January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: You can always get it on the buses
by Anne Ward 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Hello Peeps Happy new year! I've been brought out of hiding to report what kerazy japes some of those Sinisterines were up to over the festive season. God knows they were all too razzed to remember anything themselves, especially that Chris Leonard. I'm not entirely sure what he said to poor Honey Paul, but it broke my phone and jammed the telephonic network after the bells. It sounded largely obscene so it's no wonder they've both been so quiet of late. I imagine Honey is too distressed to speak and young Christopher is probably still drunk. Still, it was a very entertaining evening. Tag and Chris made everyone stop partying and listen to David Bowie making that "funny noise". They looked like they were going to do some kind of formation dancing, like that dance you do to Tiger Feet, then collapsed into hysterics. It *was* a very funny noise though. Keith proclaimed that 1999 was going to be the year. The year for what I don't know as he didn't expand on that. Hopefully for coming back and telling more Who stories. As the party went on it transpired that everyone is a huge ELO fan, which was a bit frightening. The only B&S content was when a B&S cover star stoated in the door and shouted "Get that shit off" on hearing Simple Things. Tag and Pumpkinny-Wumpkinny sloped off early to respectively, streak in front of, and be rude to, unsuspecting B&S members. If their new record takes a radical new direction you'll know what's happened. It's the shock. The next day we sat and watched Carry On At Your Convenience and On the Buses - the movie, which is Peter Miller's fave prog of all time, apparently. Watching it was just like having him there in the room. I know for a fact he loves to put laxatives in lady bus drivers' tea so they are hilariously "caught short" in country lanes and have to go and shit in the woods causing the vicar on the top deck to have a heart attack. Good work Mr Miller! Yesterday I went to see the Acid House. God, it was depressing. Particularly that middle story. It was one of those films that made me very upset about my life, despite the fact that everyone in the film was having a much worse time than I could ever have. There's a Pastels song in it though, one of their better ones, for anyone that hasn't heard them. It sounds like it's at the wrong speed, but they all sound like that. That's all the news anyway. It's really crap being back at work and I need some good stories to cheer me up. Did Mrs Murdoch have a good new year? I do hope so, as she sounds like a super lady. 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 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I spelt out B-L-O-W-space-M-E
by Kevan Cooke 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Oh the dilemma, come in to work on Monday after a couple of weeks away and there's these two little voices in my head. One sounds earnest and is dressed up as an angel called Clarence. Clarence is saying "Work, work, got to work." The other voice sounds more fun, is dressed up as Jessica in a red silk devil costume with a bottle of whisky in her hand, and is murmuring "Read the sinister digests, you know you want to." Alas, Monday was spent in your company dear sinisterees, am I weak? And now it's Tuesday and the Jessica-Devil voice has not yet finished with me. Listen, the voice is whispering "Forget work, post to Sinister, post to Sinister" and the voice has tinny echoing quality, as if coming from the bottom of the kitchen sink. How can I resist? So what are the wider issues of the day? Pocketbook Angel? That's my favourite. The Pastels? He can't sing for toffee, or am I missing something? Regaling all with seasonal tales of drunken revelry? Can't compete there I'm afraid, too busy touring the country seeing friends and relatives. I did discover that New Mills in Derbyshire (a small town on the side of a mountain with about three shops and the worst pub in the world) has an internet cafe. OK, so it was closed, but it was a pretty unlikely discovery all the same. Trousers' Papercuts sinisterzine? Get it while you can. The demise of the tape tree? Sorry folks, I've been slacking, I'll do my best to sort it out soon. FluffySarah the bringer of bad luck? You didn't turn up at half-time to cheer on Preston against Arsenal yesterday did you Sarah? What's that Clarence? Yes Clarence, I know. Sorry folks, Clarence insists that I have to go and do some work now. 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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Sinister: I spit on your grave
