January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Thursday night in NW10
by Mark Pattison 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Just to say that if anyone is in the Jeepster area on Thursday, I can highly recommend the band 'As A King' who are playing in the Mean Fiddler on Harlesden High St. I think B&S fans would like them. And no, I don't have any connection with them! M a r k who used to be mdp21 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: WARNING: This post contains absolutely *NO* pubic hair discussion
by Mick McMick * Sandcastle Records 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Hello there, Well, I've just spent roughly an hour reading precisely 75 posts, and I would have been entirely let down if it hadn't been for Genevieve's post. When you think about it, though, that's pretty good, I mean it's about 1.25 posts per minute! I really shouldn't take all the credit, after all, I couldn't have done it without Keith's shape post and those posts which quoted a big long message and added 3 lines of text. Thank you everyone. Well, I had some content occur to me today. I was in my local mom 'n pop record store, Haffa's (pronounced Haff-az, Hyeahf-az by Clevelanders ;) and immediately upon entering, the fellow who works there (for all intents and purposes we'll call him Eric, because that's his name) pointed out to me the new Belle & Sebastian CDs in the glass case. There I beheld two sparkling copies each of Dog on Wheels and PAJAMAJAMMYJAM. I felt kind of bad when I told him I had both, but I thanked him. Later, as I was taking my purchases to the register, Eric was saying to the other fellow there "I wanna listen to Belle & Sebastian, I haven't listened to that since we got it, and we sell so many copies." Well, I nearly asked him to write down the name, address & phone numbers of anyone who bought the album, since I only know one of them, but I decided against it. Earlier today I had my political science class, in which my professor made special mention of the names of Scottish political parties. Apparently there's a Let's-Go-up-the-Creek-and-Have-a-Party party, or something like that. Several other funny ones, but I didn't jot them down. We now return you to your regularly scheduled post: Lately I, much like Brad, have not been listening to much Belle and Sebastian. However, I've not been listening to anything Brad appears to be listening to lately (big surprise, that). I have been listening to a lot by the Wake, who sound nothing like B&S, though quite a lot like the Field Mice (in fact they toured together). I decided, whilst in my car, that they sounded like "a smooth sea of synthesizers with sparse ripples of jangly guitar overtop." I think I must be a closet record reviewer. But also oddly I haven't really been listening to the usual anorak fare these past few days. I'd best watch myself, or there could be a coup in Sha-La-La. Whatever happens, I want to be on the side of the Left, so the headline can be "Leftist P!O!O! Dictator Deposed - Militant Religious Fanatics Take Over." I also have it on good stead that the Looper album is amazing, and very "now" (those are not my words). This is coming from the man whose every recommendation has been excellent, in fact if hadn't been for him (and 4 or 5 of my other friends) I probably wouldn't be on this list, and Eric probably wouldn't be mentioning those EPs to me. Just now I'm listening to a song called Isobel, but it's spelt Isabel. Nonetheless, I decided to postpone the paragraph I was just about to write, and instead throw in this utterly pointless one. What I was going to write...yes, anyhow, I almost didn't write that bit about the Wake. I was thinking, you know, they have absolutely nothing to do with B&S, why should I mention them? But then I thought "Barton, you've had some content in your post already, and it's not as if your post is a dissertation solely on Tom Waits, is it? And furthermore, you're not writing about pants, "indie rock" glasses, cardigans, bassieres, monkeys, monkies, Monkees, round ovally things, bathyspheres, hemaglobin, Reece's Pieces, or pubic hair, so what have you got to lose?" Often times I disagree with the voices in my head. I have not killed my mum, for example. But this time, I can't kid myself, they were right. My favorite sort of bathysphere is those kind with all the knobs and levers on the inside, and three thick, glass portholes. Personally I think the sort of people who have a bathysphere just to look cool, rather than needing a strongly-built diving sphere used for deep sea exploration and study, are idiots. Obviously they plop the thing in their carport and over the summer tinker with it, but I very much doubt they actually take it to sea. I suggest you all go to <http://user.aol.com/chines6930/mw1/beebe7.htm> and have a look at myself and my friend Beebe standing next to our Bathysphere sometime around 1930. Did I mention that my Christian name is Barton? Barton McMick, that's me...now where did I put my lucky hat...? /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick/Sandcastle Records <<->> bp224996(a)ohiou.edu \ / Sandcastle Records Homepage: ICQ#5056758 | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "I am always wishing to make people | | in the world happy with my smiles." | | -Mr. Friendly +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: love inside the stud farm
by brad . 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

there is a brand new hefner mailing list. write me personally (for now) to join. -brad ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: burglars, barfdays,birds
