March 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: books and records
by bradford 20 Mar '98

20 Mar '98

hey again. i had to write in about all these rquested books and records. i read "geek love" a couple years back, and it is good. i have a friend who subscribes to entertainment weekly, and he told me he read the movie rights had been purchased to make a movie out of it. douglas coupland : the only book i ever read from him that i liked was "life after god". i hated "generation x" and "shampoo planet". never read the microsoft one. i think i said it before, but you can never go wrong with some richard brautigan. oh, and i was in the barnes and noble yesterday flipping nonchalantly through the new book by marilyn manson. don't ask me why, cause i don't know. but parts of it were hilarious. there was this one section called "how to tell if you're gay" and it said that it was just for men because all women, by nature, are gay. but the first two (out of about 45) were as follows: 1. if you've ever had someone elses's sperm on you 2. if you've ever owned a smiths album and it went on and on and about fifteen or so of the how to tell's involved the smiths or morrissey. i guess it's time for me to recognize my true feelings. and records: for those country types out there..... steve earle's new album "el corazon" is really good. lambchop acetone aren't that good and they aren't that country either and they are nothing like b&s johnny cash, even though i know it's popular to like him nowadays the flying burrito bros. w/ gram parsons in it ricky nelson lee hazlewood there's more, but i can't think right now. -brad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Sma Shits
by Rod Begbie 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Essexdog5 wrote: > (including "What's your favourite Spice Girl?" - and before anyone gets sarky > on my 'ass', Smash Hits turned me down for a job, OK?). I never heard back from them :( I fancied myself as a bit of a music hack, so I wrote some singles reviews that I though were pretty good. Stuff like "Caramba! The Spiceys are back, and this time they've been shopping in the latino-beats aisle of the great pop supermarket". I've just checked and I still have them... see http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceerab/about/music/smashhits.html (I'm particularly proud of that Portishead review "If you took the James Bond theme tune and bunged it through a washing machine at a high temperature, it would probably come out like this" indeed!) On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Johnston, John CT wrote: [Mark'n'Lard] > And for lovers of their comedy items there are some great websites. Tim Stainthorpe's site is a chapel to their brilliance. http://www.maingate.demon.co.uk Oh, and yer Yatsura chaps were dead good last night. Rod. Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dance To The Cheesecake! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: chat and Offspring and books and britpop
by Sarah 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

um, hello? Sum-up...Paul and Keith vs Stephen, oh how nice, books, and embarrasing records and britpop. YUP, its time, i'm going to write again! the chat. well, *i* wanted to know some stuff about the band, i love them so much, i thought it was so exciting an oppotunity to talk to B&S proper, oh so sue me for my uncoolness. and then there were people saying some really....i mean, OK for a few mins it was funny, but for the rest, it just got pointless, COULDN'T YOU TELL from Stu D's reaction hey? thing is, i wouldn't be so arsed if i didn't love them so much. its just that....sod it. i don't think that if you wanted, which i did, a relatvly civilised chat about B&S, not wanking or socks or whatever it was, which lets face it could be chatted about at ANY time, that it went that well. ta da. then again, twas better than nowt, and i got a ew decent answers, which was groovey. And i am not a "real" journo either so Ner. Books. OK : Sybil - flora Rheter Schrieber Charlie and the chocolate factory/great glass elevator - Roald Dahl Age Of Reason - Mr Sartre Herzog - Mr Saul Bellow THe Dice Man - Luke Rhinehart, but NOT the sequel, biggest pile of turd ever written methinks Britpoop. Geez, i remeber going nutty when ratarsed to the Pop tunes of Pulp at V96....ooh what jolly fun..... but then again, sorry kids, i went straight from knwing nothing, to falling in love with whatever scene was currently hip in the music press. i was a c96 kid, with the hairclips and all, i still like Bis so NER! that was cool actually, i still have a bit of a soft spot for the Bis-sters. yes indeed. she apparently has a good zine, i keep meaning to buy it one day, but i always forget damn. The thing is, i got LOADS of energy and inspiration from it, which is more than i can spot in any current goings, or possibly *not* goings on. Then I am afraid, I found the manics history, and bcame intnsley intense from the first listen of Gold Against the soul and the Holy Bible....sigh, i stil cry about the fact that the VITALITY i see in pictures had disappreared - or at least hidden itself so much. all times when i felt so lost and alone in high school, thinking wwhat a freak i was, and there would have been the manics there....if only i knew.....but i didn't. anyway, i found another B&S convert today. i tell my chum Katie evryday about how good the spanking hot fandoobydastic band that are B&S, and she went into HMV, and they were playing this song she thought was GREAT. so she checked it, and came back saying... "OH WOW, BELLE and SEBASTIAN are great! i dunno what song but it had a red cover...." (sarah thinks 'If yer feeling sinister! ra!) "Somehow i thought they'd be more trashy, more rock...." now really, do i give that impression off? ok, so i sang an Offspring song, just that once....or twice...not like i have any of their songs... "i'm not a trendy asshole i do what i want"....DAMN! doing it again! no, i am not that really into YA YA YAAAA rock, but i do find it great ujst to thrash about to. pooonk rawk has N, er..G! and B&S are nice and lovely.....S/Lized are magical...ELO are sound man, ABC are fandiddlydoodyaceyrooney, and los manicos are awesome, man. dont arse arguing, else i will just swamp this lists with intensely intense rants EVERYDAY! (instead of every OTHER day!) oh heee hee....not. I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Sarah starryone! Look! it's frampton! He's coming aliiiiive! 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: Word of warning
by JOSEPH FOSTER 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

