February 1998 - Sinister

Fw: Sinister: thoughts
by Chris Borne 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

> What do people think are the worst tunes for getting stuck in your head? > I'd vote for the jingle from the Reisen Chocolate Chew adverts. Anything by Cheryl Crowe. I live in Colorado, and, being the rabid trendster I am, I snowboard. It always seems that after playing the perfect tune on the way up, I hear Cheryl Crowe, and have that "Winding road" song stuck in my head. Dog on Wheels or LLPJ seem to be the best B&S songs for snowsports. Chris ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: poetry
by bradford 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

i usually don't get all into the literary discussions, but no one seems to have mentioned my favorite poet and author. richard brautigan. his poetry is wonderful, if often overlooked for his novels. try "the pill versus the sprinhill mine disaster" for a good collection of poems. for novels try "in watermelon sugar" , "so the wind won't blow it all away" , or "the abortion" for starters. he's famous for "trout fishing in america" but that book holds nothing against his other works. i don't even know why it's so popular. -brad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Monica Queen
by Rob Taylor 05 Feb '98

05 Feb '98

In an attempt to try and settle this discussion about whether Monica Queen is actually Isobel... She was in a band called Thrum. Many years ago they performed on British TV, on 'The Word', playing their rather fine single, "So Glad". I've got the album it came off - the only one that they made. It's a bit patchy but if anyone wants a copy I'd be quite willing to make them one... Thai-an wrote: >somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond >any experience... Thankyou, that was lovely. Gabriel-Garcia Marquez - Love in the Time of Cholera,...anybody..?? Absolutely no B&S content, and proud of it, Rob On Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:59:49 GMT sinister-digest wrote: > From: sinister-digest <owner-sinister-digest(a)majordomo.net> > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:59:49 GMT > Subject: sinister-digest V2 #52 > To: sinister-digest(a)majordomo.net > > > sinister-digest Wednesday, February 4 1998 Volume 02 : Number 052 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 07:38:10 PST > From: "David Murrow" <dfactor(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Sinister: B & S US dates? > > Hello good kids -- > > Does someone here have inside scoop on Belle & Seb US dates yet? I know > that a rumored NYC date on Feb 21 was discussed, but has anyone seen or > heard about dates for Chicago or LA? > > I'm willing to spend serious dosh to travel to see Belle & Sebastian > live somewhere here in the United States of Oval Office Hanky-Panky... > > Dfactor > > np - Paul Westerberg "Eventually" CD > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > . 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? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:41:29 GMT+0 > From: "g.j.bevis" <g.j.bevis(a)uclan.ac.uk> > Subject: Sinister: Where To See B & S Videos On Cable. > > Sorry Anna, I think i emailed you personally rather than the list by > mistake. My apologies. > > NEWS > A good place to find B & S videos is on Sky Hitmix in the middle of > the night. I saw Lazy Line and Dog On Wheels in the space of one > week. So I think they have a fan somewhere on there. > > Does anyone like Frank Black? I always felt that he should have been > a lot bigger. (Cue loads of jokes along the lines of 'Isn't he big > enough already!') > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > . 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? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 11:09:25 +0000 > From: "Thaian N Ton " <thaiant(a)dino.nci.nih.gov> > Subject: Sinister: Et Cetera > > * > as a member of the E.E. Cummings literary society, all this talk of his > poetry got me hot and bothered enough to post on here as a newbie; > perhaps not much b&s content but it seems that conversation has > gravitated towards the literature corner. > > amh wrote > "ok, so he has to be held responsible for the fact that everyone and her > cat now uses lower case letters, even tho that wasn't the point: > cummings > did use upper-case (as you'll know, having read the stuff: i guess i'm > talking here to people who haven't) .." > > well, yes, i have read cummings & realized that even his name is > officially capitalized. i just thought i'd put my two cents worth that > i think that eec is a wonderfully overlooked poet of the 20th century & > everyone should try him out, if but once (i must say that his complete > works are my bookshelf's pride & joy) > > try out his 6 nonlectures if you're not into poetry, or if you get very > ambitious, try out his biography 'dreams in the mirror' . > > xaipe (rejoice) > - -thai-an > > **** > > somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond > any experience,your eyes have their silence: > in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, > or which i cannot touch because they are too near > > your slightest look easily will unclose me > though i have closed myself as fingers, > you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens > (touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose > > or if your wish be to close me,i and > my life will shut very beautifully,suddenly, > as when the heart of this flower imagines > the snow carefully everywhere descending; > > nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals > the power of your intense fragility: whose texture > compels me with the colour of its countries, > rendering death and forever with each breathing > > (i do not know what it is about you that closes > and opens;only something in me understands > the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) > nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands > > e.e.cummings > *** > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > . 