September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: The Delgados, Union Chapel 1.10.98
by Mark Casarotto 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

Good afternoon my pretties, Just thought I'd write to ask if anyone's going to the Delgados Union Chapel gig in London this Thursday? Me and my mate are going to be there, so if anyone fancies meeting up, or saying hello, that would be very lovely indeed. There are still tickets available (or there were at 2.45 pm this afternoon), so come along and watch the third best band in Scotland (supported by Six by Seven) in the company of us some groovy people. Write privately to the above address if you do! While I'm here, can I just add that a dislike of St Etienne seems a bit of a poor excuse for quitting the list. And is Corporea accusing us of all being part of the one-step-ahead crowd (sic), ready to move onto the next scene when it arrives, having already discarded our Mudhoney badges and mugs when B&S burst onto the softly-spoken angloid scene ("look out Jim! The Angloid mother ship is closing in, and our shields can't take much more!")? Or am I missing the point and taking myself too seriously again? I can't imagine B&S will ever be "in" enough for people to feel the need to pretend to like them - and I'm pretty sure there's no-one on this list who's only in it for the cred points it affords. I heard B&S on the radio last night for the first time since XFM went belly up (and have you seen what they're doing to Radio 1? I'm too resigned to be upset this time). Can't remember which one though... I'm not funny today. No change there, then. I want to find out how I can get my phone to play "songs for Children" whenever it rings. I don't think it's possible, but it was a nice fantasy for 5 minutes. hasta luego, chicos, Mark xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: [Rory's] Unreserved pleading (REVISITED)
by padraic doorey 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

hi di hi..... babyblue rory and lovely linda are prime examples of how lovely people from this list are. please please please try to find a smidgen of space on which they can kip in that big old apple.....hmm - actually i just thought of something which parallels with that nursery rhyme about the woman who lived in a shoe (she didn't know what to do!)...anyhow. it is also worth mentioning that linda is perhaps the most skilled nail polisher ever to have worked on my nails while rory has been my best friend sine i was a year old (actually that is another rory i feel).... think about how cool it will be to have some real live europeans in your pad. they can teach you all about the joys of tepid ales, royalty, tea drinking (linda has expert knowledge!!) cool britania, the EU, having seen geezer from placebo / gaz from supergrass / thingy from my life story etc etc at popstarz OR jarvis cocker cycle past you on new bridge street in the heat last summer, or being taken back to the house of johnny menswear by simon menswear after one too many at the spread eagle only to be subjected to their latest single (aaaaaAAAAH!!!).....rory has already voiced his joy at seeing a tootsie roll - dodn't you want to be part of that special moment in some small but significant way?? those first steps, from small acorns mighty oaks grow etc. etc. etc. rory try to give a lovely lady from STA travel (jamie) a call on 0171 621 6262....she got our flights sorted for the pesky sum of �165....tell her that padraic sent ya! i love you all. viva philadelphia! lady penelope (avec une grande champagne). +================================================+ Ummm. Hello. I'm sorry to subject the list to this shamefull display of unreserved pleading, but if anyone in NY has a spare room/bed/floor/out-house/shrub or similar that a young lad and his lovely friend Linda could stay in between 15-25 October in return for some cash and an open invitation to come stay with us in London whenever you feel like it, could you mail me? We will be eternally gratefull and we really are lovely people, honest! Any takers will get to see my world famous impression of a baby turtle and have lots and lots of drinks bought for them and have their house tidied from top to bottom. HeresHopingRoryxxx _________________________________________________________ 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: Unreserved pleading.
by babyblu＠gold.globalcafe.co.uk 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

Ummm. Hello. I'm sorry to subject the list to this shamefull display of unreserved pleading, but if anyone in NY has a spare room/bed/floor/out-house/shrub or similar that a young lad and his lovely friend Linda could stay in between 15-25 October in return for some cash and an open invitation to come stay with us in London whenever you feel like it, could you mail me? We will be eternally gratefull and we really are lovely people, honest! Any takers will get to see my world famous impression of a baby turtle and have lots and lots of drinks bought for them and have their house tidied from top to bottom. HeresHopingRoryxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Corpora Arenacea 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

Not enough hard rock on this list. I suggest we listen to Prolapse. Don't be a hard rock when you really are a gem, girlfriend, lemme break it down for you again. Eeeee, bitter/cold. I don't like turncoats. All the people on this list sure weren't half this adorable in 1992. What I mean is that they were all listening to Fugazi and Mudhoney and the Dead C and shit like that because it was vogueish to be into, you know, the 'extremes of rock', all the Stooges and stuff. Well, now that bowel-loosening guitar distortion can be found on every local "Hot Pop Tarts" radio station the one-step-ahead crowd only feels comfortable admitting fondness for soft-spoken Angloid bands, by and large.... Don't think that yours truly isn't at least partly implicated as well. If you'd described Felt to me then I'd have certainly had no interest in ever listening to them. I still love the Stooges, and I don't know if you've heard Prolapse.... I think they're pretty funny, but whatever. I also love the Divine Comedy (and Belle and Sebastian, duh) but it just seems that this "orchestral pop" wavelet is already getting swollen with cellists-come-lately, know what I mean, that is, for me any band that will come on the scene right now with some swelling string sections and sly, blase lyrics would evince an instant kill-at-will response. I wonder what today's junior highschoolers will make into their revolution, soon to become its own worst mockery. I have a friend who loves the Divine Comedy only because Hannon looks so Divinely =bored= on his covers, just so, so cute. She sold her album back to the store when she lost the insert. Still, that haiku sort of hurt. =-= ______________________________________________________ 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: There Will Be No Sweeter Sound
by PJMiller 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

