February 1998 - Sinister

Re: Sinister: THE SKY IS DARK WITH HATS IN THE AIR!
by David & Katrina 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

PJMiller wrote: something about adding these words to the magnetic poetry on the fan club site: > nutsac > bar > biscuit > big tackle > catfish > tweenet > Northy > additional mixing time in the studio to which I say: consider the above words added, but consider the name below forgotten! > Bernard Manning but on doing so, i'd like to point out that very soon our magnetic poetry may start to suffer under the stress of all these new words, could someone reccomend a word or ten to remove from the program, i'd be very grateful. otherwise i'd be forced to free up some space by removing the words i've just added. david PS: finally placed an FAQ on my site, please, i urge anyone with any questions to read it. If there is something missing (highly likely) please let me know what it is and I'll add it. Oh, and Peter Miller, your gargoyles have been added to the biog :) -- ******************************************************************** http://www.totalweb.co.uk/bluesoda/ mailto:bluesoda@totalweb.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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Sinister: THE SKY IS DARK WITH HATS IN THE AIR!
by poetry place2 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

If we can have a moment's silence, can i suggest we raise our glasses in honour of David "Dream" Kitchen, the original Blue Sodastream and founder of this very list, who is 24 today!! David, you're a bobby dazzler, a diamond geezer, an all round good egg. Now who will help me give him the bumps? Stevie Trousers ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 Keith, get over it
by Keith Watson 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

>I heard it on the grapevine that McTaggart has been pounding the Glasgow >beat, and the mean old piddly pooh hasn't shown us his ink polaroids yet, >and neither has Keith. OK so Friday night then, So I'm off the train, and on the tube to Hillheed, pop up to meet Tag at Andrew's flat and we get ready to pop out, it's a lovely warm night and we taxi it along to the CCA where we get a meal that none of us paid for - that's still a mystery. Trying to work out what to do, Tag and Anne sneak off to the bedsit next to the park and I wait with my friend Kevin till his girlfriend and her mates turn up, they do at 12, by which point I'm right royally pissed - which is nice, Kev doesn't want to come to Andrew's club though, so I go, and meet a load of new friends on the door of the CCA who I convince to come to the bedsit too, which is cool, cause it means we get a taxi, so I turn up and try to blag my way in with my 4 year out of date matric card, which makes it past the bouncers, but not further than the eagle-eyed student manning the till who I thought was going to get rid of me, but it turns out he only wants me to pay an extra quid, so I get in, and it's amazing, loads of people dancing to northern soul, really getting into it, and it's a cracking feeling seeing loads of people enjoy it so much. The rest of the night is spent dancing and drinking, usually both at the same time... what a top night. Hope that's passed Patrik's stringent requirements for being boring enough, hopefully yes, well, I'm boring I suppose.... get over 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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RE: Sinister: THE SKY IS DARK WITH HATS IN THE AIR!
by PJMiller 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: poetry place2 <poetryplace2(a)easynet.co.uk> Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: miércoles 25 de febrero de 1998 17:35 Asunto: Sinister: THE SKY IS DARK WITH HATS IN THE AIR! >If we can have a moment's silence, can i suggest we raise our glasses in >honour of David "Dream" Kitchen, the original Blue Sodastream and founder >of this very list, who is 24 today!! David, you're a bobby dazzler, a >diamond geezer, an all round good egg. > >Now who will help me give him the bumps? > I will help, but only if the following words and phrases are included in the magnetic poetry arsenal: nutsac bar biscuit big tackle catfish tweenet Northy additional mixing time in the studio Bernard Manning ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: French police wouldn't give me no peace...
by PJMiller 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

