December 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: not even christmas, especially not that
by Archel1978＠aol.com 26 Dec '99

26 Dec '99

bizarre festive goings-on in the playforth household. at some point on xmas eve we receive a red flood warning via the fax, and spend the rest of the night watching the sea engulfing the beach, the road and a dog litter bin, ending up ominously lapping at our garden wall. which is nice. xmas morning: we go out to inspect the damage. large parts of the beach have been redistributed across the town. meanwhile, it seems that another name is to be added to our rodent casualty list, as spike the hamster is inert in his cage. my sister is upset at this poignant death on christmas morning, especially as she realises she has to dispose of the body. but, wait! as mother is putting his cold furry form into a box, he begins to move! my sister says this has happened before and he is obviously a very resilient hamster, but i'm convinced that this is zombie spike. the night of the living dead hamster. either that or he's a ghost come to wreak revenge on behalf of all his rodent kin who perished at our hapless hands in the past. whichever, i'm going nowhere near him until he is pronounced properly dead by a vet. (almost as scary as the hamster dance song. almost.) we get over the trauma by watching my new gregory's girl video. i eat chocolate euros and am happy. in the evening a minor row erupts because my sister doesn't think that 'ad' is a valid scrabble word, but several jd and cokes later and she can't even add up how much 'ad' would score, so the crisis passes. plus we are listening to tigermilk, my new *legal* copy, which is pronounced by the older generation to be quite pleasant, and generally creates an atmosphere of peace and good will. unfortunately short-lived, as my blissful gene kelly fix is ruined by philistine sister declaring that 'singing in the rain' is, and i quote, 'the most boring film in the world, there's no story, look, they've just been dancing around like twats for 20 minutes'. then we all get far too drunk and cry in front of 'the royle family'. more flood warnings. thunder. lightning. i begin to fear divine retribution for neglecting all those wee animals over the years, never mind the ghost of christmas pets in the shape of zombie spkie downstairs. fall asleep in front of 'the italian job'. and that's it for another year... now i enter the dark night of the soul between xmas and new year, trying to watch everything i taped, impatient to get out of flooded sussex and up to glasgow which has an even more special appeal now than it did when it was just the home of belle and sebby... <wistful sigh> so, fingers crossed that sinister will survive into the year 2000. thank you honey. thank you everyone. happy new year. and be nice to your hamster, you just never know when it's going to turn on you... extra helpings of maudlin love, archel xxxxxxxxxxx ps: the official deadline for submissions to the first edition of 'buzzwords' (due to appear on a website near you at the end of january) is FRIDAY JANUARY 14TH. probably. ******** Rachel Playforth archel(a)iname.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: there's more to life than this
by Tiago Romeu 25 Dec '99

25 Dec '99

...or how I've come from hearing bjork's voice in the living room directly from a christmas gift and realised I spent this whole day saying to myself there's nothing wrong with christmas, even if it always brings along some harsh dialogues and a sour lack of communication to the people around me. here's my introducing. Tiago, portuguese 17 yr-old, basically enchanted with the beautiful sweet melancholy of b&s, actually also astonished with the beauty of tori amos and red house painters and several other bands and groups and singers and artists and uff I don't use to be so smiley-boy-needing-a-haircut. I introduced myself because it was supposed to. anyway, I saw charlie brown in a newspaper today and he's twee. greetings tiago +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: Merry ::Insert random hoilday::
by BrnToEnd＠aol.com 25 Dec '99

25 Dec '99

Hellloooo Evvveryone, Its Just me online all by myself in my boxers with a hangover listening to Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds(Into Your Arms ::sniff sniff::). I hope you all got what you wanted.... I got a load of cds and a record player but I didn't get the Blur Boxet set ::sniffles: oh well perhapes with X-mas money? My plans today are to see Man On The Moon then go to the grandparents(EEEEEEEK) for Christmas dinner with the the ::gulp:: whole Family(Even more EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK) That means a fight(usually my grandpa starts it) or My cousins bore me to death talking about electronics or useless crap they got for X-mas. Me Myself I'd rather stay home drinking eggnog and listening to all my cds. Oh yeah plus I've got to finish over the break homework :P Anyways I've got to take some asprin then look at the paper for showtimes and drink some coffee and go to a movie then to the scary old people's house. I won't bother embarrasing myself with listing all the hoildays to act PC so I'll Just say Happy Hoildays to everyone :) -Damon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: GET BENT!!
by nickie 25 Dec '99

