April 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: years of therapy etc
by Tjonrr＠aol.com 08 Apr '99

08 Apr '99

>have any of you been mauled by birds recently? when i was four a goose in cannonhill park in birmingham bit my hand and stole my biscuit. it was a very traumatic experience and id rather not talk about it. suffice to say i cant go anywhere near geese now. or birmingham actually, but thats nothing to do with the above event. as for romances on buses, ill use this rather tenuous link to plug my new musical venture. one of the ten songs ive got has a refrain that goes "and the girl on the bus was as pretty as her...". its really quite moving. ive been writing a lot of distinctly lovelorn lyrics recently. must be the april showers. im going to do these songs acoustic, all i need now is a four track studio. and an acoustic guitar. and someone who can play an acoustic guitar... look just forget it. you people. nah, theyre all shameless hefner ripoffs anyway. im concentrating on my other project anyway...BATFINK!!! thats the spunkypunky band im in with my brother. he didnt like the name so i had to write a song called restless natives (theme from batfink) to stop him changing it. cant he see, it works on so many levels... doesnt matter cause ill probably find out theres alreadly some world famous band with that name and ill have to change it anyway. im just waiting for the rest of the band to learn to play then well be top of the hit parade before you know it. i dont need to learn how to play myself, im an artist. im thinking of changing my name to johnny mumble... from tjohn "and i wonder where you and him will be when you see me on the cover of the NME after sellout tours and a string of hits when im snorting cocaine off a supermodels tits" arab strap- gilded +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: psst
by Honey 08 Apr '99

08 Apr '99

*huddles into corner* "News International" (I kid you not) have finally replied to my email and told me I need to pay a fee for publishing their material in electronic form, which, by jingo, I'm not going to, so the Sunday Times article will be removed from the press archive tomorrow. So if you want a look do it quick. How exciting, I feel like a sexy commando. Shhhh! Nursery - to make it clear - if you don't appear in the list of people in the nursery (see the WWW page) and you're subscribed to the list from the account you're posting from, you can post - it's that simple. For anyone who was in the nursery before The Great March to majordomo.net, I repeat - you were taken out of it in a whacking great big amnesty. For anyone who's out of the nursery and moves email accounts - mail me and let me know and you'll get whisked out of the nursery forthwith. And for anyone IN the nursery - thank you for sticking around and not storming off in a grump, you're very patient and your reward in heaven will be great. How come so many people are looking at Splat's Bowlie Book but only a few of you are filling it in? Cheats! Send Splat (splat(a)majordomo.net) an email this instant (Subject: Bowlie), and there's no shame in sending a blank one, just to say you're going. Just because some people like me like to witter their head off inanely for hours, it doesn't mean you have to. All Splat wants to know is who's going, so we can maybe all meet in a secret passage underground, infiltrate the main stage from below, remove the underpants of every single performer WITHOUT THEM EVEN NOTICING, and then make a killing on Ebay auctioning them off. That's the plan anyway. Honey, and Splat in absentia 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Go-Betweens US tour dates
by John F. Monroe 08 Apr '99

08 Apr '99

I just saw that someone here posted about a London date - well here are a slew of US ones. mmm Milwaukee! Maybe if I met them I could take them for frozen custard or a bratwurst, ya think? Show them the drive in which inspired the one on the Happy Days tv show, take them on a brewery tour, yah, lots o' fun could be had, eh.:) ( doing my best sout' side milwaukee accent there ). and Star - you know what to enjoy ( beings with a 'b', ends in a 'g') enough said! here are those tour dates >If you are interested in seeing the Grant and Rob in the US, check out the >recently updated Beggars page. Current US dates are listed as follows: > > June > 8 NEW YORK - Mercury Lounge > 10 CLEVELAND, OH - Grog Shop > 11 DETROIT, MI - 7th House > 12 CHICAGO, IL - Fleadh Fesatival > 13 MADISON, WI - O'Cayz > 14 MINNEAPOLIS, MN - 400 bar > 15 MILWAUKEE, WI - Shank Hill > 17 TORONTO, Canada - Ted's > wrecking bar > 18 NORTHAMPTON, MA - Iron Horse > 19 BOSTON, MA - Fleadh Festival > 20 HOBOKEN, NJ - Maxwells > 21 ALBANY, NY - Valentines > 22 PROVIDENCE, RI - Mel cafe > 23 PHILADELPHIA, PA - Khyber > 24 WASHINGTON, DC - 9.30 club > 25 NEW YORK - Fleadh Festival > 29 SEATTLE, WA - Crocodile cafe > 30 SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Great > american > JULY > 01 LOS ANGELES, CA - Troubadour > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: the Gingko Leaves
by Mick McMick * Sandcastle Records 08 Apr '99

