August 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: tarsier and sebastian
by Greekesque＠aol.com 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

that is one cute tarsier, but i've seen cutier. i wonder how nice they are? my good friend thinks that kowalas are cute, and don't get me wrong so do i. i watched many cartoons filled with little kowalas... but my friend won't realize that if you try and cuddle up with one, that i would claw your eyes right out of your face. one the other hand, has anyone from ussssssssssaaaaaaaaaaaa ever ordered any of the books from the treehouse? if so, please inform me on how it went and how happy you are. lovely morning: christian jay sienkiewicz. meat is murder. dairy is yuck. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: elliott smith and bumpteens across america!
by Greekesque＠aol.com 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

<< has anyone heard any of elliott smith's music? he is supporting belle and sebastian at the concerts, i think. >> yeah. he's quite the buzz in america. i don't know why. it's not like we haven't heard some depressed soul singing and playing guitar before. and if you ask me, his voice and songs are so bland and boring. i have no idea who chris bell is, but the beatles, nick drake, and simon and garfunkel are a million times better than elliott smith, any day of the week. on other elliott news: david, i can no longer get you an elliott smith tape. i found out the cd that i had has been gone for months, and so i asked another boy to tape it for me. well i have no idea where he went... i think they call it college here in america. i'm terrible sorry, and please forgive me. *christian* only 6 more days til i start school! woo hoo! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: jeepster-news: salako live - belle and sebastian sounds
by david kitchen 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

well we went up to hull and witnessed salako live, there we were trying not to get our hopes up, pretending that we'd be happy if they were bad (yeah, we'd never even seen them before they were signed!). none of the above mattered though, they blew our minds out. so now i sit here feeling slightly humbled and trying my best to encompass the best gig i've been to since belle and sebastian at the borderline during my more sprightly years. so yeah the point of this? well they still have a london instore to do, so to re-cap here are the details again. if you can make it along, then do so, it's worth it. London - Rough Trade - Talbot Road 5:30/6 p.m. for around 30 minutes plus they still have their residency at the Hull Adelphi, if you live local then drop in on them this Saturday night for only a couple of quid. -- two new preview clips from the Belle and Sebastian album are now available on the Jeepster site which takes the total to three. again these are in liquid audio and require the player. clips now available: Sleep The Clock Around Dirty Dream Number Two The Boy With The Arab Strap only two more clips will become available before the album is released on w/c 7th september. later this week or beginning of next week we'll be able to confirm some europe dates, so expect another mail around then. US dates are still being worked on, we haven't forgot about you! david kitchen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- david kitchen : merchandising and websites : jeepster records http://www.jeepster.co.uk/ http://www.jeepster.co.uk/belleandsebastian/ mailto:shop@jeepster.co.uk jeepster recordings ltd, 217 canalot, 222 kensal road, london w10 5bn to subscribe to the news mailing list mail majordomo(a)jeepster.co.uk with the words 'subscribe news' in the body of the message there is no need to subscribe if you are on the 'sinister' list ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a message from the Jeepster Records news mailing list. Visit our site at http://www.jeepster.co.uk for more info. To unsubscribe yourself from this list send a message to majordomo(a)jeepster.co.uk with the words 'unsubscribe news' in the body of the message Any problems? mailto:shop@jeepster.co.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by Adrian Evans 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Bethey wrote : >has anyone heard any of elliott smith's music? he is supporting belle and >sebastian at the concerts and Duke replied : >i'm sure loads of others have too, but here's my views: he's bloddy ACE. I only have the "Ballad of Big Nothing" single/ep thingy, but can on this single alone, thoroughly recommend you go buy some...and yes he is bloddy (?) ace... and NO, he's not a weatherman, and probably hasn't done any songs with lists in them either. >And he did all the music for the film Good Will Hunting. He did indeed, and stood up with his guitar at the Oscars ceremony and played a lovely song...but that might have been too late at night for you ;) PJM wrote : >Adrian wrote: >>Peter Miller...quit associating my good name (?) with that terrible book you >>tricked me into buying - I'll not lower myself to read it. >Sorry Adrian, I thought you'd already gone on holiday, so I was getting an >early start on my favourite list game of trying to get everyone to talk >about someone behind their back. It's never worked yet, people are so >discreet. Confirmation that as at 13:30 BST toooooooomorrow, the back-stabbing can officially begin. Not that I'll ever know about it...plane's bound to crash. Private Frazier. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 favourite word today is bloddy
by Barrett Ronan 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Music biogs - does "Lost In Music" by Giles Smith count? Basically a pop music "Fever Pitch", which I know everyone and their dog have copied, but still a good read and a good laugh. Bloddy good. List songs - my tape tree tape contains "I Am Afraid" by A House, which goes something like "I am afraid of the dark, I am afraid of the day, I am afraid to walk outside, and of what people say etc etc". Bet ye all can't wait now. Elliott Smith - definitely bloddddy good, on the "Either/Or" LP and live anyway. Lambchop - blodddddy good too, especially "Theone". I think I like "new country", even if it is just a big bad music industry invention. Both of these have new albums out in the next few weeks, along with B&S, Divine Comedy, Gorky's and Catchers. Anyone know any good money-lenders? Are there any picnics/socials planned for the Bank Holiday weekend? I'm over for Reading, and I'd love to meet up if there was anything on. That's enough for this month Ronan

