December 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: Drinkin' Um Bongo
by Peter Miller 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

Here's the track listing to Go-Kart Mozart's fantastic new album: 1. Mandrax and minx cats 2. We're selfish and lazy and greedy 3. Sailor boy 4. City synthesis 5. Drinkin' um bongo 6. Mrs back to front and the bull ring thing 7. Hip op 8. Wendy James 9. Plug in city 10. Depleted soul 11. She tore it up and walked away 12. Today 13. Fluff on the mallow 14. England and Wales 15. Blah blop de blooh 16. Wear your foghat with pride 17. I'm dope This comes as quite a relief to me. The last time we heard from Lawrence he was planning to "put the record straight" about Felt, with the help of Our Alistair. No offence to the old fella, but I was a bit worried that seriousness, some might say pretentiousness, was making a comeback in Lawrenceville. I hope track number 12 is a tribute to Duke's legendary rant about Manda Rin. Thanks to Troussé for alerting me to this major musical event. Can you get your bunged up forties schoolboy popstar mate to get Lawrence's autograph for me, preferably signed in a New Potatoes voice? Thanks. List crush. Let's have a closer look at those results: 17 8 Starry Sarah 84 1 Sarah Clarke 223 0 Fluffy Sarah 1 456 Kipper Clarke Hmmm. David Moore wrote: Well done to Mr Robertson for adulterating that idiot Moyles' pint. Shame he couldn't have pissed in it though, in retribution to what he does to our airwaves. You Britkids always have to reach a bit too far, don't you? Yesterday I went to the pictures and it was a film and it was Belgium's World Wobblecam Championships entry and it was called "Rosetta" and it was dead good. Was that Tim Hopkins I saw happily clapping along at the front of Paul McCartney's Cavern Club event? Sister Disco looking forward to the MilliVanillium +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: La.
by Adam Chapman 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

Tidings of great joy and all that Christmas stuff, Before i unsub for the duration and head off in the direction of my specially constructed nuclear bunker to await the armegedden that will undoubtably be new year [not in the repent, repent the end is nigh kind of sense, but in the so-smashed-you-can't-stand-up-for-a-week, sort of a way], i have no great wish to play more of a part than i absolutely have to [well, o.k. mebee a drink or five...], i suppose i should say 'a lorry load of pit props to you all', merry/raving drunk christmas and may the new year bring your hearts desire... Adam 'If you can't make them think, at least make them sing...' ______________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Ice Skating Meetup in NYC
by COURTOLY＠aol.com 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

Hello dear Sinistereens. Last time I was on the east coast I had the most lovely time picnicing and playing frisbee with the friends in Washington DC. This holiday season though, I would like to bring our Sinister cheer to the Big Apple before doomsday. Are those of you in the NYC area interested? Is a weekend or weekday better? E-mail me and let me know. Love Courtney PS Congradulations to Tigerxdare for her wonderous list crush score. I can't wait to meet the lady. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Funny Butter AKA Get In The Ring Motherfucker
by William Messent 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

Hallo children, and how are we? Before I go any further, I would like to send a message of congratulations and respect (or 'mad props', as I believe they are known) to three listees; 1)Ms Lucy Alder, for one of the funniest nearly-rude expressions I have ever heard. I laughed out loud, thus drawing the attention of my colleagues and boss, alerting them to the fact that I have figured out a password to get internet access at work, even though I shouldn't be able to. I may get the sack, but it would be worth it for that one gag. 2)The Enforcer, for all the good work. I just like it. 3)George Henry Dickie. He's grown on me, what can I say? I like the boxing analogies. Speaking of which, more respect to Mr Muhammed Ali, officially sporting hero of the century thanks to the BBCs viewers, who showed a sight more taste than the wankers who voted Westlife as single of the year. I went for Lou Bega myself, and where did he end up? Nowhere, that's where. Went to a party last night that ended up in a bunfight, but it snowed as we walked home which made everything alright by me. No foxes though, unless you count my girlfriend. Which you wouldn't because she is minging.* Only kidding, she actually looks like one of The Coors. The bloke.* George Henry Dickie quotes Stuart M in his post, and I like the fact that Stuart uses the phrase "They haven't got a scooby". I'll have to remember to use that. I would also add that I can't see how pouring gin into Chris Moyles' drink can be seen as anything but an act of kindness and charity. Arantxa: try 'Living Like A Donkey' by Mike Nicholls. Not very easy to get hold of, but the best donkey song this boy's ever heard anyway. Give Selectadisc a whirl. Well I'll leave you now, my beauties. If I don't see you before I unplug my mailbox for a fortnight, please have a rock'n'roll Christmas. For me. Goodnight, ladies, Willennium x *jokes. ===== Visit The Remote Viewer homepage http://www.members.tripod.com/remoteviewer/ ____________________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The white Eric Clapton
by Roderick Brannan 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Hey Gorgeous People Learning to play guitar is not easy. My pursuit to become the white Eric Clapton is proving more difficult than I imagined it would be. However, I've downloaded all the B&S sheet music and my plans for this evening completely revolve around sitting in my room with my guitar getting intensely frustrated because my rendition of "Me and the major" sounds as close to the original as All Saints version of "Under the bridge". If anybody out there could give me some hints on which songs I should try to learn first (in order of simplicity) I would be eternally grateful. Last night my girlfriend enticed me to go see the Bootleg Beatles at the Royal Concert Hall in Glasgow. They were actually surprisingly good (although I'm sure Mcartney wasn't <italic>that</italic> obese!), but the highlight of the night had to be when two drunken slappers decided to stand up and dance, constantly hitting the enormous bald man in front of them. After about an hour he stood up and screamed in the vernacular (during a reasonable version of "I am the walrus"): "Ah've had enough of your fuckin' shite aw night ya daft bitches" at the top of his voice, and had to be restrained from obliterating them physically by about six other blokes. Class. Fights at concerts are always good for shits and giggles. Have fun, but not too much. Young Roddy <nofill> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: About some singers and other stuff
by Jordi Trenzano 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

