December 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Never had a nickname (except Joey Deacon and I didn't like it)
by Nick Dastoor 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

'Fisky' wrote: >Just as the list was threatening to get dull, it's good to see you all >addressing the big issues with such gusto (sex, religion, lame 80s >movies). I'm especially pleased that my CS Lewis post provoked such >reaction. Perhaps one day I shall be a man of influence on this list, >like those they call the 'Duke', 'Candarel', 'Honey' or, indeed, >'Trousers'. Does influence come with having a rubbish nicknames? Heaven knows where we might be today if only Hitler had decided to rechristen himself 'poppet' or something. Actually, I'm being unfair - Tag and Trousers have problems getting their mouths around their real names; the Duke really can trace a direct bloodline back to the original conquest of Harringay (c.1122) and like the Prince of Wales, doesn't have to live in his ancestral seat anymore if he finds uncomfortable; FluffyCandarel 'northern' for Sarah; and Honey is of course beyond reproach. Anyway - I don't like all this A-list listee business. It puts people off and implies that Tag is worth reading. Which he is, but only when he sheds the juvenile foppish style he adopts on Sinister and gets down to serious ROCK journalism in the pages of 'Uncut' magazine each month. Subscribe today - it's a hoot. I do like the idea of an A-team listee business though. Anyone game? During some squabble a few weeks ago ,someone said a while ago that the only people who can get away with saying anything on this list are the 'smooth talking English' types. I liked this idea and I would like whoever it was to publish a list of their top smooth English list members. Perhaps the winner could get to be Face in the new A-team. New competition - I will give a tape of the Billy Ocean 'Get out of my dreams get into my car' 12 minute megamix (on cassingle) to the most entertaining Boolean search expression you have tried on the new Sinister archive. I must say I find all those commas and semicolons a bit confusing, being a good old-fashioned AND OR NOT boy myself. Not sure if it allows parentheses either, but they are OK in my game. Actually, I haven't got that Billy Ocean megamix at all, but it does exist - a flatmate of mine once owned it and he's now TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN. Even if you don't have children, he's teaching them in some insidious way. Who on the list has got children apart from that Martin Connelly? Nicholas xxxx P.S. Like WiseHoney says lots of times, please let's not have a barrage of posts just listing your fave records. Weave them magically into other posts if you need to.... Hope I'm not speaking out of turn. Email me privately if you think I am. _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wedding music?
by Heather Marie Propes 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

Forgive me for not being to hip to any of the latest conversational threads around here, I'm trying to look at this list on the fringes of my working day, while attempting to look like a busy html programmer. My question of the day - Can anyone recommend some pretty music for my wedding in July? Anything along the lines of Belle and Sebastian would be nice, Pulp might be a bit risque for my grandmother. Thanks! http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch(a)midway.uchicago.edu +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sessions + Tigermilk
by evilive 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

is anyone out there (who owns "tigermilk" and some radio session) willing to dub a tape for me? i'm willing to do trades or some offers. please email me privately. Henry

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Sinister: the JEWS (no BS)
by Sebastian 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

