May 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: a frozen mocha blast down the back of your pants
by Rod Begbie 19 May '99

19 May '99

aloha sinisterrys (and sinisjunes) brief delurk while a new copy of visual cafe downloads in the background. (that's release 3.0c, version number fans). i have a new hobby: i've recorded the spice girls' debut album onto mp3s, renamed them, and have started uploading them to mp3 sites pretending that it's tigermilk. i rather like the concept of someone listening to "say you'll be there", thinking that it's "expectations". and in a thoroughly jeepster-baiting moment: has anyone got a realaudio/mp3 of 'wrong love' and/or the french black sessions? if you can help, i can supply you with thirty-six copies of the zombies' "she's not there". maybe. quick note to sinisterrys of a bostonion bent: according to the middle east homepage (http://www.mideastclub.com/) looper are playing july 20th. i'll be the one in the helen love t-shirt(TM). 'tuck & roll' from 'a bugs life' are the coolest cartoon characters ever. apart, perhaps, from that crow in the kia-ora advert. what's the difference between light and hard? you can sleep with a light on. got to go, rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrOD! -- r o d b e g b i e work: rbegbi(a)sapient.com play: rod(a)begbie.com vox: +1 (617) 761-1753 web: http://www.begbie.com/ The answer is "sudo rm -rf /*", now what was your question again? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Martin Wilson 19 May '99

19 May '99

jarkko frantila [chamomile1(a)hotmail.com] wrote: <And now for some culture. Any books you good suggest me? I went to the library yesterday and stood for about 20 minutes in the <"english fiction" isles but could not find anything to read. Any suggestion what I should pick up the next time? For some reason the book I'm reading at the moment, Kate Attkinson - Behind the Scenes at the Museum, strikes me as a book that would appeal to B&S fans and especially those who like SD's Ink Polaroids. It manages to be twee and gruesome, homely and horrific at the same time and very "English". And I'm in no way biased by the fact that it's set in both my home towns. My B&S badges finally arrived but it's too warm to wear my cardie. Where can I pin them? Time for the Train Martin -------------------------------------------------------------- "Boo to the business world." -------------------------------------------------------------- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: sinister-digest V3 #152
by OLDSCHREC＠aol.com 19 May '99

19 May '99

Tigermilk has been pushed back to a July 13th release date here in the states. Pete +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: book club
by Pamela Hutchinson 19 May '99

19 May '99

hello to the newly peaceful state of sinister Someone wanted book recommendations Did I recommend Henry Green novels before? I think so. But I would like to again!! There! Read some HEnry Green novels. I would search the archive but bizarrely I have no access to the web! Read Living or Party Going or Loving. They're cool and strange. I think the sweet sinister confusion of Villette is very much the thing for sensitive stans and passionate paulines. Its by C Bronte and its creepy and romantic and shifty. But haven't we seen that poetry is more Sinister than anything? Just remember, it's not pretentious if you're enjoying it - dust off that Camus novel, and your copy of Ullyses!!! I think this may be what A century of Fakers means when it goes on about not finishing the book. love pamela who should be studying and who has 5 days left in which to be a teenager xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: werchter 99
by alex tobin 19 May '99

19 May '99

Just a quick one here, wanting to know if any of you lot were also going to the Werchter festival in Belgium at the beginning of July. I know it's a long shot, and the bands are not all that great, but let me know if you are... Take care, Alex http://www.popjourno.com - a new little list for contemporary music, film, literature, art, and travel. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 man with the plan
by Robin Stout 19 May '99

19 May '99

Hello I once read somewhere how Dr Pepper got it's name. It was a long time ago, in Fast Forward magazine, I think. Here's what I can remember of the story. Once upon a time there was a man who had a plan. He planned to make a drink out of plums and shoes and sell it to the world and make bags of money so he could buy more plums and more shoes and make more drinks and more bags of money and then he would buy himself a dog. So this man, let's call him Bob, he made the drink and he tasted it and he saw that it was good. Although it tasted a bit like cough medicine. But no-one will notice, he thought, as long as I give it a super name that simply dazzles everyone. The first name he gave it was Mr Yo! He tried selling it in his shop that sold bog brushes but to no avail. So he changed its name to Mrs Bag. "That'll do the trick" he thought, and it sold quite well for a while, but one day the real Mrs Bag came into the shop and wasn't too pleased. She hit him with a big stick and poked him in the eyes with her thumbs. Blind and hopeless, Bob staggered home. He opened the door and his daughter bounded up to him. "Daddy dearest!" she cried "I want you to meet my new boyfriend, Graham. My god, what's happened to your eyes?" Bob explained the story about Mrs Bag. "Oh dear" said Graham "Now it sure is a good thing my papa's a doctor. He could fix you up in no time, mister." So off went Bob to the doctor. The doctor mended Bob's eyes and got rid of his verruca and even gave him special hover boots which let him fly over people in post office queues. "Thanks doc." said Bob, "Oh, and by the way, I never asked you your name." "Dr Pepper" said Dr Pepper," but you can call me Fred". "Dr Pepper", thought Bob as he walked straight to his bog brush shop. "Mmmm, Dr Pepper..." And the rest is history. So it was named after some bloke's daughter's boyfriend's dad. Obvious really. About the lowercase debate - I don't like e-mails that are typed in lowercase simply because I find them very difficult to read. The sentences all seem to join together. Oooh! No, a bit lower. Ooooooh! Two thumbs up to Ailsa and Nick. If eloquence was on my side I'd have said the same. Bye! love Robin 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: Warning: LONG boring on-topic post
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 19 May '99

