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Sinister: Mornington Crescent
by Adam Chapman 26 May '99

26 May '99

Hello. The weather is for once fairly un-spring like [i.e. pleasant and sunny, well at least in Yeovil], the discordant strains of *roll out the barrel* waft through the open window, and on the sinister list, another newbie signs on after exiting the nursery via a well aimed toy brick through the window that is a voice.... Now thats out of the way i should say that its good to be out, and gamboling across the green fields of foreverland that is sinster rather than revising for my a levels like a good boy. Now to business! [this doesn't warrant an '!', ? Sorry, but thats too bad]. Few people ever bother to describe me but if pressed they might... However, i live in Yeovil, Somerset [ best known, if at all for producing helicopters, one of which is buzzing over as i type, a marginally famous non league soccer team [now sadly sans its sloping pitch], and home for a while to one Ian Botham. It is something of a musical desert though, b+s cds are thankfully plentiful if expensive. The same can't be said for fans though. Thats all for now i'm off to enjoy the sunshine and wait for tigermilk, [is it wicked not to punctuate?] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx... Adam *duncan* Chapman "Because I know that you know, that we know they don't know whats been going on.... " Gruff Rhys, SFA, 'Demons' ______________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The Ballad of Mashy and Tashy
by Iain McGilp 26 May '99

26 May '99

Hey, hey, hey, All this talk about pets, especially fish has to stop. Its making me maudlin, as it reminds me of my two long-lost goldfish, Mashy and Tashy (no laughing!), who met a most untimely and horrendous end. I sat on them. I'd rather not say anything else, as my eyes are misting up as we speak. Apologies to anyone in Dundee, but Seymour Stein is a jammy bastard if he hasn't yet been there. Even Dundonians concur that its the shittiest place in the world, with the exception of my home town Hamilton, which is generally viewed with abject terror by most outsiders (Fact: Hamilton was the first place in Britain to have the curfew imposed for under 16s. Now that's something to be proud of), Montrose, a grim former fishing port that is caught somewhere in the mid-sixties (you know the town in "Heartbeat"? Its like that, only with more neds. And a fishy odour), and Arbroath, half way between Dundee and Montrose (that's bad), which is like Dundee's scabbiest estate dropped on the grimmest part of the North Sea coast, with the added bonus of even more neds, a huge percentage of jakies per capita and a large military base nearby, hereby guarunteeing you a good kicking every night. For the rest of your life. (An example of Arbroath/Montrose patter: 2 minutes before suffering a massive heart attack former Arbroath F.C. and Montrose F.C. (now officially the worst footie team in Scotland. Congratulations to everyone involved.) gaffer Tommy Campbell was heard to announce: "Fuck me wi'a shovel, I feel pish!"). I got no more to say. Iain McG. ---------------------- Iain McGilp u02nim(a)abdn.ac.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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Dead Ringers & CO lumbus
by Mick McMick * Sandcastle Records 26 May '99

26 May '99

Hi, I sent part of this yesterday from a school terminal. Silly me, I forgot that the terminal used a slightly different address, so it didn't go through. So er, it's attached at the end of this mail. A couple things before that...if you're going to name your fish Truck Turner or Shaft, why not Blackula? Our fish, as a rule, never had names. I think it was because Ick got them faster than we would have been able to give them names. I never stuck any of them up nose, ears, or anywhere else, though. Marie Elia was talking about record stores in Columbus. The store where you found the Gentle Waves CD is actually called Magnolia Thunderpussy. My friend was just telling me of the selection of Joy Division shirts to be had there. Also, Used Kids was once a bevy of treasured P!O!P! platters, but the aforementioned friend raids it daily. Still, he misses things, and I don't think he likes post-rock, so there you go. His new favorite record store is in Detroit, though, so you'd have to fight him about Used Kids being the best store anywhere. Speaking of which, we went to see St. Etienne there last night. So Jessica's not the only one, though maybe the only one in Toronto. It was fun, but I got back at 4:30 AM. Oh, and one last thing. Warm Dr. Pepper is one of the foulest substances known to man or beast. Cold Dr. Pepper is good, but I have to draw the line someone. Right there. See? Alright, here's that old e-mail I wrote yesterday...(I think) > Hello All, > Apologies for my being unable to quote people or to have a > signature, but I'm using a uni terminal and all it's got is Pine. Do you > know what PINE stands for? P.ine I.s N.ot E.lm. Elm, being another, even > less appealing mail program. Or so I've heard, anyway. While we're on the > subject of acronyms, don't believe anyone who tells you KMFDM stands for > Kill MotherFucking Depeche Mode. It actually means "No Putty for the > Majority" in German. Or was it Pity? Idunno, but putty is a precious > commodity. > Magnetic Megan discovered a New Order video comp the last time we > were in Columbus, and kindly allowed me to purchase it instead of keeping > it for herself. As we watched this, we discovered that Stuart Murdoch is a > dead ringer for Bernard Sumner! Before he went Electronic, of course. > Speaking of which, I thought the new album was crap. > Oh, and this is content too! I finally got to hear the Genteel > Waifs LP. We actually got it at my radio station. I listened to the > entire thing in one gulp. Pretty easy considering it, like the Looper > album, is immensely short. I think the strongest comparison I can make for > it is that it sounds precisely like all the music from Sesame Street when > I was a kid, but with Isobel singing too. Not like the music for Mr. > Rogers, note you, that was all jazzy. Not sure if that's a selling point, > but it works for me. > Lastly, Ailsa I don't really have any bagpiped songs besides Slap > the Cock Around. I do have a CD by the world's only tampon applicatorist. > If you're wondering, he plays it a bit like a slide whistle, but it sounds > more like a cardboard recorder. I won't relate the story of how he learned > to play it. Lets just say that the smut content of such a message might > even be more impressive than the girl who said she had no gag reflexes. > Hm...no, I don't think I can beat that one. > > Signatureless, > > Mick. Signatured, /"\_/"\_/"\ Brian Pennington, a.k.a. Mick McMick; Sandcastle Records \ / bp224996(a)ohiou.edu ICQ#5056758 | | Sandcastle Recs Homepage: http://www.frognet.net/~mick/ | | "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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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by Jan Imgrund 26 May '99

