May 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Ohhh get me away i'm brian, get me away i'm dianne, get me away i'm dying...
by Ben Parker 07 May '99

07 May '99

Hello. I haven't said anything for several months. Not a word. I would have gone to bowlie, but alas I only have one friend that even mildly likes belle and sebastian, or would at least be willing to part with �85 for them, so it wasn't to be. Or maybe i'm just too friendless. I hear that Godspead... where on at the same time as b&s anyway, so that would have been a little annoying. did any one see them? Finally got round to finishing that girlfriend in a coma book the other week, just through boredom, and it was as bad as i thought it was going to be...the conclusion was by for the most anoying part of the novel. And utterly predictable. BeN _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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by Elish Hope 07 May '99

07 May '99

Let's see, I just out of the nursery, and I could try to be cutesy and creative, but let's face, only Stuart is very good at that. So, I won't bother. A few of you know me, most of you don't. My name is Elle Zober and I used to live in Glasgow. Several months ago I fell madly in love with an American and moved back to Seattle. Sadly this is still the home of grunge and I was hoping to find some Sinister people in and around the Seattle area to have pic nics stuff with. Nothing will ever be as nice as the Botanic Gardens, but you can always try. Anyway, it's been nice to read all you mails. It makes me a little less homesick...... So, - hi Edinburgh Keith, Sus and Paul...... I don't think that I know anyone else - oh, Ciara..... Hmmmmm.... Well, I'm feeling a little silly here, so I think that I will go. If anyone out there is anywhere near me - please email me, it's lonely being Sinister all by myself...... Good night. elle Let'L;aldjf +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I'm forever bowlie-ing bubbles
by John Warrander 06 May '99

06 May '99

Hello my rock'n'roll friends, I've just been shopping. And good shopping it was too. You know that Go-Betweens best of "Bellavista Terrace" that clever sorts like his Dukester were wittering on about not so long ago? Well nobody mentioned that it's got an absolutely fantastic extra CD with it which has amazing acoustic and electric sessions off American radio on it. And there's this lovely American woman saying some real nice things and the music is beauty exemplified. I kid you not. It's really very, very good. I'd get it soon if I was you cos I think the extra CD is limited or something. And it's really good. I went to Bowlie too. I didn't speak to anybody cos I'm a bit scared of real people but I was there. There were some small boys on the beach with a dead shark and they wore gorilla and elephant latex masks and held up their shark and then they got a kraft slice each for their trouble. If they hadn't enjoyed the plastic cheese so much they'd have got a pound each too, but they seemed happy enough. Then that Joss bloke (who's a bit of a shark too kids - so you be careful) got his mates together and gave our chalet a lesson on the finer points of the beautiful game. It was on the beach and very tiring and my legs hurt for days afterwards. Everything was so great though that even hobbling around like a cripple for most of the following week seemed sort of nice. I enjoyed Bowlie. I enjoyed Bowlie a lot. I thought the Pontins staff were dead ace too. And has anybody mentioned that The Pastels played a stormer? Well they did. Oh, and that ginger bit of stuff on the t-shirt stall was one beaut Sheila. And can I just say "Claire Timmins!". To try and recapture that Bowlie spirit I went to the seaside last weekend too. It was a "let's introduce our Australian friend to the underbelly of British culture" kind of deal. And the great underclasses that populate the terraces of lower division football grounds and go to Blackpool on a Bank Holiday weekend didn't fail to impress. Well, they left an impression or something. I'd like to say we can laugh about it in retrospect but there's no getting around the fact that football fans chanting disturbing homophobic shit leaves a rather unpleasant taste in the mouth that doesn't really clear that easily. Blackpool was great though. I bought a tartan bonnet with ginger hair attached then walked around the beach on my knees wearing it. Can you guess who I was pretending to be kids? There's a packet of smarties in it for you if you can you twee fools. I'm off to bed now, subdued and happy. Apology Accepted, Lover...John PS I wuv woo King of Finland +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Do Something Violent While You Can
by Mick McMick * Sandcastle Records 06 May '99

