January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Your favourite shape?...
by Keith Watson 22 Jan '99

22 Jan '99

Mine's a round ovally shape. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dirty dream #2 video
by Ginger Nance 22 Jan '99

22 Jan '99

Hello everyone, I've crawled out from under my rock to annouce that I finally scanned my pictures from the "Dirty Dream #2" shoot and if you want to see them, they're at http://www.unc.edu/~gnance/athens.html Hope you like them! Ginger :) Ginger Nance gnance(a)email.unc.edu http://www.unc.edu/~gnance +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: My favorite Animal!
by WeeChrisBS＠aol.com 22 Jan '99

22 Jan '99

Hello List, I Love Animals.... In Elementary school I use to be more obsessed though.... I like Headgehogs,Monkeys(but not as obsessed as you Amanda tee hee),Lizards,Geekos,Dogs,Dogs and More Dogs. I have 3 dogs... 2 Jack Russel Terries and 1 Mixed. and Stuff Animals.... I have Lots of Rent and stimpys(Including a Stimpy that lays on My Bed) and a Monkey and a Pengiun and lots others in the closet *sniff Sniff* maybe I'll go look at 'em all before I go to bed. -Damon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: what's your favorite animal?
by Graham MacArthur 22 Jan '99

22 Jan '99

well, hello there again.... nearly too scared to write again but i thought I'd pop my head round the door and slip this post in while I'm still in teendom. I love stories about other people's travels, as it reminds you of your own. Bill Bryson is proving hard to get into, i wonder has anyone on the list read all of his travel books? I've just started on the brit book.....maybe Bill Bryson is a little flat for sinisterines? I was biting my lip to stop from laughing while reading it sitting on the tube on saturday, wondering if anyone noticed. People don't seem to like it if you show any kind of emotion on trains, they want to sit grey-faced and silent, willing the journey to end. I quite like having 7 stops to go, wondering how many pages I'll get through. I tried to lend my youthful white smile to as many people as possible, people seem too depressed for winter...don't they see that this is the best season? The season for red cheeks and jumping in and out of big furry coats and not having to worry about the social calendar? well, it beats barbeques and rounders in the park in my book, I'd much rather sit inside rubbing my hands together and pulling on another pair of socks. That's another reason why winter is so great, the oppertunity to wear lots of clothes , and to indulge the list's recent trend, wear nice undies underneath layers and layers of clothes. Wondering back home from the station, I was humming seymour stein to myself, finding it almost impossible not to burst into song, but it was my new year's resolution to give up singing while I'm walking down the street on my own, people have seen me from cars and asked me if I was talking to myself in a dramatic manner! I'm only 61 pages into my Steven Fry book (moab is my washpot) and he's already mentioned monkies...my favorite. what's yours? love Erica p.s who is going to the poetry cafe on friday? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Thoughts while staring at my Smiths poster
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 21 Jan '99

21 Jan '99

I started thinking while I was staring at the large _Rank_ poster on my wall that maybe Belle and Sebastian are naming a lot of their songs with parts of other Smiths songs. I could be wrong, since the Smiths wrote songs in English as do Belle and Sebastian and hence there could be a lot of overlap in words used, but bear with me here, I'm trying to put together a shaky conspiracy theory. Obviously there's THE BOY WITH THE ARAB STRAP = THE BOY WITH THE THORN IN HIS SIDE but then there's IS IT WICKED NOT TO CARE? = IS IT REALLY SO STRANGE? both with question marks in the title, mind you. FOX IN THE SNOW = GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA THE ROLLERCOASTER RIDE = THE DRAIZE TRAIN You know what, maybe there was nothing to this. But then again, maybe that's what they want us to think. Xavier, "juiced" by the last (and finally good) X-Files episode -- BXK M o t h e r , M a y bkim0(a)dept.english.upenn.edu I S l e e p http://www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 W i t h D a n g e r ? X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---X---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: new member?!?
by Fox in the snow 21 Jan '99

21 Jan '99

Hello I am also from America.. but I am in Quebec city canada... Sounds not too bad? haha that is the worse place ever... No one knows about B&S over here.. and I have to order every cd I buy... I found TBWTAS in this import store uptown and I was all excited cos i didn,t have to order it this time and pay twice the price of the other cds. I was all excited and they had promo posters so I got a hold of some for free yaya! If there's anyone else near me, that,d be nice to hear from u ppl cos I feel lonely in my lost city.. As for the posters well if some ppl want some maybe I can get ahold of some more!:) I,ll ask my friends to go ask for some cos I bet they remember me Cheers, Karolyne >I'm new to the list, and am not from England.. not from Europe at all, >actually. I live in a small town in the US. My my, it certainly is boring, >too. Other than the fact that the local indie record store employees are >maniacal about Belle & Sebastian... that always livens up my day when I go to >purchase music. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Why was Mr.Keynes born??!!
by Mireia Menchon 21 Jan '99

21 Jan '99

Hi everyone! I've had this question in my mind for 3 days now...Why did he have to live??Why? Why? Did Keynes live with the purpose of making me feel terrible today? Oh, wonderful world is economics... I would also like to thank Mr. Samuelson for bringing this lovely 1.000.000 page book into my, just until,now boring life...I love you guys, wherever you are... Well, after this little bit of therapy a B&S question: Have they ever written any songs concerning birthdays? Mine is approaching and I'm beginning to feel depresed. My life at the moment: exam: fail?,exam:fail?, birthday: pfffff... How do you feel about those "wonderful" days? Will I end up dressed with a lovely ye-ye dress watching a 70 year-old boyfriend play "petanca" ( sorry, don't know translation) in the park while I'm knitting something???? I guess nobody cares about underwear then... Depressing mail, I know. Bye puppies! Mireia Time takes care of the wound, so I can believe. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I'm thin I'm cool I'm a piece of wire
by Emanuel Brown 21 Jan '99

