December 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: menage a trois, folie a deux
by Corpora Arenacea 06 Dec '99

06 Dec '99

I don't get presents for Hanukkah. It's an American invention, 'cuz Jewish kids felt cheated that all their Chretien friends got loaded up around the same time. So. I will make some wishes, because dreams are free, motherfucker. 1)Man, I wish I had a middle name. Something I could use instead of my fucking first name. Honey, can I =have= a middle name? 2)I'd love to see Belle and Sebastian cover "Lesbian Seagull" (One of the really great Van Driessen songs on Beavis and Butthead). 3) I wish I knew what I looked like when I talk. I'd probably shut up more. 4) I wish Leonard Cohen would drop the Buddhism already and make another damn album. 5) I want to meet a girl who hasn't been raped, abused, or otherwise traumatized in childhood so that she thinks sex is power. Then I'd like the two of us to get it on with a stripper. I've given up on true love, this will do. 6)Please, God, let me pass my internal medicine test in six hours. 7)If we can lose a probe on Mars, we should be able to come up with a cancer-free cigarette. Failing that, at least some Herbal Ecstasy that works. 8)Okay, my wishes are getting totally preposterous. I was going to wish I was a bird, but scratch that. And the Stooges just aren't going to reunite, and I accept that. So... uhhh... I wish, you know, happy holidays to everyone. There. I shared. Take care, all. -Eran P.S. I'll dance on that list crush site's fucking grave. What an awful thing to introduce to the most insecure conglomeration of people in the universe. And damn it, where did my old votes go. My self-esteem had been coasting on those for over a year now. ______________________________________________________ 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: Re: sinister-digest V3 #398
by Montesory＠aol.com 06 Dec '99

06 Dec '99

In a message dated 12/5/99 9:42:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, owner-sinister-digest(a)Majordomo.net writes: << I only use silly fake names because my parents named me after a certain cartoon character and that name always comes across as more made up.... >> You're name is Bugs Blackwell?? Joey +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: sinister-digest V3 #398
by Montesory＠aol.com 06 Dec '99

06 Dec '99

In a message dated 12/5/99 9:42:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, owner-sinister-digest(a)Majordomo.net writes: << I only use silly fake names because my parents named me after a certain cartoon character and that name always comes across as more made up.... >> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: now i'm not accusing anyone...
by fiona 06 Dec '99

06 Dec '99

...but i refuse to believe that my rise from obscurity to third place on the list crush thingie could be quite so meteoric without the aid of some multiple voting. i want you all to know that i do not condone this practice and it was not at my request, i don't even know who it was (although i have my suspicions) i would withdraw myself from the race, except that it does wonders for my self-esteem regardless of whether anyone cheated on my behalf or not. of course none of you would vote for me in any capacity if you knew how much of a bitch i am, but i can't share the details with you just yet, unless anyone desperately wants to know, in which case you can email me privately and i can ask you for advice. oooh that sounds cryptic, but i'll explain later. thank-you to everyone who has helped me with my cardigan dilemma, the consensus seemed to be that i shouldn't succumb to their twee charms, and you'll be pleased to know that i haven't and have, instead decided to freeze. that is unless some kind soul wants knit me some 'arm socks' (forgotten whose suggestion that was, but it was a stroke of genius) for possibly the first time ever, there's quite a reasonable looking bloke sitting on the other side of the computer room. he's wearing headphones. i wonder what he's listening to. more importantly i wonder what kind of shoes he's wearing. me? shallow? i was just thinking about the wto protests, of course some lovely person sent me some b+s bootlegs the other day. i don't often get post, but when i do its always of the finest quality. however, she didn't send me a letter or anything, i would consider it to be polite to include a few words with a package of that nature. are there conventions about such practices? i just wondered if my manners are getting the better of me or if that really is a little unfriendly? no, he's got quite good hair, but on second glance, his jewellery tells me he's probably listening to stereophonics or ocean colour scene. nevermind, there's still a significant proportion of the population of manchester for me to work my way through yet!! i just spellchecked my post (yes, i am that sad) the pooter doesn't like thingie nearly as much as i do and it suggested 'pooh' where i've written 'oooh' not unreasonable i don't suppose. in a final piece of thrilling fiona news, i fixed my bouncing tigger yesterday. i didn't leave the flat, or do any work, but i fixed my bouncing tigger. i don't waste my time you know. enough, cease the madness, i must go and continue the catalogue of disasters that i call my life (if only you knew - you'd laugh) stay beautiful y'all, fiona in the year 2525.... ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies everything you think do and say is in the pill you took today +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dylan in the snow
by BradWhiddon＠aol.com 05 Dec '99

