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Sinister: Bowlie: Bloody Amazing
by David Moore 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

Hi fragrant Sinistereens (& you sweaty, smoky, beer-soaked ones as well) Tales From the Front Line: Others will talk more eloquently & intelligently about the phenomenon that was The Bowlie. These are just some snapshots before the daylight of advancing years erases the emulsion of my memory (In The Canyons Of My Mind) Having gone to Camber to see Belle & Sebastian play we resolved to actually see them. Therefore we started by queuing outside the doors of Stage 1 at about twenty to four. Having been admitted, we sauntered to the barrier where we remained for the next 6 hours until they stepped on stage(Thanks go to kind neighbour on the left who swelled to twice his normal size to keep my place whilst I dashed off after Broadcast to empty my bladder which had swelled.......well, I guess you get the idea. The guys on either side of me changed three times whilst I was there!) Cornelius were entertaining, Ladybug Transistor were pretty (& had cool guitar straps), Broadcast were pretty entertaining (I love Come on Lets Go & The Booklovers, and the new stuff sounded great also), Mercury Rev were amazingly good (I had expected them to be pretty weedy, like that album) and then there was Belle & Sebastian. Honey has a copy of the setlist, and can put it on the Sinisterweb. Bits I liked: Everything!, and Stuart doing a little Steps dance during The Wrong Girl (Stevie sings "true love" & SM holds his hands over his heart/Stevie sings "looking" and SM shades his eyes to scan the horizon). Stuart had to have the words to If You're Feeling Sinister in front of him (but still fluffed them at one point) but his face broke into a smile and confidence grew when the audience joined him on the chorus. Sarah had an enormous grin on her face the whole time. Monica Queen: how can so much vocal power come out of one so small? Stuart playing sax, as well as trumpet. (Sinister smut injection: he couldn't finger his horn properly until he'd wet the tip sufficently. Come to that, earlier it took 4 guys to lift Chris' organ on stage.) The whole band rocking out on The Kids Are Alright, with Chris playing bass and singing so loud the veins stood out on his neck (Mick sang really well also). The sound was crystal clear (merci beaucoup a l'ingenieur du son extraordinaire, et pardonnez moi, votre nom m'echappe au moment). It was great, one of the best gigs I've been to and thanks to all concerned. Please show the video on Channel 4 not MTV, because I don't have cable or satellite (& neither does Katrina!) Love to All, & I hope all those at Camber Sands can get home in an hour and a quarter too! DM,C,UK - (Hi Chris!) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Das Leben ist wie eine Huhneleiter
by David Moore 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

Hi All Sorry this is bad (but it is also short.) This is to curse the evil security man at the B&S Bowlie gig (the only one in the black shirt). There may have been an edict from the band for no flash photography, but the malevolent delight he took in carrying this out: diving on people, seizing their cameras, ripping out their films to expose them (their treasured Bowlie holiday snaps!) was beyong disgusting. I'm glad the band were not aware of this going on or they would have been made more nervous than they (at times) seemed to be. At one time he lunged on top of me without warning, pushing me down to grab another poor fan's camera. I hope he receives his just deserts if not in this then a subsequent life. Apologies for sending bad vibes to the list but I had to get it out of my system. Otherwise the gig and weekend were absolutely fantastic (positive post to follow) and all other Topguard personnel were invariable courteous & helpful. David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: beware the jubjub bird
by Genevieve Wesley 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

I look around and it looks pretty quiet...I am awaiting the flood of stories come monday and tuesday! I won`t comment on some of those particularly rude and rambunctious (that`s a word,yes?) news from bowlie but i am particulary enthralled with Stuart Murdoch driving a big red van around the site. It`s a lovely image,yes? I`ll bet he has a healthy glow,coconut sunscreen, the sea air in his lungs,the pale limbs finally seeing the sun after a long winter in the studio... Stuart David---"fresh as the day he was born"?? now you`re just teasing me! its too much..its overload you know!! on saturday i went to a job fair,cos i`m going to get a job so i can go to future bowlies,sadly,i must say,most of these jobs were for college and university diploma holders only,techie stuff, i took the chocolate kisses off their desks,and that was as far as my interest got. I also checked out all the new bikinis and tankinis,to kind of make-pretend i was in a more summery-resort,and sadly, HONEY,this should be of interest to you,not too much at all,some ugly plaids and overpowering yeloows. I wonder in Stuart was going around shaking every 3000 one of your hands,being the perfect little host? oh dear sinisterines,i have only vivid little dreams to play with! Gunther hasn`t even mailed me! Did any of you see him? He`s quite tall,he`s hard to miss,he`s quite the original.I`m worried though,sometimes he doesn`t work well with others,i hope everyone was nice to him. bye bye, L!U!V!... gen ______________________________________________________ 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: i fought for my right...last night
by Kimberly Rehak 26 Apr '99