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I > >> always regret never having written to Betty Boo. But I did see her > perform > >> live once. > > > >I wouldn't worry about it. I once *did* write to Betty Boo. I sent her a > >page ripped out of Smash Hits asking her to autograph it, but never got a > >reply. Bitch. > > > I was seriously thinking about writing to her, I was really quite keen. Then > in an interview in the NME or something they asked her about being fancied > by people and she said, "Well, they're not going to get me, are they?" and I > thought oh no! I've turned into a pervert! I was unemployed at the time. > Anyway, I still think it's a great idea to write to Belle and Sebastian. > Don't forget you can do it by e-mail. What could be simpler? You can also > write to Quentin Crisp and William Hague MP, both of whom I have been > in contact with. But they haven't been in contact with me. > > Peter > > > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > . 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Aren't we? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 17:06:27 +0100 > From: "PJMiller" <pjmiller(a)arrakis.es> > Subject: RE: Sinister: ...but that of Nick Nolte... > > - -----Original Message----- > De: David & Katrina <bluesoda(a)totalweb.co.uk> > Para: B&S <sinister(a)majordomo.net> > Fecha: mi=E9rcoles 4 de febrero de 1998 0:03 > Asunto: Re: Sinister: to dream the impossible dream > > > Wing-Commander Kitchen wrote: > > >The club was a bit weird, to further our philosophy we were giving out > >fruit in the early hours (to cool people down whilst not forcing them to > >drink), installed massive air conditioning (at this point in time no > >London clubs had thought of this), and organising games of Twister on > >the dance floor. > > > My flatmate's got Twister, but he claims it's at his aunty's house in > Segovia of all places. I was thrilled to see Twister playing a major part= > in > the film "U-Turn" yesterday, along with what looked suspiciously like a > psychobilly. Long time no see. > > B&S content: > Our heroes actually make a fleeting appearance in the Nick Drake book. It > says they sound like Nick Drake fronting the BMX Bandits. I'm not quite s= > ure > how to take that. The BMX Bandits without Duglas BMX Bandit? > > "Number 12, Partick" made my day, if not my week. > > I am having a similar problem finding something to tape for the Duke. The > only thing I've got that he's not likely to have is Hawkwind - Space Ritu= > al. > What should I do? > > 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? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 11:04:32 -0500 (EST) > From: Francisco Alberto Wong <faw1(a)columbia.edu> > Subject: Re: Sinister: If you can't negotiate the gap, then it is pure natural selectio (fwd) > > On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, Northy's Labour voting and less evil twin br wrote: > > > The conversation just always seems to get around to [cartoons] > > Not just for the joy of bracketting a word, but also because convos seem > to invariably boil down to Star Wars or 80s music, as well--which I guess > dates the person talking. > > But here all postings invariably lead to Belle and Sebastian. Do they > have manga versions? Belle-bot and Sebastatron? > > If Hollywood were filming Belle and Sebastian: the Movie, who would play > the members of the band? > > Steve McQueen would be Stuart M? (or perhaps in a curel twist of fate, now > that he's acting--Damon Albarn?!?!??) Sharon Stone, Isobel? uhmm... George > Clooney twould be Stevie? Noah Wylie, Stu D? Claire Daines, Sarah M? > uhmm... uhh. ahem. > > Sorry. > > But honestly, who'd play our erstwhile heroes/heroines, eh? Casting > begins now! > > (hmm. and who would be cast as the listee people? I think I'd be a Gedde > Watanabe aka Long Duck Dong from Sixteen Candles. hmm 80s movie. hmmm) > > francisco creating his own threads > > > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > . 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? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:18:17 +0100 > From: "PJMiller" <pjmiller(a)arrakis.es> > Subject: RE: Sinister: ...is not my speaking voice.... > > - -----Original Message----- > De: Tag <mctag(a)mcmail.com> > Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> > Fecha: martes 3 de febrero de 1998 15:58 > Asunto: Sinister: We are family - I've got all my sinisterines with me. > > > Jasper Carrot wrote: > > No, no I didn't mean it like that. I like the idea of the list being > a sort of daily fanzine though. Basically, I love it when people tell > me with a certain passion about new things, but I get a bit narky when > I hear such and such are good, no they're not, yes they, fuck off, > wanker ... and so on. If someone writes I like Murray whathisfaace > because he makes me feel like this ... well that's great. I may not > agree - I mean I remember going out for a drink with someone I used to > work with who loved opera. I don't, but the way this guy talked about > it was very special. Errm ... yeah sorry, the list as a fanzine ... I > like it! > > The list is already a bit like a fanzine for me. I no longer feel the need > to shell out for "real" publications, such as the NME or Q or The Face or > anything of that kind. This is a major saving for me because they're all > twice the price here. Having said that, I do miss a bit of breakfast > reading. Had to make do with "Slaves of New York" this morning. Talk about > the cutting edge! I don't often buy things people talk about on the list, > but I do pick them up, turn them over, and think about it. I am one of those > sad people who wanders around shops in the afternoon, horribly aware that > the staff are thinking "Oh look, it's him again. Hasn't he got anything > better to do? He never buys anything. I wonder if he's mentally unstable? > Why is he looking in the back of "Uncut"? Why doesn't he just buy it? > Doesn't he like Monkey Brown?" > > Someone wrote > > >> And Boogie Nights is crap. > > > I thought it was really good. I particularly like the way it makes you feel > kind of dirty for about two weeks after. I certainly don't think it was > easy. I couldn't do it. I wouldn't know where to start. And it's a long way > from New Kids on the Block. And now Burt Reynolds has got two good films > under his belt. And nobody says "squeal piggy, squeal!" in this one. And it > features the godlike genius of ELO, which is really stirring, and God Only > Knows, which is really moving in that context. Sorry to ramble, I am trying > to practise what I preach. > > Bev Bevan > > > > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > . 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? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 10:07:25 -0600 (CST) > From: Schaffenberger <kschaffe(a)trinity.edu> > Subject: Sinister: teeny weeny beanies > > Ok, I've been reading for two days now, and I have finally worked up the > nerve to write something. I write from the beautiful metropolis > (interpret sarcasm here, if appropriate) of San Antonio, Texas. The only > music store in town that is not connected to a bookstore or owned by the > Blockbuster corporation specializes in heavy metal, punk, and the like, > so I have been piking up all of my B&S merchandise in Austin, about 90 > minutes away. (A small price to pay...) > Um, I think the Beanie Baby fad is finally starting to die around these > parts. I'd love to hear Michael Stipe sing "Judy and the Dream of > Horses" or Helium do a really creepy cover of "Beautiful," complete with > video-game-esque sound effects. I love, love, love, love ee cummings, > though my favorite writer is probably Scott Fitzgerald. > Sorry if this is really boring; email is still very new and exciting to > me, and I haven't quite figured it out. > > - --Kristen > > PS I'm not married> > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. > > . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". > > . 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Aren't we? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:03:55 -0000 > From: Keith Watson <keith(a)qss.co.uk> > Subject: Re: Sinister: Captain Zep > > >This message has nothing to do with B&S so I'll just say that they are > >indeed the finest band on God's green Earth and get on to what I wanted > >to say. > > > >I am a sad student boy and was last night talking about kid's TV as sad > >students do. HOWEVER, no-one in my flat remembers 'CAPTAIN ZEP', who was > >a super space detective, or something who around the galaxy solving > >mysteries. > > > >Did he actually exist or have I just made him up. > > > He was indeed a super space detective, who detected which of the large > cardboard cutouts "done the murdurs" as Taggart would put it. It was shite, > so it only ran for one series, and as I remember, this was circa 1981. > > 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? > - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 16:20:43 +0000 (GMT) > From: The loneliness of the middle-distance runner <rewb2(a)hermes.cam.ac.uk> > Subject: Sinister: gingivitis > > On Wed, 4 Feb 1998, A.M. Horne wrote: > > > >=20 > > > John Johnston CT (uh?) mentioned ee cummings. Uh oh, that's four of us= > =20 > > > now on Sinister who love little eec - let's try a few more cultural > > > grenades - Dylan Thomas anyone? Stanley Spencer? Jorge Luis Borges? = > Oh > > > alright then, Hugh Lloyd (as seen last night on Channels 4s Hancock > > > thingy)? > > >=20 > > ok: tho this migth be dull.... > >=20 > >=20 > > cummings (obviously) > > yes yes oh yes - hmmm, spotted the complete ee cummings in waterstones > yesterday... looks lovely but a fair investment at =A335 or so... should i > or shouldn't i??... i don't know. > > > j.d. salinger > > wonderful wonderful books - love them all > > >=20 > > enough for the moment.=20 > >=20 > > read a book. > > > okay then - haven't posted a message to the list for aeons, so i'll just > give my tuppence worth then fade into obscurity once more > > i did a search for 'belle and sebastian' on the internet the other day, > and was bemused to discover which words the computer came up with as > alternatives to make the search more specific... > > okay, so 'johann', and 'bach' - fair enough, after all, when searching for > a composer, everyone would choose their middle name to search for. hmm, > not conviced > > BUT, why oh why does this bizarre machine come up with 'glade' ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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Sinister: clearing the air
by bradford 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