25 Dec '99

this is the slogan i'm pushing for the next national gay week. i think i might submit this to the Gay Council of Ireland, upon which the gaylords and high queens rule with an iron fist (crude). hegemony is a wonderful thing. tricky to pronounce though. i've never been able to tell whether it should be a soft or a hard 'g'. somewhat similar to the pronunciation of yer one 'Ling' from Ally McBeal...but that's a skeleton in my closet that i really ought to have buried under the patio of my wasted youth by now. oh, folly! thus, you see, get bent can be a sentiment for the season that's in it and this mail isn't from someone who wants to ruin yer christmas. or from brad. i've never been able to understand people who don't like Christmas. particularly this year. four NEW episodes of the Vicar of Dibley in the space of a few days. usually we have to wait a MONTH to get these beauties onto a blank tape before they're gone forever. mr. bbc ownerman will be paying my dry-cleaning bills. yes sir. apparently the bbc are in cahoots with off-licenses around the country, and this year are dedicating their christmas schedule to encouraging their license-holders to drink themselves into a stupor...which is a laudable sentiment in itself. it's the highest form of entertainment we have. and don't forget, kids, this could be your last chance to be hospitalised before the new year. and if you overdo it on new year's eve who knows if the ambulances will be working what with the millennium bug an' all. no, best to get the good beds while they're still going begging. get drunk for christmas. and get bent aswell. love nickie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: Join the Great Subconcious Club
by James Gilmer 24 Dec '99

24 Dec '99

At long last!! A white christmas here in Michigan, though the cold is a bit much. You forget how cold single diget temperatures are until you walk out and your face starts feeling all pins and needles like. The bare minimum of B&S content, I went to a christmas party last night after work and managed to slip some B&S into the CD player. It wasn't a very big hit, but I put TBWTAS on and people started enjoying it as well as "I Spent the Summer Wasting" since a few people there had heard those two songs on the local college radio. Erica said: >I went to a dinner party last week, and sang christmas carols in a ragga >style. Has anyone ever done a Belle and Sebastian song in a ragga style? >Ooh, Ooh, b&s content. Now, back to something entirely different. Christmas songs done ragga style? That is a sinister idea. Of course me and my friends had to try this, as well as mixing a wealth of other styles in there as well. I think my personal fav was the metal version of Deck the Halls. A good time was had by all. Erica also said: >Amelia from Marine Research kept bumping into me while she Scary part is that as I read this "Sounds from the Gulf Stream" is playing in the background, a nice CD and one of my better Christmas gifts thus far this year. Tom mentioned: >You realise of course as I make all these typos and speeling mistakes I >think of the American individual on this list (oh so specific) who commented >on the British Sinisterarians over ambitious use of their own language but >you must forgive us as few of us on this side of the Atlantic would ever >have the indie-chic of being into B&S were it not a part of our university >curriculum. Well I may be wrong but American listees just seem so cool in >comparison. Ah, but it's the accents that you fellows have. While listening to Looper's "Impossible Things #2" with a friend who was rather impressed by it, my friend remarked; "You know, this song wouldn't be half as cool if it wasn't for that accent". It's true, the accent is just aces, and I must say I dig English slang, something about words like wanker and shite and arse. Though I think it's about time for everyone to stop trying to sound like Austin Powers :-) Ooohhh, B&S is part of the curriculum? Too cool, a grad course in twee. I think the closest I ever got to indie-chic was the indie-chick that sat next to me in Psych class and listened to Ani Difranco:-) I must say that I was suprised by the amount of B&S material I found in Ann Arbor and East Lansing (two of the bigger college towns in Michigan), I don't know if that's an indication of their popularity or just an indication of the depth of material stores in college towns carry. I do know that *someone* at MSU likes B&S since I usually hear a B&S song once a day on our college station. Now I have to see if I can get some Looper played... Cheers and Merry Christmas to all you wonderful Sinister people! Jim +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: MOJO Jan 2000
by David Moore 24 Dec '99

24 Dec '99

Hi Guys 'n' Gals, Reasoning that not too many of you read the above publication, as a public service I reproduce below a short extract from it (Isobel on her solo work): "Some diehard Belle & Sebastian fans have accused me of being an egomaniac, but you have to follow your own path. Last year I couldn't stop myself writing songs - partly on the road, sitting in bed in my pyjamas playing my guitar. They were the first ones I'd ever done which I thought were good enough. I paid for the studio time myself because I didn't want any pressure on. It cost £4,000, but I enjoyed holding the reins and it's sold quite well - about 20,000 in America - so I've got my money back and more. The first concert in Leeds was scary until some men in the crowd shouted encouragement and threw sweets and I told myself, Don't be silly. Since then I've enjoyed playing live. I've just bought a house so I was glad when Jeepster [Belle And Sebastian's label] offered to finance another one which I'll work on after we finish the band album we're recording now." The same publication features a 14 page article on Nick Drake, & news for all Kate Rusby fans on the list. The three of you can see her at Folk On Two's award bash at The Barbican on Feb 7th. Bet Martin Carthy blows her & her cute ringlets off stage. Merry Christmas & so on, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: It's cliched to be cynical at Christmas
by Mr Smiley 24 Dec '99

