April 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

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by Lance Bangs 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

oh, I left off "I don't love anyone" which was played after "sinister' and before "paper boats"... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: bowlie set list
by Lance Bangs 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

Bowlie was truly wonderfull, with most of the bands performing the best shows I have seen from them, rising to the occasion. Belle and Sebastian played a relatively long set, and I don't think I've seen anyone on Sinister post the set list yet. Based on my recollection it went something like Slow Graffitti Seeing Other People dog on wheels century of fakers the wrong girl i know where the summer goes (whos that girl?) a stuart david song I didn't recognize simple things if yr feeling sinister Paper Boats the boy with the Arab Strap Photo Jenny A new upbeat Isabelle song, very Motown sounding Lazy line Painter Jane The Kids Are Allright Other highlights? Mogwai covering Joy Division, the stunning set by the Flaming Lips, the hush that fell over the small crowd downstairs as Dean Wareham played Galaxie 500's "blue thunder" and proceeded to cover Beat Happenings "Indian Summer" and Johnathan Richman's "Don't Let our youth go to waste" as people wept while smiling... just seeing all of the kids milling about, talking, getting into trouble.... The crowd was great, and very receptive to everything. I was worried that people wouldn't neccesarily get into Sleater-Kinney since they are much more of a rock band than most of the acts, but people were freaking out and dancing and screaming between their songs, which inspired them to play a particularly good show. Jarvis's DJing was peculiar, with awkwardly segued songs like "Funky Cold Medina" and "Can't Touch This." I kid you not. It was fun though, and seeing the floor filled with fans, most of Stereolab, Elliott Smith, and Sleater-Kinney all madly dancing as he spun "White Lines" was a blast. Salako's late night chalet acoustic shows were fun, with various people (cornelius, stuart david) taking turns playing backed by them.... David and Katrina worked tirelessly at the merchandise table, and yet always seemed to be happy to meet people and enjoy all of the mayhem around them. Cheers. The whole thing was such a blast, and Neil and Stuart and everyone that put it together should be very pleased with what an amazing event they managed to pull off..... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Shyness is nice...
by paul sallis 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

Hello happy campers & absent friends, I know its all been said already but Bowlie was orgasmically good (just ask the lucky victims of the remote wanking machine). Being a slave to the all powerful Gods of shyness and awkwardness I failed dismally to approach any of my fellow inverted badge clan (of which I spotted at least five) and unluckily I didn't see the Sunday picnic notice until about 4 hours after it had started. But even without the moral guidance of you lovely mystical internet people I still managed to have a weekend full of debauchered frolics and gay abandon. highlights: - dancing to The Smiths in the pouring rain on Friday night after being gently lulled, like frightened lambs, out of the relative safety of the chalet by our neighbours across the way. - Seeing Jarvis Cocker mope around the place in a strop because no-one was paying any attention to him. - Turning on the telly Saturday morning to find the social and pyschological commentary of genius that is the wonderful Charlie and the chocolate factory. - Sitting on the beach Monday morning drinking red-wine and talking absolute shite for hours. - Belle and Sebastians set, which was so incredible you could have painted it green sent it out to beatup badguys. - lying in the sun sipping Champagne and eating Ambrosia creamed rice with jam. And then leaping to the stereo to try and get it dead in time with our opposite neighbours stereo (both playing Dog on wheels) thus giving a pseudo-surround sound effect to our little corner of the site, and knowing that when I shouted across that "Its 3-6-9 next" that they would instantly understand me and put it straight on. - Seeing the big friendly camp-bloke from the Flaming lips attack a giant gong with more style and grace than I thought humanly possible. - Looper (short'n'sweet, with good typewriter sounds from Karn), Mogwai (interesting for 10 mins), Sleater-Kinney (I swear the drummer kept winking at me), Cornelius (for the outstanding 1-2-3-4-5-6 track and the footy one too), The Divine Comedy (for playing really tideous songs at the start thus provoking me to go off and see the Lips instead), - Dancing for hours like an absolute fool to cheesey-funk and loving every minute of it. Apologies & Empathy: - To anyone who witnessed my scary David Bryne'esque dancing. - To the poor girl whos foot I landed on while moshing to Smells like teen spirit. - To the Pontins cleaners who had to wakes myself & friends up at 12:30 Monday afternoon before they could get in to clean up our mess. - To Karen, the History of Art student from Glasgow, who lost a lovely pair of white shoes at the beach gathering Monday morning (after burrying them by accident). - To my lovely, stripey-blue woolly hat that I lost on Monday and mourn for deeply ::sigh::. - To Kim for your loss. Bye bye people, hopefully I can hide from you all again in September, Paul. _________________________________________________________ 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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Re: Sinister: Momus is Marvelous
by Putneysays＠aol.com 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

