March 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: No Jugs To Speak Of
by PJMiller 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

The bus fares went up by five pesetas here a few weeks ago. I had mixed feelings about it, because it's a nice round two hundred pesetas now, instead of the more unmanageable one hundred and ninety-five pesetas that it cost before. I didn't think it was worth mentioning at the time, but seeing as transport costs are reportedly the new rock'n'roll, I didn't want to be considered square or anything. Is anyone who was quoted at the end of "Young and Foolish" going to Betty Trotwood's Pub beofre the Camber sands do? If so, perhaps they could do a kind of spoken word duet with the Duke, thus pushing back the boundaries of popular entertainment even further. Am I the first person on the list to have had a dream about The Visitors (apart from Tim)? I had to do a Gram Parsons duet with Tim, but just before it was time to go on, I realised that I didn't know the words, so I hid in the bogs, where there was a massive jobby that hadn't been flushed away properly. The reason I'm reminded of the e-mail section of the Good Book is because I'm about to disagree with Stuart G, who wrote: The music press are always going to stereotype B&S fans as being all the same, even though it's blatantly not true. It's the same as the way they make up genres and subgenres to describe what a band sound like, and lump in with them other bands who sound completely different. It's just lazy journalism. Get used to it... Hmmm, well, yes, BUT...I think it might be lazy journalism to call lazy journalism lazy journalism. After all, they are only giving the public what they want, and "Belle and Sebastian fans are like any other fans really" isn't a good enough story, people would FLEE to rival publications, where they can find their desired diet of dross and dromedary dung. B-sides, that Time Out article was based mainly around an interview of sorts with Beepster Records, who seem to have decided that it's more "fun" to play on all the myths and nonsense surrounding the band, a bit like Alan McGee with Oasis, only more polite and less shagging and fighting and sticking two fingers up. I think it was a rubbish article, full of fibs and clap-trap, but I enjoyed reading it, so thanks to whoever sent it in. Don't want another Melonballs incident, do we? Yesterday I went to a cat show and it was full of fur-fondling freaks. Record fairs are tame in comparison. I've got "Show Case" by Jackie Mittoo. I recently suggested that "The Roulette Story" was perhaps a little sub-standard. I was a bloody fool, it's great. Can't wait for THE GENUFLECTING WEEBLES album, THE GREEN FIELDS OF FLOELLABENJAMINLAND. Petrol prices go up on April 1st, so FILL UP beforehand, or be square. Sister Disco Get Your Private, Free Email +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Glasgow Gentle Waves gig picnic
by Ailsa Ross 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Some of the more observant of you British ones might have noticed that it is officially summer now (the sun is even shining in Paisley). So in order to celebrate this, and in a pathetic attempt to relive my childhood April Saturdays, I am pleased to announce the start of the plan for the first Glasgow picnic of the year on the day of the Gentle Waves gig (April 10) venue and time to be decided depending on convenience to others, but I thought about 1 o'clock in Kelvingrove park or a nearby pub first of all while we decide about the weather and its suitability for picnicking. This idea was first mooted by me on http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/cgi-bin/mboard/belle/thread.cgi?104,0 so from now on can all discussions go there or directly to me so as not to annoy the people on the list who aren't going to this. Basically the discussions are to think of a suitable pub... Finally, a little plea for people I have lost touch with...if any of you are speaking to Calumn Shearer, can you tell him my email has changed (I don't think his is working at the moment and I have no other way of getting in touch with him). And do any of you who were at the Maryhill gigs last year know an Irish medical student by the name of Iain? He got me my ticket for the second night and I sat with him and some other people, who I believe are on Sinister (I wasn't on Sinister then, so I don't know this for certain). I have lost his phone no and I don't know if he is on the list or not, but he was at the Glasgow picnic last year and I haven't seen him since I moved house. Can someone get him to email me please, or to turn up at the picnic if he isn't at home for Easter. Or give me his phone number. Cheers, sorry to all of you to whom this was totally irrelevant. Ailsa xx *********************************** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. *********************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: cobbled Scientology
by petula 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

