September 1998 - Sinister

re: Sinister: deja summer
by Anastasia Signoretta 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

hullo lorelei and everyone else, yeah, you know...i thought about my pale saints comment after i'd already hit 'send' and realised that i must have too much belle and sebastian on the brain, their influence is creeping into everything i listen to and making me make comparisons that aren't exactly spot-on. it was the singing thing, i tell you. lorraine's comparison to blueboy is much more adept, cheers lor. singing thing again...folkly bits too. and now i leave you as i whimper over the brand-new coffee stain on my baby blue t-shirt... stasia anastasia signoretta atlantic records international media relations 1290 avenue of the americas 24th floor new york, ny 10104 212.707.2619 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 'but how can i see stars if my feet are on the ground?' ride ------------- Original Text >From "lorelei tremelor" <lorelei_27(a)hotmail.com>, on 9/24/98 9:57 AM: maybe i'm crazy, but if belle and sebastian were around >during the good old shoegazer days of 1991 and rocked out a bit more, >wouldn't the band then be reminiscent of the saints? call me crazy... > hmm... i don't know about that- perhaps stuart's vocals remind you of ian masters'. they do both have that thick-in-the-throat sound. same goes for he out of blueboy, whose name escapes me. and ed ka-spel (legendary pink dots) pale saints were far too drenched in reverb and cascading drums to be like b&s. lorraine p.s. how did "only tongue can tell" go? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com InetReceived: from gatekeeper.wmg.com by corp.wmg.com via 207.142.212.98 with SMTP-TCP; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 9:59:27 EDT InetReceived: from internalif.wmg.com ([207.142.212.97]) by gatekeeper.wmg.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA15011 for <Anastasia_Signoretta(a)wmg.com>; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:50:32 -0400 (EDT) InetReceived: from f233.hotmail.com ([207.82.251.124]) by internalif.wmg.com via smtpd (for gatekeeper.wmg.com [207.142.212.98]) with SMTP; 24 Sep 1998 13:57:09 UT InetReceived: (qmail 426 invoked by uid 0); 24 Sep 1998 13:57:05 -0000 InetReceived: from 208.241.84.4 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 06:57:05 PDT +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Happy Pockets
by Ultaltwavr＠aol.com 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

Hi all, Since a few people are mentioning my other favorite Scottish band, the Trash Can Sinatras, I thought I'd direct further questions to a decent web-site on the band: http://www.gis.net/~jdimaria/tcs/tcshome.html They're really brilliant, and have new music coming out. I find the delicious looping guitar at the beginning of "Seymour Stein" to be most reminiscent ot the Trash Cans. ---> Steve +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: a strapping young arab AKA a drunken groom on jo wiley
by padraic doorey 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

"hello" he said sheepishly.... Yes! I saw arab strap on the jo wiley show�..only coz I had consumed a tad too much bubbly and chose to crash in front of the teevee after ally mcbeal. Can I please rant on a little about miss wiley? She annoys the poo out of my freshly irrigated colon. She is an arrogant sow who knows surprisingly little about music considering she hosts a show dedicated to "what's going on in the scene" (her words not mine) and persists in sitting atop some glowing pedestal thinking that we, the true lovers of new music, actually give a toss what her opinion may be and which second rate celebrity she has on her panel to agree or intellectualise about whatever meagre points she wishes to throw open to the floor. A painful example of this last fact is the show she did with ian brown of the stone roses, chrissie hynde and tricky (I think) - they were talking all about how manchester "changed the vibe man". What utter bjollox! I am quite thankful that I saw the show last night actually. I had forgotten how bad it is. I have to admit thought that placebo rocked my ankles a little. i quite fancied that bassist. Lady Penelope (sans tiara) _________________________________________________________ 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: The truth about St.Etienne
by Neil Dewhurst 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

