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Sinister: a little this...a little that
by Suzanne Schroeder 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

> > Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 05:07:40 -0400 > From: Mick McMick <mick(a)indiepop.com> > Subject: Sinister: A Pleasant Surprise & a Father's Day tape > In unrelated news, I spent a large portion of my day making my father a > mixtape for tomorrow. I want to tape him a B&S song, as he's shown a bit > of curiosity about them, but I don't know which song... He really likes > the Beatles, the Beach Boys, & Steely Dan (hehe). Keep in mind that I've > only got IYFS & Dog on Wheels (waiting for that EPs comp that has been > pushed back FURTHER *groan*) and some stuff that is bad recording > quality. Any suggestions? So far the best I can do is "Me and the > Major." =D Hmm. you have a cool dad. Mine goes for Enigma for some strange reason as far as new music goes. older things, he's a Judy Collins fan. When i was growing up, I was able to tolerate her just because I lived in that household. It's sort of like Stockholm syndrome. Last time my parents were in town, they were playing one of her CDs in the car and I was sitting in the back dying to jump out the whole time. Anyway, they were in my apartment and I had Belle and Sebastian in the CD player. My dad stopped and started to laugh saying something about how the singer sounded out of tune. Since my dad is well versed in singing in the atonal scale and can't even find the beat to a sousa march, I take his word for it. > Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:21:39 +0100 > From: "Gary Done" <gary(a)argentt.globalnet.co.uk> > Subject: Sinister: CIN makes me want to smoke crack. > > Hi Katrina, > > First off, £1.99 for CD singles is a very fair price, when you consider you > can more often than not pick up CD albums for £11.99 first week of release > featuring 12-14 tracks, four tracks for £4.99 was bad enough, £4.99 for 3 > tracks is going to be a complete rip off. 99p for 7" even though I hardly > ever buy them is great and probably the only good thing to come out of this > new ruling will be the inevitable resurgence in the 7" format when the > punters say "sod that extra track on the CD, I'll get the vinyl for a damn > sight cheaper price". Hell yeah, you cheapo Brits. :^) Do you know how much it costs us Americans to buy a single? $4. Or, to translate, somewhere around 3 quid. True, in general, to buy a full length album, we don't have to pay as much and all the major releases are on sale, but in general, when you buy a single from an american release, the b-sides are either remixes or other cuts off the album. So, not only do we pay more for singles, but after listening to that song and 3 remixes of it, you REALLY want to retire it after only 2 listens. It's all an evil ploy just to make us buy the album. The last time I was over there, I thought that if I had a CD player (over there, I only had a radio and walkman) then I would have gone crazy in the singles aisle. > WE WANT FOUR TRACKS ON OUR CD SINGLES....... OR SOMETHING, DEATH TO CIN AND > THE MONEY GRABBING MAJORS..... FREE GEORGE JACKSON..... ERRR.... AND LOTS > OF OTHER SOCIALIST COMMENTS WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT..... NURSE!!!!!, MY > PILLS PLEASE. Woohoo! Kill everyone! > > Actually I think I've found a good reason to cut CD singles down to three > tracks. Think about it, less tracks by horrible boy/girl bands being > released..... and Stereophonics as well. Wouldn't the world be a better > place with 6 less Boyzone songs a year being released ?. 87) Maybe making more tracks will keep them preoccupied and off the streets. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: On topic and darn proud
by Suzanne Schroeder 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

You know how a while back that someone was moaning over how Belle and Sebastian only sold 20,000 copies of their last album in the states. I agree this is a tragedy, but was a bit surprised to learn that the average major label release sells about 9,000 copies! Yes, even stuff by Geffen's label that they spent a million bucks trying to record and promote is sitting on the $4.99 rack hoping to God that someone will buy it. B&S's songs barely scraped the airwaves except in a few college towns and yet, with no big label support, they were able to do this much. I am sad that Matador is owned by Capitol now because I like true indie status and not having to bow to major corporations, but hey, this is me we're talking about. Now, I'm going to moan about the radio again. Why in the hell are they releasing songs by people who all sound exactly the same? I'm so tired of driving home from work, turning on my radio and hearing Semisonic every damn day. They need to stop. I'm already tired when I leave, so the last thing I need to do is fall asleep behind the wheel. I would consider Frank Zappa more alternative than most bands I hear, but he's only played on classic rock stations. Also, i don't know if anyone else sees it the way I do, but why does Galaxie 500 sound much better with the sound turned all the way up? That album i have is only OK if it's played at a normal level. s.s. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: It's the longest day today
by Colin Campbell 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

