August 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: John Ketley is a weatherman
by Mark Crutch 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

> John Ketley is a weatherman - dunno who sang it (and so is Michael Fish) > Will you still speak to me...? > Claire It was by "A Tribe of Toffs" - apparently a bunch of A-level or first year university students, or something, who had been watching kids BBC in the mornings and were inspired by the 11 o'clock break for the weather. As I was also between terms at the time, I too was watching kids TV and remember when they first played it, "as a bit of a larf." One of those odd moments in your life when you realise that some things can be so crap that they're ace. I never bought it though. As for still speaking to you: although the other stuff you mentioned was quite poor, I think we all knew of its existance, and should share your shame. Remembering John Kettley Is A Weatherman, however, gets you _huge_ bonus points in my book. Xav (and so is Wincy Willis) -- xav(a)compsoc.man.ac.uk http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav "It hath whirred into life" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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
by Bramleys 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

dear list, has anyone heard any of elliott smith's music? he is supporting belle and sebastian at the concerts, i think. anyway, there was an article in last sunday's sunday times about him, describing him as the missing link between Paul Simon and Kurt Cobain. "There is often an air of disorientation or confused ambiguity over the relationships and feelings he is trying to capture, contrasting with a melodic assuredness that brings to mind Simon and Garfunkel, Nick Drake, the Beatles and Chris Bell." And he did all the music for the film Good Will Hunting. Anyway, bethey and jon g. will be at the Nottingham concert. Is there anything happening in the afternoon beforehand, like a picnic? bye for now. bethey +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: John Ketley is a weatherman
by Simpson, Claire E 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

>As for still speaking to you: although the other stuff you mentioned >was quite poor, I think we all knew of its existance, and should >share your shame. Remembering John Kettley Is A Weatherman, however, >gets you _huge_ bonus points in my book. How many do i get knocked off for ...gulp...Snooker Loopy? "pot the red and screw back for the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black" Claire (and soooo iiiiis Iiiiian MacGaskill) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: mcdonald's big mac
by Mark Crutch 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

> mcdonald's big mac one? "blah-blah.....tomatoes, onions, on a seasame > seed bun." yeah, i think i still have that one on > the paper record from the sunday paper. how did that go, anyway? "Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions, on a sesame seed bun..." I really should get out more. > hey, and if anyone knows how to draw a smurf, please HELP!!! Well you can't draw a smurf until it's been hung, BUT remember that you have to do the drawing before you can quarter it. And there was only one female smurf - she must have put it about quite a bit... Xav -- xav(a)compsoc.man.ac.uk http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav "It hath whirred into life" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Good music biogs
by Mark Crutch 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

> 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. I can thoroughly recommend "Cor Baby That's Really Me" by John Otway. It's an autobiography, but it's all written in the third person because he felt stupid cataloguing his list of failures in the music industry, and it felt better to imagine he was writing about someone else. It's absolutely hilarious, yet at the same time quite sad and touching stuff. For those of you who don't know of John Otway, he got in the charts in 1977, to number 27, and has been making a career off it ever since. He's brilliant live, and is playing the Royal Albert Hall later this year (see www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav for more details). Amongst his odder moments in the pop world were: buying a Bentley with his #250k advance, then hiring a chauffeur because he can't drive; being dumped by the record company, then holding a benefit concert for them after they announced record losses, because he felt guilty; hyping a record to within inches of the top 40, then losing out due to an industrial dispute at the BBC; charting with a "punkish" song in 1977, then releasing a soppy ballad with 100 piece orchestra as his follow up, on the basis that the punks might want a change! His autobiography was released a few years ago, but is set for a millenial re-release, with new photos and an extra chapter or two. It's being released on 1st October, and should be available through most bookshops. A cracking good read. B & S content? Well, you can't have everything. Xav -- xav(a)compsoc.man.ac.uk http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav "It hath whirred into life" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ROCK Biographies (say it loud - say it proud)
by Keith Watson 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

