February 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: SPOTTED! The column that keeps you in touch with the stars!
by jossm＠tinet.ie 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

SPOTTED out on the town last night was THE VERVE singer Richard Ashcroft with RICK COOKE of press darlings BELL AND SEBASTIAN. This reporter can exclusively reveal that 'Cookie' will be laying down some tracks on the new THE VERVE album, due in your shops in Autumn. RICK (pictured above with DAVID BOWIE and SIR ALASTAIR BURNETT) also told me that his band are donning the make up sticks for their new glam rock direction. "We're planning on each releasing a solo LP this year with our new images on the cover. We feel we can succeed where FREHLEY, CRISS, SIMMONS and STANLEY failed." The night ended with a bang when LIAM GALLAGHER of OASIS and his new loudmouth sidekick CHRIS GEDDES of BELL AND SEBASTIAN gave their trademark two fingered salute, which brought the house down. Rumours of a spat with a photographer as they left are unconfirmed as we went to press. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: B&S new album and E.P.
by simon barr 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

>Richard Connell wrote: >> >> Robin Stout wrote: >> Yeah, the bloke who does the music page is a a big b&s fan. david wrote: >ah, but he's also a bit of a prick, since he was the only person we gave a press >pass to way back when B&S played colchester. and he proceeded to chat to, and >grope his girlfriend throughout from the back of the hall. etc etc where would he be without nme news? Have you ever noticed every Wednesday he's updated his page identical to Jody Thompsons?? What an easy job. Sy ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: If you thought �85 was expensive...
by Michael Jones 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

... then you obviously haven't checked out Ticketweb. Just had a dry run through the ordering procedure on their web-site, and it would appear that the buggers add no less than a 10% service charge on each ticket purchased - I assume this applies to Camber Sands, so we're talking $93.50 a go. I gave them a quick ring to confirm this and it turns out that, over the phone, it's *16%*. Fucking outrageous by any standard; that's an extra hundred quid on a 7-berth chalet if you call them at noon on Saturday. The woman fielding the calls didn't attempt to defend this practise ('well, they pay me �500 an hour to answer the phone, so the money's got to come from somewhere...'), but seemed pretty surprised at both the relatively small number of tickets on sale (I guess she hasn't quite grasped the fact that it's a Pontins camp we're talking about here, not Woodstock) and the fact that no other agencies seemed to be involved in selling the tickets. So - be warned, tonight and tomorrow's ticket frenzy is going to cost us all a little more than we expected... Mike. _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Festival chat
by Lee 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

Due to the amount of festival confusion i've experianced so far this morning i have made the bold move of suggesting that anyone still trying to sort things out use the IRC chat (details at the Honey's sinister site). What i thought was that every hour on the hour everyone needing assistance visits the chat site starting from now, so (GMT) 12.00, 13.00...you get the general idea. I dont think the site will become too busy, so it wont need to be moderated, but people must restrain themselves from talking to just a specific person else things will get even more confusing. To help fill out the detail before you sign in, something like, location, sex, favourite beer.etc. Then all you have to do is select ABOUT, and pick whos ever closest or whatever. I have a feeling it will still be confusing but it's worth a go. lee +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Gambling
by L. Kerr 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

I must say, I didn't see any evidence of gambling when I visited Oooon, but I am now kicking myself that I did not put a nice fat lump sum on the lads and lasses. Does anyone know what the odds were? Of course. I would have given the money to a suitable cause... btw, has Honeee changed the footer to "tech-heads and students" yet? Linda xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: brits fallout
by andrew dean 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

um, sat here listening to last night's peel show and there was an item on the news saying that sales of belle and sebastian's lps have gone up fivefold since monday night... i'll leave you all to decide whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. andy == andrew dean (koogydelbbog(a)yahoo.com) _________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: isn't it impressive
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 19 Feb '99

19 Feb '99

belle and sebastian aren't the only ones having a busy week. between adopting a furby and catching up on classes and getting over an illness i've had nary a moment to make my own little comment on belle and sebastian's winning the brit award. first off, i just think it's fucking impressive that within three years a band can go from relative obscurity to national celebrity almost entirely based on the quality of their output. i mean, no offense to jeepster, but as an indie they lack the money and marketing clout of a major label, and the band have done little with the press to make themselves known, so their acclaim comes entirely from the quality of their music. to reach this point within three years is a minor miracle, to do so and remain true to what they've said they wanted to be is amazing. i'm sure it sounds silly, but wow. congratulations. xox megan who's so excited about seeing them on abc in two weeks that she's going to mark her calender *now*. mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu visit the NEWLY UPDATEDmagnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: ooh! you cheeky monkey!
by Jygsaw18＠aol.com 18 Feb '99

18 Feb '99

In a message dated 2/18/99 1:20:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, Ppyrrjs(a)nottingham.ac.uk writes: << Is anyone going to make a web page of press cuttings? I'd like to see some of those Daily Record reports. >> I agree with this wholeheartedly. and I would volunteer, but 1: I have no clippings 2: Nor do I have the knowledge to set up a website But I certainly think that someone else should. lots of love and hoorah about the brits! dave +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Brits, Shit, uh Maybe
by Martin Horsfield 18 Feb '99

