August 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Elliot Smith
by Scott Turner 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

<<oh, and on the elliot smith subject: my friend cary saw him open for ben folds five and he said that all of his songs sound the same. now, remember, this isn't my opinion, just that of a close friend. I'm just relaying it to those who previously inquired about the subject.>> i think Elliots has (unwillingly) become the mopey "hip cuz we're sad" indiekid's superhero after he did the oscars or grammys (i always get them confused). I mean hearing one song of his off of "either/or" is cool or using him as intermittent background music for a movie is cool, but listening to the whole album straight through I find to be really really boring. In that respect he's like Low and other half-ass mope bands that just don't have a diverse enough pallete to paint a sad painting that you want to look at for more than a couple of minutes. Melancholy stuff like Red House Painters, Tindersticks, American Music Club, Eric Mathews,lullabye for the working class, and of course Belle & Sebastian is so damn good because its pallette is so mature, nuanced and diverse. Who knows, maybe his new album will have some more texture. .scott +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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None
by Rehak, Kimberly 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

I'm sorry, I know this subject of list songs is getting very old, I just have to refute the ultimate lists songs listed. that one song "la vie boheme" from the musical _rent_ is the ULTIMATE list song. that's it! that's all! I won't bother you with any more. oh, and on the elliot smith subject: my friend cary saw him open for ben folds five and he said that all of his songs sound the same. now, remember, this isn't my opinion, just that of a close friend. I'm just relaying it to those who previously inquired about the subject. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Eeeeet. Sleeeeep. Driiiiiiink. MIN-TEEEE!
by J Errington 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Seb said; > what about 'That's Nice' called by Minty? Maybe not totally a list > song, but kind of. For those not lucky enough to have heard it, it consisted > of a man reading deadpan list of things 'a cup of tea, and a slice of life' > which a squarky woman would then declare 'nice'. > It was one of those songs that I hated so much that I ended up loving it to > bits, like Fake DIY by Bis, and that one by Tiger. Odd how that happens, isn't > it? Oh yes, Minty! Their album has been in my CD player since it came out. Sadly they have now split and become part along with the 'even stranger' Off-Set. Meanwhile, their best 'List Song' remains Useless Man, which goes: bootlicking, pissdrinking, fingerfrigging, tit-tweaking, lovebiting, arselicking, shit-stabbing, muthafucking, spunk-loving, ballbusting, cocksucking, fistfucking, lipsmacking, thirstquenching, cool-living, ever-giving useless man. about 25 times. Recognise it? The squarky woman is Nichola Bowery, Widow of performace artist and Minty founder Leigh. I'm so glad I saw them live - a band that can shock even todays audiences really are something (This involves amongst other things, the naked - except for a giant tubey plastic hat - lead singer (i.e. Nichola) pissing into a plastic cup at the end of the set) My fave list song, though, is 'British Children On Smack' by The Yummy Fur which goes "British mums / British dads / Get your children off the smack / And onto something friendlier / Onto something healthier / Like...." and then goes on to list a lot of things. Indecypherably. Several of them involve the word 'prostitute'. Jess said > By the way, Honey: i'm watching you. Well done Jess, you too have found the Honeycam website at www.geocities.com/tweepop/peephole/shameless/1986 Yours about to change his sig file. Yes, again. WeeJay "...All you can do is laugh All I can do is cry..." james(a)twopounds.u-net.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: Strange Quotes
by Chris Jones 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

chris.jones(a)saqnet.co.uk http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/saxtead/chris.htm http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/saxtead/tiger/ I have noticed that many listees have quotes at the bottom of their E-Mails, so I thought I might start as well, but with a different quote every day. "A pig and a half is by far the fastest way to go round tha semi-circle" Chris Jones. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: down in oakhampton
by Nick Dastoor 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Nick Dastoor wrote: > I like the line about the Asian cab driver's love/hate affair with his > racist Old Compton clientele. >the duchess, on first hearing 'the boy with the arab strap' said >:"down in Oakhampton??". i said no. the duke Say no, by all means, but don't stifle the whole mishearing thing. Has anyone else got any comic misunderstandings to add to the list collected a while ago (see the 'Stuff' section of the website)? 'Belle and Sebastian/On the radio/Singing songs for lunatics' Laugh? Yes, I did. Has anyone else recklessly bought tickets for Leeds and Nottingham without having any idea where they are going to stay? Youth hostel tips, anyone? My contribution to why Macs are better than PC's: They make messages in the Sinister archive occasionally appear in turquoise. Isn't that clever? Nick xxx ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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: Mark & Lard
by Chris Jones 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

