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

silly query: i didn't see much on this in the archive but what's the significance of dept. stores in b&s songs? i've counted three mentions debenhams, c&a and marks & spencer. are there other mentions of stores - of any kind? aquarian lefty, bill in my head, 'a boy's empty mind' in my cup, shite office coffee http://www.geocitie.com/~billmoss ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: marine research/kitty sadness
by Pinaplcrsh＠aol.com 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

In a message dated 98-12-02 13:05:41 EST, you write: << marine research have a 7" available from 'where it's at is where you are' (wiaiwya), the single is 'queen b' backed with 'y.y.u.b.'! you can buy it direct from the label by sending payment (UK� 2.50 for uk, UK� 3.00 for europe and UK� 3.50 for the rest of the world) to wiaiwya, 1 bankside, 10 brock lane, maidenhead, berkshire SL6 1LP, UK. >> in the states you can get the single soon from roundabout mailorder. i don't have the info handy, but you can e-mail me if you want it and i'll get it to you. i have some sad news. i had to put my sweet cat, elvis, to sleep last night. he was healthy until yesterday. he had a heart complication and was in a lot of pain and had lost all feeling and circulation in his back legs. he wasn't even 5 years old. it's been really hard on me and my other cat, treble. i'm still expecting to see him. treble's curled up in elvis' chair, looking quite sad and lonely. i can't quite get used to the reality that he's gone. i felt like i had to share that with all of you for some reason. i miss him so much. i've gotten my dyke-core loving girlfriend into b&s. she went out and bought 'lazy line painter jane' all on her own. good girlfriend. i can't decide whether to give my crush vote to the lovely beth arzy, who has received all my crush votes for the past 3 years, or if lesley jo, whose posts i save because they make me smile every time, has become deserving enough to take it away. i guess that's all for now. *alyssa marie* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: tapes and stuff
by Joe Frese 03 Dec '98

03 Dec '98

hi all, i'm usually more of an observer than a contributer when it comes to this list, but i've been listening to a bunch of my belle and sebastian tapes and now i'm dying to complete my collection. anybody want to trade? i've got tigermilk, both radcliffe sessions, the lamaq session, an audience recording of the 7/9/98 shepard's bush gig, demos of "london has let me down again" and "pocketbook angel", and radio broadcasts of "loneliness of a middle distance runner," and "wrong love" (or is it girl now?) also, i've been thinking of putting together a webpage devoted to unofficial belle and sebastian recordings ("bootlegs," if you prefer that term) . . . a sort of guide to what's available and a place for people to trade. would anybody be interested in something like that? yours truly, icy bro +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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