September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: one more BOY question
by SpaceboyUK＠aol.com 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

on the uk jeepster version of the CD- is the CD BLACK like the US version. i just dont want to miss out on anything,just in case. -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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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SV: Sinister: boy with the arab vinyl strap
by Stein Vegusdal 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

Well, let's say that you buy 10000 copies of the original UK jeepster version, and then 10000 copies of the US Matador version. If you then put them on two boats of exactly same weight and length, the boat with the UK-Jeepster version would be about 600 kilos heavier....... In other words: UK = 180 grams HEAVY vinyl US = 120 grams LIGHT vinyl Steinski -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: SpaceboyUK(a)aol.com <SpaceboyUK(a)aol.com> Til: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Dato: 25. september 1998 02:17 Emne: Sinister: boy with the arab vinyl strap > >how big is the UK version of TBWTAS vinyl >in comparison to the US version? > >-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 > +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ > +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Black Music
by Keith Watson 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

I think indeed it would be quite an assumption to suggest that most of us don't like black music. I've been on this list since it started and almost everyone I've met from it is into some form of black music, be it Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Isaac Hayes, Reggae, Ska or Isaac Hayes. I love stuff out of all of these genres myself. It's what's continually surprised me about the comments outsiders have made about this list, i.e. that we're all anal "Cardigan wearers", whereas over the course of the last year, I'd have said that nothing could've been further from the truth. I'df certainly say that it's easy to make the assumption if you listen to B+S that all the fans are going to conform to some bowlcut/anorak stereotype, but it just isn't true. I think it's an interesting distinction too, which makes for a difference between Belle and Sebastian and other bands considered in their field. I for one am glad for the breadth of musical taste that's on the list, and just because a load of people fired some lists off that contain Nick Drake, Tindersticks and the Smiths in it, doesn't mean they don't like other stuff too. I love all these bands to death as well. Indeed I own everything each of these artists have released. I also think that perhaps it's about time we had a bit of a report on the tape tree - it'd be nice to see what people thought of each others tapes, and maybe get an inkling of what people put on them - perhaps that'll give us a better idea as to the musical scope of the people on the list. Thanks, 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: to all new york listees
by brad 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

hey. listen up, i'll be in new york city in about a week and a half, and i don't know a damn thing about the place, and i'm travelling alone. so who wants to help a brother out? if you live in new york and maybe want to meet up and show me around town, email me privately ( parachute(a)earthlink.net ). i need people to make sure my vacation isn't wasted trying to figure out the subway or where to go. i was gonna just come up and hang out and just roam around, but i decided that would probably get boring. so if anyone wants to be my tour guide for a day, let me know. -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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: eh? bossanova?
by João Henrique Horst 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

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, not to mention them - what would a slower version of "Ease Your Feet..." be but a piece of bossa-nova at its most traditional ? By the way, "Troubles come and troubles go/The trouble that we've come to know/Will stay with us till we get old/..." could almost be a translation of "Tristeza não tem fim/Felicidade sim", couldn't it Ivo/Tara ? Suggestions ? Sure. Dig for Red Hot + Rio and Nova Bossa - Red Hot On Verve. Both are worth listening if you're interested in that kind of sound. Jh "I have heard the big music And I'll never be the same Someting so pure Hey ! Just called my name" -----Mensagem original----- De: Cynthia Someone <csomeone(a)hotmail.com> Para: sinister(a)majordomo.net <sinister(a)majordomo.net> Data: Quinta-feira, 24 de Setembro de 1998 21:05 Assunto: Sinister: eh? bossanova? > >there was no bossanova on >anyone's lists. How can it be so! I have an LP sent to me by a lovely >Brazilian in which Joao Gilberto and some other Brazillians play some >nice songs. > >I'm so glad someone has mentioned the Brazilians. you've restored my >faith in the world. Besides keeping a toe in British waters, I've really >got this thing for the brazilians. 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), Domingo, with Gal Costa, if you fancy. >Very gentle. Wonderful guitarist. My TCS loving friends cover his songs. >Some lyrics, translated: >My heart doesn't tire of having hope >Of a day that is all that it wants. >My heart of a child >isn't only the memory of the happy face of a woman >Who passed through my dream >Without saying goodbye >And made of my eyes an endless cry. >My vagabond heart >Wants to save the world in me. > >I'm new to the list. My name is Cynthia. > >C: > >______________________________________________________ >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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" +-+ >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: It's the alphabetizing trainspotter, I guess?
by OLDSCHREC＠aol.com 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

