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Sinister: you shone louder, longer
by Morrissey, Matthew Z 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

i was on the sofa hidden deep... i wanted to nap you see. she was watching me. we were once a thing that some people call a couple others call it dating. i called it a thing. but now we're a different thing called friends. so i went to visit her at her quaint little apartment in a metro area. it would have been a splendid visit if only i could have shaken the retched cloud of depression from me those few days. a nice weekend with coffee and stories would have been nice. instead i forced my sentences. laughed at the wrong times. i was a mess. and now...now! now what do i do? you see i left in such a hurry, i was afraid of making it worse. she has other friends with whom she can spend her time with and have drinks and share funny stories. aye, but lonely, diminished me decided to leave in my car. the ride home was dark and wintry. i wished i was still napping. if you read this jen, when i think of how to say sorry without saying sorry i'll write again. maybe you didn't mind? i thought the irony of ironies would be to post this. oh and i wear boxers. sorry for all the trouble i've caused... -----Original Message----- From: Bellequasi(a)aol.com [mailto:Bellequasi@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 7:12 PM To: sinister(a)majordomo.net Subject: Sinister: i'm just a TAD bored hello, i know i never write but oh well i thought i'd change my evil ways. i read the messages for all you who might not believe me, i just don't have a lot to say i guess. well just to tell you all i'm almost done with my school project comparing Tibet and Sweden. I also got a job which i forgot to announce to everyone. i also got magnet in the mail and they have a top ten artists of the year. i think we all can guess who's included in this list. there's a cute black and white photo of a very adorable looking stuart. just thought i'd tell you all. now i guess i should find something to do. oh yes i've just developed this terrible cough and i had a fever yesterday. just thought i'd tell you all. kristie and her pembroke welsh corgi reggie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Sinister: The Undergarments Hit the Fan
by Mick McMick <> Sandcastle Records 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

Hello List, In case anyone is wondering where I've been (though I truly doubt anyone is, humor me) Magnetic Megan has distracted me for a week, and I'm only now catching up. In fact, if I owe you an e-mail, that is why, and tonight I endeavour to remedy that situation. Hm, The Weather Channel reports that we are close to being in flood conditions here. Lovely. So, the first two weeks of 1999 were glorious, and the third was underwear. Really, hasn't this gone a little bit far? Please stop, or start an underwear list, as I'm getting dizzy. Nextly, in reply... Matthew Andrew writes: > Does anybody else feel Stereolab and Belle & Sebastian are "related?" > I thought I was the only one, or at least the only one in Texas. I > listen to both of them obsessively. I've just joined your group, > sorry if I'm repeating things. I dunno about "related" (or really what that would entail, exactly) but I must say the faster session version of Sleep the Clock Around always reminded me of Stereolab. Maybe that's why they slowed it down and added bagpipes. Lesley Jo wrote: > in the context of what he's > saying, do all these fun things, because you can and because they're > cool. but at the end he says "you know the world was made for men, but > not us" --at least that's what i thought he said in Tigermilk, but on > the live one i heard last night, he said "AND not us". > Does that mean that he's speaking as a girl in the song? what does > that mean to anyone out there who has thought about it? i'm really > curious what you think, or if i just odnt' know what i'm talking > about. Talk amongst yoursellves, i'll wait. Well, I for one always thought this was the evidence in support of the fact that Stuart writes some songs in the perspective of females, or other people. I think it's a perfectly good example. Alexis Petridis wrote: > Does anybody know anything about this dancey versh of B&S? Let me know > if you do. This must be investigated further. Unless Paul Dean's > taking the piss and I'm being really dim about it. Hmm. Maybe they're referring to "Electronic Renaissance"? Idunno about a version, but it's certainly very dancey, in addition to being lovely. And before I leave, I finally got to hear a Hefner song, and was rather disappointed. Maybe it was a bad example of their songs, I don't know, but it sounded absolutely nothing like B&S, I will say. Something akin to the Violent Femmes if you ask me. Or maybe no one was ever saying they ever sounded like B&S, I can't recall... Okay, well I probably have more things to say, but I'm hungry and I have class soon, so I'd best be off. Ta-ta /"\_/"\_/"\ 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: hi sinister list
by Ethan Sincoff 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

hey kids I have not posted in a bit... i have just read your listings w/ a smile however, I must say that I was listening to sinister the other night, while perhaps not in the right "chemical frame of mind" What a groovy way to chill on a rainy night ! Can anyone else share any possible drug experience stories regarding B&S?? cya Ethan +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Kate Jugsy's Massive Rugs
by PJMiller 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

