September 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: och aye dearie me.
by Yaz 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* ohh, i almost forgot... *---********HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIE*******---* heyhey. with extra stars. yaz x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Philadelphia B&S
by THAIAN N TON 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Hello again listees, I just got off the phone with the lovely man at the Trocadero in Philadelphia & have myself some pearly beautiful tickets for their gig there. Is their going to be a meet-up before the gig in Philly? I'd love to go, if my car can drive fast enough from Baltimore to make it ... Much wonderful karma, Wee Chi Chi xoxo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Isn't Stuart Murdoch rather tasty?
by Mark Casarotto 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Julien - I reckon it's not so much the people who were talking that was the problem, more the sound man being contrary and refusing to turn the bloody music up! Am I the only person who listens to Belle and Sebastian cranked up to 11 (TM) in the privacy of my own home? Padraic - hope your hands are better now - and they're such lovely hands too... Not quite boogieing enough, Rod? You obviously weren't in the middle left bit of downstairs where a P!O!O!P! frenzy was larging it in full effect - though on the whole the crowd did seem a little static, which is odd considering the number of funky, funky people on this list who were there...I agree with you about the people being the highlight of the night, although I was disappointed only to have a few seconds in the company of Nickie Dastoor when all night would have been too short... Anyway, 2 postings in a day is at least one and a half too many, so for now, cheerio! 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: stuart if youre reading this why oh why dont you ever play the state that i'm in whenever we see you. hmm young man. hmm.
by Yaz 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Jon Johnston, said: >But that long wait for the band...I reckon they've got rid of the gaps between songs and saved them up for one big one at the start (boom boom!). Now I'm sure they didn't do it on purpose but as it was I thought the atmosphere was poisonous by the time they got on. And the charming and gentle way they start their set wasn't the sort of thing to win over the doubters I reckon. Not unlike Russ Abbot (with whom I also share a passion for wry humour) I like a party with a happy atmosphere and to start with we really didn't have one and I didn't enjoy that. and then Markie mark said: >London, 7/9/98, then. I was SO upset at the lack of volume - I couldn't have felt less immersed in the music - it was like listening to a poorly taped copy in the middle of a house party. I am underwhelmed, and even though it did gte a bit louder towards the end, I still came away from the venue feeling just a little bit conned. It should have been the best >gig of my life, but it doesn't even make the top ten. mmm, well, i was kinda looking forward to it too (i cut short my holiday in Greece, didn't go to bed the night before, ran to the airport with this severe jetlag and hangover combination ran trough the Greeen. so clutching my stomach and turning to my friends i tell them that even though i'm so hot i feel as though i'm about to give birth, i think that a Belle and Sebastian gig is just about the only place in London where the audience actually tells eachother to (cue low rolling whispher that gathers pace as more people join in) ....*Sssshhusssshh* ... and i loved that, but i was still a bit upset that it wasn't like the Union Chapel thing where everyone was being really cuddly and just plain Huggable. so my best friend turns to me and says knowingly, ahh, but there's just something in the way Stuart Murdoch sings. (cue this big fat smile). his dimples. yaz x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The New Boy...
by Perfection As A Hipster 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Of course I didn't write ... >"Support Your Local P!O!O! Underground" Things have obviously changed since I left the list ... HoneyPie, you're a cheeky sod. §:^D Anyway, kids ... "Support Your Local P-O-P Underground" Andreas The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella But more upon the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella (Charles Baron Bowen) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Londonium - Repost
by Sarah Beth Gilmour 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Hi, I am new to the list and dont mean to be rude or wish to offend but just to let you know. It wasnt a tape playing between sets at the gig last night, but a real live dj - Andrew Symington - who can also be heard downstairs at the Art School, Glasgow, on a Saturday night. Sarah ;) On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 11:16:36 -0400 Rod Begbie <rbegbi(a)sapient.com> wrote: > > *---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* > > Hey there! > > I tried to post this message earlier, but having a look through the archive > to see what others have been saying, it seems to have disappeared into the > ether, so here it is again: > > -- > 'lo Chaps! > > Well, that was scary. Walking into a pub in London, not knowing what any of > the people you're about to meet look like, but having them recognise you! > (The Helen Love T-shirt, y'see. Works every time!) > > Luckily, the predicted Begbie/Tag punch-up failed to materialise, so I was > able to enjoy a drink with a load of people with alarmingly familiar names. > To everyone I blethered to: I love you lots. > > Gig was very good - Audience were a bit standy-still and not quite boogieing > enough - and I've never heard such a large group of people go "Shhhhh!" > before - but the band were tops. Hand-Clappers of the world, unite! > > See ya next time, pop-chums! > -- > > In addition to all that, in response to the point that others have raised: > Yeah, I felt that the audience reaction was pretty strange - partially due > to the fucking long wait (there was the start of some booing when yet > another song started on the tape) - and while the band were great, it wasn't > up there with the Edinburgh two cities concert which remains in my Top 3 > gigs of all time (along with Elastica at T in the Park '95 and Teenage > Fanclub at the Queen's Hall the same summer). Perhaps it was just the mood > I was in, but meeting Sinister-types before the gig was more of an event to > me than the show itself (I was sat on the night bus home thinking "Kevan was > quite a sound bloke", not "That recorder solo was fab") > > Rod. > > PS. Charlotte - You're very lovely, and I apologise for talking so loudly > :) > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: The New Boy...
by Perfection As A Hipster 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* M.J. Hibbett <mjh18(a)leicester.ac.uk> wrote ... >My Young Lady took a load of photo's, which is another reason i took the plunge >- i anyone wants a copy of her pictures (she does it for a living [tho not of >bands!] so they'll be good) let me know, she's doing them soon, and copies >should be about 3 quid. May I suggest that fellow listees should also send for a copy of the M.J. Hibbett / Sienna split 7" from the same address ? §;^D Seriously, the contributions of "The New Boy" are bound to make you smile and funnily dance around in your room. "Clubbing In The Week" (is GRATE) was described by one distinguished critic as "Geoffrey Ingram" having "Parties In Chelsea" with "The Boy In The Paisley Shirt" while ignoring the fact that the songwriter is not even aware of the early Television Personalities output. §;^D "Fucking Hippy" ... how could you miss out on lyrics such as "You hippy, with your whimsical delusion, that if you grow your hair you can start a revolution ... you believe in love and peace, but you hate your friends and you insist on eating meat, you fucking hippy" which musically recalls the legendary "Orgasm" album by The Pooh Sticks. Knowing that some of you are lost regarding such comparitive descriptions, you are well advised to obey the "Support Your Local P!O!P! Underground" notion. Well, time is very limited these days so I won't bother you with my assessment of the new album, only thought I'd mention that, contrary to malicious tongues, I never wrote Melody Maker reviews under a pseudonym. §;^D "Time Is All I've Seen (Sea Urchins) Andreas The rain it raineth on the just And also on the unjust fella But more upon the just because The unjust steals the just's umbrella (Charles Baron Bowen) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sandra & all, directions to Chicago
by Travis Hibbs 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Hey Sandra and everyone thinking about going to the chicago show, There's a really great map site at http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py Enter in the Metro's address into the address field onscreen: 3730 North Clark Chicago, IL 60613 The net will give you a map of the address and the surrounding area. Under the map is button that says "Driving Directions." Press that button and a screen will come up where you can enter *your* address and then make a map from your house to the Metro! Print it out, it is sooooo useful. When I went to Chicago last spring, I didn't buy a map till I got to the city. The "Map IT" page gave me accurate directions all the way from Norman, Oklahoma. I would definitely tell you to get a map of downtown Chicago, though. Good luck all! Travis P.S. Feel free to email me if anyone wants to meet up there. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Fwd: Pop Group Into Rock Venue Won't Go
by Michael Jones 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

