June 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: just a modern rock song
by Alison Smith 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

did you know if you go onto the Amazon bookshop thingy on www.amazon.com and look in the music bit, and type in 'Belle and Sebastian' as a keyword, you can get the Just A Modern Rock Song EP? It was released recently in America - has anyone heard of it or know the B-sides? _________________________________________________________ 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: A Pleasant Surprise & a Father's Day tape
by Mick McMick 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

Greetings, I spent a very lovely evening today barely leaving my house, but oh I had so much fun. A friend of mine, who used to be barely more than an acquaintance in high school, came back from his first year of college apparently liking some of the music I was into. There were always a little bit of common ground...the Pixies...the Beach Boys, but nothing unusual. So I called him & we talked for a long time about music this afternoon. This evening I invited him over to listen to records. He'd pretty much become totally infatuated with the Magnetic Fields, but knew relatively little else. So, I tried to let him hear a bunch of things I thought would strike a nice chord with him. When I asked the question "have you heard Belle & Sebastian?" he came to an affirmative answer! =) 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! 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 Oh, and if you're waiting for an e-mail reply from me, sorry, but I've been busy. It's also 5 AM right now =P If only my friends hadn't dropped by for ice cream with caramel...yummmmmmmmmmmmm......;) /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - mick(a)indiepop.com - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - sandcastlerecords(a)indiepop.com | | Sandcastle Homepage - http://indiepop.com/sandcastle/ | | | | "Everyone has their own cup of tea. | | Some just happen to like a lot of sugar in it!" | | - Me! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Sarah-el-creation chords page
by Giuseppe Gregorini 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

Hi friends, months ago we talked about sarah/creation bands. Among other things, we discovered that no lyrics and/or chords about these groups were avaliable on the net. A listmember (His Popness the duke) said:"... maybe someone should start something themselves :-)" I did. And now I'm proud (and embarassed) to announce my web page "In Salford the Sun doesn't Shine". The url is: http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Mezzanine/8926/index.html Take a look and please help me with your critics (my HTML is primitive) and files (other chords and lyirics). I tried to understand the lyrics and I know there are many mistakes. Please correct me. Still waiting and keeping faith, Giuseppe

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Sinister: sassafras
by brad 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

sassafras(sp?) is a root. i think candy by that taste would probably be wrong in more ways than one. it does smell good, though. i got my first ever girlfriend in first grade by letting her smell my root. sassafras that is. so, i'm thinking of sending in a demo tape to jeepster. has anyone else on the list done so, and if so, did they reply? i guess i could direct that question straight to katrina....do you? i know that it;s one of those albums that is understood to be a classic, and it's been said over and over again by too many people to count...but, hot damn, "pet sounds" is a good album. i bought that box set, i wouldn't recommend it, except for the stereo mix of the album. that was almost worth the fifty bucks by itself. but the rest of the set is pretty much useless. 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. 2. another old guy called up looking for mark smith. i said "alright what city does he live in?" he said "i dunno". so i told him i had to have a city to find someone for him, and he said that all the billboards in his town said we could find anyone anywhere. i said, "yeah, if you know where they live. there's probably about four hundre mark smith's in america. so he starts yelling (see above) and he's yelling louder than the guy above, then i hear the phone hit something hard like he dropped it and i heard a shuffling noise and he started gasping for help. i hung up on him. personally, i'm hoping it was a heart attack. b&s content: they don't suck. -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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: Singles, vinyl
by John F. Monroe 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

(from duke, then mick... ) > but if we must have cd singles, i am > seduced by the idea of one song mini-cds, selling for the price of a packet > of crips, or chips for our transatlantic cousins. then for all the great > songs that timbo listed, we could just have more little mini-cd thingies, > couldn't we? Now how cute would that be? As with anything cute, it's already being done in Japan. When I was in Japantown in San Francisco (a wonderful place, you should all go there at some point in time) in one of the stores they were selling said CD singles. Of course, they weren't very cheap, really, but nothing there was =) However, can you listen to those in a normal stereo without an adapter? Yeah, a little packet with two of those WOULD be really neat, instead of a big clonky LP-length CD. * hmmm, what are you referring to? 3" cd singles? this reminds me of several cool tiny 3" cd singles. the nicest being the dayglo orange checkbook sized plastic package that contains two little wonderful orange 3" cds by the fall ( jerusalem is the song, from the kuriouis oranj lp ). i think that was the first UK 3" cd single, and certainly the first multi-pack, in any case. oher nice tiny cds are the primitvies 'crash' ( i think it had just the one track, so there you go! very compact), the jesus and may chain put out both 'blues from a gun' and 'head on' as 3" cds ( as well as 'sidewalking' but it came in a regular cd single case, not a nice little package ), and the sundays had 'can't be sure'. also, quite a few SST ( minutemen, husker du, and das damen jump to my mind) singles were originally released on 3" cds, before being re-issued in the much more popular regular size, as were some oldies, such as a bunch of beatles singles - in fact, someone had a whole website dedicated to the 3" format. i think pizzicato 5 have released a whole slew of them, also. and, the ultimate use of tiny cds are the 12 cd 'pills' for spiritualized "ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space". The 12 album tracks are on 12 individual 3" cds, in a foil-sealed palstic package, like pills in a blister pack. er, but none of these ever sold too cheaply... ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: bernard (mmmm) and b-sides
by blink＠inexpress.net 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

>Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 13:56:59 +0100 >From: "debbie" <debbie.prior(a)btinet.com> >Subject: Sinister: i thought that if you had an acoustic guitar that meant you were a protest singer > >om my goodness, yesterday was the best day of my life EVER. well, about >three hours of it was, anyway: I saw Bernard Butler play live in Glasgow >and Edinburgh and met him afterwards. Wow. >this may sound pretty tragic to most people, but i have been madly in love >with him since ever and have never gotten to see him live before. he ruled. >and contrary to popular press opinion he is lovely and was really nice and >chatted with us for ages and wrote funny messages on our cds (and my packet >of Supernoodles) and was really sweet. then we got told to move on by the >security people for holding up everyone else. bah. gulp,you talked with him? oh he is lovely...you are so lucky! fade to interior monologue inside my brain... *woah...she touched him..woah* I become all silly and light-headed with mention of suede and ex-suedies.. I would love to meet him,he really IS a nice person,and such good taste in guitar. Oh that lovely feeling...I remember I almost fainted when I saw Brett buying a veggie burger....Oh sweet Brett,will there ever be another as lovely as you. Why doesn't he realize he needs to marry ME. Oh justine pooh..oh 'dark star' supermodel pooh...oh that Sam girl pooh..let US frolic in the fields. ok yes..other things,just let me calm down. I like b-sides! No one song!i like a little treasure cd...you search out the precious gems,with the lovely little designs and everything..but,as some of of us must save save save,we're not living in the olden days you know ('yes jessup,i remember when a nickel bought me a pound of ham and some sassafrass candy'..sassafrass is candy right? i hope it's not something rude,it just always comes to my mind with the word candy)i need to spend my tiny amount of money on things like a)peach juice b)film c)price of developing film it's no fun to buy singles with one track for the same price of an album..i don't understand how 3 pounds goes to 20+ dollars..i mean i know the taxes are high,and shipping and handling..oh well.. if i could,i would buy that little spiritualized pill set because it's so pretty..i just get slightly annoyed when it's like 'Oh yay new single in! *look on back* What the...Live version at blah blah place,Live version no.2 at some other place,live version at another place..track no.3 the RADIO EDIT (oh goody!) or 10 different remixes that all sound the same...zzzzzzzz...or just a whole bunch of junk songs that didn't make it to the album,just passed off as 'new,unreleased!' material...now it's so nice to hear b-sides that are even better than songs on the album, like that riverwatching geneva song... but i don't want to talk too much on this,and bore you lil' dearies,i don't know many of those little P!O!P bands speshially the older ones,so i can't make any statements...oh fiddlesticks. i can ask about.. belle and sebastian tour dates can't i? or is it a secret thing? it seems to go unnoticed or maybe i am just being impatient,sorry! :) xoxox genevieve ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Expats
by Richard Lander 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

From: Richard Hutt >So, I'm weighing up the pros and cons of being an expat, and considering >leaving Los Angeles for home - home being London/Brighton. Advice from >any listees with experience or opinions on both would be more than >welcome. After all, the list bears some of the responsibility of my >homesickness. All that talk of quaint olde english nonsense like public >transport, football, television comedy, social lives, etc.- it's driving >me mad, I tell you. I haven't read my mail for a few days now so possibly lots of people have offered better advice by now. For whats its worth I have always found that going back is a disappointment. The television not as good as before, the football turning into a commercialised NBA style circus and public transport even more erratic than before. Best to remember it as it was. Richard rclander(a)netfront.net ICQ: 4039573 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: peloton/vanessa/v-twin
by Louise Davies 21 Jun '98

21 Jun '98

hello. "peloton" refers to a group of cyclists in a cycling race, ala delgados (spanish cycling guy) and domestiques (another cycling term). has anyone heard the v twin single ? i spent most of the last week in edinburgh in the company of The Don, and he assures me it is coming out on Domino soon - this will feature several of b&s as well as the multi talented Mr. Jason McPhail. which can't be bad. i have a vanessa paradis story - i appreciate this is now out of date. she had a single out a few years ago, which featured her own inimitable interpretation of the velvets "Waiting for the Man" on the b side. thing is, it's definitely vanessa when you play it at 45... but when you play it at 33 - oh my word, it's lenny kravitz. coincidence? i don't think so. anyway, it's nice to be back in brighton, even if it is very hot. if you want to have a picnic here, good luck to you. we'll be in the heart & hand. lots of love, andy williams 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: hello, im new
by maria t 20 Jun '98

20 Jun '98

hello all :) this is my first ever mail to the list and it has very little to do with belle&sebastian im afraid...sorry...but there has been so much talk about the new delgados album on the list and i have been wondering if anyone knows where they got the name 'peloton' for the album? this is absolutely pointless, but 'peloton' is in fact 'fearless' in finnish. how about that...and my 2 cents to the late scotland vs. london debate. believe me, *anything* is better than finland. you are lucky to be living there...belle&sebastian (or any other band for that matter...) will never play here and this place is completely dead anyway...i could go on forever slagging of hinterland, but i won't. that would be boring :) right, i'm off. have a nice picnic tomorrow :) bye! maria ______________________________________________________ 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Sinister: when is a single not a single?
by Hopkins, Tim 20 Jun '98

20 Jun '98

The Duke, in one of his more impetuous moments, wrote... > oh goodness, i can remember when they said that the max was five and that > anything more than five was an album. i think back then the groove farm > complained. personally i'll only be happy when they limit it to ONE song. > now THAT'S POP! > Off the top of my head (sorry for any glaring omissions): It Happens (Primal Scream) Mike The Bike (The Claim) Rachel (Emily) The Fall (McCarthy) Lipstick (The Buzzcocks) My Number Nine (Coax) Rachel Clean (Hellfire Sermons) Celtic (Hurrah!) Not one but two blasts of perfection, each one meaning everything for...ooh, minutes. Now _that_ is P!O!P!. Wouldn't you say? Cheerio Tim ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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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