January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Sinister poems
by John Johnston 06 Jan '99

06 Jan '99

No i haven't been giving mouth to mouth to the Poetry Parrot. I merely want to publicise the arrival of the poems that were sent in for Charlotte Hall's 'impossible rhymes' competition. If you want to see what the finest minds of a generation could come up with then check it out http://www.zigazigah.mcmail.com/sinister/orange.htm Maybe the Poetry Parrot has succumbed to the winter cold or perhaps migrated to the temperate climes of the sha-la-la list. Maybe it's become Arts Critic for Trousers's mag. Could we ever find a replacement... is that the waggly tale of the Poetry Puppy I see....or the athletic leap of the Poetical Porpoise. If nobody finds the Poetry Parrot I may have to don my shamanistic robes and animate one of these crazy critters. Must give further big ups to Mark Radcliffe's book Showbusiness - if you like him you'll love the book - I had a delicious time on holiday luxuriating in his fabulous self-deprecation and general printed Quality Items. Can you belive he was once in Skrewdriver! Cross-ply and Radial - don't mix them John xx P.S. John Warrender - I'm wondering what FML stands for.. Full Metal Lavvy is my guess +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Wee Chris
by L. Kerr 06 Jan '99

06 Jan '99

I saw you..... in Waterstone's in Edinburgh, just before Christmas. You : wee, with Joe 90 glasses, wispy hair and a checked jacket, looking through the Discography of the 20th Century Me : furtive thirty-something, sloping past you, notices excitedly that you are looking, vainly, at the entries under "B" awwwww Linda P.S. I thought reporting this might start a highly undesirable trend, and ruin what little privacy they have left !!!! but I couldn't keep it to myself...... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Those magnificent men on the buses
by Linda Kerr 06 Jan '99

06 Jan '99

Sister Disco breathed: >PS: Hello Paul. What did naughty Leonard say? I didn't want to embarass Captain Leonard further, but this is a true account, and what the hell.. Arrived back from the fireworks (viewed from a car, drinking tea from a flask - everyone say awwwww), to find that someone had tried to access our answering machine remotely, no doubt using a beer bottle to dial. Further investigation revealed a drunken message in which frankly unjustified insults were punctuated with "God bless you" and "All the best". A following phone call from the revellers indicated Tag to be suprisingly sober and charming. Chris, on the other hand, on being told off by me for his language :), protested "I thought you liked it that way" and that I was a saint. He repeated the classic drunken insults/maudlin sentiments for a few minutes before promising to come and see us. He later, I am told, was seen wandering around bewailing that Miss Julia had left him and chucked him, when she in fact had only gone to another party - a fact he already knew. Keith was, seemingly, fairly sober, although further examination revealed that he thought that he had left the answer machine message. He must have had some hand in the process tho', complaining bitterly that "some woman kept talking to me" . A top time was had by all obviously, sorry we couldn't be there. Chris *is* a nice bloke tho - he brought us presents two days later. Guilty conscience no doubt. St Linda 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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Sinister: B&S Content fest!
by Greig Marshall 06 Jan '99

06 Jan '99

NME's website is chock full of news concerning B&S AND Looper AND The Gentle Waves. Blimey. All credit for this info goes to said music rag, the article itself is there for your perusal at: http://www.nme.com/newsdesk/20000203135402.html >From what I can gather, the album's been finnished, they're concentrating on packaging/artwork now. The B&S album should be released late spring/summer (Which probably means late summer/autumn). Nice. The new Looper albumn will be called "Geometrid", "various" members of B&S have contributed to Stuart D's baby. Due for release beginning of May. Mr David is the only one to have titled his album, it would seem. This summer will also see the release of a new as yet untitled Gentle Waves album. The box set will cost 9.99 of the Queen's finest on March 6th. Do I really have to wait a month? I'm buying it as I only have their albums. I can see how it's a source of debate for peeps who already have one or more of the included EPs. Phew, I better have a lie down. Greig PS I suspect you already knew all this, but just to be sure, you know. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: TWATTYBUS similarity in Tindersticks
by Clarence Tsui, Hong Chee 06 Jan '99

