November 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: My girlfriend is leaving me...(but Tigermilk is coming in the mail)
by svein solberg 03 Nov '99

03 Nov '99

Hi, everyone! I don`t know if I should be extremly sad, or a little happy. My girlfriend for the last two years is leaving me, but at the same time I just bought an original copy of Tigermilk for $320!!! So as she is packing her stuff, I am waiting for the record to arrive in the mail. Suddenly B&S doesn`t mean so much to me as it used to. Why is she leaving? She says it has nothing to do with me, it just her....yeah right! I know she isn`t doing the "horisontal mambo"with anyone, so that isn`t the reason, maybe it is her? Is there anyone out who has experienced the same shit, who can tell me it`s gonna be ok, at the moment everything is far from okay. What can I say, shit happens, the only thing that is keeping me up is TIGERMILK, and the fact that it`s: "COMING TO A MAILBOX NEAR ME" Svennie! ______________________________________________________ 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: b&s on holiday/charity gig.
by BabyChris Crystalballs 03 Nov '99

03 Nov '99

neil in the b&s office told me this: > a couple of them are on their holidays >until the >middle of November, so I can't get anything until >then. >Keep prodding me, or I'll forget. I wonder where they are sunning themselves. StuM is probably sunning himself in barbados with a troupe of dancing girls. A guy I know lives in a street called STRUAN ROAD. I wanted neil to get me some signed b&s merchandise to raffle. I'm holding a charity concert in january at my school. It's to send some disabled kids on an activity week. I ve got 4 bands to play. I wanted someone famous to come as a 'special guest appearance' nothing has happened. Can anyone in the glasgow area help me get some cheap/free pa equiptment? please? Any thoughts about this or a glasgow meetup - mail me. babychris CRYSTALBALLS __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.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: Beguilingly Twee
by Alder, Lucy 03 Nov '99

03 Nov '99

Morning backwoodsmen Thought I'd pass on Craig McLean's opinion of Nalda Said from The Face... David, bass player with Belle & Sebastian, first flexed his nib with his booklets Ink Polaroids and Little Ink Movies - quietly illuminating captions to non-existent 'images' from B&S's early days. They were lovely. Then, with his Looper album, he mixed beats and (probably) autobiographical stories about meeting his missus and a kid who liked 'Burning Flies'. His first novel draws from both these strands. Nalda Said is a lad's gradual unfurling of a bizarre, precious secret. After an itinerant, lonely adulthood, he finds love while working in a hospital garden. Then, as is the way of things, his problems realy begin. Beguilingly twee and ever so slightly unsettling, this is the insular terrain of The Wasp Factory and The Butcher Boy compassionately revisited. Positive it may be, but friends, behold the drawbacks of the 125-word review! Only one sentence to let us know what he thinks of the novel and even then, he feels the need to describe it in terms of other books. But then, this is The Face we're talking about. More exciting by far is the review of Tits-Out Teenage Terror Totty by former NME journalist Steven Wells. With a title like that, I'd say it's a vital purchase. Reminds me of the blithe days of my own delicate youth (snarf!) My recommended CD of the week is Hanna & Barbera - 48 Classic Theme Tunes, which includes all your favourites - Hong Kong Fuey, Scooby Doo (pre-Scrappy Doo version), The Jetsons, The Flintstones, Top Cat, Touche Turtle, Penelope Pitstop, Wacky Races and many more. Sorry to the people I bored with it on Saturday night, by the way. Bobbin Stout said: My dad used to spot birds when he was a lad My own dad was a trainspotter and a morris dancer. He persuaded me to do a talk on morris dancing once at school. Slightly ill-advised, especially the demonstration of how to wear a flowery hat. I still think the sword dances are rather exciting though. He also wrote: I have a friend who's into running, 800 metres mostly, and he's really committed, to the point where he doesn't really understand what's going on in the rest of the world. That'll be the Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner then. Juicy Lucy =================================================== This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. -- MCI WorldCom Year 2000 information http://www.wcom.co.uk/2000 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: If I had enough spanners, I could move somewhere nice
by Robin Stout 03 Nov '99

