January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Appeal to Barcelona fans
by Clarence Tsui, Hong Chee 04 Jan '99

04 Jan '99

Hola Just want to ask whether there are any Catalan friends aboard the sinister ship.... i just learnt that a Barcelona magazine, "ab", had run a cover feature on our beloved Belle & Sebastian. Anyone had a clue on its content.... I saw the cover of it when Wallpaper* introduced the mag in one of their current issues. And did anyone of you participate in NME"s B&S quiz. 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: B&S on 120
by Marie Elia 04 Jan '99

04 Jan '99

hello, everyone! i am new to the list, and i wasn't going to post anything just yet, but tonight i was rewarded while watching MTV's 120 Minutes... they played the Is It Wicked Not To Care? video! i was shocked (and near appalled) to see this... MTV is so mainstream, but 120 Minutes has the best videos, so i guess it's okay. And... i happened to have a tape in my VCR (cuz i had just taped liz phair on Sessions at W. 54th). so i taped it. um, that's all... just a B&S sighting to contribute. marie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'm a creep, i'm a weirdo, what the hell am i doing here, please killme
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

fluffysarah wrote Perhaps I am trying to type in the same trendy and ironic styles of many hipsters upon this list. Like Tag, and Peter Miller, and Lesley Jo. Wahahahahahhaa yeah right! It's a kind of........trendy undtrendiness.... mmm nice. not sure what that is supposed to mean, i thought that i was the most untrendiest anti-hipster. i apologiize for my irony, i despise it, but i'm trapped in my generation. perhaps this is ironic in some way. i'll leave you to decide. i'm jealous of all the people with the special recordings. i would never have things to offer for rarities. not whining, just saying i'm slightly envious. my face hurts because i just saw the movie the color purple and i never watch movies because i hate them mostly, but it made me leak like a faucet. just like pretty music. the music in it was very good too. jennyk, yes i think the ocean blue is sweet and neat, very not hip and very pretty. they are from hershey, PA actually. i have only just acquired cerulean and the s/t record and was pretty happy with them so far. the guy does sound like he has a brit accent, but he's really as american as marilyn manson, go figure. does anyone find this concept weird, of writing on a list of 800 people, and thinking that anything you have to say is interesting to even 1% of them. i dont' know why i do it actually. i probably have an ego the size of the hale-bopp comet. so does that mean i'm infering this upon the rest of the posters as well? well at least i wouldn't feel so bad about it if everyone else was in love with themselves too. let's have a love-in. what is this nonsense of passing off a felt song as a b&s recording? i dont' relaly understand how that works, it confuses me why anyone would think that , or was it some really pathetic attempt at a hoax, or what? does anyone know if it is possible to acquire felt records in the us for anything under say, an arm and a lleg?? i haven't seen it yet. it makes me sad. as of now i'm awaiting my france gall cd to arrive. and i'm fixing to order the cat power lp. that's the update of my sorry record collection, woo stay tuned for next week when my radiohead cd's gang rape the spinanes lp's, and tori amos's computerenhanced single spills the beans about the pj harvey interview disc's nefarious plans to launder money through the local government, and newcomer kirsty maccoll's used "Electric Landlady" discovers that the headcoatees seven inch is her long lost bastard child. dun-dun- DUNHHHH! well, i'm off to cut my head open and make gravy, and bitch about my bitter childhood. keep your guards up, someone had better watch out for my wacky hijinx. LJo http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/4967 "This can opener is not just a kitchen appliance. Treat it kindly, and it will be our loyal friend." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hope then Strife
by Hugh Friel 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

