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Sinister: Dear David and Katrina...
by Alison Smith 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

Please help! When the three UK dates were announced, you asked us all to: "note that these WILL NOT be the only Belle and Sebastian dates in the UK this year, so don't be disappointed that they are not coming to your town yet." Do you plan to release more dates within the 31/08 - 12/09 bracket, or even later in the year? Please consider Wales and the south west for gigs, as it's difficult to reach the others, especially if dates will be planned for Scotland. Thanks for any help you can give, Alison. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: my fellow bastions
by gateau du wizz 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

hello fellow bastions: my friend alan is sooo sooper-cool. have a listen to his wonderful songs on his webpage: http://homorama.planetout.com/~alan/alanw.html alan was mentioned in a billboard cover article a few months ago on young queer musicians....but it hardly mentioned his genius - his music is like a warm duvet comforting around your ears after they are next-door to frostbite and throbbing throbbing blood, his lyrics are like the butterfly feelings you get when you email your crush and drink hot chocolate, and his voice is that of a man with a story to tell of the wrongs of people and the disappointments of love & lust and the curses of being a shy boy. does anyone in the UK know how i can help alan get distribution sorted out here? contacts, independent record stores etc. anyone who stocks cool home recorded stuff? She Wears A Faux Chanel Suit _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Rolling Stone review of TBWTAS
by padraic doorey 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

something i'd like to share: when i was a little regional indie-kid in ireland and didn't know anything better i used to buy rolling stone in a small newsagents in carlow. i used to think it was the bible. they had a gorgeous picture of sinead on the cover once. and then one day they gave X by INXS four stars and commented "X marks the apex of this aussie outfits career"..... (for some reason, these words have stayed with me for over eight years). rolling stone journos should be ignored ("no shit, sherlock!").....they are parasites of music and will easily put *fabu* bands like belle & seb in the same category as mariah carey or some other BS. a rolling stone four star review means sweet fook all because they will give a four star review to some shite outfit like the pasedenas (remember them?) in the next issue. throwaway stars if you like. (but don't put them in your pocket). reading rolling stone led to months of rocking in a foetal poition and screaming silently at the walls of my parents house. lah lah lah. "read hot press" is what my therapist said. and i'd like to point out that i have never seen a rabbit on o'connell street in my life. plans for after the london gig? my suggestion is indie night at heaven (under the arches at villiers street). great music, a free beer on entry and admission is only a quid. it stays open until four also. Lady Penelope. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The City of Lost Children
by Mark Iles 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

>Philippe wrote: > >Ezra wrote : >>You can't go wrong with the City of Lost Children. I think it's one of >>Gilliam's finest, and the children are simply brilliant. Most >>impressive to me is the cinematagraphy, as with most of Mr. Gilliam's >>work. > >Are you sure that "The City..." was directed by Gilliam ? I think that "La >cit=E9 des enfants perdus" (french title) was directed by Marc Carro and >Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who also directed the last Alien). I hope I don't make >make any confusion, because the french and english titles are sometimes >very different. Phillipe, you're right, this was indeed the same film, directed by Jeunet and Caro. But their style is quite similar to Giliam's in that they both go for the retro-future look - as if the set designer has come through a time warp from the 1950's. In Gilliam's case it may have something to do with him being a fan of Philip K Dick - as for Jeunet and Caro, they've probably just been watching Brazil :) I liked The City of Lost Children a lot - it had a nice creepy fairytale feel about it, and the retro look gave it the same timeless quality that fairytales have. I liked Jeunet and Caro's first film, Delicatessen, the best, though. It was in the same style, but far blacker and very funny in places (Ca c'est un travail pour l'Australian!). The squeaky bedsprings, in particular, stick in my mind... Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles(a)boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, "On the ferris wheel, Leeds, Looking out on Coney Island, LS9 7TF Under more stars than U.K. There are prostitutes in Thailand" Strange Powers, Magnetic Fields ____________________________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: B&S London Picnic?
by poetryplace2 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

Paula wrote: >Hi! >Does anyone have any details on the London B&S fan picnic on the 31st? I >don't know whether I've missed any details that have been posted on the >list? Oh yes, i think I mentioned to various people in chat that a few us were going to celebrate the last bank holiday weekend of the summer in Greenwich. I think the Sunday is a better idea than the Monday, cos I'm not sure about the trains. So the details are: Meet up 1pm, Sunday 30th September at Greenwich BR station. You can get there from Charing Cross or London Bridge. Alternatively you can get the 188 bus from Euston. If it rains we'll go to a pub, otherwise we'll be in the park, up on the hill. Other top social events this week include a special Sinister Birthday edition of the Social at the Poetry Caff on Friday 28th. Once again, Trousers plays P!O!P!. Fun for all the family in this exciting rockular quiz evening, with special prizes. Things start around eightish... it's at 22 Betterton Street, Covent Garden. All-comers are welcome. Any queries, contact me (poetryplace2(a)easynet.co.uk) Trousers xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: NME single of the week...
by andrew dean 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