06 May '99

Hello, Well, I wrote this a few days hence. Apparently the mail server got confused when I shortened my e-mail from bp224996(a)oak.cats.ohiou.edu to bp224996(a)ohiou.edu. Anyway, that's sorted out. Er, so this isn't incredibly relevant, but to make up for that, I will inform you all that Tigermilk will be released on my birthday. I'm sure they did that on purpose, and those Matador folk better follow suit, or I'll have to kick some beehind. On with the letter... Hm, this substitution of a subject header is starting to look like an album title for some teen angst band. Sorry about that. Anyway, I just wanted to write a bit about Struan smashing his guitar. I was reading Genevieve and others' posts and I realized that the poor guy should be able to do all sorts of things and not expect the fans to be up in arms at him doing it. He is, after all, just a human being. A human being who writes lots of lovely tunes, but a human being nonetheless. As such he gets stressed, angry, happy, sad, and yes, even violent. I don't think we should be appalled that he would produce such an act. We might be a little fraught that he was moved to produce such an act from obvious unhappiness. Anyway, I know you're all sweet and mean the best, I just thought I'd mention that. Oh and also I'm pedantic. Want proof? Tony wrote: > Thursday - ex-Trembling Blue Stars Harvey Willimas album launch @ 12 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? /"\_/"\_/"\ Brian Pennington, a.k.a. Mick McMick; Sandcastle Records \ / bp224996(a)ohiou.edu ICQ#5056758 | | Sandcastle Recs Homepage: http://www.frognet.net/~mick/ | | "I am always wishing to make people | | in the world happy with my smiles." | | -Mr. Friendly PS> I just prettied up my webpage if'n you want to see it. Must fix some breakfast now... PPS> I already fixed that breakfast & it was quite good. Now I must fix dinner. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: halibut, halibut, halibut
by Alix Campbell 06 May '99

06 May '99

typical, isn't it? i finally think of something relevant to write to you dear soles. so, then my email packs up, and like a gagged lemur, i am suddenly silenced. now it's back and i've forgotten whatever excitingness it was i was going to say. i haven't seen anyone's lost keys, and nor have i seen my wallet. but i didn't lose that at the picnic, i, um...left, it in a taxi saturday night. really, the only people likely to have seen it are taxi drivers in oxford. are any of you taxi drivers in oxford? does anyone else wake up with hangovers and think 'what i need is Cajun music'. i can't understand why i would think this. i was convinced though ~ must procure music that i won't like. why, eh? i did have a jolly lovely time at the picnic, but i'll leave it at that, so no one feels left out. going to go and get some sleep now. remember: prolapse are at the point in oxford this saturday. GO. alix.x the universe contains everything that exists, the planets, their moons, the stars, star clusters, the galaxies and groups of galaxies and all the space and all the gas between them. as far as scientists know there is only one universe and there is nothing which is not part of it. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a beach is a place where a man can fell
by John Mahoney 06 May '99

06 May '99

In my frequent checks of the digest it seems that there is an awful lot of Who discussin' going on. So, on those grounds, can anyone update on the new Lifehouse project that I read about a while ago? JM +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Odd spelling
by Gary Lawler 06 May '99

06 May '99

So once I got cornered by a guy doing a survey for the Challenging Times program (sort of like University Challenge), and the "What is your favorite band?" question came up. I said B&S of course, but the survey guy wrote the name of the band as "Bell and Sebastian" which seemed very strange to me (although not as strange as a friend of mine who was a tad unsure of the name and called them "BELL AND SA BASS CHIN" in a recent EMail, though). Anyway, from all those Bowlie posts, I've read a bit about the Flaming Lips and how people think they're pretty good. I was thinking of maybe picking up one their albums to see what they're like - could someone tell me what their most accessible album is (probably best not to post any answers to the list ^_^)? Thanks. 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: There's more to life than smut, you know. But not much more.
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 06 May '99

