May 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: i am a sassy sandwich (no B&S)
by Erin Lewis 08 May '98

08 May '98

dear listies, i had to write about the sassy thing, because i was IN that magazine! (this is not bragging - it is a demonstration of six degrees of separation.) i was one of the six sassiest girls in america for 1995, and we were supposed to get a page to ourselves, but my issue just happened to be the first crappy, teenlike issue, so i got RIPPED OFF! if you open that issue, though, you can see me squinting on the editor's diary page, like page 5 or something. my tiny little head is laughing away (i am the girl with the short, dark hair). i, too, devoured every issue when it came to my mailbox. i knew when i went to new york for the contest that i had to work at a magazine like that. i always said (after the teen takeover) that i wanted to start my own magazine, because there was nothing left on the market for me. now we have jane! i know it's not the same, but the article by sean patrick flanery in the meg ryan issue was too, too perfect. now i must work for jane. think happy thoughts as i float my resume to them... -erin ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: lots of things that people said
by ahalter 08 May '98

08 May '98

i am going to make an utter fool of myself i am sure with one of my last posts (im leaving on monday for minneapolis - goodbye internet goodbye sinister goodbye shangri-L.A. or Hell A or just plain los angeles) but not _the_ last post ill say goodbye properly on monday... first i would like to say that although it is probably not still up for debate you should get galaxie500 i had a boyfriend in minneapolis once who played them for me a lot of years ago and cautioned me that if i should ever find any of their albums to buy them at once because they were out of print... i foolishly ignored the boy and went home with 'tugboat' stuck in my head we broke up shortly afterwards and i spent the next 2 years searching idly for _anything_ by them until i luckily stumbled upon selected galaxie500... and i was happy as the school girl i am once again... i dont have the box set though as i am utterly broke... also i share a birthday with buddy holly that is september 7th... and sassy was the coolest magazine ever my mum got me a subscription when i was in 7th grade... ah cute band alert! dear boy column! i think that it really was the best 'teen' magazine ever it kept me from falling prey to the evil forces of teen and seventeen thats for sure... i think that i got rid of all my issues when i moved - wish id kept them though... and there is a lyric in a capn jazz song (a fantastic screamy emo band from chicago which is unfortunately no more) that says 'its something you read in sassy...' only the singer is very mumbly so for the longest time i thought he was saying 'something something _im_ sassy!' owell... other things... "I'm Afraid Of The Dark Without You Close To Me" Magnetic Fields i always thought that this was from a superchunk song... 100,000 fireflies? am i wrong? also i think that the pixies are from amherst and not boston proper? my my arent i like correction fluid today? lalala! ive got to finish packing... a great book about los angeles is weetzie bat its meant for kids who are 12 i think but its all about la and when i have to leave i always take it with me because it makes me happy its about the dreamworld that actually can exist in los angeles and it keeps me from getting too homesick... trala! allison ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: G500 vs Felt
by Matthew Neimark 08 May '98

08 May '98

This is definitely a tough one. Both bands were definitely amazing... Felt were great but also not as consistently good as G500 (they arguably had a few weak moments). G500 seemed pretty consistently great. All three albums and the extra CD (in the boxset) are solid...but they could be a bit silly and maybe even cheesy (like the sax in decomposing trees or blue thunder). I've said it before and will say it again....if you can find Felt's Forever Breathes the Lonely Word BUY IT!!! It's one of the best LPs I've ever heard. Other than that, Something Sends me to sleep (their second (?) single) is classic. Galaxie 500 are probably the best band to have ever come out of Boston. Well...them and the magnetic fields. Matt ______________________________________________________ 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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: I wanna be a polar bear
by mctag＠mcmail.com 08 May '98

08 May '98

Hello Kittens, I wasn't jealous about the picnic at all. I had to go back to Manchester on Monday afternoon, and got back in time to see the best film I've seen in months, years even. I think Kelly the Proposer has already mentioned "Kitchen" but I think any film that makes me break all concentration and drift off into its world, days after I've seen it, has got to be something very special indeed. It's romantic, funny, beautifully shot, stylish, touching, sad, and I loved it very very much indeed. Those far-eastern film-makers are showing the rest of the world how it's done, and I salute them. Talking of Kitchens, in a bizarre "this could be a case for Mulderrr and Scullleeee" scenario, my own kitchen flooded that night. The truth is out there. Or whatever... Talking of Kitchens, it occured to me that I hadn't voiced my opinion on the "controversial" bootlegging issue. There's a very good reason for that, I don't actually give a toss. As I was saying, I wasn't jealous about the picnic at all. Until...I read of Elisabeth Z's Eurovision renditions. I trust you'll all be tuning in. Eurovision rules. JJ's coming round for beer, cheese, the song contest, and the final "Father Ted" episode (which I missed last week). Kind of a Pan-european picnic, if you like. We will be picking our winners, and putting our arms around the world to touch our fellow Europeans. I'm hoping for a repeat of last year's awesome Icelandic S&M number, which left even Terry Wogan speechless at it's kinkiness. Of course, there are injustices - Katrina and the Waves winning last year and Gina G not winning the year before, but anyone who saw the heartbreaking events at the Brittania Stadium last week will know that life is full of such injustices. Eurovision is a microcosm of life. So think of me at 11 o'clock, wetting my pants in excitement as they announce the scores, not forgetting the Summertime Special dance troupe during the judging. Who will be the successor to "Waterloo", "Poupee de cire poupee de son", "A little peace" and "Let it swing, and let it rock and roll". I bet Stuart Murdoch likes Eurovision. Love Tag 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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Shout!
by Steve Genge 08 May '98

