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Sinister: glasgow meet
by The Narrow Wizard 17 May '99

17 May '99

ermm if this glasgow meet happens on the 29th caN someone give me a bit of floorspace to sleep on cos it's expensive to get back to stirling after a night out in glasgow and I really want to meet you all and it will be my last chance for ages cos i go back to the darkness of NE engand for the summer soon. if anyone can help mail me thanks PS apologies for the broken space bar university computers you know. have a good one and have one for me owen With that the narrow wizard waggled his bushy eyebrows and disappeared in a flash of blue flame leaving behind only a faint smell of cinnamon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Must stop eating cheese before bedtime
by Kevan Cooke 17 May '99

17 May '99

Hello folks, I had a dream, it went like this: I am in a dark cave. I am barefoot and standing on damp moss covered granite. There is a slow but steady trickle of water running across the ground. My eyes begin to adjust to the darkness, I can see a faint glow emanating from a tunnel that leads out of the cave to my right. As I approach the glowing light low murmuring voices mingle with the gentle sound of running water. I realise that the voices are chanting softly. The tunnel leads to an adjoining chamber. Candles circle the chamber and cloaked hooded figures tread a slow circle around a pit. I glimpse a couple of faces, they look vaguely familiar, but I cannot place them. The chanting is louder now and I can make out the words "After all, you're my wonderwall, after all, you're my wonderwall..." Now they all stop and face the pit at the centre of the circle. One of the figures is dressed in a darker cloak to the others. This figure steps forward, as the others incant Stereophonics lyrics, and declares that it is time for the sacrifice. Eight people in white shrouds are led to the edge of the pit. They seem to be in a trance. I recognise one or two of the cloaked figures now. They are journalists from the popular music press. The head music journalist raises his hand above his head. In his hand is a long curved knife. "Dark lord," he intones, "we offer you this indie pop band as sacrifice. In your name we neglect and dimiss the talented. In your name we shall champion the tuneless dirge of your evil spawn." I shudder involuntarily as a hissing sound comes from within the pit, something is alive in there, something evil. Suddenly there is a flash of silver, and a glimpse of red, as the shrouds tear from one of the sacrifies. Stuart Murdoch, for it is he, leaps five feet and seems to pause in mid-air before a dazzling white ball of light flies from his hand. The ball of light arcs around the chamber, and by the time Stuart has landed gently back on the ground each of the evil music journalists has crumpled to the floor. "You cannot withstand this light," cries Stuart, "for it is the light of truth." The hissing from the pit gets louder as the ball of light forms into a spear and returns to Stuart's hand. A gigantic snake-thing with a grotesque misformed head appears from the pit. It is Alan McGee. "Alan McGee!?" cries Stuart, "How can it be?" "Once I too enjoyed a good tune," hisses the grotesque snake-thing, "but now the power of the dark side courses through my veins. I shall not rest until all decent tunes have been laid waste, and the world knows only the pain and anguish of endlessly recycled seventies rock." "Then I must destroy you, for the kids!" cries Stuart, and he leaps towards the pit, hurling the spear of light at the snake-thing's grotesque head. The snake-thing lunges at Stuart with it's mouth wide open and it's fangs gleaming. Then I woke up. Kevan The Fat Slug *********************************** 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: Interstellar Novar Drive!
by PJMiller 17 May '99

17 May '99

I know where the Poetry Parrot went. Brad had it last. It doesn't bear thinking about. I couldn't give two hoots of a baa lamb's tail whether BEEPSTER do B&S merchandise or not. To be quite frank, the t-shirts were rather poor quality, and make me look like I've got big jugs. But I am looking forward to the new generation of BEEPSTER recording artistes. Who knows? Maybe they'll discover someone to eclipse even Snow Patrol! I've been reading The Economist, all about the future, when we'll all be downloading albums from the Internet and playing them on special machines implanted up our bottoms, connected to specially trained octopus headphones with suction pad speaker systems. Perhaps we'll be able to download merchandise too, such as iron-on transfers and saliva-propelled tattoos. It'll be great. The only negative aspect I can see is the closing down of every single record shop in the world. I took this as a hint to go out and buy as many albums as possible while I still can. I started out with Jimi Hendrix Live at the Fillmore East. I can't say I'm overly thrilled about it, apart from our old friend Chip Taylor's magnificent "Wild Thing, You Make Everything Groovy". But I'm very thrilled by "Good Times" by Chic. I urge you all to rush out and buy it before all the record shops in the world close down and you haven't got anything to do on Saturday mornings anymore. Thank you FunkySeb for your kind words of kindness that you so kindly wrote concerning Pedro Juan in Trousercuts. I'm afraid I can't answer all your questions, because it's a secret. But I can assure you that there are NO mistakes in Trousercuts, the greatest fanzine of all time. Rumour has it that Manda Rin is so jealous, she's put all that weight back on again. 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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Sinister: New people (10 Roddington Place)
by Keith Watson 17 May '99

