January 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Re: Sinister: magnetic poetry
by k h 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

if you want save the poetry as a .gif file, you should press the print screen button which will copy it to the clipboard... so all you have to do is go into an image editor, like windows paint, then go to edit and hit Paste. or you can download a screen grabber, but the first is the easiest thing to do. ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: videos?!?!
by Brian Q 02 Jan '99

02 Jan '99

hey crazy kids, MERRY NEW YEAR (the best eddie murphy impressionn i could do, nevermind!). I was wondering if anyone also had any videos of belle and sebastians for a trade or whatnots! I got "wicked Not..." besides that im screwed, just wondering if any are out there! thanks! brian! ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sorry.
by J Errington 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

I thought I'd return now that the reason I kept quiet is history. I'm really sorry for dragging you all into a private slanging match, but what's said is said. Sorry. I did miss chistmas here though, mine was spent in essex with my grumpy step-mother, her eversoquiet brother and her mother who's in hospital after having a stroke and I was guilt-ed into going to see her with the others though I doubt she was more than barely aware of my presence. Still, I can't complain really - It was a good chance to catch up on some reading. What else has been going on...? Ooh, some radiohead bashing has been a going on. I quite like them but then again, I am a music slut who likes most things when it comes to it. I really don't hate anyone I think. Not that I'm a hate free zone or anthing - The rage I feel against mcdonalds and nestle and the daily torygraph is quite an intense little thing but I suppose it's rational. God, I must sound like such a self-rightious little git but I am in many ways not a good person at all, and maybe an inability to hate, for example, Hitler is a bad thing. The duke was talking about 'what is pop music' and i think, well, it comes in with a collection of words that have been so consistently misunderstood and abused by people who don't understand them that they've lost all currency and meaning... Some other words that you could say that about would be IMHO: feminism indie irony anarchism & communism um... any other suggestions? I just got the new(ish) delgados album. mmmmmmmmmmmm it's really wonderful! I wonder why they don't seem to be a common subject here like Nick Drake or the Fieldmice when they're contemporaries of B&S For those of you who havent heard them, they play this dark tinkly folky music with girl/boy vocals, which does make sense. kinda. And the tunes, oh the tunes... I could listen to it all day. Enough for now. enough for a while. I'll see you all soon. No, that's a lie actually. Also hugs to LesleyJo, whose fanzine I just got and it's very good (I just hope she recieved mine what with the probably overstrained (and in my experience pretty crap anyway) american postal service... And to JakeKenny, whose xmas xchange tape is REALLY good and has a Looper track better than their previous stuff and even up to the standard of a good B&S song. yes it's that good. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx weejay <nofill> "Modern capitalism, organising the reduction of all social life to a spectacle, cannot offer any other spectacle than that of our own alienation" james(a)twopounds.u-net.com (my site kills browsers) http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Cabaret/5523/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Shopping Tips
by David Moore 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

Happy 1999, Cack Handed Ones, Being the sad staying-in-type person that I am, I can report that our loved ones got two tracks into John Peel's Festive 50. TWATTYB!U!S itself slid in easily at No. 3, and Slap Your Cock Around peaked (too soon) at No. 26. News from the sales: chain record stores are currently good places to collect B&S supposed influences: local Our Price knocking out all 3 Nick Drake albums, Love's Alone Again Or & a Velvet Underground album for only £6.99 each. Round the corner John "Minges" was giving away Dylan's Blonde On Blonde for £4 (!) Nothing to do with music I know, but all you Sid James fans (Struan, I hope your mum is still letting you read these) can also pick up a boxed set of all 20 Carry On filums for the bargain price of £99.99 in HMV. I have to concur with Señor Miller about the Gram Parsons GP/Grievous Angel 2 on 1 CD: anyone seeing this should buy it and open their ears to the joys of being a rhinestoned shitkicker. Oops, looks like me and my Mastercard are a boo(n) to the business world, Regards, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: oh fuck
by Alix Campbell 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

HAPPY NEW YEAR, pooheads this is actually a thinly veiled appeal to anyone who may have seen me last night, could they get in touch please? i need some light shed, because i've got no idea what i was doing, and this is scaring me greatly. all i remember is lots of vodka at a friends house - then it's very hazy - then i'm staggering down a road in town, i think in an attempt to walk the 5 miles home - then i recall being in a shrubbery, trying to go asleep under a bush, the sick and earth on my coat suggests that i was present when someone vommed and i suspect that the person was me - then a japanese lady is talking to me about her divorced husband - then an english woman, asking me if i've taken any drugs - then i'm in a car - then i'm at home. i don't know how any of this happened, or how much i imagined. i've talked to a friend who was there, who says i left the pub and went home. but i didn't know i was in a pub. help me, this is the worst new years i've had yet. apparently i did the riverdance too. so if anyone can suggest what i might have been doing, i know you can't *actually * know, but maybe some suggestions....? b&s monopoly, or 'belleopoly' to give it it's proper name, this, naturally is a superb idea, and we are going to make it a lovely reality. i only have one new years resolution (aside from the obvious - 'i'm never going to drink again' resolution), and this is to make this. i'm not sure how one makes board games though. i did make a card game once for toddlers, for a gcse project, so i expect that'll be handy. i think there is a even a chance for things to be laminated, and i do so love laminated things. i feel rough, goodnight love alix ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "No, Patrick," Luis says. "They were . . . broiled" It's silent in the boardroom as I comtemplate 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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Re: Sinister: Tigermilk, The Black Sessions and other gems
by CincyPunkKid＠webtv.net 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

