April 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Bergen on the ridiculous
by Mctaggart, Robert 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

Hello I know this type of shameless plugging is deeply frowned upon, but this is just a quick note to tell our Glaswegian friends that those lovable Vikings the Kings of Convenience are playing at Borders Bookshop tomorrow (8/4/99) at 7 o'clock. They're my neighbours, but I wouldn't mention them if I didn't think that they were fun for all the family - at least if the family in question likes accoustic strumming, vocal harmonising, Nick Drake tinged loveliness, that is. Can someone tell us how many keys per chalet there will be at Bowlie? That is all. Love tag x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Broadcast
by Mark Iles 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

>Ininformed wannabe pop critic: So, what's your favourite band? > >Me: Belle & Sebastian > >Ininformed wannabe pop critic: Who? I haven't heard of them so they must be >crap. > >How should I respond to this? Won't he have got bored and wandered off by now? Someone asked a few digests ago about Broadcast. The last I heard they have a new album coming out fairly soon (in the next few months) and they'll be doing a very brief tour before Bowlie, visiting Sheffield, Tunbridge Wells and Birmingham (their home town). In case anyone doesn't know what they sound like, they're a kind of cross between Portishead and Stereolab. Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles(a)boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, LS9 7TF U.K. ____________________________________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S... a NATO solution
by Chris Tunnock 07 Apr '99

07 Apr '99

Dear enlightened ones, A memo to Slobodan Milosevic and NATO, play a litle IYFS, instead of wreaking havoc on innocent souls. Pray for the Albanians, and innocent Serbs. N.B. I realise this is not a public forum for political statements, yet this international flavour of good feeling may be capitalised upon under humanitarian grounds. (I am not religious) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wearing upsidedown badges....
by Marie Elia 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

hello, you sinister lot, when i went to the london looper gig, i had strategically placed an upside down b&s badge on the collar of my jacket. when i arrived at the improv theatre, however, i was confronted with all these hipsters and generally cooler-than-me kids, and i suddenly felt very self concious. so i furtively removed the badge and stowed it in my pocket... i looked for other badges, though! however, yes -- they are too small and it was too dark and all the kids (myself included) were sitting cross-legged on the floor... so i sympathize with janeyapplecake who arrived at the camden tube stop (which i found overwhelming in and of itself) only to slink away shyly... i would probably have done the same. i still mourn the fact that i got my american self all the way to london, my week coinciding with the looper gig, and i missed a sinister gathering as a result of no email! grrrr... that's it kids -- random ramblings. xoxo, marie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 some more tears..
by Aileen Hammond 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

Hello my dear sinisiters! Once again I am crying for you help.. A good friend of mine, Gyda was promised (by me) a ticket + chalet to the Bowlie fest, but I had already promised someone else a ticket and had forgotten about it until recently..It is really unfortunate as she will get free plane tickets and her twin sister already has a ticket..Oh god I feel so guilty! ItŽs all my fault:( So PLEASE if anyone has a spare ticket could you contact her at : Gyda - valtyr(a)mmedia.is This is the sad message she left at the Festival message Board... Hello my friend! I have a terrible story to tell you. (Yes, I admit that IŽm trying to let you feel sorry for me) I had been promised a ticket but suddenly after I had been flying around with a happysmile on my face for a few days and move the date of my cello-test, I got the terrible news that I had lost it. I have been pretty miserable since but I hope IŽll get my joy back if someone would bee so great to sell me a ticket. IŽm very friendly and open-minded. my sister is going and weŽll be traveling from Iceland. gyda 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: oh soe more tears..
by Aileen Hammond 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

Hello my dear sinisiters! Once again I am crying for you help.. A good friend of mine, Gyda was promised (by me) a ticket + chalet to the Bowlie fest, but I had already promised someone else a ticket and had forgotten about it until recently..It is really unfortunate as she will get free plane tickets and her twin sister already has a ticket..Oh god I feel so guilty! ItŽs all my fault:( So PLEASE if anyone has a spare ticket could you contact her at : Gyda - valtyr(a)mmedia.is This is the sad message she left at the Festival message Board... Hello my friend! I have a terrible story to tell you. (Yes, I admit that IŽm trying to let you feel sorry for me) I had been promised a ticket but suddenly after I had been flying around with a happysmile on my face for a few days and move the date of my cello-test, I got the terrible news that I had lost it. I have been pretty miserable since but I hope IŽll get my joy back if someone would bee so great to sell me a ticket. IŽm very friendly and open-minded. my sister is going and weŽll be traveling from Iceland. gyda 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: Pointing it in the wrong direction
by Mark Casarotto 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