26 Apr '99

in marie's post referring to the beastie boys/kielbasa party we attended last night she forget to mention that i got married! at 12:05 this morning [eastern time] my friend and i got married. it was the first marriage for both. sadly, though, after he left the party--i lost my husband. we were divorced. :( i think i am going to make a shirt that says "instead of going to bowlie, i got married" wadda ya say? besides that, i can't feel the right side of my bum. i think when i was not paying attention someone shot some novocaine in my bum. if i ever find out who did this to me, i am going to confront him, tell him what an evil evil man he is (because this CAN NOT be the work of a woman), then run to my cinderblock hole, relay to my bunny the brave thing i just did, and have her pat me on the back for all of my commendable fortitude. how about this one for a shirt: "instead of going to bowlie, i got numb in the bum" eh? eh? well, by recording all of this information for all of you, i am ever-so-gallantly skipping my Germanistik (is that right?). test tomorrow! tata~ KIMberly xx the recently divorced (recently SINGLE) girl "you can't make love out of plastic and clay" ps. if anyone wants to hear a really good joke about a leper, email me privately +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 gotta fight for yr right....
by Marie Elia 25 Apr '99

25 Apr '99

dearest sinister-- yes, well, while you lot are having yr tw** little shenanigans in nambly-pambly camber sands, miss kimmy and i got to strut our stuff at... a Beastie-Boys-&-Kielbasa party! yes, hours upon hours of nothing but the beastie boys, and the fare included kielbasa (mmm, charred on a little portable grill on the porch) and beer. guests included a bunch of drunken students trying to find the beat and groove to it, not to mention very poor rapping and lots of 'raising the roof'. i personally spent the night taking pictures (being sober due to an evil stomach flu) and heading to the porch to battle the smoke from the grill with my cigarette smoke... sometime around 11:30, kimmy and i let up a rousing cry of "bollocks on bowlie!" hey, we had the beastie boys! anyway, i find it terribly amusing that honey and other sinister folk found time and relative lucidity to let us in on the bowlie happenings.... internet dorks of the world unite! xo, marie ps-- kim -- was that embarrassing? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: a nervous boy writes.....
by Paul McAllister 25 Apr '99

25 Apr '99

hello there, fellow sinisterettes and esses (correct terminology?). Well, this being my first posting, I am am a wee bit apprehensive but have just about overcome my nervousness. I shouldn't be nervous really. Most of you are at Bowlie anyway. I really have fallen in love with the world of b&s over the last four months or so. I had thought being a relative newcomer would result in perhaps being shunned in some way, but you all seem such a friendly lot I don't mind admitting I hadn't heard anything by the band until January. The first song I heard was It Could Have Been a Brilliant Career. It was on a long coach journey to Suffolk for some geography fieldwork and I'd borrowed TBWTAS off a friend. ICHBABC took me by surprise - it was nothing like I expected (i had some preconcieved view, can't recall what) but I absolutely loved it. I listened to the rest of the album in somewhat of a trance. When I got to the end, I sat in silence for a few minutes pondering what I'd heard. The last album that had such a profound effect on me with the first listening listening had been The Stone Roses. I knew I'd just heard something very special so immediately began the album again and sat for an another hour in my own little world. Over the weekend that followed (which consisted of a series of very very boring (and freezing cold) fieldwork experiments) I found every possbile opportunity to sneak back to my room and listen to a bit more of the album. By the time I got home I was completely hooked. I went straight out and bought TBWTAS and got sinister at the same time. Sinister didnt have *quite* the same effect on the first listening but has since grown on me immensely and now I couldn't choose between the two. Over the month following my fieldtrip, I got hold of the four EPs and began a desperate search for Tigermilk. I found out pretty quickly that it was going to be very hard (or rather expensive, being a student) to get hold of. I have now got a copy but only on tape, I'm afraid. Well, four months on, and if anything I love the band even more. They've even taken the place of the Stone Roses as the most played band on my stereo (actually with the exception of Mogwai and Godspeed You Black Emporer, they're virtually the only band on my stereo). Well, I've rambled on enough for my first posting so I'll leave you in peace. Bowlie should be in full swing now. What I'd give to be there....... cheers -paul- PS if there are any other people on the list from Milton Keynes then I'd love to hear from you. This town really bores me. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: mystery song(no b&s)
by Bellequasi＠aol.com 25 Apr '99