St.Etienne are not, as has been reported on this list, a band or a football team. The real St.Etienne was an Andalucian monk from South Manchester who was belatedly cannonised when it was discovered that he had built the first animal shelter - which later became known as Fox Base Alpha. His real name was Charlie. A co-worker of mine mistakenly - through stupidity rather than abstrusity - referred to B&S as Sebastian & Geoff, which defies all logical explanation, although it would make an interesting name for a tribute band. Speaking of which, does anyone know of any B&S tribute bands in existence? Did anyone see the marvellously pretending to be pissed Arab Strap on the Jo Wiley show? That guy could kill a karaoke competition with one verse. Love and more love. Neil +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: deja summer
by lorelei tremelor 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

maybe i'm crazy, but if belle and sebastian were around >during the good old shoegazer days of 1991 and rocked out a bit more, >wouldn't the band then be reminiscent of the saints? call me crazy... > hmm... i don't know about that- perhaps stuart's vocals remind you of ian masters'. they do both have that thick-in-the-throat sound. same goes for he out of blueboy, whose name escapes me. and ed ka-spel (legendary pink dots) pale saints were far too drenched in reverb and cascading drums to be like b&s. lorraine p.s. how did "only tongue can tell" go? ______________________________________________________ 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: St Etienne
by Adrian Evans 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

Keith wrote : >Saint Etienne are a football team who became a band after being bought over >by a media empire. The band consists of 3 Mexicans, 2 Eskimos and a couple >of dancing chickens, they produce a kind of fusion between melancholy pop >music, jazz, and Italia House '90. Their last album was called "Back in >Black" produced bravely after suffering the tragic loss of their drummer >Lord Lucan, it's a great listen and includes the hits "Grandma we love you" >and a cover version of Clive Dunn's "Grandad" Whilst this is almost certainly the most comical explanation of the group we'll get, I can reveal Keith is leading you on a magical mystery tour right up the garden path maybe via a flowerbed depending how bladdered he is. J - Bluepoets wrote : >saint etienne musically is nothing like belle and sebastian, but they are ear >worthy and put out some honest to goodness tunes. their lead singer is a doll Indeed she is, and the bass player is a teddy bear with one eye and the drummer a tin soldier and there next single is called *Making Love in Legoland* and it's fucking crap. Flyaway Peter wrote : >Back to business: oooh arrr! oooh arrr! I be Sidmouth Isaac Hayes an I bin >shaggin wenches in the orrrrrrrchard! >All right, all right! I know it's not very funny Oh oi don't know me booooty, at least oi can understand what you'm writin'. This is going nowhere as usual. Did I ever tell you I love you ? Ta ra playmates Adrian. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Saint Etienne
by Keith Watson 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

Saint Etienne are a football team who became a band after being bought over by a media empire. The band consists of 3 Mexicans, 2 Eskimos and a couple of dancing chickens, they produce a kind of fusion between melancholy pop music, jazz, and Italia House '90. Their last album was called "Back in Black" produced bravely after suffering the tragic loss of their drummer Lord Lucan, it's a great listen and includes the hits "Grandma we love you" and a cover version of Clive Dunn's "Grandad" 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: saint etienne
by will grey 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

>i have been told that if you like belle & sebastian you may like this band >"saint etienne." haven't heard them but... if anyone who has heard them >both would like to say something to verify or attack that suggestion, i'd >be happy to hear it. it doesn't even have to be in a witty or eloquent >manner. my unwitty, uneloquent 2 cents: st. etienne are quite pleasant synth-pop type stuff... very sophisticated in a sugary sort of way... in my opinion, they have little to do with belle and sebastian, but when i first heard them, i thought they sounded like a synthier (see what i mean with the "uneloquent" --- which, come to think of it, is an even less eloquent construction) version of prefab sprout. i have been surprised not to hear any references to prefab sprout in these parts. in my opinion they are the greatest pop band of all time and not entirely unlike belle and sebastian... please berate me if you feel the need... by the way... does anyone know what supper club's policy is regarding photo-taking? i just got a nifty old zoom lens and would feel sad if a) i didn't use it to take photos at the show or b) got kicked out of the show for using it. anyone know much about old zoom lenses? when i use my camera's light meter, i get very overexposed pictures with it... easily corrected, but distressing nonetheless... ok, i'm done... everyone have a pleasant thursday.... ______________________________________________________ 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 +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Stars of list and (picnic) field
by Funkyseb＠aol.com 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

