March 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Some boy's jumper for goalposts.
by babyblu＠gold.globalcafe.co.uk 05 Jun '98

05 Jun '98

First off,for anyone who's off to the impossibly glamourous Blue Soda tonight,a few of us are up for trundling off to 'Popstars' after the last twangy note from Erland's sweet seductive guitar has expired. So make sure you pack your tube of glitter and bring along your dancing trousers (or indeed, your dancing Trousers) Secondly, anyone who wants to relieve the might and the glory of the unofficial sinisterines five a side match should get themselves along to Battersea park (probably) on Sunday for a smorgasbord of footballing delights (oh alright then, a few skinny boys running around aimlessly until they have to sit down and have a fag). Yes we are planning another kickabout, come along and play 'til your calves seize up! Mail me or Mark "Biondino" Cassarato for all the details etc. Thirdly, as a kind of continuation to secondly, would anyone be at all interested in getting togethe a semi permanent five a side team? We could challenge other twee-pop bands mailing lists and organise a kind of fey world cup. Fresh air, sunshine, the thrill of knocking in six against The Delgardos in the semis, what more could you want from life ? Stay in shape, Roryxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: 'Names that will live forever'
by babyblu＠gold.globalcafe.co.uk 11 May '98

11 May '98

Deep breath... Steely dan- vibrator in Clockwork orange. Moloko- means 'milk' in Clockwork orangeuse. Campaq Velocet- means ...erm something in Clockwork orangeuse. The Fall- Top Camus novel. Orlando- Virginia Woolf opus. The Bible- Little known work by John Baptist, or somebody. Heaven 17- name of a band in Clockwork orange (Hmmmm, perhaps fledgling bands should really read some OTHER books) The Velvet Underground- name of a trashy pulp novel about sado-masochism that Lou Reed found in the street. My Bloody Valentine- name of a trashy pulp novel about sado-masochism that Kevin Sheilds found, after years spent scouring bookshops and libraries in order that he too could have a band name a bit like The Velvet Underground. Millions basically...... Stay Lucky, Roryxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: I'm a new member , Fox in the snow subject
by David Leloup 10 Apr '98

10 Apr '98

Hi everybody I'm new to this list and just want to introduce myself to all list members My name is david and i'm from France. My fave bands/artists are 'The Posies', Teenage Fanclub, Neil Young, Nick Drake (I'm lististening to Radiohead, supergrass, cardigans and some Trip Hop stuff too) What a big surprise when i first listen to 'when ... sinister' The voice is so sensitive, it seems so close to you The guitar and other instrument are so fine It makes me almost cry ... My first question : Can someone tell me what the song 'fox in the snow' is about specially the last sentences : it only happens once a year it only happens once a lifetime making most of it (I love this song) Hoping Belle and Sebastian will becoming famous in France and anywhere else .. David

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Sinister: something un-asked (he hopes)
by Euan Leitch 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

i couldn't agree more with what mr nick says about jon & bethey. i went to your website yesterday and i'm still reeling from how lovely you both are. if wee-ness is the key, i want to be mike tv. sad songs (is by e john!) - every time i hear the first tap of the taambourine in *you made me forget my dreams* a tear wells in my eye, but they recently spilled over listening to *tracy* by mogwai. i was on the train home to edinburgh from london and i was listening to it as i crossed the border and it was the first spring dusk i had noticed. it all seemed to overcome me. i always cry at the fiddler on the roof, film&music but that might be because my dad always cried at it, and he never cried. i recently started to bubble telling some stangers about the end of manon des scource. and just the thought of dr zhivago floods me. the un-asked b&s q? where did they record the children at the start of iyfs, and who is the wee boy shouting *c'moan* that i could listen to on a loop for eternity? the list has become worth escaping to again. huzzah. uan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: ink spy
by Euan Leitch 31 Mar '98