08 Apr '99

Hm... So has anyone in the states bought the album? If so, where did you get it? Magnetic Megan and I saw it in Other Music when I was visiting her, but neither of us wanted to cough up $5.50 for a song with lyrics sung in French when the English version was on the album. Oh, and if anyone knows where you can still find "Lover Plays the Bass," by Saint Etienne, please write Megan or I, it seems everywhere is sold out of it. Broadcast... well they do sound like Stereolab, but only if Stereolab went back in time and took their keyboards with them. The drums on the album are definately not from this decade, but oh-so-nice. I've always liked the way drums sounded "way back when," and few people seem to be able to imitate that that I've heard. In totally unrelated news, this not-so-new Quigley album is amazingly good. I didn't think it so hot on first listen, but it grew on me like moss. Well...that's a bit deceptive, as I usually bathe enough that moss doesn't get much of an...erm...mosshold I suppose. Moss don't have feet or toes, to my knowledge. So anyway, I'd recommend it to anyone with ears. Yes, well that's that. /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick/Sandcastle Records <<->> bp224996(a)ohiou.edu \ / Sandcastle Records Homepage: ICQ#5056758 | | http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Amphitheatre/4972/ | | "I am always wishing to make people | | in the world happy with my smiles." | | -Mr. Friendly +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 love to eat the blue ones
by jessica 08 Apr '99

08 Apr '99

hi listies, i'm quite impressed to be hearing this talk of broadcast around here. whoever it was that was lamenting the fact that the gentle waves didn't sound more like stereolab, just buy 'work and non work' and kiss it better. the whole album is better than the april issue of wallpaper*, which happens to feature lovely toronto in a couple places. wrote my one and only midterm today, it was english and all about the way in which media will lead to the death of literature. personally, i'd like to believe that the two can coexist, but that would likely be ascribing far too much intelligence to the general populus. but not any of you sweets, for i believe it was on this list that someone recommended that i read 'the secret history' by donna tartt - a lovely, lovely book, i was flipping through it again tonight and was reminded of the 'through the looking glass' qualities it has. and i've heard that the gorgeous large format paperback is no longer in print, so if you see it it should be snatched up. and to round out my recommendations this evening to an even three (and ensure that i cover all forms of media), i must mention that i've updated my website (for those of you that complained that the colours were hard to read, i've lightened the background and...oh poo, if you don't notice then too bad. so many improvements for you lot). you can witness my life here: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/3733 feel free to send donations out of appreciation for my lovely contribution to the world of media. 'sall for now. i'm tired and i fear i didn't really have anything more to say than shameless self promotion. the usual, really. love, jessicaxo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * someone had spied on us, i suppose, as we sat beside the canal and ate the sandwiches, drinking not even orangeade or coca-cola but hot milk out of a thermos. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * t i n y s t a r @ w o r l d y . c o m (it's lovely being a girl) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Go-Betweens
by JPQH＠aol.com 08 Apr '99

08 Apr '99

a while ago, someone (i think it was duke, but have checked the archives and unable to confirm it) wondered whether messrs. forster and mclennan might be playing around a bit in support of the soon to be released go-betweens retrospective. well they are - in london at least. the jazz caff in london's loverly camden town has them listed to play on 16-18 may. interestingly (if you care about these things, and you really should), the shows were originally listed as "forster and mclennan", but the more recent editions of time out have them listed as "the go-betweens". whether this indicates a miraculous full forster/mclennan/morrison/vickers (latter last seen playing dapper mod bass for a bored and boring lloyd cole in the usa some 7 or 8 yrs ago, with a transcendent but under-appreciated forster and mclennan in support) turnout, or a cynical vince power marketing ploy, i don't know. i suspect the latter, but whatever the case, i advise a strong sinister presence for each evening. age might be playing a cruel game with both of the formerly handsome devils (narrowing that already slim gap between forster/mclennan and russ abbott/grant mitchell) but they still tingle the spine and set the heart aflutter. happy to play past glories as well as recent stuff, they prove their status as the princes of poncey pop (star pupil -our struan) with effortless ease. you can stuff yer smiths - there is more poetry and grace in any two go-betweens songs ("draining the pool for you" and "cattle and cane" picked at random by my random song selector) than the entire morrisey/marr cannon. well, thats my view anyway in the meantime: - isn't the new jim o'rourke loverly? - whistler?!? - whats all that about then - can we really trust a band with bits of emf in it? - simon joyner? - did anyone notice the minnie ripperton song ("les fleurs") in the lead up to sunday's genteel warts gig (which my sister and her husband and i found charming)? - charles stepney - genius or what? see ya kingphilip +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The Cat That Keeps Lists
by Honey 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

