July 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Chihuauauas or whatever
by Sarah 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

Chihuauas (if that is how it is spelt) have made a stonkin' tune called UFO's, which was put on a nice mix tape for me. It's a good song. Has been described as "Camper Van Beethoven and SFA having a scrap". I just like it me. Perfection As A Hipster <Andreas.Hering(a)stud.uni-hannover.de> writes >"Funny Old World" (Buba & The Shop Assistants) I just thought I'd like to see that again. Buba. *snigger* Just thought I'd tell you that my fave record is babysitting godzilla's y-fronts 78 rpm limited edition remix of teepee comet green rust man's seminal numbered puce vinyl reworking of teh irene handl blues bastards techno scratty take on "the very though of you" on knockknockwhosthereim ap?imapwho?HHAHyousaidi'mapoo records of Garstang... AND ALSO that I am sorry for gushing over new B&S news after fuck all for ages, I shall restrain myself as such in case I am not being interested, 'cos I really care. "the man don't give a fuck" - Super Furries. HA! Bet no-one has heard of THEM! Naahhahahaha, oh I'm going. Sorry Andreas, but you are yet to quote a band I have heard of.... :) I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Sarah ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Tape Tree - rules, schmules (bleccch!)
by Erin Lewis 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

How dumb is this? My usual e-mail won't import files today, so I had to forward this mail to myself, from Daddy's computer. Send stuff to this e-mail addy (el0007(a)uop.edu) not Daddy. :) -Erin

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RE: Sinister: 10 Roddington Place
by PJMiller 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

Alistair's corrective institution: >oh it doesn't say Arab Strap at all... it says 'Shaz' and 'Boyzone', and >'NC Loved Me', the bloke is just LISTENING to Arab Strap. You get an 'F' >for your critical appraisal. An 'F'! Lawks-a-lummy! Me Dad'll kill me, sir! If you go across the fields from Blackfordby to Moira you have to cross a wooden bridge with "(so and so) broke my heart on (such and such a day)" written on it. I bet whoever carved that knicked the idea as well...OR WAS IT THE OTHER WAY ROUND? >that's exactly what Isaac said about the experience. He's great, one of the greatest - " One of the greatest pains a man can experience is to lose his better half...When you lose your better half, things ain't the same no more..." >> The >> teacher must have thought I was a complete twat. > >ah, some things never change, do they? I don't know what the teachers think of me now. One of them, Mister Mitchell (!) is now the mayor of Ashby, and when I was back recently Mister Bostock said hello to me on the bus, but he never taught me anyway, so he wouldn't know any better. I also saw the old headmaster, Mister Herbert, since retired, in a pub one night, and you'll never guess what? He was with a young bit of totty, a sprightly little filly half his age, whom he called "my flower"! In public! I got the impression he was doing a bit of playacting, just to impress me. And it bloody well worked...oh well, I got to walk right through a group of four girls in bikinis this afternoon, it was just like Eddie Kidd going through a wall of fire on his motorbike. The panel of judges have decided that Katrina can play the Kudos Kontest after all, as she seems to be the only one making any real effort so far. Well done, Katrina, you're looking unstoppable at the moment. Surely someone can do better? Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Tape Trees/My Last day as a teenager
by Mick McMick 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

Hello there Sinisterines, I have been oogling the idea of a tape tree. It appeals quite well to me, I must say. I wholly adore making tapes, and people usually say I make pretty good ones, packed with not a shabby amount of P!O!P!. I had initially gotten confused, though, on the way we're going to be handling the tree. Is it to say that every person will be required to make a new tape every other week? I think the newer impression that I got was that we'd each make one shining, brilliant, gorgeous mixtape (in our opinion of gorgeous, brilliant, and shining) and then toss this into the mail (or the post ;) and sit by our mailbox until we got a tape from another tape forester. Then we'd dub ourselves a copy of the new tape, toss it into the mail, and wait for another? Is that close to being correct? Also, a couple logistics of the thing are bothering me. Should we set the gain extra-high to compensate for the quietness of the copies? Wouldn't that also distort the sound quality a bit much? Should we find a nice, high-quality cardboard box so that the person who gets the mixtape only has to pay for postage, and not the purchase of a new package? Hm, I just remember I have a nice shiny blue packet that I rescued from the trash at my radio station. Anyway, as the subject header says, today is my final day as a teenager. Yes, I turn 20 tomorrow, that being July the twelfth. In fact, some thousands of years ago tomorrow, a small child was born, and they named him Julius Caesar. In 1978, a similar birthing happened, whereby a perhaps less memorable person was born. Hm. So yes, I'm mentally preparing to leave my teens and enter my tweens (not a twee reference, but in fact a literary one). I woke up this morning with a headache, a pain in my neck, and feeling horribly tired, despite the fact that I'd slept in. I hope that doesn't speak for the years to come. A portent of sorts =( Anyhoo, I ordered myself a brand new CD Recordable for my computer, so maybe when that arrives it will make me feel better =P Well, I must hop into the shower, as a friend called and asked if I'd go eat lunch with him. Maybe the day won't be as bad as it begun...oh, knock on wood ;) /"\_/"\_/"\ 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Sinister: Kinks & Belle Ray DaviES & Stuart DaviD (band similarities)
by BCapirigi＠aol.com 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

poo, i only know four kinks songs. no wait, five. can anyone suggest what i should get (i had the early best-of one for a while, but i only remember 4 songs from it)? matt ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Hello
by 'James Errington' <james＠twopounds.u-net.com 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