31 Mar '98

me and my friend bought leather jackets at the same time last summer so we spent a good few weeks singing that chills' song. great init? isn't john jackson's address nice? i see it as a faded turquoise (the 60's one), slightly weathered beach hut at the foot of some green cliffs where puffins live. he's sitting in the doorway on an old milking stool. the beach isn't of sand, but brown and cream pebbles. it's high tide and the waves are medium and occasional, and they rearrange the stones with a bit of a rumble. it isn't really sunny, more hazy with brightness all around with no shadows and there is no horizon 'cos the sea and sky are the same. it's very quiet, the puffins are in their burrows, and although john loves belle & sebastian, at the moment there's music coming from the back of the hut where there's a wee transistor quietly playing lou reed's *berlin*. in fact, i think he's lipsyncing the word *dubonnet* right now. am i taking ink polaroids of strangers from my roving satellite? i'm not trying to steal anybodys soul. isn't it great that jon & betheys' protestations just inflame our love for them. my satellite's moving. who next? Uan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: the saddest story ever told
by Mike Appelstein 31 Mar '98

31 Mar '98

The Chills are always good for inducing a tear or two, especially the _Submarine Bells_ album (one of the best of the '90s if you ask me) and the single "The Great Escape." There's an absolutely stunning moment in it: Martin Phillipps has just finished singing about committing suicide, or moving, or in any event leaving a bad situation. He ends up singing "No one can hear me...No one can hear me...no one...no one..." One final soaring guitar line, then a few seconds of silence, and then suddenly *applause* -- understated, as if the crowd is in shock. What sounded like private thoughts turned out to be a live performance. I don't know why, but this moment literally made me misty-eyed (without fail) the first several times I heard it. I find myself frequently getting choked up in moments of hesitation or gaps of silence. The bit in "Stars of Track & Field" before the trumpet part never fails to get me, for instance... Then there's always American Music Club's middle period, which contains some of the very saddest, most beautiful songs ever written. How many listmembers love "Everclear?" mike, trying to delurk as much as I can. ciflux(a)aol.com http://members.aol.com/ciflux/index.html ______________________________________________________ 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Tonite we all made love in London
by Keith Watson 31 Mar '98

31 Mar '98

People wanted to know what happened in London, so I guess I'll do a little run down. Let me stress however first that this is NOT an ink polaroid - ink polaroids are for people who pick flowers, listen to the smiths and cry at the sun going down... probably. Arrived in London at about 8:30, had to skive off work early so's we could get into London before the offy shut, so we got some cans and had a quiet time in my mate's brother's flat. Which incidentally is in Lambeth - in fact on "Lambeth Walk" which the kids around there do. Looks like that street's 15 minutes of fame passed quite some time ago. Next day we went into the town and wandered around buying CD's and stuff, drinking tea as you do, generally chilling out. Later on though, we all met up in Stephen's Poetry Cafe - where Mr.Trousers rules the roost, lays down the law. He's the head honcho, the top dog, the big cheese, numero uno. Had a couple of beers and popped round the corner for a nice Italian, Susannah and her flatmate Emma turn up. Emma called Tag "Tagnuts" lots. Which I don't think impressed Tag much. Also we get to meet Trousers friend Erlend - or is it Dennis Pennis... who we're joking about, until later he gets up and goes "Right, I'm off to see the Warm Jets and I'm going to pretend I'm Dennis Pennis to get in on the guest list" which was well funny. Later on we just pile back off to the Poetry cafe and drink more bouze. The next day we meet up at the same place and then go for a curry. We all had a nice curry, and one of them was especially salty. Tag ran off just before the meal and brought back Kelly, which I thought was a neat trick, was lovely to meet you Kelly. Later on we pile off to "Where it's at" which is a club, that plays a weird mix of those curazeee indie guitar backs, and occassionally something that ROCKS. That's not Pop. It's ROCK, like Motorhead and Aerosmith. They were really good, even if they didn't fit into my pop world. We tried to get the bloke to play Belle and Sebastian, he did have them, but he wouldn't play it, he wanted to ROCK, and who could blame him... well I bet there's a few on the list who would actually. What Tag didn't mention about the bloke whom I asked if he "ruled", was that he actually tried to explain to me that he didn't "rule" and why he didn't "rule", he said it was because it was the first time he'd been there - so I explained to him that he probably did "rule" cause it was my first time there and I "ruled". Susannah has a great drunken idea at this point to go to Heathrow with David and Katrina, so we all pile off onto the bus, but we only get as far as Hammersmith, by this point we've decided that the idea is shit - so off we go to David and Katrina's flat happily singing songs by Sally Oldfield. There's a beautiful view of London from their flat... I almost discovered my sensitive side there. But I didn't actually discover it, because I don't have one. The last night I spent having a meal with Susannah, her flatmate and her flatmate's sister to celebrate Susannah's birthday which was really nice. Unfortunately we completely took the piss out of the shit artwork in the place and later discovered that the barman did it. Oops, never mind. Both the bar staff and the taxi driver were treated to loud drunken renditions of a Century of Fakers - which I think they liked... The next morning Susannah and I did the sleaze quiz, which Susannah beat me by 6 points. I got 101, but I'm not saying what Susannah got cause I don't think she'd like people to know. And that was pretty much it. Sorry that mail wasn't funny enough. Tag sneaked in early and poached all the funny bits - even before I'd got home! Cheeky Bastard! Love Keith. Thanks to everyone who participated in the trip, and special thanks to Susannah for "having" me. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: more sad songs......
by nmacfarl＠wattdesign.com 31 Mar '98