08 May '98

Hmmm, Are my upstairs neighbours secret Sinister listees? I only ask as they're currently playing "Look Away" by Big Country very loudly & it fair makes me want to cut the arms of a plaid shirt and fashion one into a natty headband. Still it makes a change from having to listen to them having sex I guess. "I'm Afraid Of The Dark Without You Close To Me" Magnetic Fields steve(a)seahorses.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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Pastels....how odd
by Kimberly Rivas-Plata 08 May '98

08 May '98

Michael Jones wrote: a piece by David Keenan under the banner 'Epiphanies', about how seeing the Pastels in 1987 changed his life. I may get some flack for this, but.... I remember seeing the Pastels open for the Tindersticks back in 1995. At the time I didn't really know who they were, 'cept that they had a bit of a following and were from Scotland. They seemed OK, but nothing to write home bout really. Guess it might have helped if I could actually hear what they were singing - couldn't hear the vocals above the music. Though the one thing that I did remember about them was that they had a glow-in-the-dark fluroescent toy thing that looked like a floppy light saber. They called it a 5-tone whirly doo, and one of the band members was meant to be an expert at it. So throughout an entire song, this guy twirled the whirly doo above his head like a lasso, and it produced a sort of whoooo-ooo noise (which, of course, couldn't be heard at all once the instruments started in). Sorry, but I couldn't help but laugh - till I saw that the guy was serious. Even so, the 5-tone whirly doo has remained a running joke between me and my boyfriend ever since. Me: "Think they'll go all out and hire a whirly-do musician?" MB: "Naw, that would be too much trouble and expense." Me: "'spose so, they're hard to come by these days, years of practice and all.." And so on. Gives us something to do while we're waiting for bands to start. Cheesy yeah, well whatever... ttfn, kim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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Re: Sinister: (NBSC) G500 vs Felt (fwd)
by ethan 08 May '98

08 May '98

everyone here seems so nice, unlike other lists i've been on, we know it's the same old story, but i can't BEAR to not point out that, y'know, on second read, this kid is a totally smarmy fuck! don't you agree? "andreas hering", "perfection as a hipster" (jesus!): >Wrong, wrong, wrong ... firstly, logic would suggest that a superlative such >as "the best band to have ever come out of Boston" is restricted to one >award ... secondly, in my humble, but correct, contrary-to-public-opinion >The Magnetic Synths are pretty boring (as is almost anything else involving >Stephin Merritt) and I won't even bother to comment on The Pish Wings ... >thirdly, if you're looking for another brilliant P!O!P! "band to have ever >ever come out of Boston" you should check out The Remains who formed at >Boston University in early 1963. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Big Country and bad records.
by Gary Done 08 May '98

08 May '98

Ady wrote, >I notice John mentioned Big Country and their Country Club from the 80's, >oh dear, I also succumbed to this, much to my disbelief today, still I was >only young! Big Country were great for a few years, i've got the first three albums but after that it went rapidly downhill. I notice from this weeks NME that they've got a rarities album coming out soon called "Restless Natives", so presumably it'll have they're contributions to the fantastic soundtrack of said film on it. Great film as well. >Somebody else asked about embarrassing records, well apart from some Big >Country (they really did seem quite good at the time), I've got a few >classics....Cutting Crew, Curiosity Killed The Cat, even bloody Thriller, >but they're all in extremely good nick, cos they never get played. God >weren't the 80's just great? ;o) Oh I think I can just about top that, how does the theme tune to Auf Wiedersehen Pet sound to you, or all bar the last Alarm album, Queens Flash Gordon lp ?. While i'm at it, i'll own up and admit to once taking part in a free for all barney on a coach coming back from somewhere equally embarrassing over who's debut album was better, Tears For Fears or Whams (this was in 1983 by the way, my musical taste hasn't quite deteriorated that bad .....yet). I still say The Hurting is a great record, even though it is possibly a criminal offence to do so. Worse still though is the record I most cringe over, thankfully it's no longer in my collection here, I left it at my parents when I moved out, erm, it's Showaddywaddys greatest hits, vol 2 I think, the blue one anyway*. Then again I noticed the 20odd legged groove machine got a mention in here this week, so maybe it's not so bad after all. * Message to Sarah, remember the record I refused to name when we were talking about our first records that time ....... >Which brings me on to Dexy's Midnight Runners, who once appeared on >ToTP >miming to Jackie Wilson said, with a bloody great picture of darts legend >Jocky Wilson behind them - bloody great eh? I saw that on Nevermind the Buzzcocks, couldn't believe my eyes. Jocky Wilson Said, doesn't quite sound right somehow does it. Maybe someone should have a crack at rewriting the lyrics based around Jocky though. "Urrrgghhhhgh, Jocky Wilson Said, 10 pints of lager and a new set of flights please, how many do I require, oh by the way, anyone seen me dentures". Gary ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: the spice is right
by Alan Prior 08 May '98

08 May '98

rodddddddddddddd's spice girls 'review' is in melody maker this week! hahahahahahahahaha. tragic. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: saying goodbye
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 08 May '98

08 May '98

we knew it couldn't last forever. yes, it was too beautiful. i loved the flowers, i'll miss your sweet words before we kiss goodnight. but i'm leaving. maybe not today, but monday, then for the next three weeks i'll be away. so maybe i'll see some of you in england (bluesoda social on may 15th, i'll be there baby!) or maybe in russia (um, are there any sinisterines in moscow? a hidden cache perhaps?) but for awhile, my need to travel will overcome my ability to use the internet. i knew when we first began that this couldn't last forever, that i would have to leave one day. so be it. no... don't say anything. just leave it like this. *sniffle* xox*sob* megan (er, however, if anyone needs to contact me within the next three weeks or so, i will have occasional internet access or anything, just write to this email address and i'll get back to you someday.) mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu visit the magnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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