by Warrander John - FML 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Hi All, Does it surprise anybody that Peter Miller reads books by respected, knowledgeable pop critics like Greil Marcus? >I am re-reading "In the Fascist Bathroom" by Greil >Marcus and it's got bigger words than "Young and Foolish". Is that the one that claims punk was a modern pop incarnation of Dadaism or some other wanky shite like that? Greil Marcus "performed" (or whatever authors do) one of them in-store reading things once and claimed this. Instead of the assembled crowd mobbing him and beating him to a pulp, some other wankers starting saying things like "on the contrary, I would much rather the punk bands were viewed as the impressionists of their time". Of course they used much more clever and obscure movements than Impressionism but I'm a philistine and can't think of any. I wanted to say "punk was about spitting on wankers like you" then spit on them all. Deep down though, I'm just a big coward. So I didn't. I did get some free wine though. >One of the biggest words , which had me scurrying for the >dictionary, is "solipsism" I scurried to my missus for this one, confident she wouldn't know. And she bloody well did. A bloody walking dictionary that woman. Who also corrects grammar over your shoulder. A very annoying habit. Now that I know what "solipsism" means, it does beg the question, in what context was it used? Nothing to do with Sean Dickinson by any chance? Anyway, back to Greil. He refused to sign a book written by Lester Bangs for some reason. Maybe it's because Lester was a bit of a poof and couldn't make it all the way through Half Japanese's debut triple album "Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts" without a break. This from a man who "debunked technique" and probably listened to lots and lots of horrible noises. I strongly suspect he'd have made it through the Lee Perry box set without a break. >Do you know where Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee had a fight? I do. I don't, but I think Bruce Lee may have been Phil Spector's bodyguard. Is this true? I'd like to think it is. I'll bet Greil Marcus would know. I don't. Cheerio chums, Love...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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Sinister: Dream#1
by Marco Braca 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Sinisters , i had a B&S's dream tonight. It's a sultry day at the height of summer ; I am at home and i read in a paper that Elliot Smith and Cinerama will do a concert in a small pub of Bologna tonight. Full of happiness i call my girlfriend with this words : -" Let pack one's suitcase ". ........TRANSPORTATION.......we walk along a Bologna's road , 5 days later. Suddenly i realize that i didn't see the concert. I hear people whisper togheter 'bout the gig. With one's eye's turned towards the sky , suddenly someone slap me on the back. My mother!!!!! She tells me : -" Why did you not come to the gig? I was here!!! " And then : -" You know Marco , during the concert played another band.........." At this moment she takes my guitar and start to play/sing " Sleep The Clock Around "( with Stuard ' s voice) ; she says : -" this was one of the songs that the band played at the end of the show!!! I start crying with rage. Then ........................................ I wake up!!!!!!! Saluti, Marco#7. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
by PJMiller 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Well, you all seem to have had very exciting festive seasons. I'm particularly impressed with Fluffy's impersonation of Damien Omen III in Preston. You see, I was right about the Heavenly Creatures connection, even if it did result in me smelling of wee. Tag, even though you're perfect, I have a New Year's Resolution that could make you (an everyone else) that little bit more perfect. It's quite simple. You just renounce the pleasures of saying "yes" and "no". Instead, you say "indeed" and "on the contrary". I got this fantastic idea from "Sense and Sensibilty" starring list favourite Kate Winslett. Top-ho! I see that Mick McMick has already started: > Sorry to dissappoint, but hell, isn't it a beautiful song? Indeed, it is. See what jolly fun it is? The Delgados are folk as fuck, no one in the history of the world has ever experienced the Beatles secondhand, they play it to you in the womb, I am very excited about the existence of Denim demos....erm, I can't think of anything else. There's been plenty lately, but I've forgotten. I think Mrs Murdoch was Mr Murdoch pretending to be his wife for a laugh. Instead of fantastic Cuban music I've got a bloody stupid credit note. I am re-reading "In the Fascist Bathroom" by Greil Marcus and it's got bigger words than "Young and Foolish". One of the biggest words , which had me scurrying for the dictionary, is "solipsism", which I shall use with relish from now on. Duke, your solips is falling out! The last time I read this book I ended up borrowing a Bruce Springsteen album. It's got some funny bits (the book) such as (and I paraphrase) "The highlight of this record is the sound of a phone ringing, and it isn't even on the record". Well, I laughed anyway. What a shit message. The list's nails without Keith, even though it's been quite good lately. My challenge for the day is to listen to the Lee Perry box set without a break. And to do some work. Do you know where Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee had a fight? I do. Sister Disco Sucks PS: Hello Paul. What did naughty Leonard say? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: she threw him on the ground with judo
by Michael Jones 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

