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Sinister: Revelations
by Pamela Hutchinson 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

Hello Belles, Last night I played B+S to a friend who had never heard them before, and she siad they were very pretty. I won't tell you what she normally listens to, but she has much in common with Sensitive Stan! Except when the record ended and I pushed play on the remote she got such a shock when she heard it. It was 'sinister' and the vocals on 'track and field' crept up on her so gradually she thought someone had climbed the outside wall and was whispering through the window! She nearly dropped her cup of tea! So kids, remember, even folk pop can be dangerous, ina spilt Earl grey, jumping kind of way. I hope she didn't have night mares! love pamela +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 cafe called Bokcafeen
by Andras Zalan Szolnoki 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

Morning everyone! :-) I worked , for the second time , at this pub/cafe hybrid place called the bookcafe. My first move was to put on Sinister and take off my jacket , thus revealing my blue study at stow t-shirt. It was wonderfull!!! A few people asked me what I was playing and when I said B&S they nodded respectfully. Nobody saw my t-shirt though. Since I'm writing , I'd like to thank everyone who have made a tape for me!!! Thanks! Now if anyone here in freezing Norse-way , its -20c here !!!!!!! , whould like a copy of Tiger or (a) radio-session(s) , just mail me (and please NOT the list!). And if there is anyone in/from Budapest on the list , this means you too. I'm going home during the easter holidays , so I can spread the magic there as well , if anyone one is interested. I'm going to see Mogwai at SoWhat? tomorrow. B&S should play there!!! Sebadoh did. Last week. Or at the Roskilde festival in Denmark this summer!!!!! Roskilde is the world's BEST , without a doubt , festival. And since B&S is the best band in the world....... So The Belle Band has been nominated for the brits......... Maybe I shouldn't be saying this , but I don't want they to win. Not that I want them to "lose" , but .... the brits........why bother? And best newcomer..?? New??? Give me a breake! just in : there's -51 !!!!! c in Karasjok , that's in north-Norseway -way north!- Where is the global warming when you REALLY need it???? ..aaaaaaaaaahhhh get me away I'm dying get me away I' dying!!!!! >> Entry is £3 or £2 with NUS card, UB40 or Belle and Sebastian t-shirt or badge. Last , but not least : what the hell is this ????????????? UB40 or OR !!!!!! B&S t-shirt!!!!!!!!!! Bad humor!!!! VERY BAD!!!!!! .....I need caffine...... ........I need caffine....... ......I need caffine....... and maybe a dose of CO Ciao!!!! Andras ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: thank you for being nice to me
by Sensitive Stan 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

hello, it's stan again. thank you everyone for your kind messages. it's good to know that there are so many sensitive belle and sebastian fans out there. it's strange feeling part of a community like this when i am so used to being an outsider. i live in milton keynes, is anyone else in milton keynes? i bet you all wish you lived here. that's because there used to be an advertisment on television that placed a subliminal thought in your mind. you are so sweet and lovely lesley jo, i would email you personally but i'm too shy. i went to london last week to the poetry cafe, but you won't know me because i didn't talk to anyone. i thought the singer from hefner was very sensitive, but not as sensitive as tori amos. afterwards a girl started talking to me, she must have been one of those girls my mother warned me about, being so forward. she was pretty with dark hair, and she bit her lip when she smiled. i was still building up the courage to say something when a scary bald man came up and glared at me in such a menacing manner that i had to go straight home and cry in my room. i heard a song by nick drake yesterday. he sounds very sensitive, i think he should record a song with belle and sebastian. sometimes when i look out of the window i expect to see sebastian or belle sitting in a big van outside my house pretending to be a removal man, but really spying on me with hi-tech surveillance equipment, because all of their songs seem to be about my life. stan _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: hello evreryone
by damien gaucher 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