hello. I got lost in glasgow yesterday, they must have moved bits of it around since I last had to find anything there. I eventually found my friends house after wandering both ways up and down byres road in the sweltering heat, she then proceded to take ages to get ready, before we walked the, rather smelly, but nice route to kelvingrove park, along the river bank. by the time we got there we had missed the bathers and the beer queue was at about half an hour, poo. Astrid=crap nimbus=hmm, strange english bloke talking bollocks over prog rocky dub stuff, in an entertaining manner. speeder=desperately want to be urusei yatsura, which is no bad thing,best band of the day, top quality drumstick/geetar action. ground control=good toaster=raining but entertaining During teenage fanclub everybody stood up, blocking my view, didn't mind too much coz I could still hear. And I missed the oncore so I could catch my train. But they played good, and everyone appeared to be happy, especially all the stoned people. Mr murdoch played some ace tunes in a couple of inbetween bits, the definite highlight was love's "alone again or" And isobel was there behind the decks too. I had beer spilled on me, i got rained on, a dog sniffed me, some mad woman kicked a stick at me then talked bollocks, a fun day. bye, colin. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: anwsers to unasked music questions
by megan 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

allright, *someone* has been mentioning some bands i'm quite fond of in connection with belle and sebastian. well, asking if they sound like them anyway. first off, i should say that i think no one sounds like belle and sebastian. though i know others who swear they sound like nick drake and whatnot, and i can sorta see a similarity there, but not really. so basically, i don't think any of the bands mentioned sound like belle and sebastian. that said, i love the new trembling blue stars album. my mom brought it back for me from spain thinking it was a female singer i'd like (cause there's a girl on the cover). so i really had no idea what to expect and mostly began listening to it because i was rather bored with the other music i had and needed something new to listen too. and i completely loved it. the songs were different than i expected, they didn't sound like sarah records stuff, but more dancey maybe? i dunno. and the lyrics are lovely, somehow it sounds as though the song is a conversation, maybe a monologue. yes, it is about a lost girlfriend, and about getting over it. and i think that the songs sound very real. not whiny, but the way someone feels after a break up, that's messy and maybe mopey and confused. and it all works, and feels cathartic and then transcends it. so it's nice stuff. the tindersticks are one of those bands who sound like they write the songs that drive a person to drink. or write songs about what drives a person to drink. a lot of the songs have kind of a dance beat (is that bossa nova? help me anyone who knows about latin dance) and there's a kind of beautiful despiration that runs through the songs. this is so frustrating, are there ever words to describe music? well, obvdiously i'm trying again. just to mention that i also just discovered the delgados. after hearing the "pull the wires from the wall" single i'm quite in love. i'd never heard them before, perhaps because i live halfway around the world from them and surprisingly, though everyone on this list and all five of their pets seem to know this band, i can't remember having heard anyone mention them before. i guess that isn't much, just a me too to the person who just discovered the delgados. allright, i'll leave off my long windedness, as i assume that most of you just scan through these anyway. i don't blame you, i do the same thing. don't actually read a lot of them. honestly, we don't need eighteen messages about what makes a single a single. then again, i guess you don't need 18 reviews of these particular bands either, but i consider myself exempt from rules. ;) xox 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: jag �r en klantskalle rebecka, f�rl�t mig sn�lla
by Vanessa Figueras 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

jag har deletat bort dina meddelanden, jag är så klantig. skriv så jag kan e-maila dig mer privat. Jag ljög lite innan, jag bor inte i Göteborg storstan, utan i Kungsbacka, ca 30 min söderut. så jag antar att det inte är så intressant att veta vilken skola jag gick i, men om det nu skulle vara det så gick jag i Aranäs gymnasiet. Vilken linje gick du, eller program som det numera korrekt heter. Jag gick samhäll media, och det var rätt kul. man fick ju sända radio så man kunde introducera B&S till omvärlden. annars tycker jag jätte mycket om Moz och Smiths, jag kommer att gifta mig med Moz en vacker dag, känner det på mig...;) annars är allt så tråkigt just nu, jag har inget sommarjobb eller nåt, så jag bara dräller runt och irriterar mina föräldrar. men imorgon ska jag gå och fika med min älskade kompis, så det är ju lite kul i alla fall. jag bara babblar, herregud alltså. ska du gå på fanclub Lida -98 i juli, eller bunnie och pulp? Längtar så, hur kunde de ställa in lollipop!? skandal är vad det är. *alldeles jätteupprörd* brukar du vara på suedeland, smeknamn? nä, nu får jag avsluta det här innan du tråkas ihjäl. keep in touch, lots of love Vanessa ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: just a modern rock song
by Ociosoig＠aol.com 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

hey those places like CDZone and some others say that you can get it,but they really dont have access to it. this has been discussed before when i brought it up. moder rock songs has not been released. cheers! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: CIN makes me want to smoke crack.
by Gary Done 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

