May 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: List closing down
by Honey 24 May '99

24 May '99

"Only joking". You know crows, the way they walk around knocking over shopping trolleys and pushing small children out the way? They're getting bigger by the week aren't they? It's really scary. Oh and... thank you all for being so charming about the kerfuffle from Friday. I do have sympathy with those list members who appeal to people to stop talking about the list on the list, but in this case I thought I wasn't in any position to push that. But seeing I've received about 40 mails saying "ignore the crap, Sinister's great, keep it going!" let's do just that shall we? It seems I'm guilty of misjudging a teensy bit the coherency and intelligence of this lovely place you've all created in my womb, so I'm just going to stand on the sidelines for a bit, a smiley impressed dimple in my cheek, sucking my finger... and doing those dull list admin jobs that make me so happy if you're all happy, or energised, or something by Sinister. I'll try and shut up a bit more too, I promise. (I'm trying to find a way to say thank you to you all, but can't without sounding twee as fuck). So - normal service resumed. List rules apply. Discussion about the list ON the list are herein discouraged again unless your house is on fire - please be public spirited and see where it leads. Don't flame. If you don't want a response to what you're about to send, don't mail anything. Think of Sir Cliff. Gamble in the fields and be happy. Tim said: > The last few days have been a great illustration of why it's > generally a good idea to keep list-talk away from the list, don't > you reckon? Tim, keep list-talk away from the list please. Oh and, remember that if any of you do have comments about the list, what you'd like to see, what you like or don't about the way it's run you can always mail me off-list, and I'll try and try to reflect the majority view like a sexy antique mirror. But please be patient as I've got a ton of metaphorical flowers to send to people just now, and I'm verrrry very slow. Finally: I can't see that anyone's mention this yet but I'm a blind old bat: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/evening/lamacq_live/belle.html It's got a WWW page and 20 minute Realaudio program on Bowliewowlie, lots of Richard, Bowlie footie team gossip etc. I haven't even heard it all yet, but it's there if you want it. Carry on, Sergeant Wilson. Honey (bead from necklace stuck up nose at age 3 - doctor from over the road - tweezers - cried) 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The spy who nibbled my biscuits
by Kurtis, Elizabeth 24 May '99

24 May '99

Silly me, putting 'spy' in my subject line after all that SOS mess. Honest, it's not related, I've just been admiring my new Austin Powers screen saver all afternoon. So yes, I'm settled here in the sunny north of England, with access to e-mail at last! A late hello to everyone who was at the Betsey pre-bowlie party and Bowlie too--I think we wore in our own ass-grooves into some of those pub chairs, yes? It's a bit disturbing that my clearest memory is of Mistopher Christopher and Keith making the Beanie monkey do rude things with his tail, but there you go. B & S content -- I'm temping at a, umm, certain telly program where people impersonate famous singers, and out of the 5000 applications I've slogged through so far, NO ONE has written in offering to be Stuart M. or even Stephen Pastel. So come on, call for an application form for Stars in their Eyes and let's see if we can't have better 'indie' representation than Simon Fowler from Ocean Colour Scene! The number is: 0870 400 4000 Just call and leave your address clearly, and one will be mailed to you. love, Elisabeth xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sunday nite hi-jinx...
by Kara Baer 24 May '99

24 May '99

..or lack there-of. Was I the only one who faithfully trotted out ready to groove to the sweet sounds of Wee Chris' record collection, only to find the G2 cold and empty? Oh well. I'm all for meeting up on Saturday. I only have a week left in Glasgow and I want to make the most of it! Who cares about exams? I'll be without e-mail access all summer. I'm going to miss our cosy li'l list. I've just met a boy who claims to be honey's girlfriend's cousin...he's from Dingle. Love Kara* PS is anyone else excited about the new Harry Potter book? *********************************** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. *********************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Looper and that
by Gary Lawler 24 May '99