Scarey New Year to all (and sundry)! I went to the Edinburgh Mass Hysteria Experience. Well, we sloped in at ca. 11:30 after some nice chap outside gave us some tickets he had. We went right into the Princes Street moshpit (cue Gary) but about two minutes before the orgas...em, climax we stepped over that line where you're no longer in control of your own movements, you're just part of a much bigger animal altogether. Jenny's face just buckled from a happy smile into some countenance of terror. Man, it was horrible. Anyway I just kind of grabbed her and the two of us got out, so there's a happy ending. *what was that phrase, grace under pressure?* So I've got my telly tuned to Channel 4 (in the uK) and there's been some pretty portentous scheduling going on. The first truly popular emergence of the doomsday scenarists. And it's just not what I need to hear the night before I go back to work. I mean, should I just cash in my pension and embark upon a narcotic-psychotic existential bender, remembering to set my alarm for December, when I can start to repent? I dunno. My reaction to all this brink-teetering is to make my first Y2K tape (therapy, the call it). This is where you lot fit in. I need help. The Robbie Williams song is NOT invited. So, Pulp is in. Prince is in - oh, controversial! During this period Skwig had a great sound, so at home in the 80's, even though some songs sound the same (a bit like you-know-who). But what else? Am I right in thinking that Electrolite by REM is one? I'm stuck. Help! So BBCR1 are broadcasting Les Sessions Noire (sorry to the French listee(s) but I learn foreign languages from cosmetics labels) tomorrow night. That means I'll have a crystal clear FMS copy to replace the copy I got from that nice chap Stephan Hammer in return for a donation to PLAN in Honduras. So, if anyone outside the uK really needs to hear it....but don't snow me under, I'm sure my countrypeople will help satisfy demand. Talking of the Black Sessions - I take it that the instrumental in mayfly is what I think it is?? I'll get my coat... Hugh +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: llamas on stun
by Alix Campbell 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

to begin... finn: new years was not a right laugh...i am living in fear of what may have occured during those hours. though, admittedly it is amusing in a withnailian fashion, i suppose. but still dead scary. i expect i will laugh later. like a few years later. i like melys though, they are lovely live, but sadly not so lovely unlive. i've just been to see that new star trek film. it's superbee. there's 'splosions, llamas, beverly crusher, gilbert and sullivan renditions, funny bits AND captain picard in a dress. no, i made that last one up, but's it's a lovely image, no? do you know what happens after a boy scout jumble sale? the scouts all dress up in the unsold women's clothing, over their uniforms. it's a joy to watch. young boys in blouses, fake fur, miniskirts and heels. i saw a fox today, running down my street. it was quite little, i wasn't able to befriend it, mind you, and i didn't want to. you see, i have to admit this - i don't like foxes. my family keeps chickens, and once when i was very little, a fox came one night and killed all our chooks. i wept all morning at school, and i still have nightmares about foxes killing the hens and me not being able to save them. so, for me, foxes are out. sorry. james joyce is funny, if you look think enough about it. funny peculiar, more often than not. but funny ha ha also. especially when describing facial hair. but facial hair always makes me laugh anyway. it's subtle humour mixed with severely boring bits. whereas this is just severely boring bits aurevoirmateslove alix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "No, Patrick," Luis says. "They were . . . broiled" It's silent in the boardroom as I contemplate this, thinking it through before asking, finally, "What's 'broiled,' Luis?" "I'm not sure," he says. "I think it involves . . . a pan" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ....and I cut my thumb
by Andras Zalan Szolnoki 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

Hello everyone! Happy new year ? Well my year so far has been under par to be honest. New years eve was so-and-so , but yesterday was bad , actually it only became bad today. The short version is as follows: I woke up on the floor at a friends place , wooden floors may look great for sleeping but their not they have this aggressive fungus growing inside which causes nightmares and bad breath , and to my amasement I found out that I had cut my thumb and his neigbour !!!!!!! I tried to remember what happend a few hours before , but besides drinking beer and singing to B&S I don't remember much. So I got my jacket and started to walk to the tube still feeling a bit drunk and to my utmost disapointment I found out that my clearence pass to a month filled with free and wonderfull traveling opportunities with the help of the kind people of the local collective transport company was gone!!! Now I have to buy another one........ (bugger) Hope the new year has treated you people better then me (at least so far) There was a "debate" going on a couple of weeks ago regarding indie labels vs. major labels. I don't have any comments to what was said , but I think that some labels deserve a bit of attention : chemikal underground , rawkus , ko records (hun) , juice (hun) , stickman / sticksister records , matador , sub pop , 4ad , voices of wonder (n) and then some. and now some B&S content : the pub I hang around in play B&S a couple of times a night and my friends and I sing along actually its mostly me and I can't sing that well but I give it a loud try now and again Ciao Andras ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: things that rhyme with beans
by Megan 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

