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Sinister: looking forward
by angel 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

you know, i've been reading all these bowlie posts and *so* wishing i'd gone. it's not the money - well, my bank balance wouldn't have been happy but it seems it would have been worth it.. the problem is i'm EXCRUTIATINGLY shy (yes, even by sinister standards), and if i'd gone i'd have had to have gone out there on me own. but i've been reading all the posts, and thinking, i WOULD have enjoyed it, i'd have loved it. i've been to festivals before with my punky skater brother and wandered about on my own all day grinning watching bands. so, i've decided: fuck it, if there's one in September, i'm going. i'll probably be very scared. but i'm quite nice (apparently), so here's the idea. if there's people who are thinking about going to the next bowlie, if there is a next bowlie, and might possibly require another person to possibly make up possible numbers in their theoretical chalet, and don't mind if that person is not very tall and not very talkative, have me![1]!! have me, i'm nice, i'll make you tapes and give you presents and follow you around nodding appreciatively; i'll support your football team[2], paint your nails a nice shade of pink and carry your hat. i'll buy yer a pint, make you a daisy chain, i won't say insulting things about your mother and if there's a spider in your way that's looking at you funny, i'll move it for you in a completely cruelty free manner. and, if alcohol is consumed in sufficient quantities, i might even be able to provide something in the way of conversation. anyone? abi, who wants to have some fun too. xxx [1] not in a sexual way, you understand. [2] not if it's rangers. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Baile Atha Cliath....
by Declan and Noren Hynes 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

damien, i was probably stood behind you at said gig... were you the lucky individual who got the setlist? and did you SEE the LOOK isobel gave the bloke who shouted her name? i've not made my mind up about that girl... the band had been in eamon dorans the night before hanging out.. that is without isobel or stuart... my mates had some drinks with them, stevie and the the other kids seemed fine... in fact stevie was asked a few times whether he was the young actor from "the small faces" a comparison i made myself before hearing it... i'm also convinced stuart looks like christopher reeves... i think the cheer after them saying it was nearly their first gig outside the u.k. could be the last one they'll hear for awhile... but WOAH, stuart's voice is sooooooooooooooooo amazing, the live experience is just magic. i also heard tigermilk for the first time on my way home from the gig, a mate jim had it on in his car... it sounds REALLY good and i didn't want us to get to my house, i was annoyed having to get out. i was lingering about waiting for people to come back from the bog when i found myself standing beside sarah.. i was going to ask her to sign IYFS but i didn't want to bother the sweetie... her little vocal bits were lovely during the gig actually, on isobel's song. anyway those are today's incoherent ramblings... slan Finn p.s. get better damien! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ebowlie virus
by Matthew Hintz 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

I seem to have brought home the Ebowlie virus from the Bowlie Weekender. My stomach and head feel awful. Now, I didn't buy this virus from the merchandise table even though I was particularly tempted. Who wouldn't be? I also brought home with me the Bowlie Hangover, and I am _certain_ that I didn't buy that at the merchandise table. However, if the gorgeous Susannah had tried to sell me those, I am sure I would have bought them. She has a way with words, like when she entered the Queen Vic apparently hooting. Cough. Living and loving Matthew --------------------- Stolen Kisses http://members.tripod.com/stolenkisses stolkisses@aol.com/mphintz@aol.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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Re: Sinister: I am Murdoch, hear me R!O!C!K!
by Nick Dastoor 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

