February 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: this is looong
by blink＠inexpress.net 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

Dear People, Yes! Home from school again...cough cough.. but I HAVE to get out soon...saturday..yes saturday..there's a Viennese Ball at the Art gallery (of course tickets are like 200 dollars each and they are for the counts and countesses i suppose..) but just imagine all the lovely gowns and stuff..I wonder if they get to wear masques? i have to take nightscapes for my photographie class...maybe the city will be good to me.... I have a book called Zolars which deciphers dreams..but I don't know how true it is...it doesn't really make sense..zolar lie!....speaking of..I had such a good..energetic.. dream last night,now it probably doesn't make sense now...but anyways...I snuck into the boys (!) washroom and on the wall in red pencil I wrote 'jim morrison lives in me' or something then casually walked out...except this real bitchy teacher at my school saw me...saw the message in red..and me holding the red crayon and took after me..so I ran to lose her,DOWN STAIRS..IN stillettos...I could feel the difficulty of it!..anyways..I lost her in the locker bay except suddenly I saw her..she hadn't seen me yet..I was pushing my way to get out but these people wouldn't let me I'm like 'come on,this is serious!' but they did not believe me so the teacher caught me and yelled at me and was so evil..but I had my moment of glory I swore at her while she tried to make me go with her and then she ripped off my jacket..and yet i stil woke up feeling i'd won! poetry n' stuff:I like Thomas...I love W.B Yeats...Shelley... I suppose I should really read more poetry..but this year I've got my futuristic fix... Brave New World and 1984...BNW was allright for me..it didn't really affect me...but once the Thought Police caught winston I couldn't put 1984 down...i mean with Huxley he at least created an island the 'different' people could go to..but Orwell is just more brutal...not even allowed to die hating the party...i feel fustration when i read books like that...you're willing the characters on..but they just keep falling and falling.... Sinister people,tell me some good books I should read! >Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:09:15 -0000 >From: "poetry place2" <poetryplace2(a)easynet.co.uk> >Subject: Sinister: Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands... >> have you guys seen those beanie babies? i have a little brown kitty cat >> toy named jane (for the obvious reasons). now every time i look in shop >> windows, i start picking out more. i've found judy and jenny so far, and >> both want come home with me. > >Genevieve, look what you've started! These kooky kidz are taking over the >list! sorry maaaan....i try and be 'grown up' :) >Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 14:56:23 +0000 >From: "John Stuart" <j.stuart(a)efp.com> >Subject: [none] > >>BUT, I need an answer to something: at one point in the article, ol' Jenny >claimed >>that Monica Queen is actually Isobel singing under an assumed name. But I >thought >>I had read on this list that Monica Queen is an entirely different person >from Isobel >>altogether, and that she's in other bands. So if anyone feels like >responding to this >>oft-asked question, ooh, that'd be appreciated. > >EH? I don't know who dreamt this one up, but I've saw Monica and Isobel on >stage at the same time, most definitely different people!! Although both >are extremely attractive, my heart belongs to Bel. I picture Monica with these go-go boots...mod skirt...eyelined eyes/pale lip thing going on..i don't know what nancy sinatra looks like..but something like that?At first I didn't like Monica's voice...but now..I really do..it doesn't have that softness of isobel,but it's appealing... >Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:09:46 +0000 (GMT) >From: "DAMIEN.SLATTERY" <oa6dsl(a)zen.sunderland.ac.uk> >Subject: 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. I am sorry to say...but he never existed dear...actually,he probably did....seriously..I don't know,but I've never heard of him..my mom tells me she knows Belle and Sebastian (the cartoon).and how him and the big giant dog would go to pyramids or something...maybe I used to watch the show..because I have no idea why when I first heard of B&S I thought it was Christain singing solo boy who had an anonymous friend help him out under the disguise of that dog on Dog On Wheels.... Do you remember 'Today's Special'? I liked that! >At 1:28 pm +0000 4/2/98, Dawn wrote: > >>I'm on the Pulp mailing list, which gets really clogged up with non-Pulp >>comments, and the way that that is dealt with is by putting NP for a >>non-Pulp post in the subject heading. Perhaps NBS would be some kind of >>remedy for the below suggestion, allowing for easy deletion? I was on that list!and then one day I wasn't..did they kick me off? Too rowdy i suppose.... >Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 15:18:41 +0000 >From: Claire Timmins <timminsc(a)tcd.ie> >Subject: Sinister: thoughts > Sometimes when I see people with personal stereos it doesn't appear like >they are actually listening to music they enjoy. I was just walking through >college listening to Dog on Wheels and other tunes, and I was kinda walking >in time, staring at the sky and generally looking happy. I felt lost in the >music, as I do now sitting by the computer. I am just insane or do other >people get as much pleasure as I do from music and are not afraid to show >it? Yes....I do! It stops me from doing other work...you know how most people say,oh if you put on music you'll get your homework done like that? Well not true! When it's such a good song,you have to jump up and sing into your hairbrush (well I do...I don't have a mic)I even have a tambourine but i save those moments for when i feel like brett anderson!Sometimes I wish people could hear what I'm listening to and singalong...like oh...say..ummm..record store boy? WHy won't he play B&S ! THen I could sing along and show him oh great master,how you taught me! BUT..whenever I'm in there he has this thing with Blur's Great Escape...i know all the words to that album too...but it's just..not...the...same! poor poor clinton,you know...Jean Chretien never get trouble like that,he won't even give anybody a hug..he tries to choke instead... love no poison, Genevieve :) p.s I know nothing about the Smiths and I got the 1000 dollar question about them on Jeopardy! (well it's not hard...as soon as cutie Alex mentioned morrissey) I'm getting a Smiths album,(cute record boy has them cheap) in trade for IN It For The Money...so should it be Meat Is Murder or The Queen Is Dead... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 love you all
by Alexander Romanelli 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