31 Mar '98

THE saddest song has to got to be that new remixed version of the Celion Dion - Titanic song - that adds dialogue from the movie into it........on a more serious note here are some of my picks: The Smiths - asleep The Chills - pink frost House of Love - lonliness is a gun Dinosaur Jr - severed lips Sebadoh - brand new love Nick Drake - Parasite Galaxie 500 - when will you come home Ben Folds Five - Brick Vaselines - Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: sad songs...
by Sarah 31 Mar '98

31 Mar '98

Hiyee! gotta chime in here, her are somgs that make me cry.... REM - Everybody Hurts/Nightswimming Manics - 4st7lbs - but not nice crying fucking HORRIBLY beautiful, blah. (film - the bit where she takes the last pill in Drop Dead Fred and he nearly died.... :((((((((( ) my gosh! i've just remeberd. I cried to this song once...and FUCK i can't remeber the title! An early pulp song though, it goes "chalk lines round your little hands"...and that line just made me cry as i imagined a mother crying as her daughter was victim of a hit and run... :(((( And....YES, all groan....Radiohead - Creep. Cos it was on a compilation tape the time i went on holiday with my mother and her family for the past 4yrs or so, sitting in the back of a car, while her lot discussed furniture and friends....."what the hell am i dong here? i don't belong here" seemed so apt. i want a belle and sebastian friend that i could watch sunsets with. anyone. a friend in itself would be nice, heehee..... we were sat outside in the sun today playing Mr Shithead, the version when you get 3 cards, ra! i won two when we wer otside, and when we went inside in F, i got trounced. go figger. everybody got to point at me and shout SHITHEAD, oh i felt so cool in front of all the trendy dudes, they hate us even more now! good. twats. "I'm not a trendy asshole i do what i want..." and lets see which Sinister dudes can NAME the song and artist from which that quote came.... GO ON I DARE YOU! I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Sarah "I try to make everyones day a little more surreal" ***Calvin!**** http://www.elsato97.demon.co.uk ********************************* * FEATHER BOAS & NAPALM ZINE * * C'MON! PUNCH THE AIR! * * One Pound and A5 SAE * * 9 Westfield Drive, Warton * * Preston, Lancs * * PR4 1ED * ********************************* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Calvin, Hobbes and Pulp
by Alan Prior 31 Mar '98

31 Mar '98

Message text written by Sarah >An early pulp song though, it goes "chalk lines round your little hands"...and that line just made me cry as i imagined a mother crying as her daughter was victim of a hit and run... :(((( < i remember that one. it was called 'Little Girl (with blue eyes)' and some of it was quite rude, i think. In a Pulp song? Never... It was of their first album, 'It', and they did it on the white room a few years ago too. God, i'm a mind of useless information... i bought the new Pulp album today and its very classy. i also got a lovely Calvin & Hobbes t-shirt too. I know yous all aren't interested in my purchases, but i mention this only because Sarah likes C&H too. Yay! A guy at my school likes them too, and he was being daft and going on about him starting a new religion which would have the same sort of rules as Calvinball (you'll only know these if you've read the comic strips) He was going to call this religion (yes, you guessed it), Calvinism. And he wasn't trying to be funny or anything. Just dim. So i pointed out the obvious and know its called Hobbesism (which looks v. strange when written). Just thought you should know. "it's not summer if your tongue isn't purple!"--- Calvin! it's a magical world..., Debbie 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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