May 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: oops!
by Ciflux＠aol.com 07 May '99

07 May '99

I just realized that I said EXACTLY what Mick said. Sorry, MIck. OK, I'll shut up now. mike +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: more pedantic than thou
by Ciflux＠aol.com 07 May '99

07 May '99

Mick said: << Actually Harvey Williams was in the Field Mice, not the Trembling Blue Stars. He played some live gigs with them but was never in the band, and thus can't be ex-TBS. See what I mean? >> Actually, Harvey definitely did appear with the live version of Trembling Blue Stars. I saw him onstage at a TBS show with my own eyes. How much of a "member" of TBS he was I can't say -- I got the impression that he was just helping out with the live show... oh well, back to living vicariously through Bowlie posts. mike ciflux(a)aol.com http://members.aol.com/ciflux +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: he had the reds.....
by Declan and Noren Hynes 07 May '99

07 May '99

just a quick comment to Mick, yeh i agree about stuarts outburst. it was just a little scary seeing such anger from the boy. i don't think people were up in arms about that fact though, most of us CAN handle the violence. i think people are just a little worried about why he did it in the first place. someone mentioned an argument between him and isobel. ....all that side it was a nice gig, if a little short. and they played simple things which made my blood dance! i do smell the makings of a dublin picnic over the summer. that's all for today children slan finn +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: "We're all doomed!!!" - John Laurie, Dad's Army.
by Martin Wilson 07 May '99

07 May '99

Nick Dastoor said >ever since I was about 14 I've felt uneasy about any dark and doom-laden music, especially that made by contemporary white >indie bands. It always just seemed so ridiculous. Pretentious, I suppose. & Robin Stout said >I agree. I reckon the best thing about Stuart's lyrics is that they're always pretty detached, even when they're written in the >first person, so they're never self indulgent. I think B + S are about the people who don't wave their hands and shout "look at me I'm >soo miserable", like Stephen Dalton does, so they have to be sung for because they're too quiet to sing about themselves. That's >probably why they attract pretty hopeless people like me, I suppose. I used to quite like doom laden songs and spent far too much of my youth imersed in Doors LPs. Recently though I've gone right off shouty mithering rock music. In defence of 'contemporary white indie bands' I suppose it could be said that they are mostly poor and working in crap jobs to pay off the credit card bill for the rickenbacker. But what have the likes of Metallica, Ministry etc got to moan about for goodness sakes? (The milkman came late It must be fate I can't have my cornflakes And nor can my mate. - Rock Soc. Marvel Mornings) What I love so much about Stuart's songs is that they never give in to self indulgence and are always defiantly optimistic even where this strays near to bad taste territory (Beautiful, LLPJ). People with real problems never seem to write songs or have them written. There are no songs about my gran who spent half her life without my grandad because his working life filled his lungs with coal dust and chemicals, or about the photographer down my street who killed herself because M.E. stopped her in her tracks or the woman at York Station who lives in a bag. On the other hand there are far too many song about scruffy blokes whose girlfriends have left them. B&S sort of help to redress the balance - well they keep my chin up anyway. Well that's enough ranting for a Friday afternoon but before I go for the early train home I thought I should mention some sad news for all us older twee folk. I just heard that the Emperor of twee, the mighty Johnny Morris has bumbled amiably off to the great chimpanzees' tea party in the sky. He will be sadly missed in this household that's for sure. Have a good weekend. /\/\artin -------------------------------------------------------------- "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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: dedicated to be a Number One
by Arantxa Sanz 07 May '99

