February 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: I love this song (NBSC)
by aadam＠interaccess.com 26 Feb '98

26 Feb '98

Back in the '30's there were so many great songs. This is one that I'm particularly fond of. It's written by Irving Berlin. What'll I do When you are far away And I am blue What'll I do What'll I do When I am wondering who Is kissing you What'll I do What'll I do With just a photograph To tell my troubles to When I'm alone With only dreams of you That won't come true What'll I do ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 - u.s. fans - east coast?
by boy sets fire 26 Feb '98

26 Feb '98

just wondering how many of you out there happen to be from the east coast area in the u.s. ... i myself am going to school in d.c. and i guess its ok. nothing very special. :) boy sets fire ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 t-shirts
by boy sets fire 26 Feb '98

26 Feb '98

does anyone know the status of the new b&s shirts coming out? i rather fancy the one with the dancing kids thats featured on the screen saver, but i cant go with the blue one because ... blue makes me look fat. :) boy sets fire ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: inconsequential B&S gossip
by Gareth Watkins 26 Feb '98

26 Feb '98

chatting to an A&R man friend of mine last weekend i said me: why don't you sign B&S (he works for a major label) him: i hear they are a nightmare to work with me: in what way him: well apparantly they vote on everything they do and if one of the band votes against it they don't do it. i couldn't work with a band like that it would kill me. i don't know if this is the case or not but it would seem to fit in with the general lack of gigs and new records. sort of quite charming that attitude, and very indie gareth ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Cornershop
by Stephen_J._Wood＠andyclin.exnet.com 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Matt wrote: Hooray! Cornershop are number One! I'm going to see them in Bristol on sunday...any one else seen 'em live? If so are they any good live? Spawny get! I couldn't get a ticket. Saw them at The Fleece last year (or was it longer ago?). They were good, although only just working out their drummerloop'n'sitars sound, having previously been a fairly ordinary indie band. (They originally wanted to be called Pakishop, but couldn't get gigs or record deals).(Maybe they should revert, now they're bigger than god). What's the betting the gig gets pulled now they're number one? Cheers, Rocker, Bristol, UK. rocker(a)andyclin.exnet.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? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Re: Cast the first stone
by Stephen_J._Wood＠andyclin.exnet.com 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

In his measured critique of B&S, Rob Learner wrote: "decent music like Puressence and Dweeb" I think that's all we need to know about this person's musical taste. On the other hand, of course, he was right about Radiohead, Embrace and "unmittigated bollocks like Ocean Colour Scene". Cheers, Rocker, rocker(a)andyclin.exnet.com P.S. Is anyone else pissed off at the amount of the digest taken up with people quoting in full the previous three mails, when we've all just read them anyway! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 on the radio....
by Susan Errington-Wood 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Hello fellow sinisterians, Just wanted to make a comment about B&S being played on the radio. If any of you live in the Boston area, like myself, (I know Matt N. does too, as I used to listen to his show on 'MBR) you will know that the only stations that will play B&S are the college stations, which is the case with most cities in the states; That is, until now. Two weeks ago (friday the 13th. of February) on the commercial "alternative" station, WFNX, Belle and Sebastian was played during the day. They played "Stars of Track and Field" and my whole day was made by hearing it on the radio. Now I know that this will not be an everyday occurrence, because on the day it was played, it was "freeform friday" at the station, meaning that the djs had free reign on what they could play (and I had bugged all the djs for the entire week to hear it!) but at least it was played once and will possibly be played again because in 2 weeks there will be another "freeform friday" and I'll be bugging the djs again to death!! So if any listies live in Boston or can listen to the radio over the net (WFNX broadcasts over the net at www.wfnx.com) be sure to check in on Friday, March 13 and listen up for belle and sebby on the radio!! - Sue ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: spotters points
by poetry place2 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

April is the cruellest month... but March, May and June don't look very hospitable either... No records before July, said Katrina the other day... What on earth are we going to talk about? I'm getting to feel like a WWI tommy stuck in the Somme as the shrapnel from the "biscuit vs bar" wars flies overhead. To keep me entertained in the weeks ahead I've devised this amusing little game you may wish to join in... Award yourself one point everytime... Someone unsubs to the list Someone asks for a tape of T*******k Paul offers to have your babies Award yourself five points whenever Mean Andy Dean says "check out the archives, dumbass" Keith says that he has a hangover Trousers forgets to find a Monday poem Susannah makes a smutty innuendo about Stu M Peter Miller is compared to an obese comedian Ten points for figuring out the full list of people genevieve has crushes on guessing who the "fake northy" is spotting a tagmail that does not contain the words "nymph", "redscum" or "francoise" starting an indie snob war between Tim and Andreas Fifty points for persuading the duke to come back producing a tape of chris leonard doing his matthis impression hearing Katrina say "personally, I don't have a problem with bootlegging" setting up a real church devoted to The Mink, the pyth and the holy swan One hundred points for finding the mastertapes for T*******k The first person to 500 hundred points wins! Stephen xxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Christgau Files
by Francisco Alberto Wong 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Put this in your pipes and smoke it true-believers: The unexpurgiated Robert Christgau review:: "BELLE AND SEBASTIAN: If You're feeling Sinister (The Enclave) Sly guys, subtler gals. Straight out my stereo, they didn't have enough oomph to send me to their press kit--they go for dim where corporate pop favors hot, their lo-fi more "Exile on Main Street" than Sebadoh. So I assumed they were two or three twee public-school snobs just smart enough to mock their own privelage, with stray art buddies chipping in. In fact it appears (although they are coy about it) that they comprise seven popwise Scots in the same general record-collector tradition as Orange Juice, Teenage Fanclub, and Bis, none of whom sound like Belle and Sebastian or each other. And while younger folks debate the intellectual content of Stuart Musgrove's [sic!] mild-mannered cynicism, for me his clever affect is there to test the strength of his third-power catchiness. You don't just recognize these tunes. You don't just hum snatches in tranquility. You sing along, irresistably, sometimes with verse and chorus both. Just be glad Musgrove [sic, boy, sic!] is into bemused sex rather than the glories of E, or attacks on the culture industry. A MINUS" *whew!* told you. francisco ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 my honey...
by Johnston, John CT 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Just wanted to say that I think there has been a bit of an 'atmosphere' (and much like Mr Russ Abott I love a happy atmosphere but this atmosphere hasn't been that happy) on the list of late, amidst all the love and laughter that still abounds here. I can only second what David/Nick have said and give the hottest of hot love to Paul for all he does. And seeing as nobody writes it like they used to, it might as well be me...KEEP THE FAITH hope this hasn't been a timewaster (I counted to 10 and thought of Cliff) xxx John CRACE TREWIN (so know you know..) Johnston ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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