February 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: I left my school I left my job
by Sarah 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

Hey hey! I've cheered up! My charity shop day was so ace. Not. we took 34 quid. yay, big spenders unite! I just read lots of zineys. And to everyone who didn't know this, OK so felt fans will know, so Felt fans don't read this....you know the line in I DON'T LOVE ANYONE where it goes 'he said the world is a soft as lace', that as actualy from a Felt song! Whacky world of pop isn't it! I had always thought that was a great lyric, and turns out tis from Felt. Should I be sad that it aint by Stuart who wrote it or happy that theres another great lyricist to find??? HAPPY! Bugger, looks like I shall be even broker than I am now for buying up the Felt catalogue...arse. And this B&S picnic, oh wow, lovely, please can we have this so I can plan my summer around it? Can we have longer than just a picnic cops I am not going all the way down to London, the big smoke just fer an hour or so wot wif prices being extortionate.... but sitill it sounds so ace!!! Can we do it on the longest day, like David mentioned??? That would just be magical, especially for me, cos its my birthday, and I've never really done anything special on it so far, and to have a really ace 17th birthday would be......amazing! Not to mention we could stay out all night :) And it would be my first ever trip to wherever it would be held.....ooh..... Oh genieve, just read your peanut butter poem! HAHAHHAHAHAA! I have been scarily obsessed with the word peanut for ages and its really getting bad. And teh song snake dream, oh yes what a perfect dream! The song snake! I love that. I may steal that for a short story if I am allowed. Am I allowed Stuart?? :) Please, ah go on! My story ideas at the moment are: a) one inspired by a bit on a Dexys album which goes 'Nearby he's still crying though I smile while he's there', about a girl going home, pondering things in the rain, walking past deathtrap offices, and seeing this young lad in a suit weeping by the wall. b) About a girl who becomes obsessed and falls in love with a pooter. Inspired by the fact that when I was rushing to switch the pooter off, I had one hand round the back of it to switch off the pooter, and the other one o the screen to turn that off, so it looked like I was hugging the pooter. c) THE SONG SNAKE EXTRAVAGANZA! Please please let me have a try with that please! And finally, I have been singing 'Belle and Sebastian' all day. I walked about 2 miles or so from Ashton into town so I could buy the Spiritualized single, clutching my 2 quid. And, yes you guessed it, it was 2.99. THE NAZIS! And they didn't even *have* the Cornershop single! MY SO-CALLED life! All we want to do is to listen to great pop music and we can't due to our capitalist society of f**kheids!!!!! And no, I have no iea why I self censored that either. I will never do it again. I just felt like adding pretty stars to make a swear word more pretty. I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!!! Yours faithfully, the beautiful only slightly homicidal Sarah "Sex is the refuge of the mindless" --Valerie Solanis ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Nowt interesting...
by MRissb7989＠aol.com 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

Captain Zep was ever so slightly racist...its one and only "joke" was as follows... Coloured Space Bloke called Brown..."Captain Zep, I'm Brown" Captain Zep..."I can see that" Nothing wrong with discussing kids TV btw, you haven't lived till you've discussed the rude names in Captain Pugwash in detail over a few beers... And does anybody out there know what happened to pop combo Pele...for a while they were my favourite band...had two albums, Fireworks and Sport of Kings...well anyway if anybody knows what they're upto then please let me know...if anybody thinks they were shit, I don't want to know and be careful crossing the road, I know where you live!! And how much chaos will the chat room be when our fave Scots are in...it's a madhouse at the best of times...! Tell the truth, it' been noticeably lacking Pauls's steadying influence of late....doesn't he love us anymore?! Love and hugs Risso ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: MTV
by Perfection As A Hipster 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

Micheál wrote ... >Anna_Chapman(a)idg.com wrote: > >> Hi all. >> >> So nobody has mentioned yet. I'm surprised. Who else watched Dog on >> wheels on MTV last night? Any responses? >> > >Was this on Alternative Nation???. I was waiting up for the Scottish >music special, which must have been aired in the last twenty minutes of >the program as I nodded off then. However, earlier on they showed TFC's >The Concept followed by the brilliant Lazy Line Painter Jane video - was >this the same show that had Dog On Wheels on? Or do they show different >episodes across europe? I'm afraid they show different episodes in each and every larger country in Europe ... the German version did *not* include any B&S video ... what is more, the Scottish Special *announced* as such on MTV Europe / Germany featured primarily crappy English bands as well as a considerable number of American bands ... trained geography teachers should take note and file an application. Sorry for my ramblings given that I might be the only German listee anyway ... the strictly limited number of highlights included Mercury Rev, Snow Patrol, Teenage Fanclub and Orange Juice ... thankfully, "Blue boy" had been shot before a familiar building in West Princes Street, which made the event pretty special and relevant, but I won't bother you with details. §;^D "I'll keep it with mine" 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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RE: Sinister: More cock fun
by PJMiller 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: u01cjtc <u01cjtc(a)abdn.ac.uk> Para: sinister <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: miércoles 4 de febrero de 1998 21:10 Asunto: Re: Sinister: Two Sinister Lists > > >About cock fun, it had time and dates I'll go back to see if they tie in >to the dates tigermilk was recorded! Although I think perhaps the >author(s) had something else in mind.Hmmmmmm Better still, find one with a time and date in the near future, go along at that time on that date, and perhaps the author will be there, possibly with some friends. That way you can see whether it really is Stuart Murdoch, and if not you can ask them if they've got Tigermilk. Then report back to the list! What could be simpler? But make sure you go with someone big and strong in case it's an ambush by these Belle-ophobic people you hear so much about these days. 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: Tigermilk [tape] offer
by Paige Rosella 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

