November 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: chirpy chirpy cheep cheep - ie i'm happy
by fiona 07 Nov '99

07 Nov '99

hey kids, just waded through four days worth of posts, although thankfully that doesn't amount to as many as it used to do, so my brain is not as mangled as it night have been. just in case any of you were worrying, my tonsilitis has subsided for the time-being, although i'm still just about sore enough to continue to feel sorry for myself for the time-being. i felt the urge to post today, despite having nothing at all to say, and was beginning to feel guilty, when i recalled an anecdote that is both relevant and at least worth skim reading, so if you're sitting comfortably, i'll begin.... think back if you will to bowlie and the long trek that many of us had to make to get there and back.(i wasn't on the list at the time, so i couldn't share this then, but bear with me) around ten of us had hired a minibus (complete with driver) as our preferred method of transportation. our little group of people were scattered around the north of england and our proposed meeting place was someone's house in manchester, so my then boyfriend and i made the trip across from leeds in his car. all ran smoothly until we (sic) managed to crash in slow-moving traffic in manchester city centre. this was not too traumatic, but wait until i put it in context. the journey to the south coast, although slow, was fairly uneventful, except that we arrived at around midnight, thus missing the delgados. after a fun and beer filled (but my alcohol induced antics on the saturday are another story) weekend, the time came for us to go home. as promised, our minibus and driver were waiting for us outside camber sands and we embarked, with only a warning from the driver that he would have to 'nurse the clutch' on the way because the bus had not been very well. this did not seem like too much to worry about ++the bloke sat next to me in the computer cluster just fell asleep, he was sort of nodding, i am amused++ until a couple of miles into the journey we began to slow down and shortly rolled to a halt at the side of the road. you may have been in one of the vehicles that passed us, on your way to the comfort of your own beds, and you may have laughed heartily, as i would have done. we stayed by the side of the road for some time, long enough for my boyfriend to walk to a nearby town and back just because he felt like it. eventually, a man from the aa arrived and towed us to the aforementioned town of rye. here we remained, because the aa could not take us home, and the driver could not get hold of another minibus. some of you may have seen us at rye train station as we threw stones at posters of ronan keating to pass the time. the solution to our predicament was for a man in one of those trucks that can pick up vehicles and his friend in a car to come and rescue us. i don't know where they came from, or why it took so long, but arrive they did, and soon we were travelling up the m4 at speed. that brings to an end my exciting bowlie breakdown service story, and it was more dull then i at first thought. there is, however another bit; on the way back we stopped at some services and those of us who were travelling in the trucky thing had a chat with the people in the car, which came equipped with a radio. on meeting each other, those in the car rushed up and said 'jill dando's been murdered' well if stuff wasn't surreal enough to begin with that just made it. that isn't the sort of news you believe when told in such a fashion and i had to phone my dad to confirm it. phew!! i'm glad thats out of my system, thanks for persevering, i think i'll leave it there for now. stay beautiful, fiona ++++"now more than ever seems it rich to die, to cease upon the midnight with no pain" just for once i'm too happy for keats, but i can still try to bring myself down++++ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Diary of a Band
by mickcooke＠lycosmail.com 07 Nov '99

07 Nov '99

Hi there, I have put all the exciting installments of Stuart and Chris' 'Diary of a Band' from the Glasgow University Guardian on the band website, on the 'bus' page. I'll be updating it every time the Guardian comes out, which is once every two weeks. The next one is due out on Wednesday the 10th November, the same day Salako are playing Nice'n'Sleazy (Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow). I'd thoroughly recommend going to see them if you are in the area. I played with them in Hull and Liverpool and they were great, Cheers, Mick http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: B+S Toronto gig/sham/SfC
by Jason Scott 07 Nov '99