Good morrow! ROD BEGBIE The other day I was listening to the 1991 top twenty on the BBC, and there was a new entry for EMF and "Unbelievable", followed by another new entry for Jesus Jones and their "International Bright Young Things". For some reason, these two records reminded me of Rod Begbie, and how desolate and windswept the list is without him. Rod is abroad, so I'm sure he listens to the BBC World Service, which just happens to have launched a new request show, "Wright Around the World", introduced by Steve Wright, formerly of "Steve Wright in the Afternoon", which had us all in stitches throughout the eighties. Denim were on it once, and they all laughed at poor old Lawrence, just like in the school playground all those years ago. But I digress. What I was thinking was, one of us (probably me) could send in a request for Rod on behalf of the whole list, asking him to find a window in his busy schedule and come back to the list. We could even request a B&S song, although that would probably ensure failure. However, if we told Steve Wright about "Popgob" it would probably be a winner, because it's a very Steve Wrightish sense of humour. So, that's my plan. I just thought I'd ask in case anyone objects to being "outed" in such a way. IN SEARCH OF PANTNESS All this talk of underwear! I don't know where to look! Personally, I like to walk around as nature intended, wearing pants AND a vest. I'm sure all you gentlemen know what I mean. Ladies! Don't leave home without first donning a pair of panty-gurdles. VILLA PARK HALL OF FAME I have no idea what happened to Jimmy Riddle and Nigel Spunk, but I do know that Tony Barton, who performed a monkey's function at Villa park after Ron Saunders went off sulking, at least according to Ron Saunders, had a heart attack or something, and generally had a rough old time of it, bless him. Still I'd rather have a heart attack AND a European Cup winner's medal than no heart attack and no medal. I think. OH THE SNOT HAS CAKED AGAINST HIS "PANTS" Arthur Lee. I bet hundreds of people have answered that question overnight. Mr Lee is regarded as eccentric by the music press, as opposed to mentally ill, because it's funnier. One of his funnier exploits, according to the aforementioned muisc press, was to wake up in his van on tour in Britain, just as it was pulling into a petrol station on the motorway. "Wow!" said Arthur, "So this is Liverpool, the home of tthe Beatles!" Well I thought it was funny anyway. ROBERT McRAGTAG I thought Robert's quiz was splendid, especially the funeral bit. I would have enjoyed it even more if I'd known it was going to cause such outrage. Robert, I'm afraid I didn't tape that Yé Yé programme. I tried to, but it's been so long since I used the damn video that I couldn't rememebr how to do it. We have to swap leads around or something. At any rate, the other day I tried to make it sound better than it was, they were only little ten second clips of performances, quite frustrating really, becasue Lulu was just beginning to get really psyched up. Or out. But there was an amusing social commentary song about a girl walking along wearing a mini skirt that kept getting more and more mini as she walked along. I'm sure it'll be repeated soon, so I'll try and get it next time. YÉ YÉ DRESSES Fluffy, aren't they Yé Yé dresses that you drew on the female members of Melys when you sent me that fantastic picture? GIRL GROUP FRENZY I bought a girl group thing the other week too. It's called "Playin' Hard to Get" and it is quite hard to get, I don't really get it at all. Perhaps I should listen to it some more. RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY It's getting quite obvious, so I'll wend my merry way to the toilet, where I'm sure I'll be welcome. Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: To Gabi and Tara
by João Henrique Horst 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

Oi, since you seem to appreciate it..... "Had I been treated differently by the newspapers in England and in this country, had I been commended and endorsed, for the first time in my life I should have doubted myself and my mission...What possible difference can it make to me what the New York Herald says ? You go and look at the statue of the Venus de Milo and you know that it is an exquisitely beautiful creation. Would it change your opinion in the least if all the newspapers in the land should pronounce it a wretched caricature ? Not at all. I know that I am right, that I have a mission to perform. I am indestructible!" Wilde, in a letter to Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. February 1882. Now, seriously, B&S on French TV ? Someone please record it in NTSC and send the tape to me. I'd sell my only sister for it. And I'd deliver her !!! Toute de suite. On the Brit Awards subject....wasn't it Rolling Stone magazine I would have never heard of If You're Feeling Sinister back in 97. Right, they're not newcomers, Pulp weren't (what to say of Cornershop then ?), but someone still deserves to know them. Be famous, get fat and tour around Brazil !!! "All I wanted was to sing the saddest songs If somebody sings along I will be happy now". Um beijo, Jh Jh

