September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: A hearfelt plea from lil ol me
by Steve Genge 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

Whilest basking in the obvious glory of winning the great Sinister fantasy set list thing can I just stick my head above the trench & make a plea. Please people spare a thought for I'm hoping the many amongst us who make strange growly sounds everytime we return from gainful employment log on & find a huge amount of Sinister mail that includes several posts FROM THE SAME PEOPLE posted a few hours or MINUTES apart. Take note of the sexy Mr P Millers post from earlier today where he combined several replies INTO ONE. If I was receiving say 65 mails from 65 different people I'd be a happy bunny but the current situation is making me a slightly grumpy one even if I have just seen a pig on TV singing "Staying Alive" Thank you & goodnight steve x "Pain and beauty, our constant bedfellows" Sabine Strohem steve(a)seahorses.demon.co.uk Red Roses For Me Fanzine http://surf.to/redroses +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Yorker illustration
by Butch Sweaters 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

If anyone's interested in seeing the illustration of B&S that appeared in last week's New Yorker, Butch Sweaters has posted it at: http://www.dca.net/~sweaters/. There's also a link to an interesting Web site there (ok...it's mine). Love love love- Butch Sweaters himself p.s: CLAM DIGGERS, PEDAL PUSHERS AND CAPRI PANTS ARE TOTALLY TOUGH! I'm sure she looked stunning in them. Worth a look: http://www.dca.net/~sweaters/. Worth a look: http://www.dca.net/~sweaters/. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Woolies' chart position
by Scott Turner 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

On 16 September at 18:06 GMT, "Michael" <Michael.Barrett wrote: I feel I should point out that not all giant corporate entities are evil, darth vaderish entities. Some invent quite cool and useful things, such as the Walkman, the CD, ...... and then they pay people one penny a year in third world nations to make them for the nice exploitive capitalistic, oh i mean "inventive" company. .scott +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: b&s dance party for boston
by Reshma Patel 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

we are throwing a party- elly, kristi and i. ever since we recieved our very own copy of _the boy with the arab strap_, it's been all-night dance contests at our flat. so now we'd like to invite you to get giddy and high, and jump on beds while balancing mixed coctails and singing 'sleep the clock around' backwards with us. wow, run-on. the good times start at 9pm on saturday the 19th. its not too fancy, unless you want it to be. and you won'thave to dance until you're tipsy enough. really we're just attempting to fill the gaps between now and october 21. here's the address- 1325 commonwealth ave #31, allston. its off the b line at the griggs st/ long ave stop. you can email me privately for more details. bye. see ya saturday, reshma +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ok, ok...
by will grey 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

all right... i'll lay off the politics, as this appears to be a very quick way to make enemies (as the love letters to walmart/aspursions to my moral character in my mailbox will attest to)... gosh, some of this stuff really hurts my feelings... i promise i'm a nice guy and not an elitist snob... ok... here is a 100% non-political question: does anyone know anything about "the acid house"? like what is it about? who did it? etc? etc? ______________________________________________________ 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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Re: Sinister: Woolies' chart position
by Michael 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

>my own mail was a bit confusing as well, but i would like to make one >more small point: while the individuals working in giant corporate >entities may very well be misguided rather than evil, i feel safe in >saying that virtually all corporations are evil entities. once a >company gets fairly sizeable, it begins to act pretty darned darth >vaderish, aggressively destroying smaller companies, using their vast >amounts of money to invest in similar darth vaderish companies, shipping >out work to countries where you are allowed to pay employees absurdly >low wages and often literally work them to death... um... eh... I feel I should point out that not all giant corporate entities are evil, darth vaderish entities. Some invent quite cool and useful things, such as the Walkman, the CD, MD, and even though the have record labels, are so un-evil that they only sign middle-of-the-road dirge, like Celine Dion and Jamiriquai...ah...I'm kinda defeating my own argument here. Michael, Sticking up for the MAN 'cause he's met him and he was quite nice actually. Oh, and I think the notion of Stuart and co. coming to London and 'torching a few huts and stealing a goose' sounded bizarrely plausible _________________________________________________ Michael Barrett, Broadcast R & D, Advanced Technology Division, SONY Broadcast & Professional, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 4SB, England. E-mail: Michael.Barrett(a)adv.sonybpe.com Tel: +44 (0)1256 483501, Fax: +44 (0)1256 810950 "On a 9 to 5 lemon, looking for the lime" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Incredible!
by Aude Horeau-Rossigneux 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

It's really incredible. I didn't think I'd have so many messages : more than 88 today, and it was may first day... I don't have enough time to read everything, but please go on, I like it! You can write in English, German, Italian, or French, of course! I hope to read your messages soon, even if I don't have much time to answer everyday. Kisses to everyone Aude ______________________________________________________ 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: excellent B&S article
by Jim Schmidt 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

hey, our paper picked up a great B&S article...you can read it on our website-- www.sfweekly.com/1998/current/music1.html enjoy. jim +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Woolies' chart position
by will grey 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

> It seems to me >pointless arguing the pros and cons, and no I don't accept that everyone >who works for a major record company is evil. Not one bit. I don't believe >in people actually being evil at all come to that, perhaps misguided is a >better word. my own mail was a bit confusing as well, but i would like to make one more small point: while the individuals working in giant corporate entities may very well be misguided rather than evil, i feel safe in saying that virtually all corporations are evil entities. once a company gets fairly sizeable, it begins to act pretty darned darth vaderish, aggressively destroying smaller companies, using their vast amounts of money to invest in similar darth vaderish companies, shipping out work to countries where you are allowed to pay employees absurdly low wages and often literally work them to death... it's a scary world we live in, and their most certainly is a point in talking about such things... i use the term "the man" to make fun of my self just a little bit, but i really do, at the same time believe everything i say... buying your b&s album at a giant chain may seem fairly innocuous and it IS to a certain degree, but on the other hand, living your life in such a way that you are constantly giving your cash to DARTH VADER is a genuinely bad thing to do. i'm not calling any individuals evil (tho, i've met my share of folks who, whether evil or not, are certainly causing many others great pain on a regular basis), but these vast corporate entities act as EVIL INDIVIDUALS with no morality whatsoever. For some reason, in the 90's you are allowed to excuse immoral behavior, by calling it "good business". what happened to ideals, anyhow? i'm not so naive that i think my ideals will ever be fully realized, but ideals are things to be strived for, not necessarily to be reached... sorry, i know you weren't responding to me specifically, but i certainly do feel like i am part of a significant us vs. them battle, and i have seen corporations make my individual world significantly less enjoyable on a regular basis... ______________________________________________________ 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: Sarah bands
by Mark Dinh 16 Sep '98

16 Sep '98

Hi, all. I'm a newbie to the list. All I have to say is...phew...this mailing list is busy! Anyhow, does anyone get that Sarah Records vibe from B&S. Every time I throw on IYFS I feel like I'm listening to an old Sarah Records compilation (The Orchids, Sugargliders, et. al) I wonder if these bands have been an influence on B&S. Mark

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