If Debbie's into the Patti Smith book then she might be interested in Clinton Heylin's "The Velvets to the Voidoids" which not only charts that, but the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, the MC5, The New York Dolls, Television, the Dead Boys, Pere Ubu and Blondie amongst others. All the 70's New York bands. And it's a great book. Matthew Collins' Altered State is great too, it's about from the beginnings of Acid House in 1987 to the kind of crusty warfare stuff that went on around Spiral Tribe in 1992, it's really good, and even made me feel a bit sorry for crusties - at least for a few minutes. John Robb's book on the Stone Roses I read recently and if not brilliantly written, makes up for it with enthusiasm, and also reveals that Reni's favourite song is "Jump" by Van Halen, and that the Roses used to cover "Love Missile F1-11" by Sigue Sigue Sputnik. Johnny Rogan's giant book on the Byrds is really good too, mainly for David "Greavsie" Crosby's brilliant comments. It's not a brilliant book, but it is good, and it's huge, and as we've all been told recently "Size does matter" so I guess that makes it a great book. >the alcohol loves you, while turning you blue, Hey that's Party Fears Two isn't it - someone told me recently about how "William it was really nothing" by the Smiths is about Billy Mackenzie. It's a crazy rumour I suppose, but it might just be true. Cheers, Keith. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Puffin hell!
by Mark Casarotto 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

I have just found a Puffin Easy-to-Read Children's book from 1983 called "Fox on Wheels". If Stuart Murdoch had been a few years younger, I'd be wondering about copyright violation... On a totally different note, as we have established that we are all willing members of a cult, what are we going to do when the apocalyptic influx of new listees is upon us from September 7th onwards? Is there going to be some kind of means test for entry, or bizarre and possibly illegal initiation ritual? Thank you Sir, may I have another? Biondino xxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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

List songs, list songs, list songs. I thought remembering who sang "Hey Mathew" was pretty low, but being able to recall the words to McDonalds adverts is through the barrel, still digging. Now we've got days of the week in, it's time for months of the year. "April, come she will", from the Graduate, lists months and what happens in them. And, erm, there are lots of others. A number of Tindersticks songs have list-ish elements to them. Marbles is a mumbled list-like story, My sister has a brief list of things his sister sees, and Cherry Blossom sounds like a list, although its very difficult to make much out. If anyone out there has a copy of Brittle Days, the Nick Drake tribute album, I'd love to here it. And to those who have fallen in love with Bryter Layter, try Pink Moon. 29 minutes of heavenly acoustic tunes. It's weird to think that a lot of people will now be familiar with at least one Nick Drake song. I think it was "The thoughts of Mary Jane" which appeared on a double album of love songs from "Heartbeat". (For those of you not familiar with heartbeat, it's a cheesy rural cop show, set in the late 60's with musical background to match, starring a cheesy quiff-headed ex soap actor who had a number one hit of his own, and a man who was once respected for his performances in a sharp political satire. The other recent moment his music has been widespread was BBC2's Christmas season, featuring the beautiful Northern Sky as soundtrack. PS I love listening to incidental music in promotions for programmes, or seasons of programmes, purely for the why the hell did they choose that song factor. Everyone seems to be using "Air" at the moment. Must work, must work, must work. Bollocks. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: About list songs
by ANTONIO ZUQUETE 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Does anyone remenber a song that goes "Al Pacino uuuh, Robert de Niro uuuh, Kim basinger uuuh ...". It Was very popular on the dance floors a few years ago. At least around here. Kick the tragedy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: STARKERS! Not in my back room monsieur!
by Fluffy Candarel 19 Aug '98

19 Aug '98

Oh dear kiddies.... List songs have now taken over the list completely! I mean, shouldn't we be talking about The Smiths and er....who are the other people we are all suposed to like? Nick Drake? I like Nick Drake. BRYTER LAYTER, bit fab! I want to buy shoes! ANd I want to go shopping and do funky stuph! I want CONVERSE trainers, but finding them in Preston is like, hello Mr needle, hello mr Haystack, which is how most kids round here spend their Saturdays nights for want of anything better to do! Huzzah indeed for the "distinctly parochial outpost" of Preston! If thats what Preston is, I personally DREAD to think what Warton is. Oh, Gary says one of the best list songs is HAIR LIKE BRIAN MAY BLUES by Half man Half Biscuit. Eyy, I dunno.... Oh oh! Who on the list likes Melys? 'Cos I just heard some Ankst news on the SFA list, saying that MELYS *sigh* are touring in October, as are Topper. I don't realy know Topper though... Hmm. I'm bored...but not so bored to be drawing SMURFS which is something at least! Instead, I am running a competition to win a pair of Daf Super Furries cacky underpants and discussing seagulls. Hooray! YEY my dad has stopped lurking about and I can go back to chat! RAH! And SANDRA DURACIC?! STARLING IS MY NAME! ASK ANY CHATTER! thank you :) 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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