17 May '99

Hi there to all the people who've just joined from the other Belle and Sebastian list, I hope you'll all find it more fun here. I was going to stick up the Frequently asked questions file, but I've lost it... hang on, no I haven't! You're a gonna get it anyway. There's also some hints for getting some notoriety on the list. Depending on how you want it 1. Give yourself some sort of title, like "The Lord of Neasden", or "The Bard of Cumbernauld". This usually makes people think that you're cleverer than you actually are, or more important and so on. 2. Write *enormous* emails to the list every day (at least), cataloguing almost every thought you've had in a single day, safe in the knowledge that everyone else wants to know, that's sure to win you a load of chums. 3. Belt on about how rich people are great, tramps should just get a job, and certainly shouldn't bother anyone for cash if they need something to eat. Actually, don't do this, this is what the infamous Northy did, the last known survivor of the Thatcher generation. 4. Most importantly - entitle your mail "10 Roddington Place". This is highly important for historical reasons. About a year and a half ago, Paul did a check to find out what the most popular email subjects were on this list, and it was "Tigermilk" at that time, so we're trying to put the late (of this list) Mr. Roddddddney Beeegggggerbie up at the top as a claim to fame. Roddders was a bloke who used to mail to the list quite a lot - he's pretty fly for a white guy. 5. Come into the chat room. You can get chat clients all over the place, Microsoft Chat comes with IE4 and 5. mIRC can be downloaded from the web by using Altavista to search for "+mIRC +Download". The server is called "chat.virgin.net" and the room is called "#sinister" (you join in by typing "/join #sinister" once you have connected to the server. Most of all though, have a bit of a laugh on the list, it's certainly not all about Belle and Sebastian, so get emailing. IMPORTANT : There are no cliques around here, contrary to rumour. Everyone I've met, including myself are into meeting new people and generally having a laugh. We often take the piss out of each other for laughs. I think people assume that cliques must appear, and that people becoming friends automatically means cliques - it's not the case, please come along and meet us all next time we meet up, there are quite regular meet ups. If anyone wants to meet in Central Scotland, give me a shout, and I'll let you know what the next scam is. Here's the FAQ - which may be out of date as I've not updated it in ages. Love Keith. Belle and Sebastian : Frequently asked Questions 1. What is Tigermilk, where can I get a copy? Tigermilk is the bands first album and was released around about May 1996. It was released as part of a Stow College course whereby Alan Rankine (of the Associates) fronts up the cash to record a single every year, although with Belle and Sebastian they decided that there was enough material for an album, hence Tigermilk. There were only 1000 copies pressed and so the record is worth a lot of money now. The band have always mantained that Tigermilk will be re-released at some point, and this will definitely be the case, currently likely that about March 1999, although this may change. It now looks like this release is coming in about a month, so you'll all be able to get your grubby hands on a copy of this - one of the greatest records of the 90's 2. Who is the guest singer on Lazy Line Painter Jane? The female singer on Lazy Line Painter Jane is Monica Queen, formerly of countryish Glasgow band Thrum. Thrum released a record a few years ago, about 1994 I think. Last I heard she was recording with her own band which is called "Monica", or at least that's what it was called in February 1997. She could've followed Ian Gillan in calling her band "Gillan", but unfortunately "Queen" is a trademark. Here's a list of releases. "Purify" 7", "Thrum" / "Here I am" / "So glad" 12"/CDs and the "Rifferama" LP/CD 3. What is "Elvis" in A Century of Elvis. No-one knows bar the author really, but it's probably a cat, perhaps a tortoise, maybe actually Elvis, maybe it's Tortelvis from Dread Zeppelin who knows, and to be quite honest, who cares. 4. Who is in the band... Stuart Murdoch - singing guitar, trumpet apparently now, for the twin lead trumpet effect. Isobel Campbell - singing, cello, various Sarah Martin - violin, weird things Stevie Jackson - Guitar, piano, singing. Stuart David - Bass Mick Cooke - Trumpet, various Chris Geddes - keyboards Richard Colburn - Drums Neil Robertson has been known to play bass on Stuart David's "Spaceboy Dream", which brings me on to... 5. What other bands have members of Belle and Sebastian involved in? There's quite a number of things here. I'm sure it's not complete either, it's just what I can remember off hand. Chris Geddes : currently V-Twin and Golden Rodeo (think that's what they're called). Has played on Arab Strap records. V-Twin have released two singles (to my knowledge), Gifted, and a 12", In the land of the Pharoes. Mick Cooke : Used to play with Hardbody, who released two singles on Epic (On your own, Hazel's hob). Now plays with the Karelia and the Amphetameanies. Has also played on releases by Mojave 3, Ex-Cathedra. Probably others too. Stuart Murdoch : Played on releases by Polarbear and Arab Strap. Previously : (Early) Digger$, Lisa Helps The Blind, Rhode Island. Richard Colburn : Has played with Polarbear/Snowpatrol Isobel Campbell : Has played on Arab Strap records, also played on the Snowpatrol record and sings her own songs. She's in the Gentle Waves, Stuart David : Stuart David has a side project called "Looper". There has been one single released on Sub-pop singles club called "Impossible things" and there is an album planned. 