January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: why we won't win :(
by Ben Ferneyhough 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

Dear all, I heard on the radio this morning that the best newcomer is to be voted for by a phone poll on Radio 1, so what are our chances of beating Another Level, Billie or B*witched (are these bands actually nominated ?!) but you get the idea, B&S are against all these teeny bands, so I really can't see our heroes beating the mass phoning-in generated by the fans of these other bands. Sad but true. If only it were on merit. Ben. __ _-==-=_,-. /--`' \_@-@.--</ `--'\ \ <___/. \ \\ " / >=\\_/`< ____ /= | \_| good to be recognised.... / `\ _/=== \___/ \___/ //\./=/~\====\ \ // / | ===: | ._/_,__|_ ==: __ \/ \\ \\`--| / \\ | \\:| /==:-\ \__/``\____/ | |--|==: \ \ ===\ :==:`-' _> \ ===\ /==/ /==\ | ===\__/--/ <=== \ / ====\ \\/ _`-- \/ === \/--' /______/_______/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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:new girl
by LZYPAINTER＠aol.com 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

hello everyone... i was just wondering if anyone was in the toronto area? nice list you have here! >>>danielle +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: snow business
by Archel 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

hi campers. so oon's got glitter too. 's not fair! i notice that tag quoted bryan adams in his subject line - truly the list embraces all, regardless of merit. (although my housemate has a secret crush on bryan adams. however, she is also a member of the peter andre fan club, but don't hold this against her as we joined her as a cruel joke one day and she's actually lovely.) in response to alexis, i'd like to say that there's always room for people wanking off at length on the list. after all, if we're honest that's why we're all here. you certainly can't get away with this sort of self-indulgent crap in real life these days. b&s? just a front. i don't even like them. (btw, this is what we call 'sarcasm' kids - as i've been warned before that it doesn't transfer very well on email i thought i'd better point it out. somewhat defeats the object though.) ah, i wish i got asked things like 'what's a bollock?' more often. that made my day. far more meaningful than 'what was the effect of humanism on later renaissance writers?' or whatever anyway. it's snowing in york! pretty trees and stuff. i brought my camera out with me today in case any of my friends decided to have a spontaneous frolic in the snow, but no such luck. it's kind of melting and getting dark now... no b&s content, except that i think it would be very funny if they won a brit, and that the odds are about a thousand to one against. night john boy. luv archel, wearing non-matching underwear x ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Playforth rap101(a)york.ac.uk http://members.tripod.com/~RPlayforth/welcome.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------- "We're the younger generation, we grew up fast. All the others did drugs, they're taking it out on us." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 there (nervous smile)
by Graham MacArthur 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

Dear Sinister this is my first post to the list, the one I will probably look back on in under a month and think 'Oh Erica....how could you have said that' but I felt the need for boldness because I have been reading the list for weeks now, without quite knowing when to jump onto the bandwagon. I have already introduced my name, I come from "pretty" Hertford in England and i'm sixteen years old. Golly! that felt like standing up at AA! but i would like to ask older members to forgive things I am *bound* to say.....maybe you were the same when you were my age, or maybe you were worse, who can tell. At the moment i am failing my gcse mocks while singing to my empty house and making pictures. I would like to (suck-up) say that the posts I have already read have been witty and nearly all readable to everyone...no private jokes....(you can tell I've been reading the rules) and have made feel dreadfully inadequate as a b&s fan! I'm learning, glasses on, notepad at the ready.. On the issue of belle and sebastian being nomminated for the brits, I can decide whether it is a good or bad thing. The newcomer award is voted by the fans, so it isn't all fat-catted-ness, and previous winners include Super Furry Animals, not a fabulous band but a proper band non the less. Oh, and before I crawl back to the window seat, could someone tell me more about the Papercuts fanzine...where can you get it? it sounds rather good... glad I found you sinisterines... you're lovely. Erica +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Go Bi for Elton!
by PJMiller 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

That "Feltrospective" album contained some mouthwatering unreleased tracks, so it might well be worth waiting for.... I don't know whether I'm subscribed or not at the moment, I put it all down to the Cancelbot lurking down Honey's trousers. Whatever, I got a load of old messages this morning, including one form the Duke: and with respect to Stax, well yes i realise that there was a mish mash of noise on Stax, as indeed there was on Motown, but you can't let little details like actual facts ruin your theories, now can you? Pop theorists have an unimpeachable right to make up any old bollocks if it sounds funny and/or pretentious enough. i mean did Marcus Greil let the fact that Bruce Springsteen records are actually shite deflect his arguments? No he did not. I rest my case... Quite right. It's just this concept of "the Stax sound" that's doing the rounds these days, and although I think I know what they mean, I'm not sure. I know what "the Motown sound" means, even though it was often veered away from with wild abandon. I think the problem may be that we use the word "formula" as a kind of shorthand for "series of formulas". Hmmm. Yes, I'm sure that's it. By the way, I got a smutty, childish and frankly pathetic mental image when Duke wrote: As for a sequel to Young and Foolish, well there is the Felt book that will hopefully come together this year, as long as Lawrence doesn't pull out. Terrible, I know. It's because of "Grandad's False Teeth" I suppose. Normally I don't stoop quite so low. Madame Oooon and her secret team of scientists are trying to produce evil elephant clones in Thailand, and Leonard DeCaprio has inflicted his hairy coconuts on the peaceful island of Pee Pee. All this from the BBC, as well as the shocking fact that 60% of records are bought by women. Let's hope they all vote for B&S in the Brit awards, so that we get to laugh at Stuart at the ceremony. WHO content: The other day I went to the pictures and I saw a trailer and it was Bug Story or something, with computerised ants and caterpillars and what not, and the music was 70s WHO, which should be a nice surprise for the kids who go and see it. It was "Baba O'Riley", perhaps it was chosen for the ant-like quality of the opening synthesizer sequence that we all know and love. And then I saw a film, Very Bad Things, and it was good and you should go and see it if you want to. Fluffy, our prayers are with you for a speedy recovery. Sister Disco "Dexy's Midnight Runners are shite!" - anonymous grafitti on Midland Red bus, 1983 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Random musings from a random muse.
by Rory Mackie 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

