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Sinister: I'm only lucid when I'm riding buses
by ELIZABETH DAPLYN 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

OK, so this isn't an ink _Polaroid_, 'cause I think that good things come to those who wait. I took it with my silly old ink Instamatic with weird obsolete 110 film a couple of weeks ago, but hadn't bothered to get it developed until now. When you look at it at first you can't see what it is, but then it comes into focus as someone's shoulder, loosely clad in a beige coat (you know the type, they're only ever worn by old men with really thick glasses) and partially obscured by the back (tightly clad in horrible orange faux-tartan) and peeling chromed rail of the seat in front of me. When the old guy got on the bus outside the hospital he offered the driver two choices from a paper bag of Woolworths Pic 'n' Mix, paid his fare fumblingly with arthritic fingers, then sat down on the seat directly in front of your correspondent, just where I could see the small flecks of dandruff on his collar, nicely highlit by the greeny-gold sunlight bouncing around through the trees as the bus turned corners. Bonjour et au revoir, Liz. ************************************************************* Cultivo una rosa blanca, en julio como en enero Cultivo una rosa blanca, en julio como en enero Para el amigo sincero que me da su manera franca. ************************************************************* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Dodgy vampire movies
by Vicky Parkinson 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

Philippe wrote: >Mark is right. "Chacun Cherche Son Chat" (if you can repeat this title 10 >times very fast, your french is excellent) is certainly the best film >directed by Cedric Clapisch. I would just add that the old lady who is the >lead actress is not a professional actress. I thought that the lead actress was a 20-something long-legged, long dark hair waif, but maybe there is another french film about a lost cat. I thought it was great, but I saw it on a first date and he wasn't too impressed. But then I wasn't too impressed with him, what was I doing dating an accountant?! (before anyone takes offense, I know there are some nice accountants out there, and all accountants don't fit to the stereotype. Who am I to talk any way, I'm an archvist, to which some people automatically asume I'm a librarian, why?) Talking of films with Portishead in the soundtrack, has anyone else seen Nadja? It is this really cool, dark, absurd vampire movie. Everything is there. picture (in black and white of course) a bi-sexual female vampire, seducing a woman (very dodgy oral sex scene, not for the easily disgusted), boyfriend gets suspicious, brings in old doddery academic friend, Nadja has a brother who is ill, and I think the girlfriend is a means of making him better, anyway, the end is set in, yes you've guessed it, an old, gloomy castle, and surprise surprise, there's a stake. It sounds a bit ludicrous, but with Portishead all the way through it, there can be no other mood than dark and very atmospheric. If you ever get the chance, do see it, as it is certainly quite different. I'm going to be homeless in six days time, spot the bag lady at the London gig. I suppose it will mean that I'll spend everyday, all day in the library and computer room working on my dissertation (deadline three weeks today, aggghhh) which would be no bad thing. I'm going to be in Toronto for three weeks in Sept/October, so if any-one can spare a few mins to tell me where the best places for food/drink etc are, maybe I'll even let you listen to a tape of Looper 'Broadcasting Live from Mars'. Or something. 'Columbo' is absolutely amazing. Total genius Vicky xxxx ---------------------------------- All I need is a little time, To get behind this sun and cast my weight, All I need is a peace of this mind, Then I can celebrate +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Pop Art Bagpipe Explosion!
by PJMiller 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

This morning I heard another track from the new LP - "Sleep The Clock Around". It was great, there were Pigeon Street sound effects in the background and the bagpipes fit like a comfy pair of old slippers (tartan ones with fluffy lining). I liked it a lot, much more than that other one, which I also liked a lot, just didn't realise it at the time. It was on Spanish National Radio 3 Pop. I wasn0't doing the washing up this time, I was having a dump. To be honest, I think I'd finished, but I sat put until the song had finished. The lavatory is where I hear most new releases, because it's the place where I usually listen to the radio. Therefore a lot of new releases are subconsciously linked with voiding the contents of my bowels. The DJ said that B&S were from Glasgow but connected to the French music scene because that's where the records are released and that this is the first one with electronic elements as part of the fabric of the songs instead of just as decoration and they favour simplicity and melancholy in their music. I decided not to take the day off work this time, because otherwise I'd never get anything done. I put on my green and yellow fat belly bus t-shirt instead. Peter PS: Second B&S content-filled message in a row!!! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Un Air De Famille/When The Cat's Away
by Mark Iles 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

>Who's seen 'Un Air de Famille' or 'Ma Vie en Rose' ? Talk to me about them. >A bit of a tangent I know but I remember a bit of a thread about French >films a while back so I trust this subject's allowed. I haven't seen Ma Vie En Rose (although it was on round here a while back), but I _have_ seen Un Air De Famille. I liked it, but didn't think it was great. There was nothing wrong with it but, being based on a play, it all took place on a single set and seemed a bit static. The dancing scene, however, was excellent. Cedric Clapisch's previous film, Chacun Cherche Son Chat (When The Cat's Away), was wonderful - all about a woman who goes looking for her lost cat, realising on the way how lonely she is and finally finding love. It reminded me a bit of a road movie in that her journey (here, her search for her cat) leads to self discovery - it's far more naturalistic and less 'stagey' than Un Air De Famille. And the lead actress is both gorgeous _and_ vulnerable. A friend of mine saw it and thought it was depressing, but I found the ending very uplifting and came out of the cinema on a real high (the true test of a great film, as far as I'm concerned) - the final scene with Portishead playing is tremendous. 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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Sinister: corrupt b+s dreams
by tinystar＠worldy.com 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