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Sinister: Me and my girl, sealclubbing
by Mctaggart, Robert 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Hello, ...and goodbye. I am leaving you for a couple of weeks to go up North (please note the absence of a "y" in that last word). I'm going to Iceland. And I am looking forward to it with intense intensity. We're going to look at volcanos. Hopefully one will erupt on an uninhabited island off the coast rathen than directly under my feet. Are volcanos sexy, or am I a pervert? I'm going pony riding (yes, I am a pervert), I've decided. Icelandic ponies have an extra type of movement you know, other than walk, trot, run, canter and gallop. I'm a mind of information. I'm looking forward to meeting lots of you (again) in a couple of weeks time. I couldn't decide which shows to leave out so I thought "Bollocks, I'll go to all of them". I'm not ashamed to say that I am very excited. It looks like a good time to depart as the conversation drifts to lists of list songs. "John Ketley is a weatherman". Dear God - have we really sunk this low? Nice to see the Duke of Hazzingay casually mentioning a St Etienne song you can't bloody get anywhere. What would Rosco P!O!P! Coltrane say about that, eh? The only list song worth mentioning is the strident anthem for the People's Republic of Sinister, which I will write in my mind, as I gaze wistfully towards Canada. Do you know there's somewhere in Baffin Island which translates from Inuit as "The place where two men kissed for no reason and the caribou ran away"? Now I shall love you and leave you. Robert Jamesson 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: [NBSC] big-eyed beasties, books, and country. and a trip down sin ister memory lane
by Hopkins, Tim 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Claire wrote: >Tarsiers: saucer-eyed, insect-eating midget monkey. For any interested listees, I can confirm that Tarsiers would run lemurs very close in a battle of the cutest. Look: http://homepages.iol.ie/~spice/images/tarsier.htm Although what form a battle of cuteness would take, I'm not sure. I would like to see it though. Debbie wrote: > Also, can anyone recommend any good music biogs? I'm hooked on them at the > moment for some reason and am currently reading one on the wonderful Patti > Smith but am nearly finished and would like to know what else is good. > Thanks! Although I absolutely adore Brian Wilson's 'Wouldn't It Be Nice', which is the ultimate in unreliable autobiographies, most of the music books I like tend to concentrate on a style. Barney Hoskyns' recently reprinted 'Say It One Time For The Brokenhearted: The Country Side Of Southern Soul' was the start of a musical passion for me which hasn't died. The Rough Guide To Reggae, which Pebble Miller At One has been on about lately is also a great handbook and a cool read. Jon Savage's book on Punk Rock, 'England's Dreaming', is also fantastic, although not as fantastic as my number one favourite book on music ever, Parsons and Burchill's 'The Boy Looked At Johnny. For the most part untrue, and for the rest ill-advised, it's bile-filled and 500 mph and hateful and nasty and utterly P!O!P!. Savage tells you how it was, Tony and Julie give an idea of how it *felt*. I have to say that I think Clinton Heylin is a bit of a twerp, and a dull archivist. Adam, the author of the fine 'Heroes And Villains' Beach Boys biog. is one Steven Gaines, by the way. The Duke wrote >i too remember that record, and remember thinking when i first heard it >that it was, basically, The Chesterfields. I remember drunkenly asking someone whether they were the bass player of the Chesterf!elds once, when he plainly looked nothing like him. Odd. The Duke also wrote: >The cover CD is good though, and makes me want to hear more of quite a few of the >newer groups. Funnily enough, I'm listening to that right now. You are right, some of it is fine, although I have to say that the Flying Burrito Brothers track does a good impression of pissing all over the others from a great height. My objection to the who 'new country' thing is that it seems to be yet another attempt to sell us more or less insipid, more or less corporate folk rock (of the kind so beloved by the bosses of major record labels) under a new name, to try and make it sound exciting. That's what I think anyway. I adore country music, but not much of this stuff passes muster. Of course it's not the artists' fault that they've been lumped into a pigeonhole. I just hate the pigeonholing. On the other hand, it is the artists fault if they make boring music. Which some of these folks seem to. The duke(it must be school holidays or something), also wrote: >well there's a hefty chunk in my upcoming book (plug plug - but no pics, >sorry) 'Young And Foolish' You neglected to tell us when your upcoming book, Young And Foolish, will be published. And who by, and for how much it will be on sale at good booksellers near us. ;-) Oh, and a little tip for the new listies who I just *know* are all on their way to http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/ in order to brush up on the bits of the list FAQ (particularly points 11 and 12) that they didn't understand the first time, why not do yourselves a favour. Go to the 'search' page, and search on the words 'song snake'. You'll need to search all months, but only titles and authors. Read Mr. Leonard's message. You won't regret it. I promise. If you have some time to spend, look up the word 'lemur' too. And tell me whether Tarsiers are cuter, or not. Duke, would it make you feel any better if I told you they weren't bagpipes? Thought not This old town's filled with sin, Tim +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by Neil Dewhurst 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Nic Wrote... I've only got Way to Blue (Sell out best of introduction to..) by Nick Drake and I love it. Which one should I get next then? I gather there are 3 proper albums. So should I plump for 1 or just get them all? Anyone know if the box-set thing with all of them and an extra cd is still available anywhere? cheers The box-set is all over the place, and will set you back around £40 for the four CDs. There is also a tribute album, which I don't have, and a tape of home recordings, which I do, but not the best quality. If you want any info, try this site... http://www3.hb.se/kursinfo/studdocs/stefan/nick.htm <http://www3.hb.se/kursinfo/studdocs/stefan/nick.htm> . There is, if it still exists, a fanzine run by a guy called Jason Creed, whose detailsI don't have right now, but above all, buy the biography. It's the best I've read, although it is only the second I've read. Love to you all Neil +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: tuesday night sleep time fest in a bedroom upstairs.
by Greekesque＠aol.com 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