05 Dec '99

just to let you know.... i picked up volume two in the kindercore christmas albums today, and there's a belle and sebastian cover on it. it's by a band that's (usually) really damn good, and i'm not implying that this song ain't.....i've just heard better. the mendoza line. imagine early dylan singing fox in the snow and you've got a general idea i think. -brad +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: what a nice coincidence
by Angel Blackwell 05 Dec '99

05 Dec '99

I've been released from the nursery around the same day, 24 years ago, that I was born in this cold, cruel world. I'm of English heritage but my parents took a trip across the pond and deposited us all in this odd little country. I'm a Canadian B&S fan now, and I think it's a bit of a different experience for us. But thanks to all things electronic I've met a group of cute little people and all is well. We had a little B&S meetup not too long ago at my apartment and my little kitten, Etta, still misses all of you. Then this wonderful person had an all things Jeepster night and lil'angel blackwell here had fun, even though there were a lot of people. (But after a coupla pints I was a dancing fool with diana.) I'll go now, I'm going back to Toronto today and it's raining. Even with all the Canadian stereotypes, it never snows when you want it to. the angel blackwell. PS I only use silly fake names because my parents named me after a certain cartoon character and that name always comes across as more made up.... I'm long in the tooth but short on wisdom... ______________________________________________________ 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: He's a bunged-up forties schoolboy
by Sarah Clarke 05 Dec '99

05 Dec '99

Dear Sinister, I saw the Clientele last night, and not to mince words, they was bobbins. The singer sounds like a 1940s public schoolboy with a bunged up nose trying to reach the sky with a painfully embarassing falsetto, but the guitaring was interesting. Thats the best way I have of describing it. The Clientele are a group who should be filmed in crackly black and white wearing suits. And I hate the way that my descriptions of them are meant to sound nasty, but instead sound quite good. The jury is still recommending that the Clientele are bobbins, but...grudingly at some point may change this opinion, even though it doesn't want to. Am I tying myself up in knots here? The police told me I had to stop that, hur hur fnnurrr..... it occurs to me I am trying to over intellectualise the matter of Beat Combos. Never mind, I don't do much these days... But anyway! The "unique" (bobbins) singing style of the Clientele songstrel got me thinking as regards my OWN beat combo which will be established one of these days. I decided that my OWN beat combo needs a unique singing style. You have the unpronouncable but oh so searing SOUL of Kevin Rowlands, the lisping softness of Stuart Smirnoff, and the so unique you can't even HEAR it vocal mannerisms of the lovely H from Steps. Nevertheless, I don't know who will sing in my band yet. It may be me. I will play guitars very very fast. I supose I should get a plectrum. Or would that be being a bigsmellyboringmusictosspot? Or would it just mean I would improve my 'technique'? I think I should now improve my getting out of this room technique and go and buy gloves. Adios Muchachos, Sarah xx ____________________________________________________________ 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: a documentary on raaaa-dio four, de deee de
by Archel1978＠aol.com 05 Dec '99

05 Dec '99

Forgive me if this 'review' (I object to the author's use of grammar) has been posted already, or indeed if anyone has tried to mail me. My email has gone totally arse over tit again, and it'll be a miracle if this gets through. (Not a very spiritually meaningful one, admittedly.) This was in the times on Saturday, in a guide to what books to give for Xmas: ************************ If your recipient’s tastes encompass brooding creative types and “intelligent pop music”, the dark yet gentle Nalda Said (Imp, £7.99), the debut from Stuart David, bass player with Belle & Sebastian, is a must. The narrator is a hospital gardener who believes he had a bizarre secret pressed upon him by a woman called Nalda during an unsettling childhood. Working at a hospice, he falls in love with a nurse, whom he eventually confides in. The first few chapters of this modern parable were posted on the website for Looper, David’s pop project (www.treehouse.clara.net/) then snapped up by Imp. David is said to have a stockpile of unfinished writing which may emerge in the next year. *********************** Huh. If I had a pound (or a large advance) for every bit of 'unfinished writing' I've got which 'may emerge in the next year', I'd be a rich woman. I wonder what the rest of Stuart's output will be like. On balance, I think I'd rather he publish his thoughts in book form than as Looper records. Meanwhile, I had a dream last night that he and I were taking turns to read from Nalda Said on Radio 4, on Book at Bedtime or something. My first B&S dream. Another first: my train was replaced with a bus service yesterday. I never normally get buses. But I was quite pleased to be getting this one as I had B&S on my walkman. So I have now done the proper thing and listened to them on a bus, and it was a Good Plan. Dreams aside, my social life is still less exciting than my grandmother’s, although she’s going to something called a ‘widow’s party’ soon, which admittedly doesn’t sound like a barrel of laughs. I've decided that in the new year I will move out, whatever happens. I may draw a new city to live in out of a hat, so if anyone wants to nominate their home town, let me know. Dreading Christmas, Archel xxx ps: i don't know where those capitals came from all of a sudden. i feel like i've changed my identity. that's better... ************* Rachel Playforth archel(a)iname.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: solex and webzines...
by AP Tobin 04 Dec '99