My god, I'm actually posting. :) At 09:30 AM 3/29/1999 +0100, Richard Connell wrote: >On a final note, just found out that Isaac Hayes is a scientologist. A >very unsexy religion for the king of sweet love by the fireplace type >music. How can you trust a religion founded by a science fiction >author? Its like believing in a religion founded by a car salesman, >total redemption in 30 days or your money back! 1 years free rosary >insurance, 2 years free hail mary insurance and a free 'jesus wants me >for an oven glove' badge! This reminded me of a conversation we had with my friend's boyfriend at the pub, the Duke of Gloucester. A 2nd floor establishment, you couldn't miss the glaringly bright Scientology building across the road (complete with a Big Brother cafe on the ground level!!), so it came up in conversation. He claimed that it's just a huge tax write-off for the stars, and the only reason they get involved. So I suppose they pump their money in and it comes back to them as some sort of massive tax return. Perhaps the Gentle Waves should consider that option once they make millions. elisabeth xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Zippo
by MARTIN_CONNEELY＠finance.irlgov.ie 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

1. Ari wrote: <<I still don't get "Burning Flies" though...that is not a nice song.>> And it makes a right mess of one's trousers if not put out in time. Struan's "silver" trousers were probably a fireproof protection. And did an overenthusiastic fly burning session turn Honey into a Honey? And maybe what Sarah smelt off Stuart D was petrol, not pish. That song explains a lot. No wonder most of the rest of the band ran off with Isobel to put lyrics to an old Buddy Holly tune. And why Wee Karn doesn't wear trousers. 2. If Mr Miller's mails don't get less hilarious, I'll have to stop reading the digest at work. Martin C +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: more incoherence to sinister
by Kimberly Rehak 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

hey lot! i'm back from my week or so long spring break. the first thing i did was turn on my puter (whom i call "queen of the hipsters" since i certainly am not that) and was greeted by, eh...about 115 messages. needless to say, i haven't gotten through all of them yet. the next thing i did was trek to the library, because i am, once again, in the midst of writing a ten page paper...this time about the augustan constitution. i started this evening at 11, it's quarter after two now so i should be done by 7 or so, if this all goes right. i'm actually having a race with the boy downstairs. if i win, i'd have raised so much esteem in my friends eyes. i finally got looper yesterday! see, i'm stuck without a credit card or any sort of transportation, so i was patient and waited. i think it was well worth the wait. "patience is a virtue" "patience pays off" ... yeecha yeecha last night i dragged my friend marie to this ska/semi-punk show at home. it was the first time i had been to a show since...august. what a draught! even though i am not that much older than everyone there (since my birthday is late in the year and i AM young), i FELT so much older than everyone. it definitely had to do with a maturity level. i kind of wish that i could make a fool out of myself dancing like a goof, yet i realize how i am acting and i refrain. kind of upsetting, but then kind of reassuring. so is there really a band called the shapiros?? there is this professor at my school with that last name. he's the regular "mad professor" kind of guy: circle sweat stains when it was hot, mad movements (the man doesn't stand still through his lecture), ludicrous hand movements, nose hair you could braid, two thick pairs of glasses he alternates between, saliva zooming everywhere. the man was a regular loon and i loved him. my friend pepe does a fab impression of him. so if you ever meet pepe ask him to do it for you...haha i got a couple of cds over break besides looper. a bis, a new komeda, a three volume "the history of ska" (to play on my radio show), the xo elliot smith one, cornelius [thanks to fred's recommendation], an old beck single, the new built to spill, and about five or so others. i'm rather pleased, nonetheless. i think i may be getting behind in my paper race, so i must leave you. was there b&s content in here? besides looper, no. ooo, i have a story to add with some content: at the ska/semi-punk show last night marie wore her "stow college" shirt. we were going to ask the band to take a pool and ask who else were fans of our beloveds. but we were to shy so refrained from doing so. would have been a brilliant plan though. speaking of polls, if anyone would care to help me with mine, just answer this question for me (and to me privately, of course): sarah michelle gellar: YES OR NO? so far i've compiled 7 yes's and 3 no's byebye kisskiss KIMberly *do something pretty while you can. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: SFA at the Black Cat in DC this wednesday
by lost madflowr 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