God, we're beautiful people! I've just had a trawl through the world of B&S on the web, and I ended up on honey's people page. And, my dears, you're as fascinating in your photos as you are in your mails. I'd be lying if I didn't say that http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/people/Keithpissed.jpg was by far and away the funniest thing I've seen for weeks, along with http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/people/Hairchris.jpg, though http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/people/Duke.jpg rates very highly as well. Go have a look, see who you're dealing with. It's funny, but when I first joined the list, I imagined what I thought people would look like, and despite honey's photos those first impressions are still with me today, ooh, eleven-odd months later. So here we are: Genevieve- has fairy wings, which she uses to fly down to the record shop, and hover outside record shop boy's window, singing fragile love songs Mick Cooke- (not strictly a list member) will always look like that yokel geo- physicist with sideburns, from Time Team. I don't know why.He just does. Brad- is Mother from the (original) avengers. again, dunno why. Chris Leonard looks like Mr Spock most of the time, but occasionally like a large citrus fruit-orange, lime, or lemon, depending on the season, and my mood. Mphintz is my old violin teacher! My poor fingers ache with memory of arpeggios when I read your (lovely) mails, Matthew. Anyway, I hope I haven't offended anyone, I just thought it fair that I let you know these things. It's really hard to imagine people all over the world loving Belle and Sebastian. I used to think you were all from Carshulton Beeches or Epsom, and just pretended to be american etc. But then I found a picture of some beautiful people, looking recognisably picnicesque. They looked like they could have been going to the Botanical Gardens, or Primrose Hill, but there, in the background, is a map of New York, and a subway sign. Wow! I think the point I'm struggling to make is 'Support your local picnic!' We're joined together by something extremely powerful and unexpected- as I was saying to a very nice listee who's recently helped me enormously, I've never met a B&S fan I haven't liked, and I've never met a B&S fan who hasn't made me feel very welcome. I guarantee that you will meet people there whom you'll wonder how you managed without. We may be saddo bedroom obsessives, but there's no reason why we can't obsess together... see you at the picnic? seb (incidentally it's only fair that I tell you all that I'm very visible in the Greenwich picture on the look what I did at school today mummy page. Look for the hair. I'm underneath it.) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sinister: saint etienne- correction
by Tim Groves 24 Sep '98

24 Sep '98

---------------------- Forwarded by Tim Groves/Interfocus on 24/09/98 13:50 --------------------------- Tim Groves 24/09/98 13:44 To: dubet(a)kea.bc.edu @ FABRIK CONNECT cc: Subject: Re: Sinister: sinister: saint etienne- correction St Etienne is a french name (after the football team famous in the 70's) BUT they are certainly not French - they are English and although they are twee pop I think they are not worthy to lick Stuarts boots - sometimes I worry about the musical taste of this list tim dubet(a)kea.bc.edu on 24/09/98 13:32:00 To: sinister(a)majordomo.net cc: (bcc: Tim Groves/Interfocus) Subject: Sinister: sinister: saint etienne Date: Thu, Sep 24, 1998 1:32 PM Subject: Sinister: sinister: saint etienne Saint Etienne are a lovely french group. for some reason, all of the music is in english, but that's besides the point. They recently released a new album, whose title i do not know (i lack the cash to purchase it at this time...) but their previous album, "fox base alpha," is a mighty good time had by all. I recommend it. just thought somebody might care, tim +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ---------- Received: from sloth.ph.ED.AC.uk by polson.fabrik.com with SMTP (Fabrik F07.3-000) id SINN.3865052(a)polson.fabrik.com ; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:38:05 +0100 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA00286; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:34:16 +0100 Received: by sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (bulk_mailer v1.9); Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:34:13 +0100 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA00242 for sinister-outgoing; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:34:11 +0100 Received: from corot.bc.edu (corot.bc.edu [136.167.2.209]) by sloth.ph.ed.ac.uk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id NAA00221 for <sinister(a)majordomo.net>; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 13:34:08 +0100 Received: from mail4.bc.edu (x1-6-00-40-05-68-d9-ca.bc.edu [136.167.230.28]) by corot.bc.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA181130 for <sinister(a)majordomo.net>; Thu, 24 Sep 1998 08:33:28 -0400 Message-ID: <360A3BEE.2E95E8FC(a)mail4.bc.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 08:32:46 -0400 From: "The Dude, a.k.a. Timmy D." <dubet(a)kea.bc.edu> X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en]C-NECCK (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: sinister(a)majordomo.net Subject: Sinister: sinister: saint etienne Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: "The Dude, a.k.a. Timmy D." <dubet(a)kea.bc.edu> X-List: Sinister ---------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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