24 Dec '99

Salut Millenium Eve. What's it all about then? Who's got the right idea. I know lots of people with lots of ideas. I know someone going to my towns only 'nightclub' (a basement under Woolworths) like she does every Friday night. I know someone going to Don Valley Stadium, with the intention of exposing herself to the first TV camera she sees. I know people planning a quiet night in (or a dirty night in, depending on their love lives). What? Yeah, I suppose I should write about the 'life of a B&S fan' to avoid allagations of list abuse and the resulting public flogging. Well, on Millenuim Eve I had hoped to invite both my friends round and then sit around looking glum for a while before listening to Radiohead's 'Fitter, Happier' at midnight. Unfortunately, getting two people to walk down the road to my house is beyond my organisational capacity, so I'll probably be ringing in the third millenium with a mug of tea and a Sundays album. Whatever you're doing, have a good one. Au Revoir Mr Smiley :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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 nobody in the right place at the right time
by Tom Lennox 24 Dec '99

24 Dec '99

Firstly apologies for my state last night on the list - really I must learn that you should conduct yourself in a manner fitting for your grandparents if you're going to be a proper ambassador for the good of Sinister. So if I cleared the nursery out last night because they were all to shocked by the sort of individuals given space to rant on Sinister I can only apologise. Then again you might all be trapped here listening to me foaming at the jaw bone if the `unsubscribe sinister` command still isn't working properly. Ha-ha my evil plan worked - whoops I said that `evil` didn't exist didn't I? Well I'm not looking back at THAT mail to check. So far no differences between the pissed and sober mail I know, but I'm trying. Lovely to see Robyn Fadden remind me of a great cinematic feeling: "I watched "Being There" on the weekend. It's a lovely movie, a good Sunday morning movie. oh, i cried, of course i did. like the plastic bag scene in american beauty, it's so amazing when the beautiful just leaps out in front of us, dazzling, and you get that warm chest feeling like all is right in the world (though you still know that so much is wrong, but it's okay for a few minutes.) it's bloody beautiful." Well I'm certainly looking forward to American Beauty (over here in the new year) but I always loved Being There and apparantly it was John Major (British ex-Prime Minister of very little note - American listees) favourite film of all time which seems perfect that a nobody PM can find the story of a simple man who rose from obscurity by being in the right place at the right time to the ranks of President something he can relate to. John Major was just Chance - although he should probably have just stuck to the walking on water bit rather than the ERM. Incidently if you like Peter Seller's films, expecialy Being There then the one to watch is `Hoffman`, a little known 1970 classic about the story of an middle aged man blackmailing a young women because he wants to mother her... well it is great actually so there... and I just know that it's the sorta thing you Sinister folks would just love. Go check. Before I let this mail lie I seem to also remember (oh I'm so anally happy in comatose trivia land) that after making `Hoffman` Peter Sellers got all these lovely letters from caring people wanting to make him feel happier whic is exactly what I got after last nights drunken meeting with the Sinister list. And fantastic you all were to. It doesn't feel like xmas yet so at least it won't be an anti-climax for me - and naturally I wish all the best for you lot sticking around here. love Tom +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: List moved
by honey＠missprint.org 23 Dec '99

23 Dec '99

Sometime in between Tom and Juan's messages the list was moved over to a new service provider, probably temporary. All addresses have been redirected from the old list to the new for a short time so you don't need to change addresses for now - just act like nothing happened until I send out new list addresses sometime in 2000 when the monorails are whizzing round our heads and everyone has their own private spaceship in the garage. And we all eat food from little plastic coloured tubes. If I lost anyone who subbed/unsubbed during the transfer please do the subbing/unsubbing again please, before contacting me because I'm feeling disgustingly ill - if you do contact me please say awww a lot and kiss my sweaty forehead. Oh and Peter Miller's right you know: I intend to sell you all to a harem in the far east when you're least suspecting it. I'm a rotten old moaner just now and I don't deserve Alexander's teddy. honey x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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: another jeepster christmas.
by Juan Moya 23 Dec '99

23 Dec '99

hello there, it's two a.m. here and i'm exhausted. but i couldn't sleep until i had posted. right now i'm listening to nina simone, but that's not what this is about... last year. christmas eve. florence gives me an american pressing of "the boy with the arab strap," on vinyl. it was during a break from the consumer frenzy at the bookstore where i work and we exchanged presents on the sidewalk. i was enamored of the album cover, it seemed to express everything that i was feeling at the moment, that i held it close and counted the seconds before getting home to play it. then i played it and i fell in love...with B&S. oh that sound... those notes, bum ones and all... that vibe... those harmonies... those songs, especially the songs... they were the strongest i had heard in ages. the next day, i bought the c.d. so that i could play it at work. tonight, after work, florence came by and sitting down across the street from where we were last year, we shoved this year's gifts into each other's hands.. she handed me three packages... 1. a salako single. (this led me to quip, "another jeepster christmas..." which in turn led her to smile.) 2. a blue belle and sebastian t-shirt. (one size too small for me, imported all the way from london. now, i'm amazed). 3. a small, clear plastic box containing three B&S pins. (for my guitar strap, back pack, anything that can be pinned). at the record shop earlier today i bought my girlfriend, laura, a copy of "TBWTAS" and "Tigermilk." (they didn't have "IYFS" in stock). another jeepster christmas. it makes it all worth while. j.c. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.missprint.org/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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