March 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: that thyme of ear
by Sam Devere 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

While tramping about in an inebriated mess in Washington DC I ran into Ian S. from Make-Up (ex-Nation of Ulysses) somewhere near Mount Pleasant at 3 AM. Quite an interesting encounter, he said he'd heard that this list stirs up some noise. BTW, the Ulysses '13 point plan to destroy america' is a nice little romp. Anyone know of good live venues in Santa Fe, Alb. and Taos? Tomorrow I'm heading out to the continental divide (and the three cities) to play, board and listen to Depeche Mode's 'Route 66'. Sammy NP: King of Spain by Galaxie 500 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Sham rock- Glitter in green
by john kerswell 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

A (doubly?)plucky St Paddy's day to you all! I knew it was going to be a good day. I have been smelling yeast all week as i live behind the Guinness distillery where all the UK's black stuff (trivia: it's actually ruby red, hold it to the light!) is cultivated and canned, and in the run up to St Patricks day they have been on over drive, making me a right little Horlicks head! Grandmother sun is shining down on Soho square and the people are starting to unashamedly shed their winter shawls as spring creeps in, and the beaming lunch was capped with finding the Looper cd for six quid in the worlds most cramped cd shop on Rupert st..(If your in London, theres still a few left!) hope all is shiny in my fellow sinisterees backyards, and dont forget to down some guinness today, it's good for you. magpie jay 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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RE: Sinister: looper review and a sugary powder-based beverage
by Simon Ludlam 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

Christa Chaffinch wrote: >Camber Sands is a nice thing to fantasize about while trying to avoid performing >menial tasks at work. Work has been very "hey koolaid" lately.** What's "hey koolaid" mean? Ralph Wiggum ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. The views expressed in the EMail and files transmitted with it are those of the individual not the company. If you have recieved this EMail in error please notify. postmaster(a)pindar.com http://www.pindar.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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Monday Night Madness
by Blur245＠aol.com 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

Hi Fellow Listees. Sorry about the lack of B&S content in this letter,but I was going to let anyone of the fellow listees from Florida about a British night happening in Orlando.It is a the Go-Lounge locatated in Downtown Orlando at Wall Street and its every Monday night from 10pm-3am.They play everything from The Small Faces,Nick Drake and B&S you can even bring stuff for the DJ to play as well.Anyone interested or need directions E-Mail me.Also anyone going to Glasto this year. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: looper review and a sugary powder-based beverage
by Christa Chaffinch 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

There is a review of the Looper album on the Onion's AV page at: http://avclub.theonion.com/music.html They have some good things to say, but they seem to like B&S more. I've been feeling rather unfulfilled lately. Sometimes things happen and they make you realize that your life isn't exactly what you thought it was. It's rather disconcerting. It's disconcerting that I just used the word 'disconcerting'. I got my plane tickets for the UK this past weekend... Camber Sands, here I come! I need the vacation. Create distance. Save myself. :) Camber Sands is a nice thing to fantasize about while trying to avoid performing menial tasks at work. Work has been very "hey koolaid" lately.** -christa ** HIOQI, 1999 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: summer sounds
by Lee 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

Hello list 'Happy Summer Everyone' I heard Stuart David and his good lady wife on the radio last night, they were on about their website, apparently the treehouse came about because Stuart couldn't afford to build the real thing, I think the interviewer took it literally and he said something like "but you cant fit many people in a tree house, it'll just fall down?" I think Stuart meant a place (as in building) where he could set up a cinema, gallery, studio and all the other stuff. But maybe he did actually want to build a huge treehouse as he later said in the interview he was trying to take over the world with his web site by corrupting all the workers who access the web sequencer during their dinner breaks. I haven't heard Looper yet, I don't think I'd like them that much, but if I had a few hundred thousand to spare I'd give it to Stuart to build his treehouse for real. Belle and Sebastian are my favourite band in summer, I think this week has been the first time I've heard TBWTAS (the green one) when it's been nice out. Some songs sound alot better, especially Seymour Stein. However most things are better when the sun is shinning, except working in an office. I didn't know Kerouac was a Nazi spy, I'll never read any of his evil propaganda again :) lee +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Bobby and Thelma doing fine
by Honey 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