On Tue, 14 December 1999, Arantxa Sanz wrote: > Just to add my two pences on which is the best Spanish song ever.Going to > facts, 'Black is Black' was the only song by a band regarded Spanish (with > a German singer and singing in English, but c'est la vie...)which climbed > more or less to the top of British charts (number 4, if my memory is still > at the level required for UC)in those far days where Lord Cliff was still > Eurovisionally virgin. Though iŽm not sure, think that the singer was from some part of Holland. About Lawrence from Felt: On an issue of the spanish mag Rockdelux (youŽll notice that I quote them lots of times: itŽs not the only music mag. in Spain, the fact is that the other ones are crap), the boss of Elefant records says that "weŽre going to release the next Denim album and I almost canŽt believe it". HeŽs a big fan of Felt and Denim, and doesnŽt seem to mention any change of the bandŽs name. Love Jordiet Sinistre ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The year of the depend adult undergarment
by Robyn Fadden 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

hello turkish delight lovers, I was going to go on and on about political and social injustice, but instead I will tell you the word of the day according to Merriam-Webster Inc. (of dictionary fame). It is: morass -- something that traps, confuses, or impedes. Good god, now m-w has gotten into my brain. But my brain pronounced it "more-ass" b/c my brain is a sick fuck and finds such things funny. oooh, I blame this all (the swearing, the lame jokes, etc.) on having just watched Dogma, the new k. smith movie. hmmm. *somebody's* read too many comic books... but it did have some good lines. i will have to let it sink in a bit more, i suppose. Anyway, words are lovely things no matter what you do to them. In fact, they are better when you do things to them. But you certainly won't win at scrabble, oh no. Scrabble isn't about words, it's about winning and when things are about winning, they are not about meaning and feeling words in your mouth. generalizations are dangerous. lizations cause infections. generals cause swollen glands and bus accidents. i wrote a poem on a dog biscuit. then the poetry cochroach ate it. maybe i should just change my style. Oh yes, i've caught up with the times and discovered Galaxie 500. Soon I will discover other amazing things, like antibiotics and pocky. Ah, but oh, wow, what was I doing with myself when galaxie 500 was around other than not realizing their existence? I was young, I went to school dances, I listened to a.m. morning radio. All the right things at the right times in the right places, hmm. I...don't...know. oh wait, i'm not this weird at all, you know. Just the other day i was walking home from work and composing quite a sane message to you. And then I thought, I will never remember this, and then i thought, aren't you're talking to yourself really, and it all went down hill from there and, hence, this. Funny thing was, I was actually walking downhill at the time... All this millennium/willenium/thrillenium talk is causing small seizures in my elbows. I too plan on having a few good decades of fun and pleasure and outrageous notoriety and then (like a smart smart person on this list has said) I too plan on being dead for a good bit of the selenium, thanks. Or maybe by that time I will have grown the massive ego necessary to have myself frozen for the benefit of future generations. Ha. Conversation btwn old barely-thawed me and a future person: Future person: "So, I'm talking to you via telepathy, isn't that interesting and different?" Me: --- Future person: "Ha ha, you suck." Me: --- Our time is now... I'm walking here! I watched midnight cowboy the other night. a great film. I am thankful for what I have, which includes heat and food. Unfortunately, my landlady is a little nuts (aren't they all? I think they are) and, also unfortunately, has control of the heater and keeps it low. Not a good thing for someone who enjoys walking around in bare feet. Frickin' damn, i could erase that bit and not have to send my feet in to the body bits site, but it's all integral to my greater message... But I don't have a scanner either. But I guess it's all about getting off one's, er, not being so lazy and taking the photos and hopping down to the local printers and scanning body bits while the pimply kid with questionable computer knowledge smirks behind his patchy goatee the smug yet insecure smirk of a computer help person whose help I do not need. So you can see how i will have to just continue waiting for the new scanner to arrive at work, just as i have been waiting for the past 6 months. So who is going to own 2017? Because I think if we pooled our money, we could call it The Year of Sinister and make our mark on history. Oh c'mon, it's all for sale and you know it. It'll be fun. I was going to sell my soul to VW, but they said they already had it. I asked if I could buy it back and they said how much. I said I'd give them my body for my soul back. And then we got into a big argument about minds in vats and someone said descartes and I ran off and wrote this email. Then I told you that I loved you. Then I stopped writing this letter. Love Robyn (the girl who has concluded that headphones contribute to temporary insanity. oh but it's good, it's so so good.) ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden(a)yahoo.com Vancouver, BC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. All in one place. Yahoo! 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Sinister: this is the part where i tell everyone' s secrets
by **Megan Lehar** 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