21 Jan '99

On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:57:16 Corpora Arenacea wrote: >Someday someone will explain the lure of "lo-fi" as well. Well, let's see. The "lure of lo-fi" as you put it lies in the combination of Do-It-Yourself ethics, artistic expressive freedom, and probably most important, inheirent low cost. Although for some, it's probably just a hipster prop device. I have been doing quite a bit of work on a four-track recorder lately, one of those cassette jobs that has four inputs and a mini mixing deck on it. With this unassuming little apparatus, I record anything and everything that strikes my fancy. From street noise below to my neighbor's frenzied early morning sex above, I have a plethora of funny and unusual sounds that I will then incorporate into my "serious" musical attempts. Not quite like William Burrough's cut-ups. This can be alot of fun or a flaming disaster, still there's a certain satisfaction in attempting to create something new or at least personal. And I think that's what certain indie rockers went for when they released some of the most disjointed, unpolished music ever produced and somehow it seemed more honest 'cause it was all fucked up. Unfortunately, this didn't last too long and soon you had all these jackasses running around trying to be the nerxt Daniel Johnston. The point is, its a process, that's all. Take it or leave it. You are your own boss and you can really do some cool stuff if you can geek out a little bit and figure out new techniques. The work itself is often its own reward, with a certain degree of instant gratification involved. For instance, I've been recording a series of songs lately. I have some musical genius friends in Chapel Hill, NC and so I'll send them a cassette with my stuff on it and they'll add to it, remix it, or whatever they like and send it back. In this way we can continue to share ideas and influences on the cheap over long distances. I hope that helps. My father used to do something similar back in the late 60's with an 8-track reel-to-reel. Wow! I'd love one of those. As for the geek look, I can't go for it. I detest plaid and I don't need glasses. Besides, I've spent a large part of my life cultivating a certain distance between myself and the beautiful people. They make my skin crawl. Oh, if you want a great example of lo-fi done right, check out Portastatic, Mac McCaughan of Superchunk/Merge Records fame at his Brian Eno best. The first album, 'I hope your heart is not brittle' is absolutely beautiful with a dark sadness that i never knew was in the man. PS: Magnetic Fields? I love Stephin Merrit's music too. He's one weird little guy, have you ever talked to him? emanuel x o x o Free, fast e-mail accessible anytime, anywhere http://www.imaginemail.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: advice for FNGs
by Sarah Jane Philp 21 Jan '99

21 Jan '99

hello so, i put this mail filter on my email machine which is meant to send a slipstream of b&s waffle away from my new mail place and neatly file it somewhere more sinister. The way i told it how to know what was b&s waffle and what was not was by seeing whether there was a <sinister(a)majordomo.net> written in the To: section. After a day or so I return to find my filter dividing the sinister mail in half those that stay in my new file are people whose names are not familier to me although their words are pretty and those who have slipped to the right are in no uncertain words the 'old skool' the ones with a catalogue of previous postings and great myths surrounding their names.Thats interesting isnt it? The division is between those who use the < > around the address and those who do not. So here's some advice, if you wanna play with the big boys, don't let your sinister(a)majordomo.net go shamefaced naked anymore. The other thing: i say there should be some mourning for the death of the tape tree i was really enjoying that, Ben Ferneyhough's tape was ace and oons was so pretty, and now, no more tapes. Let us pray. sarah* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: cubicles
by jesi bell 21 Jan '99

21 Jan '99

as i settled into my cubicle, hidden in the very back of the eighth floor of the library i thought to myself "why don't you sit on the seventh floor, where its all open, with big tables, and lots of people? you should try and be more social, instead of hiding up here. and you wonder why you don't have a boyfriend." but then i thought, "if i sat down there, i couldn't spin my pen continually and drop it, in the annoying fashion that i enjoy. i couldn't make faces at everything i didn't understand (i say far too much with my eyebrows). i couln't trace my lips with my pinky when i'm really trying to concentrate. because what guy would like a girl like that?.... yes, but then i thought, "the guy that I would like wouldn't be sitting down there anyhow. he'd be hidding up here in a cubicle, so that he could make faces and play with his pen. that way i could peak under the table and see his feet, and get all excited at what kind of shoes he was wearing." still not finished, sorry, cause then i thought, "well if the kinda guy i'd like would be hiding up here, then how come he isn't? i've been around plenty a times and haven't seen him yet." ahh, who cares, cause then my mind wandered off into a eighties-movie-like dream, "then i'd get up to find some other book, off one of those high, high shelves in those narrow narrow isles. and then he'd come down that very same isle and we'd have to scwush together to pass each other. and then i'd see that he was looking for a book in the very same section!! a guy who's actually obsessed with constillations or greek gods or some other silly little thing just like me *sigh*." only in dreams....i think i can see now why my trips to the library never result in much work. i have more to say, but i don't know who's listening..... cheers for now, my sinistereens **~lee~** **please don't spoil my day i'm miles away and after all, i'm only sleeping -- j.lennon ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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