>I really envy the people on this list who can think of something >interesting >or funny to write almost every day. But anyway, I'm German, I'm not >supposed >to be funny or interesting. I leave that to the Brits. Bloody hell, I didn't know cultural stereotyping could inflict such deep wounds on a nation's psyche. Crikey. I hope you're all proud of yourselves. My sister went out with a hilarious German once. Unfortunately, his humour seemed to be inextricably linked to wanton destruction of property and gratuituous insulting of my dad. He was funny, but he had to go. Sudden thought - perhaps you were being sardonic. If only you had used Northy's clever ~ then there would be no room for confusion. [Historical Note for newcomers: Northy is a late lamented member of the list who had many wise things to say, amongst them the suggestion that we should laugh at the homeless and use ~ to signify sarcastic overtones. We will not see his like again. Another suddeen thought: what if he's a back and a lurker. Not actually IN The Lurkers, you understand.] >I have 2 questions: >One is mainly for the British people: Will there be a TV show about Bowlie? >And if so, can someone send me a copy? A tape of B & S' performance would >be >highly appreciated too and rewarded with lots of money, free sex or >whatever >takes your fancy. ;-) Ah.. you spotted the cameras. Isn't Duglas out of the BMX Bandits doing a documentary on the band (I think that's what he said in the R1 Bowlie diary that was broadcast on Monday)? Perhaps footage will find its way into there. >The other question is to everyone who's English is better then mine: What >does "flying low" mean??? I'm going to spoil everyone's fun by telling you the real answer. It means not having done the fly on your trousers up. That's a zip/button kind of fly. Not an insect kind of fly. Maybe Straun tried to make amends but caught himself in the zip and that's why he got angry and smashed his guitar. It's a more plausible theory than the the Times reviewer came up with (see below): The Times April 30 1999 Sorry, chums Belle and Sebastian Dublin Venerable indie pop messiahs or execrable anti-rock pariahs? Belle and Sebastian compel and repel in equal measures. But they were among friends at the Olympia, transformed into a thousand-strong church of happily lost souls who believe this Glasgow-based octet to be the apotheosis of the indie aesthetic and, in the afterglow of their successful Bowlie Weekender at Camber Sands, living proof that every underdog does ultimately have its day. But the performance was not so much liturgical as just plain lethargic. Belle and Sebastian have always preferred to maintain a self-effacing anonymity rather than kowtow to the cult of personality. But the fact is that there were eight musicians pottering before us who collectively have the stage presence of a cardboard box. And as the gig limped slowly on, one could palpably feel their self-mythologising mystique drain away, leaving us with what? A bunch of carefully crafted, literate pop songs that can be pleasingly wry and witty but also selfconsciously clever. It's all rather bloodless and, there's no getting away from it, sexless. The telling moment came near the end, when someone shouted a request for the Sex Pistols' Anarchy in the UK. Alive to the inherent criticism in such a barbed remark, Stuart Murdoch (main songwriter and singer) kicked over his mic stand and smashed his electric guitar on the floor of the stage. Brilliant, I thought: an ironic comment on the jaded histrionics of punk rock and an acknowledgement of his band's minuscule rock credentials. But then Murdoch ruined it: he apologised. That's the problem with Belle and Sebastian: their suffocating, strangulating politeness. NICK KELLY 'Alive to the inherent criticism in such a barbed remark' indeed. Nick xxx ______________________________________________________ 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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Re: Sinister: I am Murdoch, hear me R!O!C!K!
by Power15755＠aol.com 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

Hello sweeties, I really envy the people on this list who can think of something interesting or funny to write almost every day. But anyway, I'm German, I'm not supposed to be funny or interesting. I leave that to the Brits. FunkySeb, I really enjoyed your story! Stevie P. wrote: >>Is anyone else still stumbling round in a post-Bowlie daze ? I just don't know what to do with myself.<< Yes, I know exactly how you feel. I'm desperately trying to go back to normal but so far I wasn't very successful. And I just can't bring myself to taking that bloody wristband off ... I have 2 questions: One is mainly for the British people: Will there be a TV show about Bowlie? And if so, can someone send me a copy? A tape of B & S' performance would be highly appreciated too and rewarded with lots of money, free sex or whatever takes your fancy. ;-) The other question is to everyone who's English is better then mine: What does "flying low" mean??? Have a nice weekend. Antje +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: glastonbury...anyone?
by debbie.spiers＠utoronto.ca 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

Seeing as us canadians have been in the middle of exams it was impossible to hop over for the Bowlie fest, unfair, i know. And being in North America, where we lack the festival-throwing ability (we're on to Woodstock #3....come on now) I thought i'd indulge myself in at least one UK fest while i'm over there. So I got my ticket to Glastonbury, but alas I have no way to get there and no where to sleep. I'm hoping there are some sinisterites (I know Turk is going) out there with space in their cars and the need for someone to chip in a bit of gas money. I'm happy to sleep under the stars with my teddy, but I'd love to find a group to car-trip with. If anyone is going and can help me or has suggestions, please mail me privatly. Ohh! And Teri and I definitely want to organize a London picnic the week after Glastonbury (June 28 - July 4), as there will be plenty of international guests to grace the London sinisterites' presence. cheers for now deb*s +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I am Murdoch, hear me R!O!C!K!
by funkyseb＠freeuk.com 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