-----Original Message----- De: Honey <honey(a)Majordomo.net> Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: miércoles 25 de febrero de 1998 14:44 Asunto: Re: Sinister: Pleasantness Police time... >If people want me to piss off and mind my own business instead of >gentle reminding of good practice to keep the list readable then I >will, but my enthusiasm for running this list will dwindle. Please >let me know. This list is special and some of us have made some >maybe lifetime friends (sniff) and it's going to stay this way or >die. Being a sensitive soul I would however like some votes of >confidence that some people still like it around here. Have I missed something? I don't know what all this stuff is about "mood" on the list. The only thing I've noticed is a thrilling bit of insult swashbuckling between Tim H!O!P!kins and myself, which surely no one could possibly take seriously, except our respective mothers, and a couple of bizarre outbursts in defence of a couple of groups, one of which did manage to get my dander slightly up, so I answered it and then realised it shouldn't of been there at all and felt vaguely bad, but not much really, because it's all done in good faith. I am still very much in love with my extended family, even though work (!) has prevented me from spending half my life writing e-mail messages. As for blatantly off topic threads, some of them aren't as off topic as they seem, some are quite entertaining anyway, and some of them are a total waste of time for some people whilst obviously highly theraputic for others. Eighties cartoons do nothing for ME because I was already vaguely mature by then, but I'm always first in the queue to womble on about earlier off topic trivia, such as perverted PE teachers calling people "big tackle" and "catfish". It makes me laugh, my day is slightly happier due to such nonsense, and in my own opinion that makes it slightly B&S related. But it's only an opinion. I don't know exactly what Paul does, but I'm willing to bet he does a good job. At any rate, it seems to me that it is a fairly thankless task, like being a youth club leader. Paul has always behaved like a perfect gentleman to me, as have others of my acquaintance, such as Charlotte, Keith, Mussadiq, Anne, Richard, Matt, Tag, Christopher, even the dear departed Duke. Sorry if I left anyone out. I salute you all and wish you well in any future ventures, should Paul decide to pull the plug on the list. I don't think he will though, because he's as addicted as the rest of us. And if all that wasn't enough, someone wrote in to say they had discovered the off topic joys of Jimmy Webb, justification enough for any amount of pointless waffle. In short, don't piss off, Paul. Your posts are an important part of the list and I for one enjoy seeing you struggle to hide your annoyances. You haven't done very well today, and I am frightened of you. >Oh and Peter I screwed up on the chat stuff I'm afraid somehow. The >band turned up 6pm last week - not sure they will this week without >cajoling. If you want, can someone mail them and plead because I'm a >scaredy-cat. You rotten piddly pooh! I've been looking forward to this for week(s). It's on my calendar and everything. I'm going to turn up anyway just in case. Mind you, I don't know if they'll have time for a vote before then. Oh well, I'll just have to go and change my nickname back to PeterM. It has just come to my attention that I've written a whole screenful of rubbish. By the way Paul, how's your little cousin-in-law like being number one in the hit parade? There's one called Asha, isn't there? Or Brimful? Did those marvellously lifelike drawings, I seem to remember. Jimmy Tarbuck crossed with Jimmy Krankie ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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
by G R Thomas 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Hey everyone, Hope you're all doing fine today. Today is a good day, as I recieved my copy of Tigermilk from lovely Andy this morning. I've just copied down the tracklist from the web site, and I'm about to go home and listen to it. Now I'll be able to know about all the Tigermilk tracks that are mentioned on the list. Oh well, not really interesting I'll grant you, but a big thing for me. Thanks again to Andy... Well, according to the Chart Show this morning, Cornershop is number one on their chart. I know it's different to the Radio 1 chart, but surely 'Brimful...' Will be number one on that aswell... Cool, I say, and, of course, a million times better than Celine 'Why the long face' Dion Dublin... Oh, yeah, and if any of you saw the Chart Show, how cool were the dancing syringes in the new Dandy Warhols vid? Great song as well, I reckon... Anyway, I'm rabbiting now, so keep well, and I'll see you soon Seems to me like this list is expanding all the time. This is fantastic See ya, 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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Sinister: Dougal's Scottish Holiday
by mctag＠mcmail.com 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Hello, That Peter Miller bloke wrote: >Yesterday I went to the pictures and I saw a film and it was really good. Are you after my job? >I heard it on the grapevine that McTaggart has been pounding the Glasgow >beat, and the mean old piddly pooh hasn't shown us his ink polaroids yet, >and neither has Keith. Here's a couple ... It's Saturday night in Edinburgh. We see three fresh faced young bucks striding masterfully along Lothian Street. On our left, Keith Watson, his rippling muscles teasingly hidden under his trademark polo neck, is brushing aside a bevy of beauties with the merest shrug. In the centre is Tag, his mind inexplicably wandering to thoughts of ultraviolet pornography. On our right, Chris Leonard is leading the other two in a David Bowie Medley with his resonant baritone, causing passing drunken rugby fans to weep openly. It's earlier that same evening, the scene is a table in an Indian restaurant. Chris Leonard, the master raconteur, is holding court to a rapt audience, Tag and Keith have their backs to the camera, so we can only assume that their faces have the same saucer-eyed expression as the young lady to Chris's right. It's almost as if Chris has uttered the word 'gism' at an inoppurtune moment. Further down the table El Presidente Honey is smoking a fine cigar, whilst ruminating of the nature of religion with the ravishing Linda (the first lady) and a strangely familiar man. Paul looks dead classy, la. >Belle and Sebastian content: What do we have to do to join in the bunfight >tomorrow? Just turn up in the sinister room, or is it more complicated? I've >got a brand new nickname for the occasion. You should have a brand new nickname for every message. Get over it. >Northy, nice to see you back again. I too was fooled briefly, but there were a few giveaway clues. Northy would never write only one letter at a time, his useful snake like symbol was not used, and there was a certain 'humour' to that mail. Like many great thinkers of our time, Northy was a deeply serious young man, who saw little to be flippant about in this evil modern world where communists, drug users and the homeless are allowed to roam the streets without being shot, and wealthy princesses like Lady Di, the Princess of Hearts, are cut off in their prime, only to be cruelly ridiculed. He really felt that injustice deep in his soul. I hope the sick hoaxer is as guilt ridden as he or she should be. Oh God, how I miss him. Will that do? Love, Tag xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Nostalgia is the New Rock and Roll
by Neil Hargreaves 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Even if you are not intrested in biscuits nad k80's TV listen anyway.... the last time I can remember talking about things like this a lot (though some people would say I do it all the time) was when I first came to University. And my friends also did a lot of it before we left University. Okay here comes the wanky bit... I think this happens amongst any group of people than need to reaffirm the fact that they have the same cultural roots and past... We talk about these things not really to remeber them but just to confirm that other people remember them. So when We are about to leave or have just entered a social group we to it a lot to reafrirm or create links. Its a relief to know people think like that/ watched that programme...Since *we* dont have my much face to face contact we do it too... The weird thing is that in the nineties the cultural of childrens TV and stuff is a repeated one. Those cartoons weren't new when we watched them. We weren't first to eat those bars. So this kind of talk now can break down generation gaps too. And this stuff is still being repeated. Basically this is a kind of conversational pop music. It provides the same thrill of community and shared discovery. It unites poeple in the smae way... The Hanah-Barbera theory of Infinitly Self Perpetuating Cultural Hegemony (hemogeny?) Explains All.... If you made it this far thanks. If you skipped down to this bit read the rest. Its more interseting than my usual stuff I think. love neil H ------------------------------------------------- " despite myself at times well i have felt not in the mood for any of this..." ------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: _He's_ your Japanese boy??
by Stip / Blue Music 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