06 Jan '99

Dear all, In terms of the recent span of Tindersticks-related mail here, may I suggest something that relates to both the Sticks and B&S. Those who like the sentiments of Modern Rock SOng should definitely tune in to the duet between STuart Staples and Isabella Rossellini (yes, that Isabella Rossellini) on their Donkeys compilation ..... the way Stuart moans "Oh I am hurting.... oh I am hurting" while Isabella chortles "Stop this lament! It couldn't be all that sad" is just moment of the year. Ta da darlings Clarence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: breathe the air and walk around
by Megan 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

yesterday, in a fit of pique and having a large number of emails to write, i did not send a message to you lot. were you lost and alone in the cold cruel world? i choose to believe so. mr. miller, i saw pride and prejudice (5 hour miniseries thank you, and i loved every minute of it so ha!) and a david mamet movie, so my speech has become something of a clipped stagey talk with lots of proper terms used. and how is mrs miller? and the young millers? the goats? that's good. i'm not sure where that was going, so i just left it at that before i get myself into some real trouble. anyway, today was a beautiful day. it was all pretty snowy and the sky was white and the ground was white and the trees had a dark skeletal structure that seemed to be the only thing breaking the monotony. it looked pretty, even though my little description there seems a bit ambiguous. sigh. when in doubt, talk shit about other list people. so now we all want to know what exactly chris leonard said to paul. however, it's quite possible he'll never be able to tell us assuming is was so naughty that honey sent him a sneaky little virus in the disguise of a sinister digest that's a picture of a happy bee buzzing around a honey pot that repeatedly says "talk bollocks to me will ya? why i oughta..." i need things to amuse me. earlier today i was playing some really neat video games, the arcade culture is alive and well in moscow. you know, i bet there is someone else on this list in moscow who is keeping silent about it in order to remain safe from me. well YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER. you'll never know where i am, right around the corner, next to you in a bread line, speeding by on the metro. i'm everywhere, elusive and invulnerable. and delirious. time for me to speed off on my super secret racing machine (the like of which is incomprehensible to mere mortals). xoxox megan "the like of which is incomprehensible to mere mortals." - jane austen, _pride_and_prejudice_ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 3.6.9. Seconds of Light
by Sean McVeigh 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

I have an extra copy of the CD ep of 369 Seconds of Light. If you would like to buy it for 9 bucks, including shipping within the US, email me privately. I love this band! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: You can always get it on the buses
by 999 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Is the person who made the >Praise You video really on this list or is that another wind-up? It's dead >good anyway, if you are, especially the bit where Spike Jonze says he's >going to do his b-boy moves and does the dying fly. Is there break dancing >in the B&S video? > >Love >Anne >xxx I shot footage for that video, along with Lance Accord and Roman Coppola. Roman did the editing and steered the whole piece as it's director, and Spike came up with the original prank and choreographed the dancers (yes, unbelievably enough, that was choreagraphed.) Originally Spike made a video for "rockafeller skank" on his own with Accord shooting on camcorder, dancing in front of Mann's Chinese theatre on a weekend night last spring/early summer. As they didn't bother to get release forms from any of the bystanders, the label decided to restage the video using "praise you" but have a dozen friends and production assistants swoop in to get releases from everyone when the dance was over. Spike trained a bunch of off-off-off-off Hollywood dancers, and we jumped out of cars and set it up in front of a Westwood movie theatre showing "pleasantville" opening night last october. Usher/manager types kept coming out to turn off Spike's radio, but he kept restarting it. There is an edited version of the video for the U.S. that isn't quite as long or funny as the European version airing now. Norman Cook appears sort of milling about in the crowd and dropping off a tip for Spike. There is no break dancing in the current form of the "dirty dream" video. There is perhaps a momment of Peanuts-character side to side dancing by a girl in blue plastic pants. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: xmas pants and le session noir
by Archel 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