25 Apr '99

there's a song i heard the other day , an old one , and i was wondering if anyone might know them name of it and the title. I've heard the song before and ran the tune by my mom hoping she'd know but she couldn't name it for me. so hear it goes, the only line i know is, and this is only slightly right-"she was a day tripper..." then it theres a part where it gets more upbeat and goes "hey! hey! hey!" then theres a cute little horn part i think. help me please it's been in my head for days, i need to know!! kristie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: lucksmiths
by Michael Korchia 25 Apr '99

25 Apr '99

A message i've been asked to send I guess this is not off topic! You might have been fortunate enough to catch a glimpse of the fabulous Lucksmiths trio opening for Belle & Sebastian on three of the european dates last fall. If you did, or if you're curious, you might want to check out their wonderful new full-length CD called "Happy Secret", just released on their home label Candle Records. For more info, have a look ontheir web site (www.candlerecords.co.au) __^o^__ Michael Korchia mkorchia(a)club-internet.fr Watoo Watoo Homepage : http://www.multimania.com/watoo/ Mumbly Homepage : http://www.multimania.com/aurore/emumbly.htm +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Own Private Hi-De-Hi
by Gary Parkinson 25 Apr '99

25 Apr '99

Dear Chickpeas Bowlie? Ha! I spit on your Hi-De-Hi antics! I wouldn't have gone even if i could've. So I decided to have my own festival right here in Gazzoid Mansions, romantically located in the steaming heart of Whalley Range, on the mouldering crust of Manchester. All my friends are here, some of them are even knitted and stuffed with kapok. We have drunk cider from a really big bottle and now we're all really pissed. Oops. My trousers just fell down. We have posters of all our favourite popstars lined up on the walls and we are licking them with our tongues. Spike out of 911 has virtually no face left, just some sodden paper and a blob of spittle. It's a good look for him. I am dressed as Sue Pollard, and as I haven't been able to come up with a remote wanking machine, I'm having to do it by hand. Most people don't seem to mind. My tape player is broke (I threw it out the window into the swimming pool because I don't have a TV - I don't have a swimming pool either, I made that bit up; but there were some small puddles on account of it raining all weekend), so we've been singing for entertainment. 'D'Oh! A Deer' is very popular, mainly because it's the only one I know all the words to. And 'Sexy Boy' by Air. Anyway, I'll have to go now, I'm having an excitement-induced heart attack. If I can find my way back to my chalet/back bedroom. Aren't all you Bowlie kids jealous now? Gloves and mittens, Gazzoid, camping it up on his own. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: My Own Private Hi-De-Hi
by Ihamilt＠aol.com 25 Apr '99

25 Apr '99

Thats quite simply the funniest post ive read on here in a long time. I salute you sir. My entire Bowlie type festivities consisted of a packed dance floor (The Attic, Irvine High Street) frugging to " The Boy with the Arab Strap". Well not quite packed, there was only me and Susan and some scary looking guy who danced to every song, all night, with one hand behind is back and the other making funny aeroplane type movements. The night was spoiled somewhat when i saw some horible wee ned throw a bottle at this guy , seemingly for wearing make up. And even thats tenuosly Bowlie esque,a s such incidents caused the "rebranding" of Butlins in Ayr, former workplacee of Stuart Murdoch and intended venue for the Bowlie. Anyway, im off back to bed. have fun iain +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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