hi pooheads it's that time of the year where i begin to take stock of where i've been and what i'm going to do and start to get horribly nervous about all the things that i should be doing at home but am unable to as i'm still with my family. however, this is somewhat tempered by the joys of sitting around all day. i do wish i could get started on a script for next semester though as the last one was almost the death of me. really, anything with a deadline can quite easily be the death of me, so that's not saying much. so how was the sinister meetup in glasgow? besides fun, i can tell that by the fact that most of teh parties involved seem to be still passed out or otherwise unable to respond. (perhaps holed up in a bedroom somewhere?) but that's not my main topic today. in keeping with the subject, i'd like to talk about zines. and the fact that i have one and would like some advice, primarily about how maintaining a webzine compares to maintaining a more conventional paper zine. everything should be emailed to me privately, as i doubt that the list as a whole cares, or that they should care. mostly i want to hear from people who've done both if at all possible. i can think of some of you off the top of my head, though i wouldn't dare to name names, no sir. so if a few people could get to me about that privately, that would be nice. so anyway, i'm still reading middlemarch by george eliot, and it is good so i recommend it. a bit slow at the beginning sometimes but it gets much better. not sure what i'm going to read next, but i shouldn't have to worry about that for a few more days anyway. xoxoxo megan +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Year Greetings and some stuff
by Dandy Gozpop 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

Hi everybody I'm pretty much new, I've been a fan of B&S for while and I just love the feeling of familiarity that I get from listening to the songs. Out of all the posts I've seen so far, everyone sounds so cool and friendly and I'm so happy to have found you all. So far, I've seen many references to many of my fave authors and artists! Two things make me cry, Lou Reed's 'Berlin'LP and Gram Parsons '$1000 Wedding'. GP/Grievous Angel on one CD is heavenly. Actually, I just thought of a third thing that makes me cry; my visa bill! ;-) I've read Postcards from the Dead, and I actually believe that Douglas Coupland has been badly typecast amongst the slacker/genX community. 'Shampoo Planet' was the first book of his that I read and I really enjoyed the development of the characters and plot. OK, I'm gonna go play around with FM aerial in preparation for the Radio One broadcast on Monday! :-) Love to the list Andy Glambunny #4 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "Top of the Mops"
by Ajbergs＠aol.com 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

This tidbit comes to you courtesy of this month's issue of Select magazine: The Scottish version of News of the World struck a blow for investigative journalism when they pursued 'trendy celebs' Belle & Sebastian to their secret lair. It turns out that mainman Stuart Murdoch and drummer Richard Colburn lead Hong Kong Phooey-like double lives as lowly janitors in Hyndland Parish Church in Glasgow. "The guys help set up the chairs and tables and make sure the place is all neat and tidy," said an 'unnamed band spokesman' of the duo's duties, which include opening the hall for coffee mornings for the elderly and mother-and- baby groups. "They love it!" he added. The good old NOTW even added some amusing parodies of songs the reclusive Scots could cover: "What about '(Broom Broom) Shake the Room' and 'Detergent Pepper?'" Speaking of tidying, I am off to hoover my flat now. au reservoir, Swannie -------------------------------- visit RED ROSES FOR ME fanzine @ http://surf.to/redroses +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: pisspoor band information
by Tjonrr＠aol.com 03 Jan '99

03 Jan '99

if you like the cinerama song with emma pollock on it, theres an even better one on the bside of the first single called 'love', also with emma pollock on it. the first delgados album is more punky than the second one, but everything they have done is essential. did anyone notice that they skinned the competition ALIVE for the festive 50. melys i thought were overrated, though john peel seems to like them, and they have a song that goes "and i knew there was something wrong cause he had leonard cohen on" or something, which is pretty funny. once. teen anthems did that song 'welsh bands suck' which was on the dial m for merthyr fierce panda compilation (the only band they except from this rule is helen love, which is also a pretty good comparison for what they sound like). this was later released as a single, backed with 'i hate oasis', so. did i mention i was half welsh myself? something of a double blow as i also live in a part of scotland notorious for sheepshaggers. anyway, i hope this meagre information is of some use, if it was to just make one small child happy at christmas etc. i will now wait for all of you far more clever people to point out all the inaccuracies contained within, as usual i bow to your superior knowledge. from tjohn "lisa and me, we will not dine, with white supremacists and nazi swine, and anyone who reads the times, they will burn in hell" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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