Hello to Mrs Murdoch and her brood of sensitive types, Did anyone see the documentary on the Bay City Rollers the other night? A cautionary tale for us all... The Guardian described the Lady Shaves as "Enjoyable" this morning, commenting on how the backing band were as dour as "Campbell's labelmates Belle and Sebastian" (not sic - I can't be arsed to copy it verbatim, I'm afraid). On balance, sounds about right - a fair bit better than I thought they'd be, but then maybe I've got far too little faith. Still can't quite see Belle's voice as being "steely", though it's miles better than on The Gate (small mercies, etc.). Onto the picnic, then - certain people's lack of awareness of Sunday licensing laws made it a shade, erm, briefer than it may have been otherwise, but the Spread Eagle would have been disappointed if it had been anything else. The real shame was that no-one brought a football, especially as Shelley put in an appearance, guaranteeing the kind of welcome Ronaldo gets in Rio if she'd ever got onto the football pitch. Next time, pleeeeze, or I'll wobble my bottom lip at you... I also ended up with five packets of crisps in my bag and Pringles in my pocket. Greedy bastard. Steady Mike, you look grrreat! in the Select piccie - and Jennifer P-B, is that you banging the xylophone? Cheeky...I'm not quite sure how nice it is to be part of an officially recognised phenomenon, and I wonder what the effect on the list will be, but I did get a fair old glow of pride, so I'm not going to think too much about whether there are any negative implications. Except that anyone who comes up with any crap about "old fans being better than new fans" needs a swift rap on the knuckles with one of those heavy wooden rulers that the Duke no doubt has on his desk in Tiverton. No beer 'til Bowlie, Markxxx p.s. my spellchecker thingy has an entry for Pringles. Bless :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: This town is condemned
by Sebastian Brennan 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

Hiya Popkids! Have you missed me then? <beat> sotto voce: bloody sod yer then. Still, it's nice to see the list in such a state of rosy cheeked bounciness, though I hope its new found fame doesn't go to its head. There's nothing worse than someone getting a whiff of celebrity, and then acting like an arrogant bore... (counts to three...) I've just shot a film you know! With Uri Geller, Lulu, Stephen Fry and other famous types! As the miserable inmates of 'Days like these' might say, "It'll never get better than this!" I got to wear some fabtastic Chris Geddes jeans, and a big sheepskin jacket, and we all grooved/minced about in an authentic, seventies, crushed bollocked manner. I expect you all down the pictures when it comes out, to say how good I am. ;-) The only downside in all this cinematic fabness was that I had to stay in Sheffield. Ho. Hum. On the first day, I went looking for the City Centre. It took me a rather a long time to realise that there wasn't one. Those krrrazy sixties architects! Welcome to Sheffield, their brave new world of piss soaked walkways and spalling concrete youth centres! They say that industry's on the decline in South Yorkshire, but I could see one big yellow growth industry chomping its way through the city, excreting car parks and mounds of rubble from its grubby backside. When it comes to erasing a city's past with JCBs it seems the good burghers of sex city just can't get enough. Crunch crunch! Eat up that history! Replace it with out of town shoping malls and hipster unfriendly motorways... I slid away on a tram built with an air of european loans, to see where all the people had gone; off to Meadowhall. I've never seen a city being taken squarely up the arse before. It's not a pretty sight. Sheffield does tricks. Ex steel workers dress up as Ronald McDonald. Children scream for green cards and happy meals. America grunts and gurns on top, while Sheffield lies back and doesn't think of England. But one thing did strike me. Despite living in the worst town planning accident since the US Air Force remodelled Hiroshima High Street, the people of Sheffield are still 5 million times friendlier, and more pleasant than Londoners. And (ahah! there is a point!) so are Glaswegians, and Scousers, and Geordies....and everyone. And significantly, not only do people get nicer, but music gets better the further you move away from the M25 (Menswear....Mogwai) Why is that? Mind you, by my own argument, Thurso should be music capital of the UK, when in fact, it is the epicentre of the fish slapping community, where hairy men and women with VW combivans gather to make music using only their inner thighs and the bounty of God's deep salty waters. So I'll shut up now. Apple pie girl, Janey, why didn't you come to the picnic? I know Camden Tube's full of nutters, but we're all sweeties, honestly! At my first picnic, I sat on Primrose Hill for a bit, until I decided that the other sinisterines were'nt going to eat me, and then went and stared at them until someone had to say hello to me. I can recommend that strategy very highly. Damn. I'd have loved some apple pie :-) I haven't thought of an ending for this post. Bye bye hipsters, Uncletravellingseb +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: What on earth does Sri Lankan cricket have to do with t his list?
by Neil Dewhurst 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