03 Nov '99

"Jim had something going. A little prjoect that involved making posters for concerts that would never happen, and record sleeves for records that never existed." A moment of inspiration, supplied by the delicate touch of a certain S. Troosers arrived in my head the other night. I wasn't in at the time, so the postman left it round the back. Most moments of inspiration happen to me in two parts so I'll tell you the first and then try to explain the second. I was in a dirty part of town, at the traffic lights opposite a shopping centre where people flock like geese waiting for the lights to move to amber. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a tall, furtive looking chap, a spanner in glasses, standing in the doorway of a shop. He had a little notebook held close to his face, about the same distance to his nose as the thickness of his glasses. And with a little black pencil he was scribbling away on it. He caught sight of me watching him and retreated into the doorway. Then I looked over where he had been looking and I saw a big green bus, and another one behind. I'd spotted a bus spotter. My dad used to spot birds when he was a lad and although he tried spotting buses once it was never really his thing. I've always had a strange sort of respect for this sort of person. The type who risks social exclusion for a love of numbers or double deckers. I have a friend who's into running, 800 metres mostly, and he's really committed, to the point where he doesn't really understand what's going on in the rest of the world. I don't have any real interest in running but I always enjoy him telling me about it because you can tell he really loves it, and it's something he lives for. So I've always had a funny type of respect for this sort of person. Maybe it's because I've got a part of that inside me. I am on this mailing list after all. So, during a quiet moment the second part of my inspiration came. Troosers had mentioned a while ago about the non-existence of niche markets and how they didn't have a chance to really exist. And I've become quite keen on a DIY ethic recently, after my stab at writing a sitcom and drawing public information leaflets during the summer. So I've decided to start a little magazine, and stick it on my website, which would be about things that really excite people. Like listening to a certain record or tasting a good cup of tea. Or Nouvelle Vague cinema perhaps. My tutor got quite excited about Cuba yesterday when I had a talk with him, so I might ask him about this. I'm quite keen on this idea, and I've told it to a few of my friends so that's why I'm telling you. One of these days I could even get round to doing it. It's nice to see we've recovered from our cabin fever. It was also nice to read that diary from Chris and Stuart. Sometimes it's just good to know what they're up to. Mark mentioned that one of the boys from Gregory's Girl looked like Struan. I think I know which one you mean. I also think this was the one Arantxa thought looked like Alasdair Cook. He did, you know. I tried to persuade her that it was because Alasdair has "a Scottish mouth", but I think I've made that up. Bye Robin xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: cool people
by Bertrand Caron 03 Nov '99

03 Nov '99

What is your definition of a cool person? On saturday I was in the concert of pavement in Stockholm and I really think that the pavement are what I would define as cool. I remember that I had seen "Fuck" last year and they were extremely cool too. Maybe even more than the pavement. The sonic youth are very cool too. But I wouldn't really define the B&S as cool in my definition of coolness. Bertrand the french in stockholm +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: gingerly re-entering the fray
by fiona 02 Nov '99

02 Nov '99

hey kids, as you probably hadn't noticed, i took a few days off to sit back and contemplate stuff, in an effort not to spew out all the crap that my brain seems to hoard into long and really rather dull emails. unfortunately, i couldn't work out how to do that, so i think the answer will just have to be to post less often (a stifled cheer is heard from 1000 ar so sinistereenies around the globe) things seem to be getting quite intellectual around here, so i feel the need to tell you that i have spent most of the last week walking the streets wearing horns. i have to stress that they weren't the sort of crappy plastic horns that have a black strap and red bits sticking out, no, these are classy black horns made of a kind of silk-effect material. to cut to the chase, my horns are so comfy that on several occasions i forgot that i was wearing them and had loads of those moments when you notice that lots of people are staring at you and you can't work out why, until you remember the ridiculous looking item that is adorning your person (this, needless to say happens to me a lot). on one occasion i was wearing my horns with a big furry coat and was walking through a not entirely pleasant part of town when a scary fat man leaned slightly too far into my personal space and growled 'tiger' at me. i was frightened. in other news, i think i've got tonsilitis (again). you know, doctors won't let you have your tonsils taken out if you're a grown up, or something approaching one, unless you get tonsilitis very severely and very frequently because its such a painful operation. mine is, apparently, not quite severe or frequent enough to merit having my throat ripped apart, so i'll just have to suffer. it is, however one of those illnesses that always brings lots of sympathy from people, so perhaps it isn't all bad. i'm also desperate to tell you about my latest relationship trauma, but look, aren't i great, i'm restraining myself. if anyone is really desperate to know feel free to email me, but it isn't actually very intersting. i've just remembered that i think i wrote some quite proound stuff in a whinging email to mummy while the list was in hibernation, but i can't recall what it was now, i just remember feeling quite proud of myself. i just thought i'd let you know that now and again i do come up with something vaguely readable, obviously though, its always at the wrong time. stay beautiful, fiona ps i'm going home for a few days tomorrow, so please don't post too much because i'll have to sift throug it all when i get back, cheers ****croak**** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We Rule The School (new dj night in Philadelphia)
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 02 Nov '99