urgh, it just took me 3 tries to type 'sinister'. this is what happens when you dabble in filthy foreign languages (italian in my case) and forget how to talk english proper. anyway, i'm back, though as lots of other people are too, and lots more people never even went away, i don't expect anyone to be that bothered. chucking some b&s content in early (lest i forget and am spanked for it): numero uno - i nearly wet my (new xmas) pants in HMV at their 'HMV reccommends: metal' display. underneath marilyn manson was TBWTAS. in the metal section! underneath marilyn manson! someone on the staff clearly has a sense of humour, or just assumed that anyhting mentioning an arab strap was satanic thrash filth. fantastic. numero due: heard the black sessions on radio one last night. simply divine. but was that the whole thing? 15 minutes? if not i would have been all for scrapping the news (and the manic street preachers come to that) and pushing on through the night with b&s. while i think of it, anyone who knows stuff about italian literature especially carlo levi, natalia ginzburg and ignazio silone tell me evrything before thursday. i have ways of making you talk and if no-one helps me i may fail my exam. no pressure. i'm suffering from Offspring in the head too. nasty. xmas and new year were very quiet down my way, and lesley jo will be pleased to hear that i didn't get drunk on new year, but stood outside york minster trying to locate people i knew until an inebriated person fell of a signpost on top of me. he was pretty fly (for a white guy). NOT! meanwhile, i missed the sinister gathering in brighton. i feel sad about that, but i don't expect i would have enhanced proceedings greatly. what else have i done? lots of thinking about the future, horribly enough. i think i might move to london to fulfil my poetic destiny (being a member of the poetry society and not living in london you feel kind of out of touch) and have a love child with Trousers. not the most practical of my possible plans, but hey. maybe i'll work on the buses instead... here's to a millenium of fakers. luv archel xxx ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: wide eyed
by Declan and Noren Hynes 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

hallo, salutations, greetings. firstly: P.J. Miller claims that the delegados are "folk as fuck", have you heard "domestiques"??!! i wouldn't class that as folk in ANY alternative dimension. ... i really must buy the new album and check out what all these folk claims are about. the songs on the john peel 50, well, they seem alot better than irelands version of it, Fannings Fab 50 which usually consists of the first 20 being Oa**s, and the rest some other lick arse shite, oh, but he throws in a few "alternative" tunes for us musos to squabble over. so, people of great britain, appreciate what you have! even if it is a balding middle-aged man with a funny voice. wasn't someone asking about decent venues here in dublin? well, it can depend on the time of year. But the mean fiddler, the red box, eamon dorans, whealens all play good music generally, i saw a flyer for "fibber magees" the other day, with loadsa decent bands on it, but i've heard things about that pub, so i'd stay away if i were you. also keep an eye out for any gigs on in the temple bar music centre (on thursdays theres a good club here), the olympia, the sfx, and that new vicar street one which i haven't tried yet, it's all seated, but you're supposed to be able to see the stage from every seat. now i've done my helpful deed for the day, i don't care if i get a lambasting over disagreements on the quality of the venues, i'm only being nice! ohh, outside right now, one side of the sky is light grey, and the other, dark, mean, murky, and looking pretty sinister. wish it'd snow here, i want to see a fox run in the snow. does anyone agree with the theory that vibes you pick up during the day can be converted into dreams? i'm usually a pretty well-adjusted individual, but last night i had a dream, which was sort of like a quentin tarintino film. There was a downstairs club on fire, looting, petrol bombs, and a small puppy had been implanted with a microphone, then when it had done the spying for the bad guy, he hung it with a stethescope off an office lamp, and there were all these weird close ups. my mum is pretty stressed at the moment, and i think i had the sort of dream she should be having. the other theory could be that we swapped dreams. i just made a belle and sebastian tape for a friend, i hope thats another convert i can check off on my list. thats enough of me for now finn by the way, was anyone here at the belle and sebastian, manchester town hall gigs about a year ago? was it really the way the NME described it? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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