well, it's not so easy to write to so many people at the same time.I'm a french guy and a big lover of B&S, since, when I listen to them, although it's raining , i can see a blue stripe in the sky and that's wonderful. to John M. and Robert M. :you're both right: in the U.S.A, in the U.K, and in France too, there are many good things and there is awful music ; i for one also love Radiohead and all britpop bands i can hear (which is not so easy, for in France , they also have their sh...and one or two radio stations are fine, in particular the 45mn one of the Black Sessions maker, Bernard Lenoir...).but i must admit my favourite band is an american one : Pixies.Oh, I know, it doesn't have much to do with B&S , but they have something in common: both can create atmospheres and in a quite important way...there are many bands and solists like that but I won't make an essay on it... well , hope i didn't give anyone any headache, otherwise i'm sorry... see you later... PS: I didn't taped the B&S black session, I'm so sorry i can't help you (but i'm first sorry for myself...) bon, sur ce , à plus! ______________________________________________________ Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com

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Sinister: Seeing other people (and their taste in music)
by ar981611＠student.paisley.ac.uk 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

Whilst being bored and trying not to study for my Business Information Technology Systems exam, I was perusing stuff around the B&S areas of the web and found out that someone had voted for me on the list crush thing. I now like the idea of list crushes. So whoever you are (and I think I know, but I could be sadly wrong, as I usually am), thank you. You have put a smile on the face of an unhappy bunny. I have many exams, and my real-life non-list crush has begun ignoring me. And I can't go to Evie Sands as I forgot that I promised my parents I would visit them straight after my exams. Anyway, my point ..... Robert Morris wrote: I have to interject here and say that I'm quite tired of "there are no good bands in America" thing. Select magazine has a piece this month something to the effect of "...Only in America" that lists all the absolute worst that the American music industry has to offer. It lists the Matchbox, Third Eye, Sugar Ray, Jewel, Cherry Poppin', Blues Traveller, Dave MAtthews, etc. Each and every one of these bands , is of course, crap. Where are the mentions of the Beastie Boys, Beck, Pavement, Yo La Tengo, Wilco,REM, Victoria Williams etc... And if they are going to list all of these American phenomenons shouldn't All Saints, Robbie Williams, Gomez, Travis, Embrace, Catatonia et al get mentions as examples of "only in England crap." Right, the thing I liked about John Mahoney's post (presumably not the John Mahoney who plays Martin Crane in Frasier then) was the quote about not slagging off other peoples taste in music. Which he then proceeded to spoil by doing just that. Then Robert cut in to give his opinion. Which I don't agree with. I think the Beasties are the most over-rated band on the face of the earth. I think he should have mentioned American Music Club and Red House Painters in the list of best things to come out of America. Do you see my point? IT'S ALL A MATTER OF TASTE!!! YOU CAN'T CRITICIZE OTHERS' TASTE IN MUSIC JUST BECAUSE IT ISN'T THE SAME AS YOURS!!! Oh, and England can't be blamed for Catatonia and Travis as they are Welsh and Scottish. And I'd rather listen to Robbie Williams than the Beasties anyday. But that's just me. And anyway Robert, I don't think John was saying that all American artists are crap, as shortly after this point he was listing fave records as being by Money Mark and REM. So can we stop being all "oh, I'm so superior because I like Sebadoh and think Steps are the Anti-Christs, and therefore I really understand good music and can slag others off" or whatever, and get back to being fluffy again please. I've noticed a few others doing it too, and it angers me, as I like a wide range of music from My Bloody Valentine to Take That and don't want to be derided by someone having a cheap shot at shoegazers or pop kids. We all like Belle & Sebastian, so there is a common ground, but where we go from there is up to ourselves. Don't ever turn into Manics fans - you all know what I mean, thinking that other people aren;t qualified to like Belle & Sebastian as they like music you don't therefore can't understand B&S with the same passion you do. This, of course, will probably never happen. But I can see the signs. And I don't want it to happen. That's all. You can come back now. Ailsa xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Writhe on the fire of your peers' displeasure, sucka!
by Jygsaw18＠aol.com 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