by Gary Parkinson 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Urk Did someone mention Duncan Sheik? I think so. Someone gave me that there album of his and I was made slightly nauseous by it. 'Honestly,' I thought to myself, 'if you want to be Nick Drake that badly, why not just take an ('accidental') overdose and do us all a favour?' Luckily, I was burglarised just before Christmas and the fools nicked it (and left my Carpenters records, yay!). Mireia - does this <<I wanted to post some thoughts about telling or not telling your friends that today is your birthday ( I mean mine ): should they remember themselves or should I remind them??? Big philosophical dilemma... Waiting upset and even angry or telling them like it was no big deal?>> mean it's your birthday today (25th)? Me too. Never mind getting ignored, I was interrogated by some plain clothes policemen because they thought I might be a mugger (or worse). And I was only wandering around the fabulous rotting necropolis of Southern Cemetery in a slightly sad Morrissey sort of a way, eating a veggie pasty maybe a bit too suspiciously. Anyway, lots of great people were born today, so give cheer and raise a glass of Umbongo to (besides our selves of course) Virginia Wolf, W. Somerset Maugham, Robert Burns, oh, and Maria Von Trapp. Hurrah. Where would we all be without the sound of music? Just think of that for a while. And teri/the Trainspotter - <<are we gary from uk-indie?>> er.. eh? I dunno. I don't think we are. Is that some sort of code? Stop scaring me. And as for the birds with words list (lady songwriters to write home about), yes yes, Polly Jean, of course, but what about the lovely-but-quite-creepy-in-the -way-she's-a-thirty-odd-year-old-woman-but-still-wearing-braces (of the teeth kind) and-bobby-socks, Nanci Griffith? 'Love at the Five & Dime' and 'There's a Light...' could make your ears smile. And, and, and, what about the bloody Roches? Three New Jersey sisters that harmonise like they're from Jupiter and sing songs about their Mum. They are very glory in ill-advised trousers itself. Er. I'mgoingnowbye. Gazzoid. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 sun always shines on Evie
by mctag＠bigfoot.com 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Hello everyone, Evie? Evie Sands? The Evie Sands? The queen of sixties girl soul singers? I'm beside myself with joy. I love Evie very much. Belle and Sebastian backing her is just a little bonus. Where did they find her? How did they get her to come over? Sheesh. I'm not too fond of facts and figures and catalogue numbers, but I'll do my best. I do know that Evie worked largely with Chip Taylor songs, releasing a couple of ace wall of soundesque pop/soul singles on Blue Cat in the mid sixties - "I can't let go" and "Take me for a little while" - "I can't let go" was a later hit for the Hollies and later still the 'dang-dang-da-da-dang' riff was plagiarised by that loser smackhead Sonic Boom. There was some stuff on A&M - "But you know I love you", so sad, so hopeful, her voice like honey being poured down your back, "I'll hold out my hand" too, sounds like PP Arnold, but better. "Anyway that you want me" is a big string awesome epic. My favourite Evie moment is "Billy Sunshine", which is "big in Wigan", as they say, a fantastic dancer, strident drums, big brassy horns, and Evie just belting it out over the top. If she does that I WILL cry. Love Tag 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: Some bemused ramblings on a B&S thene (sort of)
by ar981611＠student.paisley.ac.uk 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Hello kids firstly can I say to those who are interested (you know who you are) my exams are going OK. I'm glad to say that I am glad to say that I am glad to see the genius of Shane McGowan being recognised - Ally Cook knows what I think of Shane fans, as that's how I met him - anyone who loves the lyricism of Shane fans is OK by me. The greatest regret of last week is that my exams prevented me from seeing the man himself live in Glasgow, but if anyone could tell me how good he was/what Pogues songs he played - thank you!!! For beginners, try Red Roses for Me, that's still my favourite. And is there a Glasgow meet-up before the Evie Sands thing? 'Cause I feel bad about the Hogmanay thing and my lack of money/transport, and I want to meet you all!!! i love you all (and that's not the Guinness talking, even though I've had a few). Keep on entertaining me and brightening up my days. 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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Re: Sinister: "My mom goes out, she's out of control" J Springer
by Scott Turner 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

I have to agree, it seems like over half the posts i've been getting could all be titled "Dear Diary, today I...." or "Dear Shrink, today I....". Is this what the list is for? i don't know. 'just throwing out an observation to think about. .scott On 25 January at 16:08 GMT, "J. MURTAGH" <HIS8JM wrote: Sorry, this is gonna sound really crap right but I'm gonna say it coz I know that alot of people out there agree with me. This list in my opinion and others is getting painful to be apart of particularly the mega long messages that really do seem to say nothing except that the authors are in fact in love with their own zaniness and personality. Now I've jumped but I'd prefer to get the old digest consisting of interesting and not superfluous descriptions of our lives as fans of the band. This sounds really dictatorial and judgmental but I'm only saying this because I'm starting to dread getting these digest mails because they consist of nothingness, and I don't want to leave because I'm a fan and I want to be with you lot: the fans, and not bored people +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Remember me?
