February 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Various Bits
by Ruth McCurry 21 Feb '98

21 Feb '98

Three things I need help with - in the case of the first, probably medical. 1. Am I alone in my love of the Lighthouse Family? I simply cannot hear Ocean Drive, Lifted or High without grinning and feeling like a newborn kitten. I would really appreciate it if I could know that there are others out there like me. 2. I realise this is two months late, but could somebody tell me what the Sunday evening Manchester show was like? I thought the Saturday night was good and the matinee show was just the most gorgeous thing I've ever witnessed. Did they do any more new stuff on Sunday evening? Did the crowd mosh and go wild a la Steven Wells? I sincerely hope not. 3. Does anyone know what happened to Aberdeen? One of their songs, Fran, was on Sarah 90something and still makes me cry every time I listen to it (soft, huh?) I think they were from Oregon or somewhere. I heard a song on XFM the other night by a band that sounded remarkably similar (Gaze? Graze? Gays???) but apparently they're from British Columbia. It's on the K label. All help would be gratefully received. Much love DAVID ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: My question about choppers
by Keith Watson 21 Feb '98

21 Feb '98

Just by way of information. The score is currently : Airwolf 6 Blue Thunder 1 Which confirms me and my pals suspicion that Airwolf's definitely the coolest helicopter, this'll help in future pub arguments. Right, now, Street Hawk or Knight Rider. Thanks to everyone who voted. Keith. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Fame
by Richard Anderson 21 Feb '98

21 Feb '98

Hi, Sad to say it but Bill Clinton is probably the most famous living person. Richard Anderson http://www.dur.ac.uk/PurpleFM/presenters/anderson.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The Three o'clock
by Birjinder Singh Anant 21 Feb '98

21 Feb '98

Hi, I'm just writing in response to the talk about the three o'clock. I assume Paul's talking about the Uncut interview with Ian Brown. In one of the little side interviews, Alan McGee says that no one knows this, but one of the influences on the Roses first album was a us band called the three o'clock. But what does he know? Also, in this week's San Francisco Bay Guardian, there's an interview by Johnny Ray Huston, the same guy who wrote the B&S article last week, with Momus, who was supposed to be playing at the Cafe Du Nord on Monday, but I called the club, and they said that the show was cancelled because he stayed in the US longer than he was supposed to. Anyway, in the article they mention B&S. Here's the quote: "Though Momus is a musical loner, he has found kinship with other musical loners. In the cover painting of his debut album, Circus Maximus, arrows pierce his body a la St. Sebastian, so I'm not surprised when he says Stuart Murdoch of the Scottish group Belle and Sebastian wrote him last year offering back-up for future tours. ('I'm glad I didn't reply,' he says, 'because I might have stopped him from making If You're Feeling Sinister.') Momus also..." If anyone wants the whole interview, I can transcribe it.Just send me an email. Take care, Birjinder ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: Various Bits
by jon g. 21 Feb '98

21 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- From: Ruth McCurry <100670.3522(a)compuserve.com> To: Sinister <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Date: 20 February 1998 13:49 Subject: Sinister: Various Bits >2. I realise this is two months late, but could somebody tell me what the >Sunday evening Manchester show was like? I thought the Saturday night was >good and the matinee show was just the most gorgeous thing I've ever >witnessed. Did they do any more new stuff on Sunday evening? Did the crowd >mosh and go wild a la Steven Wells? I sincerely hope not. Try my semi-fab Manchester scrapbook at http://www.btinternet.com/~jon.g/manscrap.htm/ It was going to have loads of people's stories in it, but my email program went wrong and I lost half of them. Anyway, it's alright I suppose... jon g. jon.g(a)btinternet.com - http://www.btinternet.com/~jon.g/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: B&S in Q/George Fell into his French Horn
by PJMiller 21 Feb '98