In a message dated 1/27/99 11:38:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, smfisher(a)arches.uga.edu writes: << Well I do have a reason for writing. The other day I was on the bus coming home, and these two guys got on and sat in the seat in front of me. I thought they look kinda cool, you know, not REALLY cool, but definitely not dorks either. They were talking about going to some show that night, and as there was nothing that night that interested me, I wasn't paying too much attention. Then they started talking about Belle & Sebby, about seeing them live and the records and stuff. I could tell they were fans, or at least liked them. I really really wanted to say something about what excellent music taste they had, or something to that effect, but I didn't. Should I have? And what should I say in this type of situation if it ever comes up again? >> You should always speak up in that sort of situation, m'dear. Just think, those boys could have been trying to lure you into conversation about Belle&Sebastian and you didn't even take the bait! I'd love to be discussing a fantastic musical group and have a total stranger come over and agree with my tastes. there's nothing wrong with being a dork. Meself I go for the intentionally dorky look, or what passes for dorky here. ( i won't start on about the glasses again, I promise) I don't wear ill-fitting baggyass pants, nor do I like the hideous funk-metal that all the 'cool' people like. And I read more than I watch TV. I also think and draw.. how unhip! someone tune this boy into the fab world of American Culture! isn't he a foaming anarchist pop-punk? Does he not hate his parents and everything else? Why won't he buy $25 shirts that tell everyone he likes a band enough to pay them to wear their advertisments? i'll be quiet again. I liked the Belle and sebastian joke, so thanks whoever sent that. Cockbiter, I don't know your real name. dave +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: life is never dull in your dreams
by Stephanie 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

I'd like to say that I agree with people about Silverchair. Unless they've changed and/or are a different band they are NOT cool. I saw them (not by choice) back when they were popular and they were poo. Utter pish. Oh, and LesleyJo has a Wuxtry Records shirt now. Yeay, that is my favorite store! :) Well I do have a reason for writing. The other day I was on the bus coming home, and these two guys got on and sat in the seat in front of me. I thought they look kinda cool, you know, not REALLY cool, but definitely not dorks either. They were talking about going to some show that night, and as there was nothing that night that interested me, I wasn't paying too much attention. Then they started talking about Belle & Sebby, about seeing them live and the records and stuff. I could tell they were fans, or at least liked them. I really really wanted to say something about what excellent music taste they had, or something to that effect, but I didn't. Should I have? And what should I say in this type of situation if it ever comes up again? Well, that is all. Um, except Looper got a pretty bad review in the Flagpole today. I don't care what the reviewer-person says, I still like them. And speaking of which (sort of), I'd always thought it was Stuart D. singing Paper Boat...didn't he write it, too? Love, Stephanie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: somewhat of a joke
by brad whiddon 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

someone forwarded me this joke. i won't give any names in order to protect their social standing. -brad >>> Q: How many Belle and Sebastian fans does it take to change a >>> lightbulb? >>> >>> >>> >>> A: Just one -- a young boy with an old mind and middle-aged >>> corduroy trousers. He thought about the lightbulb for a while and >>> decided that if it were him he wouldn't want to be changed, so he >>> didn't. Instead he got on a bus and let it drive him around while >>> he thought of song lyrics with no words. Except "boy." And "girl." >>> Later, as he sat in a cafe with just a cup of coffee and a >>> daydream, he thought about the lightbulb once again. Perhaps >>> it did want to be changed. If he thought it would answer him, he >>> would ask it but it wouldn't. So he didn't. On a whim he asked a >>> girl he knew in a cafe what she thought he should do. She looked >>> up from writing a poem that would never be finished and told him. >>> They went to change the lightbulb together. It felt like a dream >>> but he was pretty sure it wasn't... >>> ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re:Silverchair
by Pamela Hutchinson 28 Jan '99

28 Jan '99

Vic Don't do it. Please. Save yourself from adoloescent grunge!! love pamela or maybe I am thinkg of a different Silverchair. The one I know COULDN'T be on the Sinister List, could they? On the other hand, support yr friend, you can blackmail her with your sufferings on the night for years to come. > Has anyone heard of Silverchair? (I think that's what they're called, Ozzie > band) My colleague has been desperately trying to get someone to go to their > gig in London next month, and I'd go without listening to them, only I don't > feel that well off, as it isn't particularly cheap, and her taste in music > is a little 'different' from mine, so any opinions would be much > appreciated. > > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tigermilk in FRance
by Stephane Charbonneau 27 Jan '99

27 Jan '99

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