Hello. Since Leslie Chinea was kind and sweet enough to send me a lovely IYFS poster, and told me to "surprise her" in repaying her, I have decided to make the following offer, in the name of what is right and good and nice: I'll make tapes of Tigermilk for the first 5 US listies to email me privately who are still in need [whoa. Bad syntax]. If you want the 3 Eps on the other side, I can do that for you, too. I usually put Tigermilk on both sides, because it's all you'll want to hear anyway. All I ask in return is that you send me a blank 90 minute tape. Who's game? Love & Dawson's Creek, Paige ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Captain Cooke and his amazing exploding band
by Keith Watson 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

> The trumpet player at the manchester gigs. I'm sure he plays >trumpet for a scots band called 'Hardbody' . They supported " james" last >year, so i think he's the same bloke. any ideas? He does - or let's put that correctly did, play for HardBody or HandBony as the promoters saw it. They were supposed to be playing T in the Park last year too, but their manager got drunk and pissed up on booze the night before and forgot to bring their equipment in time... oops. Hardbody however are now no more - at least not for anyone except Louise (who's Mick's brother's girlfriend) - who has indeed been signed up by Sony and who will be releasing the album that they all recorded in New Orleans last January soon. Mick mainly plays geetar for Hardbody. There's a couple of singles available... On your Own and Hazel's Hob. Cheers, 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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by OMUser=Olafia Svansdottir 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

I have to get this right. Ok, on my Alternative Nation they showed : lasy line painter Jane, Teenage fanclub, Mercury Rev, Progigy, Iggy pop and other things, but no Orange juice( which i had looked forward to see,given the time you spend on talking about it) and no Dog on Weels(although i've seen that before, is Stuart M the dog hunting character?). I dont get it, how can they show different shows all over Europe?(btw: this was in Iceland). I shall stop my moaning now and just be happy that i saw LLPJ (LPG for those who now it by that name). Talking about LLPJ, what a revieling(probably wrong spelling) video, they played in it, didn't they, I've never seen them. Steve Jackson: the guy in the begining who was paintinig the road, Chris the one in the bus shelter, Stuart M the one who got sprayed on, the drummer( dont remember his name- a common problem with drummers i guess) the one who was drying the clothes, Isobel reading.... and i dont remember more. Any objections? When is the longest day in Britain exacly? , is it the same day as in Iceland, thats about 24june Milan Kundera and Gabrel Garcia Marques any day for me - please olla ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: lazy labour leader Blair
by Johnston, John CT 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

Well someone mentioned it.... But it is with some trepidation that I post this, bearing in mind the response to previous attempts at song-related levity. Anyhow if you don't want to read crap lyrics to a B&S song please stop now. And apologies for non-UK types for whom the politics may be a bit parochial. For Genevieve's benefit I'm working on a Quebecois anthem "The Distinct Status that I am in"... Working at Number 10. Hiding from Tony Benn. Dreaming of May 1st Dreaming of the time when people get to call you President. On the News, On TVs Trying oh-so-hard to please Everyone, all the time, Being a rebel's fine But you go all the way to being Tory. You might meet a Nurse tonight, You might meet a Nurse tonight, Do you think that she will see, Do you think that she will see, So let's see your plans for jobs Find employers for yobs. You are challenging OAPs OAPs need to knit themselves a jumper Yay for the Business World You know a bloke who's Tax Free in the Treasury And making plenty cash While we are wondering how he did it Meet a single mum tonight You might meet a mum tonight Do you think that she will see Do you think that she will see .. But you read in a book that you got free from Thatch There are lotions, there are potions On the NHS that should be paid for privately Crazy Mandy, all the time Spinning lies You are appearing on Newsnight Trying to explain the dome and what you're gonna put inside it Chorus... So thank you for indulging me. ALSO Good to hear from Nicola M again - her posts are always quality. List Dream No.2!! Me and Tag in a waiting room. I said "You're Mr Sparkly Orange" He said "Yes". I need to get a dream-life John ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: jobs an' that
by Claire Timmins 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

As there seem to be many people involved in the music business, I was looking for some tips. Although I'm following (kinda) a career in Linguistics I would rather do research in a media frame. Considering my attempts at becoming a singer have never really worked out, I was looking at getting involved in music research. Can anyone help me with ideas on how to get into this?? I prefer Garcia Marquez's 100 years of solitude. Thanks to anyone who can help, Claire. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Swells slaggers in NME
by Simon Gooch 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

Hmmn, Yeah, crabby old Marxist that Swells is, I though that Panda boy Williams gave a pretty fair responce. Sure, the Belles aint Swells cuppa, but at least he wrote eleoquently and amusingly. He's the sort of old fool that loves the attention. As for accusations of sour grapes at the NME I'm not so sure. I felt those letters painted B&S fans as rather foolish, petty and silly. The reply that Simon Williams gave made a lot of sense (not to bring up any good/bad gig, professionalism/ineptness deabte again). Its no conspiracy. One guy hated the band. The rest of the paper (belatedly) seem to love them, despite the fact they don't "play the game". See Jason Pierce's comments in that Awards round up for fair comment about where the majority of the NME staffers heads are at the moment. Sad to say, its the best indie-based mainstream mag around, now we've lost the MAker up its own Smash Hits obsessed arse (at least Pricey and Taylor liked pop for pops sake, not idiotic irony manifesting itself wank-led piss-poor writing..). Oh well. Some people always have to be petty. Simon -- *** Luv, hugs and kisses from Simon *** (aka Chipper! Fanzine aka Squirrel Fanciers' Quarterly) simon.gooch(a)zetnet.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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