I feel a bit stupid re-sending a message to the list, but, like Roddddd's, it seems to have disappeared into a Yahoo black-hole. Hopelessly out-of-date now of course - you've all moved on to space-jazz and "Poldark", no doubt... note: forwarded msg attached. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

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Sinister: Leeds gig
by hb1ugs＠mail.bolton.ac.uk 08 Sep '98

08 Sep '98

*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Just a few words about the Leeds concert..... Well the long good Friday finally arrived and duly started in the Whitelocks pub in Leeds, where a hardy contingent of listees had gathered for a pre match snifter or two. There was a good mix of familiar faces and people making their first visit...the atmosphere was relaxed and holiday-like, as indeed many peole were using up their well earned holidays to follow the band around. Keith was his usual suave, sophisticated self, the undisputed Des Lynham of the B&S world...honestly, smooth as a cashmere codpiece...Twas also nice to say hi to Tim "Fucker" Hopkins and Nick Dastoor in person for the first time. Well we made the short journey to the venue, a theatre with proper stalls and everything, very olde worlde music hall stylee and no mistake. Luckily, David and Katrina had remembered to shut the door on the van this time and had an excellent range of wares, which I blew nearly a whole week's income support on...oh well, Aldi baked beans for tea again. The gig itself was superb, the band played wonderfully, obviously having found the number of a decent rehearsal studio since Christmas. They still managed to keep their intrinsic charm though, Stu M forgetting the words to Get Me Away....for instance, and the band members sitting charmingly on stage when their services were not called on in certain songs. It's just that they seem to have realised that value for money is not a dirty notion. The swapping of instruments also worked much better due to the fact that the band didn't have to walk a 100 yards to the other side of the stage to pick up the triangle. Anyway the old favourites were ace, even if they were played without that bit of spark. Dylan in Manchester on Sunday sent shivers down my spine, here it was still a humdinger of a choon, but was just a bit too, um, technical, if you get my meaning. Beautiful Career was gorgeous, as was Is it Wicked not to Care, and the whole performance was just spot on. Quality gig show from the best band in the world. It couldn't get any better. Oh but it did. Afterwards, Brighton Beach in Leeds was the scene of a few listees (moi, Keith, Tag, Tall Stu, Sarah, Julia, Chris L, Nick D and others) being joined by Stevie, Chris and Mick for a hearty and very sweaty stomp along to some marvellous Northern Soul. I realise that a lot of people on this list probably know the band quite well, but for me the sheer pleasure of dancing like a moron next to honest to goodness *stars* is hard to beat. Even the power failing didn't detract as it gave me the chance to have a quick chat with Stevie, a thoroughly nice bloke if ever one lived. Oh and it's always nice to see Tag frugging away like a good un. this man knows how to dance to Northern Soul. Respect. Sooooo, anyway, sorry for droning on, but if you weren't there you missed a treat, yes you did. Risso PS Thanks to Keith and Chris for the drinks, I owe you one +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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