February 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Deep Meaningful Lyrical Content.
by Adrian Evans 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

Greetings each. Well following on from the previous offerings, here goes. My top 8 lyrics that have got me where I am now. 1) "We are here, We are Rons 22. Hear the roar, Of the Red White and Blue...This time more than any other time, this time...We're gonna find a way, find a way to get away this time, Getting it all together...We'll get it right." c.1982 - England World Cup Squad. When football songs were football songs, and Kevin Keegan had a nasty perm. 2) "Oh...We hate Argyle and we hate Argyle, we hate Argyle and we hate Argyle. We hate Argyle and we hate Argyle...We are the Argyle haters. We hate Argyle. We hate Argyle. We hate Argyle." c.Whenever - Various artists, The Cowshed, St James Park, Exeter. Dedicated to Tim Hopkins on away days. 3) " Underground overground Wombleing free, the Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we" The wombles...1970 something through 1980 something....probably. It's the only childrens program with a theme with words that I can remember. Otherwise I'd have 'em all in. 4) " You are my City, my only City. You make me happy, when skies are Red/White/Black." c.Whenever - Various artists, The Cowshed, St James Park, Exeter. Dedicated to Tim Hopkins on away days. 5) "Here are the young men - a weight on their shoulders, here are the young men but where have they been ?" Joy Division (Decades/Closer) c.1980 - It appears to be neccessary part of your vinyl collection if you are on the list. 6) "She will listen to me, when I want to speak about the world we live in, and life in general. Though my views maybe wrong, they may even be perverted, she'll hear me out and won't easily be converted...." Depeche Mode (Somebody) - Surely one of their finer moments. 7) "When she saw the funny side, we introduced my child bride to whisky and Gin." B&S (The State...IYFS) - not awe inspiring, but I just luv whisky and gin. 8) "Will it be Arsenal will it be Spurs, 'ere's what she said to me. Wash your mouth out son, and get your fathers gun, then shoot the Tottenham scum, Que Sera Sera." Various artists - The North Bank, Highbury. London N5 1BU. Always brought a smile to my face ! Exit. Adrian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: B&S in Q/Do you like American music?
by Reid Dossinger 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

I'm not sure if this has already been discussed, but there was a little sidebar thing in the "new" issue of Q (with Madonna on the cover) that asks folks what they thought of a show they just saw, and one of the shows they ask about was the Sunday B&S show in Manchester. Are Jamie Holborn, Julie Leary, Rob Hargreaves or Tim Hopkins on the list? If'n you are, you now have your picture and comments for Q readers to see. For those of you who just want to read this little bit without buying the magazine, it's in the back with the concert listings. And on another note: > for every shitty american band, > you can name 30 great english ones. And vice versa. Just because your record collection is majority British bands doesn't mean you are somehow required to rag on American bands. There are plenty of great American bands. And what bands sell a ton of records should not be representative of a whole country's music scene. Belle and Sebastian are not exactly on the same level (popularity-wise) in Britain that Matchbox 20 are here. And that Smash Mouth song is brilliant, even if the rest of the album is rotten. Somewhere in England right now, some kid is saying, "British music sucks! The Americans get all the good bands like Ben Folds Five and Soul Coughing and the Roots and we get Hurricane #1 and the Seahorses". ~Reid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Trembling Blue Stars, NME review
by Gerard Wood 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

TREMBLING BLUE STARS Lips Taste Of Tears (Shinkasen/CD only) EVER SAT CRYING ALL NIGHT OUTSIDE THE Burger King where she said you smell and dumped you for him? Do you appreciate the comedy of Sean Hughes? Own a large collection of cardigans because they're 'comfy and stylish'? Answer 'yes' to any of the above and you are probably already familiar with the work of softius maximus Bob Wratten, ex-Field Mouse dribbler and now Hug Czar as singer of Trembling Blue Stars. You probably sleep with last year's debut album 'Her Handwriting' under your pillow and call it by a pet name. And you will be scared out of your mousy wits by 'Lips That Taste Of Tears'. Hey losers! KABOOM! The Softy Hiroshima has arrived! And Wratten pilots the cardy-pop Enola Gay to perfection. He lures in the unsuspecting wallflowers with a soppy title and the wispy, lispy piano meanderings of opener 'All I Never Said' then WALLOPS them in the face with proper rock tunes, great swathes of spooky Glasto-electro breakbeats and, on 'Made For Each Other', a chest-bursting orchestral chorus that makes Embrace sound like, well, the last Trembling Blue Stars album actually. The 70-odd minutes may be dotted with the odd Lightning Seeds pastiche, and Bob still sings like a neutered Neil Tennant, but even this can't detract from 'Lips...'' achievement. For this is the record that finally drags softy rock out of its bedroom, torches its safety blanket and kicks it into the big world of rock with the challenge to make something epic of itself. It returns in modest triumph. 8/10 Mark Beaumont Review courtesy of NME ------- And if you've got nothing better to do over lunch, try http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/spiceworld/quiz.html ... baby waltzer ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: websites
by jon g. 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