All my distant lovers, What's happened? After levelling out for a bit we're suddenly beginning to leap with new listees again, which makes my simple heart glad. A cheery, slightly blushing hello then to everyone new in Sinisterland. And pats on the back at the patience of new people who wait in silence until they can post, rather than yelling at me. I'm very pleased people do stick around, being a little apologetic if determined about the whole nursery thing, and I hope you all feel welcome here, even if you don't know who "Tim Hopkins", "Duke" or "Stuart Murdoch" are. Yet. I can assure you that in a few months time, you, like me, will have your nighttime dreams invaded by such shadowy figures, and some of those dreams might be rude too. Mine haven't been so far, but it's only a matter of time. Anyway, to anyone new, this place sometimes feels a little... forbidding when you first stop by. I just want to assure you it isn't, it's just got a History, which is a different thing entirely, and we're all very friendly here, honestly. Sinister Likes New People. Of course it's not *just* those who forget their history that are condemned to repeat it, as demonstrated by the appearance of anagrams, which you could set your watch by. I'm allowed to say this without sounding cheeky, because I sent some B&S anagrams to the list about 18 months ago. Bleed Satan Lesbian indeed. Hey! What's this! A "ListSearch" box at the top of the front page of the Sinister WWW site? "How handy!" I hear you all cry. Hmm. This week in my Handy Hints section I'll also tell you all of a new command you can use to manipulate the list for your own evil desires: - The "nomail" command - This is useful if you're going away but don't want to resign your membership - just send the command: set sinister nomail (or sinister-digest) to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net" and lo and behold, everything will go quiet till you send a "set mail". Useful for long weekends away. But please remember: don't be afraid to leave the list if you're going to come back later and want to avoid the nursery: if you've BEEN a member you will skip straight back in again when you return, even if you un- and re-subscribe. Next week: the delights of "set digest". Some of you might have found the WWW site or even mail a little slow recently: the reason appeared yesterday. Apparently a major line between the UK and US was severed by.. a fishing trawler somewhere between the Faroe Islands and Iceland. Seriously. Faroe Islanders on the list take note. I think this is a fabulous excuse, better even than "the dog ate my homework, miss". Sir Michael of Steadiness decreed: > A quick trip to the archives reveals some fiendish font tomfoolery > has taken place. Whether it's my browser, the archive software or > a deliberate act by Honey... Erm.. ok I've been using all you archive readers as subjects in mad scientist experiments with HTML, and I make no apologies (until someone belts me) because I like it. And I'm not very good at HTML and am "honing" my "skills". So yes, if you've seen fonts on the Sinister pages go all loopy recently, it's down to me. As Mike pointed out, I've tried to make the pages for messages to the list look like your Aunt Fanny writing to you from Sinister Towers: well that's if you have a font called "Lucida Handwriting" installed on your computer (if not I'm sure you can get it from www.microsoft.com etc., or your local pet shop). Also something called "Comic MS Sans" might make the whole WWW site look a little... more digestible. If however I've made a right mess up of your viewing pleasure, then do let me know. No-one who knows me trusts me with a screwdriver. I should also record my joyful thanks and big eyed wonder to "Pam n Mike" Pam Berry for a fabulous birthday present sinister photo-album made from a spookily appropriate old childrens book. Anyone who sends presents like this is bound to make nice music: how come no-one talks about Glo-Worm on this list? I'm going to fill my new album with photos from the "private" Sinister Nudie Photos Page, URL only known to those who have sent me nudie photos. Get your entries in now. Oh and - don'ch'all think (it's catching) that we could do with some more pinups? A gentle reminder the anyone (which means you, dear reader) that sending a photo of you now, you when you were 2 foot tall, or your maths homework last night in JPG format will secure you a place on the Sinister site in the "How We Are Now", "How We Were Then" or "Things We Made At School Today, Mummy" pages. Just send them along to me and don't be so shy. http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/index.shtml#photos How come no-one talks about "Appendix Out" on this list? I just heard a couple of tracks by the fabulously named scottish band on a cheapo Creeping Bent compilation and they're fantastic: like Chris Leonard in bed with Will Oldham. That's not an accusation, merely an observation, but I'll be selling pictures privately from home. Finally, Viscount Andy Tracey noted that he seems to have lost the ability to read anything other than pamphlets after studying Physics - yes exactly the same thing happened to me. The delightful Damon sent me a fabulous book about 6 months ago and I'm still on page about 40, even though it's a corker of a read. I took 9 months to read my prize from what was maybe the first Sinister competition, a book from Mr Trousers. Isn't it a bit off that the person who runs the list won the prize? But that was in 1997 when the world was young. dr honey 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ease your feet in the sinister list
by Archel 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

