September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: haiku
by Chris 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

Woke up at 3am this morning feeling very cynical about the list. I've been thinking about this for several days now - since I got 80 lists of peoples favourite bands in one day - and my thoughts seem to have crystallised. However, you don't all want to hear a long term lurker saying 'Oh it's not what it used to be' and generally whinging, so I've put my thoughts into the form of Haiku. These are not for Stevie T.'s Haiku competition; I'm saving my best ones for that.... Where can I get a copy of Tigermilk from? Thank you for your help. Not enough hard rock on this list. I suggest we listen to Prolapse. Does anyone have a spare ticket for New York please? Please. Please. Please. Pleeeeeeeease. Whither the PopGob? Chris +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Apology
by Millionnaire Bruce Wayne 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

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by Millionnaire Bruce Wayne 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

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by Loik Amis 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

Hello all of you. Sorry to intrude, I'm new to this list, and I'm desperately looking for an information. As I'm not lucky enough to own a copy of Tiger Milk, I tought I could just ask you, and see if someone cares enough to answer. To whom is Tiger Milk dedicated? Thanks a lot for your answer. Millions of thanks it is quick... Loik, a french adorer of Belle And Sebastian _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Hums
by rap101 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

Thought I'd sneak a message in before all the Americans get up. I got a bit scared of the list for a while there what with all the bitchin' going on, but I'm back to bore you all anew. Are newbies even less justified in being boring than old'uns? Too bad if so. Why do I think that 700 people want to listen to me at all anyway? Is it wicked not to care? What's the meaning of life? Actually, yesterday morning at the crack of dawn (well, 10.30) two missionaries turned up on my doorstep and asked me that very question. I mean, really. They were all 'what makes you happy?' and 'God loves you' and I was just too sleepy to cope. So I went back to bed after a while and listened to TARTYBOYS and all was back to normal. I kept getting funny looks today as I was humming b&s toons all the way here. I worry about myself sometimes. It's good to know there are people out there (ie YOU lot) who are equally obsessed. Luv and moss growing, Archel x PS: Is the guy in the photo gallery who reckons he's Patrick McNee still around? Respect to you if so. And death to Ralph Fiennes, the dirty upstart. PPS: Great to read a bit of Simon Armitage last week. I've met him. Top bloke. (Plus he has the sexiest voice ever bar Stuart David's.) PPPS: Reply to me someone. :) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Playforth rap101(a)york.ac.uk http://members.tripod.com/~RPlayforth/welcome.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- "If everything seems to be going well, you obviously don't know what the hell is going on." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Ayr Utd slip up at home, Villa stay top!
by PJMiller 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

Nice to see that racial harmony has returned to the list. Ebony and Ivory and all that. Duke was quite sensible, I thought. Apart from his evident dislike of Bill Haley and his Comets. It was my mother-in-law who said that about Reiziger, but I couldn't write that because the missus was in the room and would probably give me a thick ear if she knew I was making fun of her mum in front of thousands of strangers. It's Les Dawson's fault. Perhaps we're all getting our own messages twice, but nobody else's. Totally freaky situation. The real reason for this message is to warn all my e-chums against going to see the film "Snake Eyes" starring Nicholas Cock Cage. It's the biggest pile of shit I've ever seen, part from "Godzilla". I thought Brian De Palma was supposed to be good, but he appears to be in league with THE MAN. "Central Do Brasil" is much better, and so is "The Acid House" (B&S considerations aside) and "Happiness" and "After Life" from Japan. I would heartily recommend them all if anyone were to ask me. That's it now, film festival over. It was queuetastic. Nice to see FunkySeb living up to his name with the cryptically named Black Nasty. The song in question is indeed a whopping great stomper of a tune. They used to be called Nazty, but changed their name to confuse the enemy. Wot no news from Sweden? David, I was denied access to the on-line shop. I think it was the fault of Microsoft IE4, but I thought you might like to know. I was only going to fill up my virtual shopping trolley and then put it all back on the shelves anyway, because I haven't got a credit card, but I wanted to play. Peter +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Journalist Resource Centre
by PJMiller 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

I think that's the first time I've been mentioned in a Dutch newspaper. What about the rest of you? I think it's nice to see that journalists have discovered our little treasure trove of useful facts, and I think we should all make an effort to ensure that everything we send in to the list is entirely true. Honey of Belle and Sebastian had his original doctoral thesis, an in-depth study of the possibilty of a war beyond the stars between the Clangers and Ken Dodd's Diddy Men, and the results of such a catastrophe on the earth's core, rejected outright by his university supervisors. However, a phone call from Jimmy Carter saved the day, and Paul's research went on to form the backbone of Ronald Reagan's so-called Star Wars policy in the mid-eighties. The experience served Paul well when he wrote "You Made Me Forget My Dreams" for the forthcoming LP "Gravy Monica". Has anyone seen that nudie photo of Stuart Murdoch in this week's Dinkle Express? What was that censored paragraph all about? Nothing dirty, I hope. School uniform? You all kept that one very quiet. Mind you, there were a lot of comments about how delightfully scrumptious Isobel looked, so I should have guessed. Third from the left on the Black and White Minstrel Show, Bobby Chariot PS: Be careful when buying modern up-to-date Bossa Nova albums, they are often a cunning plan for Sting to enter your house, trojan horse style. Blue Brazil vols 1 and 2 are quite nice, plenty of drum solos and a good way to introduce yourself to the delights of the Milton Banana Trio. A lot of it sounds like the soundtrack to "That Riviera Touch" starring the incomparable Eric and Ernie. Highly recommended. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I was looking at the black and white world
by Reid Dossinger 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

