April 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: sad songs say so little
by Suzanne Schroeder 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

I'm looking over all the lists of sad songs people are writing about, and I came to the startling conclusion: I've never had a song make me cry. I've had them make me happy, nervous, concerned, fulfilled, dreamy, and well, even romantic shall we say, but I've never had a song make me cry. maybe it's just me because I'm sort of a callous in that area anyway, but then I realize that movies and even stupid tv ads brought in the tears. Even the Disney movie with the 2 dogs and a cat trying to make their way home made me sad and I didn't even like the movie that much, but bizarrely, I can sit and listen to well crafted songs about lost love with deep images within the lyrics, but I just sit there. Then, I think maybe it's the words and lack of images, but I can cry at books. But I'm also a musician and I wonder if that has anything to do with it. To me, I cry (figuratively) through my instrument and not through any other medium. Shouldn't I be empathetic towards a sad violin, instead? I don't know. It;'s weird. The point of my missive is not the make everyone think they are freaks for doing so, but I'm trying to figure out how I can go about experiencing deep sadness with a song and fully apprecitae music to its fullest? Do you relate the words to your life? Does the music recall memories? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: this is just a weeworld boring email
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

i just had to set the record straight: i was never bedded by Gene Simmons. this much i am sure of, and i'm not sure of much. Broadcast are lovely. maybe not as Kewt as stereolab, but who can be? i was thinking, why isn't there a Tiger Beat for sadd people like me. it would have a feature on all the members of stereolab, what kind of ice cream they like and what their starsigns are. an Isobel fashion tips feature in which she tells us her fave do's and don'ts for preserving that WeeBelle style. Pinups of Chan Marshall and Chris Geddes and Sleater-Kinney!! oh the humanity. wouldn't you all buy a mag like that?? See, i made something up like tha t in high school, it was called "BopAlternative" but it was sad, because i was sad then. it had people like Brett anderson and Polly Harvey and Liz Phair. i didn't even like liz phair, i just tho't she ought to be in it. "If Chan were my princess, i would call her "sugar lily" and "buxom flower" and kiss her long fingers in the dark and cry on her shoulder...." for the gentle waves merchandising dept......... jeepster should make hair slides with a little belle's face on them,appropriate. lso, the cartoon of B&S should have them all in japanese school uniforms, fighting cryme and shapeshifting liek sailor moon, cept instead of the cats it would be the dog on wheels. who wouldn't want to see sarah in a little sailor suit! cuteness. I had an idea. a lame idea, but anyway. I have to update the uh Wee World to coincide with the Gender Waivers spectacular. so i was inspired by reading that article on isobel clones, was it? Probably no one will be as amused by obsessiveness and silliness as i am, but i ws wondering. if anyone out there singly or all together has any different photos of isobel in various modes of garb, or info on her fashion. i would make a page of her vicariously gathered fashion do's so that aspiring clones can be guided by the master. i think it would be funny. Not useful, mind you, just vapid. but if anyone has any words or fotos or tips for this, i'd be forever grateful. Kiss kiss luvvy. Eventually i should have a page of fotos when i gather them and receive them. "it's just some escapist literature" Delta of Venus is indeed a very naughty book. i happened upon it in the bookstore the other day when i was busy buying my radical feminist quota text. i picked it up, cos i was (naturally) curious about what kind of "kinky Love" would turn isobel on. BLAAAUGH!!! that's some nasty stuff i have to admit. there was only one story i saw that seemed to have girl action in it, and it was a threesome. not very palatable. i guess i'm not liberated, but it didn't really interest me......ayyyyy. DIDNT want to read about how to squeeze some guy's 'balls". but whatever floats your boat....methinks our genteel waver not so genteel after all!! i've been reading a couple stories here and there about girls catholic boarding schools. i never knew girls in pinafores could be so sexy. this is revelatory. now i'm bitter that i wasnt' sent to a stuffy British girls school where i had to wear woolen socks and answer to Headmistresses adn say grace before i ate. my childhood sucked....... http://www.members.tripod.com/rebelstrange The boat that brings us here will crack beneath your weight. This is territory you cannot invade. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: B&S in Spin
by mayfly the fly 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