24 May '99

That Looper album, Up A Tree. I only got it the other day, and I think it's quite a lot of fun . . . but is it just me or do a lot of the songs sound the same (and I don't mean that is in the same kind of tune, I mean _the_same_ tune)? How long does it take Jeepster to deal with an order? I know it's only a while ago since I sent my one in, but surely it couldn't take *that* long . . . Someone asked a while back about Godspeed You Black Emperor! and if they were any good. IMO, they're alright . . . the album took a while to grow on me, but I still can't say it's one of my favorites. It's at it's best when it's listened to from the beginning right through to the end, but it's certianly not an easy listen (especially the first track which, IMO, is pretty spooky). If you can't think of anything else to buy, I suppose it couldn't hurt to give it a try (if I were told to sum it up in a phrase, I'd say that it was "Tough Going", but I wasn't so I won't). Blimey, this is all a bit whiney from me today. IIRC (I'm too lazy to go back and check ^_^), there was some talk of spelling and that . . . I like to keep a browser window on http://www.dictionary.com to copy and paste big words out of :-) Now I hear that episode with Hombre for Men on the telly, so I'm off :-) -- Gary Lawler * ICQ UIN: 11115268 * AIM: seclite369 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S moments; White Horses; Strand
by Tim Hopkins 24 May '99

24 May '99

Well, I've just had a weekend fairly bursting with Belle and Sebastian moments, like... 1) the Johnny Morris tribute on the BBC featuring Johnny PLUS a ringtailed Lemur (B&S count: 2: lemur (see archives); sitting around in front of a telly) 2) getting off the bus, drunk and scruffy with a carrier bag, at London Bridge Station and seeing a fox running along the railway lines (B&S count: 4: bus; railway station; scruffy; fox). 3) getting stuck in a lift with a military man who looked down on me like I was never born (B&S count: 0: completely made-up story) So yes, in fact I had but two B&S moments, but that is two more than I've had today at work in an office so full of antipodeans that the heating is permanently set to 'uncomfortable'. Bah. What else? Oh, yes. I should like to warn Mr. Peter Miller that his last two posts have only scored 5.5 each (a reasonable 7 for artistic impression, let down by a dreadful 4 for technical merit). At this rate, he is in danger of being left out of the squad for the mailinglist world championships. It is well-known that the Russians will have a crack squad out this time, who have been training on a top-secret intranet somewhere near Gorky. His progress is being monitored. Think on. The last few days have been a great illustration of why it's generally a good idea to keep list-talk away from the list, don't you reckon? I keep meaning to write to the list to say that I have never had a marble up my nose. The problem is that something in the back of my mind keeps telling me that, actually, I have. But I can't remember it. I can remember nearly choking on a big bit of bubblegum as a child, and the sub-Heimlich thing that saved my life also resulted in me throwing up all over my mum's best coat. Flavour of the month, that was me. Abi wrote: >i was immediately interested, because i have always had a sneaking > >suspicion that it is indeed rabbits who cause ALL the trouble, and >not >footballers/the government/satan. just you keep an eye on them, >that's all >i'm saying. they know more than they'd like you to think. >sitting there >with their twitchy noses, >pretending they're not LISTENING TO EVERY WORD YOU SAY. and >scheming. I am in total agreement with this. Those little bob-tailed lettuce-munching bastards are up to no good. Those big ears are actually satellite receivers and the twitching little evil bastard noses are transmitters. They have a string of rabbit satellites circling the globe and they are watching us and talking about us in a language we can't understand. They're infiltrating our pop music via Eddie Rabbitt, Warren G and Bunny Wailer (memo to Rabbit Central control: could do better here). Furthermore they're just waiting for the moment when they get to spray their special spray over the countryside and all their harmless-looking but evil-smelling droppings will turn into high explosive and kill us all. You know they eat their *own* *turds*? Ian wrote: >6) The Airport Security was once told off by the police for calling out the >bomb squad on two occaisions in a week to "De-fuse" suspect packages which >respectively turned out to be a sleeping tramp and a briefcase full of >Dutch porno, including a nice line in corprophilia. ...and assuming that last word means what I think it means, then SEE? Those rabbity turd-munching ways get everywhere. Even the Low Countries, where rabbits are banned BY LAW. You want more evidence? I give you 'Rabbit Rabbit' by Chas n Dave. I give you 'Bright Eyes' by that curly haired bald guy whose name I can't bring myself to utter. And how about the dumbassedhippyanthem to end all dumbassedhippyanthems? I give you 'White Rabbit' by the Jefferson Stagecoach or whatever they were called before steam was invented. Pure shite. Anyway, Keithboy wrote... >Bloody ridiculous really, I mean, if I could have a go at >controlling the >list, then surely I'd make it mandatory to like the >70's WHO. So... you mean... the time you tied me to a tree, attached leeches to my testes and danced around shouting "Squeeze Box y'lardy sack o' shite! Who Are Ye, ya big fat fucka!"...that was just for fun? I'm pleased to say that it didn't work, I still think 1970's WHO are a crock of 25 year old PISS. Yeah. Or maybe the whole thing was just another of my many list dreams. Off to the boozer before I do any more damage, Tim ______________________________________________________ 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: Sosages and Mash
by Martin Robinson 24 May '99