just to clear the air on a subject. i posted a couple of days ago about the smiths is dead and was talking about placebo. some people have written in saying they suck and i should stay away and some people say they're good and all the usual stuff. but everyone who's written, unless i'm misunderstanding, is under the assumption that i liked the song. i hated that song. it is the most crap cover i've ever heard. it was even worse than dinosaur jr.'s version of the same song, and that one was quite crap also. thinking that placebo suck, brad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Two Sinister Lists
by Northy's Labour voting and less evil twin br 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

I'm a subscriber to this Radiohead Announce list and it really is very good. Could be an idea I think. > is the "Radiohead announce" list, which is just a news flash about Radiohead every > so often. But once you get people with free time and an email address and access > to even the strictest "news" list, there's no taming it. Peace list Northy (Well done to the people who slagged off Swells in the NME letters) ______________________________________________________ "Everyday, when I wake up, I thank the Lord I'm Welsh" Cerys Matthews - 1998 ________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 The South
by Reid Dossinger 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

> Hello > I am from Florida and one thing that I am noticing is the lack of B&S > fans down in the south of America maybe I am the only one.I am also finding it > shit hard to find stuff by them I really need "Tigerrmilk" Contrary to this letter, there are plenty of B&S fans in The South that I know (North Carolina). Granted, I converted a large number of them, but even the Chapel Hill indie kids love 'em, even if they're almost always mentioned in the same breath as the words "Magnetic" and "Fields" (who I also love, by the way). I can honestly say that a show here in Chapel Hill would be VERY well attended. I don't know how things are in Florida, but then again...well, I just don't know about Florida. It's a strange place. You should be able to order most of the EP's from your average indie record shop. I found all three with minimal effort in Chapel Hill. Although when I bought them, they had three copies of each, and now there's only one each of DOW and LLPJ. So I'm obviously not the only one here. And as far as getting "Tigermilk", join the club. I've just resigned myself for waiting for the re-release. ~Reid, who's feeling sorry for all the Brits who can't watch the #1 Duke vs. #2 UNC hoops game tomorrow night. I'm so excited, I'm tingling! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: You saw me looking like a slob
by Sarah 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

hulloo! Seeing as we are nattering about books here are some of me faves, which i *really* recommend others to read :) Sarah star recommends....Sybil by Flora Rheter Schrieber, Bell jar by Sylvia Plath, OF COURSE----> Ink Polaroids by Stuart David and Little Ink Movies which I still can't afford! Naked Civil Servant by Quentin Crisp and Nausea by Jean-paul sartre. I am currently reading the Rebel (in English) by Camus and L'etranger (in French) by the same dude. I'm not sure which one is easier to read actually. On State Terrorism and iirational Terror now methinks. Ooh its hard work. When I was at high school in Lytham, in my last year, I would use to walk home, only about 3.5 miles. I would listen to my personal stereo and it would be magical. For months all I listened to was MSP, The Holy Bible and Gold Against the Soul. Then it swapped to my tape which had the B&S sessions on it. Then these two would alternate over the months. What I think is really great is when you do that, and later, when listening to these tunes again after a break, you are reminded of all those previous times when youlistened to it. EG, GATS reminds me of witing at Lytham hospital bus-stop looking at the tree and the road and cars and land egistry probably with a copy of the Maker in my hand, thinking about stuff. Ooh, nostalgia beckons. I'm off to try and get me website (wow!) thingy up and running. Apparently I have to FTP them. Where to I have pas idee. I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!!! Yours faithfully, the beautiful only slightly homicidal Sarah Funky with a WHY ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: not so newcomer stuff
by C Browning 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