<< They wouldn't do that to us, would they? I was so angry when i missed Elf Power/Of Montreal/Neutral Milk Hotel last month because they played at a 21+ bar in Philly, and now i hear that Red House Painters will be pulling the same stunt in another month or so. At least Sunny Day Real Estate is playing at an all-ages club. Hopefully Belle and Sebastian would be as kind and understanding. If they come to my own backyard and i can't get in, it would break my sad little heart. >> have you heard the new sunny day album?! if not, i hate to break it too you, but it's so disapointing! i'm so against 21+ shows, and i will continue to be even after i'm 21+. i hate beer. christian. (kiss kiss kiss) p.s.! anyone in the upper part of north america, and all you canadians should listen to the radio show *brave new waves* which is on 89.9 from midnight til 4:00 in the morning. it's so great, and a few days ago they played looper. gotta listen. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: A bad Poem, and a McDonalds joke...
by Shearer, Calumn 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Am I in a good mood today or WHAT!! One of my friends has just (11:00 this morning) become a Father. (dad, not priest) I got Invited to a party... I finally own a copy of Tigermilk! (b&s content) I now have the most massive list crush on..... the person that gave me it (Liz knows who she is.. oh, damn!) So, In honour of these, (and as an excuse to use a joke I had sitting around...) I bring you the following for your delight, delectation, and basically to waste 20 mins of my work time.... love you all cal The Spelling Checker Poem ---------------------------------------- I have a spelling checker. It came with my PC. It plane lee marks four my revue Miss steaks aye can knot see. Eye ran this poem threw it. Your sure real glad two no. Its very polished in its weigh, My checker tolled me sew. A checker is a blessing. It freeze yew lodes of thyme. It helps me right awl stiles to reed, And aides me when eye rime. Each frays comes posed up an my screen Eye trussed too bee a joule. The checker pours o'er every word To cheque sum spelling rule. Bee fore a veiling checkers Hour spelling mite decline. And if we're laks oar have a laps, We wood be maid to wine. Butt now bee cause my spelling Is checked with such grate flare, There are know faults with in my cite, Of nun eye am a wear. Now spelling does not phase me, It does knot bring a tier. My pay purrs awl due glad den With wrapped words fare as hear. To rite with care is quite a feet Of witch won should be proud, And wee mussed dew the best wee can, Sew flaws are knot aloud. Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays Such soft wear four pea seas, And why eye brake in two averse Buy righting want too please. I thank you..... And for my next trick... The School Bus (almost on topic) ----------------------- There was this guy who just got a new job as a school bus driver for elementary school children. He thought it would be nice to paint the school bus with characters from Sesame Street. So, he painted Bert and Ernie, Big Bird, The Cookie Monster and so forth. At his first stop, there was this very overweight little girl. He opened the door and said, "Hi, I'm the new bus driver. What is your name?" The girl said that her name was Pattie. Waiting at the next stop was another overweight little girl. He said, "Hi, I'm the new bus driver. What is your name?" She said that her name was Pattie also. At the next stop, there was a grown woman and a little boy. The bus driver said, "Hi, I'm the new bus driver. What is your name?" The woman piped up and said, "His name is Ross and he is my son." She continued, "He is very, very special, so I want you to take extra good care of him." The bus driver replied, "No problem. He can have this seat right behind me and I can watch him really good in the mirror." At the next stop, there was this little country boy standing there. The little boy was wearing tattered overalls and had no shoes or socks on his feet. The poor little boy had problems walking because of bunions all over his feet. The bus driver said, "Hi, I'm the new bus driver. What is your name?" The little boy replied, "My name is Lester Cleese." Well, little Lester picked at his bunions all the way to the school house, nearly driving the driver crazy. Later that night, at home, his wife asked him how his first day on the new job was. The man replied: Well, I had Two Obese Patties, Special Ross, Lester Cleese Picking Bunions On A Sesame Street Bus." See, that was _almost_ on topic.... List songs: How about "The Song of The Clyde" - I can't remember how it goes, but it lists off all the towns on the River Clyde... I had more last night, but I keep forgetting them ;-) Hee, hee - I'm off to get more coffee and them go for a 2-hour lunch break. Life is Good - Always remember this and you won't go wrong. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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