yo! is anyone gonna be at this show? i'm definitely there. prolly wearing a radiohead tee shirt. hmm or maybe a b+s one if anyone from sinister is gonna be there as well? i've met a few sinisterites and lost touch with all of them somehow. anyways, get in contact with me if you'll be at the SFA show or Asian Dub Foundation in april at the black cat. anyways. blah! :) evol madflowr 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: at least that's what we say we are doing
by The Stoat 29 Mar '99

29 Mar '99

Subject: at least that's what we say we are doing Sent: 3/28/99 8:43 AM To: Sinister Mailing List, sinister(a)Majordomo.net The cold rain puts spring off by one more day, at least. Guess I'll have a cup of tea. All this talk of teapots makes me think of my own blue willow pot. The woman who sold it to me seemed, by what she said as she was wrapping it up, to imply that somehow blue willow is an undesirable pattern in teapots. Although I've never heard anyone else disparage blue willow, she may be right. All I know is that it suits me. I like the little pagodas and the blue birds. This morning, as I woke from my dream of horses, I was wondering if any of you fellow sinisterines know if Stuart David's choice of the name "Treehouse" for his website is a reference to the Treehouse virtual reality site in Tad Williams' "Otherworld" books. And please don't be cross if this has been discussed before and I missed it. I searched the archives - I really did. andrew "What happened to you, man, you used to be so free, Now all you do is sit and dream" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Oh, the same old....
by Aileen Hammond 28 Mar '99

28 Mar '99

>In four weeks from now I will be at Camber Sands :), I am getting >more than a little excited. I read in the NME that Belle and >Sebastian would be playing the Sunday night, but perhaps we could >force them to change their minds so that nobody flying back early >will miss them? IŽm one of tose people who will MISS B&S on the Sunday :( I will try and find Belle members and force them to play on Friday or Saturday instead! Sinisters: Help me on this mission! If you talk to a B&S member tell them to reschedule. :) Thanks.. @->-- Giita 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Shopping List #1
by Jarrod San Angel 28 Mar '99