Hoorah! It's 4.15 on Friday afternoon! In 95 minutes, I'll be skipping under the lilacs down freedom street. For Monday is a holiday of bankness, and there'll be lots of lying about under the delicious green canopy of London Planes to be done. Mmm! Boaters! Stripy Blazers! Pork pies and Punts! P!I!C!N!I!C! Does anyone else feel this excited after bowlie? Since last Sunday, I've felt like a dog with two cocks, four bollocks, and a whole brace of tits for good measure. Woof! I've come back determined to be a pop star before the end of the month, and determined to write a play by Tuesday. I've got an explanation for it of course. Struan has learnt how to harness the power of evil, and use it for good deeds. He discovered the relevant runes engraved in the lino flooring of his church hall, as he was scrubbing it one day. "Well well", quoth the silver trousered troubadour, scratching his head, "I'll bet these marks mean something." So he ran in an odd mannerall the way to the library, and looked up the runes in a big book called "Satanic language-and what it means" "Chapter VII" He read, his lips moving gently "concerning the transformation of the weak into strong, the old into the young, and the despair into hope." As he read on, a plan began to form in his head. The book said that wherever great numbers of people are of one mind, given the right circumstances, great quantaties of shite could be made gold, so to speak. "That sounds good, eh?" stuart called out of the window, to where he'd parked his dog. Woof, said the dog, sniffing a bollard, and eyeing an approaching traffic warden with suspicion. Before you could say "Pontin's", our hero had hired a holiday camp, and filled it with dreamers. 3 days later, they all staggered out, giddy with excitment and happiness. The only side effects had been Stuart's hair turning a silly colour, and the total disappearance of the V*rve. This was going well. Over the next day or two, Stuart practiced his craft, turning an egg into a nice surprise, and a passer by's scowl into a KitKat. It was time to set off to Dublin. It was to be the culmination of his work. Stuart was going to turn the Troubles into a really nice picnic. But it was clear that the power was too strong to control. As the band walked to the venue, parking meters spontaneously exploded into trees. Tramps started to tear apart, and unleash cute puppies and adorable kittens from their smelly stomachs. The rest of the evening was a blur for Struan M. Fans at the gig complained that their Guinness was turning into big foamy turds before they could drink it. Closer to the stage, and Mullets sprouted from peoples heads, and flares turned to blue denim dungarees. Stuarts eyes turned red. "I AM EVIL!!!!!" He grunted. His eyes darted around the stage.....what should he do? And then he saw it. The guitar around his neck, the special one that the choirboys had made from the church organ, and given to him on his birthday. ("We don't mind going to hell" the chorists had said " as long as you can write more songs about buses and lovely little animals") DIe you fucker screamed evil stu, as his smashed the gift to bits. I love the taste of evil, and I must suck up more!!!!!!! Then he walked straight out of the gig, and into the sea, where he was harpooned and eaten my sailors. That was a good story wasn't it? Ooh! It's 515 now! See you all at the picnic, especially Janey Applecake :-) funkyseb +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: It's 1995 the girls are just friends...
by S.J.Peet 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

WOW !! Belle and Sebastian just got a mention on my favourite programme ! I'd just come back from making a cuppa during the break in my daily fix of Fifteen-to-One (hardcore general knowledge quiz for our non UK chums) and was just snuggling into the sofa when the question came up: "Which Glaswegan pop group recently won a Brit award for best British newcomer" ! I nearly spilled my tea ! Oh, and the girls answer ? Stereophonics... I don't think so. I just had to don my cardie and rush down to Uni. and tell you all - it's made my bank holiday. Is anyone else still stumbling round in a post-Bowlie daze ? I just don't know what to do with myself. Hugs 'n stuff Stevie P. p.s. How do you spell Glaswegan ? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Dirty Post No.1
by Martin Wilson 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

Whew! free of the nursery at last. I was getting fed up of rusks and rose hip syrup. I must just have a brief practice posting before I go back to counting fishing boats for the EU. I'm a fairly recent convert to Bellsebism after borrowing If You're Feeling Sinister & Boy With The Arab Strap from my friend Greg a couple of months ago; that makes at least 4 B&S fans in York judging from the list list (actually there are lots of sinister people in York but only in the conventional sense). I also did not Bowlie, partly because that nasty Mr Blair set the National Minimum Drudge rate too low and partly because I'm too old and slow (the Y40M countdown clock is at -359 days and counting)*. However I do get to work at the seaside so I went down to the beach and whistled Dog On Wheels for a bit at lunchtime. Ah well I said it would be brief. Back to the fish... *Does this make me the oldest inhabitant of Sinisterland, and if so do I get a telegram from Isobel next year? Martin --------------------------------------------------------------- "...it could have been a brilliant career." --------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: my friends & we won 10 - 9!!! (fwd)
by Sam Norman 30 Apr '99

30 Apr '99

so you must have all seen the melody maker review of "our" weekend by now. well those three girls are my friends and as anyone one who was on the beach on sunday will know that windmill, twirly thing that alice is holding is MINE! My windmill, twirly thingie is famous! all that was going on the beach whilst we were playing football. oh and Jordi we won 10 - 9!!! anyway they miss quoted everything they said as Jess never said a word and hated John Spencer. For it was Laura who loved JSBX! crappy melody maker having to make things up again. Anyway I had a lovely time, see you all on Monday no doubt Sam +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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