Hi - this is the first mailing list I've been on as I'm new to the internet and all that, so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm 18 (19 on the 23rd) and sitting at home without a job waiting to go to university. I've got loads of projects to keep me busy, though. Also I run a fanzine called 'Blue Glow' and I'm always on the lookout for any interesting pieces of writing on music, so if you send me something good I'll send you a copy. ....And I like this idea of a circular tape exchange. I've liked B&S since (like many of you, probably) Mark Radcliffe started playing 'The State I Am In' (what seemed like) every day. And I've really loved them since their session when Mark Lamarr was filling in for him. What I really love about them is that their music is so empathetic - it tries to understand rather than making judgements. Well, hello again, but goodbye for now. PS - Re: Elvis (in 'A Century Of Elvis') being a cat. I didn't realise this until my 12 year old sister heard it and pointed it out to me. Makes you think, eh? Manipulating you illicitly since 1979 James Errington EMail james(a)twopounds.u-net.com Tel/Fax (01905) 25309 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Putting about 30,000 bloody books back on the shelf.
by babyblu＠gold.globalcafe.co.uk 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

On my luncbreak, after doing the stocktake at two branches of Books etc all morning while the rest of you leap around naked in same torrid pagan ritual atop Primrose hill chanting, "We are the lovely Belle and Sebastian massive having a wonderfull time 'cos Rory's not here." Grrr.. Just don't think I haven't cottoned on. (Will try to see you in the P!U!B! later though.) The tape shrub is indeed a idea of almost intergalactic goodness. Already through list recommendations I have picked up albums by Galaxie 500 and The Go-betweens (and loved 'em) so any further expanding of my aural horizons would be greatly appreciated. Although, reading back, it does sound rather painful. On a indie eclectisism tip, can I just say that last weeks 'Scientific American' carried the headline: "Magnetic Fields build computer from drops of water" which I found rather unbelievable actually. Still it just goes to show where lowfi breakbeats can get you and it's nice to know what the lad Merrit's been up to recently. Probably turn out to have been the Duke's idea all along though..... New album, raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyy!!!!!!!!!!! StayOutOfTheRainKiddiesRoryxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: change in the weather
by PKHINTZ＠aol.com 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

As for a change in musical direction for Belle and Sebastian's new album, if you listen to _Dog on Wheels_, _Tigermilk_, and _IYFS_, the songs always sound like Stuart M's guitar with the added bits of the band. However from _LLPJ_ and _3.. 6.. 9.._ and the radio sessions of the new album tracks on, the songs sound as if the band has been writing these together, composing their "finely knit musical sculptures" or whatnot as a group. Seems to me that the new album should be nothing to be frightened of--if it does frighten you, leave the light on as you listen to it and hug your teddybear. :-) And, it does seem that "The Loneliness of the Middle-Distance Runner" is not on the new album. Will it be properly released as a b-side in the future? I read the short story by Alan Sillitoe called "The Loneliness of the Long- Distance Runner" a few weekends ago. It inspired me to start running again, even if it seems the only result is that I repeatedly have to hear a slight thud as my sneakers hit the asphalt and I lose my breath. Then I take a nap to compensate for all the expended energy. ;-) Living and loving Matthew ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: 10 Roddington Place
by PJMiller 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

I would like to take this opportunity to correct a mistake in my last message: The bench doesn't say "Arab Strap" at all, the person sitting on the bench is listening to Arab Strap. The bench says "Boyzone" and "Shaz". We at Roddington Place would like to apologise for any distress caused. Also, as early as April 11th 1997, the following appeared in the Living Room pamphlet: "Writers are welcome to submit words on paper for inclusion herein, and/or to record their words on tape for the mix-meister (that's the DJ to you) to play with as they see fit." As you can see, while Jarvis was taking the opportunity to do a few poster paint potato prints, I was doing a bit of research for my projected sub-Looper recording. I thought the booklets would have got lost in the move, and that I'd have to use a compilation of Alistair's e-mail messages instead, but I found them. Magic! Jose Antonio Camacho ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: No Subject
by GoFkYrSlfz＠aol.com 11 Jul '98

11 Jul '98

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