I have it on very good authority that B&S will appear in the next issue of Spin magazine as one of their "40 Most Essential Artists Today" piece. I believe B&S are number 31 or 37 - and a photo of Stuart M. singing is included with a bit about the band and why Spin has deemed them IMPORTANT. Make of this what you will. ______________________________________________________ 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: *MARRIED PEOPLE - HELP*
by tinystar＠worldy.com 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

Hi, I have yet another practicum assignment, and once again could use your help. I'm basically answering the question What makes a marriage last?, and so if you're married, or even if you're now divorced, you could really help me out by answering these questions. Please include with your responses your name, age, length of time you have been married (or length of time you were married if you are divorced), whether you are still married, and if you'd like me not to use your real name. Send your answers to tinystar(a)worldy.com. Thanks so much. Questions: 1. Do you and your spouse have similar ethnic/social backgrounds? Please state what each of these backgrounds is. 2. How do you and your spouse resolve disagreements? 3. Do you and your spouse have similar hobbies/interests? Do you spend a lot of time together engaging in those activities? 4. Are the expectations you had of marriage before you were married different from your expectations now? 5. Were you and your spouse friends before you started dating? How long did you know each other before you started dating, and before you were married? 6. If you have children, state how many, their sex and ages, and how you feel they have enriched your marriage. That's it, not a lot of questions and not a lot of your time. Please remember to include your name, age, length of time you've been married, and if you'd like me to keep your name confidential. Send your answers to tinystar(a)worldy.com. Thanks again. truly, jessica tinystar(a)worldy.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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Re: Re: Sinister: Completely off-topic plea for musicians (feel free to skip!)
by babyblu＠gold.globalcafe.co.uk 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

In reply to my plea for musicians (i.e. can anyone out there play the drums?) susannah wrote: > No, but i CAN PLAY THE SPOONS. Sorted. 15 minute long John Bonham-esque spoon solos are being written as we speak. Now if only only we can find someone who can play "Me and the Major" on the comb and paper.... She also asked me about the sleaze quiz. Whooosh! straight over my head. Being new n'all I think this may have been before my time. Mail me a copy if you can be arsed, otherwise just invent a score for me (more than Morrisey, less than the Marquis de Sade.) Oh yeah re: Camus' relative merits over Chekhov. Yes "The Rebel" is fantastic but he's hardly known for his evocative descriptions of the first day of spring is he? Descriptions of spending the night guarding your mother's tomb don't quite have the 'joie de vivre' I was looking for. Stay lucky, Rory 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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Sinister: Holiday...Celebrate ???
by Adrian Evans 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

Okay you pesky kids...I'll be signing orf then for my Easter hols. Orf to sunny Bognor Regis...joy ! Hope you all have a wonderful Easter and don't eat too much chocolate. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I have not got child-bearing hips.....alright ? Adrian Evans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 Dawn 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

Here's my little contribution to the sad song debate... Radiohead - Street Spirit Gorky's - Sun Moon Star, or Star Moon Sun, something like that - my eyes are usually too full of tears to read the case properly Beatles - While My Guitar Gently Weeps Stones - Mother's Little Helper - fills me with despair for the future Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long Suede - The 2 Of Us/The Living Dead - in fact, most of Sci-Fi B&S - Stars Of Track And Field/Seeing Other People - I suppose SOP may seem quite uplifting to a lot of people, but if you have experienced one of those shitty nearly-there relationships, they are downright tragic That's all I can think of for the moment, so I'll scurry off back to LurkLand - a quick "hi" and welcome to Rory, and I'm sure I'll see you at Easter... Love Dawn 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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Sinister: Art for Art's sake [PICNICS - SCOTLAND]
by Keith Watson 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