18 Feb '99

Hiya Listers Well, it seems like my last post never got to you (damn you Mr Gates and your 'hot'mail) so after the Brits euphoria, a quick reality check. Like, how are the kids from Matinee (London's most sensitive Man From Delmonte soundalikes, apparently) gonna get to this Camber Sands gaff? Myself and Michael (the well cut fringe of the band, we like to think) are gonna buy tickets and we reckon we can convince a couple of loony girl friends to come along for the ride (or hopefully do the driving while we talk about pop music and eat Ginsters pasties, arf!). Thing is we'd like some randomness. Like where are the kids from Slampiece when you really need them? Toronto, probably. Go on, leave some saucy messages on our guestbook and boost our ever-flagging self-esteem in the run up to my birthday and our first ever Saturday night outing, Upstairs at the Garage, London on 6th March. We live at www.members.tripod.com/~the_embankment but you may also like to contribute to www.subcult.demon.co.uk and if you're really nice, I'll give you the URL for the Peel Bell, the funniest thing on the Internet since that picture of Carol Vorderman with (sniiip). Actually I really must stop all this whoring around on behalf of our little band. It's like getting your mum to send you a Velentines Card (and even she forgot this year, too busy necking on with that Wigan Rugby fan from the over-60s, I shouldn't wonder). Anyway, ta for the positive ID on Richard Colburn this afternoon, Katrina. That had the top brass at 'heat' magazine well stumped, unsurprisingly enough. And congratulations on the Brit. I hope Monica Queen's smiling to herself and drinking a red wine or two somewhere in the West End. We miss her and Johnny in these parts, especially at this time of year. In my CD player all day today: Big Calm by Morcheeba, the Wattstax live LP, Tales From The Mouse House by Coco & The Bean, Bring 'Em All In by Mike Scott and My Mouse Baby (5 track CD single) by leonard. Tomorrow? Could be more Northern Soul, The Lanterns, the Tom Jones box set, Kaleida and New Order. Got to raise more than a smile on my birthday weekend, after all... Anyone fancy karaoke down the Aquarium in Old Street with the City wankers? It's just a thought. see ya then, Martin, 27 cack-handed bassist, Matinee +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Lifehouse
by Blake E. Hamilton 18 Feb '99

18 Feb '99

All my teacups-- To address the subject of The Who's sudden newly found motivation-- Pete Townshend has been commissioned by the BBC (the first article appeared two sundays ago, in the London Times, I'm sure you can find it through the online archives) to complete his Lifehouse project and recreate it on the BBC in December. This week Pete and BBC officials met to discuss Pete's overall vision (and he is the only one who truly knows) of Lifehouse. It also appears that Pete is preparing to talk to Roger Daltrey and John Entwistle to discuss making this a Who affair. For those of you who might not be aware, Lifehouse is the second of Townshend's 'rock operas' that he wrote, following Tommy. The scope of the project was too big--the story took place in a somewhat post apocalyptic gloomy fictional country, where all forms of human expression are banned, and somehow Bobby (the protagonist) and his buds find a rock and roll band whose music is a religious and spiritual revelation. Thusly, at the Lifehouse, the walls are torn down. Another facet of the project is that everyone in the world would be able to hear the music emitting from the Lifehouse via a virtual reality system of somekind. (very ambitious for 1971) Of course at the time, everyone in the world could not view the concert at the same time, according to Pete's vision. What medium would he have used? Well, the dream has come true, and the Internet is that medium. That's a very loose description, but it should be known that PT wanted the project to include an album, movie, and a series of concerts. (one aspect of the project had people being numerically entered into a computer, thus translating into notes, making the barrier between audience band fall, hence the 'Join Together' motif) The concerts were held, at the Young Vic in Waterloo, but those concerts didn't really fit Pete's true vision. (if you can get your hands on a boot of one of these shows, do. It's incredible, vintage Who) Lifehouse turned into the Who studio album "Who's Next", released in 1971, which reached #1 in the UK, though the songs didn't have any apparent connection. (however at the end of "The Song is Over", Daltrey sings a line from "Pure and Easy", a track that was never released on a standard Who album, though was THE pivot point of Lifehouse) If you happened to pick up Pete's 1993 album "Psychoderelict" the Lifehouse story may seem familiar to you. Incoporated into that album were some aspects from Lifehouse. It seems that Lifehouse continues to motivate, and yet haunt Pete in everything he does. Now the questions are many, while the answers are not... -Will this be a concert as well as a BBC production, which will inevitably include voice overs, and actors? -Will Pete write any new music for the event? -Will it become a Who or TED event, or just Pete and his band? -Will this finally spark that Lifehouse Who album that we've always dreamed of? Sorry to ramble. Hopefully there are some Who fans out there whom are just as excited as I am. -blake ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~- I'm sorry like atari... "We try harder and harder, tryin' to get our way, but it's a long, long wait until Judgement Day. So settle your affairs and take your time, for everything in the world is yours and mine. Yours and mine." --Pete Townshend, '68 "I'm looking back and I can't see the past anymore, so hazy. I'm on a track and I'm travelling so fast, oh for sure I'm crazy. I will be immersed, queen of the fucking universe, and i don't know what i have anymore, anymore than you do." --Pete Townshend, '80 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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