26 May '99

courtney said: > Oh, and I have a tatoo over my heart of the strawberry from Beat > Happening's Jamboree album >My most recent adventure was mud wrestling last weekend. I have > photos to prove it. uh oh, jessicaxo, there comes competition... do you have a homepage yet, Courtney? > Funny how I always e-mail more when I'm supposed to be revising. me too :) J@n The Dark Site of the Moon: http://perso.club-internet.fr/jimgrund/index.html Tindersticks page: http://perso.club-internet.fr/jimgrund/tinderpage/tinder.html To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. -Oscar Wilde +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Response to rebelstrange's message from a gayboy
by McQuain, Chris 26 May '99

26 May '99

I saw the 'glad to be gay' message from rebelstrange on 5/21 and thought I'd drop a brief (?) line. I'm one of the gayboys who is in love with B&S (I find Stuart M. particularly crush-worthy, but they're all so beautiful and I listen to the Gentle Waves every single day), and I have a theory: This whole 'gay community' thing, aside from the political belief that we must have legal recourse to guarantee that we are not fired or denied housing or harassed or threatened, is for the fucking birds. I have gay friends, I have straight friends, but I don't care in the least about gay/straight and neither do they. Maybe it's different for the girls, but for the boys (I'm 23, so maybe I can only speak about the 20-something boys), there seems to be nothing but cheapness, tawdriness, anti-love, anti-feelings, false machismo, etc, in our 'scene'. Going to gaybars is sickeningly similar to going to a college fraternity house where everybody is interested only in preening, asserting their superiority, and drinking/fucking. It's like a bunch of typically heterofratboys allowed to go out of control, all the aggression and 'masculinity' entirely out of balance. Some ferocity and aggression have their place, in girls and in boys, but surely not without some value placed on love, affection, consideration and kindness? It's a sad day when the most visible and vocal parts of your local gay (male? again, I can only speak for my experience) community are intent on erasing their vulnerability, anything 'feminine', from themselves, and I believe that's the day we're living in, at least here in Portland (Oregon, USA). Belle & Sebastian, whether or not any of them are gay or straight (and I'm sure they're smart and sensitive enough to know that it hardly matters), have an undeniably genderless/sexless outlook, a sweetly androgynous worldview that asserts the bright light of its innocuousness out into the harsh, competitive, mean-spirited world. Belle & Sebastian and all the side groups emanate something so childlike and comforting, it's really a joy to listen to it and know that the 'little people' and the 'little things' aren't insignificant to everybody. I'm sure none of us are overly concerned with our genders or sexual orientations, accepting of all of them. The things that bind us are so much deeper and more beautiful than gender/sex, which are only issues because of the cruel and stupid people of the world, anyway. If it's a surprise to anybody that there are a lot of queer boys who are into Belle & Sebastian, I'd say it's nothing but the most pleasant kind of surprise, I'm sure there are throngs of us who aren't obsessed with the macho posturing or the bitchy competitiveness, who in fact need an antidote. I've decided that the next guy I date MUST be into Belle & Sebastian, I really believe it says a lot (not everything, of course, but maybe enough?) about a person. And now, softly to sleep.... -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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: YOU OWE ME SOMETHING (to Man. Utd. followers, obviously...)
by Jordi Trenzano i Vilar 26 May '99

