August 1998 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Looper
by Chris 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Hurrah! Hooray! My Looper single arrived yesterday. Boo! Hiss! It didn't have a middle. Which of you bastards stole it? C. PS: I played it anyway, by carefully positioning it near the centre of the turntable. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S / Field Mice etc.
by Lucy Munro 14 Aug '98

14 Aug '98

Mark wrote: << Another friend commented that B&S reminded him of some artists on the Sarah label. The Field Mice are the only ones I know. Would you say Northern Picture Library or Trembling Blue Stars is a significant development beyond The Field Mice? Their naivete and greeting-card sentiment was endearing, but that could become tiresome after a few more years of it.>> Well, I'm *really* biased about this, because TBS' Lips That Taste of Tears is one of my favourite records of this year - probably the only new lp that I've played to death (I've been buying lots of singles instead, they're more pop, or indeed P!O!P!, & cheaper to boot). It's long, slightly meandering, and varied, but when it's good, it's damned good. And he is one of the few people who seem interested in melding guitars and (above all) fully developed lyrics to different kinds of sounds and beats. Not having been particularly precocious, and not being inordinately wealthy either, I don't know that much of the Field Mice's stuff, but I did decide a couple of weeks ago that "Sensitive" was the best song ever made (if only for that week, when it was continually on my walkman) - which *isn't* greeting-card or naive or any of those things, just *beautiful*, and much more direct than you'd expect from their reputation - and Northern Picture Library's "Paris" isn't far behind. The B&S comparison's more valid than a lot that I've heard - Stone Roses?! - although it's partly to do with the unabashed sensitivity (for want of a better word) of both groups. "Sensitive" and "Paris" are both on the last Sarah compilation, "There and Back Again Lane", which doesn't cost 75 dollars, or whatever people are trying to get for Field Mice singles, so there's no excuse... And there is going to be a lovely Field Mice retrospective soon, so you can all decide whether the comparisons are at all justified (look at the Shinkansen website if you don't believe me). Oh, incidently, I was told last week that someone's made off with the signpost of the real There and Back Again Lane, in Bristol. Not big, or clever. The other Sarah band I've heard likened to B&S are The Orchids, who shared a dancey tendency with the Field Mice's later stages - I've just got some tapes of their stuff, which I haven't had a chance to listen to properly yet, but I'd say that "Electronic Renaissance" is the closest reference point. That and a similar Scottish slightly mumbly vocal style (that's supposed to be complimentary). Hell, there are other people around who are much better qualified to say all this stuff that I am... Also, I've decided that I'm going to wait until the new B&S record is released until I hear it - I've just got this rather romantic notion that it'll be so much nicer to carry it home in a plastic bag and listen to it lovingly while looking at the sleeve... sigh... Lucy ---------------------- Lucy Munro lucy.munro(a)kcl.ac.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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Sinister: boy with the arab strap release dispute
by SpaceboyUK＠aol.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

sorry. i must correct a few thing from my "BWTAB US RELEASE DAT DISPUTE" post on the list. i meant BWTAS(boy with...) and beastie boys came out on a friday,not saturday. but my basic argument still stand. -a.james +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: BWTAB US RELEASE DATE DISPUTE
by SpaceboyUK＠aol.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

well i must omit,or at least dispute against this rumor that all new releases in the US come out on Tuesdays,for this is not true. The latest Beastie Boys LP(hello nasty) came out on a saturday,disproving the only-Tuesday rumour. but according to matador online,the new B&S LP does come out on a tuesday. good day; a.james +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: trembling blue stars for trade
by Dave Snyder 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Hi, Would anyone be interested in my Trembling Blue Stars CD, "Lips that tase of tears", only played maybe twice? Not my style. I'd be willing to part with it for anything interesting, preferably in the singersongwriter/pop vein. My tastes run from Matthew Sweet to Bedhead to Modest Mouse to Robyn Hitchcock and beyond. First reasonable offer takes it! Thanks :) Dave ************************************************************************** *Dave Snyder******905 Church St. #3 Ann Arbor MI 48104******(313)741-9708* **************snyderd@umich.edu**http://www.umich.edu/~snyderd************ ....didn't i say feelings were the last things to make themselves felt?... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I think I've wet my pants
by Sarah Wheeler 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Oh gee I've now heard four* of the tracks from the forthcoming album, and not one of them has been a dud......I AM SO VERY EXCITED Thank you Radio One *It could have been a brilliant career; Is it wicked not to care; Ease your feet into the sea; The boy with the Arab Strap +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sinister-digest V2 #294
by Krissy 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

> I changed the batteries in it before going to London last week and used > the walkman a lot on the train down and back up and stuff, I checked these > batteries this morning before coming into work and they were half full, and > after half a day of having it plugged in at work, they now claim to be full > again. What's going on? The battery gods are smiling down upon you. I've learned not to question it. Just keep using them and continue to act normally. Krissy (Hi, Panic) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 : I'm puzzled
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

At 2:43 PM 8/13/98, Adrian Evans wrote: >Duracell Bunny. Probably crept in your room and changed them while you >slept last night. well i for one am a little shocked that none of the rest of you caught the obvious booboo here. the bunny works for *energizer*. as i do as well, you'll be receiving a letter from our legal department within the next week. xox megan (full of shit) lehar +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: track order listening habits ?
by SpaceboyUK＠aol.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

i have yet to hear a "crappy" belle & sebastian song so dont worry. -.james +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 play UK instores and Hull Adelphi
by david kitchen 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

just a reminder really that salako's debut album is released on monday, 're-inventing punctuation' will be available in all decent record stores in the uk on CD and LP (JPRCD002 and JPRLP002), distributed by 3mv/pinnacle. anyway, to herald the birth of salako properly several things are gonna happen... they are playing a residency at the Hull Adelphi at the mo', you can catch them for the next two saturdays (15th and 22nd august) at: The Hull Adelphi 89 de Grey Street Hull 01482 348 216 tickets are available on the door, and won't cost more than a fiver. OR, you can catch them at one of three instores; Monday 17th August @ HMV Hull. they should be on-stage between 4pm and 5pm Wednesday 19th August @ Missing Records in Glasgow (9-11 Wellington St near Central Station - 0141 400 1776). they'll be on-stage around 2pm Friday 21st August @ Rough Trade in London (Talbot Road, Ladbroke Grove W11 - 0171 229 8541). they 'll be playing around 5:30/6pm. salako will be signing copies of the album at all of the instores. we'll also be switching on most of the salako website on monday 17th. you can find this at http://www.jeepster.co.uk/salako/ we've just added a search tool to the jeepster web site (http://www.jeepster.co.uk) which you can use to search all of the sites at once. if this is useful we'll keep it :) david kitchen PS: for those waiting for the belle and sebastian album - don't worry there's only three and a bit weeks left!!! PPS: for those waiting for b&s merchandise - t-shirts, badges and stuff are now in production and we're awaiting delivery in a few weeks. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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