---jessica <tinystar(a)worldy.com> wrote: > what's the deal with john peel putting mogwai's "xmas steps" on the festive > 50? out of all the songs, why would he pick that one? it's much less > structured than their others, i think, and that's not in a good way. That's as maybe, but Peel doesn't actually pick the chart himself - it's voted for (by postcard and, this year, through the BBC web-site) by his adoring band of listeners. Occasionally, in fits of seasonal pique most becoming to a chap of his advanced maturity, he axes the chart altogether and there is much wailing and gnashing of teeth amongst the brethren. A selection of Festive 50s stretching back to before most of you were bleedin' well born can be found at: http://web.pncl.co.uk/~rocklist/festive50.htm You can hum all those old Fall favourites as you scan the lists... Mike. _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: she threw him on the ground with judo
by andrew dean 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

jessica: >what's the deal with john peel putting mogwai's "xmas steps" on the >festive 50? out of all the songs, why would he pick that one? it's >much less structured than their others, i think, and that's not in a >good way. it sort of meanders a little too much. on the other hand, >"small children in the background" is superduper, any song off that >epee other than the one he chose. ah, maybe i should've pointed out that it wasn't peel that chose the festive fifty but his listeners. everyone got to vote for three songs and the top fifty were broadcast. he also mentioned that the delgados single at number 1 got twice the votes of the mogwai song at number 2. (nice post btw jessica) andy still hurting over the fact that holidays have to finish, girlfriends have to fly back home, work on things i don't know the first thing about has to restart, overloud co-workers have to be endured, butthead flatmates have to be murdered in their beds, steve lamacq must die... == andrew dean (koogydelbbog(a)yahoo.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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Re: Sinister: she threw him on the ground with judo
by AlhOasis＠aol.com 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

In a message dated 1/5/99 12:13:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, tinystar(a)worldy.com writes: << >>the carbon monoxide detector keeps going off in my house but my mum thinks the basement looks too messy to have anyone over, so she said she'll wait for one of the cats to die so she knows its serious and then she'll call someone.<< << oh.my.god. is my mother, like, doing some sort of shared parenting thing? because we desperately need to get our ducts cleaned (i'm sure it's the reason for my super environmental sensitivity, plus the reason i'm all sniffly at home and get miraculously better when i go stay someplace else, even a place with cats or animals with fur that you'd think would stuff me up, but they don't) and she refuses to call someone >> i guess all our parents are concerned equally, because at our house the carbon monoxide detector going off annoyed them so much they took the batteries out, and tried to get me to believe it "went away'. ha. we never did get it checked out, but none of us has dropped dead yet so i guess its ok...who knows. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: she threw him on the ground with judo
by jessica 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

bonjour, firstly, >>the carbon monoxide detector keeps going off in my house but my mum thinks the basement looks too messy to have anyone over, so she said she'll wait for one of the cats to die so she knows its serious and then she'll call someone.<< oh.my.god. is my mother, like, doing some sort of shared parenting thing? because we desperately need to get our ducts cleaned (i'm sure it's the reason for my super environmental sensitivity, plus the reason i'm all sniffly at home and get miraculously better when i go stay someplace else, even a place with cats or animals with fur that you'd think would stuff me up, but they don't) and she refuses to call someone in because my room is "too embarassing", apparently, like i'm some sort of crazy art experiment that malfunctioned. i'm not sure how sick i'll have to be before something is done, but i'm dealing with a vicks humidifier and a heater and nothing has been done yet. i like to think that my room is tastefully decorated. this seems like an appropriate time to insert an ink polaroid of myself in my room: the reason i'm hanging over the end of my bed, the headboard sticking into my ribs, is because my pile of magazines has fallen off the edge and slipped underneath some clothes...wallpaper* and jane and minx and my "standards of excellence" flute theory book are all wedged somehow underneath my bed, and my arm is flailing back in an odd way because i'm simultaneously trying to keep myself from plunging headfirst into a pair of japanese-ish thong sandals and a vicious looking milk crate that holds my notebooks. that's a vogue flying through the air, if i'm not mistaken, and i'm feeling a little embarassed because even though pants that sit low on the hips are good for showing a little belly, they're not so good for leaning-over-the-bed photos...my underwear is peeking out over the waistband. so my room seems like a fairly typical "tortured genius" sort of room, i think, rather than simply cluttered. it's not messy, though. i keep things totally clean. i just have a lot of stuff, especially magazines (they're my real obsession, i'll read any magazine i can get my hands on and once i even snuck one from the health club i used to work at), and it's