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Sinister: I'm puzzled
by Keith Watson 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Can anyone technical help with this strange puzzle. I bought a CD walkman thingy a month ago or so, and I bought a pile of batteries with it. I stuffed them in, expecting the batteries to run out fairly swiftly, however, the walkman has an option to plug itself in, which I do each day at work - plugging it in, is supposed to recharge the batteries (it claims that it has a safety mechanism built in for not charging non-rechargable batteries, which I seem to remember makes them explode). However, after a while I realized that my alkaline normal batteries in the walkman were not actually running out. So I checked how much power there was in them using the cunning little Duracell thingy on the side of them - and they were full, after countless hours of use, so the only explanation I can come up with is that the unit is recharging them somehow by day - which would seem unlikely given that they're not liquid batteries. 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? 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: track order listening habits ?
by ambergambler＠alloymail.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

hmm, since there will be no singles from TBWTAS I wonder which track I am going to listen to first when I get the CD home. See I always listen to the singles that have been released from an album first, don't know why I guess it just endears me to my purchase in case the rest of it is crap. I suppose I could always start with STCA since we already know we love that one but then again I could start with the last track cos they are always good aren't they ? Are my listening habits normal or do most people simply whack it in the machine ( or turntable for you purists out there ) and start from track one ? hmm ----------------------------------------------- Get your free email at http://www.alloymail.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: Liquid Audio(dirty dreaming)
by SpaceboyUK＠aol.com 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

wehere can i downlload the liquid audio player and where can i hear dirty dream #2? thanks. -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: For Irish folks
by Dunphy, Kevin 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Does Christy Hennessy sing for Belle and sebastian??? Kevin Dunphy Phimac Computing 33 Mespil Road Dublin 4. Phone:01-6681049 Fax:01-6681148 E-mail: dunphyk(a)phimac.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: The Poetry Parrot Has Landed!
by PJMiller 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

Good morning children! For this morning's assembley we're going to have a bit of poetry. Unfortunately the poem I had chosen is far too long, and the list would collapse beneath the weight of a thousand failed "Unsubscribe sinister" messages. It was called "Parsley", written by Rita Dove. You can look it up if you like. It's very good, good enough for an uneducated clog-dancing oaf like me to remember it anyway. In the meantime, I have chosen another poem by the same person. See if you can guess why I chose it.... THE ZEPPELIN FACTORY by Rita Dove The zeppelin factory needed workers, all right -- but, standing in the cage of the whale's belly, sparks flying off the joints and noise thundering, Thomas wanted to sit right down and cry. That spring the third largest airship was dubbed the biggest joke in town, though they all turned out for the launch. Wind caught, "The Akron" floated out of control, three men in tow -- one dropped to safety, one hung on but the third, muscles and adrenalin failing, fell clawing six hundred feet. Thomas at night in the vacant lot: Here I am, intact and faint-hearted. Thomas hiding his heart with his hat at the footbal game, eyeing the Goodyear blimp overhead: Big boy I know you're in there. ------------------------------------------ Right, go back to your classrooms - WITHOUT any noise! - and get your sums books out. I don't want to hear any talking AT ALL until playtime. Except for you, Ooon, it's your turn to choose the next poem. Right, file out quietly the rest of you as Mister Smellcross plays "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" on the clapped out piano. Mrs. Bosoms +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: victoria's secret
by brad 13 Aug '98

13 Aug '98

this letter has nothing to do with bras. this stupid hillbilly woman called me today looking for a number in boca raton, florida. except she said "bacon rayten"..or at least that's how it sounded. so i said "what?" and she said "bacon rayten". so i went "tsk tsk tsk...it's b-o-c-a r-a-t-o-n" saying it slowly so she'd understand. to make a long story short...she got pissed and i got wrote up. which reminds me of that dramarama song: "i got wasted she got mad called me names then she called her dad he got angry and i did too wondered what i did to you" damn that was a good song. any american dates yet? katrina? i have rediscovered the blatant genius of beat happening. i kind of let them get away for a while, but i came back. who's with me? can i get an amen? hallelujah. more pointless letters to piss off honeypaul, 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: sound
by david kitchen 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

the track Dirty Dream #2 is now on the jeepster site for preview in the liquid audio format. simply head to http://www.jeepster.co.uk/belleandsebastian/news/index.htm more preview clips will be added over the coming three weeks. 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 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: more media monitoring
by Rod Begbie 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

On Tue, 12 Aug 2098, Cassell Professional Publishing wrote: > Music Week have got the album on their playlist, and they have this to say > about it: > > A cheekily titled record that should be perfect for the end of summer. Have 'The Idler' been sent review copies? Cause they were very complementary about the EPs last summer. The Idler is my favourite magazine at the moment. A magazine dedicated to people who'd rather sit around all day, watching telly, listening to music, and partaking of recreational drugs, written by people who are intelligent, witty and very, very funny. "The most comfortable thing in the world: A large pair of suede TITS" "I dreamt I met Freud. I asked him what this meant, but he was only seven years old. He cried" Makes me laugh. And they do a nice line in T-Shirts. I'm wearing my snail as we speak. Rod. Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Three wine gums, and I'm anybody's... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: new album/questions
by OLDSCHREC＠aol.com 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

One of my co-workers has a friend that works for a distributor which gave him an advance CD promo of the new album. I dubbed a cassette copy today and am really enjoying the record upon a 2nd listen. "Seymour Stein" & "It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career" seem like the standouts to me so far. Does anyone know if a new single will be from the album or not? Does anyone know if Matador here in the states will be releasing just the album or singles and eps as well to coincide or will all singles still be import only on Jeepster? Pete Gianakopoulos +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: This letter contains no gratuitous Nick Dastoor comment
by Mark Casarotto 12 Aug '98

12 Aug '98

Funky, Funky Seb wrote: I wish I had a Claire Grogan somewhere. <sighs>. Is that A Claire Grogan, or THE Claire Grogan? I doubt many of us would say no to the real article, and now that cloning is so advanced, all one of us needs is some piece of Grogan ephemera with her skin cells on it which we can then send to a suitable chemist (there must be one out there in Listland) who can sort us all a Claire Grogan of our very own! Or alternatively, we could persuade the lovely Ms. G to auction herself for the hospital thing and whichever Listee offers the most gets to gaze adoringly at her in their very own home. For a bit. She'd be up for that, don't you reckon? If we asked nicely and all... Okay, own up then, who's the flush geezer who bought Tigermilk. I know you're there somewhere (even if it is as a cover for some Japanese bloke working for a Tokyo dealership). I'd just like to say that I am willing to auction my entire Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine Collection, on behalf of the Association for Sufferers of Munchausen's syndrome - I've got everything up to Bloodsport for All! Now don't all rush at once... B&S content - hmmm. One of my friends who heard them for the first time yesterday was very impressed, but said that they sound like the Stone Roses. Any comments? I'm beginning to see what she meant, though I'm finding it very difficult to put into words. To quote my chum Alastair, who one or two of you might know - "perhaps just the pure happy pop thing. (the first roses album only, obviously)" - I reckon he's hit the nail on the head. Any other unlikely suggestions as to B&S bedfellows? Did anyone understand what that Ellis fellow was going on about? I was watching the world BMX championships on Eurosport (I was waiting for the Indycar racing, honest) and they all seemed to speak like that. The witch hunt is narrowing down - soon his head will be on a virtual pole outside the list gates and our enemies will fear us... Ho hum, back to stories about anthropomorphised ants, then, love 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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