07 May '99

Hey ! After a few hours of typing my first serious words to be ever to take into account in the world of science and knowledge,that's it,the introduction of my first year as a PhD student report,don't you agree with me I deserve some belief in form of some philosophical reflection sent to this list? Ailsa was the one to throw the first stone (or may I say 'pebble'? I learnt this word at twelve in one of my first English textbooks ever , and I love it because its Flintstonian connections but in spite of my Bramcote , Devon days, never stand any chance to put it in my lips again)However,every one is providing his/her contribution to the topic 'Doom and gloom in Belle and Sebastian songs : Detachment as an essential songwriting skill in the late nineties' and I am not going to stay in the cold,alone and quiet, nope! Long time ago some Radiohead fans in the list come out of the wardrobe,showed their heads and so on, but in spite of this fact,I regard the majority of us agree (and demand)obvious, too obvious self-deprecation combined with self-consolation don't work anymore and can turn out to be quite annoying for even very disposed audiences.Even if you are sad,temporarily sad or your life is permanently a disaster,there are so many out there who could claim the same that is not enough to declare yourself an artist,a sensitive soul, blah ,blah. About identification, in my case, Judy is the obvious.But if you are eight and a girl,and decide to become a physicist, there is no other way.-> I have managed to include a Blur reference.hurrey! Love,love,love Arantxa +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: I'm only luke-warm when I'm writing songs
by EliotNew＠aol.com 07 May '99

07 May '99

Someone toss a life preserver to Elish in Seattle; you sound so lonesome! I know several badge and shirt wearing B&S fans in that area but they're of a sort more likely to pass out on your steps or fall through a table in your den than sit Indian-legged, swapping melted cheeses at some drizzly Washington picnic. So Looper can become Trans-Atlantic on the strength of one thin disc of fetching yet barely-there bedroom noodlings and B&S can't cross the Mississippi more than once with a shed of albums and E.P.'s to their credit? What's up? Can anyone assist with the proper nod and wink for Sinister recognition at a Looper gig? Inverted badge cover the B&S family tree or should I fly an Isobel head-hankie? Interested in swapping for B&S audio rares of all styles and quality. Please e-mail me if interested. Don't let the ocean frighten you; there are aeroplanes. Eliot New +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: I did it!
by Power15755＠aol.com 07 May '99

07 May '99

Hello you, I took my Bowlie wristband off today. It was a hard decission but life has to go on, hasn't it? We can't live in the past all the time, no matter how much we would like to. But I assume some of you are still wearing it. No chance of winning Honey's cardigan for me then! :-) Sister Disco said: >>Joycott Beepster! Does this mean we shouldn't buy any B & S records anymore?? :-( Happy birthday to Chris Jones! Good bye Antje +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: I hit the bum for the final time and I walked away
by Robin Stout 07 May '99

07 May '99

The word "moniker" always reminds me of monkeys, so whenever someone says it I picture a "cheeky" monkey, grinning and scratching his head "hilariously" and drinking cups of "tea". So stop saying it before my head fills up with monkeys. You bastards. Hello We went to see The Electric Sound Of Joy last night and they were really good. They were better with a singer, mind you. I was tempted to offer my services as a singer, but I don't think they'd be quite as good if they were called The Electric Sound Of Mild Disappointment And A Slight Headache, Lets Go Home And Have A Cup Of Tea, so I didn't. Nick Dastoor said >ever since I was about 14 I've felt uneasy about any dark and >doom-laden music, especially that made by contemporary white indie >bands. It always just seemed so ridiculous. Pretentious, I >suppose. I agree. I reckon the best thing about Stuart's lyrics is that they're always pretty detached, even when they're written in the first person, so they're never self indulgent. I think B + S are about the people who don't wave their hands and shout "look at me I'm soo miserable", like Stephen Dalton does, so they have to be sung for because they're too quiet to sing about themselves. That's probably why they attract pretty hopeless people like me, I suppose. But Nick, just because I agree with you it doesn't stop you being a dirty, dirty tart. By the way, if anyone wants to vote for me on the list crush site I'll be your best friend. I had a look the other day and Arantxa's got one vote but I'm not even on the list. How depressing. I'm prepared to stoop to any level of humiliation, you know, so come on kids! xxxxx Robin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