hard to organize everything when magazines are towering everywhere. all this talk of pocketbook angel, keeps making me think of gram parsons, which i'm fully aware is grievous angel, but i still associate any sorts of songs about angels with sweet, sad gram. poor guy, that one big album mocked inconsiderately by the alternakids in the record stores, not realising that gram is ten times the man stinky marilyn manson is, and not even half as controversial (at least, not immediately to parents. if they have any questions about drugs, though, you may have to lie a little) but way way sweeter and able to touch that chord that b+s do. and the talk about rhoda makes me think of mary tyler moore, probably everyone else does too but it's neat how ideas pop into my head with just the one word, and try as i might they keep appearing and i get sidetracked. and can you believe how much of a fuss is being made over a little snow? i'm in toronto, and even seasoned canadians are taken aback by this amount of snow. and in the states? in buffalo, there was a travel ban today. puh-lease, *travel ban*? how wimpy is that, saying that you can't go out because of some snow. just put on those scary backwoods kamik boots and suck it up. i'm going to make some snow angels tomorrow (gram parsons again), it does require planning because i'd like to get inside right after and dry out my pants. what's the deal with john peel putting mogwai's "xmas steps" on the festive 50? out of all the songs, why would he pick that one? it's much less structured than their others, i think, and that's not in a good way. it sort of meanders a little too much. on the other hand, "small children in the background" is superduper, any song off that epee other than the one he chose. b+s, awright! but perhaps they should be docked points for not using names like cpt. meat in their album booklets like mogwai do. just imagine, stuart "cpt. meat" murdoch? and isobel "t+a" campbell? stuart "this is pish" david? stevie "action" jackson? chris "mama's boy" geddes? mmm, neo citran.do not mix with nyquill. loving smooches, jessicaxo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 thermostat's called "Honeywell"
by TFertig3＠aol.com 05 Jan '99

05 Jan '99

Dear to all, I have not written in a while because nobody voted me as a list crush. Actually, I was just too lazy, or busy. On New Year's I went to my friend's party and danced to bad European dance p!o!p! from the early 90's. Like the Scatman and Max, Don't Have Sex With My Ex or something like that. New Year's stinks. Talking about songs that sound like Felt! Loneliness of a Middle Distance Runner, that song IS Felt. There should be such things as copyrights of bands' sounds! It's still a rather pleasant sounding song. Stuey's high notes make it all worthwhile. Ah, as you can see I am no longer deprived of the wonderful world of... Unreleased songs! Thanks to a certain person, who I owe all my smiles and sighs to. Now that that's been said, I should like to go on and make my usual round of commentary on newly discovered Belle and Sebastian songs. First off... I don't like Rhoda!! [brushes off tomato slop from my sweater] It's just not good, and I can't understand why everyone who's heard it thinks it's the most perfect, fantastic song around. Tell me, please! It's nice, that's the most I can say for it. On the other hand, those three wonderful, wonderful songs. Pocketbook Angel, Hurley's Having Dreams,and London Has Let Me Down Again.. Oooooh they are simply extraordinary and keyboard-ilicious. No songs have ever made me smile so widely and laugh because there's nothing left to do. Especially the part that goes.. "Hurley dreamed of the time when he was a horse in Czechoslavakia..". My dad's Czech, but he doesn't like Belle and Sebastian. So, my question is, for all you lucky bunnies who've heard these fantastic songs, why are they rated so low on the voting chart? Oh there I go, my obsession with the voting chart has leaked out once again! I think I can safely say that I am the only one in the world who has memorized my password to vote.. But really though, why aren't they number 1?? For all you who were disconcerted with the new version of Modern Rock Song (me, among them), there is one ditty that's better on the new version. See if you can guess which! Nah, actually I'll just tell it.. it's when Stuart sings the words "birthday girl".. have you ever heard anything so heavenly? Sure, so he doesn't go "stray-i-e-i-ange" anymore, and Stevie sings like poo, but you can always listen to those two words over and over and over again, and feel comforted that these sacred sounds are OURS to keep. I subscribed to the Sha na na list about a month ago because I needed a little more smut in my life. I got scared and unsubbed the next day. What's happened to the Monday Poetry Parrot?? Who's next? Here's my poem: "Rhoda stinks. I don't know why everyone thinks that it is a good song; It lasts too long. It was my wish, that it would not sound like pish." Thank you [takes a bow], I devised that one in less than a minute.. more to come if nobody continues with the Poetry Parrot tradition! So start looking for those poems!! Tami xxxx In my CD player: "Honey's Dead" by JAMC (Actually it's not. It was just a sorry attempt at humor..) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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