On martes 17 de febrero de 1998 3:16, Musicman <lrsim2(a)student.monash.edu.au> wrote: >All the websites are easily reached from Paul's website Mine can't. It is at http://www.btinternet.com/~jon.g/ and it is fairly crap. But it is going to get better, including a petition to ban scary jeremy paxman from our screens. That was a hint for Paul bye 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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Sinister: P.E. teachers
by Richard 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

As I feel partly responsible for starting this thread I will add my own experience of school days misery. The head of the PE department was called Mr Jolly [honestly!] who was jolly by name but certainly not by nature. He demonstrated to the class how to throw a basketball by throwing it at me. Unfortunately he threw it without warning and it hit me in the face. Another highlight was stopping our group in the middle of a bitterly cold cross country run for a bit of long jumping over the river. After the first few fell in [including myself, I am no star of track and field] he sent Bradley Miller up to jump over next. Brad didn't quite make it, falling in the river and breaking his ankle on a submerged rock in the process. Jolly had to carry him on his back all the way back to school taking several stops to get his breath back on the way to do it. And they say they are the happiest days of your life Richard http://wwp.mirabilis.com/4039573 rclander(a)netfront.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: uk kids tv, session dates, tigermilk, list crushes...
by andrew dean 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

p miller: >As I recall, there wasn't anything like Live and Kicking on BBC until >Multi.Coloured Swap Shop opened its doors for business, it was just a >collection of kid's programmes such as Zorro, The Flashing Blade and the >Banana Splits yeah, i thought white horses was a bit before the swap shop type stuff. wasn't sure though. what i do remember (apart from the flashing blade and robinson crusoe) were the two or three informative sport type things, little educational things to teach you how to ride horses(?), swim or, and this was the oddest, fence... rocker(a)andyclin.exnet.com >The second of the two BBC Radio One Mark Radcliffe Show sessions was >broadcast live on 02/12/96. (NB, english date format) are you sure? i have it down as being in early november - i first saw them live on the 11th november and *think* i remember having heard 'modern rock song' before then - he asked for a local equivalent of 'easterhouse' for inclusion in the lyrics. oh, and the evening session tracks were repeated in december, exact dates will be in the mail archives somewhere. allison: >so i am sitting >here a slightly flushed from dancing american girl who spent the evening >running from the lecherous advances of a spurious boy with a ponytail ... >and trying to scheme a way to the uk this summer as well... >hoorah! >i apologise also because this really is quite unrelated to belle and >sebastian things... its just about me... but hey, allison, that's ok cos it was interesting and has the same FEEL as a B&S song. i'd much rather read posts like this than posts asking if some press release about new order is to be believed. i mean, how relevant is that? and why does he think WE'd know, the buttmunch... he's not the only one either. MATTHEW M STEAD (M-STEAD(a)wpg.uwe.ac.uk) >Help me. Everyone talks about Tigermilk and I still havn't heard >it! Is it possible that anyone could send me a copy. I'm getting >desperate now! you're getting desperate NOW? 18 months after the album was released? go and read the archives (just the last couple of weeks will do) before sending another request for the list... tag: >I just saw a Canadian film called 'Twilight of the Ice Nymphs', but >sadly it wasn't about Genevieve. are there any other list crushes that people want to divulge? 8) oh, and watch 'the conversation' on tv (UK) this weekend. pity it clashes with both 'before sunrise' and 'red sorghum' though... and 'this morning with richard not judy'... andy ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: i'm not as clever as mark twain but perhaps macnarama is.....what is he singing!
by Sarah 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