24 May '99

C'mon everybody c c c'mon everybody. What ever happened to those gurus of style and suave the Jive Bunnies? Anyway, I'm glad to see the SOSAGES (Save our Sinister Against General Everyday Sinisterines) debate has died down and proved to have no real substance. A bit like those Linda McCartney vegetarian sausages. Sorry musn't talk ill of a dead persons non-meat food products. I too am not happy with the "All Tomorrows Parties" weekender title. I mean it's all a bit of a mouthful really isn't it? Judging by the smut and filth I have to read here it should probably be called the Dirty Weekender. Then we can all do our dirty dancing to the fab sounds of the Gentle Waves and Stereolab. Sounds like the time of my life to me. I'll be Patrick Swayze if you all have a very strong sense of imagination. Yes books are cool and they're so much easier to read on trains than the people sitting opposites newsapaper, they tend to get annoyed when you ask them to turn the page too. Isn't there a list residing somewhere of recommended reading from Sinister people? If so can someone tell me how to attain it. I'll add my hearty recommendation of Kundera's stuff and I also presently love William Goldings "Free Fall", Michael Hornburgs "Bongwater" and anything by Tim Sandlin. Has anyone got Sandlin's "The Pyms:Unauthorized tales of Jackson Hole"? As you can only get it mail order in the States which is rather irritating. I'll send anyone all my Jive bunny masterpieces in exchange (or even something less worthy) if someone can get it for me. Oh well I digress... Isn't the Luna album bloody fantastic? I just can't get the CD out of my stereo, but enough of my incapabilities. Te ra, Martin "Thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot on thy digressing son." - Willy Shakespeare +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: papas fritas
by Francis Lovely 24 May '99

24 May '99

I know that it may sound silly after all those "important" matters discussed on the list. But I'm just wondering if anyone knows something about Papas Fritas, an american band whose first album was out in 1995. I found it in Notting Hill for only two pounds and it is really good. Pop played by an american band. Something like the best songs by "Drop Nineteens". I mean, it was worth the two pound. And even more. But I don't know nothing about the band. Can anyone help me? Love, Francesco. ______________________________________________________ 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: b&s on the box?!
by nick.morton＠lineone.net 24 May '99

24 May '99

hello people! apologies if this got mentioned this already, but I don't *think* anyone did... so there i was on Saturday, idly watching England fight back in the cricket (not suspecting the horrors that would follow, but thats another story) and reading the Daily Telegraph TV guide... when i nearly fell off my settee with shock... their recommended programme was a half-hour documentary 'The Story of Belle and Sebastian'..., the obscure indie eightpiece who had fame thrust upon them at the Brits etc.etc. cliche cliche cliche... But still!! i thought... b&s on the telly!!! how exciting!!... interviews with Mark Radcliffe! Maybe get to see a video or two at last!!so imagine my disappointment as i looked a little closer and realised it was on BBC Choice (to non-UK listees, a digital-only channel available to about 3 people across the whole country as yet)... BOO!!!!!! :-( Is anyone here by any chance one of those lucky three??.. it was on last night at 6:30pm... did I miss anything good???? love from nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ girl: well, maybe you were being threatening... boy: i can't think of anyone less threatening girl: maybe you're just in love boy: i can't think of anyone more in love... nick.morton(a)lineone.net definitely no boober involved) :-) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: York Road, Down Street, Spanner Vale
by Michael Jones 24 May '99