by jake 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Hello all of you, It's me, I'm back again, having been severly beaten by dearest Duke in a playground fight I went running home and eventually I feel brave enough to enter the playground again. Not that I've been ignoring you though, I've been standing at the gates looking through via the archives every now and then. And it was a mail from my favorite list mummy that made me return. Well forced me to return, actually, seeing as none of you would have been able to read my comments of immense wisdom (hahaha, some chance) unless I resubbed. I'm already feeling at home again here, with the first mail I recieved listing the top 12 albums of 98, nothings changed then. A few new faces but otherwise were all the same old bunch. I love you all. I am very sad to have missed out on all the undies chat though:( Great news about tigermilk, and even better news about the 3 new albums from B&S and its members. I can already hear the shouts of "how can the release ofthe gentle waves album be better news than tigermilk being rereleased?" Well here is the explanation..... If StuD and Isobel managed to release all their creative juices ivia their side projects then they aren't going to feel the need to shove their stuff on a new B&S album and thus we get a proper good old StuM album (ok and a little from stevie but we can't complain). I'd just like to make the point that I don't think the other 2 are bad (in fact what I've heard from both of the is pretty good, Columbo's car by looper is damn fine) but I love the way that tigermilk and sinister flow in a way that TBWTAS doesn't just because the first 2 albums are just StuM. Thanks for listening to me, and welcoming me back with such open arms jake (the listee formerly know as kenny) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: NHS Specs
by Stanley,L 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Wearing NHS specs in the Eighties for me got cat-calls and "speccy-four eyes" jokes, possibly because I was only three in 1982 when I got them. That is the reason, however, that anyone hoping to woo me either has to look like Neil Pearson, Jarvis Cocker and Peter Mandelson rolled into one, or simply has to wear big specs and have (consequently) big eyes. It's this that led me onto fancying... no, that's too painful. That's too, too painful a memory to drag up. Louise, l.stanley(a)lse.ac.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: It can't be true!!!!
by Mireia Menchon 25 Jan '99

25 Jan '99

Hi! I was just reading today's mails ( so as to keep me busy enough and not study ) and it has started ok but then... my heart has shivered. Somebody ( Fluffy Carandel, maybe, I don't remember ) mentioned that Leonard Cohen is dead!!!!!! Is he???? There comes a point when all famous people start dying and then you don't know who is really dead and who is not. It happened when James Stewart died, some time later I couldn't recall if it had been true or not. So, is he? I don't think so. Just yesterday I was listening to an old record of him, and now he's supposed to be dead... Well, that wasn't what I meant to say at all... I wanted to post some thoughts about telling or not telling your friends that today is your birthday ( I mean mine ): should they remember themselves or should I remind them??? Big philosophical dilemma... Waiting upset and even angry or telling them like it was no big deal? I don't know. Luckily this only lasts one day.Happy no-birthay to you!!!!And happy "being-forgotten-day" to me!!!! The good part is that I've given myself 2 nice CDs as presents: I can't wait to get home and listen to the new Mojave3 one and St.Ettienne, let's be happy!!!!! Goooooooodbye!! Mireia A girl from a lonely street, cold as icecream but still as sweet. ps: To the ones that mentioned Jeff Buckley: he's great...and this one I can remember is dead, but L.Cohen... ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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