'ha', you say, 'why's he posting about single of the week when b&s don't have a single out? the bastard's obviously off topic, let's get him...' ("he's bringing love, let's break his legs..." - the simpsons) turns out that v-twin have single of the week in the NME this week. even stranger is that it's single of the week in the 'vibes' section, the dance / techno bits up there with the likes of panacea and morcheeba. it's called 'dark tourism' and is on the consistantly wonderful series 500 label (an offshoot of domino. last release i know of was the future pilot aka vs the pastels thing 'hurrican fighter pilot' which was ace). "'dark tourism' is a strange and lovely thing, a sombre waltz through a blue-black mood" snowpatrol lp gets an 8 somewhere as well rude and sometimes authoritarian, andy the new kid loco single is ace too and has katrina pastel singing on it (i think, er, begbie mentioned this a while ago. and someone else, someone probably a lot cuter). i only bought the lp after a recommendation by JJ (and because it was cheap in the local shop the saturday after he mentioned it) and that's great, the katrina single being the best thing on there. actually, kid loco's in the nme as well this week, slagging off air. speaking of begbie... he was asking when quickspace happy song #2 was out and, well, i've had a copy of the precious little cd single (which includes it and the previous (dire) single 'hadid') for a while now (a month or so?). new lp ('precious falling') out shortly... pictures of the hamster-faced one from the audience in this weeks music press: melody maker - 4 nme - 5 (includes 2 in an advert but are generally bigger so...) dexter's lab is cool too. "Monkey! I want monkey!" == andrew dean (koogydelbbog(a)yahoo.com) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: speaking of lost children...
by lazy line painter jane 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

i'm quite lost... i thought stuart was turning 30 but i saw someone post that he turned 25. or is it because it's the 25th of august. city of lost children was inspired by gilliam though as it has already be stated it was directed by Carro. i actually found it quite similar to "dark city". and it is past overdue but ma vie en rose is simply wonderful. it's about how a family deals with being alienated from their neighbors because their little boy wants to be a girl. sorry for the lack of b&s content but posting looked so fun when you guys did it. janet. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: if you're feeling the minister
by conan the librarian 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

Q: what's the difference between roast beef and pea soup? A: anyone can roast beef. ha! sometimes i can't tell if pjmiller is making fun of me or not. i mean, big tackle this and big tackle that, and cod reggae.....sheesh. pick a real idol, pajama boy. i ain't no hero. but any post where someone speaks of taking a dump is a-ok with me. we all ought to do it more often. so there i was, on the commode......ah screw it. plagiarism is so boring. i got a copy of the album. thanks you know who you are. there's one song i don't care for at all. i won't say what it is cause i don't want to ruin it for anyone. and i can't rave about how good it is cause i don't want to ruin it. but it's good. has anyone heard snowpony? i had big hopes, but i heard it today. chalk up another disappointment. if anyone wants to nominate me for the weekly poem, i'm sure i could squeeze something out. Q: what's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? A: the taste. Q: what has four legs, is big, green, fuzzy, and if it fell out of a tree would kill you? A: a pool table. i subscribe to a humour list. -brad +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: Mommyheads
by Leo Hernandez 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Yay...another Mommyheads fan! The DGC deal was rather sad. I felt the Mommyheads were one of the greatest pop bands to come around when they were introduced. Anyway, Swimming in my Girlfriend's Pool is on Coming into Beauty, thier first release, and is usually buried in most CD stores Used CD bin, or you can look on http://www.gemm.com/ to find it. Gemm always has lots of rare CDs. Does anyone know if the Athens date has been confirmed? Also, who is playing in support on the east coast? bye y'all! Leo ================================================================== "...people would like to think that there's somebody up there who knows what he's doing. since we don't participate, we don't control and we don't even think about questions of vital importance. we hope somebody is paying attention who has some competence. let's hope the ship has a captain, in other words, since we're not taking part in what's going on" ================================================================== +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: RE:
by Seamus Campbell 26 Aug '98

26 Aug '98

Gilliam? As in Terry? City of Lost Children is a Jeunet and Caro film -- they are the folks who did Delicatessen. And they are wonderful. seamus > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin, Ezra [SMTP:martine@BDD.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 6:22 AM > To: sinister post > Subject: > > > Lisa wrote: > >does anyone reccommend any other french movies where childern are the > main > >characters? > > You can't go wrong with the City of Lost Children. I think it's one > of > Gilliam's finest, and the children are simply brilliant. Most > impressive to me is the cinematagraphy, as with most of Mr. Gilliam's > work. My favorite film featuring a child as a main character has got > to > be My Life as a Dog. A touching story about being removed from > someplace comfortable and being placed someplace foreign....without > your > little dog. > > and kristin wrote: > >am i the only one here not from the europe area??? > > I'm not! I'm stuck here in the 90 degree heat and humidity of NYC in > the summer, and I'm not a happy lad. > > -Ezra > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > -+ > +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ > To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To > unsubscribe > send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to > "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list > rules, > FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister > +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ > +--------------------------------------------------------------------- > -+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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