<cautiously puts her toe in the water to check if it's as warm as it was when she left> yep, i'm back. you all seem to be full of the joys of spring, as indeed i would be were it not for the fact that i am stuck in a computer room writing a dissertation. hello to everyone, new and old. as you can see, you don't get rid of me that easily. like a good listerine i'll say 3 hail B&S's first (or 1 anyway.) i too made a convert of someone who liked nick drake but had never heard of B&S. when asked if he liked the tape i made for him he said that he liked the first side and he was sure the second side was very nice too, but he'd fallen asleep with the sound of it in his headphones. which is a tribute in itself. robbie williams: i have almost come to blows over this man, in the company of people who usually agree on everything, so i am wary of contributing anything at all to the argument. au revoir for now. it's good (if time consuming) to be back. archel xxx PS: I HAVE A 7-DAY EXAM ACROSS THE BOWLIE WEEKEND AND AM NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT AT ALL !!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Playforth rap101(a)york.ac.uk http://members.tripod.com/~RPlayforth/welcome.htm ***** do something pretty while you can don't be afraid skating a pirouette on ice is cool - belle and sebastian -------------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Today's tip - Direct Route in the 2.35
by Mark Casarotto 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

Andrew Tracey wrote: "see that Mark Casarotto is tapping me for racing tips. I don't profess to be any kind of expert but seeing as it's Cheltenham this week I thought I'd have a look through today's runners and see if any of the names have a Sinisterine slant. Disclaimer - I don't know nuffink about racing so no responsibility is taken for any shirts lost." Well, I've now checked the results, and assuming we'd all put a ten pound stake on each horse below (to win, natch), the Sinister list would have lost over thirty-eight thousand pounds! Phew! Still, we could probably have invoiced the boy Murdoch, he's a soft lad. Prominent profile - not placed Silence Reigns - not placed His Song - 4th, but he was the bloody favourite :( Shore party - refused, the old nag. What is even more disappointing is that Andrew neglected to select a runner from the 4.30, which was won by Celtic Giant at 20-1 - the list would have been up over 150,000 quid. Shame :( Robbie Williams - I don't know why I was so down on him yesterday, but he does get right up my arse. I don't know if being a pure route one entertainer is a valid reason for liking anyone (back to Steps again, I suppose). Your story of his encounter with Lionel Blair et al is pretty impressive - it does change things a bit, but it's not like everyone gets to hear about things like this, and it certainly doesn't make him any more entertaining the rest of the time. And his music is mediocre at best, which is a far more heinous crime :) I reckon I'm just jealous, really. When I think of summery B&S songs I get them clumsily muddled with what was playing on my first few encounters with both their music and the sinister phenomenon itself. The memory of Stuart gardiner singing Modern Rock Song outside the Spreadeagle as the first London picnic moved out of the sunlight links it inextricably with the nervous excitement and blissful weather of that afternoon, though I'd say it's probably an autumn song, if anything. Apart from the obvious titles like Fox in the Snow and A Summer Wasting, I reckon people's memories are going to be almost entirely selective in relation to what the song means for them. So, another waste of your time. Back to sleep for me, Mark 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Why Oh Why Oh Why
by Michael Jones 17 Mar '99

17 Mar '99

Hup hup hup, Well, slap me twice with a chamois leather, Spring has sprung down here in the South-East and it's going to take a legion of sturdy-legged representatives of the local Townswomen's Guild to shove the bastard back in its box. Or else the damp cold front that's forecast for later in the week. Ho-hum. I had a veritable grain-silo of ersatz Genocidal Waves info with which to confound you all with (code name: Easy Target), but I see Peter and Chris stole all my best ideas before I had a chance to think of them. So that's buggered that thread. A quick trip to the archives reveals some fiendish font tomfoolery has taken place. Whether it's my browser, the archive software or a deliberate act by Honey (all scagged out on Toblerone and Sunny Delight, no doubt) - the text of each Sinister message now resembles nothing so much as a letter written on one of them fancy early-80s electric typewriters. All scripty and Barry Took-era "Points Of View". Keith Watson's last Rock Epistle resembles a missive from Appalled of Tewkesbury, voicing their concern at the rising tide of filth filling our screens before the watershed. Scanned the Looper live review in the NME this morning at King's X; the gist of it seemed to be "quite nice, but members of B&S, like their fans, should learn to escape their cosy world and expand their horizons a little" (I'm paraphrasing here). And this from the NME. Gordon Bennett. Little do they realise that uberfan Andy Dean was probably busy emptying the Rough Trade shop of brutalist technoid bleepscape nonsense as Looper played their set. Cardigans of steel, pal. Mike. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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