I bought the Okeh gospel story, thinking it would be full of ecclesiastical northern stompers, but it isn't. On the plus side, it does feature a previously unreleased performance by Brother Rodney. So that's where he got to! I believe Finland churns out bucketloads of shit-hot techno of the nosebleed variety. It should do anyway. Sarah, TO MONKEE may not be a verb, but TO MONKEE AROUND most definitely is. I know how to say it in Spanish, but I'm not telling you because you called me a bucket of stale wee-wee the other day and saw fit to laugh at all us sensitive souls who enjoy the odd dose of romantic bossa nova to relieve our aches and pains. I suspect you are secretly very twee indeed. Goodness gracious! Is this list really ablaze? Pah! Would it be out of place for me to suggest one of those nice noticeboards for all these spare tickets for NYC requests we keep getting? I don't mean to be a grouchy grumbletrousers, but they're draining the very life from my trembling frame. If this continues, I promise myself I'll treat myself and visit a nearby tower, and climbing to the top, I'll throw my pants right off, in an effort to make it clear to who... oh dear, I've forgotten the rest. I think that song's probably ripe for a revival. Peter PS: Another warning about Brazilian music. Some of it sounds remarkably similar to Cleo Laine. Bee doo doobie doo and so forth. Not everyone's cup of tea, it must be admitted. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: *sigh*
by Anna J 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

Hi folks! As I'm writing this my head is filled with Christmas bells, since I just walked into two different shops and they were both playing Christmas music. Funnily my calendar says September, but maybe I forgot to tear off a few sheets? Anyway, as the bells are chiming away, all I really wanted to say is one thing: Oh boy! That concert Saturday night in Stockholm that freighteningly enough I so nearly missed was, well... oh boy! File under simple things to make a young girl sigh. And don't forget to triplicate. Anna :) P.S. Michael wrote: >Can any Scandinavians (or just generally clued-on people) >recommend any others worth checking out? If you don't mind it being in Swedish you should definitely give Bob Hund a chance, the sole Swedes of my music collection. Of course, to fully appreciate them, you should probably learn Swedish as well, but hey, a few years of practise should be worth 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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Sinister: Gig in Paris
by Michael Korchia 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

After Belle & Sebastian's gig in Paris on October 6th, October 7th could have appeared sad and dull... Until another extraordinary concert was anounced! Indeed, the Lucksmiths, Watoo Watoo & Mumbly will play at the Pop'In!!! The Lucksmiths are Australian, and are cousins (for real) of the Sugargliders. And are apparently influenced by B&S & Sarah Records. Watoo Watoo & Mumbly are cousins of their cousins, and like Felt and also B&S and Sarah Records (how strange!) This free concert will take place on October 7th, starting at 8.30pm at the Pop'in bar, 105 rue Amelot, Paris 11eme. __^o^__ Michael Korchia mkorchia(a)club-internet.fr Watoo Watoo Homepage : http://www.mygale.org/05/watoo/ Mumbly Homepage : http://www.mygale.org/00/aurore/emumbly.htm +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: farewell ( why I want to leave this list)
by Tim Groves 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

I have been a big fan of B&S since 96 - I bought a vinyl copy in Vinyl Experience in Hanway street (which is now closed) a woman who worked there said that she ran the fan club (Katrina was this you?) and hence I was on mail list - never sent any stamps but still have the cool sheep badge. I still do and probably will always love B&S and I still want to know " news" ie tour dates - single releases (why not one so far?) and bloody Tigermilk - But the postings bear little relevance to these - I can't stand St Etienne and there has been more postings about them recently than B&S. So I wish B&S and their team and all of you the best wherever you are - but this is getting all a bit too much and I also get charged for anything receive with an enclosure (altbody) - I will still visit the web site - missed the picknick. my tips for you all go and buy Matthew Sweet records. get stoned vote labour keep a clean nose regards tim " the biggest wagon is the empty wagon" 10c halesworth road london se13 7tn 0181 244 5049 (give me a ring ) unsubscribe 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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Re: Sinister: hurdy ,hurdy, hurdy
by Rebecka popgal 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

oh there are mayn well worth checking out swedish bands.. here are some: eggstone, komeda, robot, cloud9, yvonne, this perfect day, wannadies, bear quartet, easy, fidget, bob hund, freewheel, the mopeds, ceasars palace, superswirls, kent, red sleeping beauty etc... love becka # go and have a peek at my page it's constantly developing, http://www.angelfire.com/me/Mizzy # ______________________________________________________ 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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by Neil Dewhurst 29 Sep '98

29 Sep '98

- ---Michael <Michael.Barrett(a)adv.sonybpe.com <mailto:Michael.Barrett@adv.sonybpe.com> > wrote: >Can any Scandinavians (or just generally clued-on >people) recommend any others worth checking out? You should check out Motorpsycho, 22-pistepirkko, The soundtrack of our lives, Union carbide Productions. Bye. Jan Don't know about the others, but the Soundtrack of our lives are definitely worth listening to. Instant repeater 99 spent a record 21 consecutive days in my CD player without anyone else interfering. Damn, didn't put it on my tape-tree tape. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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