March 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Not B&S but BS
by Mark Hester 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

...by which I mean Big Star. Bought a CD with their two albums on at the weekend and it is absolutely amazing. The Teenage Fanclub connection is not as obvious as everyone makes out but at least I know where 'Thirteen' comes from. That song is incredible. I know I speak with all the zeal of a recent convert, but there is no denying the power of these guys' music. Do any of you know what has become of Alex Chilton? The sleevenotes tell how Chris Bell died in a car crash but other than saying that Chilton was demoralised and out of music by the 80s nothing more was said. I'd like to hear I am the Cosmos but if any of you have a copy it is probably so valuable that you wouldn't play it, let alone lend it out. -------------------------------------------------------- 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Stuff and nonsense
by Claire Timmins 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

Porn star name.... Bambam Keen. No lies. It's atrocious. If a picnic in Scotland is being organized then I will be there. If it is in the latter half of May only. Who's organizing it? Also, does anyone know if Snow Patrol have had their stuff distributed in Ireland? Anyway the sun is out so I'm going to sit outside and pretend I'm somewhere else, with someone nice. *****sigh****** Claire. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: little green rosetta
by JOSEPH FOSTER 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

Helloooo. I never got over watching 'Grosse Point Blank' and I'll never forget how good 80's music could be ( check out the two soundtracks available for proof, if proof is needed ) but all these lists are really beginning to bug me. Whine whine whine. I rather like my pseudonyme of 'Mark Ambleside', dosen't it make me sound mysterious and exciting (NO. Sorry, it dosen't, Joe). But I think that my porn star name may be a bit better..... ....Harry Currie. or Flash Currie. Oh and finally Mogwai and Ariel M at the wedgewood rooms was the BESTEST gig ever in the whole wide world. But I must admit to never having seen B&S live (yet). And last, has anyone heard the new Urusei Yatsura LP? Is it any good?# OK, bye. Joe Pastie ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Tarbuck Turmoil
by PJMiller 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

-----Original Message----- De: Adrian Evans <aevans(a)env-dept.devon-cc.gov.uk> Para: 'Sinster' <sinister-digest(a)majordomo.net> Fecha: lunes 9 de marzo de 1998 12:46 Asunto: Sinister: Motorway Maintenance Unit >BBC 2's perennial favourite "Call My Bluff", am I right? Come come now Mr Miller, I think you can do better than that. Indeed I can. After an entire weekend spent scratching my ever-expanding bald patch, it finally dawned on me that the line in question (we have a difference of opinion Jeffrey) did in fact come from a programme hosted by the aforementioned Jimmy Tarbuck. I can't for the life of me remember what it was....it wasn't "Whose Baby", that was Leslie Crowther and Phil Lynott.....it wasn't "Play Your Cards Right", that was Bruce Harris.....but it was something vaguely connected to the world of gambling, ten to one shots and so on. Regular viewers may be amused to hear that I managed to thump myself in the gob today when my shoelace broke as I was doing it up. I knocked myself right over and made my mouth bleed, but somehow managed to retain consciousness. Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Ep's
by John Bleasdale 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

Hiya, I was fortunate enough to pick up promo copies of the three CD ep's at a record fair in Oxford last Saturday and along with the press releases on the back, the Dog on Wheels EP also says "500 only". Were there only ever 500 CD's or 500 promos? The first seems too few and the latter too many. Any ideas? John ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: damn, damn , damn
by poetryplace2 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

Shag satan? No, run! said: >Conversely, 'Trousers' is a compliment of the highest order and thus should be >used sparingly. >If something is 'trousers' it generally is of fantastic taste, humour, style and >good looks. Trousers is also a term of abuse hurled at someone who can't get their "shit" "together" enough to find a poem on a monday. Another Tuesday poem, then. Actually Tuesday might be a better day for a poem, because it *is* the most depressing day of the week. On Mondays' you're refreshed from the weekend, but Tuesdays you still have another 4 days to go before the weekend... Glyn Maxwell is the laureate of Welwyn Garden City. He's published 3 collections to extraordinary acclaim... people have called him the new Auden, which is nice. To compound the Auden comparison he travelled to Iceland with fellow-poet Simon Armitage a while ago, following in the footsteps of Auden and MacNeice, and published a travelogue, "Moon Country", which was rather good. this poem was provoked by being kept awake by a screaming child on an all night train through France. Glyn Maxwell Curse on a Child May the love of your life get on at Ongar And wake up sleeping on Terminal 4. May his anorak grow big with jotters Noting the numbers of trains that he saw. May he read these out in a reedy voice, May he drink real ales with his mates while you Blink in the smoke. May his hair be a joke. May his happiest hour have been spent in Crewe. May he call for you in a lime-green van, May his innermost thoughts be anyone's guest. May his answer to 'Who's your favourite band?' Be the only occasion he answers 'YES,' But then may he add, 'When Wakeman was with 'em,' And play you the evidence. May what he wears Never again be in vogue. May his mother Dote, devote, and move in downstairs. May your French turn frog, may your croissant go straight, May your bread be Hovis, your wine home-made, May your spice be Old Spice, your only lingerie Les fronts-igrec, and your beauty fade. May you curl in the Land of Nod like the child You were when you wouldn't, and screamed all the way >From Perpignan to the Gare de Lyon. Echoed through Paris, and on to Calais. The man in the corner, who sat with his head Awake in his hands, has issued this curse. He is far away now. What keeps him awake Isn't screaming, or crying, or writing verse. It is sometimes nothing but quiet, sloping, My terrible infant, looming and deep. May you never know it. May your life be as boring As men can make it, but, dear, may you sleep. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: fish and five
by David S Mccarthy 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