19 May '99

It occurred to me that there's nowhere on the web that collects all the unreleased Belle & Sebastain lyrics. So I trawled the archives and tweaked around with things a bit from memory (I haven't got the songs here at work to check them over) and stuck them all in this mesage. I thought maybe Honey could put them up on the website once anyone who feels like it has picked over them and made corrections. If no one gets there first, I might have a go at the 'London has let me down', 'Hurley's Having Dreams' and 'Winter Wooskie' when I have the time. Any shady 'Rhoda'-owning feel like doing that? I understand about people's typing problems leading them to type in lower case. But I've realised that what makes me far less likely to read something properly is an complete absence of line-breaked paragraphs. Big blocks of text just make my eyes glaze over. Not that my whether I read things or not is necessarily a matter of earth-shattering importance to anyone. Incidentally - you may spot that the 'Century of Elvis' lyrics below are strangers to shift keys and line breaks. But they're kind of nice that way. Nick xxx Pocketbook angel Hey, I'm down on the city lane I guess I am broke again Cause summer is such a pain Yeah, I'm down on the city floor I guess I am pretty poor At least I am not alone Cause here she comes again Oh I saw her just yesterday She looked at me in a certain way Cause she's a pocketbook angel And I know she fakes the limp Cause I saw her in Littlewoods While she was buying some frozen food She just wants to be goofy I've seen her write it all down x4 Because of all the things she sees Because of all the things she sees Things she sees Yeah, she's got it all on computer disk Cause she's a marketing analyst I sometimes wonder what she's got on me Oh sure, I had a job in an office once I never talked to anyone All I ever do is sit around She told me over tea She's not working for another boss She got fired but it was their loss Cause she's a pocketbook angel And now, all the kids have got pocketbooks I guess it's the way it looks Their cosmopolitan diaries I've seen her write it all down x12 Because of all the things she does Because of all the things she sees Things she sees A Century Of Elvis we were sitting in the living room on the sofa, the wrong way round, looking out the window. it was quiet, and then in the car park across the road we saw elvis - look, there beside the postman's van, and he was walking round the postman's van, looking in the open door. he looked as if he was thinking about getting in, but then the postman came back, and he swaggered off, walked past the window and down the stairs, and then at the bottom of the stairs right by the caretaker's office, he started licking the pavement. every night now since we moved in that new house there's this noise outside the door at just about half seven or eight o' clock every night. and if we go and look outside the door, elvis'll be standing there waiting to be let in. and then he wanders into the living room, maybe sits down on one of the chairs or even lies down on the floor. he doesn't say much, he just stays there for an hour or two, watching the tv. we talk to him a bit, and then around ten o' clock, he'll go away again, and not come back until the next night. there's a lot of lanes and stuff around here, around the house - although it's right in the middle of the city it seems quite like the country, it's dead hidden - safe i suppose, made for night living. there's a lot of squirrels and birds, and stuart says he's seen about nine foxes there when he's jumped over the fence on his way to byres road. sometimes you can go out walking, and when you've been out for a wee while even you don't know where you are anymore, so it would be pretty hard for anyone else to find you. i suppose that's why he spends so much time there, that's why he's come to live there, or maybe it's just the squirrels. i read about somewhere that he likes squirrels quite a lot. there's these two videos that we got for wedding presents - called the e-files, e-files one and e-files two about how elvis is supposed to be still alive. and one time when he came round we were watching one of those, but he didn't say anything he just sat on the armchair. he was playing with his collar a bit, and we watched it right through and then when it finished he just got up and walked off into the mist and didn't say anything. the first few times he came round i didn't speak to him at all, i wasn't really sure what to say. and karen spoke to him quite a lot - she seemed to know what to do more than i do. he had quite a strange manner though, he'd go into your stuff and look through it, then he'd maybe pick something up and play with it for a wee while, but he'd never make any comment about any of it. seemed pretty rude to me. i just watched whatever karen did, and listened to how she talked to him and then, after a while i started to copy that, and tell him a few things, not really bothered about whether he responded or said anything back or not. i think the first time i spoke to him we were sitting up on the mezzanine and i said that i would tell him about me and wee karen, and how it was that we'd come to be living there. i thought he probably liked the fact that we were living there because he came round so much, so i thought he might want to know how it was that it came about. we did it all over backwards, i told him . first of all we got to know each other, and then a while after that we met, and when we'd known each other for about seven years we decided to have an anniversary, and that went quite well, so after the anniversary we had a honeymoon, and that went well too, so after that we decided that we would get married. that's why we're living there now. i