Hi, I seem to get stage fright quite often when faced with posting to this list, but for the moment that has been overcome so away we go! I had a dream a couple of nights ago, which I think was actually dreamt in the wee hours of the morning, since I woke up feeling as though I needed to call Ahren and tell him the news...but I'm getting ahead of myself here. There's a new boy who has been hired at work, Ahren is his name, he's a couple years younger than me but yikes, is he ever a cutie! I've found myself often thinking devlish thoughts about devlish things, which somehow involve him (I swear I don't know how these things work themselves into my head), it's safe to say that yes, I am crushing over Ahren (and if he happens to love b+s and read this list, I will now, on cue, melt away into the rug). But in my dream, I had somehow heard the new b+s, in some sort of secretive fashion, and it was up to me to let Ahren know about it...I was calling him on a cell phone at an early hour and trying to describe the music, the beauty of it and how it was just flowing and tugging at my heartstrings, and also trying to wake him up because he was still sleeping and really couldn't comprehend the importance of it all, and it was vital that he did because darnit, this is Belle and Sebastian we're talking about here, and this is the sort of news that would send many kids into a wicked frenzy, but not Ahren, because he was still in the waking hours of his day and his words and thoughts were all blurry, and he sort of understood why I was getting so excited, but he told me that I should really not have woken him up for this news, so I promptly went over to his house (in dreams I can telelport somehow) and played him some b+s, and all of a sudden he GOT IT! and I could see the flicker as the bulb lit up in his head, and he then knew exactly why I had called him at 5am to tell him a b+s story. Oh, and we lived happily ever after. Of course. truly, jessica ***************************************************************** Someone had spied on us, I suppose, as we sat beside the canal and ate the sandwiches, drinking not even orangeade or Coca-Cola but hot milk out of a thermos. **************************************************************** t i n y s t a r @ w o r l d y . c o m +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: another ink polaroid
by azriel 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

wow, seems like all i post to you guys is ink polaroids. i sure hope you don't mind too much. i wrote this one tonight. it's kinda short. it has a title. heehee. "saturday night crap-shoot" actually, this was taken on a monday night. that's Clare on the floor laughing and reading. she was going through her old notebooks from high school. i'm on the bed feeling goofy. that was the night we decided to make our own sketch comedy show a la Saturday Night Live and call it "taped on a thursday night because we have better things to do." but i insisted it be called "saturday night crap-shoot." -kerry "literature will die out and stupid poetic phrases will remain to drift over the world." -- Milan Kundera +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: City of Lost Children
by Philippe GARNIER 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

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 cité 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. Philippe, not a lost child indeed +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: When The Cat's Away
by Philippe GARNIER 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

Mark wrote : >I haven't seen Ma Vie En Rose (although it was on round here a while back), >but I _have_ seen Un Air De Famille. I liked it, but didn't think it was >great. There was nothing wrong with it but, being based on a play, it all >took place on a single set and seemed a bit static. The dancing scene, >however, was excellent. Cedric Clapisch's previous film, Chacun Cherche >Son Chat (When The Cat's Away), was wonderful - all about a woman who goes >looking for her lost cat, realising on the way how lonely she is and >finally finding love. It reminded me a bit of a road movie in that her >journey (here, her search for her cat) leads to self discovery - it's far >more naturalistic and less 'stagey' than Un Air De Famille. And the lead >actress is both gorgeous _and_ vulnerable. A friend of mine saw it and >thought it was depressing, but I found the ending very uplifting and came >out of the cinema on a real high (the true test of a great film, as far as >I'm concerned) - the final scene with Portishead playing is tremendous. Mark is right. "Chacun Cherche Son Chat" (if you can repeat this title 10 times very fast, your french is excellent) is certainly the best film directed by Cedric Clapisch. I would just add that the old lady who is the lead actress is not a professional actress. She gave many interviews when the film was released, and she is really as fantastic in real life as she was in the film. happy to see thattere are some french films addicts on Sinister ! "Miaou" said the cat Philippe +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: all this talk of dreams...
by JonnyKat＠aol.com 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

warm greetings my sinister friends! was it only yesterday that i was writing about a perfect sunday? whose? it seems a hazy memory now. what is it about mondays that urges one to wake from the dream? sometimes, in the early part of the week, reality likes to touch me on the back, and push ever so gently. forward. forward. wake up from that dream, silly boy... it often makes me wonder just what is, and isn't, real. i wonder what is, and isn't, possible in my world. i know for certain that some things are very possible, if not downright probable: i could write a happy song tonight. i could sleep undisturbed in the grass by the river. simone could take up painting again. ... but many things may not be possible, i'm uncertain: will i ever ride in a spaceship? will i stop living in judgment, and simply live? can i make myself a chapeau out of dried orange slices? much love, jonny : ) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: your mail
by LMJ216＠aol.com 25 Aug '98

25 Aug '98

Ma Vie en Rose est tres bien! i loved it. i saw it two times in the theater. Another good french film is Ponnette. that also just recently came out on video too. does anyone reccommend any other french movies where childern are the main characters? oh i just found the book the little prince in the library today! i was so happy! i had been looking for a long time in the library for it because i love the book, but they never had it when i went. that's enough of nothing. Love Lisa +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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