>John wrote the following; >Sorry no B&S here. Just wanted to ask a favour. I might be moving to >London and wondered whether any kind soul might enlighten me on a decent >area to live. Any comments off the list gratefully appreciated. Don't move to Leyton. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Billy MacKenzie (was Lullaby FTWC)
by ByTheSea6 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

In a message dated 98-03-19 14:05:18 EST, pasty(a)geocities.com writes: << Does anyone else admit to falling in love with 'Beyond the sun', by the late Billy Mackenzie. (There's a B&S link in there, there simply must be). Some days I think that it may be better than IYFS. I reccomend it to every last one of you with a passion. >> One of the more sadly beautiful records of the past few years. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: get me away from here, im dying
by vlass＠interlog.com 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

>From: Euan Leitch <euan.leitch(a)virgin.net> >Did you know that last summer, while we barely heard B&S on the radio, >an Athens station played them all the time? I mean, Greece? How? what station is this?! i was in greece for all of july last year, but i wasnt aware of b&s then.. i'm also going there again this summer from june 18th to august 8th - anyone going to be there then? picnic in athens? oh, and what about a picnic in toronto - anyone interested? > >Books to reed: >Italo Calvino - If on a winter's night a traveler... italo calvino is wonderful.. i second the nomination.. >How have these book recommendations carried on without someone >complaining? hehe, i guess i started this when i asked for suggestions about b&s books.. well, i started -the secret history- last night, i have some john cheever and i have -geek love- on hold at the library. i'm putting all the books together into one big list that i'll print out and keep in my wallet for when i happen to be at the library.. if you want to see the list so far, just email me. why complain? i find it interesting. here's are recommendations from me: -weetzie bat- and its counterparts by francesca lia block -girl- by blake nelson -mr.blue- by jacques poulin. anyone feel free to write me and cheer me up. currently my father is home for a visit and i feel like i am slowly dying here in my house. i can't even escape to the outside because it's too grey and ugly. sigh. teri xoxo ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: like the corners of my mind
by Cairns 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

Lovely genevieve wrote >....geez,he has the long finger! That sounds horribly like one of those conversational snippets you overhear when the underground is packed with exchange students. >...I don't listen to all those bands anymore,but I am still Brit, Eire and Scot Mad! Why "Eire"? I'm curious. No, really, I am. I can understand "Brit", (weren't we all in that crazy summer? Powder supporting Verve. Donna Matthews in armless tee-shirts. Jarv on 'Pop Quiz'), and "Scot" just about sums up my life, but why "Eire". Tell me it's not The Corrs, please. >It was destined for me...to buy that Q... D'you think it would be cruel of me to giggle at the notion of Q magazine reaching out and touching people's lives around the world? Probably. >ohmygoodnes,Grease is coming back to the theatres! >(...those summmmer niiiihiiights...) Awwwww. Bless. A girl after my own heart. My kid brother's tomboy friend Sarah knows all the words to 'Grease' (as well as to 'Dirty Dancing'), and once paraded round his birthday party innocently singing a paean to a "real pussy wagon". I can't be the only one to have cringed slightly at the whole IRC affair. Like most devotee/pop star get-togethers, it felt slightly forced, and not a little embarrassing, for both sides. It's much better to have an idealised picture of your pop stars in your head, and to run with it for as long as you can, than to find out what they're really like. That's not to say B&S aren't utter sweeties, but I kinda preferred it when all I had to go on were the sleevenotes, and the little pictures on the back of 'Tigermilk'. love, Joseph "Only the truly shallow do not judge by appearances" Robinson in Space ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: re: opening bands & bad records
by Tara Widmer 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

Paige said: <<and I have sat through a lot of dull and/or bad opening bands (don't even get me started on Kenickie....). >> No really?? I saw Kenickie a year ago and thought they were brilliant... full of energy, really sassy and adorable and their between-song banter with the crowd was, as they say, "hella funny". BUT THEN AGAIN.... <<I feel that after my Menswear admission everyone should now declare the most embarrassing record in their collection>> ... this is coming from someone (erm, me) who had not one, but *two* Soup Dragons tapes... that's punishable by a ticket straight to Hell, isn't it am I the only one who was disappointed by "The Secret History"??? plus the books I've read by Amis and Coupland... But I'll vouch for "In cold blood"'s brilliance. tchau queridos taralula ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: chat
by Megan Searing 19 Mar '98

19 Mar '98

Hello all, Megan, here, finally posting from DC (though I may perhaps win the prize for lurking longer than anyone ever in the history of the list!) Moved to post now only because I feel strongly about the whole chat thing. What strikes me most about the event is that it would not have even been possible 10 (or maybe even 5) years ago. That it did happen and that various people were able to interact with the band at all is, in some ways, pretty amazing. Regardless of whether you have positive/negative feelings about B&S members based on the chat--those are insights you would not have had if it hadn't happened. I didn't witness the entire thing (only peeped over Pam, my officemate's, shoulder) but what I did see definitely added another dimension to my idea of who B&S are, even if (or especially when) they were just playing. And I thought Stuart M's message to the list was very kind and just plain lovely (he seemed to like the Felt questions). So cheers to all who made it happen and I'll shut it there I think. Sorry for such a scary serious paragraph especially for a virgin poster. Not much of an introduction! Though some of you may remember Pam outing me as the non-posting Nimrod a few weeks back, does that count? The DC B&S picnic we're planning (May 9, Mt. Pleasure, oops I mean Pleasant) has received an astounding response, at latest count we'll number about 15! Email us privately for details etc. Thanks if you've read this far! XO, Megan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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