24 May '99

...and that's my contribution to the Dead Tube Stations nameathon. I really want that LT face-pack and moisturiser set in the shape of Aldwych entrance hall. Even if I have to prise it out of the trembling hands of a sick child. Non-SoS member Mr Miller, with cheeks aglow, said this in a sing-song voice: > This evening I finally got to see Mister Olazabal's civic reception. > His smile roughly matched the inverse parabola of a deft chip out of > the bunker. Was there dancing in the streets when the Spanish did a clean sweep at last year's French Open ? I only ask because, through the power of Java this and Netscape that, I've got a little window on my computer which tells me exactly what's happening on the red clay of Roland Garros. A little earlier Senor Moya began the defence of his title by squeaking past somebody called Hipflask and Tim Henman is currently struggling manfully against someone called Salami. I kid you not. Are all of the lower seeds named after things you take to picnics ? Before you know it there'll be a wily southpaw from Lima called Jose-Luis KraftSingles up against some US Collegiate hopeful named Buck CherryBakewell. Just as long as Charlie PoisonousLiesAboutTheSoSList gets dumped in qualifying, eh ? Ah, it's about that time of year again - the smell of freshly-mown grass, the cloying tang of Robinson's Barley Water, the satisfying plop of catgut against whatever it is they cover tennis balls with. I still insist on putting 'racket sports' as a leisure interest on my CV even though I know full well the last time I swung anything resembling a racket in anger I was two stone lighter and still had all my own teeth. Keith 'Flying V' Watson bellowed the following and then swung his mic around for a bit: > Naturally everyone's invited > even if you are shy, or don't like the 70's WHO. I do have a strange hankering to hear 70s WHO again, if only for nostalgic reasons. My brother seemed to use the likes of "Who's Next" and "Odds and Sods" as a stepping stone from the horror of Emerson, Lake & Palmer to the majesty of Magazine. I'd forgotten about this until recently... I knew he couldn't have gone straight from gatefold Roger Dean sleeves and 20-minute organ solos to The Buzzcocks. Say what you like about Daltrey's hair, if it stops a boy listening to "Brain Salad Surgery" it has to be a good thing. B&S content ? Er, 20 years later my bro' goes into a record shop of his own accord and buys "Lazy Line Painter Jane". There's a progression of sorts. Mike (who recently bought a scanner. You have been warned). _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.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: nevermind this load of bollocks...
by Kimberly Rehak 24 May '99

24 May '99

well, the boss is away again, YES! she's sick: HORRAY! i hope i never have to be a boss because i don't really want people to get happy when i'm feeling ill. all i want if for people to like me, darn it. that's all i ask, really... neener neener, that's not all i am asking, really! i really want to know is how much is a good price for a used drum set? because if you see (well read)...i want to teach myself how to play. and then i'm going to join my friends marie and cece deville in an all girl punk-rock band because, as you all well know, there has never been one of those before. (a joke) but i thought: "maybe someone could help me out. why not ask?" i kid you not, i a ctually said that. it's a lovely raining day outside. it took me all morning to read the weekend and this morning mailings from the world of sinister. well, i do read a bit slow but the fact it took me 2.5 hours to read them all is mostly the fault of my sloooooooooooooooooow puter/email server. hmmm, just got booted off again. i love machines. especially those wanking ones! i'm wearing all black to work today. well, actually my pants have faded to a dirty gray color. i've got my doc martin black boots on, black shirt (question: if you have two fo the exact same shirts but wear them both constantly does that matter or am i still considered a consumerist pig?) but my pants are tight and tend to taper in the ankles, real punk rock. i even watched sid and nancy (awful awful) last night and brought in the sex pistols to work today (the cd, not any actual members,--damn! rotten's so dreamy) and i'm pretty sure my marie is off to the pleasant hills library reading the copy of rotten. that is, if she found it with my directions. i guess monday for me is I WISH I WERE PUNK ROCK DAY. because you know, i'm going to repierce my nose, dye my hair that flaming red color i've been dying to do, buy some spikes (i already have the leopard prints taking care of). anyway, the point i'm trying to get to ( i DO have one, i think) is that, i HATE it when people group things together. just because i dress a certain way doesn't mean that i have to BE a certain way. see, my mum's convinced that i'm "punk rock" whenalli have is my pistols, the clash, and a tape of screeching weasel that a friend made for me. ggrrrrr...i wish that everyone could peacefully coexist with everyon, doing their own thing, etc. the goth thread kind of reminded me of this. i mean, i understand that goths tend to dress a certain way, etc. but last friday there was "goth night" at the club i went to a show at. and i was tempted to stay. goths are people, punks are people, hipsters are people, tweebees are fucking people. i just wish that we could all be people before wer were a distinction. does this make any sense? just be yourself and i'll love you for it. now i'm going to go before my puter logs me of f again. plus, it's time for a cigarette and lunch. yum! toodle-oo, KIMberly xx and anyone who is bored: icq# 39133492 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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