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Sinister: lonely oxen
by Pamela Hutchinson 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

Are any of you lovely belle and sebastian friends students in the Oxfordshire region? It would make my night if you were. Everyone here llistens to popcrap or classical. never mind 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 Sinister Bible
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 19 Jan '99

19 Jan '99

whoo-hoo, first off is to say, i didnt' know my last post would be so interminably long. i only had a couple of things to say. it looks like i was trying to write crime and punishment. jeez. the dashing Weejay spouted off this bit of inspired insight: can someone please explain to me the attraction of boys... all that hair and sweat and dangly bits. yuk. .........my thoughts exactly. ************************************************** Now it came to pass, that Stuart Murdoch looked down upon His creation, and was greatly displeased. the tribes of his sacred land were worshipping false gods such as Noel Gallagher, and Boyzone, and no longer honoring the Sabbath he had set for Felt records. He searched far and wide among them, and found the one honorable prophet Honey. He instructed Honey to build an Sinister List of 150 cubits wide, and 400 cubits long, and to gather Hipsters and Tweeslackers of every kind, two by two into the Sinister List, for a great deluge of Britpop woulld cover the earth. It lasted for 40 days and nights. After the 40 days, Stuart Murdoch did spake unto Honey, and instruct him to send out a Dog on wheels. when the Dog on wheels returned not, Stuart Murdoch did instruct unto Honey, Send an honorable Dose of Thrush, and seek dry land on which to settle and procreate. the Dose of Thrush did return, and lead the Sinister List to Dundee, and the deluge did wipe away all the shoegazers, and all the hooligans, and all the gallaghers of the great land, and the Sinister List did builld a Poetry Cafe as to Stuart murdochs' instructions. And great Bus Routes did traverse the land and spread the seed of the List far and wide. And Honey spake unto his children, Be Smutty and propagate, and so did they, and Honey saw that it was good smut. and Irish Troubadours did sing the praises of Keith, and of Tag, and FluffySarah, and Stuart Murdoch looked down upon His Creation, and WAS pleased. but it came to pass, that unrest grew among the Sinister List. Philistines set up dens of theivery, and the Tigermilk Covenant did change hands against Stuart Murdoch's decree. Brad and Robbie did bring forth an unholy alliance of Sodomites, and babes were suckled that knew NOT of Nick Drake, and the Field Mice. the Philistine sects did honor false idols and set up Temples to Isobel Campbell. Stuart Murdoch was greatly displeased, and spake unto Honey, "Can you not bring order unto this Sinister List? I am greatly displeased" and STuart Murdoch did rain down upon the Sinister LIst with unholy wrath, and bring a plague of bitterness upon their hearts, and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth. and Keith did flee, and Madame Cholet and David and Katrina did flee, and even HOney did flee the Sinister LIst, and a darkness fell upon the land, and no longer did Felt records flow like manna from uncluttered minds. and the Sinister LIst wandered the earth for 40 days and 40 nights in blindness, praying for guidance from above, but yea, even Stuart Murdoch had failed to hear their cries. Until a weary traveler Did open his eyes, and witness a great man approaching on a chariot of light. He was ringed with glorious robes, and his legs WERE bare, and he came bearing Sha-la-la records and massive amounts of knowledge. The blind could see, and cried out, for it WAS the Duke, his coming having been foretold. the babes of the Sinister list did wail in pity, and cry out, We thought The Duke had forsaken us. But Yea, did he return,a nd grant them blessings of many many P!O!O! records, and Stuart Murdoch did smile upon the Duke's return, and smote the Philistines and the false prophets with a wall of fire and banished them from teh Sinister List. and Keith did return, and he saw that it was good. and Even Honey did return, and he looked upon the Sinister List, and it WAS good. and he bestowed a gold star upon his prodigal babes, and peace did reign over the Sinister List, and Stuart Murdoch did bless His creation, and continue to grant them heavenly songs from above. ******************************************* with apologies, lesleyJo http://www.members.tripod.com/rebelstrange No bachelor has ever experienced such desolate loneliness as does the spinster; for the bachelor is a man, and the older spinster but a male-like woman. --Dr. Joseph Tanenbaum, _The Riddle of Woman_, 1936 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 state that I am in...
by Blake E. Hamilton 18 Jan '99