07 Nov '99

ok, jj, I've come out of lurk-status (for 2 months!) to relay an answer to your woes about this B+S rumour thing. In fact, last night, charming angel in T.O. had a get-together which I hoped went well,(Angel?). Terribly sorry I missed it, but I was cold and drunk at a football game instead (shame on my priorities!). Anyways, last night's meet up was Part 1, Part 2 will be happening at Ranch Relaxo upstairs on Thursday Nov. 19th. It's titled "Songs for Children", hosted by deb, contains a whole lotta B+S record-playing, and i WILL be there for THAT this time, I swear! THAT is the so-called gig that you are wondering about,which isn't really a gig at all, is it? In fact, if you locals pick up this weeks "eye" magazine (with Bryan Ferry on the cover), turn to the bottom of pg 28 where Rancho Relaxo's ad is, it says "DIRECT FROM GLASGOW--BELLE & SEBASTIAN". I even called the place to ask them what the deal was. He cut me off mid sentence like it was his millionth annoying call that day, and told me "no, no...it's a LIE. It's just...someone's playing records by them all night." Fair enough. Are you behind all this propaganda deb? Quite ingenious. I want a shirt off you, by the way, if you are going to be selling them. Perhaps I should go around town and collect all the eye mags I see and clip out the tiny ads and wallparer my room with them. They might be worth something one day. Oh, and I'm worried: over dinner with a very good female companion, I said I was going to go to the S.F.C. night. She sneered and said "WHY would you want to go to some bar where everyone looks like Chris(brit-pop friend), hear them play nothing but Belle & Sebastian ALL night, sit around on couches or something, and do *this* (proceeds to snap fingers in a mod/cool cat/hipster kinda way with mouth open and brainless look on her face). So what do you all think of that? I hope to God that's not what it's like. Except for the playing of B+S all night long. If it is, I plan to get drunk and bitch-slap all your little mugs and tell you "lighten up!". In a nice way, I mean. Because you know, I want to have all your children...let's be social, shall we? Can't wait to meet you all, sorry I couldn't make it last night, Angel. =( "I KISS YOU!!!!!" -Mahir, 1999 jason d. "back to lurking again" scott ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Diary of a Band on Website
by mickcooke＠lycosmail.com 07 Nov '99

07 Nov '99

Hi there, I know that Katrina has been keeping you up to date with every exciting installment of Stuart and Beans' "Diary of a Band" from the Glasgow University Guardian so far. I have just added every installment to the band website, under the 'bus' page. I'll be updating it every time the Guardian comes out, which is once every two weeks. The next one is due out on Wednesday the 10th November, the same day, incidentally, that Salako are playing Nice'n'Sleazy's (Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow). I'd thoroughly recommend going along to see them, if you are in the area. I played with them in Hull and Liverpool and they were great, Cheers, Mick http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: fwd: hmm
by jj 07 Nov '99

07 Nov '99

A friend in Toronto sent me the following. Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there a meet-up scheduled for that day? The only thing I could find in the archives was for the 6th. xojj >Delivered-To: jj(a)monkey.org >Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 03:13:11 -0500 (EST) >From: liz clayton <lclayton(a)umich.edu> >X-Sender: lclayton(a)qbert.gpcc.itd.umich.edu >To: jj <jj(a)fantasticpop.com> >Subject: hmm > >so there's an ad here for a club (a weird club) that sez "belle and >sebastian" are playing 11/19. could this be true? can't find any info on >b&s page, jeepster, matador.. > > * * * http://www.monkey.org/~jj * * * +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: cat power and jealousy
by Poppixxie＠aol.com 07 Nov '99

07 Nov '99

hello all! i wanted to see if any new york area sinister kiddies were heading toward the knitting factory this saturday for the cat power show. lauren and i had been talking about our envy for all the lovely european b&s meetups and have decided to take it upon ourselves to work out one of our own over on this shores. [consonance anyone]... anyhow, i know mark and micheal are from the area but i'm sure out of the throngs of sinistees there are others whose abode is located near the city of sin and goodness itself. love, shawnee! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: oh but I really do want to be an owl...maybe
by JENOWL22＠aol.com 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

Karaoke queen by catatonia's pants. But i bought it anyway today, because I was feeling reckless. I had a day long band practise today. Sort of like a workshop. Only not. We practised, made an ad for more members on the computer, went into town and put it up in the music shop, pissed about in the town, and then practised some more. I've re-discovered the joy of the lazy line painter jane ep. I don't like that lady's voice though. Couldn't they have got Bel to sing her bit? Also, I like the way stuart sings shitty. Like he's going to say it but wants to think about whether it would be maybe not nice to swear when lots of nice innocent children might buy the record and go home at night saying "shitty" to their parents, then he realises that probably not a great many young innocent children will buy the record, when they could be buying something that doesn't contain swear words. then maybe he thinks that, if he doesn't swear then little children might buy it. But then he maybe think that little children won't buy it for a different reason, like maybe because belle and sebastian haven't been on live and kicking. And all the while he's dragging out the shhhh part, while all this races through his brain at a million miles an hour. Before he says the rest of the word, only a fraction of a second behind the beat. And why does a century of elvis sound so much like a century of fakers except with talking? I wonder what made me put lazy line painter jane on today. I so much wanted to listen to dog on wheels. The scarf i'm knitting's nearly long enough to wear. It's taken me weeks. Maybe when I can knit faster I'll go into business. Maybe I'd rather get a paper round. Sarah asked us what we thought a good title would be for the next belle and sebsatian album. I think that a good title would maybe be The Owls. Or something like This Album Has Got A Sitar On It. Jen +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: about a boy who's just like me....and about peter waterman
by ian 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