21 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: Hopkins T <t.hopkins(a)lancaster.ac.uk> Para: 'sinister(a)majordomo.net' <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: viernes 20 de febrero de 1998 19:08 Asunto: RE: Sinister: B&S in Q/Do you like worms? the one-man Bavarian oompah-pah band trumpeted forth: >Wanted to look like Jimmy Webb, huh? And ended up looking like Jimmy >Tarbuck. > That is below the belt, Hopkins. Don't mess with my Jimmy Webb aspirations! Time out! let me think...let me think...you look like Eddie Yeats on bad acid. Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: stuff & nonsense - no really
by Essexdog5＠aol.com 20 Feb '98

20 Feb '98

In a message dated 2/20/98 9:41:33AM, you write: << Has anyone in the US heard of a band called 'The 3'o clock'? Apparently, they were a huge influence on the fledgling Roses... >> Has anyone on the list heard of an album called Primal Scream? Apparently it was a huge influence on the not-so-fledgling Stone Roses. Arf. By the way, I'm in NYC in late march/early April - can anyone tell me where I should go and/or what I should do that's, uh, 'cool'? Feedback would be appreciated. Why thank you! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: I like Rod
by Perfection As A Hipster 20 Feb '98

20 Feb '98

PJMiller wrote ... >I'm sure Sarah Martin won't mind Rod expressing a less than enthusiastic >opinion of her previous band. Come on, folks ... SM naturally stands for Steve Malkmus, but he's lurking ... "Fight this generation" Andreas The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella But more upon the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella (Charles Baron Bowen) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: biscuits are for puppies
by Tara Widmer 20 Feb '98

20 Feb '98

>>conclusive proof, if proof be needed, that B&S fans are not sniffly, cardie-wearing, mopers but are in fact mid 70's folkie throwbacks who follow the crowd & like a bit of lo-fi punky business now & then. SPOT ON.... hehe...Did we ever come to a conclusion as to what the typical B&S fan looks like? Someone asked a question to that effect ages ago. Witty opinions welcome. Did anybody else watch that Motown series on ABC recently? fascinating! I'm off to buy all the pre-1971 releases on my lunch. Today is Ian Brown's birthday, and Kurt Cobain's too. I wonder when Belle and Sebastian's birthdays are. I peg Stuey M as a pisces or virgo, possibly libran. How old are they all anyway? Someone mentioned Isobel having school exams to do, and here I am thinking they're all 30 ish... *sigh* feeling low, like in that All Saints song. "Play me a song to set me free..." Thanks to you who sent the Beautiful South game, top notch fun! Like Ad libs, anybody remember that game? sorry everybody, I'll be gone now! lurrrve moi (still not quite clear on this milky biscuit business...) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: stuff & nonsense - no really
by Paul Dean 20 Feb '98

20 Feb '98

Whilst perusing a virtual record shop - www.cdnow.com - yesterday, i was looking at the (hideously overpriced) B&S CD's when it suggested i 'click here' for related B&S music.... are you ready for this. Apparently I should be buying the new LP's by Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Sarah McClachlan, The Verve, Radiohead, & Sleater-Kinney. So there you are conclusive proof, if proof be needed, that B&S fans are not sniffly, cardie-wearing, mopers but are in fact mid 70's folkie throwbacks who follow the crowd & like a bit of lo-fi punky business now & then. SPOT ON.... Michael York was Manimal & it was huge pants, make no mistake The Ian Brown album is ummm.. i'm going to have to say OK. It's 100 times the seahorses (not difficult) & full of good ideas. It just seems to sacrifice tunes for trying too hard to be interesting. I guess i was just hoping for a new 'Standing Here' to get me through the millennium.... The Add N to X LP is wonderful - if you're still thinking of buying the Air LP. Don't! buy this instead..... The girls PE teacher at our school was called Miss Mountain until she got married & became Mrs Hill. I belm ye not! Has anyone in the US heard of a band called 'The 3'o clock'? Apparently, they were a huge influence on the fledgling Roses... Um. I think i'd better go now. sorry... Paulus the wood-gnome ....flying back to the US next week on Virgin....yipeee ;-] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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