August 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: rock biographies and an ugly footballer
by Adam Robinson 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

Debbie wanted some recommendations of rock biogs. I particularly like the ones that contain exciting revelations of decadent rock-and-roll misbehaviour. Julian Cope's seminal memoir of the Liverpool post-punk scene "Head On" is particularly good for this. It's also a tremendous all-round page-turner that I simply couldn't put down. "Heroes And Villains" the true story of the Beach Boys is also a fascinatingly scurrilous and instructive tome, however I think it's out of print and I can't remember who wrote it. So that's, um, not much use. Peter Miller must have a heavily annotated copy. Perhaps he could lend it out. On a more academic level I really enjoyed "Across The Great Divide", Barney Hoskyns' book about The Band, but then I am a boring old bastard. Mark, Donnie Rovers' new signing is none other than Uncle Disgusting himself, Mr Neville Southall. Shaking the football world, indeed ! PS, to Oon: thanks v much for offering me info on Bangkok, but I didn't get the message until I returned, so I couldn't take you up on it. Cheers, Adam +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Monday Glasgow Gig Meet up
by secret 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* chris wrote: Right here's a plan for Monday for those who are going to the Glasgow gig. We meet in the Java Cafe on Gibson Street at 16:30 hours. How's that? They sometimes have food, if not there's a take away next door and ho ho a pub. linda wrote: Oon-from-Thailand off the 3.17 train at Central Station on Monday. Honey and I will probably go as well, and then the suggestion is to get something to eat/drink in Java and the surrounding area (unless anyone has any other suggestions)and go on to the "gig". Chris want more people to meet Oon so that it looks like he has lots of friends. Meet at John Smiths at 6.30? Let me or Chris know who's going to turn up. Does this sound like a reasonable paln? and now i write: damn, pipped to the post because we failed to send our message before leaving london this morning! anyhow, i had organised some entertainment for you in advance and had thought along similiar lines: at 4/4:30 pm another jeepster band 'snow patrol' who keith recently decribed as 'quite good actually' after spending the previous few weeks trying to say they weren't, will be doing a special instore to celebrate the release of their debut album 'songs for polar bears'. this will last about 1 hour maximum, from where we intended to take a trip down to the java cafe! and that's where chris leonards plan overlaps mine :) so the running order for the day seems to go something like this; if you arrive early see snow patrol do an astounding instore at missing records on wellington st (nr central station!). if you finish work at 6, head for java cafe if you arrive in the town about 7:30, head straight to the venue on maryhill road. this should all now be cool, and we're sorry for not mailing this info yesterday when we had it. one last thing - how do ppl with outlook express cope? we're in java now and this is THE worst program we have EVER used. so that's it, bye from david and katrina, happily wasting an afternoon in glasgow :) /me has a big grin on my face please note that though we may check the archives tomorrow - we're not really contactable at the moment due to outlook express being poo! see you all later! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: list
by brad 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

list song: serge gainsbourg "new york usa" -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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Sinister: List songs (fwd)
by Jessica Murphy 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

The Nails, "88 Lines About 44 Women"? Or maybe it's too descriptive. This is addictive. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 12:01:34 +0000 From: Mark Iles <iles(a)boreas.leeds.icnet.uk> To: sinister(a)majordomo.net Subject: Sinister: List songs >How many other list songs have there been? I remember the Billy Joel >song We Didn't Start The Fire, and of course A House's Endless Art/ >More Endless Art (and it's erm tribute, the Divine Comedy's Booklovers) >but there must have been more. There's also 'It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)' by REM, which is ace. And 'Hit' by the Wannadies is kind of a list song - he lists the days of the week at least. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: List songs
by carly marcoux 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

morning all, would anyone consider '17 reasons (why I love her)' i think; by my life story (that's WITH the two bonus reasons) a list song? and what about that blur track on trainspotting where damon names all of the james bond movies he's in love with? or has anyone mentioned that already... is anyone familiar with momus? he must have a list song on one of his albums for sure... i'd have to make a check on that one tho. b&s content: quite lovely was the track on the jeepster site set aside for liquid audio last week... very impressed was i! can't wait to hear the album so i can play it 20x ev'ry day... typing into the wee hrs of the morn.xo sammi. hiyo!*-ling! p.s. speaking of carter...this is quite a lovely one i think... "This is our future and it starts with a C, It stands for care in the comunity. And I've got you to care for me so I can care for you. The north and south are divided no more, So you and I can be equally poor And all the things I love you for, Won't pay for food and gas. And flattery will get you nowhere fast. What we need is a roof overhead An old settee and a room with a bed An old TV to feed your head With news, and films, and soaps Maybe then we can try for a child The news at 10 with a beautiful smile A boy or girl to save the world With peace and love for you And Peace and Love, Will get you nowhere too. And I know that it won't be you, And you know it won't be me This is the future and it starts with a C, It stands for care in the comunity. And I've got you to care for me So I can care for you. The north and south are divided no more, So you and I can be equally poor And all the things that I adore Won't pay for food and gas. And flattery will get you nowhere fast." sad but quite beautiful "Nowhere Fast." ______________________________________________________ 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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RE: Sinister: List songs
by Cakuls, Tom 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

