July 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

RE: Sinister: All About Del
by PJMiller 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

>I remember reading an interview with Momus where he referred to the >singer in Del Amitri as his cousin. This "rumour" came under the microscope recently during a discussion of rock family trees. One member of the panel left the rest of us open-mouthed with this bizarre allegation, only to be driven back to the baseline by another memebr of the panel who actually GETS A LIFT TO WORK every morning with Del Amitri's mum. Apparently Mrs Amitri has NEVER mentioned Momus, which I personally think rather pooh-poohs this far-fetched and foolish notion. 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: Wesley? WESLEY?
by PJMiller 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

Matt has been writing about Sophie B. Hawkins: >okay, yes she is the damn i wish i was your lover girl... That was a good song. I once saw a nudie picture of her, getting out of the bath or something, and the caption was "damn, I wish I was your loofer". I Know this isn't of much interest, but times are hard. Is anyone else doing the WSC wallchart? It's great. A special "good morning" to anyone at work at the moment. So am I but I can't be arsed. 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: For All We Know
by PJMiller 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

The majesterial Andy Dean wrote: >um, female drummers. the first thing i have to say is that, in my >opinion, you're really wasting your time talking music to someone who >hasn't heard of the velvet underground. Who? but if you want famous female >drummers then there's always karen carpenter... Now you're talking. I was lucky enough to see the totally smokin' Carpenters at a formative age, and the wonderful Karen did indeed delight us all with a drum solo of considerable length and verve. I'm ashamed that I didn't think of her earlier, insread of going on about Julie / June Covington or something similar. Hang my head...things like this really matter. >i met minnie mouse the other day. she's very short. Andrew, drug use is not encouraged on the list. Speaking of which, I didn't go to the mini Ozzfest last week and I haven't heard so much as a dickie bird about it. But it wasn't the original line-up becuase the drummer has had a "spasm" or a heart attack, depending on who you listen to. No, I didn't tape the Mogwai session, but I did tape Asian Dub Foundation in Concert, which sounded quite good, much to my surprise. I even left off the first minute or so to simulate the experience of me looking around frantically for a blank tape. Joao Havelange ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: Stow College and smut
by Nick Dastoor 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

Idling away my last weeks in this ikky job, I found the following titbits (in America they call them tidbits because they are woosy like that) from the Scottish Press. I like the T-shirt idea - it would be like a Kids from Fame for the 90s. But has anyone any idea why Belle and Sebastian are seen as in league with food pornographers? I mean I did hear about Stuart M and his chocolate fingers, but... From: Daily Record 07/05/98 The Stow-aways. Students chart a popular business Stow College is a world of new and exciting opportunities! We want to give you a glimpse of just some of the options that are available for adults and school-leavers here. [...] And at Stow College, music-mae course is a man who knows all about the business - Alan Rankine, who formed part of the great eighties pop band The Associates. [...] Bands discovered after the College quest include current critics' favourites, Belle and Sebastian. They have made Alan a firm promise that they will wear college T-shirts when they debut on telly's Top of the Pops. "They are currently recording their third album and have enjoyed great success," added Alan, who has produced records all over the world. "Something like 40 record companies and around 20 producers sought to sign them up. "But it was Stow College students who picked them out as something really special and that's been great." From: The Herald 04/04/98 Compelling nightmare for the persecution fantasist Being allergic to trendy Belle and Sebastian-loving food pornographers, I had been avoiding Island Harvest (BBC1, Sunday), but for the final journey to Harris I relented and was reluctantly charmed. Nick Nairn is a walking Wiszniewski canvas, a long-limbed Beautiful Boy with a tousle of cropped curls and an unexpected dash of machismo. He sails! He dives! He skins tomatoes with a blowlamp! He eats scallops raw from the shell and turns a burly Highlander's stomach by promising "you can still feel them pulsing as they go down!". Not that he was always in perfect control. "Have you got the net?" he babbled excitedly, preparing to land his first seatrout. "You're standing on it," the gillie replied forbearingly. But even this minor humiliation served a purpose. Island Harvest offered us an almost mystic celebration of Things Scottish, lumping the heart-stopping landscape, the wise and weathered gillie, the flexing seatrout just pulled from the loch, and the warm mutton salad into the same sacred category. Add the cry of the curlew and a haunting soundtrack of Uilleann pipes and a nation swooned in self-love. Nairn's cuisine was all seductive simplicity. Of course, we're never actually going to cook anything we watched him make on screen, any more than we are about to emulate Rick Stein or Antonio Carluccio or Ken Hom or, heaven forbid, the two fat ladies. But the dishes were prepared so speedily, from such gratifying brief lists of ingredients, using nothing more improbable in the way of equipment than a virgin baking tray, all of which enhanced not our sense of culinary possibility but our awe. This man is an artist. The only pity is that the mini-masterpieces he creates have to disappear down someone's gullet. NickiDee xx _________________________________________________________ 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: TLFKAJ,JCT
by John Johnston 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