ART FOR ART'S SAKE Emu's existence is justified to me not for the classic Michael Parkinson episode, but for the incredible encounter with Snoop Doggy Dogg on the word a few years ago where Emu goes for it as usual whilst Snoop's up on a murder charge. Rod Hull must have balls of steel. PICNICS: Right, we've got a bit of a dilemma here with the picnics. Uptight isn't on that Friday which is a bit of a bastard cause we'd planned to go, so we could move it to the next weekend, but then, that's the weekend of the London picnic I think. So we may just have it the weekend of the 24th/25th and we'll just have to pile of somewhere else, which isn't so bad really. I'm never too concerned about planning these things too well cause they always work out in the end and as long as we all meet up in the same place at the same time I'm sure we'll have a laugh. One thing I know is a problem is that it's still the Easter holidays for students so some people haven't replied yet, but I'm sure it'll be fine in the end. We'll have to work out places to stay as well for people coming from somewhere else. Can people in Glasgow let me know if they'd be willing to allow people to stay over, so's we can sort out places for people to stay. Thanks, 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: KEEP DIERDRE IN JAIL! YEAH!
by Sarah 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

hi! i'm on me hols, and i have had 2hrs sleep but i KNOW i won' be able to sleep today so as usual i am being on the pooter, being a pooter GEEK! yipee! Party, well yes we did play Feeder and OK pooter, but not as much as we usually do. i even had to suffer Backstreet Boy, but fear not, we of GOOD taste went into the hall and put on Radiohead and scary RAWK! and... *sighs* we got to play the Manics, both Gold against the Soul, AND the Holy Bible. oooh, that was great. I am pleased to know Jon g and bethey aren't snoggin'. really. that was eating me up at night, :) heehee.... ooh nevermind. Hey i felt connected today. My friend bought Mojo, and went to me, "hey Sarah, its that belle and sebastian people you like, it says their new albums nearly out now"...and i said "ooh well thats not true cos i'm waiting till what Katrina tells me" and they said "who is that?" and i said "ooh, a record company dudette" and they went "wow!" and they were reeeeeally impressed like fluffy bunnies. if they are in fact things which are impressed, ooh, i just don't know. HEY, can we SOD the irony here by the way? SPICE GIRLS ARE CACK PANTS AND POO. they do not represent POP! they represent a big steaming puddle of Liam Gallaghers underarm sweat, which is SUCh a disgusting thought that i'm going to be siiick...... *rushes to toilet* back again! anyway, what is speshal about them? ooh, ii forget. i don't give un merde if they get their tits out fer the lads. aren't they silly those spice people. i am not a big fan of theirs at all, but i supose as marketing they are very well done, but then again, marketing can KISS MAH ASS! i need to get out more. actually, i've just been back home for one and a half hours so that could possibly be wrongs, hmmm, so OOOH! WHO'S GOING TO THE SCOTLAND PICNIC! tell us now mateys! I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Sarah calvin -"is it possible to refuse to inherit the world?" hobbes -"i think if you're born its too late." http://www.elsato97.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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: we rule which school?
by sarah :o] 08 Apr '98

08 Apr '98

Oh, don't go getting me started! I LOVED that show, we always used to watch it on sundays when i was at my grandparents' house. And it didn't help that my mum is calculus teacher. That's the only skit i remember really well from that show though, it was so lame! All i remember other than that was numbers flying all ober the screen. Scary. And that computer guy, i think MAx was his name, from the TV set. Even scarier. I was trying to think of this one show i watched when i was a wee tot, it was called the Wuzzles or something, only it wasn't. It was this show with funny looking puppets who lives in a cave. What a wonderful description by me. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what I'm talking about? On another note, the excitment is brewing in my neck o' the woods. Since i can't find too many B&S fans around here, i'm making my own. So far i have 2 who are really interested. It's a fun project to keep you busy, try it sometime. Yay :D sarah >321 contact... did anyone else watch "square 1", that show all about >mathematics? they had a segment at the end called "mathnet" and it was a >bit like the bloodhound gang - only, two mathematicians solved all the >mysteries... i used to look forward to it every day and pretend-play it >in the playground during recess... my mate nikki and i would rush around >the wooden fort and slide down the slide (like firefighters) brandishing >calculators against the evil wrongdoers of the word... erm, that's quite >sad innit? ______________________________________________________ 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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