6. What records have been released? Tigermilk (LP) May 1996 If you're feeling sinister (LP) November 1996 Dog on Wheels (EP) April 1997 Lazy Line Painter Jane (EP) June 1997 3,6,9 Seconds of Light (EP) October 1997 The Boy with the Arab Strap (LP) September 1998 This is just a modern rock song (EP) December 1998 7. What's that song at the end of the 3,6,9 seconds of light EP called. It's called "Songs for Children". 8. What about all these unreleased songs that people keep belting on about in order to make themselves look smart? Pocketbook Angel London has let me down Hurley's having dreams These are little demos of old songs that will as far as we know, never ever be released as Belle and Sebastian. Loneliness of the middle distance runner Modern Rock song Rhoda People around the place have tapes of various different versions of these, they've been kicking around for a while and they may well be released reasonably soon, there are numerous different versions of the Loneliness of the middle distance runner. I Know where the summer goes The Gate These two will probably be a part of the next single... Which they are, as the next single contains This is just a modern rock song The gate I know where the summer goes Slow Graffiti Here's another piece by Peter Miller : One of the rarest Belle and Sebastian related recordings is a home produced demo of "To Sir With Love", the Lulu song from the film of the same name. The recording features the plaintive voice of Stuart Murdoch alone with his Casiotone keyboard, and is rumoured to be heartbreakingly beautiful. From the same recording session comes one of Murdoch's earliest attempts at songwriting, but no one can remember what it's called. It mentions "She Made Me Realise" by My Bloody Valentine. Efforts to locate these recordings have proved unsuccesful so far. 9. What sessions have they done on the radio? The first session was around about September 1996 here Mark Lamarr sat in for Mark and Lard at night... They played Judy and the dream of horses Like Dylan in the movies The State that I am in The stars of track and field The second was about February 1997 on Mark + Lard's program again and they played : I could be dreaming Seeing other people (slow version) We rule the school Modern Rock song The third was on Steve Lamacq's evening session and they played : Lazy Line Painter Jane Sleep the clock around Slow Graffiti Seymour Stein They did one of Stevie Jackson's tracks "Wrong Love" one night when the evening session was live from Glasgow. Apparently this is now called "Wrong Girl", will it be called "Wrong Sheep" at some point in the future? The fourth less well known session was on Peter Easton's Radio Scotland music program where he played : The Loneliness of the middle distance runner Slow Graffiti Modern Rock song. 10. Who is Tigermilk dedicated to? Tigermilk is dedicated to Lawrence Bradby, who's a friend of Stuart's. I dunno how frequently asked this question is, but it certainly was asked frequently recently as regards a competition on French radio. 11. Are Belle and Sebastian twee? No, they rock. 12. Dog on Wheels, what's the story there then? Well it's not really Belle and Sebastian on that EP, as you'll see if you have a look at who played on it. Here's the story: All the songs on the EP were recorded some time, either at the end of '95, or start of '96, at Beat Box studios, which is where Stuarts Murdoch and David were doing a doley sound engineering course at the time. Pretty much everyone who plays on it were on the course as well, apart from Mick. One of the guys who ran the studio was Alan Rankine, of Stow College, and Electric Honey Records, which is where he came in. So hopefully that'll put an end to the word of loads of hoary old session musicians playing on it, just kids who were on the course. Makes the recording of that EP sounds less like an episode of Rock School doesn't it. 13. Le Pastie de la Bourgeousie - what does it translate as? Apparently, what it's supposed to translate as is "The Apathy of the Upper Class", however it doesn't, so we're told by reliable French people... Doh! And yes it was sprayed on the wall at Charing Cross for a while, it's in the video for Dog on Wheels, there was another graffiti of the same thing done by a bloke from the Yummyfur apparently, next to Greggs the Bakers on Byres road. 14. Who's on the covers of the records? Tigermilk : Joanne Kenney If you're feeling sinister : Ciara MacLaverty Dog on Wheels : Joanne Kenney Lazy Line Painter Jane : Thea Martin 3,6,9 Seconds of Light : Stuart Murdoch and Victoria Morton The Boy with the Arab Strap : Chris Geddes 15. Are there any differences between UK and US versions of any of the records? No, apart from the fact that the UK pressing of "The Boy with the Arab Strap" is slightly heavier vinyl than the US version. Basically - you'd have to be a bit sad to buy them both. Many thanks to Andreas Hering, Mick Cooke, Chris Leonard, Philippe Garnier and Peter Miller for help with this. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Help?
by Floss 17 May '99

