September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: Re: B&S PEZ MACHINES
by Mark Crutch 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

> Ummmm, hi I'm new, so please be gentle with me if I do this wrong..... Looks alright to me. > Anyway, I think B&S Pez dispensers would be BRILLIANT! I collect those silly > little plastic things anyway, but I am running out of ones to search > for........*swoon*.....how very exciting this would be........ummmm, ok well I'm off now..... Well, I wouldn't say I'm a collector, but I do have three or four of these that I use in rotation. The best thing was a couple of years ago when they produced bodies to go with them - but I only ever got three bodies, so one of my dispensers has to go naked. If anyone knows anywhere still selling Pez Body Parts, pleeeease let me know. BTW, although I would never buy any music from Woolies they are the best sourse I've found of Pez, in the UK - so all credit to them for that ;) Cheers, Xav -- xav(a)compsoc.man.ac.uk http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~xav "It hath whirred into life" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Everything under the sun
by Neil Dewhurst 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

Sometimes starting is the hardest thing... Anyway, a week and a half since The Shepherd's Bush soiree (a big hand to Mr Kevan Cooke please everyone for being my benefactor), and now I'm back at work sifting through the opinions of countless unknown (to me) people. Here, in no particular order, are some bon mots from me on some of the subjects. 1. The gig was fine, just fine. Anyone moaning about waiting needs to learn a little patience. If you're in London, you can practice by trying to get anywhere on the Northern Line. 2. The Molartoaster Guide is a lovely, lovely, dream of a song - the sort of drifting track that can only ever be put at the end of an album (OX4 by Ride, This river never will run dry by Moose, and Sleepy song by the Tindersticks close albums in a similarly drawn out way.) 3. Manchester would be good, although I feel that not only the pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens deserve to do. There are a lot of people hanging around there who frankly the world could manage without. Also it would give me time to pop into the studenty bizareness that is Affleck's Palace on my way to Vinyl Exchange, which brings me to point 4 4. Indie shops or chain stores? Indie stores are sometimes superb (Vinyl Exchange) or terrible (most others). My favourite of all time was a place called Revolution records in Windsor. The smallest shop I've ever been in, it featured a host of (to me at the time) unknown treasures. The advantage of chains is that they sometimes are more likely to stock what you're after. They also exist so your parents can buy you CDs for christmas without being too intimidated by scary record shop people who've listened to absolutely every single piece of music every recorded anywhere by anyone in any language. 5. I guess that's it. My boss is a vulture, hovering over me, asking me if I've done this or that, or whatever. Anyone got any advice on how I can stay sane, supercede him, or exact revenge for the fact that he does absolutely nothing at all for the whole working day? (except try to design a 3D company for our Webshite) 6. There are only 5 points +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Kings of Convenience in metal shocka!
by Mark Casarotto 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

The NME has a little section in the middle of this week's Korn interview (urgh!) which provides "A Belle And Thebathtian Fan's Guide To New Metal". Lucky us, eh? For what it's worth, I used to be much more a fan of heavy stuff in my youth - I used to buy everything Silverfish put out, sang along to Extreme Noise Terror, and whooped with delight whenever I noticed that Fudge Tunnel were supporting my favourite fraggle band of the week. But something tells me that we're not really missing out this time around...do correct me if I'm wrong, as it'd be quite nice not to see the word "rock" as a profanity - and what an opportunity to confess your more disturbing metal leanings... Those of you who missed out on last night's superb show by the Kings of Convenience (denizens of Mr Love Pants poetry emporium may have already been fortunate enough to sample them), erm, missed out in a big way. Having stormed the Manchester music thing, their triumphal return was breathtaking, managing to sound like a down at heel Stereolab playing musical chess with Nick Drake (in the best possible way, of course). Catch them if you can, popkids - we might just have something special on our hands... The first band that B&S ever reminded me of was the Beautiful South. Can you guess which song? Mark xxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: BOSTON show
by ken_davis＠putnaminv.com 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

OK...I'll bite....where do we get these remarkably hard to find tickets? I've contacted all my usual ticket-sellers with absolutely no luck. Apologies if this has already been broadcast to the list at large, but I'm new around here. Cheers Ken +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: catching up on my back log. I can't keep up with you people....please God tell me I don't have work tomorrow....
by Suzanne Schroeder 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

> Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 20:30:55 +0000 > From: "Sweet & Tender Hooligan" <rnorth(a)amos.co.uk> > Subject: Sinister: Kiss Chase > > well i think I want to add my two cents about the album now > > the best trax are, in my humble opinion of course, IIWNTC and TBWTAS yes they are > all of the rest are brilliant except for (IMHO again) the rather > dissapointing Rollercoaster Ride. seymore stein does it for me. > And the drumming in Dirty Dream #2 gets really, really annoying after > a while This song has grown into one of my favorites on the whole album. i want to be nit pickey and say the only thing I don't like are a few of the transitions within the song. I like the loudness of the song, if you want to call it that. The sound of the song reminds me of something very 70's. Almost like a goofy montage scene in a movie where this music would be playing over a bunch of love scenes. Nothing serious, but people playing volleyball on the beach and getting hit on the head by a ball and everyone starts laughing type scenes. > Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 16:03:45 -0600 (MDT) > From: Krissy <krissy9(a)tvi.cc.nm.us> > Subject: Sinister: Re: sinister-digest V2 #341 > > I met Morrissey! > I met him! > > I'm just so excited, I have to tell everyone. Just roll your eyes at me > and delete away. And have fun, everyone lucky enough to live in a B&S > approved city, and will see them. (sigh... jealousy.) Unfortunatly, I live in a Vanilla Ice approved city. He's been here twice in the past couple of years on tour. That is all I get. I'm trying to make you feel bad. Is it working? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: biggest cracker in town
by Suzanne Schroeder 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 08:27:38 PDT > From: "Corpora Arenacea" <lonelyhighway(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: Sinister: Someday soon I will laugh right in the face of the poison moon > > Speaking of homies: > It's damn dangerous to listen to Belle and Sebastian in the ghetto. I > was dropping off my date from last night at her building in DC and we > decided to share a romantic cuddle + smoke on the hood of my car and I'd > had "The Boy with the Arab Strap" in the CD player which I left playing > with the windows down, which was good and perfect for a little while > until I realized that I was in fact in the middle of the ghetto > listening to the whitest music imaginable, getting stared at like a > Martian in pedal-pushers. I half expected some seven-foot-tall fellow to > stride up and say "Do you mind if we dance witcho dates?" It was at > that point that I thought it perhaps wiser to pop in Canibus or Lauryn > Hill but didn't want to really wreck the mood so I settled for K-Ci and > JoJo (not really, but I did turn it way down). Yup. I sometimes feel a bit strange driving around town with either that album or a good chunk of my CDs going and the windows rolled down then pulling up next to someone who really has the bass cranked on something. but I sit here and realize that most of these people are listening to Match Box 20, so i shouldnt feel bad, right? At least I'm not trying to pull off the faux black thing like Jenny Jones and Ricki Lake: "Hello. Today we have guests who are not all that. Their friends are here to inform them they are Hoochie Mamas. Please give it up for Stephanie!" I know I don't get it, and I do a service to the community by not trying to do it. Sincerely, Suzanne "Goth Queen" Schroeder +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: random topic, this has absolutely nothing to do with the list
by snekyscp＠prodigy.net 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

hello fellow b&s fans, i'm applying to study in the uk for a year (i go to a university in california) and i'm having trouble deciding which university to choose. i've narrowed my choices down (yeah right) to university of birmingham, bristol, essex, exeter, kent, lancaster, leeds, sheffield, york, and st. andrews. i know that's a lot, but if anyone can privately email me (so this mailing list doesn't get too out of line) and tell me about the academics and social scene at those places, i would greatly appreciate it. thank you. susie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by Erin Lewis 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

Hey kids, I don't think I'm going to post again for weeks, because I want to save skimming time for everyone else. But today, I have some things to say, with the important stuff in caps: 1. ACID HOUSE, I believe, is one of three movies adapted from Irvine Welsh novels. I know that Trash Can Sinatras played some soundtrack bits to another movie in the trilogy, Marabou Stork Nightmares. I don't know how much this helps... 2. I *love* the Sinister letters from those whose native language is not English! Particularly the FRENCH letters make me happy, like I am reading something the fox from "The Little Prince" would write. 3. In "SEYMOUR Stein", I believe the girl is in NYC and he is in London - there is an exact five-hour lag time there. 4. Queen Bee Janine will laugh when she gets my tape tree addition - one of the first songs is called "Why STING is Such an Idiot", by Allen Clapp and His Orchestra. And for the record, I own the soundtrack to "Brimstone and Treacle". Urgh. 5. Who can guess where CHRISHMUSH - aka Chris Leonard - stole his moniker? I love that movie so... I love you all, and nighty-night... -Miss Erin, who is working on her anagrams ever so hard! ______________________________________________________ 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: new album
by N Leggatt 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

Hello. I'm a new subscriber to this group. I love the new album but have to say I much prefer Sinister. Does anyone else think Chickfactor and Seymour Stein sound like John Cale-esque Velvet Underground? Also I read somewhere that Spaceboy Dream was a "blatant rip-off" of the Velvets' "The Gift" but I don't see it (they're both spoken, but...). anyhoo. N __ "Give me your tired, your poor I'll piss on 'em That's what the Statue of Bigotry says" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Toronto Show
by Crooker, Matthew 18 Sep '98

18 Sep '98

I just picked up my tickets for the Toronto show . . . and I'm buzzing like a bug lamp. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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