Hello and how are all of you. I'm new tot his list and it's my first post. I have to say it's like a family here and i really like that. I recently bought Boy With The Arab Strap, due to a friend constantly raving about B&S. Needless to say, I FELL IN LOVE! I haven't stopped playing it all week. I just ordered all their other stuff thats availble from their web site. I was seeing if someone could tape me (analogue tape, like the FAQ sya) Tigermilk, The Black Sessions (could someone please explain exactly what that is, i'm kinda in the dark on it) and are their any other lost B&S gems that have popped up? Also is their anyone with any of the radio sessions that they'd be willing to tape? Well sorry if this is illegal or something. I just wanted to see what i could find on my new love, Belle and Sebastian. Please respond if you own any of these "releases" Matt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'll follow the old man where ever he wants to go
by Megan 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

yup, we're watching white christmas right now. i love this movie, can't help it. it's one of those movies that is terribly special to your family, if only because its loved by all of you (and few things are). gee i'm mushy. though it's probably because i'm going to be leaving soon for the next five months and can afford to be generous. ;) that reminds me, i need to get a job. does anyone in new york want to hire me? i don't fart in the office and i have nicely manacured nails, well, they're short and polished except at finals time when they're usually all chipped and stuff. and um... i worked at cinnabon. sadly i'm rather lacking in qualifications. i worked at mute, and janine can vouch for my fine work skills. plus if there's a group stereo, i'm always willing to listen to belle and sebastian and can vote with you for them. do you ever wonder if what you write will be looked at years later? like i'll be running for president and someone will look through honey's archive and immeditely pull up that i was quoted as saying that northy's a poohead or something, and with my luck he'll be prime minister and it would cause an international scandal and launch a war between the us and uk, only ireland and scotland won't be part of it anymore (well, most of ireland isn't anyway) so they could sit and laugh. wankers. i saw sliding doors today and they said "shag" and "wanker" a lot which i enjoyed. a couple poofs and i would have been in heaven. i don't make new year's resolutions because if you're just making a decision based on needing something for a particular day, it won't work out anyway. at least not for me. perhaps i should attempt to have more factual basis in my writing. that, however, may be an act of god. and with so much else to do, i doubt he or she would bother with something like that. i don't think this email is so much stream of conciousness asis simply babbling. yet i'm lacking for human contact right now, my family members are even odder than me so i get little help in attaining sanity, or sensibleness from them. er... so anyway... it's really hard to come up with belle and sebastian content when they aren't really doing anything right now. or at least, nothing has come out since tjamosltheoajhdk ep. not that i'm doing anything either, that's what vacations are for. but it just makes saying anything new difficult. and as i'm bored, i can't be expected not to abuse the list scandalously for my own purposes. hmm, i seem to feel the need to rationalize every time i write. this is like keeping a journal, and about as interesting. sorry. ok, something exciting. i'm tired. bed time!!! xox 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: in the wee belle hours of the morning.......
by rebelstrange＠ldd.net 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

