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Sinister: top tens
by Mark Casarotto 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

Why is it with Belle and Sebastian songs I find it much easier to work out which ones I dislike most (obviously a relative term, simply meaning that they're on a par with things like "Paint a Vulgar Picture", say, or "Hell is round the corner"). I'm not sure I should say what pops my cork least, except for the fact that A Century of Elvis annoys me - why couldn't they have used a different tune? Unless of course it was written before ...Fakers, in which case I still reckon it's a mistake. Great story that it is, though. I'm too frightened of vendettas to list their least inspired songs, but if anyone wants to discuss this privately, feel free. For the record, so that you don't think I'm a traitor, I absolutely love and worship We Rule the School, String Bean Jean, Dog on Wheels, Expectations, The State I am In, ...Sinister, Judy, Le Pastie, LLPJ, and, oh, fuck it, everything they've ever done, bar none. So there. I think I'm a bit confused today. Sorry everyone. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: Top Tens
by poetryplace2 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

> someone mentioned the top 10 > guitar solos, and that sounded like a great idea. Can we have a few more > heavy metal top tens please, is that allowed. What about a top ten heavy > metal bands. > > 1. Stone Roses - I am the resurrection. This rules it's as simple as that > 2. Television - Marquee Moon. Not Tom Verlaine's bit, but the little widdly > bit that Richard Lloyd does after the first chorus > 3. Neil Young - All along the watchtower. There was this great bit a few > years ago on the the telly where Neil Young and Pearl Jam do this and the > boy from Pearl Jam do a solo each, and Neil Young's guitar is about 10 times > as loud as the other bloke, and he just plays this one long wobbling note > and then goes away, totally upstaging the pearl jam lad. > 4. Yngwie J Malmsteen - oh alright, I just wanted to say his name > 5. The End - The Beatles - John Lennon's bits > 6. They're getting thin on the ground now... so someone else have a go, I'll > pass the baton on to Tim Hopkins! Away you go Tim. > I think Tiff is still away in Brussels, feasting on the European sprout mountain, so I'm gonna but in... 1) Something by J Mascis. Arguably his career is a mere footnote to Mr Jung, but the solo on their version of "Just Like Heaven" rocks like a mutha. 2) Something by that Perry bloke out of the Only Ones. I've been listening a lot to The Only Ones recently, as a consequence of listening to that Hefner Lp, which has grown on me a lot. Not like mould, but like a beautiful flowery shrub thingy. So it's gonna hafta be the solo on "Miles from Nowhere" (Peel session version). 3) Pete Shelley's solo on The Buzzcocks' "Boredom". Ba-dum ba-dum. 4) Johnny Marr coming out of the closet as a true axe-hero on "Paint A Vulgar Picture". 5) The guitar playing all the way through The Blue Aeroplane's lp "Swagger" is just lovely. I think some bloke called Alex Bruschetta played on "And Stones", and that's the business. He's in Massive Attack's band now. Ta ta Trousers xxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: jeepster-news: jeepster and belle and sebastian sites now open
by david kitchen 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

the jeepster records web site at http://www.jeepster.co.uk/ is now open. this means that we now have a fully functioning on-line shop, as well as a place for you contact us, us to give you news and to act as a central starting point when looking for information on any of the bands on our label. only the belle and sebastian site (out of the three bands) is open (http://www.jeepster.co.uk/belleandsebastian/) this site sets the standard for the others to come. it is packed with features including a press archive (courtesy of the work by andy dean), the on-line shop, liquid audio sound files of every song on the back catalogue, lyrics, sleevenotes and artwork, java magnetic poetry, virtual postcards (requires the recipient to have web access), fiction, a new competition, etc. we hope that this will become THE location on the internet for news and information on the band. it's taken a lot of work to put these sites together, and whilst we've tested them on a lot of browsers we would welcome any suggestions on how to improve them, simply mail them to me at shop(a)jeepster.co.uk the on-line shop is also open which means that you can finally lay your hands on all the records that you've been asking for. we've dropped the prices and worked out how to get around the UK Value Added Tax laws, so if you live outside the UK your order is now VAT free. we do not yet have any belle and sebastian shirts - when we do we will announce this via this news list and on the news page of the belle and sebastian site. thank you for your patience whilst we constructed the site, it's much appreciated. david kitchen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- david kitchen : merchandising and websites : jeepster records visit the site at : http://www.jeepster.co.uk/ or mail us at : shop(a)jeepster.co.uk jeepster recordings ltd, 217 canalot, 222 kensal road, london w10 5bn ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a message from the Jeepster Records news mailing list. Visit our site at http://www.jeepster.co.uk for more info. To unsubscribe yourself from this list send a message to majordomo(a)jeepster.co.uk with the words 'unsubscribe news' in the body of the message Any problems? mailto:shop@jeepster.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 unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: hello and souvlaki
by Hcp2＠aol.com 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

Hello everyone, This is my first email since being on the list for the last 3 weeks. I hope I don't make a fool of myself. Just wanted to comment on the word souvlaki (the slowdive album). I don't know what slowdive had in mind, but souvlaki is like a gyro (pita with meat) , but it is supposed to make out of lamb. Don't eat meat, so don't know what it is really like. I listened to this cd last night, and it brought back memories of the shoegazing days. Ok now to the listees on the stateside, how come we have heard the cries of the west coast and the pleas of RI and Baltimore for B&S gigs, but how come we have not heard from folks from NY? Just to rejoice the idea of a east coast tour. Are we being complacent? I guess they will probably play NYC, but can you image if they will only play the west coast? Anyway, I am not trying to start a west coast-east coast thing. po ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: Guitar Solos/Gainsbourg
by Andrew O'Sullivan 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