17 May '99

Anybody know anything about Japanese music? I'm off there in July for a year and feel I ought to get myself in the know. Any sinister people in Japan? Floss. 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: A bit of Glasgow-centric nonsense
by ar981611＠student.paisley.ac.uk 17 May '99

17 May '99

My word, the place is bursting at the seams with newbies. Welcome one and all. Why was I not as funny and witty and charming as you all when I first came across this list? Actually, the fun and wit and charm still has not rubbed off, I am still a miserable git. Sometimes :) Hello to Ian who joined the list after meeting Sinister people on the beach on Sunday morning :) That was me, the pissed one in the duffel coat, I can't believe I actually managed to wrote down the URL coherently enough for you to find us all. Blame Jim the Bowlie goalie, he may kindly throw water on people's tits at B&S gigs but at five in the morning he force-feeds you red wine and makes you think that foregoing sleep to watch the sun coming up is a good thing. It was, but not the next day when I REALLY wanted to still be up. Big hurrah to PJ for the Interstellar Novar Drive subject box joke, as I cracked that one long long time ago when I was a pseudo-Hyndlander and first walked past said street (my best mate used to work in the pizza shop at the end of Novar Drive). Everyone I was with thought I was mad, so thank you for (eight years later), validating the fact that it was mildly amusing, even if I am still the only person in the world who finds it so :) Anyway, the real reason I am coming back out of my mid-exam hibernation is to tell the Glasgow crowd amongst you that there are mutterings on the message board about a meet-up on the 29th May. I seem to recall in the Sunday Mail that Snow Patrol are playing George Square as part of the Radio One Music Live thingie that night, so that's the excuse - it is an evening in the pub being planned due to some wee football match being on at Hampden in the afternoon - if any of you want to come and watch me recreate the levels of drunkenness achieved at Bowlie, then get message-boarding or else mail me and I'll tell you where to go (in a nice way, you understand). Maybe Chris and Keith will come and bring the remote wanking machine. Or bring the remote wanking machine and come. Erm...if that hasn't put you off too much, then let us know. If anyone (David? Katrina?) can verify that Snow Patrol are playing then that would be all the better :) I am trying desperately to think of something exciting to say to the rest of you but seasoned listerines will know that I have been trying that for ages and still haven't succeeded. Erm, big thanks to the people who seem to be under the impression that I am more list-crush-worthy than everyone that isn't Fluffy, Trousers and Jessicaxo. You are sad deluded fools, and I feel a hell of a lot better for it :) I have a nice poem, and if the poetry parrot comes my way, I will share it. Till then, I have to go and sleep as failing exams is playing havoc with my routine. Practising saying "Do you want fries with that?", Ailsa 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: bloody thieves!
by alex tobin 17 May '99

