March 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Evening Session
by Ruth McCurry 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

PLEASE could somebody tape the relevant bit of the show for me tonight? My radio's bust and I've got to work late anyway! Anyone kind enough to help will be disproportionately rewarded. Lots of love DAVID ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 Boat Race
by tuffen＠opgc.univ-bpclermont.fr 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

>Does anybody know of a club in Cambridge called The Boutraiser or >something or other,, my friends are trying to get a 'gig' there and >they were told that it was a very 'hot' club, and one of the best(est) >small venues or something.. > Tbe Boat Race is (or rather, was..) ace. I worked there for a couple of years, it was so friendly, so many good and obscure bands, such a nice atmosphere, so nice and small and cosy....I used to cook sometimes, once i made lentil soup cos the band was orphic soop supporting the nylon bombers. but orphic soop ran off to kenfucky died chicken going 'uh, yuk, veggie crap!' and the nylon bombers came back for seconds and played really well, orphic soop were rubbish! there was a 'jamming session ' every sunday, local bands on monday, hardcore on wednesday, famouser people at the weekends like beth orton and gallon drunk.. anyway, it was run by this group of stars 'Shebeen Arts and Music' who were a sort of voluntary collective, loved their music, put everything they earned back into the venue. The are the epitome of DIY culture and should have been treasured. They were on the verge of getting an extension with a café and stuff when about 6 months ago the pub owner decided that he wanted to try promoting gigs by himself (might make lots of money!) the Shebeen crew were booted out and most of their loyal supporters now boycott the 'boat race' where gigs still take place (but not as good ones!) Shebeen now have a tiny desultory back room in the Portland Arms in Cambridge, but it's nothing like the same. The Boat Race singlehandedly kept me (fairly) sane during my time at uni, and I fear it's lost. Still, Olla, your friends might like it! After a really good gig you can see new stains on the ceiling. I like that. Hugh ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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Re: Sinister: The oscars
by jon g. 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

-----Original Message----- From: JOSEPH FOSTER <pasty(a)geocities.com> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Date: 23 March 1998 15:18 Subject: Sinister: The oscars >Is it only me that wonders why the oscars are on at such a silly time? >Surely they would be better off >Starting a good 6 or 7 hours earlier >So that then >More people could watch them. They seem rather pointless to me - but someone could probably get me to like them if they explained them to me. Why? Why? Why? >Cus staying up late is bad for your complextion >And I'll never get to my lectures like this. >If it started at around 5 o'clock >Well then all of the celebrities >Wouldn't all look so tired and sleepy >Especially the younguns >Like Leonardo DeCaprio Maybe Leo won't be so very melodramatic if he was tired - a very good thing in my book. >Who may have paperounds and such like the next day. Do you think he's short of cash? >Also it would finish earlier >(well, that goes woithout saying) >And all of the actors >Could rush down the pub for last orders. actors would have to drink orange juice - they would get in to trouble with their personal trainers if they didn't. Anyway, they have to worry about their multi-million pound earning stomachs and legs, so they would probably drink deionised super-pure h2o. >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >. 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 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: cuckooland, north atlantic ocean
by OMUser=Olafia Svansdottir 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

teri wrote >isn't it funny how here in toronto, there's about a foot of snow on the >ground and it's still falling hard and fast even though it's officially the >first day of spring? and genevieve wrote: >NO! WHy is it snowing! It is Spring and yet the inches fall and fall.... yes yes yes,,, we should form a support group: people recovering from winter,or manic winter depressive( no, thats just me). Every time you think the summer is coming,, it begins snowing, I know I should just face it, spring never arrives here before end of april, but after 6 months of winter, it does get to you a little doesn't it. > who is wee karn and how is she (?) related to b&s? I always thought it a nickname of someone in B&S, but as it turns out it's SD's wife- am I right? Does anybody know of a club in Cambridge called The Boutraiser or something or other,, my friends are trying to get a 'gig' there and they were told that it was a very 'hot' club, and one of the best(est) small venues or something.. and one thing in the end: the song that Arab Strab remixed for David Holmes ( lets get killed) is actually on a radio chart here in Iceland, it's actually quite a good song, so i'm a bit surprised.............. well thats all for now................................................................... .............olla ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 oscars
by JOSEPH FOSTER 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

Is it only me that wonders why the oscars are on at such a silly time? Surely they would be better off Starting a good 6 or 7 hours earlier So that then More people could watch them. Cus staying up late is bad for your complextion And I'll never get to my lectures like this. If it started at around 5 o'clock Well then all of the celebrities Wouldn't all look so tired and sleepy Especially the younguns Like Leonardo DeCaprio Who may have paperounds and such like the next day. Also it would finish earlier (well, that goes woithout saying) And all of the actors Could rush down the pub for last orders. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Precedence: bulk
by Mark Hester 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

