June 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Who Was That Masked Man?......
by Elish Hope 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Pardon me good friends, but I have a wee inquiry..... There has much taunting of man they call - Tim Hopkins.... It leads to wonder what a man such fascination would bring? Is a poet? Is a musician? Is he a writer? Is he Zoro? Perhaps he is the master mind behind Jar Jar Binks.... Whoever he is - why all the taunting? Never one to hide my lack of knowledge as shame - I am open game for laughter should everyone else know who he is besides me. Like the mole too curious for his own, as he investigates a loud noise rolling above him, in time only to see the last wheel of semi roll over him...... Could someone clue me in? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: That joke was never funny in the first place
by Alasdair Cook MS1996 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Hello, my favourite Simpsons episode/Homerism is......no, it's gone. Here are some rubbish jokes instead. The first one I nicked off a penguin. Unfortunately he was a king penguin and he got all his penguin servants to beat the shit out of me. Luckily the doctors found the joke in my pocket and knew what to do. Q: What do you give a sick Belle and Sebastian fan? A: Tweetment. The second one is an REM joke. I say joke, but for something to be a joke it has to be funny. And this isn't. At all. Knock knock. (now you all say "Who's there") Windy (It's you again, this time you say "Windy who?". This would be a lot easier if I could actually talk to you people, but anyway) Windy World is a monster. Kudos to anyone who is a sad enough REM fan (ie me) to get this. Finally, thanks to Chris for making me laugh (a lot) with: > He turned a funny purple, like Jim Robinson in Neighbours before he died I'm laughing again. Luckily there's no-one here. Alasdair xx PS The Pixies really were a great band, weren't they? (Come on Hopkins, you know you want to). +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 #206]
by Tony 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

> Are any other NY listees going to the Nick Drake tribute on Saturday? Or London listees going to the one at the Spitz (Commercial St EC1) the same night ? TC ____________________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: 779 people finding this of interest? Umm..
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Bah! Someone anarchist groups have been spreading dissent amongst the Oompah Lumpah and they are on some kind of go-slow policy today. As a result I have been forced to cover for them and this working business is not suiting me well at all. Today of all days! I am exhausted after staying up way past my bedtime last night watching cabaret aboard the HMS President. Big name performers were the Frank Chickens. They followed a quite atrocious act which consisted of a lady removing all her clothes. It was billed as 'Striptease with a Twist' but like the Morrissey song of a similar name, it never appeared. Well, the Striptese did, as I mentioned, but not the Twist, as far as I or any of my companions could make out. To those unfamiliar with the Frank Chickens, they bear a certain resemblance to Belle & Sebastian, in that there are an average of eight members on stage at any one time. Also, they do 'funny' cover versions, of songs like 'Yummy Yummy Yummy I've Got Love In My Tummy' (which, were it in French would be an ideal vehicle for Miss Campbell's talents.) However, the disimilarities soon began to manifest themselves. For a start they all appeared to be fluent in Japanese! And not only did they have no plans to contract out their merchandising operation, they actually went and sold the stuff to the audience directly - during the show! Actually, it wasn't so much 'merchandise' as boxes of raw fish, but the principle remains the same. Some hardcore fans still had their boxes of raw fish from the 1987 tour. I believe there is much demand for these but one member of the Frank Chickens has vetoed any plan to reissue them, arguing that a collectors market in original 1987 fish adds to the mystique of the band. There were one or two innovations that our favourite Scottish heroes might like to consider integrating into the B&S L!ve Experience. For example, one Frank Chicken wore a clever outfit with rubber arms that made it look like someone was squeezing her boobs from behind. One member of the audience was taken in and leaped up on the stage to defend the poor lady's honour, but swiftly discovered his mistake and returned to his seat looking foolish. Nick 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: Sarah Cracknell - one night only
by Sam Norman 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Ooh, i've got to go off on some kind of training weekend, i've already missed the mini-bus, which means that i've got to travel down to deepest darkest Kent, somewhere called Wye to be precise, on a train on my own. I asked a girl out today, she said no as well . And then on top of that I am missing Sarh Cracknell tonight at Popstarz :( What is my life coming to? I don't know.. Anyhow I hope you can forgive my shameless plug for London's second best club after Tigermilking, and not berate me on that either. Sam +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 documentary
by Power15755＠aol.com 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Hiya! Has anyone, who asked David Andrew McNicol for a copy of the documentary, got their video yet? Mine's not here yet. :-( If he really sent it last weekend, it should have been here yesterday ... 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I can see right through your plastic mac
by Natasha Rachel 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Oh hello Sinisteroodlies. Fancy meeting *you* here. I've just finished four days in a row of exams and since I don't have to write "London Examinations" anywhere until Wednesday I'm off to The Beach for the weekend. God life can be tough. I was very disappointed when Leo Di Bloody Caprio got Yummy Ewan's role in the film version of "The Beach". Imagine all the opportunities there would have been for Ewan running naked across the sand, Ewan swimming naked in clear- as in transparent, as in you can see *everything*- Thai waters... It's all for the greater good though, the emergency services wouldn't have been able to cope with all the girls who like boys and boys who like boys swooning across the cinema aisles. Guess what. No really, have a guess. Beeeeep. Sorry, time's up. The answer is, there's only two weeks to go til the London picnic. Teri and Debbie are coming ALL THE WAY from Canada to be there and I'm coming ALL THE WAY from Cyprus, so there'd better be lots of Londinium dwellers to show us how to get to Primrose Hill from the station. Enter this warp zone for details: http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/cgi-bin/mboard/belle/thread.cgi?272,0 Incidentally, the day's been set for Saturday the 3rd, but if more people can make it on the Sunday, we're flexible. Democracy and all that. See lots of you soon, Natasha xx _________________________________________________________ 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" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: record's freshness date/The Who->/etc...
by MWaggner＠aol.com 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