06 May '99

>> i was walking about campus the other day & saw a flier that said, "Depressed >> and have low self esteem? Listen to (radio station) playing Morrissey, The >> Smiths & Belle & Sebastian" >> >> I thought that was rather funny that they said that B&S is low self-esteem >> music. Ailsa wrote: >Doesn't anyone else think this? Maybe they're not low-self-esteem "I >hate myself and I want to die" stuff, but as a long-term bullying victim >with chronic self-esteem problems I identify far too much with certain >lyrics, especially "Mary Jo", "the one thing that I learned when I was >still a child was to take a hiding, if there's one thing that I learned >when I was still at school was to be alone", parts of "She's losing it" >and "Expectations", OK, maybe not what you'd all call low self esteem >music but I see myself in a lot of (especially earlier) Belle and >Sebastian lyrics and that's part of why I started to listen to them. >I'm pretty sure there must be a couple more people who see them that way >too? Yes? No? I mean there are a million other reasons I love them >too, but that's my view on the low-self-esteem thing anyway. Sometimes we get a bit overly flippant on this list. It's nice to find someone drawing attention to the sad side of the songs for a change. I wonder whether people are shy of it because 'angst-ridden teenager' is such a looming, uncool stereotype. Even when you're 26. Or 43. Oh dear, I think I'm heading down a road where I'll have to put my finger on what Belle and Sebastian are about, or why they're unique, and I don't feel up to the job. But here goes. I suppose 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. (Maybe it says something bad about me, but I never felt the same way about misery-laden deep soul music). Even if I told myself they really did have pain in their lives, their way of expressing it just did nothing for me. Or it just embarassed me. I don't know. Which is why I always preferred music that dealt with life's knocks in a more playful, or at least detached way. What the detractors might call clever-clever. There's something about the observational, third person nature of most of Stuart Murdoch's lyrics, along with the smallness of his voice and the fragility of the music that makes all the tales of persecution and awkwardness that Ailsa mentions so bloody affecting. But some people will never see it. I pissed myself laughing at Steve Sutherland's quote in this week's NME Verve eulogy. It's a brave man who allows: "Blur release an album called 'Modern Life Is Rubbish' and The Verve release an album called 'A Storm In Heaven'. It's a matter of scale" to be blown up in big letters across the pages of the paper he edits. Especially when the quote continues ".. A matter of dimension. A matter of embracing the anti-matter, if you like". Tee hee. Different strokes, different strokes, man. Not that I'm wanting to closely identify Blur with Belle and Sebastian, you understand... Anyway, Ailsa soon reverted to smut: >Oh, and Big Stu said >> (more Economy Tarts anyone?), >which is no way to talk about Nick Dastoor in my opinion, even if he >does behave like an inordinate slut for under a pound :) >Wishing I had sold myself more effectively for a couple of listcrush >votes, Look, I'm not sure I like this Sinister slut label anymore. There was a lovely 24 hour period between Saturday and Sunday night at Camber Sands in which I was 'Sexiest boy on Sinister'. That was much better - can't we go back to that? I would just like to set the record straight that NONE OF THE SLUTTISH BEHAVIOUR at Bowlie was initated by me. I was always the passive partner lured astray by others. I've donated all my ill-gotten gains to charity. Filthy lucre. And I completely refute the suggestion that it was a cheap listcrush vote-winning exercise. I had three votes in the old count so at least one person's gone off me as a result of all this nonsense. Nicholas 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: at the toss of a coin, your head at the ground, your tail in the air
by Cynthia Someone 06 May '99