Dear Listerines, I know I've promised never to post 'sinister' ever again, but I'm in a dill of a pickle and I don't exactly know how to solve it. Thank you for mentioning Momus, for my dilemma directly refers to him. I don't know if many of you are aware of the karaoke parody competition from the last album, The Little Red Songbook, but I've written Sinister-related lyrics to the song "Who Is Mr. Jones?" and I need some help with them. Suggestions, questions, comments, death threats, and those few gilmmers of praise are welcome. Remember, I am only 15, and therefore nothing but a mere stupid high school kid, so my writing probably is not up to par...however, I liked them. Sort of. So here you go: "Who Is Elvis?" by Susannah Grossman *Inspired by listening to "A Century Of Elvis" from the Belle and Sebastian EP Lazy Line Painter Jane* Stuart David at the height of his fame got asked the same question once, then again In a closet of cardigans. "Tell us, Stu, who really is that Elvis?" Stuart stammered, "ask the 'Sinister' list, they seem to know everything- or ask Jeepster Sub Pop, or wee Karn she's a lot smarter than me, at least she's supposed to sit down when she pees as opposed...to dainty me." Stuart David at the start of his fame got asked the same question once, then again in a closet of cardigans. "Tell us, Stu, who really is that Elvis?" Stuart, probably scared to death looked for a place to run and hide. "Is he a sprig of broccolli, a cat or some pajamas? Does this Elvis like to play in a band with the high llamas?" <--that line is cheesy, someone please help me Poor Stuart is now crying from all of this attention and as he ran away, this is what he was heard to say: "Elvis is and was a man...who rifles through my trash Elvis is, and was a man...who rifles through my trash." So there you have my crappy lyrics, that I wrote last night dreaming of fame and fortune, Momus style. Any disparaging remarks, are welcome, please! -Susannah the Pitiful +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Bowlietastic
by Sarah Wheeler 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

Well I am only just starting to feel like I might be getting over the bout of food poisoning that smacked me in the mouth (and down the nostrils too, to boot) on Monday morning, just prior to a tortuous 9.5 hour bus journey home in the company of the arsiest moaniest oldiest Glasgwegians EVER. They had fair comment though. I mean, why should a bus from London to Glasgow take longer than a bus from Glasgow to Blackpool. It really does defy logic!!!!!!! Arses! Oh my oh my....'twas wonderful. Highlight for me was (well with the exception of the Belles, obviously), Stevie trousers recognising me from the people page and introducing me to loads of sinister folk. Hi to Stevie trousers, Ailsa, Alix, Mark C, Kevan, Matthew, Funkyseb, Tim, and oh just everyone else too. Other highlights: Our chalet mate, Tom, calling Steve Lamacq a wanker for telling him that he wouldn't play SFA 'cos he was only playing pop not indie (this while Kennedy was being played!) Me shaking Struan's hand, and him saying that he hoped he didn't go red when they played. Aaah, the rest is a blur. Rowlie on the next Bowlie! Love Sarah W xx ======================= Sarah Wheeler Room 106 West Medical Building University of Glasgow GLASGOW G12 8QQ 0141-339 8855 ext.2860 ======================= +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: sinister-digest V3 #131
by Benjamin M. Poremski 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

We're back in New York after the Bowlie sextravaganza. I seem to have come down with the plague. Who was the zero-case of this social disease? And just what WERE we doing to have all contracted the same illness? It was a smashing time, or shit, I can't remember. Laurel tells me I looked to be having fun, but all I can remember is the leering face of Tim Hopkins wavering in front of me over yet another pint of Beamish 'stout'. Actually it WAS smashing and I met a ton of the best people on earth. You know who you are. My memory of the football has been jogged by this bit of smack posted to Sinister: "The Looper team would have undoubtably won the footie final had they managed a single shot on goal. Big Tam was barely in a condition to stand up, let alone save a shot. The unfortunate though inevitable conclusion is that Looper just weren't good enough to win. Better luck next time lads." Oooo you who don't understand the intricacy of football management. Our strategy was to wait until the danger man in the Scotland top bled himself into unconsciousness. He was losing gallons-- the pitch looked like the set of an Italian slasher flick. Anyhow, we figured that would happen in the first five minutes of extra time, but the frigging ref double-crossed us by deciding on penalties. Good enough to win? You betcha. Last bit. Anyone who saw that "Curse of the Flying Hellfish" episode of the Simpsons will recognize the competition I'm proposing. Whoever is the last living soul to remove the awful orange wrist tape from the Bowlie wins a biscuit-encrusted cardie from Honey's wardrobe. (N.B.: I don't actually have the cardigan in question, but if Honey can't provide one, I will create a facsimile.) As I removed my wrist band at Trouser's pad on Monday, I've already lost, but I am sure that there are people out there aiming for the Grand Saddo Cup: let's hear about it in, let's say, a month. Benjamin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: boools
by M223CMellan 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

did our keith email the eving session last night , saying that bowlie was ace, and requesting the new sleaterkinney song? or was it another keith? bowlie sonded ace - please appeakl fora scotish un baby chris Cristalballs +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by Tony 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