Hi Katrina, First off, £1.99 for CD singles is a very fair price, when you consider you can more often than not pick up CD albums for £11.99 first week of release featuring 12-14 tracks, four tracks for £4.99 was bad enough, £4.99 for 3 tracks is going to be a complete rip off. 99p for 7" even though I hardly ever buy them is great and probably the only good thing to come out of this new ruling will be the inevitable resurgence in the 7" format when the punters say "sod that extra track on the CD, I'll get the vinyl for a damn sight cheaper price". Not that singles sell that well anyway if the NME is to be believed. Bands getting number ones with 21000 singles sold and all that. The chart is a load of old cack anyway, so call me biased towards the record buyer if you like, but screw the singles chart, stick with tradition, keep the e.p alive and keep the punters happy at the same time. Not that they wouldn't buy it anyway, losing a track on a single won't put most people off their favourite bands, not me for one. WE WANT FOUR TRACKS ON OUR CD SINGLES....... OR SOMETHING, DEATH TO CIN AND THE MONEY GRABBING MAJORS..... FREE GEORGE JACKSON..... ERRR.... AND LOTS OF OTHER SOCIALIST COMMENTS WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT..... NURSE!!!!!, MY PILLS PLEASE. Actually I think I've found a good reason to cut CD singles down to three tracks. Think about it, less tracks by horrible boy/girl bands being released..... and Stereophonics as well. Wouldn't the world be a better place with 6 less Boyzone songs a year being released ?. 87) 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: evil jobs
by petula 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

At 03:18 AM 6/21/1998 -0400, brad wrote: >in the past week i've had the following occurences at work: > >1. some old guy wanted the number to the CIA in so and so town (i can't >remember) and while i was looking he asked me if i was gonna kill him. >i said "why would i kill you" and he said because he knew where the >secret headquarters was, i told him i didn't know what he was talking >about so he goes "you fucking son of a bitchin fuck, you won't kill me >cause you don't know where i live" and he was yelling...i mean yelling. >apparently he thought that i worked for the government. so i said, "no i >don't know where you live, but i know your phone number. we'll be there >in an hour." and then he let out this big gasp! and hung up the phone. Ooooh, this hit too close to home to pass up. I work for the government (temporarily, thank you!!), and for the first 8 months of my assignment I was on reception, taking calls from disgruntled workers, union members and evil lawyers from across the province. NEVER take government temp jobs. See, people have this notion that because their taxes pay your salary (which they only do in an indirect way since I'm from an agency), you owe them the world and they have to right to treat you like absolute crap in the process. Yeah, yeah, the government sucks, but be nice to the receptionists because chances are they are poor little temps who are never offered contracts or benefits or paid sick days because Mike Harris (evil Premier) prefers to burn them out and get a new temp which saves the province lots of money so he can have more posh lunch functions where they unveil the new laws cracking down on those good-for-nothing single mother welfare recipients who spend their cheques on beer, so he said. ANYHOW. Sometimes funny (albeit twisted) things do happen, though. There was the woman who called in the complain about her boss. She worked for a sex chat line that ran out of his house. Apparently she'd caught some, err, affliction off his couches, because all the girls lay on them naked during their shift. Their boss made them do that as he thought it put them in the right mood. I didn't know what to tell her! Health & Safety complaint perhaps? Or the guy who filed a complaint against his union for being fired. His statement was a volume, 2 inches thick! In it we discovered he'd been harrassing this woman at work, claiming she should have understood that only with her could he begin the sexual healing process he so desperately needed, due to a very traumatic childhood. Hello, stalker much??? *B&S Content*: sometimes I'd get so upset from the calls that I'd just have to walk away from the front desk. I'd take off for the 10th floor, which was empty, and sit on the floor & listen to them on my walkman until I calmed down. right, off to make brunch for my dad. love elisabeth 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: A Pleasant Surprise & a Father's Day tape
by FoxInASnow＠aol.com 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

mick(a)indiepop.com writes: > Then I let him listen to a million and one records, CDs, and tapes, > and he came out greatly liking #Poundsign#, Eggstone & Trembling Blue > Stars to boot! Woo! I get to play the mentor role! Yay! Damn...i wish i had somebody to play the mentor role for me. When the only way you can hear new stuff is to go out on a limb and buy it, and nobody wants to hire you for a summer job, you're kind of stuck. Bleh... But i have a real, B&S-content-laden question. Last night my friends and i were in this crazy retro diner with a big, loud jukebox, and one of the songs that came on was a Dylan tune, i believe called "I Want You" (but as my Dylan knowledge is pretty sparse i could be way off-base). Anyway, there's a melody line running through that song that sounds just like "The State I Am In." I mean, i was singing the B&S tune against the Dylan and it fit perfectly. Was this a deliberate rip? (The cool thing about this is that one of the friends i was with is a huge Dylan fan, and she is already intrigued because she's heard "Like Dylan in the Movies," and now that i've mentioned another seeming B&S/Dylan connection, she really wants to hear them. Maybe if i don't get a mentor at least i can work on BEING one. ;) Jess ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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