26 May '99

My spiritual presence (hours of queue avoid me of getting a ticket) has made Man. Utd win. ThereŽs no doubt about it. I WANT A REWARD. IŽm so strong that I even predicted this weird final. My cat is the witness: she can explain it to you perfectly, but sheŽs sleeping now. So, itŽs better not to bother her... IŽve noticed lots of Man. Utd. followers near the Ramblas this morning. I wanted to wear my B&S t-shirt, but, honestly, I also wanted to avoid some beer stains on my chest. ItŽs not exagerate, as it has happened to some radio journalists. Sorry to all the people who doesnŽt follow football (but a more important apologise to any B.Munchen follower). IŽve got to finish a boring piece of work, so I needed to say something. Yesterday I sent my Stu MŽs scanned autograph to Honey, so I hope that heŽll be putting it in the sinister page soon. ItŽs a sad week for me: after a lovely long weekend, IŽm without cash for the following, so I wonŽt be able to attend neither The Make-Up or Rialto, who are playing friday and saturday. I hope youŽll have a better one ================================================== Jordiet Sinistre ================================================== Tu E-Mail Gratis en http://www.mixmail.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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: cool pet names
by Etheriel99＠aol.com 26 May '99

26 May '99

Cheerios! If I could rename my dog, I'd call him Momo or Mojo...He's had an interesting change of names over the past few years...I suppose that dogs will often come no matter what you call them ("hey bastard!")...Just as long as you shout it in their general direction... ...My dog's name right now is Bruno...he used to be called Blackie...then Rocky...of course these were names I chose when I was 6 or 7... though I'd imagine kids to be bursting with imagination and wonder at that age, I was quite dull...I suppose Bruno will do for now...besides he's far too old at 13 to be bothered with actually coming when called now...Instead of getting up, he'll most likely wag his tail rather pathetically...it's kind of cute...the most sad bit is that he's quite senile that now he's come into the habit of getting his little claws stuck in his collar, preventing him from getting up...and I always find him whimpering on the floor, unable to get up...It's a bit silly of us not to remove the collar, but I try to whenever I remember...anyhow...Momo or Mojo the fish are my picks... cheers and cherries, Cindy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: like a cat looks into a fishtank
by Marie Elia 26 May '99

26 May '99

--- Keith Watson wrote: > Sarah - I'd continue along the Blaxploitation theme > for your fish's name,it's definitely the way to go. >What about "Truck Turner" or something like that. i agree -- sarah, yr fish is begging to be called Shaft. easy as that. ain't no mo-fo in the fishbowl gonna fuck with him with a name like that. but i'd advise keeping the ladyfishes away, you know what i mean? i am sitting here, listening to the pastels' sitting pretty, and i noticed on track 3 (maybe? and do you call them tracks if it's on vinyl?) the girlvoice sounds like a muppet. not a fraggle, mind you. but a muppet. cheese is the new crack. xoxo -- marie _________________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: just quickly
by Graham MacArthur 26 May '99

26 May '99

could someone anyone mail me privately to say if my mail intitled '4 real baby' went to the list or not, because it didn't come into my box. just say Yes/No. cheers/sorry Erica 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Headstart for Happiness!
by PJMiller 26 May '99

26 May '99

Has anyone ever noticed that Paul Weller wrote a song called "My Everchanging Moods" and then a song called "I'm the Changingman"? What is he, obsessed or something? I'm glad all you SOS members have seen the error of your ways. For a while I thought the list was going to turn into "Stig of the Dump". I mean "Lord of the Flies". What do you think Beepster's next move will be? My money's on some sort of crude hacking attempt. I'm looking forward to the football tonight. It'll be intersting to see whether Bayern Munich's ruthlessly efficient Panzer division can demolish the footballing equivalent of Black Grape. I've only got one can of beer, so I can't decide whether to snort it or go round to the shops for some more. Thank you Keith for directing us to those photos of the WHO's pow-wow on the Isle of Wight. You forgot to point out that John Entwistle was unable to sit down in his skeleton outfit, so he had to stand up for ages before they went on. Anyone who claims to dislike 70s WHO obviously hasn't heard "Now I'm a Farmer" enough times. I have a sneaking suspicion that FunkySeb will turn up at the forthcoming London picnic dressed as Roger Daltry and doing that "marching up and down" business. Great! There was a bloke called Rabbit who played the keyboards for the WHO when Moon shuffled off. Quite a dapper fella, there's some good footage of him doing "Sister Disco" on Nationwide, with some roadie bloke tapping his foot in the background. I expect Heaven to be a bit like that. I think Roger was sporting a waistcoat. Fluffy wrote: Second EXAM over and done with. I mentioned Bruce Willis twice, and up the bum sex three times. I thought of Peter Miller when I wrote about up the bum sex. It was fun. My mouth is opening and closing, but no sou....hang on a minute! What kind of exam is this? I believe that bagpipe version of "Amazing Grace" kept something fantastic off the coveted number one slot, but I can't remember what. Has anybody got the Guiness Book of Hit Singles on their desk at work? 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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