18 Jan '99

All-- Does everyone have MLK Day off? Oh yea, that's right, it's an American thing, and I believe that us Americans are in the minority on this list. That is no bother though, as I understand that the US is a boil on the scrotum as a spyllitic donkey. Well, maybe that was a little harsh, but you get the idea. Anyone want to lend me some money so I can make my dandy way over to England? Oh yea, a place to stay, and sightseeing, of course. Take me to Eel Pie Studios so I can pretend Pete Townshend is inside peering at me with relish. Most of all, I want a British accent. Can anyone wrap one up and send it on over the blue ocean? I'd really appreciate it. Pack it with that bubble paper that is so much fun to pop. I'd rather pop bubble paper than watch TV. Ugh, I swear, my roommate watches TV all day. That means I'm confined to listening to B&S (with a dappling of Who) on my headphones. It's not really the same effect with the B&S, and well, with the Who, it always needs to be loud. I feel a little better about my B&S song association now. It's fallen into the realm that is a littler more nostalgic than directly sad. I guess now it's really just sad and nostalgic. Ahh, oh well, my sob story, a debt to you all. Now I read Genesis, ahh, the Bible, giving myself to sin, I suppose...... love to you all, blake elwood hamilton ~~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- I'm sorry like atari... "We try harder and harder, tryin' to get our way, but it's a long, long wait until Judgement Day. So settle your affairs and take your time, for everything in the world is yours and mine. Yours and mine." --Pete Townshend, '68 "Listen Johnny, you're like a mother to the girl you've fallen for, and you're still falling, and if they come tonight, you'll roll up tight and take whatever's coming to you next." --Stuart Murdoch "Said the hero in the story, 'It is mightier than sword, I could kill you sure but I could only make you cry with these words.'" --Stuart Murdoch +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: je suis music
by Patrick Osborne 18 Jan '99

18 Jan '99

> JE SUIS MUSIC PRESS RELEASE,JANUARY 1999. > "200 TROUBLED TEENAGERS" > When a Japanese tourist offered je suis MUSIC DJ Joe Egg £2000 for his > copy of "Tigermilk", the legendary first album by Glaswegian recluses > Belle and Sebastian, he knew the time was right to hold the first > evening dedicated to the first group since The Smiths that really > turned him on. At the risk of sounding like a name dropper, which I'm not, I promise! I've spoken to Joe Egg about the B&S night and it should be good. The Paradise Bar is a fine venue - I know to most of London New Cross is in the middle of nowhere but it's not that hard to get to, honestly! 7 mins from London Bridge. 'Twas Mr Egg himself who copied tigermilk for a friend of mine who then copied it for me, so I can vouch for his keeness (is that a word?!). It will be a good night... Patrick +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: listen johnny, you're like a mother, to the girl you've fallen f
by J. MURTAGH 18 Jan '99

18 Jan '99

hello there. Just wondered, there are probably loads of us out there who actually don't write in to this list and well just read the posts. So I thought it would be nice if all you lot, who're reading this with a nice cup of tea, send something. One suggestion I'll make is that you all tell us what you do for a living or somthing, that's always rather interesting, especially juxtaposing it with you humming Belle and Sebastian at your place of work like say at operator services at BT or in Iraq. Be funny if those tyrant loving Iraqi conscript soldiers caught you and they started humming 'If You're Feeling Sinister'. Underwear scare stories I have these boxers. Nothing particularly exciting about that you may snear, but they're not any old boxers. No, no they are a hybrid or perhaps a mutation of the boxer. You could say they were half box, and I hate to say this, half Y front. The outside material is a bit flimsy so during my busy day they gradually start to squeeze onto my hips which means that the narrow section does in fact climb into my arse with very awkward repercussions. One day I was having the usual pulling down my pants routine but later that day I had to have one of those medical check ups for the army which I foolishly thought of serving in, dropping my cordouroys the medical clerk was shocked to see that my frillys were half way up my stomach like Mr Bean and that my arse cheeks were indeed bare arsed like a bloody Sumo. Sneakily I tried to pull them down but then horror of horrors the boxers got stuck in my arse crack. Oh poo. Anyway not too much to do with Belle and Sebastian except that "I know where the boxers go" Get to work Murphy! john +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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