hello.. the perils of identifying with a character in a song.. the first b&s song i ever loved was "get me away from here i'm dying". the boy with naivety sounded just a little familiar and i liked the way he won at the end. the narrator of the song seemed like a kindred spirit too, desperately looking around for someone he felt he could identify with, someone who he thought resembled him. its something i've always done. which is why, going back to the song and playing it, and finding the boy with naivety isn't really very much like me at all is a little disconcerting. the narrator still seems like the kind of person i could have a cup of tea, a chat and a quick bonk with but a boy with naivety? no...the cynical hat fits much too well these days.. i look inside myself and i wonder where the said boy went. sometimes i look at myself and wonder who the fuck the boy with naivety was, and what he was doing inside me in the first place... no pun intended.. anwyay, onto other things..steps, in fact (there's some more b&s content further down...do not despair) >Ian The Gay Dirty Den is back! But Ian has lost somewhat of his allure in my >eyes. And why is that? STEPS Ian! You had the opportunity to see them and you >turned it down *sigh* call it over-exposure sarah. there's only so much one sane fellow can take. and i will never be able to reconcile myself to the fact that they are managed by peter waterman. its not the brit award thing (and i'm sure that's been discussed to death on here, so i won't go any further into it).. its not the fact that he launched big fun onto the world, and allowed them to do what they did to "blame it on the boogie"...its not even that horrible programme he used to present with michaela strachan... its the fact that he's successful. oh no, sorry...that was the real reason. and i wanted to hide it beneath a score of witty remarks. bugger. i watched a programme the other day where the silly git claimed that without him there would never have been any disco music, the reason being that he brought silver convention over here from germany. huh? i think nile rodgers, sylvester, donna summer and even little tina charles might have something to say about that.. anyway, back to the b&s content. sarah again: >Would "Yo! Belle & Sebastian!" be a good album title? I think WE should decide >the name of the B&S newie. You can see the quality for yourselves eh... i think this should become a list competition. i will judge, and award a prize in a completely arbitrary and biased manner to the one i like best. if anyone else bothers to enter. unfortunately, the best suggestion i could come up with is: "the return of the bedraggled fang-granny from the swamp of death" not tres twee i know, but i think planning a halloween party tonight has gone to my head. i am to be a human sacrifice. what does the modern human sacrifice about town wear these days, do you know? finally, erica...: >Did you know that 'H' from steps is called 'H' after 'Hyperactive'. I wonder >what his real name is. Something cute, I bet. erm....(whispers) i am a little saddened that i know this, but perhaps i am more of a closet fan than i realise..... the boy's name is ian. sob. mind you he'd be very nice to bend over a - no..no he wouldn't. that's just me succumbing to media hype. he's not attractive at all. really. honestly. i'm not naive enough to believe that any more cynical closet steps fan ian..............sort of like a gay dirty den really +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: pineapple chunks
by robert sleaford 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

hello, i found my voice, just to say hi and let you all know that ive been ear-wigging you all for 2 weeks. bye 4 now... bobsleaf ===== ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Quick reminder about "Top 15 Albums of 1999" List
by Mark Niciu 06 Nov '99

06 Nov '99

List Lads and Lasses, I have received a couple of entries today for "Top 15 Albums of 1999" from enthusiastic contributors. Just one brief reminder that I mentioned previously: only new albums (LPs), viz., those released in 1999 in their country of origin, may be included in this list! Therefore, no compilations, reissues, e.g. "Tigermilk", EPs, etc., may be voted for in the "Top 15 Albums of 1999" list. As promised, there will be a list for the best compilations, reissues, tribute albums (although I think that most of these absolutely suck!), EPs, etc., at a later date. Just give me some time to collate your entries for the "Top 15 Albums of 1999" into a master Sinister list and enter this onto a separate web site. In addition, I'll post individual entries onto this site. If you would not like your list available for all to visualize, just let me know when submitting, and I'll respect your confidentiality. Sorry for two posts in one digest, Honey List Mummy! Mark ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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