17 May '99

Brad W. wrote: ...People, people -- Belle & Sebastian is flat out boring, and they are musical thieves to boot (unless Lou Reed is collecting royalties...) Lou Reed? Can I now assume that the next album will be B&S's very own version of 'Metal Machine Music' or loaded with references to veins, heroin, and the Dirty Boulevards of Falkirk? Seriously folks... Nick Drake, Love, the Field Mice, Tindersticks, Lou Reed? Hehe... Where will it end?!! Surely it can't be a crime - it would be unnatural - not to be, in some shape or form, influenced by certain bands and musical styles. We all know Oasis have become 'I am the Walrus' types and that certain Parklife-era Blur songs are reminiscent of Kinks output (hell, the Beatles freely admitted that Chuck Berry, Lttle Richard, etc. were paramount in their musical development in early days), and it must be extremely difficult for budding songwriters with a love of music to actually chuck out all of the music they listened to in the past and come up with their very own unique sound. As a sometimes writer for several German music mags, I often catch colleagues - when describing new releases - to write something along the lines of 'album sounds like a cross between x and y', thereby namechecking other acts in order to better describe new releases. Often, this is just lazy journalism; often, deadlines are looming and we have to get 'something in' for the next issue... So, now I'm curious about further Lou Reed connections... Is Isobel the Nico of the band? Should we make Stevie the John Cale to Stuart's Lou? Who will fulfill the role of Andy Warhol (any takers out there?)? Likewise Bowie or Iggy Pop (Aidan Moffat?)... Ah well, it's early - too early - yet, and I'm starting to rant. I'd better leave that up to others here and sign off for now. Your very own satellite of love Alex http://www.popjourno.com a new mailing list for music, film, literature, art, travel, and ranting in general +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sounds like...
by Martin Wilson 17 May '99

17 May '99

Brad W. wrote: <...People, people -- Belle & Sebastian is flat out boring, and they are musical thieves to boot (unless Lou Reed is collecting <royalties...) Alex Tobin wrote <it must be extremely difficult for budding songwriters with a love of music to actually chuck out all of the music they listened to in <the past and come up with their very own unique sound. <So, now I'm curious about further Lou Reed connections... Is Isobel the Nico of the band? Should we make Stevie the John Cale <to Stuart's Lou? Who will fulfill the role of Andy Warhol (any takers out there?)? Likewise Bowie or Iggy Pop (Aidan Moffat?)... If there are ANY truly original bands out there who are not influenced by other music someone please let me know, but make it a good one 'cos I've been around a long time and I ain't found one yet. The point is what do they do with the influence when they have it. There's a thin line between tribute/clever pastiche and just plain copying; a thin line but one that glows in the dark. I reckon B&S are well on the right side of the line as opposed to eg. Blur, whose LPs are basically compilations of their favourite bands ("There's a bit of room at the end lads what shall we have, a Kinks or another XTC?"). I thought the Velvet Underground influence on B&S was fairly obvious but that just goes to show that not everyones ears are the same. Lazy Line Painter Jane particularly. I'd say Stuart M was the Nico of the band; just listen to Belle & Sebastian or Beautiful. Oddly enough amongst all the other recommendations that appear on Sinister I've not heard anyone mention Chelsea Girls the first Nico LP which sounds remarkably like a lot of B&S songs. I think thats one of the reasons why B&S are my favourite band; because they sound like all my favourite bands. Just to throw another couple of logs on the fire, does anyone else think they sound a bit like Pentangle (Rollercoaster Ride, Stars of Track & Field) and doesn't Spaceboy Dream sound like that other Glaswegian genius Ivor Cutler? Honey wrote: <Next week is "Everyone On Sinister Phone In Sick Week" so we'll stay in bed and eat jam sandwiches all day together ok? I have to get up at 0530 and come into work to read the mail but I work at the seaside so "it's like a holiday whenever you go round". So it's cheese butties in a comfy chair OK? 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: Tribute band (don't laugh)
by Tigermilker . 17 May '99