Hmmm, a somewhat puzzling title perhaps? Indeed, but I came across this on cricinfo, the fab site for cricket lovers like myself. SRI LANKA Premier Tournament (Day 3 of 3): Reid Avenue: Bloomfield 358 & 276, Sebastianites 240 & 41/2. Match drawn. Bloomfield won on first innings. Maitland Place: NCC 142 & 438/4, Galle 298. Match drawn. Galle won on first innings. Kurunegala: BRC 261 & 152/2, Kurunegala 231. Match drawn. BRC won on first innings. Have some of my sinister friends been doing a spot of moonlighting? Me, I'm eagerly awaiting the result of the match between Galle & Sebastianites. Have the band ever expressed an interest in cricket? If so, I'd put a team out to challenge them to a nice game of Indoor cricket, or possibly French cricket, or possibly no cricket at all. And finally, I feel I ought to apologise to Isobel and the others for not making it to the Gentle Waves gig on Sunday. Having bought a ticket, I was just too tired after a weekend with the family, and flaked out in my girlfriend's flat. Normally I wouldn't feel bad about that, but for some reason I can't help feeling a little bit guilty. I'll make it next time, I swear, and I'll buy the album in lieu of my appearance. Regards on this sunny day in central London. Neil +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Gently Waving from the Wreckage
by L. Kerr 06 Apr '99

06 Apr '99

In a brave attempt to haul sinister from "commendable" to "essential", as designated by the Jeepster BS 6511 standard, I have nicked the review of Gentle Waves from the Guardian. The Gentle Waves improv, London/touring By Phil Daoust Tuesday April 6, 1999 You'd almost think you'd strayed into a student film club. In a central London basement, a few hundred hippish twentysomethings gaze in respectful silence at a couple of French movies. First there's a subtitled print of Les Mistons, Francois Truffaut's black-and-white short about bicycling, doomed love and stirring sexuality. Then comes Le Ballon Rouge, Albert Lamorisse's all-but-silent tale of a boy and the red balloon that is his only friend. When the double-bill draws to a close, the masses burst into applause. Stop that bandwagon now. Bittersweet French movies of the fifties are not the new rock'n'roll. This is what passes for a support act when you go to see those dippy-trippy Francophiles The Gentle Waves. What comes next should be more straightforward. Isobel Campbell, better known as a singer and cellist with Glaswegian musos Belle & Sebastian, leads six colleagues on stage and prepares to unleash her breathy, haunting vocals. She and the rest of The Gentle Waves are out to promote their debut album, The Green Fields Of Foreverland, a catchy fusion of pop and folk and country, sixties in feel but with a punked-up spin reminiscent of the Rezillos. At times it makes you want to wrap your arms around yourself and waltz around the room; at others it pulls you into an amphetamine-frantic 'mashed potato'. Campbell and Co almost do the business. They run through most of their (very short) album, and throw in a handful of new numbers, including a storming trumpet-led instrumental called Grazing In The Grass and a sexed-up number with the very un-Campbell lines, 'Slip inside of me/I'll open the gates'. The playing can't be faulted, and the combination of Campbell's delicate features and steel-in-velvet voice is a moving one. Yet the 45 minutes of live performance comes out even odder, even less rock'n'roll, than what preceded it. The whole band - Campbell included - seem to be auditioning for jobs as tailor's dummies. They move whatever limbs are required to operate their instruments, but little else. Just as Belle & Sebastian have become known for their dour approach to gigging, this spin-off group act as if they will be struck by lightning if they smile, let alone shake a leg. They seem so wrapped up in their music you wonder if they've forgotten they've got an audience. And, true enough, Campbell looks first surprised, then embarrassed, when her fans applaud. Whether this abstracted musicianship is down to arrogance or life-and-death professionalism, your mind can't content itself with this blank canvas. After a while, it starts creating its own images: woman running through field in floaty dress; windswept face in a sixties convertible; sunshine making a rainbow in a torrent of tears. The band become invisible and you might almost be listening to a CD. It's certainly a novel way to run a gig - first get the visuals out of the way, then tackle the music. But I'm not sure that it'll catch on. Linda 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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