04 Dec '99

First of all, sorry Honey and everyone else, as there's absolutely zero B&S content here... I hardly ever post, so please indulge my intrusion for a brief sec. Two topics though: 1. I've already posted this somewhere else, but have not had much response, so I thought one or two of you might be interested. I'm doing an interview with Solex next Thursday (at her CD shop). Along with my own mundane questions, I was thinking of giving other people a chance to ask something. If there's anything you want to find out, please send it in, and I'll be sure to ask her when I see her. I'll also mail you the interview when it's done then... I plan on asking some 20 questions, and please send them to me by Monday, if you can. 2. Also, anyone knowing of a good webzine - or print, for that matter, please read on... After writing for a big German mag for a while and now moving to Amsterdam this week, I'm looking for someone who is interested in a few (free, of course) articles and reviews. If you know of a good forum (opinionated, diverse, updated regularly, etc.), please let me know. As an example, that interview could be one of the pieces, along with gig reviews of the Beta Band and Super Furries the week after. Also, CD/album reviews, film, lit, etc. Please contact me if you're interested (along with any other questions you might have...). OK, that's enough of that for another few months. Take care everyone! Alex http://www.pulped.co.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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: LAST XMAS I GAVE U MY HEART BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY U GAVE IT AWAY
by GEORGE DICKIE 04 Dec '99

04 Dec '99

MMMMMMMM FRESH FROM THE STREET COLD OUT THERE WARM IN HERE THOSE CAPITALISM PROTESTS WERE NICE TO SEE IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME IF SOME WERE WEARING NIKE ETC IT HELPED SYMBOLISE THE INNER TURMOIL THAT LED TO THE PROTESTS LIKE A BABY DEER TRAPPED IN A MAN-MADE TRAP SCREAMING FOR ITS MOTHER IT WOULD OF BEEN GOOD TO SEE SOMEBODY WEARING A B&S T-SHIRT WITH A BRICK IN HAND I HAVE THOUGHT FOR SOME TIME THAT THE NEXT BIG REVOLUTION THIS WORLD WILL SEE WILL BE A LESBIAN OR A SUICIDE REVOLUTION MAYBE THE SUICIDE REVOLUTION COMING AS A RESULT OF THE LESBIAN REVOLUTION MMMMMMM MAYBE MMMMMMM I'M GOING TO SEE BEN FOLDS FIVE IN MY HOME TOWN OF WOLVES ON THURSDAY SHOULD BE GOOD BLUR ARE PLAYING AT THE NEC BIRMINGHAM THE SAME NIGHT SO THE BF5 GIG SHOULD BE RID OF OPPORTUNIST GIG GOERS I EXPERIENCED THIS AT READING WHEN BLUR HEADLINED I WATCHED CINERAMA MMMM GREAT PURE EMPTY ETC ********THEY TELL BLIND PEOPLE THEY ARE PRIVILEGED 'CAUSE THEY ARE NOT DEAF NEVER FEEL PRIVILEGED AS SOON AS YOU DO YOU'VE LOST*********** LOVE AND FEEDING DUCKS GEORGE HENRY DICKIE PS. MM I NOTICE THAT THE HENRY PART OF MY NAME IS NOT USED ON THE LIST I SEE THIS IS MY FAULT AS MY NAME READS GD ON MY MESSAGES IF HONEY MUMMY COULD CHANGE IT TO INCLUDE HENRY I WOULD BE HAPPY THE HENRY PART OF ME IS SAD AND HENRY DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE GEORGE DICKIE = THE LONELY DONKEY KONG GEORGE HENRY DICKIE = AUXILIARY PRIEST MMMMMMMMM SAY NO MORE ______________________________________________________ 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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