how about "swimsuit issue" (supermodels) by sonic youth or "night train" (cities) by james brown or "award tour" (cities) by tribe called quest or "amplifier" (pilfered possessions) by the dbs or 'big road' (new jersey turnpike (garden state parkway?) rest stops) by jon spencer and that's all for the moment tom +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Doncaster, Helsinki, Tulse Hill
by Mark Casarotto 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

It wasn't The song about Favourite Things from the Sound of Music that you meant by Mary Poppins, was it? Or am I just forgetting something startlingly obvious from one of my fave films (honestly!)? And about Carter USM - pretty much all their songs were list songs by nature. They had so many bloody words they couldn't really avoid it from time to time. What about Shoppers Paradise, and Sheriff Fatman "with his valium, amphetamines, his sick notes and his phony prescriptions" etc.? Talking of Carter - I may have admitted in the past to a love for early nineties fraggle pop. I'm not proud of this. But somehow not ashamed either. For a good two years during the most impressionable time of my life, my musical taste was governed by a longing for the first EP by Senseless Things and an uncontrollable need to own all the pre-Tranzophobia Mega City Four singles. And I've got them all, as well, and they do make me feel all affectionate when I come across them while looking for that fashionable late 90s scot-pop 7" that you young people are always talking about these days (I even discovered I had a BMX Bandits record in my collection I never even knew about! It's the vinyl equivalent of finding something down the back of the sofa, albeit slightly less exciting than 20p and a fruit polo). Anyway, now that I've got that cathartic but probably extremely unwise confession out of the way, can I just say to J. On that I thought Honey himself wanted your extra ticket? Or did I misread it (I can't check my old email, so I'm having to wing it)? I want to see if he really looks like his photo on the sinister site... I have in front of me a promo CD for Pat Sharp (Let's all Chant indeed!) and his entertainment company. Looking at the credits, he appears to have done a lot of work in Finland. I'm sure U.103 Radio Helsinki and Radio Nova Helsinki (who, I've heard, keep playing "Chick Factor" on heavy rotation - cheers Pat) are delighted at their media coup. Which reminds me - does anyone know anything about Doncaster Rovers' "astonishing" new signing? Kisses, Mark xxxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: List songs
by Shearer, Calumn 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

Oh, Oh, Oh... just thought of another one : "fitter happier " by Radiohead... still thinking... >cal +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Trees Lounge bad?!! philly good??!!!
by Scott Turner 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

On 17 August at 21:41 GMT, TFertig3 wrote: <<First off, someone mentioned that _Trees Lounge_ is a great film. I must say, it is anything but.>> What are you M!A!D! Trees Lounge is Buscemi's finest- he wrote, directed and starred in it, plus its his own dream autobiography of what would have happened to his life if he hadn't left long island. For anyone who has ever fled long island- THIS MOVIE IS THE NAIL!!!!!!!!! (philadelphia is still a phony phaker quaker city- looks good when you visit, but is creatively impotent, has THE most active politically forced gentrification i've ever experienced, is an urban planning disaster, and sucks your soul dry when you live here. thats the end of my rant) Has anyone else picked up the new Willard Grant Conspiracy disc?? .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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Sinister: Re: Strong Island
by Martin, Ezra 18 Aug '98

18 Aug '98

Hello list. This is my first post and I'd just like to address an issue here: >staten island maybe? though that would be a laugh, to classify staten >island as an "exotic place!" the most maligned of the boroughs of New >York, it's really only one step away from lawn guyland or new joisey. >home of mall rats and auto detailers and all that.....> .... >hey, you mustn't forget that running the entire length of staten island is >a garbage dump, too!! A real dandy of a place to live. The is entirely untrue, and in fact a bit ridiculous. The dump, while quite large, is only in one area of an uninhabited piece of land. I personally hate the place, but I can knock it because I know it. A maligned borough? Probably. But we aren't all sewer rats who eat toxic waste for breakfast. Introducing myself, my name's Ezra, been listening to B &S a bit over 1.5 years now. My other fave bands (these days) are: the Sundays, Half String, Slowdive, Senator Flux, and the Smiths. I've also been listening to a lot of Crowded HOuse, old REM, Big Country...I look forward to meeting all of you! -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 +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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