chris.jones(a)saqnet.co.uk http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/saxtead/chris.htm http://www.saqnet.co.uk/users/saxtead/tiger/ Was anyone listening to Mark & Lard this afternoon? I actually had my suggestion read out on the cheesily cheerful chart challenge! Wey-hey! Chris Jones. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: stuff (off-topic, natch)
by Erin Lewis 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Hey Kids! Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries Icy Coke, Thick Shake, Sundaes and Apple Pies Thank you, thank you all. Richard asked for suggestions for his Beach Boy doco - I suggest Roland Orzabal from Tears For Fears. He wrote the loveliest song, "Brian Wilson Said", which is - frankly - the only song I listen to on "Elemental". So sad, and so beautiful. Also, the Apples in Stereo have been compared with the BB a million and one times (exactly - I counted), so you might consider them. I know BB were largely influential for their music, too. Windy and Carl are the owners, I believe, of Aquarius Records, the same people who wrote the lovely Looper description I posted a few days ago. Not like that matters... As for RHP, I will consider myself the resident list expert, because I get all my info from Mark himself. The solo tour is first, which will probably be more acoustic instead of featuring different musicians. They're playing this Sunday in L.A. and next Thursday in S.F. The new album comes out November or December-ish, and there will be a full-band tour at that time. So this is kind of a warmup. If you have any other questions, e-mail me privately. Ezra mentioned Half String, and Tom mentioned the dB's. I love this list. :) Oh yeah, I went back to the archives and tried to dig up previously answered questions about "Rhoda", my favorite B&S song at the moment (thanks, Ed!). But no one really had an answer. Since no one knows when/if it will be released, does anyone at least have a good copy? Have we attempted lyrics on it yet? If you listen to the lyrics, you can plainly hear that Belle and Sebastian would endorse Special K cereal. And thank goodness I know the alternate meaning for "fag" (hint: it doesn't mean cigarette in America), or I'd be rolling prematurely in my grave. -Miss Erin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: yet more list songs
by Mark Iles 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

A couple more list songs: 52 Girls by the B52's - I think you can guess what it's a list of - and Tom Lehrer's periodic table song (again with a pretty self-explanatory theme) is surely the ultimate list song... Mark +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sainsburys security! Like I'm DEAD SCARED, oh what a FRIGHTENING world, it can be!
by Fluffy Candarel 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

OK LETS PEDESTRIANZE THE HIGH STREET! Hiya! Its actually about books mostly. Books. My holiday reading, amongst others, consisted off: >From Joy Division to New Order : The Factory Story by Mick Middles. GREAT! Even though I now know more about Slaughter and the Dogs than I cared about, but its a fab book indeed, not arsey, and downright effing 'ularious in parts. READ IT GODAMIT! No Tony Wilson in that large contents thank the moon and stars! It calls Preston "distinctly parochial". Hmmm. And places the NORTHERN poonk scene of 77 in a very nice way that I actually may care about...refreshing change from... Englands Dreaming by Jon Savage. Very academic and HEAVY to stick in yer hand luggage, thank god now I know Malcom McClaren used to run a 50's shop...whattawanker! Its alright I supose, but a tad dull....its mostly about them Sex Pistols. Who I am afraid I have not bothered to care one jot abou, and talks about the London scene, which bears as much releation to my current life as does, ooh, tippex teddy bears. So theeere....much more fun to read is.... The Boy Looked at Johnny by that JulieBurchillWhatSometimesIsInTheGuardi an and ThatWankerTonyParsons.... Tis marvellous and easy to slip in hand luggage cos there aint that much of it at all. Slags off everyone and everything apart from the Tom Robinson Band (who we ALL love obviously...) and Poly Styrene - and is absolutely marvellous, read it! Come on it was in Preston library so you should be able to find it anywhere. Who is Barry McGuire? 'Cos they say Paul Weller is the Barry McGuire of Punk. I hope he is a big fat turd! I have heard not ONE song from that new B&S album. Not one. I hate you ALL who have heard them, I really do...when are they played? Please? I'm going to *sniffle* Argh who cares....I listened to Goop Dogrill the other day. I have one of their songs on a tape. I don't know how. Sadly to say...it isn't that bad!!! AAARGH! Seb wrote: >PS, Are you still writing that P!O!O! book Duke? I'd love to buy a copy. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Was that intentional or UNintentional? HAHAHAHHAHAH! Very funny anyways, heheh! Im glad there aren't that may piccies in dooks book then. I think we've all looked up 'poo', on the internet when we bored haven't we.....er... haven't we?!!?! I'M GOING NOW BYE!!!!!! Fluffy Candarel +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: what's.brown.and.sits.on.a.wall?
by barzy＠networkmags.com 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

>Two "list jingles": > >Apples, Hazelnuts, Sultanas. Raisins, Coconuts, Bananas. > Beth prefers "i've got a loverly bunch of coconuts." >Will it be chips or jacket spuds? >Will it be carrots or frozen peas? >Will it be mushrooms, <token black guy>fried onion rings?</tbg> >We'll have to wait and see. >We hope it's chips, its chips, >We hope it's chips, its chips > Beth prefers "who ate all the pies? who ate all the pies? The huns! (those fat bastards) THEY ate all the pies." > >I got a bundle of stuff that I'd ordered from Action Records this morning. >New singles by Kenickie & Tiger. The Graham Coxon album. And I finally >got a copy of the V-Twin single, which is alright I suppose. > I've not heard the Graham records, but my pally Raquel said it sucks Coxon. >I'd also ordered a copy of the Kid Loco album on a whim, having heard >"Love Me Sweet" on last week's Alternative Nation. Great album (I imagine >it would be most agreeable if you were in the habit of partaking of "jazz >cigarettes"), but imagine my surprise when I read the line "KATRINA >MITCHELL: Vocals on 'Love Me Sweet'". What are the chances of that >happening, eh? > Ohhhh...This is one of my favourites of the year....."Love Me Sweet" is my most played song of the moment (knocked to number two only by the new B&S...but hey...) It's such a lovely LP.....and yeah...tho sooo untwee, Katrina's vocals work sooooo well....*sigh* my radio doesn't go high enough for this one... >Imagine how different your life would be if urine was highly flammable. > It would be.....too much like yours? Rod, you're lighting the wrong end..... beff. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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