That's The Listee Formerly Known As Johnston, John CT back at you from my new job - I MISSED YOU! I've just received my first digest and it's great to be back among things sinister once more. I share Tag's love for Micheal Owen. My shiny new bicycle has just been stolen but I'm going to buy another and call it Micheal - that's the highest honour I can bestow. Thanks to the Duke and other listees who recommended Boards of Canada to me before I had to unsubscribe. The latest platter that's doing the business music-wise to my brain material (know what I mean?) is Jurassic 5. It's probably been recommended to death already but it is great. I can't get enough hip hop after seeing De La Soul at the Jazz Cafe - awesome. Gol! JJ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: drum grrrrrrls
by BCapirigi＠aol.com 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

okay, yes she is the damn i wish i was your lover girl... the eels (intentionally not capitalised even though i dont capitalise anything anyway) had a #1 modern rock or alternative or whatever you call it hit in th us 2 years ago with novicaine for the soul, which, although discount priced by the label still only pushed about 150000 copies (ive no idea why i remember this). anyway, they had a follow-up song called ashes to ashes or dust to dust or something like that, which wasnt very good and had an awful fake americas funniest home videos video... they were sort of ok... nothing i would buy, but some people swore by them... they were on sessions at west 54th, which is odd because usually that is reserved for great musicians, so maybe i was missing something. luscious jackson was also on sessions come to think of it (hey what about their drummer? was she vivian that left?), just before the lovely fiona apple. ok aol is making me skip lines when i dont want to, and all of my mail is enormous, so i shall stop now. matt << Is Sophie B. Hawkins that "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" girl?? A long time ago, I saw a band called the Eels cover that song. (In fact, they were opening for Lucious Jackson, those crazy Eels.) I don't think they were very good (re: I don't remember anything about them), but they DID suddenly exclaim, "AND NOW, AUSTIN, TEXAS, THE SONG YOU VOTED YOUR MOST FAVORITE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE..." and burst into song with "Damn, I wish I was your Lover." I laughed and laughed. Today I bought the new Spinanes album. It is fairly beautiful, but nowhere near as perfect as "Manos." Maybe because Scott left the band. Hmmm. I also bought the 2 CD Matador compilation that I've wanted forever but never purchased. Pavement's version of "The Killing Moon" easily makes my top ten songs of all time list. So perfect. Last week, I bought a car. Later this month, I am buying a vacation. Soon I will be very poor. Love, Kristen >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: drum grrrrrrls
by Kayemess＠aol.com 02 Jul '98

02 Jul '98

Is Sophie B. Hawkins that "Damn, I Wish I Was Your Lover" girl?? A long time ago, I saw a band called the Eels cover that song. (In fact, they were opening for Lucious Jackson, those crazy Eels.) I don't think they were very good (re: I don't remember anything about them), but they DID suddenly exclaim, "AND NOW, AUSTIN, TEXAS, THE SONG YOU VOTED YOUR MOST FAVORITE IN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE..." and burst into song with "Damn, I wish I was your Lover." I laughed and laughed. Today I bought the new Spinanes album. It is fairly beautiful, but nowhere near as perfect as "Manos." Maybe because Scott left the band. Hmmm. I also bought the 2 CD Matador compilation that I've wanted forever but never purchased. Pavement's version of "The Killing Moon" easily makes my top ten songs of all time list. So perfect. Last week, I bought a car. Later this month, I am buying a vacation. Soon I will be very poor. Love, Kristen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: drum grrrrrrls
by BCapirigi＠aol.com 01 Jul '98