No Belle and Sebastian content here. Just some comments on the, ahem, issues of the day. > Anyone who hasn't heard the Femmes > eponymous first album should definitely do so. Very acoustic, but with a > great raw edge. > I was pretty shocked to read this, but then I noticed the "uk" in the email address and suddenly it all made sense. Apparently, this album is not so well known outside of the US. You'd have a tough time finding a white American between the ages of 18 and 30 who doesn't know the mid section of "Kiss Off" by heart. > i personally find it offensive when all black music of whatever genre is > labelled r&b or (much worse) "urban". > I have NEVER heard anyone categorize "all black music of whatever genre" as R&B. The label of "R&B" was applied to be more inclusive of a particular kind of music. In Billboard, there used to be "Black" charts, which they wisely changed to R&B when they noticed George Michael (he's white, you know) at the top of the Black Album chart. The term "black music" is innacurate...music should always be defined by its sound, not by who is making it. What is Jamiroquai? Or Living Colour? Or Chocalate Genius? Or Tracy Chapman? Are the Beastie Boys hip-hop and the Wu-Tang Clan black music? It doesn't make any sense. I guess we should start putting Neal McCoy, Nat King Cole, Ghostface Killah and TLC in the same section of the record store. And you'd never find a store that would put those all in the R&B section. As far as the term "urban" goes, that's just a demographic. And it's pretty much impossible to argue with. The markets for R&B and hip-hop are overwhelmingly in urban areas. That's all it is. The facts, ma'am. But what do I know? I just shop in the "White Music" section of the record store where Belle & Sebastian are cozied up with Metallica and Shania Twain. Snow white, Reid Oh, and I'd just like to nominate Richard Colburn as King of the Snare Fill. Sure, he relies on brushes a little too much, but damn if he can't crank the snare when needs a good cranking. -- "I dreamt I had to go to Mars. I'm always getting on about going to Mars through the day, but faced with the reality of it, in a dream, I was terrified." -Stuart David

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Sinister: hello please dont delete this
by EvnDando＠aol.com 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

Hello, you may not know me but i just wanted to say thank you to the people on this list and the people that write neat stories and send them for everyone to read really they re great and i dont know why people get mad about how much mail they get i love it i really do its so neat you learn lots of new things or mebbe sometimes you laugh whatever the response is it should be pleasurable or nice or what have you and with the archives i mean its no big deal with all the new people the questions are new anyways so yeah whatever i dunno i was just kinda bored you know i didnt have any questions or stories or poems or lists or jokes or etc. etc. so yeah thats it thank you alot if you read this blah, paul ps whos the girl in the picture gallery with the teletubby and the neat sunglasses i gueth her name is beth well hello beth you re great +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Bossanova, Race, Loud Music
by Mick McMick 28 Sep '98

28 Sep '98

Hiya, > Then the normally quite sane Mick Mcmick wrote: Nice to know I'm normally quite sane... > No, but there's loads of people in UK bands of West Indian descent, > (which, Mick, is not in India, before you ask.) Or do they not count? I apologize for being wrong. It's just that I've never seen a picture of anyone in non-Top 40 UK band that wasn't white, except Jyoti Mishra and the fellow from Cornershop. Perhaps it's just the bands I like. Corpora Arenacea says: > I guess the fact that that barrier, or whatever you want to call it, > still exists to a large extent irks me at least as much as the lack > of really loud bands on the list. For some reason this just doesn't make sense to me. I mean, the idea of someone being irked that a number of fans of a wimpy (yet tuneful) little folk-pop band aren't fans of deafening guitar squeal and power riffage is rather ludicrous to me. Of course, there's nothing wrong with someone liking both, it's just that I think it's very odd to expect people to, or at least get angry (or, irked) if they don't. Also, Cynthia queries: > What LP is that Mick McMick speaks > of? Also check out the first album of Caetano Veloso (kind of regarded > as the John Lennon of Brazil), By a stroke of fate, the LP is "Brasil" by Joao Gilberto (sorry, I can't do the proper squiggly marks), Gilberto Gil, Maria Bethania, and, yes, Caetano Veloso. Quite a lovely long-player. João Henrique Horst electrically pens: > Actually THERE WAS some bossa-nova on the lists. > If not the classic João & Astrud Gilberto/Antonio Carlos (Tom) > Jobim/Nara Leão/Edu Lobo stuff, we had Strereolab, Everything But The > Girl and others, True, I did miss that point. I guess it's hard for me to think of Stereolab, EBTG, etc as bossanova. /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - bp224995(a)oak.cats.ohiou.edu - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - (same e-mail for now) | | Sandcastle Homepage - | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "Everyone has their own cup of tea. | | Some just happen to like a lot of sugar in it!" | | - Me! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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