new years eve post. my fingers are stiff and cold. I like the short stories i ahve read by DH Lawrence, but i dont' think i could really stoop (sic) to reading his novels, i've read too many analyses of them and they sound very sick and twisted and misogynistic. as good as his writing is technically, i'm one of them sorry bastards who can't get past my prejudices. sorry. (to whom? i dont' know.....) hola christa, mi wee belle in the lovely DC, refreshing to happen upon you in this godforsaken wasteland....Just kidding..... just kidding.......i swear.......it's 8 am and i have not slept since early yesterday please humor me...... i only wish i could get pissed for the holiday. chance shall find me in my slag heap of a hometown with my oldest high school friends, being very bored i imagine. god where are the lesbian bars around here. all i want is a new years kiss for once in my life! AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! i just dont see any other way of getting one. no,i dont' want a kiss from a boy, unless you're stu m, i might consider, but then i'd probably change my mind at the last minute, sorry stu. yer a darling but you're so immaculate, i'd feel ashamed of myself. and yes, who is the cutest one. let us argue, wangle and discuss until our heads turn blue and fall off. come on, guys, no one CARES about the subtle nuances and literary themes of their exquisite tunage!! we wanna talk about HOT, SEXY ASS!!!! you know it's true. you all pretend to be so hep, but inside your trousers are just burning to get some belle booty. dont' kid yourselves, the truth will set you free. so, name your drug(er, member) of choice, and get over to glasgow with a tranquilizer dart and a big net and some barry white tunes and a quart of malt liquor, and get ready for some hot Lovin' to start off the new year right. a dose of thrush indeed! i hear the Love Bus will making a special stop, fitted with custom lighting and exclusive plush velvet purple rhinesthone covered settees just perfect for that moment when I hold stevie's hair, and you yank his pants down and get it started. (inside joke, apologies to stevie) congrats to matthew, our ever loving companion, for beating me to the b/s monopoly concept. boo. i would cry for not being the first and original, if his ideas weren't just so great and so close to my own....... let's make this thing happen everybody, sister disco? wanna join the monopoly party? Alix? you in?? um....i want my tiggerjammies, and i want them bad. i'm getting desperate. i might just have to order it online or something cos i can't wait for my rekkid shop to call me up, when, could be months from now! lousy bastards. they dont' understand how urgent it is. at least i can say i've heard all the songs, though. i'd have to havemy memory refreshed on a summer goes song, and i liked the high girly singing on slow graffiti (don't i always??) but right now in preview hypothetical mode my big money is on The GAte to win by a nose, just edged in by TIJAMR, for it's moody build-up and yummy description of shyness in the face of girl affection. c'mon kids, it's elixir, elixir, those heavenly voices, i'm in dream land, thankyou lovely lassie!!! stars in my eyes, like a tiny pink bonbon, so small and delicious. and wait i should quit while i'm ahead. i can't recall exacctly the words, but i enjoyed all the posts today from people who discussed their adventures, esp the one who met b/s couple in a record shop, and all the snow dreaming going on. fox in the snow, it''s such a lovely phrase to roll over your tongue, so crisp and demure and meditative. say it again like a mantra. ouch, my face hurts. i won't humilate myself further, i've already mentioned things i promised i would never speak here again. but my mouth is so big, things come slipping out, especially when you're madly sleep deprived. you may punish me if you wish. i doubt i would notice when the switch comes down on my lily white skin. i have bruises on my knees today. i'm off to dream of huge porcelain pools of blue water. if you want some good cheer go listen to the album Cerulean by the ocean blue, they're very sweet and delicate in their tweeness, and it's decidedly shoegazerly jangly faux-Brit textures and gentle singing will have you smiling like a sedated imbecile in no time, glad that the sun came out another day. call me gullible, or tasteless, it's all the same to me. love from the pits of sexless misery........ ooh i'm trembling from lack of sleep. lesleyJo tweeness is an attitude, make of it what you desire. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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Sinister: My new years resolutions
by Heather Marie Propes 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

1. To observe all sinster rules 2. To keep a low profile at work and get along with everyone, even those who fart in public 3. To not complain when my fiance announces he is going away for a week 4. To arrive everywhere on time 5. To read Java whenever I am on the bus 6. No more than three drinks at a time 7. No coffee on Thursday or Sunday 8. No more clothes made in China or Mexico 9. I will get rid of all lipstick that does not look good on me 10. I will update my web site once a week. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! http://student-www.uchicago.edu/users/asbuch/index.htm#hometop Heather Marie Propes asbuch(a)midway.uchicago.edu +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tigermilk Instrumental or Felt cover? And do you want to trade for it?
by Mick McMick 01 Jan '99

01 Jan '99

Well... I wonder if that is the longest title to a post ever. Well, I have obtained a copy of the Tigermilk instrumental from a friend who wishes to be nameless. There are two versions I have of the so-called Tigermilk instrumental. One is just the song itself, which sounds remarkably like Felt playing a Felt song, so I am forced to wonder if it is a cover, or if it is even the band themselves at all. But the other version makes me think it is the band. Stuart David reads four Ink Polaroids overtop of a *very* quiet Tigermilk instrumental. They're all from his book, aren't they? Anyway, it's summarily wonderful, be it a cover or even him reading overtop of a Felt song, it's ace. Does anyone know the truth of this? Cover or original, Felt or B&S, who or what is it? Also, if anyone is interested in obtaining a copy of these two gorgeous gems, as well as anything from the now rather sizable collection of unreleased bits and sessions I have procured, I am missing some things. One would be those silly Black Sessions, and I would prefer a good copy if I could get one. I don't have too many bootlegs, either, might be nice to acquire some more of those. Please write me with your trades lists and I'll write back with mine. I've got some nice things like Rhoda, a version of Middle Distance Runner far superior from the Beat Patrol version, that Session they did in Amsterdam, and some other lovely things. Ah, in other news, Matt, I realize you may have conceptualized B&S-opoly in the days before man conceptualized "fire," but how close are you now to actually producing a copy of said B&S-opoly, I must ask? Not very, I'd wager. Whereas I am so close that all I have to do is some quick decision-making and writing on game pieces. Of course there is money in my game...but that's Life...no, sorry, that's a different game. Oh, bad joke... Anyway, I hope everyone has a lovely New Year's, especially "Stuart's Mother," ;) /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick/Sandcastle Records <<->> bp224995(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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