DAVID (Ruth?)wrote Good to see Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead cropping up on a reading list. I'm afraid the only Fountainhead I know is the excellent Bluetones song of that name, probably the best thing on Expecting to Fly. I haven't heard the new album yet. Any thoughts anyone? Yes, pity us poor Philistine science graduates! There seems to be a lot of literature and poetry being cited on the list these days! Perfume - Paris Angels Wow! Yes the Paris Angels. 'Sundew' album is ace and 'Perfume' is the best of all. I remember hearing it for the first time on a London pirate radio station called Q (or possibly Cue) 102 in the summer of '90. The version that turned up on the album was not quite so good as the original single but it was still ace. They did a superb version of Lou Reed's 'What Goes On' on the album as well. Shame the music press hated them. Q102 was killed off when the radio franchises were awarded. The summers of '89 and '90 were so cool for pirate radio in London; there were tons of highly amusing techno stations which were really amateur and the DJs began every sentence with "big shout going out to...." The piano part on 'Seeing Other people' is incredible and I certainly don't know anything else that sounds quite like it. Maybe in the classical repertoire.... There are Cockney introductions throughout the classical repertoire if Bill Bailey is to be believed. Maybe I should get my revenge on these bookish individuals by starting a discussion on comedy. Fridays just aren't the same now the Friday Night Armistice isn't on. I loved all their stuff on the mIllennium Dome. Mark. -------------------------------------------------------- Mark Hester Engineering & Technology Elsevier Science Ltd The Boulevard Kidlington Oxon OX5 1GB UK Tel. +44 1865 843296 Fax +44 1865 853319 E-mail m.hester(a)elsevier.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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The Stars of Track and Field - Meaning of lyrics
by Pedro Rodrigues 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

Hi list, I really dig the song "The Stars of Track and Field", but I don't think I'm understanding much of the lyrics... I was wondering if someone could help me out with some of it: - is the "you" in the song a boy or a girl? Who is the "She"? and the "I"? :-)) - what is "terry underwear"? - does "throwing discuss" and "track and field" actually refer to athletics? The song sounds intentionally ambiguous to me, so perhaps there is no clear explanation of it... that's fine with me, I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything because of English not being my native language... Also, feel free to send your personal opinions about the song... (by the way, is anyone from the band on this list? Is there a chance I could hear from the lyric writer himself? Not........!) Oh well, ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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Re: Sinister: memories...
by Nick Dastoor 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

Hooray! I have come to the conclusion that the intro to "Seeing Other People" sounds like EVERY song that has EVER been written. It is the everyman of popular music. It is the salamander of piano. It is, in a very real sense, magic. Nicky ---Hall wrote: > > does the intro to "seeing other people" remind anyone else of those old episodes of paddington the bear that used to be on tv?? _________________________________________________________ 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: Tigermilk price
by Stephen_J._Wood＠andyclin.exnet.com 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

>John Jackson wrote: >Here's the reply I got from OpalMusic.... >"Yes we do have a copy. Mint condition. We are accepting offers until the end of this month (March). >Current highest offer 182.00 UK pounds." >bids until the end of March eh..wankers. My thoughts: If someone chooses to spend that much money on Tigermilk, instead of putting up with a cassette from some nice person on this list, or waiting until the band can be bothered to reissue it, then that's their affair. (If I had to choose between Tigermilk and, say, 15 chart CDs, then I'm fairly sure which would give me the greatest pleasure). You can't blame a record dealer for accepting their money, the record is only worth that because it's a damn fine record, and it's very hard to come by. That doesn't make them wankers. If the band had actually got their act together and put out a reissue, even a CD only release so the LP's are still special or whatever, then the original would still be collectable, but not fetching the ridiculous prices it is. And the fans who want the music could get hold of it. Maybe they want to preserve the mystique of the LP, by ensuring as few people as possible get to hear it, maybe they don't think its any good! Either way it's bound to be pirated/bootlegged soon, if indeed it hasn't been already. So either way we'll all soon be able to get hold of it! Cheers, Rocker 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: giglist?
by Stephen_J._Wood＠andyclin.exnet.com 23 Mar '98

23 Mar '98

Richard Lander wrote: ""Can anyone provide a gig list of the band, you know,where they appeared, when etc."" Yeah! I'm the sort of sad bloke who'd find such a list fascinating!, like for example, when was their first gig, etc. Also, how many of these gigs do people have on tape? It'd be fascinating to hear an early gig! Cheers! Rocker, 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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