hey hey, before you delete this I DO have some B&S content! But first of all....somebody wanted a manics debate...ooh, on the list....its not belle and sebby.....email me personally if you want a debate, but i'll be a good Sinisterette and not yap on about wether they;ve sold out or not here. for once. perhaps i'll talk about Dubstar. Sorry, am hungover and cynical. last night really wasn't worth it. got reallyDepressed Drunk, instead of HappyDrunk. arse, it got to a point where i was leaving the room else i would just break down....and i missed Eastenders for that! hey hey! jeepster, your mailer is even more fucked than mine, which is kinda saying summat seeing as my mailer seems to be delivering mail to whoever it wants these days..... And me careth not about whatever any other (misguided) persons on this list might sayeth, i giveth not a shit. for what i love is MINE MINE get it! and i am in no mood not now or ever to give up what i love, edspite all rational attempts or gubbins to tell me otherwise. um, that may not have sounded like it, but it was kinda like, an 'OK, let it go, i like MSP, you don't, leave it!'... i promised B&S content didn't i? there it was. sorry, but what can i say about them when they aint doing owt? and no-one answered my question to what Stuey M is singing in Just a Modern Rock Song 'i'm not as clever as mrk twain'......that was on topic and no-one answered...*is& that wht he;s singing? (and why didn't my bananrama poem count as the tuesday poem? philistines...all except stephen!) doh. i'm off to BLOODY HELL! ITS 10.30! what the hel am i doing up?!!??! um, sorry, i'm off to type up other mails and pop to t'shop to check the blaberings of les music weeklies. I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! SarahBelle "Beauty is not a human invention" --Saul Bellow ********************************* * FEATHER BOAS & NAPALM ZINE * * C'MON! PUNCH THE AIR! * * One Pound (MERELY!) * * 9 Westfield Drive, Warton * * Preston, Lancs * * PR4 1ED * ********************************* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Nick Drake
by PJMiller 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: Huw Jenkins <Huw.Jenkins(a)rmf.co.uk> Para: 'sinister(a)majordomo.net' <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: martes 17 de febrero de 1998 18:31 Asunto: Sinister: Nick Drake >Dear List, > I was told by a friend last night, whilst trying to introduce >him to B&S, that Nick Drake sounds a lot like them. somebody else >mentioned, earlier, something to do with Nick Drake, I can't remeber who >or what they said as I've deleted the message now but I want to know if >this is true and if anybody out there can send me some Nick Drake stuff >so that I can find out for myself. > This is one those frequently asked questions that I frequently don't answer, but today I'm trying to make up for being rude again. Nick Drake sounds a bit like Belle and Sebastian, but not much. His voice is a bit like Stuart Murdoch's, but rich and full and in tune. He also played guitar in a way likely to impress elderly people. The lyrics are completely different, considerably less "fun" than B&S. To be quite honest I don't think I've ever listened much to his lyrics, apart from "Black Eyed Dog". There is a nice compilation called "Way to Blue", which must be mid-price now. His mum and dad were called Rodney and Molly, and his sister is out of "Crossroads". I hope that is of some help. 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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Sinister: On the 13th Day of Christmas....
by Adrian Evans 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

>Peter Miller wrote : >That's quite all right Adrian, an arse in the hand is worth two in the bush. >How about lightening our load by giving us an update on the squashed >hedgehog situation in Devon? It's been quite a while now, and it's something >that affects us all, not like all this studenty hargey-bargey how's your >father. You are a very very sick man....second only to me I'm afraid. Just for you Peter, this weeks helping frm the Motorway Maintenance Unit here in Devon. On the first day of xmas...blah blah blah... 7 Badgers 1 Swan..........1 SWAN !!! Like you can't tell the fucking difference between a road and a river...DOH ! Never liked swans...evil bastards. 2 Dogs...always a family choker. 1 Deer and....2 Foxes. A remarkably Sinister friendly week !! Also.. 2 oil spillages and 1 ladder....A ladder ! I ask you. How in God's name do you lose a ladder on the M5 ? And what happened to the bloke/bird driving behind the vehicle from which said ladder slipped its moorings ? Never mind. -- Adrian. Pity would be no more If we did not make somebody poor And mercy no more could be If all were happy as we. William Blake. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: B+S Session Dates
by Keith Watson 18 Feb '98

18 Feb '98

>The first of the two BBC Radio One Mark Radcliffe Show sessions was broadcast >live, some time in the first half of '96, when Radcliffe was on holiday, and >Mark Lamarr was the stand in DJ. I'd like to know the date! Nah, it was like around September 1996, cause me and my friends heard the new songs just before seeing them at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow - I can't remember the exact date I'm afraid. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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