i'm drunk and it's all lucas' fault, cause he was tending bar. lucas is in new york now, yeah! like, five people were supposed to come from the uk to visit this october and did any of them actually show up? nooooooo. they're all losers. how many times have americans gone to the uk versus people actually coming to the us? i rest my case. and it's not like new york is boring. i mean, i'm here. case closed. whatever. so i've never actually *read* trousercuts, though i did write for the first issue. but it never got to me. bastards. i'm pouting right now. you can't see, but i am, and it looks very mean. so i'm listening to the stars album, and it's amazing. did i tell you guys that stars are going to be the next big thing? last week, both stephin merrit and claudia gonson (magnetic fields) and sarah martin (you all know) were there. be still my beating heart. stars were amazing. if i made a band comparison, it would probably be new order. they're on le grand magestery, but they sound nothing like momus, that's a lazy comparison. remember when i told you all about the magnetic fields? wasn't i right? huh? huh? i'm drunk so i can be conceited. well, when i'm sober i can too, but it's generally a false conceit, to hide my ridiculous need to be loved and appreciated, not falsely, but in a real, honest sense. i wonder if anyone makes sense when they're drunk? i've more or less given up making sense when i'm sober anyway, so it's not like it matters. i have an internship on the webpage for seventeen magazine. none of the things i say about britney spears get past my editors at my current job, so i doubt it will wokr better there, but whatever. i'm rambling and whatnot. but soon i'll be going home, and that's nice. sometimes i get tired of taking care of myself and others. but who else will take care of me when i need it? xox megan mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu are we not men? we are magnetic fields. http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ updated 8/5/99 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I am new
by Katorina C. 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

Hi. My name is Kat. I am new. I just wanted to say Hi. I like b&s a lot. I just started listeneing to them. So, I don't kow that mucha bout them. So, forvime me about my lack of knowledge! Kat >From: David Moore <Daf_Moore(a)compuserve.com> >Reply-To: David Moore <Daf_Moore(a)compuserve.com> >To: "Sinister (E-mail)" <sinister(a)Majordomo.net> >Subject: Sinister: de Quincey Shines In My Mind's Eye >Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 19:55:43 -0500 > >Hi Felt T-shirt Wearers, > >Stephen (nowadays apparently regularly De-)Troussé wrote: > >"Denim news: It's been too long since we last heard from >Lawrence-out-of-Denim......... Apparently his new >band is called Go-Kart Mozart and the forthcoming record includes tributes >to Um-Bongo ("they drink it in the Congo") and Wendy James" > >According to the bastards from Select the elpee is called Instant Wig-Wam >And Igloo Mixture & is on West Midlands Records. > >"I can hear Peter >Miller salivating from here." > >I thought this process was normally sound-free? > > >I do hope The Enforcer applies his rules without fear or favour, as I >reckon Her Royal Stickiness owes about six photies to the bodybits page >after that last newtered mail. Oh, & Honey, I give up. Neither Sally or I >can name that "Tune" you shared with us for the Swedish Cellphone. > > >Well done to Mr Robertson for adulterating that idiot Moyles' pint. Shame >he couldn't have pissed in it though, in retribution to what he does to our >airwaves. > >David Moore >Chelmsford, UK >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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" +-+ > +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ______________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: feeling grinchy
by ipecac spice 15 Dec '99

15 Dec '99

hi all. what a lot of long posts people have been sending lately. it's nice to "meet" others with the same propensity to ramble. and i always enjoy george henry dickies posts; so aesthetically pleasing. i am proud to say that my boyfriend is beginning to like belle and sebastian. he is going away for 4 months soon and everyone seems to be offering me consolation as if breaking-up is inevitable. 4 months isn't long though right. i'm sure at least one of you can offer me up a long distance love story with a happy ending. please. i have been terribly bitchy lately and i don't know why. does anyone know of any good ways to remedy this? i am up and down and all over the place. i finished exams today so i was happy to be done and almost caught a bit of the christmas spirit, but it faded rapidly. i seem to be growing a fast resentment to christmas cheer. maybe it's related to global warming. it hardly ever snows here now. it's nice though. no shoveling. no harrowing drives. saturday night was the last show for my favorite local band. it was great; i got to stand at the very front. but i really hate other people sometimes. why can't people enjoy the music without feeling the need to ram into other people and hit small girls in the head? it's not like it was metallica. there was no mosh pit. people suck. i have a theory that all problems in the world can be traced back to the fact that people suck. anyway...i digress. it was terribly sad to think that i will never see them play again, never hear certain songs again... well, i could ramble on forever but i won't bore any of you who were polite enough to read this far! -di "i want to defy the logic of all sex laws" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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