used to think my dad was elvis, but i haven't told him that yet. i haven't told my dad either... The Loneliness Of A Middle-Distance Runner I'll take a second of the day to think about the things that we have done this year The dog lies down, the pouring rain, i'm underneath the smokers' railway arch again The future's looking colourful, it's the colour of blood, chaos and corruption of a happy soul A happy soul will write in the field, write in the field, write in the field 'Til the rain dies down. The railway ticket states the destination but it doesn't mean we will show There's a fork upon the line, we'll pay the guard to switch the sign and off we go The future's looking wonderful, it's the wonder of the business-man's conspiracy to sell you wares, but no-one cares Oh you care I know, you care I know, you care I know I forgot for a while. And on a sulky afternoon spent in dispute you'll give yourself a headache yeah. So I take revenge in stories, and I'm dreaming of the time when we're on stage Have you seen the loneliness of a middle distance runner, when he stops the race and looks around, all at the stage I've seen it now I'll walk to the station, walk to the station, walk to the station Won't you follow me? A Space Boy Dream I dreamed I had to go to Mars. I'm always kidding on about going to Mars through the day, but faced with the reality of it in a dream, I was terrified. And it wasn't going to be like a moon trip. There were three of us going but we couldn't all go in the same ship - we had to go one at a time, one day between us. I had to go first, and it was the thought of passing through all that black space, all the darkness with nothing in it, and then being the first one to land there, all alone. I knew it was supposed to be all dark around with just a red surface, but what if I got there and it was light, all civilized and populated and stuff? So I made a plan. The other two astronauts were going to be my dad and my sister, and my dad would come first after me. So I decided when I landed I would stay in my seat until he got there and then we'd both get out together and have a look around and see what sort of things were there. And when I woke up and I was lying in the darkness, I thought I had landed. And I just lay still for awhile, waiting for my dad to get there, too. Wrong Love I went looking For my darling I went looking For a sign And I found her In the morning Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm not what I could be I need a true love I went looking and I found her The wrong love The wrong kind The wrong hand to be holding The wrong eyes to go searching blind The wrong dream to have in my mind I went looking For my darling I went looking For a sign And I found her In the morning Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm not what I could be I need a true love I went looking and I found her The wrong love The wrong kind The wrong hand to be holding The wrong eyes to go searching blind The wrong dream to have in my mind I'm not what I could be I need some loving I went looking and I found some The wrong love The wrong kind The wrong hand to be holding The wrong eyes to go searching blind The wrong dream to have on my mind The wrong love The wrong eyes The wrong smile The wrong love The wrong love Paper Boat I think it's going to be all right, I think it's going to be just fine, I think it's going to be much better than before, I think we're going to see the sun, I think we're going to have some fun, I think we're going to walk out through the open door, Maybe when I wake up in the morning, Maybe when the darkened skies are blue Maybe in a paper boat we'll both just sail away, Underneath the river trees, Off towards the lazy sea, Underneath the beach that carries poeple home, Past the church where Jesus saves Off to find path of good ways, Sailing off towards adventures of our own, Maybe when I wake up in the morning, Maybe when the darken skies are blue, Maybe in a paper boat we'll both just sail away Trumpety bit. I think it's going to be good fun. Lord Anthony Anthony, bullied at school Get your own back now you are cool Or are you still bunking off though you're a tough It's all gone wrong again you got to hold hands But the teachers got no control Boys aren't lying You will stay quiet Or you will die Tony at the back of the gym Smoke another one, the chances are slim, 'Cause here they come again They got you on the prowl You're tasting blood again At least it's your own When will you realize it doesn't pay To be smarter than teachers, smarter than most boys, Shut your mouth, start kicking the football, Bang on the teeth you were out for a week You may as well take it in the guts, it could get worse just take it in the guts, it could get worse just take it in the guts, it could get worse just take it in the guts, it kind of hurts there You'll soon be old enough to leave them all Without a notion of a care You'll leave two fingers in the air To meagre living Tony, you're a bit of a mess Melted tolberone under your dress] But if the kids could see you they would pass you right by The mascara running over your eye Why don't you realize it doesn't pay To be smarter than teachers, smarter than most boys, Shut your mouth, start kicking the football, Bang on the teeth you were out for a week They call you lord Anthony but hey, it could be worse Lord Anthony but hey, it could be worse Lord Anthony but hey, it could be worse Lord Anthony but hey, it kind of suits you anyway You'll soon be old enough to leave them all Without a notion of a care You'll leave two fingers in the air To meagre living +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". 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Sinister: flashiest smile
by Graham MacArthur 19 May '99