I've just read several days worth of digests, as I've been busy writing essays about things like Roberto Rossellini and slave narratives. Some lovely posts from everyone which have inspired me to say something irrelevant. Firstly, whoever suggested Throwing Muses (RIP) covering 'Lazy Line Painter Jane' deserves a medal. Especially if it was mid 80s era Muses, kristin Hersh wailing away, and we could draft in their eventual keyboard player to add a swamp meets Phil Spector style wall of sound. Personally i'd like to hear David Bowie cover B&S, but the question isn't so much which B&S song, more which David Bowie. I expect Genevieve's vote would be for Labyrinth-style (which I dig too...the soundtrack tape seems to be of much amusement to all my friends, why?) but after watching The Man Who Fell To Earth last night I guess I'd currently plump for Low-era Bowie. If only for the wonderful hair: deeply dyed orange with blonde bits at the front. Tag's insistence we get off our arses and Sarah's Tigermilk listening have given me ideas for what to do when I get my bloody finals over and done with. Everybody: create! The summer picnics are a beautiful idea, and this was made weirdly circular when it was revealed Going Underground was the start of all that. I still carry a Going Underground flyer in my wallet. Have done for years. God knows why, I'm only 22 so I never got a chance to go the club (hang on, was about to say it was around years ago, but Katrina said only 2??!!Thought I'd had this flyer for donkeys) I think I liked the way it had Bill Murray on it, could be passed off as London transport id and fitted nicely with my credit card sized stuff. Much nicer to look at that than a bank card. And French New Wave is lovely, 400 Blows is such an endearing movie. (Tag, if you want to write a 3000 word essay for me on 400 Blows, or A Bout de Souffle, or any French new wave at all then you could well help me cheat my way into a good degree. Or maybe I should just carry on as planned and write about Wenders instead.) Oh, and on the subject of movies, someone said they'd never heard of Hal Hartley? He is probably my favourite director working today, try to see any of his films. His dialogue would be greatly appreciated by fans of B&S lyrics. His films are always very funny, poignant, moving and insightful. Oh, and if anyone is ever in Brighton, don't believe flyers for the Underground which claim they'll be playing B&S. I think certain clubs are namechecking the band without ever playing them, because they know they're popular among a distinguished crowd and their name will make the club look trendy and diverse. I've gone on way too long haven't I..... -- Alex Romanelli seu05(a)central.sussex.ac.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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Sinister: I'm just out of the trees
by Keith Watson 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

> read a book. Do I have to! It's funny the number of people come on to the list talking about being computer-illiterate, whereas I find myself in the opposite camp (perhaps this is a way of describing people on the list being in 2 different camps), or being very computer-literate, but being hardly able to read! I'll read a book as long as it's got plenty of pictures in it. 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: thoughts
by Claire Timmins 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