So no one had any black music artists on their lists, huh? Pity. I started off my list with Albert Ayler (FYI) cuz I keep my cd's near the computer of which there are only a few since the 1000's of vinyl pieces I have collected over the last 30 years are stacked on shelves in another room. I only buy music on cd that I really love and don't want to wear out on wax and are what I listen to the most often at work, car, etc.. and that is what I mainly listed be it alphabetical or otherwise. Working at a record store in an urban city doesn't hurt such diverse tastes either. Lots of black music too. Sun Ra (that's jazz for children of 80's fey pop) is my largest artist collection on vinyl and disc besides Marc Bolan & T.Rex. Does this describe a trainspotter? Not really. Just a jazz fan that grew up in the late 60's/early 70's rock era. Did I mention I have a lot of Curtis Mayfield and James Brown on lp too? Sorry I missed the Smiths era. Not much impressed me in the 80's in pop. Not until Suede came along did I think an english band rocked with balls like in the heyday of Bowie/Bolan. Morrissey was always too melodramatic/over-the-top for me without sincerity. Belle & Sebastian. That's melancholy sincerity with great lyrics too re- inforce that cold feel. Just an opinion.... Pete +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: yet another newbie
by Carl Polgar Jr 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

hello. i am yet another of what appears to be a large influx of newbies on this mailing list who feels he has to introduce himself. this newbie is writing to you from the dark, humid hell known as florida. orlando, to be precise. not much goes on here, culturally speaking. bands tend to stay away from here, with good reason. usually, one has to drive for seven hours to atlanta (or athens) to see anything worthwile. i spent the summer driving to new york (twice!) and washington to see the likes of the magnetic fields, pulp, and radiohead. i am a sociology major at the university of central florida who retreats from all his harsh realities to the world of belle & sebastian whenever he can. it's nice to see that others like to do the same. i've written too much so i'll stop. but first, if there are any other members residing in florida, i would love to hear from you, especially if you are planning on going to the athens show. please e-mail me privately, at cp83985(a)pegasus.cc.ucf.edu. also, being a sociology major, i would love to know what you older list members think about the rapid rise in new members, especially since the release of the new album. if you would like to share your thoughts, again, e-mail me privately. now i have definitely written too much. bye. carl p.s. i promise never to use the word "newbie" again. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: new york picnic photos online...
by brian 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

hey hey my dears, i found some time in my busy social calendar to scan two piccies of the picnic and put them up on my web page. the addy is: http://pages.nyu.edu/~bcw4977/picnic i know, it's unwieldy. but you'll live. in the foreground of the first picture is lauren, michele/simone, laurel, and megan/minka. i never learned the names of the people facing away from the camera, although i think one of them was swedish. or german. and her bike got smashed in the chinese yoyo violence incident. the 2nd picture is a group shot taken towards the end of the day when a lot of people had gone home but you get the idea. notice a PEDALPUSHER WEARER. *gasp* well enjoy them folks. i'll put up more as i get the chance. if anyone who attended has pics i'll put them up too. just email them to me. yawn off to bed, brian bcw4977(a)is2.nyu.edu +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: eh? bossanova?
by Ivo A P Escossia 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

Cynthia wrote: >I'm so glad someone has mentioned the Brazilians. you've restored my >faith in the world. Besides keeping a toe in British waters, I've really >got this thing for the brazilians. Bossa Nova is REALLY great Fragile, almost sad (but sunny) and great melodies... There are TOO many bands with a Bossa Nova "feeling" today. In UK, Japan, Spain, USA (and, this is funny, a few here in Brazil too) Cynthia Do you know Maysa ? She was a singer....a very sad singer. jazzy and sad. The Brazilian (female) Chet Baker. In one of her songs she sings with a deep & sad voice *Ninguem me ama, ninguem me quer,ninguem me chama de meu amor* (No one loves me, no one wants me, no one calls me "my love" ) (Tara, is it right ? .. You speak Portuguese very well, it's better than my english) Ivo A P Escossia " ... I was yours for the asking ,a child afraid. Sent unfettered letters,postage unpaid. In identicle avenues that no-one would miss, the world could not touch us, but we could not kiss ... " (Orlando - Contained) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: mmm...
by Kiewel, Tony 25 Sep '98

25 Sep '98

Ah sweet Brazil... Any Os Mutantes fans out there? Absolutely wonderful stuff, almost Sgt. Peppers with a bossa Nova beat at times. And to answer somebody's question earlier regarding other L.A. Sinister listees... here I am! Here's a tip to all the rest of you Angeleno B&S fans out there, KXLU 88.9fm loves the record and is playing it all the time, so tune in! chili dog, tonyk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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