19 May '99

Dearest, how strange that a thread should start on feisty beverage Dr Pepper. I had a can myself today, on the way home from an exam, quite oblivious that everyone has something to say about it. I used to read fast forward magazine, it was great for posters of greased up pop stars, doing "cute" poses, sometimes with little dogs. Fast Forward serves the purpose of filling that awkward gap between the Beano (or My Little Pony adventures in print) and Just seventeen. I'm guessing that flash slag mags mentioned on the list recently fill the space between yawning and vomitting. The exam itself wasn't a complete failure. It was french listening, and there was a fake little radio extract from french radio about un 'bebe abandonne', which i have decided is a very good name for a band. Whether i gave the right answer about it's irresponsible mother, is beyond the point. At least I knew au chomage meant an unemployed person, unlike my friend hannah, who said the man they were talking about was a cheese maker. mwahaha! sorry. i'm filling space without really having anything to say. (AGAIN!) love 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: Wuthering Heights
by Therese McKenna 19 May '99

19 May '99

'I want you to know that you have treated me infernally. INFERNALLY' (Cliff Richard (playing Heathcliff) comforts the dying Cathy). 'Tttthhhhhhhhwwwwaaaaaaaaaccccccccckkkkkkk' (Heathcliffrichard deals out some justice to his twee, simpering, you-could-knock-me-over-with-a-feather-type-wife Isabella). 'Mmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeooooooooooooaaauuuooooooowwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeekk' (Heathcliffrichard strings up Isabella's cute little puddy-tat). ...................................................................... T'would appear that listees are exploring the darker side of Cliff Richard's posting personality as exemplified by his role in the all singing, all dancing 'Heathcliff' it's me it's catheee i've come hohohohome....Lots of tumultuous tumult and antagonistic antagonism going on at the mo'. Great. Perhaps. Anyhoo, I'm not going to comment on any of it, this being my inaugural lecture, opting instead for the inane 'hi, my name is, it's soo nice to be here' approach. Originality is rife. If that's not an oxymoron or something... Yeah, yeah, so I'm another person in on the heels of the bowlie extravaganza, got a problem with that? eh? wow, that was the bestest weekend EVER (she yelled), and i'm so very sad that i've still got my tag on. it now makes a nice crackly sound. i was in a chalet with ian whose posts are much more entertaining than mine have ever any hope of being, and ian, i was as much of a 'd' as you were. :) i'm a belfast girl, a law and french student if you don't mind, though i'm giving up law 'cos it's not very pretty. nah (shit i'm lapsing into this careless state of inattention to punctuation and capital letters that is infecting so many these days), i'm dropping it because it's dull and liable to necessitate lots of hard work which i'm much too lazy to do. But whythehell would 1000 odds people care 'bout that? Hmmm...i've loved Belle and Sebastian since conception, in fact ever since I was a little star twinkling in the heavens, as I once was, apparently, so i'm much cooler and a better person than all the rest of you as a result of this. And i play the flute. I'm not going to write anything of import AT ALL in this mail by the way, in case you hadn't concluded this for yourself, so if you're still reading, you're a wee bit mad. Zoiks, I wish i'd thought of something to talk about before starting this. Whatever will you all think of me? ;) Well, maybe I'll think of something relevant next time...Until then, delete away and continue with yer topical debate of the day. Y'all seem quite charming anyways... ciao for niao, Terri. ______________________________________________________ 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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Re: Sinister: A boring Iain post
by Tigermilker . 19 May '99

19 May '99

Honey said: >Iain's mail looked a lot more like a flame than an opinion to me I thought it looked a lot more like a funny wee poem. Please don't tell me that we are all so sensitive and precious that we can't laugh at a well written piece of satire. I saw myself described in there, although it couldn't have been directed at me, and I thought it was funny. (I won't tell you which bit). Looking at the replies that the poem provoked, I see a lot of people either defending their right to be twee, saying 'I'm not that twee, really!', or laughing along to it. Which is great. I haven't seen a single post that attacked Iain's right to post a poem that takes the piss out of us. It wasn't a personal attack. That was plainly obvious, and if it had been, then of course it would have been out of order. No-one seems to have taken it personally, except Honey. Now, you asked for opinions, that is mine. If this list is too sensitive to absorb a well written piece of humour, then you might as well unsubscribe me too. But although I haven't been around that long, I think I have seen enough to know that this is not the case. I hope I've added something of value to the discussion. But I doubt it :) Love anyway, Marko. ______________________________________________________ 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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