Some of you are acquainted with Splat, who I live with; some of you have even had a physical encounter. She's very nice, she's got a white fluffy tummy, perky little ears, and she brings in birds from the garden occasionally. Anyway, Splat is very interested in who's going to the Bowlie Weekender Cambers Sands Hastings TweeStock thing, and would like all the dear precious Sinistereens who are going to go, to mail her and let her know. This way, you can see who else is going, tell them what you look like and where you're coming from, and tell everyone what sandwich fillings you're planning to take. Andrew Dean of Sinister Central actually whispered to Splat that this would be a good idea today, and then promptly whizzed off in his mobile Big Hairy Cave to L.A., leaving Splat with all the work. Anyway, Splat's page is at http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/bowlie.html To add your own entry to the list, send a mail to Splat at splat(a)majordomo.net, with "Bowlie" in the Subject (you MUST have "Bowlie" in the subject or she will swish her tail and ignore it). If you want to add anything more than just your name, just put some text in your message too and it'll appear on the above page - tell people where you're coming from for instance, or any distinguishing features for identification purposes should the worst happen. All the text in your message will appear so please cut out signatures etc. Remember this isn't a discussion board and anyone who sends more than one mail in will have all their text removed from their entries and replaced with a lonely hearts entry for next month's article in Select. Something else Splat reminds you of on her page: remember when you get there, if you wanted to be spotted by other Sinistereens, and aren't afraid of black magic, wear a B&S badge upside-down; if you don't have one, make one; if you can't make one, steal one. Also remember Jeepster are setting up a (paper) noticeboard at the festival itself, and if you want to meet other Sinister types, then why not scribble "Sinister" in big letters by your name? Because you're bloomin' scared, that's why. honey & splat 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Positively tumescent
by Michael Jones 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

Mornin'... Chalk up another score on the quitegoodometer for the Gyroscopic Weasels; I thoroughly enjoyed Sunday evening's frolic through the gay meadow of Ms Campbell's pop mind. I wasn't nearly coherent enough to register which songs were my favourites and, wholly unfamiliar with the Gut-wrenching Wallflowers' oeuvre as I am, I suspect the covers had a head start in my affections anyway. The other Belles present were as nimble and light-footed as Pat Nevin in his prime, though they gave the ball away far less often. Special mention should be made of Stevie's dancing fingers and Chris's swelling organ. That's "and", not "on". I missed both films; we'd been banking on "Confessions of a Sauna Attendant" - Hopkins was even wearing his Robin Askwith pants - but it was all balloons and Truffaut. Arse. Mark Kolmar spoke thus: >If Isobel's album shows any evidence that she may have visited a vocal >coach, please let me know. I'll settle for any new-found ability to >project from the diaphragm. Which only serves to remind me of an old Steve Martin joke. Project, though ? Surely untrained voices can be the most affecting; I mean, we don't want Isobel turning into Tina Turner, do we ? Tina Charles, perhaps. Anyway, thesedays they've got microphones that can record a baby otter talking in its sleep at 200 paces. The Galloping Whelks should sound like Blue Oyster Cult in comparison. >If only to avoid a completely negative post, I will recommend the new >David Sylvian album. You will like it. Gorgeous. I can't (yet) concur with this; seems scant reward, song-wise, for 12 years of wading through half-arsed collaborations and interminable axe-Fripperies. It could be a grower, though. The major chains seem to have it in for fans of arty, precious, fortysomething reformed synth-poppers though - both "Dead Bees..." and last year's Mark Hollis long-player were viciously and unnecessarily expensive in their week of release. Bloody Virgin. Back to balloons again. Sheesh. Mike (quite happy to go on the Simmons shag register as long as it's Jean, circa 1950). _________________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "nambling pambling rice pudding & crochet holiday camp +-+ +-+ gangwanking whimsy-thon" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: On a bus stop...
by Blake E. Hamilton 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

Dear "The sun is shining but not for me" diary-- I would just like to announce that I got Tigermilk *and* The Black Sessions in the mail yesterday. Thusly, they've made their dent in my tape player and I can't seem to hit "stop" no matter how badly I pull my wrists. By the way, I enjoy the Tigermilk version of The State I Am In much more than the Dog On Wheels version. There's something about the nostalgic pop and hiss of vinyl that just creates the mood. I got a flat tire on Saturday night when I was home, and since no handy garage was open on this great Easter Sunday, I was stranded on a resort island for another day, missing classes. *sigh* Does anyone on this list read Cavafy? I am very much in a Cavafy mood presently. I'm having a pre-midlife crisis where all I can think about is how it was so great to be a kid. I think I'm going to pretend I'm 16 again. Hey, I look like it anyways. Has anyone found a cure for shyness yet? I think it's the worse disease in the world. Well I'm off to my RA meeting (yes I am going to be a Resident Adviser next year, imagine that, me a role model) and then I shall return to a night of baseball on the radio and The Kids Are Alright on the tube. The world's using me as a punching bag... love to you all, blake ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ "I am not Jesus, though I have the same initials." - Jarvis Cocker +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sinister minister in da house
by Alix Campbell 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

cha cha cha broadcast are quite lovely. only quite though. the singer is a bit, um, unappealing, i know, i saw her in select once. but the album is pleasant, and nice and short, so you can't get bored. which you conceivably could. which is why they are only quite lovely. i got mauled by a swan today. well, i exaggerate, but only because it's more fun that way. there i was eating ma sammich, and a huge great swan comes along, wanting some. so i gives it some, and it bites my finger, then eyes the rest of ma sammich. so, greatly afeared, i fling said sammich towards the river, in hope that swan will piss off. which it doesn't. so i slowly run away. that's like in slo-motion. have any of you been mauled by birds recently? i think i shall return to my teapot. alix.x ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the universe contains everything that exists, the planets, their moons, the stars, star clusters, the galaxies and groups of galaxies and all the space and all the gas between them. as far as scientists know there is only one universe and there is nothing which is not part of it. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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