In a message dated 99-06-17 01:21:18 EDT, you write: > T.Rex has always been my fave British band since about 1972 when I was a wee > > lad. Lest anyone think there is no B&S connection to T. Rex... our little batch of B&S admirerers in this area might never have been captured by them had someone in our local cd store not been a T. Rex fan in his youth. When IYFS came into the store, he noted the label name and said, "Ah ha! What is this Jeepster thing? Could they be like T. Rex? Will I be carried back to the days of my platform knee-high boots?" Instead of a trip down some Memory Lane of big-hair and mascara, he was awestruck dumb by our mellow popsters -- and accosted everyone who came through the shop door, forcing them to stand at the counter and have a listen. In thanks, we've all built shrines to the various gods of hair-care products and rat-tail combs in our homes -- although there have been difficulties with the flammability of aerosol cans and candles from time to time. Actually, I always thought T. Rex was an american band until I saw a special on them on VH-1 while in London. They seemed awfully amercian, somehow. --michele +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Jeremy.Simon＠jwt.com 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Dear Sinisteristininesies, I hope everyone is well on this Friday afternoon. Clear skies over London today (when I am at work). Rain forecast for the weekend (when I am not). Perfect. What's the weather like in Scotland? And NY? And Japan(?) Why not let us all know. It is my dream to abuse the Sinister list as a global weather report link up. Only kidding, Honey. (Honey - are you there?) My inbox was woefully scant this morning - perhaps as a result of Honey's "harsh-but-fair" post yesterday. It was one of those situations when I felt guilty, even though not specifically charged. However, I will scatter this post liberally with B&S reference, and include absolutely no mention of any personal friends (chance would be a fine thing) whatsoever. Spoon. Anyhoo, I have two very interesting and fascinating things to say. Firstly, on 12th July, pop pickers, Trash in London's Soho are having a B&S night. Sorry if this is old news, but I only just found out. It is to celebrate the glorious return of our beloved Tigermilk to the shelves of obscure record shops across the galaxy. So everyone come and dance like bastards at this most excellent of nights : ) That said, last Tuesday was Charlatans night, which meant that they played One to Another and Zombie at about 2.30am, and that was it. Not that it was a bad thing, for it left plenty of time for "Sweet Child of Mine" and Britnay F****ng Spears. Shudder. Good time, though, except for being utterly rejected by the girl I've fallen for (top tip: always fall for a girl AFTER getting intimate - saves long hours and lost days : )) Which leads me neatly onto my second point. Geyv Kathoke wrote about how to deal with misery, following a killer anecdote about being totally humiliated by his lurve interest. Bad luck, Geyv - makes me feel better though. Here is my useful nugget of advice: on those long dark evenings of the soul, DO NOT under any circumstance listen to the following songs: Broken Heart - Spiritualized No Distance Left To Run - Blur Miss Misery - Elliott Smith Boy Done Wrong Again etc. (I thought of lots more last night, but now I am at work the creative half of my brain has shut down, and I am running on the 3%* required to perform my duties competently). Just don't do it. Self immolation, a mighty masturbation habit, Brett Easton Ellis, all these are preferable to these bloody dirges. Which got me to thinking - why do people write songs like these? Under what circumstance are they designed to be listened to? When I'm feeling down, I really can't hack hearing how dreadful life can be; when I'm feeling gay, I like to hear happy songs. (Shallow, moi?). What the hell am I talking about? love to you all J. D. Salinger *which coincidentally is the same 3% I use for making sweet love, and as a result am in an almost constant state of arousal at work. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "you take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all his fac - with all his f-a-c-u-l-t-i-e-s intact" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: White Horses
by Kevan Cooke 18 Jun '99

18 Jun '99

Hello folks, Did you know that the sound engineer at the Garage's first ever record was White Horses? Just one more reason to come to Tigermilky II or whatever it ends up being called when it happens later this year. When Michael Barrett talks about the workings of electrical appliances I tend to believe him, mainly because he does presentations to international conferences on that sort of thing. When he says that The Who are poodle rock puppies I say that the Seventies were a bad time when everyone grew bad hair, except for the people who couldn't grow bad hair, and they grew beards instead. Pamela Hutchinson complained that listening to Tigermilk was interfering with her revision, and then apologised for being a whining overpriveledged student. Don't listen to her! Pamela is wonderful and fantastic and lovely and you should all go and give her a list crush now at http://listcrush.future.easyspace.com/ to cheer her up. Chris Lynyrd, can I toss into your smut box too? It sounds almost as much fun as Hopkins baiting. Is Hopkins baiting still legal? I can well imagine country folk like Alix Campbell in their wellingtons and wax jackets and tweed caps with a shotgun under their arm organising that sort of thing in a remote barn somewhere, rounding up rambling hippys and throwing them in with Tim to enjoying the resulting mayhem. Have you no shame Alix? Kevan 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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