hello again belle and sebastian people. the e.mails have been fair flooding in, and i've tried to e.mail a few people personally (and i hope they didn't mind) i hadn't plucked up the courage to mail the lot of you again. but, hey, the net is slow so my essay on david lynch will have to wait. all this talk of literature, films and other bands made me wonder whether or not a kind of poll of list members favourite novels, films, albums, just plain things might be a good idea. after the strange music for the millenium experience that was on channel four a couple of weeks back (some people actually considered spice girls worthy of a place?! but i guess we have to be tolerant don't we, however hard going it is......sigh what else? i've been wandering round for a while trying to think of things to put in my message, but no, inspiration fails me. certainly i've had an interesting few days since i joined up and provactive too i guess. and i haven't laughed out loud at so many things (tele tubbies pulp thing had me crawling on the floor gasping for breath, but then that was probably just me having had to sit through two hours on collection management (don't ask me what it was about, i was sitting through teh whole thing and have less than no idea) and laughiong at anything at all really. such is life. er. where was. mr tangent goes off again. yes. you all seem to have really interesting tastes in everything and i've been compiling lists of things to look out for. maybe a poll thing might uncover a few more gems. its probably been done before and i'm being out of order but sorry. just an idea. i do like the positivity and friendliness of this list a lot, though. people talking openly about their lives, the joy music brings to them, the desire to do something with their lives, just the whole get off your rear and do something as opposed to the whole anal bootleg scene that manifests itself so often. i like it here. i will miss it when i have to leave uni i think. this picnic thing sounds fun, even though i tend to be a bit shy at such occasions and lurk in the undergrowth. anyway. i'll wipe the rabid foam from my mouth and again say thank you for bringing a lot of colour into my life. its like meeting a whole group of friends who've just been waiting for you, right under your nose. thanks for listening any blessings welcome... chris ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Competition
by Gordon A Rogers 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

I posted this the other day but I think it became one of the amazing empty messages which we had a spate of. Bloody typical I'm quiet as a mouse normally and when I do post it vanishes. So the original message ...... My normally bone idle and unoriginal mind came up with the following suggestion for a competition: Picture drawing (kind of like the Gallery on Hart Beat). Hart Beat for the foreign listees is/was a kids T.V. programme about art. I think the subject area could be fellow listees (as the majority of us don't know what each other looks like). Suggested ideas could be: - Genevieve flirting with Record Shop Boy. - HoneyPaul in his legendary dwarf pose. - Sarah strangling the Duke of Harringay with some sixth form poetry - Tag saving Northy's bacon - And whatever else The only problem I can see is that a lot of people don't have access to scanners. So my suggestion is that they could be mailed to me OR another willing party who could then make them publicly available. So David is this a good or terribly bad idea (I am trying hard). - Gordon - Oh by the way this is just a way of me making up for never getting onto the gallery. ------------------------------------------------------------ Gordon Rogers email : gar(a)csd.abdn.ac.uk Room 7 phone : (01224) 637 430 Flat DF St Peter Street Aberdeen AB24 3HU "The wise die no better or more wisely than the fools" Joseph Heller ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Change Of Lyrics-Teletubbies
by Richard Anderson 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

Richard Anderson Tele-pulp To the tune of 'Common People' by Pulp... She came from space, she had a taste for custard She fell over and got very flustered That's when she Waved at me She told me that her name was Laa Laa I just smiled at her and said "Ha ha" Cos it rhymed And then in twenty minutes time I said I want to live like the Teletubbies I want to go wherever Teletubbies go I want to play with Tinky Winky I want to play with Dipsy, Laa Laa and Po And then, what do you know? She said....."Eh-oh!" She took me to a flowery golf course I don't why, there were rabbits everywhere Or were they...hares? There was a windmill and a funny lady And the sun looked rather like a baby That laughed And it wasn't the only one laughing How bizarre, I said... I want to live like the Teletubbies I want to eat whatever Teletubbies eat I want to pig out on Tubby-custard I want to munch Tubby-toast ten times a week But they didn't understand They just smiled and all held hands Wear a hat upon your head Get a handbag that's bright red Love your friends and give them hugs Pretend you've never taken drugs Still you'll never get it right Cos when you're all tucked up at night Watching Noo Noo sweep the floor You can switch it off or watch Channel Four You'll never live like Teletubbies You'll never see whatever Teletubbies see Never have a telly on your tummy Never get paid a wad from the BBC Or dance and drink pink goo Because you've better things to do I go sent this by a friend and thought could it be done to B&S songs? Maybe Lazy Labour Leader Blair? Richard Anderson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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