17 May '99

Howdy ho. *****TIGERMILK SPOTTED****** My roving spies report to me that Avalanche in Edinburgh have an original Tigermilk and are inviting offers over £200. Just in case you wanted to know, and you probably didn't. I know that my overdraft would cough it's last if I were to even *think* about it. But I am going to go in this afternoon and gaze longingly at it, and maybe even touch it if the nice man will let me. I wonder if I could get my photo taken with it too? On the subject of Tigermilk, I know three naughty people who each have a one and have neglected to register them on the Sinister site. Naughty, naughty, BAD people. Aaaaaany way, enough of that, I am really writing to try and find people. Not any people, mind, they must have a specific talent. Promise you won't laugh? OK. If you were at the Gentle Waves gig in Glasgow, you may have recieved a flyer for a Belle and Seb tribute band, called 'Smell and the Bastian', looking for folk to play in the band. Now, I was not responsible for those flyers, but I did get one, and the idea tickled me greatly. So I phoned the chap whose number was on the flyer, and offered my services as a potential Jevie Stackson. The chap, whose name I forget, has apparently recorded some four-tracks of himself doing B&S songs, sent them to the band, and asked what they thought about the idea of a tribute band. Now, I don't know whether this is true or not, it may be a vicious lie - please don't sue me, but he claims to have received a phone call from none other than Stew hurt Lemur Doc telling him to go ahead. Now, as you can imagine, he wants to do this thing properly if it is going to be done at all. The idea is to form a band that will gig around Glasgow or further afield. The idea is not to make stacks of cash - enough for PA's and transport would be fine. He wants to do it mainly for a laugh, and not as part of some great career plan. To do this, he is going to need a few musicians. This is where we come in. So far, he has himself cast in the Stu M. role, and has a Stu D. to handle bass-swinging duties. What he is looking for just now, is people who know how to play, properly, the licks on Lead Guitar, Keyboards and Drums. This is what he considers to be the essentials for the core of a band, other roles would be appreciated too. Now I would quite like to fill the lead guitar role, but he would like more than one applicant for the post. You don't have to look like your alter-ego - just as well, because I would need 3 foot stilts, black hair dye and a perm. And the Stuart David is female(!) - but it would be an advantage if you have good quality kit, live in the Glasgow area, and are available to practise and gig this summer. Think about it for a bit, you know it would be a good laugh. Anyway, if you think you fill the bill, then mail me and I'll put you in touch with the chap. I'm a bit wary of displaying his home phone number without his knowledge, so that seems the best idea. Thats all. Ciao for nao, Marky. ______________________________________________________ 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: If we took away the sky where would all the birds fit in ?
by Tony 17 May '99

17 May '99

>Is anyone else going to see My Life Story at the LA2 ? Maybe, I had a love affair with MLS around '94 back when Helen Caddich was still amoungst them but after her departure things seem to have gone rapidly downhill. Whilst she went on to do the arrangements for Micheal Head's 'The Magical World of The Strands' Jake seems to have seriously lost the plot. If anyone is going my friend Sam (she of Foundation) is doing the T-shirt stall this tour following the departure of the long-suffering and much loved Claire. So say hello and buy her a drink and maybe she'll dish the dirt on Shakey Jake. Low were magical almost as good as Red House Painters last year, Smog were fine too, lots of B&S badges, though none presented in the inverted tradition denoting a sinisterette. One of them presented me with a flyer for a club they run in Oxford every Wednesday called 'Strange Fruit' strangefruit(a)matter.dircon.co.uk playing B&S, Mogwai, Field Mice ect. Go-Betweens at the Jazz Cafe tonight and Pernice Bros @ The Garage tomorrow, who needs sleep anyways ... Tony ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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