here's a silver jews review from my college paper... did your "in a sloppy category of their own?" mean you liked pavement, or not? if ya do: (american water is a masterpiece - no joke, far far better than their other efforts.) curious... In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection, begins American Water, the third album from St. Malkmuss other band. Whether hes whimsically ranting about tan lines on ring fingers, about how he is the joke his mother played on the world, or the speed of an IV drip, Bermans lyrics are down right fascinating. Windex tears flow down the robots face, hed never felt a mothers embrace, says Berman. My momma named me after a king, Im gonna bury my name in you. Much like Malkmuss Pavement, its hard to quite pinpoint what exactly the Jews are going on about, and how much of it they exactly mean. With the follow-up to Pavements acclaimed Brighten the Corners scheduled for release no earlier than March 1999, American Water is a splendid fill-in. Initial listens do little to suggest that American Water is anything beyond the uneven, spoken-word offerings of Starlite Walker. But dont be fooled by the monotonous nature of Bermans voice,this album is laced with subtleties. For the most part, the Jews again stick to their lo-fi, slack-rock credo, though Malkmus manages to wail on the instrumental Night Society and on the quirky, up-and-down Blue Arrangements. Honk If Your Lonely is a western-ish cheese-hoot. As if its title wasnt strange enough, Like like the the the Death asks: Do you believe in MGM endings? and rambles about air crickets, dead hookers, grass rabbits, and killing animals. I see you swimming with the country club women in the Greenwood southside society pool, goes Blue Arrangements. I love your amethyst eyes, and your protestant thighs. Youre a shimmering socialite jewel. Simple, sometimes snail-paced arrangements, make American Water, with its obtuse and enchanting word-play and references to just about everything peculiar, the type of album you listen to on your own. Driving down a long stretch of highway, perhaps. With the Silver Jews, much like their brothers Pavement, random rules. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sessions + Tigermilk
by Graeme Crosbie 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

I have copies of Tigermilk and the first two Radcliffe sessions, and the Looper single, but am desperate to get the other sessions. Please e-mail me if you could help me, or are willing to exchange tapes etc. Visit my website at www.cheeso.force9.co.uk graeme(a)cheeso.force9.co.uk

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Sinister: 2 quickies [one OFF one ON]
by dave cohen 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

> > i met and spoke to amelia (heavenly, marine research) last night and remembered > that some said taht it was she that said the 'she and me' thing. > david > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > david kitchen : jeepster recordings ltd have Marine Research put out anything? i thought i had heard about a 7" (called Queen B? MayB...) but not seen/heard it. [sidenote on She and Me....Woody Guthrie used it in a lyric on a song called Way Over Yonder (on the Mermaid Ave LP that Billy Bragg and Wilco did. about a young man attempting to seduce some youngwom and getting cuaght by her mum "she cut a switch from a cherry tree and laid it on to she and me" unless guthrie was talking about Sheila and Amelia as well...] second query: there was a mention of the Tigermilk rerelease being around the corner...how long of a block are we talking about here?? --lapis +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: PARDON MY FRENCH, FUCK
by Emanuel Brown 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

No, no, no. Pavement? They're in a sloppy room all their own. Fuck's really early stuff was cool 'cause it was real simple and raw. Plus some of the cds came in old reel-to-reel boxes and included thins like Smarties and li'l coloring books. I still have yet to listen to Silver Jews. Any recommendations? 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: Panto time
by Chris Leonard 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