Sometimes when I see people with personal stereos it doesn't appear like they are actually listening to music they enjoy. I was just walking through college listening to Dog on Wheels and other tunes, and I was kinda walking in time, staring at the sky and generally looking happy. I felt lost in the music, as I do now sitting by the computer. I am just insane or do other people get as much pleasure as I do from music and are not afraid to show it? just some thoughts......... 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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RE: Sinister: Monique
by PJMiller 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: Reid Dossinger <itstrue(a)earthlink.net> Para: Sinister <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: miércoles 4 de febrero de 1998 17:07 Asunto: Sinister: Two Sinister Lists >BUT, I need an answer to something: at one point in the article, ol' Jenny claimed >that Monica Queen is actually Isobel singing under an assumed name. But I thought >I had read on this list that Monica Queen is an entirely different person from Isobel >altogether, and that she's in other bands. So if anyone feels like responding to this >oft-asked question, ooh, that'd be appreciated. As far as I know she's an entirely different person. Someone has even heard her singing nicely and quietly once. I can't remember who though. > >Saw a man being arrested this morning, I saw someone's ashes being scattered upon the storm tossed sea. Then they all chucked flowers. It was quite moving. 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: Cutie/Grafitti
by PJMiller 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: Keith Watson <keith(a)qss.co.uk> Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: miércoles 4 de febrero de 1998 13:19 Asunto: Sinister: Cutie/Grafitti Brigadier Watson wrote: >>>What exacty is a cutie? > >Long since banished form of indie kiddies? As personified by the oft-mentioned Duglas BMX Bandit (who is a fucking big bastard, not to be messed with, dressed up as Noddy) and Amelia Gosh, who may or may not have been present at the B&S Barcelona extravaganza. If so, we're all getting on a bit. > > Nice collection of videos on MTV last night though, Orange Juice one was >good, shot entirely on Gt.Western Road - never seen that one before. What was it? The only OJ I've ever seen was some concert interspersed with footage of Edwyn and Zeke doing their stuff in an orange juice factory. I think it was on Channel Four, roughly at the same time that Echo and the Bunnymen were on something in Brian's Cafe and Damon was going out with Debbie. 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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by LISA BERRY 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

Um.....this is my first message to the list, and what with me being a computer-illiterate person, I am curious to see if it works or not! I think Monica Queen (of Lazy Line.... fame) was in a band called Thrum, though feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. I don't have MTV, so I didn't see the Dog On Wheels video (*sniff sniff*) but I did see B&S at the Union Chapel gig last year which was one of the best gigs I've ever been to in my life. Love, Lisa XXX ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 Song Snake
by Chris Leonard 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

unsubscribe sinister only joking, of course. <adopts big sean voice> it'sh the antisheptic esshence! Right, i'm still working on the judy and the dream of horses screen saver. Oh, alright i've done nothing about it cos i'm a lazy peasle. I'll finish it tonight, ok dokay? I'm going to marry Sarah Martin. She wrote to me yesterday. She's mine, you here? MINE! you see? MINE! comprende? MINE! I had a B&S dream last week but i decided it would be for the best if i didn't tell anyone. But now, I have decided what the hell, I have no friends anyway. My Dream Of B&S - The Song Snake =========================== I dreamt i was watching television. Does this illustrate how lonely i am to dream of watching television? Pity me. EX-S came on which is a scottish arts program. This week it was about B&S. "Jings", i thought in my dream thought voice, "my favourite". It started with Stuart David walking down the Street on the way to Stuart Murdochs house. And he was talking in a Dennis Leary way to the camera going "i love glasgow it's brilliant and the people are fuckin magic" things like that. At he turned up at SM's house who apparently lives in number 12, Partick. So SM lets us in and he goes "i'm going to get a new song". And I go "how do you *get* a new song" cos i'm now in the room cos it's my dream. And he says "I *get* them from the song snake". And i say "whatever is the song snake" and he says "hold on and you'll see". SM then proceeded to open a cupboard. Inside was a snake, about a foot high wearing a really smart white suit sort of like bryan ferry. He was holding a fag in his wee snakey hands. This was the song snake the "coolest cold-blooded crooner" on the planet. The song snake proceeded to sing a song called "if i only had lips, then i could kiss you" which i swear is the best song i have ever heard in my life. It got better when the wall in SM's house disapeared to reveal the Blues Brothers band in their Minnie the Moocher togs and the song snake done some magic break-dancing. After the song was finished SM went "i think i've got it" and proceeded to sing the song in a girly manner with no backing at all. It sounded friggen awful. The song snake said "Kid, you got it". Then i woke up with a woody. christopher alexander leonard Bsc(Hons) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Re:To Dream The Impossible Dream...
by G R Thomas 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

Wahey!! Just my two-penny's worth on the summer-picnic idea. Count me in! Count me in! I promise to get all my mates to come along (or definitely one...er...) but this is a great idea. I reckon we should definitely do this, and get as many listees involved as poss. We need dates and places (sorry, stating the obvious there) and ideas on how to fill the day/night. It's a cool idea, and I'm full of thoughts of bright summer days in the park... Wishing it was June (exams done and all that), All my love, GIDEONxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: ...but that of Nick Nolte...
by PJMiller 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: David & Katrina <bluesoda(a)totalweb.co.uk> Para: B&S <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: miércoles 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 sure 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 Ritual. 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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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