Hello, Some intirely unconnected thoughts on my first week back on the list. A sinister digest digest if you like. Some Finns are on it now! Hooray, I love all Finns unreservedly. In fact I was once made an honourary Finn for drinking lots of beer and then not falling over by my fat Finnish friend Harry who looks like Dave Stewart. According to him all you need to acquire Finnish citizenship are hollow legs and a cast iron liver. They dion't even have passport control at Helsinki airport, just a bottle of vodka and a unicycle. Here's my underwear ink polariod: I'm not actually wearing any today. I was in a bit of a rush to get to work this morning and my pants hadn't dried properly on top of the radiator in my bedroom. I am consequently feeling a little vunerable but also strangely liberated. Someone has a sig file mentioning somebody called Patrick, somebody called Linus and a pan. Is this from 'American Psycho' cos I'm having a hard time believing that the LInus involved is LInus from 'Peanuts'. Not unless Charles Schultz got really, really dark without me hearing about it. Please confirm/ deny. A good way to remeber the Sinister address is by memorising the phrase 'Sinister physical education and anarchy in the Uk.' Oh yes. StayLuckyRoryxxx ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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SV: Sinister: b&s live
by Katarina Karlsson 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

> Tought that i just should mention that swedish radio is broadcasting a > Belle&Sebastian gig right about now.... > Its recorded in Sweden this summer I think. > So far they have performed "The boy done wrong again","Dog on wheels" > and "Mayfly" Did I miss something last night? I listen to Belle and sebastian 21-22.00 on P3 live, but they said a lot of times that it was recorded in Paris, 22nd October. I had a tape in my recorder but I haven't listened to it yet so i don't know if it worked, it is a bit unreliable. Lots of thanks to Anna who mentioned it on the list, otherwise I would have missed it. I have to much work with my studys now and have no time for radio or television programs. If I have had time now I would have told you about my dirty "litle-homo-smurf" dream with all of you on this list I had some nights ago but I have to do some exersises before my test on Saturday and next week must I have a report on a project work about scanning tunneling microscopy I don't know how to do that yet. Anyone who knows anything about STM? Katta +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Plenty of vitamins for Struan
by Mark Casarotto 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

Tag, I apologise at the beginning of every post because I have put my dainty size 8 and a halfs in the proverbial "it" in pretty much every post I've sent since the middle ages. I shall do my utmost not to have anything to feel ashamed of in this post, I promise. Funny that Senor Murtagh should ask about JD Salinger - if he wants to know where he lives, he should write to that nice Stuart Murdoch fellow - I'm sure you can get him via his mum - who claimed to have seen the elusive one in New York before the November shows. I think he's a little fibber, and I suggest an extra portion of greens (I was delighted to see that in supermarkets you can actually buy a product called "greens" - simple things please thick bastards, etc.) and a slap on the ankle when he gets in from school tonight if he's not telling the truth. I'm upset today as it's raining heavily but also really cold, and you can just tell that if it were 2 or 3 degrees colder there'd be lovely big snowflakes in abundance, cascading down outside the window . But there aren't. It's horrible. Last night I could hear our family of foxes crying at each other at the end of the garden. It could have been particularly vocal squirrels, who I have discovered can bark much more loudly than I'd imagine, but the weird, disturbing banshee sounds were a little too sinister to feel all warm and natury about the suburban menagerie outside the window. perhaps they'll be happier when it snows too. That'll do. Smut free since 1974, Mark Casarotto 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: ummm the whole world is indeed turning brouchard
by paul dean 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

first my dance encounter with b/s which alexis wondered if i was belming about. No i'm sure i heard it right. it was fast n right at'cha secondly the brits nominee & lastly a double cd of the supper club shows on ebay currently at $82...discuss '1999 is going to be a rum year and no mistake' as the purple squiggle sang bye bye paul. p.s hefner are the future - go discover on my radio - 'since yesterday' by strawberry switchblade...that'll be that cheeky scamp matt neimark on wmbr - he's just not as good without his talented english sidekick.......... ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We're so pretty, oh so pretty
by Kevan Cooke 12 Jan '99

12 Jan '99

It's funny, but I would have expected Mrs Murdoch to say "caretaker" rather than "janitor". Perhaps Struan picked up a few Americanisms on tour, and they've rubbed off on his mother. Jonelle, don't let Keith pull the wool over your eyes. A bollock is in fact a small furry burrowing animal closely related to the gonad. They are predominant in heathland where you have to watch your step or you will end up crushing them. There are few things less pleasant than a crushed bollock, so it is not unusual to come across a signpost in the English countryside saying "Mind the Bollocks". When the Sex Pistols tramped through the heathland they paid little attention to the country code. They would leave farm gates wide open, throw still burning cigarette ends into dry grass, take birds eggs from nests, and they would never mind the bollocks. Belle and Sebastian best newcomers eh? I think they're up against Cornershop, so you obviously can't qualify for the award until after you've released three albums. If the Stone Roses were to reform and release a new album they'd probably be in with a chance too. Top Ten Brit Award moments: 1 Crowd booing Kenneth Clarke 2 Crowd booing Cliff Richard after he told them off for booing Kenneth Clarke 3 Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood 4 Jarvis Cocker's arse 5 Sorry, can't think of anything else Kevan The Fat Slug *********************************** chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickclick.com http://www.chickmail.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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