06 May '99

hi sinners: a warm close-mouthed smile to you all, shiny eyes and all... haven't been around for a while, this sunbird left for sunnier climes and it took me while to get back into the humdrum groove again... but I am glad all of you are chipper than ever, if not, chippier... surprised to find myself playing in the sandbox but I found it not at all a waste of time... happy as a clam in the sand... Bowlie sounds like an experience, and I wish I'd been there, sounds like the sort of thing I'd want to brag of and be very loud and exuberant regarding it upon return. and tigermilk Tigermilk T!I!G!E!R!M!I!L!K! is on my mind, I'm glad time goes fast, it seems like the reissue will be out in no time at all... (insert shameless hello to everyone I've spoken to since being on the list, penitent sorry I haven't posted) I am in music ecstasies right now, having picked up the new Lilys (any fans out there? is the older one any good?) and Virginia Rodrigues (brasil yay) and got some sort of spring urge to post though I've nothing really to say ... Cynthia http:www/geocities.com/soho/village/4541 _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: B&S related news from the Jeepster news list 05/05/99 ...
by Katrina House 06 May '99

06 May '99

Belle & Sebastian ----------------- We now have a definite re-release/re-issue/re-press (whatever) date for "Tigermilk" which is to be July 12th 1999. As yet, it only applies to the U.K. (Jeepster) and Europe (Delabel/Virgin) but as soon as i have dates for North America, Japan, Australia and the rest of the world, i will pass them on. "Tigermilk" will be released on CD (JPRCD007), heavyweight special-sleeve LP (JPRLP007), and MC (JPRMC007) in the U.K. and on CD in all other territories. we are taking advance orders for the album at our on-line store now - https://secure.jeepster.co.uk/cgi-bin/Web_store/web_store.cgi - where the CD is priced* at 8 pounds, whilst the LP is only 7 pounds and the tape only 5 pounds. we are also going to despatch the record prior to the release in an attempt to ensure delivery on or immediately after the release date. (*prices quoted do not including any local taxes or shipping.) The album has been remastered and the artwork redone, obviously the first time for the CD and MC releases and sounds and looks absolutely amazing. I remember when i first started working at jeepster (nearly two years ago!) and every second phone call was "how can i get hold of "Tigermilk", so hopefully everyone who has not heard this magnificent album or who owns a scratchy tenth-generation tape copy will now be able to appreciate it in it's full splendour .. *sigh* :) Belle & Sebastian are now taking a break and will head back into the studio late summer to finish off their fourth album. There is possible talk of releasing a single before then but we'll just have to wait and see. Looper ------ News from the treehouse's mouth - http://www.treehouse.clara.net ... "We're planning a UK tour for May at the moment, and in July we'll be touring in America and Canada. The schedule for will be something like this, although not exactly: July 3rd- San Diego, CA July 4th- Irvine, CA July 5th- Los Angeles, CA July 7th- San Francisco, CA July 9th- Portland, OR July 10th- Seattle, WA July 11th- Vancouver, BC July 14th- Minneapolis,MN July 15th+16th- Chicago, IL July 17th- Detroit, MI July 18th- Toronto, ONT July 19th- Montreal, QC July 20th- Boston, MA July 21st- Philadelphia, PA July 22nd- Washington, DC July 23rd- NYC A soon as we have the venues and the exact dates confirmed we will post them here." and i'll pass them on to you all on this list :) possible Looper sing;e too, more news next update ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ that's about all for now. please note that all prices at the online shop will be revamped over the next day or two, so hang off on placing your orders and you may find nice discounts after the weekend! until next time ... cheers, Katrina. p.s. - Bowlie was ace! best bands in my opinion? Mogwai, sodastream (*sigh*) and Belle & Sebastian ... not that i'm biased or anything :) -- ************************************************************************ jeepster recordings ltd. - mailto:a-and-r@jeepster.co.uk http://www.jeepster.co.uk/ ***we are moving on april 1st 1999!*** new postal address is po box 14153, london, sw11 4xu, u.k. tel: 0171 924 2324, fax: 0171 924 6161 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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