02 Nov '99

Hey all, I'm forwarding this nugget of info regarding a new indie night here in Philadelphia PA that also has a B&S themed title...should be a good one, I trust the dj's involved (and their record collections) implicitly. Come on out, it's free! Xavier ;)apologies if any of you have already received this... ;) ;) ;)Remember when rock was young? Remember when YOU were young? Remember when ;)you could still get beat up for wearing Doc Martens? Remember when having ;)your band referred to as "twee" was high praise? ;) ;)We do. That's why, this Wednesday, Nov. 3rd-and the first Wednesday of ;)every month thereafter-we're gonna lace up those Pumas, slip into that ;)ringer tee, box up our old seven-inches and head on down to... ;) ;)WE RULE THE SCHOOL. ;)An evening of indie rock and pop. ;) ;)That's right, folks. This Wednesday, surrey on down to the 700 Club and ;)you'll be damned if it's not 1993 all over again! DJs Bethany ;)"Put-the-beat-back-in-beatdown" Klein, Joey "I used to be signed to ;)Spinart" Sweeney and Jeff "Magnetique" Wagar will spin forgotten classics ;)like: ;) ;)Heavenly � The Spinanes � Small Factory � Unrest � Velocity Girl � Helium � ;)St. Christopher � Field Mice � Versus � Fudge � The Lilys � Twiggy � White ;)Town � Beat Happening � The Orchids � Marine Girls � Lois � The Pooh Sticks ;)� Felt � The Go-Betweens � Nothing Painted Blue � Biff Bang Pow! � ;)Superchunk � The Verlaines � The Pastels � Teenage Fanclub � Black ;)Tambourine � The Shop Assistants � The Apartments � Belle and Sebastian � ;)Aztec Camera � Some Velvet Sidewalk� ;) ;)And the list goes on and on. If it's ever been written up in Chickfactor, ;)you can bet your ass we'll play it. So once again, that's� ;) ;)WE RULE THE SCHOOL. ;)An evening of indie rock and pop. ;)Wednesday, Nov. 3rd, 9pm ;)700 Club ;)Second and Fairmount ;) ;)Please come, and redeem your ticket stub from the Dec. 1994 ;)Stereolab/Unrest show at Dobb's for a special prize! ;) ;)Joey Sweeney ;)Associate A&E Editor ;)Philadelphia Weekly ;)1701 Walnut Street ;)Philadelphia, PA 19103-5222 ;)215.563.7400, ext. 110 ;)fax: 215.563.0620 ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) BXK bkim0(a)dept.english.upenn.edu | www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 It's what kind of hair you have on the inside that counts.--G.S. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: knitting
by JENOWL22＠aol.com 02 Nov '99

02 Nov '99

Hello, My god I had an interesting day. I threw up and then spent the rest of the day in bed knitting a scarf. Oh, and I found out what wanking actually was. I used to think it meant being nasty to people, and that's why you would call someone a wanker. But that was my friends fault, because she told me that for a laugh and I never had any reason to doubt it. My friend helen doesn't like belle and sebastian any more. She likes five and 911 now. She never *really* liked them, but I used to talk to her about them because she was the only person who didn't make sick noises when I played them. Bye bye, 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: delete if you ain't in Atlanta/Athens GA area...
by Josh Baze 02 Nov '99

02 Nov '99

i am travelling to atlanta, ga, november 7,8,9, for focus groups about dog food. as soon as those are over, i will be seeking more exciting stimulus in this fair berg. anyone from around there? can you suggest record shops, gigs, clubs, anything? thanks! josh +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Lucksmiths in Philly.
by FourJacksAndAJill 02 Nov '99

02 Nov '99

Dear Sinisterites, I am pleased to announce the details for the Lucksmiths' stop in Philadelphia, PA on their fall tour extravaganza. SATURDAY, November 13 @ 7:30 p.m., Arch Mews THE LUCKSMITHS...CLOCK STRIKES THIRTEEN...JOEY SWEENEY...THE LADIES Six dollars The Ladies are wonderful quiet pop with boy-girl vocals. Joey Sweeney is wonderful indie-rock-pop with boy vocals (he just had a song on the soundtrack to Hal Hartley's _The Book Of Life_ don't you know). Clock Strikes Thirteen is wonderful jangly/keyboardy sad pop with boy-girl vocals. The Lucksmiths are wonderful lyrical pop with Australian boy vocals. We are not disclosing the exact location publicly because the venue is not one that usually hosts "rocknroll" shows like this, so if you are interested in seeing this, please either call (215) 735 7726 or e-mail mailto:clockstrikesthirteen@hotmail.com and as Robert Plant says in "Kashmir," all will be revealed... I hope to see a good bunch of you there! And there will definitely be at least one B&S song on the between-bands-music-mix... Let's get it on, Xavier +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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