01 Jul '98

not that shes the best songwriter or anything, but sophie b hawkins is pretty nifty with the drums matt << um, female drummers. the first thing i have to say is that, in my opinion, you're really wasting your time talking music to someone who hasn't heard of the velvet underground. but if you want famous female drummers then there's always karen carpenter... >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: a couple of things (female drummers, family trees)
by Lamba, Sanjeet 01 Jul '98

01 Jul '98

You mentioned a new Mogwai release, and I was just wondering if this is the same band I'm thinking of. Do they have a drummer named Brendan O'Hare? > -----Original Message----- > From: andrew dean [SMTP:koogydelbbog@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 3:43 AM > To: sinister(a)majordomo.net > Subject: Sinister: a couple of things (female drummers, family trees) > > > > um, female drummers. the first thing i have to say is that, in my > opinion, you're really wasting your time talking music to someone who > hasn't heard of the velvet underground. but if you want famous female > drummers then there's always karen carpenter... > > (btw, there's more to moe tucker than the drums - she's had numerous > solo lps out. she's also not lou reed...) > > and as for family trees then stuart m and chris g helped out on the > first arab strap peel session. > > oh, and the stuart m contribution to the polar bear thing that katrina > mentioned last week is quite wonderful (and a bit rude!) in a mournful > kind of way. i stumbled across a copy in the oxford st virgin > megastore a few weeks ago. pick up the re-release if it's included. > > andy > > (you can stop reading this now, the stuff that follows is, as usual, > way off topic) > > um, i go away for a week and come back to find about half a dozen > interesting singles and lps have been released in the meantime. > typical. new mogwai promises to be good, as always. did anyone tape > last week's peel session or breezeblock performance btw? i'd like a > copy... the other releases are all kinda techno (apart from HNIA and > mojave 3) so i'm not even going to mention them here... > > oh, and the last arab strap video was on alternative nation last night > on mtv (uk). it wasn't very good. alternative nation is probably the > only watchable 2 hours that mtv produce in a week. not that i've > really sat down and watched a lot of it but everytime i turn it on > it's either will smith or that young blonde kid (aaron carter?). i > guess it's only really reflected the rest of the world though, a world > where 95% of the music produced just doesn't appeal to me. > > i met minnie mouse the other day. she's very short. > > david beckham, sheesh. > > > == > andrew dean (koogydelbbog(a)yahoo.com) > > > _________________________________________________________ > 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 > . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na > . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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: get up everybody and sing
by Genevieve Wesley 01 Jul '98

01 Jul '98

>Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:39:11 EDT >From: Delaware9(a)aol.com >Subject: Re: Sinister: hands up all the dancing priests here >In an article in Puncture from Fall 1997 (kind of dated I suppose) it is >written (in a five-page B&S article that doesnt have one direct quote from any >member of the band...) >that "In everyday life, Murdoch sings in a choir and is the superintendent of >a church; in return, he gets a place to live and a place for the band to >practice." He LIVES in a church? Does he wear a burlap sack? i always pictured him as the type who would go outside and birds would flock to him and sit on his hand as he whistled some merry tunes... >No mention of their musical influences Michael W. Smith and Amy Grant, >however. Must be saving that for the next issue... Is Michael W Smith REALLY famous? Just a few days ago was the first I'd heard of him OR Billy Graham.. oh dear..i'm in reverse...i live in little mud hut and i know belle n sebby but not michael w smith, oh well BIG LOSS,you know yes and one of you told me michael w smith was a panderer (a new word for me)..well i'm literate,i can look things up, and this i find: if you pander to someone,you do everything they want and why is that so bad?? how can he be banned? he just needs some love! actually..i was cheering him on,during the emotional song i pounded my fist in the air and shouted MIKEY!MIKEY!MIKEY! but the girl in the dc talk t-shirt shushed me. isn't that cherry coke commercial (man with fish coat) whistling nice? i find myself whistling it now,ohmigod! Alright,bye bye you little pop sugar plums i'm going for a wee bit now, have lots of lovely summer days, kiss kiss, xxxgenevieve-pookie ______________________________________________________ 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 . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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