Kevan enthused >What about Pete Townsend's magnificent one note guitar solo on The Who's >I Can See for Miles? Twang twang twang twang! R!O!C!K! if I may say so. I actively avoid making infuriating 'muso' comments about songs, in general. Because I know they're boring and crap. However - the chord progression on 'I can see for miles AND miles AND miles etc'!!! What fucking great harmonies! ------------------------------------------------------ Andrew O'Sullivan aeos(a)dial.pipex.com http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/osullivan/ 'Look me up in the Yellow Pages, I will be your Rock of Ages' ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The Geoffery Chaucer of Pop
by PJMiller 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

It was Adrian that wrote: On Sunday I went with my Kate to Paignton Zoo. We saw the Rhino enclosure which my dad built 'cos we're incredibly working-class...this was the highlight of my day. "my Kate" - isn't that nice? My uncle built the Sydney Opera House. The box office, anyway. Paignton - Timothy Faulkner from across the road used to go there on holiday. We used to go to Great Yarmouth. I do feel that these people who go abroad on holiday are missing out. Actually that's complete bollocks...we didn't go to Paignton Zoo, my life isn't remotely that exciting....we went to Newton St Cyres. We might have seen a couple of cows and sheep and stuff and had a pint of cyder. I've been on another of my accidental pilgrimages this morning. I stumbled upon a path with great big stone crosses at the side, the stations of the cross, I think, leading up to a great big one flanked by two smaller ones in a crucifixion stylee. It was quite moving, even for a dedicated pagan like me, so it must have really freaked out the true believers in the old days. Then when i got to the top there was aload of people outside the church, dressed up for a wedding. turns out they were filming for a local soap opera, the longest running in Spain, even though (or because) it's in Basque and therefore incomprehensible to me. But there's a bloke in it who looks like Lemmy and he was there, so I'm happy. Then on my way down the other side of the hill I had to work through a spooky bamboo grove and a girl guide's campsite. Nothing to report, chaps. Carrick, there was a long interview with Colin Blunstone in Record Collector magazine recently. In case you're interested. I enjoyed that Dad/Dylan anecdote. I'm a big fan of the electric recording of "I Don't Believe You" live in Belfast on the Biograph album. It's a complete racket, I can see why people were upset. Good stuff. We are about to undergo a dangerous journey into uncharted waters: B&S content! Anyone suffering from a dickie ticker should delete now... Katrina, if I haven't bored you to sleep yet...I have it on good authority that Stew "Pol" Pot Murdoch doesn't do absolutely all the production stuff, even if he does decide what does or doesn't get compressed. I believe both Iso "Ding Dong" Bel and Stuart "Pish Pish Pish!" David were involved in the production of "Is the Wicker Man Scared?" on the new album. And besides, full credit must be given to the legendary patience of Dougie Doogan, without whom none of this pish would be poshible. I just felt the need to bring up these points because your message made Stuart sound really competent and "with it", an impression that could damage future record sales. Peter PS: I hope that message has helped you feel a little less lost, Richard. We look forward to your contributions. You may notice that some people occasionally stray form the basic subject of Belle and Sebastian, but you can see from the above that I'm not one of them. Welcome aboard, Big Tackle! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Guitar Solos/Gainsbourg
by Kevan Cooke 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

An asexual peice of smelly hippy footwear said: > i still, and without irony, love the guitar solo on dead or alive. > i'd rate it just a level or two below the solo on the kinks' all of > the day and all of the night, which sounds as tho dave davies has > fallen down the stairs into a guitar shop. What about Pete Townsend's magnificent one note guitar solo on The Who's I Can See for Miles? Twang twang twang twang! R!O!C!K! if I may say so. Have any of the Gainsbourg fans out there heard the new Pizzicato Five remixes album? There is a version of Contact (a song written by Serge for a Brigitte Bardot TV show) which is rather wonderful. Kevan ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Hello all
by Richard Connell +44 1705 701802 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

As a new member to this mailing list i'd like to say hello to everyone. Hello As of yet I have absolutely bugger all idea of what everyone is going on about but i'm sure I'll pick it up eventually. Thank you and goodnight Rich "In Your face, space coyote" - Homer J Simpson ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: 1998/9 Capital Programme
by Adrian Evans 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

All this talk of weekend breaks - T in the Park and Picnics and forthcoming Finsburys...what exciting lives you lead. On Sunday I went with my Kate to Paignton Zoo. We saw the Rhino enclosure which my dad built 'cos we're incredibly working-class...this was the highlight of my day. We did not see any newts. We did not eat any poundcake. Actually that's complete bollocks...we didn't go to Paignton Zoo, my life isn't remotely that exciting....we went to Newton St Cyres. We might have seen a couple of cows and sheep and stuff and had a pint of cyder. Next weekend we are going to Woolfardisworthy for some dodgy tea and stale scones or something. Congratulations to listee Pierre Miquel and any of his compatriates for anything that might have occurred since Sunday evening. Ivor Allchurch. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: re: my last post
by keenan gauthier 14 Jul '98

14 Jul '98

oops...my mistake... the subject shoulda been "Slowdive's second album title"... Oh well. == keenan gauthier _________________________________________________________ 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 unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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