>i was going to mention the stuff about the rabbit I thought that was just hallucinations as a result of the 3 day bender. >and the stuff about the seagulls, they had it coming though...it was 5 am for christsakes >It wasnt the music i objected to, just the basic concept of sitting in a >circle with an acoustic guitar and a tambourine. I thought it was some strange Scottish birthday ritual, nice to be invited though... >So back to not having anything to look forward to... Apart from the Handsome Family and Calexico tonight Tony ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: You're Going Home in a FLUFFY Ambulance!
by PJMiller 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

Sod setlists, it's teamsheets I'm interested in! Did we really come second? Well done, chaps! I would like to take full credit for this monumental achievement, but that might be considered unfair. Speaking of which, I have no idea who Camera Obscura are, but they are a bunch of cheating fuckwits who don't know who they're messing with and they will definitely get theirs next year. I bet their records are shit as well, if anyone's been daft enough to let them record any. I'm not surprised Belle and Sebastian went out first round either, because they are soft as grease and as daft as brushes also to boot, as they say on the CHEEPSTER records website. Speaking of which, I'm sure you all remember CHEEPSTER's claim that the Bowlie Weekender was for "the intelligentsia of the alternative scene". Let's have a quick sift through the evidence to see whether this proved to be true, shall we? Here are some extracts from Bowlie posts: ----------------------------------------------- Me and Chris have a remote wanking machine and we're using it to toss off random pop stars. Trousers' pants ffell down and we all saw his winky. Chris Leonard to any passer by 'I'm wanking you off on my wank machine' I've got sand up my bumhole ------------------------------------------------------- Hmmm. A special thank you to KEITH WATSON for WANKING ME OFF at the weekend. Just the once would have been enough, Keith. And was it entirely necessary to do it to the tune of "Iron Man" by Black Sabbath? Anyway, I've been so impressed by your tales of fun and frolics that I've just booked up for the World Darts Championships at Camber Sands. See you all there! Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Quite too many sheep for my liking
by Mark Casarotto 28 Apr '99

28 Apr '99

Best Bowlie bites: Ben's solidity at the back of the park, Trousers' trousers and Jim's fortitude between the sticks, despite getting belted in the face by his own team-mate - Damon, say you're sorry to the nice gentleman! And to Looper for needing to soundcheck and allowing us to take their place (I heard one of AC Acoustics, after we'd hammered them in the 2nd round, muttering that Looper had brought in ringers, which made me wet myself at the prospect) - shame we actually had to miss their set as a result :( Stuart M gentling ribbing me (missus!) for failing to get knocked out of the footie competition (and my legs still hurt, not least where Alasdair Cook, the world's best footballer (TM) callously took me from behind (missus!), though my buttocks aren't too bad). The impromptu set of Rod Stewart and Simon and Garfunkel standards belted through a megaphone by Struan, Stevie and a suspiciously giggly Sarah at the crowd as dusk fell on the Friday night. The ability of salt to soak red wine from carpets (seven spillages over the weekend - is this a record?). Meeting for the first time Fluffy, Ben, Laurel, Sarah W, CarsmileStevethenicestmanintheworld, Arantxachacha, Robin, Olga, Jordi, DM,C,UK, Joss, Damon, Giita, Giita's chum, bugger this is getting tricky, erm, oh yes, Ally&Ailsathenicestflatmatesintheworld, and several others who I am ashamed not to be mentioning, but you're all lovely. Meeting all the people I've already met, but who are equally lovely and too numerous to list. A photograph proving that Alix Campbell is the most beautiful woman in the world - it'll be on Honey's photo page before you can say Cate Blanchett. Lazy Line Painter Jane, with Monica proving that the size of your gob can be inversely proportional to the slightness of your stature (I can think of a few others this is relevant to :)). Tim's doppelganger did getting his come-uppance - I made him run up and down an unfeasibly large amount during his cameo as supersub for the Sinister footie team, and he almost cracked his skull into the bargain - let that be a lesson to him. Honey letting me rant on for ages about various thing, and harangue him when he made the mistake of giving me his mobile number, and meeting the Duke of Harringay who does, in a very real sense, rule the school. Worst bits: Pontins. They fucking suck. Pontins security - getting threatened with being chucked off site for having a party at 11pm when the entire place was heaving at 3am, though to be fair we did deserve having our heads knocked together for the abuse we were shouting at them from the safety of our balcony (ahem). Pontins check-in arrangements. What a joke. Pontins' fucking security wanker who felt the need to expose everybody's film during B&S's set. Probably the same one who sexually harassed several of the female guests, if reports are true... Not being able to stay the course on Saturday night thanks to far more exertion in the 5-a-side than I could cope with. Having far too much to do to actually see all that many bands - and Luna being onstage far too close to B&S. Snot fair... Hangovers. I am quite honestly still recovering. And no doubt loads more stuff that needs to be said, but will have to make occasional appearances in future letters as my memory's too fuzzy to mention anything else. I am sorry that I missed Nick Dastoor selling his body, especially at such a bargain price - I strongly advice any lovelorn sinisterines to get their kicks at foxy Nick's, as he doesn't really look like Neil Morrissey any more... So back to not having anything to look forward to... :( Love Mark xxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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