28 Mar '99

"I am so small, I am barely seen - how can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes - they are small, but they see enormous things!" - Rumi So here is My 1st Ever Weekly List Of "Fine Music I Bought This Week:" (this can also serve as a list for those of you fickle shoppers who are not sure what to sample..) here they are, in no particular order 1. Lhasa - "La LLorona" Dark & stirring Spanish ehtnic sounds, folksy, rootsy, lovely expect to be bewitched 2. Smog - "Knock, Knock" More introspective low-fi from the master, Bill Callahan This new album has more of an up-tempo than previous smog albums; many feel it is his finest offering to date 3. Jason Faulkner - "Can You Still Feel.." hard edged, hook heavy, (but not at all zeppelinesque) pop rock. Kinda groovy. 4. The Nields - "Play" Much in the tradition of Belle & Sebastian, these folks weave pop, folk, rock, and even psychadelia into their music, infusing it with beautiful harmonies, and cathcy choruses.. sure to please 5. Erik Satie - "OEuvres for Piano" This eccentric, turn-of-the-century French composer has become somewhat of an obession of mine these past few weeks.. his is a mind & spirit that I find unequalled anywhere in the timelines of music history.. bizarre creativity run rampant. His 3 Gymnopedies, especially #1, is the soundtrack to my soul... some days.. 6. Momus - "Tender Pervert" Ah, Nick. "Nicholas, Don't Be So Ridiculous.." Momus represents rather baffling evidence that you can in fact be an undiscovered genius while spanning a career well over a decade long.. This album, in my humble opinion, should be in everyone's collection everywhere, and it is perhaps one of the most underrated (as is he) albums in recent memory.. The man was Morrissey before Morrissey was really Morrissey, if that makes any sense.. poetic, literate, passionate lyrics, rife with wit, wisdom, ambiguous - and sometimes very UNambiguous sexual tinges, and the keenest of all pop minds.. Momus is a Hero. 7. Pink Martini - "Sympathique" Among the best things I've stumbled across at me local record shoppe this past month. Brilliant. Take salsa, cabaret, classical, romantic, pop, lounge, and world traditions, shake well, and you'll have this wonderful cocktail we call Pink Martini. I have HIGH, APPLE PIE IN THE SKY HOPES for this ensemble. My heart is theirs. 8. Aterciopelados - "Caribe Atomico" Ultra cool riffs and grooves from Latin America's premiere pop/punk/folk rock band. Next to Cafe Tacuba, few can match wit with soul so effortlessly. Bilingual education not needed. Theirs is a sound catchy and solid enough to be appreciated by all. 9. Anything by Composer Bohaus Martinu My personal fave composer is Mozart. For me, there is no one greater in the history of music anywhere ever. That includes any genre. And all of the elements I love about Wolfie are found in this 20th century composer Martinu. Beauty, simplicity, passion, soulspeak. Give a listen. 10. The soundtrack to the film, "The Double Life of Veronique" Haunting original music by Zbigniew Preisner Preisner writes entirely chilling music that manages to affect even the most disaffected listener. Sure, it's a movie soundtrack - but this is a composer who could damn well be among the greatest of all living composers.. Track #4, this eerie chorale, stirs me to no end. 11. Rufus Wainright - self titled debut "April Fools" is on a loop in my head. Love it. 12. And um, something called "Looper." And speaking of loops - I just finally acquired Looper's debut. Not Bad. Not bad at all. I love the first cut, with the kiddies helping out. Laughed me little arse off first time around. But I must agree with, oh, was it the NME or Melody Maker, that said that The Ballad of Ray Suzuki is annoying.. it's psuedorave/techno/triphop caca.. it lacks the lustre, if you will, of the true techno "artist's" soul. I can't believe I just wrote that. Techno/rave=anathema. Yet I know good techno/rave when I hear it. Go figure. Anyway, the rest of the cd is aces. Still looking forward to The Gentle Waves. Can't seem to find it here stateside. OH, oh! Ya know what the Ray Suzuki song sounds like to me..? The soundtrack to a Volkswagen commecial.. can't you just see it? I can. Ah, well... There ya go, luvies J@rR*d 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Pink Martini
by Jarrod San Angel 28 Mar '99

28 Mar '99

Bon Jour * Guten Tag * Aloha * Assalam Alaikum * Merhaba * Buenas Dias A merry sunday to you all, fellow sinisterians.. here is my reccomendation du jour: Whence feeling a trifle burnt out listening to the limited catalogue of our heroes, Belle & Sebastian (wonderful as they are, after 10,000 spins, you start to long for new material - it happened with the Smiths & Morrissey - admit it!), may you find relief and passion in a new discovery I made not too long ago: a fabulous ensemble known as Pink Martini. Surely Portland, Oregon's finest musical offering, Pink Martini seamlessly intertwine all the very best sounds of salsa, lounge, cabaret, classical, romantic, and world traditions into their unique hybrid vision. The finished, polished result is an all too pleasing record called "Sympathique" that is certain to slap a mile wide smile across thine faces. I was lucky enough to catch 2 or their 3 sold out shows here in Los Angeles at the cozy supperclub, The Mint, where they dazzled a usually musically-jaded crowd - moving them to sway, dance, and rhumba the evening away. Too damn special. Loved it. And I will be the first to predict that their new album, due sometime later this year, will be a smash - thanks in part to a stunning, single worthy song entitled "Eugene," and a haunting, gorgeous piece sung in Croatian. Oh, by the way, for fellow cultrual and ethnic anthropologists and enthusiasts such as myself, Pink Martini are sure to delight, as the songs are sung in French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portugese, Croatian, and yes, English. If ever this fine collection make their way to your city, by all means, break any plans you might have, and see them. You will not be dissapointed. JaRrOd SaN aNgEL 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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