What I meant to say about ch 5 is that its might be dross but its watchable dross. Apart from the unwatchable sunset beach which is being axed anyway, most of the programmes pass the time nicely without being too classy or brilliant or anything. Take Xena, watch it once and it seems dire, second time its not as bad as you first thought then 3rd time it becomes good in a taking the piss way. Also if you live in Glasgow it is for some reason the easiest channel to get a good reception on. I know people who live in basement flats and get nothing but ch5. Right enough, they know the names of all the actors and characters in sunset beach and can follow it without dying of boredom and are now scary social outcasts but my point is channel five is ok and better than ITV most of the time and occasionally better than BBC 1. So there. And its the only tv channel on which I have heard B+S played. And, indeed sarah cox is a lovely lady. Also I have memories of my mother cooking rainbow trout seasoned with salt, pepper, + lemon etc wrapped in tin foil and baked in the oven. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: my email
by Intense meaningfullness 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

hI! my home email has been locked up, so until i get it back can you send me stuf to this adress! sorry i haven't replied to you all for ages...but i only found out it wasn't working yesterday AAAAAHHHH! see you later :) love and hugs! Sarah star ***** _________________________________________________________ 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Truly Scrumptious
by mctag＠mcmail.com 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

Oh, er, hello, "Scrumptious Valecka" wrote, and wrote, and wrote, and I am truly thankful: >that's exactly how I hear/see it..I never saw the 'gay anthem' i always saw >me and the record store boy 'kissing just for practice' which reminds me..I >liked hearing cuddle/muddle for the rhyming bit when I first heard it...no >one seems to use the word muddle... Well, I bought a Tami Tyrell record last week, on one song she sings the word 'snuggle'. I thought only Homer Simpson said that, and it made me glad. But poor Tammy, she was so young... >A lovely Tag lives in a cabin >those tears he is a dabbin' >i asked why he cried >to which he replied >"och lassie,from alla yer blabbin'!" Have I told you lately that I love you? A bad German man wrote: >Less than two weeks till my cross-Atlantic excursion. YEEHAW! Be >forewarned. I am on my way. Cinders Bergman, ignore Begbie and Northy, the ugly sisters, you shall go to the ball. Paul is your fairy godmother, Keith and I will be the two fine stallions to draw your carriage, while Swashbuckling, Swarthy Stevie Trousers will be your valet, but will turn back into a pumpkin at midnight. And as for Prince Charming ... Chris, stop being dandy, and show Swannie you're handsome. Silly Billy Miller wrote: >The only thing I found was a folk compilation with Billy Connolly on it, >some song about wellies, so that was that. >That was a hint... Was that 'If it was nae for for your wellies'? Or was it his proto punk anthem 'Stainless steel wellies', memorable for the line 'Put on your barbed wire knickers, baby', which at the age of 10, sounded strangely arousing to me. I once saw Billy Connolly in a baker's in Milngavie. He was rock hard ex-docker turned comedian then, and now he advertises credit cards. Wanker. Teri wrote: >i went to #sinister on both undernet and efnet.. at the efnet one, everyone >was speaking sweedish You're describing my ideal world. Did I mention I was going to Sweden? I'm going to Sweden. That's all. Love Grr! Mr Bottom Catcall 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: Channel 5
by Mark Hester 10 Mar '98

10 Mar '98

Huw, Yes I think you should grill the trout, but wait! Trout are not especially big, certainly not grouper or barracuda-sized. Are you sure there will be enough for Sarah if you only grill one? TV presenting's exhausting work you know and people work up quite a bit of an appetite! 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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