WOTCHA! What, with Christmas looming and Santa and his wee helpers in full preperation mode, I thought it would be nice if all 819 of us went to a pantomime together. But that's not really a viable option is it though? I mean some of us live in Thailand for goodness sake. So instead, I have written a little pantomime that we can all enjoy together in our collective brain of love. Merry Christmas Everybody, Christopher xxx PANTO ======= CHARACTERS STRUAN MURDOCH : Dorothy ISOBEL : Toto STEPHEN PASTEL : Wicked Witch BRAD : Cowardly Lion SCENE 1: A dreary farmyard in Glasgow. A young girl playing with her little panto dog STRUAN: Ow Toto, you'we so siwwy. I wove you more than anything in the whole wide world. You'we the only one who weally understands me. Toto jumps up and licks Dorothy's face. Dorothy licks back. Toto licks. Dorothy licks it some more. So does Toto. ISOBEL: Woof. STRUAN: Hoho, you're wovely Toto. I wish we could go away somwhere else, where we would belong. Somewhere ovaw the wainbow! <sings #somewhere ovaw the wainbow ...etc> ISOBEL: Woof. STRUAN: Let's wun away, Toto The two tan it off the stage. Stage lights dim. SCENE 2: Out in the country in the middle of nowhere. A derilect AMK van lies rusty and minging. Wind effects signify that it is very very windy indeed. STRUAN: OOOOO! A twister!!! Oh no! Come Toto, let us hide in this disused wed AMK van. ISOBEL: Woof. The two hide in the disused red AMK van. A large cardboard box hits Struan on the head, knocking him out cold. Lights dim. Various windy effects signify the flight of the red AMK van over the rainbow. SCENE 3: Spotlight on Dorothy, center stage STRUAN: Oh Toto, what happened? I feel a wittle quesy. Are you ok my wittle doggie willy wawmar? ISOBEL: Woof. STRUAN: Oh Toto, Something gives me the feeling we're not in Glasgow anymore. Ooooooo! The two get out the van. Lights up. Ooo colourful now we're in Munchkinland. There is a couple of green shoes sticking out under the van. A red puff of smoke appears! POOF!! The wicked witch appears from behind the smoke STEPHEN PASTEL: YA BASTARD! Y'eve had ma sister ya wee jobbie. I'll fucking smash you ma pretty, and your wee dog too! STRUAN: Oooo! The wicked witch disappears in another poof of smoke. STRUAN: Ooo Toto, we'we weally in big twouble now! We've killed a witch and we've annoyed another one. I want to go home and have a wovely cup of tea. A lion jumps out from behind the van. BRAD: RARR MUTHAFUCKA! I KICK YOUR ASS! SACK OF DICK! Straun and Isobel cower BRAD: SHEEIT YOU MUMMA SO FAT! I KICK YOUR ASS! SACK OF DICK! STRUAN: eh,,,eh, sowwy mr lion, i don't think we've met properly BRAD: AN WE AINT GONNA EITHER I'M GONNA EAT YOU UP MUTHAFUCKA DAMN CRAZY FOOL. ISOBEL: Woof. Toto bites the lions tail. BRAD: SHEEEIT, WHATCHA GO AN DO THAT FOR? JESUS H THAT HURT. The lion starts to cry. STRUAN: Aw don't cry lion. You'we nothing but a big coward. You shouldn't buwwy people smaller than you. BRAD: Damn right. I'm sorry dude. I'm just a big coward. <sings "I've I only had the nerve"> The lion starts to cry. Dorothy and Toto give him a cuddle. STRUAN: Let's go home everybody. The wicked witch appears again in a big poof of smoke. STEPHEN PASTEL: And how are you going to manage that ya wee prick. Eh? I'm gonna kill you. The lion pounces and rips her head off, then claws at her chest till her insides are all over the stage. Then he smears the blood all over his torso whilst screaming "HIMLER". STRUAN: Very well done lion. Look, that was weally weally bwave of you. Your not a coward anymore! BRAD: Hey man, neither I am. I'm all better thanks to you Dorothy, and little Toto. Cheers man, I mean it. STRAUN: You'we vewy vewy welcome my bwave fweind. But how will me and Toto get home? The lion pounces and scoffs the pair of them. BRAD: Sack of dick. Curtains down. WAH HAH HAH (like the devil) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: PARDON MY FRENCH, FUCK
by Sebastian 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

i scored that CD after hearing, from somewhere, Pavement comparisons...needless to say, I was quite dissapointed... My fault, of course, thinking anything could resemble MENT...pity me.. YET...the new Silver Jews somehow stacks up, when Krist Novoselic referred to his drunken comments in Italy (one of Nirvana's fianl shows) coming from a book called "How To BE Witty At Parties" i think it was American Water he was foreshadowingly (???) referrinng to...the word-play here is fascinating... ...but then again, St. Malkmus had a hand in 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: the photos?
by Jarkko Fr�ntil� 02 Dec '98

02 Dec '98

Whats up with the photos some people have on the mailing list thingie? Can i send my "im a nerd, yes, but i have a lot of femalefriends i can talk to"-pic to the mailinglist and then get to see my face staring at me from the screen? Or how does it work? =) sorry, daydreaming, but now i woke up. But really, can anyone answer my qestion? ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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