Sinister: Hey Man, Smell My Finger!
by PJMiller 07 May '99

07 May '99

I'd like to be a big-bottomed bumble bee burrowing boldly into the bulbous bloom of The Foxgloves' fragrant hollyhock of P!O!P! So much talent in the leafy groves of Sinisterland, so much subtlety, so much...pazzazz! (burp!) That (burp!) was my considered response to all the (sigh!)ing that's been going on round here. (exasperated sigh borrowed from the Duke when he's teaching and teetering on the brink of the abyss of shouting at someone) Stuart's guitar smashing antics were the highlight of my life so far. Up until then it had been the cover version of "The Kids Are Alright" and the quick burst of Thin Lizzy. I can just picture it, Mad Dog Murdoch asking the crowd, "Has anyone got any Ayr Unoited in them?" Silence. "Would any of the gurls loik a little more Ayr Unoited in them?" Even silenter silence. That's the majesty of ROCK! Thank you to JJ for his wonderful photographic record of the Bowlihill Weekender. I'm making a limited edition run of Tim Hopkins teeshirts if anyone's interested. On the front, that picture of Tim. On the back, some words. Some tiny little insects have set up home in my CD collection. Has anyone got one of those cropdusting planes I can borrow? They must be educated fleas, because they seem to favour krautrock. Apologies to my pen pals. I've been bogged down with work and under the weatherness. I've been feeling like a cat in a bag since I heard The Verve had split up again. Oon, by the time I reply to you, your neice will be old enough to vote, providing you don't have another military coup. I've been reading about you Thais, you know. And I've got a tin of Thai soup. I think of Oon, Anne and Charlotte as Charlie's Angels, and David Moore as Bosley. I'm Charlie, of course. That's not a jaccuzi. I promise to reply to you all soon-ish. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life. I read "Scampi Fries From Hell" and enjoyed it very much, especially the bit about a meat mallet. It was nice to see so many words that I seem to have come to consider "Sinister words", such as "bum", "bra" and "McTaggart". Well done, Ciara. Stu G said something about the Genuflecting Weebles LP being sold on at twice the pwice Beepster were charging for it. Which means it must cost seven pounds fifty from the Beepster on-line store. Either that or someone is being discreet with the truth. And not for the first time, I might add. Joycott Beepster! Incidentally, I was a bit worried that the Who's the Coolest? Competition would have to take a breather for the Tigermilk re-release, but I needn't have worried. I salute the inventiveness of those of you who have written in to say how fantastic the remastered version sounds. I feel like a motherless child. I hear that there was a disappointing turnout for the Jock elections yesterday. Too pissed probably. How I miss Adrian Evans (sigh!). Sister Disco Cork Mix NP: Fine Young Cannibals - Good Thing. In the charts ten years ago this week. Started the Northern Soul revival, you know. I've been listening to The Vintage Chart Show with Paul Burnett. PS: Welcome, newcomers! Welcome! Welcome! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0

None
by Kimberly Rehak 07 May '99

07 May '99

hello my writing companions (because i only seem to post when i'm in the midst of writing a paper for class the next morning) so i was talking to my friend today...yes a story. this girl came into the library employee party with a scotland shirt on, because she's scottish (imagine that). and i say to my friend "scotland, that's where belle and sebastian are from" and he stares at something and then says "belle and sebastian--the scottish version of the wu tang clan..." and he then percedes to spout off all of these comparisons--stu d=the twee ODB?--anyway, he said that he was just spouting all of this off the top of his head, but i think he had it all planned out, waiting to tell someone. i think that this might have been a wee thread on the list awhile ago, i'm not sure, so i'll stop. i just wanted to share my belle and sebastian experience for the day with you lot. it's not very often that i talk to anyone here, in the middle of western pennsylvania (well, besides you marie--ha!) about b&s. well, i do have my macho friends downstairs who just use them as an excuse to make fun of me: "ooo, we're not cool like you because we don't listen to belle and sebastian"--dumb boys. regardless, i'm going to have a cigarette now then write some more about penises. (this is a fun paper) you all have fun sleeping, etc! KIMberly xx "and i'm certain if i drive into those trees, it'd make less of a mess than you've made of me" rainer maria +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

1 0