All this talk of the eighties has reminded me of a couple of singles I absolutely loved as an infant. Granted they may not have been the most groundbreaking releases of the decade , but I distinctly remember spinning these beauties on my Sesame Street portable record player. The first was a song called Japanese Boy, by Aneka - an oriental beauty (or so I reckoned) who, in all my innocence, I believed to have lost her beloved baby son when she warbled 'he's my Japanese Boy, ooh-ooh I miss my Japanese Boy (etc)'. Little did I realise it was a sordid and spiteful tale of an eastern love-rat. My illusions were further shattered when it was revealed in Scottish tabloid the Daily Record that Aneka, this exotic, mysterious beauty, was in fact from a town 2 miles from my own, was more likely to be found gracing the folk clubs of Fife, and was in reality blessed with the rather less mystical title of Mary Sandeman. And then there was Bright Eyes. Forgive me, this one was actually late seventies, but let's not become entangled in pedantics. I remember it clearly. That Sunday afternoon I had enjoyed my first ever (and perhaps only) experience of personal fulfillment - I had, all on my own, removed the stabilisers from my bike and had sped down my street in a blaze of two-wheel glory. My mum and dad, who were still together then, had gone out and left me with the next door neighbour so I had no-one to share my pride with, aside from my friend Jennifer who was reluctant to celebrate due to the constraints of her tricycle. Anyway, Karen, who was looking after me, knew what to do. I had instructed her to call me in when the charts were on, regardless of what I was doing. I remember her lifting me onto the kitchen worktop while she turned up the top 10 countdown. 10 minutes later, my mum and dad returned. I was sat in Karen's kitchen sobbing quietly, and they assumed I'd been a little over zealous on my stabiliser-free bike. Karen, however, was sniggering into her cola, and explained that I had actually broken down because Art Garfunkel's Bright Eyes was number one in the charts and I couldn't contain my joy because I loved it so much. I was four. How sad is that? Sorry for rambling - that was way too long. I promise to shut up if everybody promises to be happy again. Love Nicola xxx -- Nicola M Stip / Blue Music www.stip.demon.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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Sinister: Jim'll Fix It
by Andrewnic＠aol.com 25 Feb '98

25 Feb '98

Dear Jim'll Fix It, While we are waiting for the new releases, could you please fix it for the cd pressing plants to run off a few copies of Tigermilk for those of us without £160 to spend on vinyl. Thankyou very, very much. Yours hopefully, Andrew Nicol (aged 8 and a half) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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