June 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: My First Posting
by P68d6ern＠aol.com 12 Jun '99

12 Jun '99

Hello Everyone: Surprisingly I do not have much to say at the moment; so perhaps I will tell you a bit about myself. I recently turned 31 and I am currently working towards my Ph.D. (History), and I live in New York City. Music? Well, of course I like music. My favorites--other than Belle and Sebastian--are: the Beatles, Yo La Tengo, East River Pipe, Guided By Voices, Palace (Bros., Songs, etc.), you know stuff like that. Oh yeah, I really love the French composer Erik Satie. Oh, I do have one Belle and Sebastian related story. It would appear that my friends are much too "cool" to listen to bands such as Belle and Sebastian. About two years ago I made a mix tape for a friend of mine; this tape included the song Judy and the Dream of Horses, and his reaction to the song was: "how could you listen to this, it has a I IV V progression?" Now, this person is not a Knitting Factory jazz freak, but there is this attitude among a certain segment of the so-called "downtown scenesters" of my fair city that look down upon any form of music that is not "difficult" to listen to. Meaning if a song lacks dissonance, or has a basic chord progression, this song is not worth listening to--well, what can one do? Not much, except to be secure in the knowledge that some people are allowing their notions of "hipness" interfere with what can be a pleasurable listening experience (was there enough sarcasm in that sentence?). Sorry for that rant. Hopefully in the future my postings will be much more interesting. Thank-you, and have a nice day. Joseph +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: blue veins
by Marie Elia 12 Jun '99

12 Jun '99

(stupid email server kicked me off! let me try sending this again....) hello, you smutty, drunken lot! i hope the tigermilking was, erm, productive. today the doctor made me go get blood drawn. i was terrified, so i wore my stow shirt for courage, though i feared some sort of freak accident involving stuck veins and spurting blood... so they tied one of those foul-smelling rubber tourniquets around my arm, but no vein. they stuck the back of my hand. no blood. then they tried my arm again, this time with my mum stepping in, being a nurse and all. no blood. so then they stuck two of my fingers and spent 15 mins squeezing out as much blood as possible. i feel like a pincushion, and i almost passed out. but they gave me a purple lollipop, and who can be upset with a lolli in her mouth? (erm, yeah....) so i left the clinic with a band-aid in my pocket and tear stains up and down my face, but sucking on my purple lolli... and i said to my mum, "at least you know i'll never be a heroin addict". i don't know why she wasn't amused. in about an hour i'll be hopping a train down to greenwhich village to engage in cd shopping like it's my job. i think i deserve it, after being stuck by a nurse in heart-patterned scrubs all morning. i planned on getting wonderfully sloshed, too, but seeing as how they stole my blood and made me all light-headed, that's probably not a good idea. la la la la la (now guess which b&s song Those "la's" come from!) take care! (kisskiss, kimmy!) xoxo, marie ps. One Month 'Til Tigermilk!!! === ***************************************************** * * * "if you can hold yr breath, * * you can touch the sand with yr hand" - karate * * * ***************************************************** _________________________________________________________ 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: Re:A wandering minstrel's song is sad indeed...
by Graham MacArthur 12 Jun '99

12 Jun '99

>Both classics, undoubtedly, but what about He-Man and >M.A.S.K?? don't you dare forget She-Rah! There are some good cartoons out there at the moment, they just don't exist on normal tv (i.e having 4 channels). Which leaves lots of us buggered, really... I was coming back from the belle and sebastian club night thingy at the garage last night, when a man sitting across from me started to roll a joint. At this point another man on the train, who looked strangely like columbo (yes, with the dirty mack) told him he was from the police and whippped a fake plastic police badge out of his pocket. I had to stop myself from laughing out loud. I was trying to fall asleep but the people sitting on the side of me insisted on analysing the relationship of Victoria Adams and David Beckham, very loudly. If you were at the garage, I hope you didn't notice my half-arsed attempt at dancing when they played suede came on. I should have stopped myself but I love that song too much. Hello to anyone I talked to, which erm, isn't that many.. Erica x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: i've come to announce my unhappy birthday
by Pinaplcrsh＠aol.com 12 Jun '99

12 Jun '99

hi all. in a half hour i will be 21 and i don't have the slightest twinge of excitement. for the last almost year i had been planning on spending it with my girlfriend, but we're taking a goddamn break right now. if your girlfriend ever wants to take a break, say no. they're no good. i've also got the flu and am on lots of medication so i can't go out and get drunk. what's the fun of a 21st birthday if you can't get drunk and don't have anyone to be sober with? the gods are laughing at me. you can all cheer me up by sending presents though. it's never too late. i'd really like a videotape of calvin johnson when he was on mtv europe or the belle and sebastian program. i also like candy that i can't get here like coffee crisps and wispaccinos. if anyone can get my girlfriend back i'd definitely take that. i guess i'll settle for a crush vote though. here's my best brush with celebrity...when i was a kid living in hawaii, my mom's boss belonged to the same beach club as tom selleck(in the magnum p.i. days) and i hung out with him on the beach a couple times. he bought me cokes and french fries. he was really hairy. i have his autograph. i guess that's that. oh, i was born on friday the 13th. my mom says it explains everything. take care. *alyssa marie* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: more than the whole wide world...
by Sean de Vega 12 Jun '99

12 Jun '99

hello, darlings! this is my long-awaited first post on the list, and i'd just like to take the opportunity to introduce myself to all of you. my name is sean, and i enjoy music and collect little british houses. really, though, they're all the rage. country british thingies! they're adorable. i have particularly enjoyed the discussion of sarah cracknell... hoorah!!! some of you already know me (paula! courtney! *wheeee!*) i am twenty-four and live in houston, texas. i graduated from high school in the hague, the netherlands, then did a bit of school and then did the four-year navy thing. i'll be attending the university of houston honors college this coming fall, studying classics. wars and gay men! wheeeeeee!! right now i am listening to an old spacemen 3 album. i am also drinking fruit juice. i am doing this only because i have not the motivation nor the surplus energy to get my arse up to go and purchase some fuller's london porter. fruit juice is good for the something, i'm sure. well, my dachshund beckons. i need to put in felt; my dog likes felt. he always chills out in my lap when i throw this lp in. my dog is really swell! fuchsia! sean! xoxox * one half of the north american faction of the booze explosion collective (tm) + this message approved by mr. pants _____________________________________________ Free email with personality! Over 200 domains! http://www.MyOwnEmail.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: sinister: A wandering minstrel's song is sad indeed...
by Jason Andreas 11 Jun '99

11 Jun '99

I have had many private e-mails asking why I call myself the original owner of a broken heart. The reason is simple yet sad - My entire experience of matters of the heart is rejection after rejection after rejection. Come the 5th July, my cards will read '18 and never been kissed'. *sigh* Onwards now to happier matters; I'm still looking for Cumbernauld sinisterines - I'm beginning to give up hope.... Where can I get a B&S poster - big as possible? I haven't found even the slightest mention of such items anywhere. Do they even exist? If not, why not? The B&S newsgroup is dying and is in urgent need of a transfusion, please, give just 1 minute every day, you too could save the group..... A new discussion topic for you - which cartoon should they bring back to shame the current pathetic attempts? My vote would be either Transformers or Visionaries. Both were amazing compared to modern replicas. That's all for now, please.... stay happy in whatever you do, you never know when you won't do it again. Cheerio. -- Jason Andreas -- The Romantic Scotsman -- -- The original owner of a broken heart -- { jasonandreas(a)breathemail.net } -- contact me ... oh yes! -- -- Spammers WILL be shot... -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: mr anderson and his ramblings
by Iain Alexander Edward Anderson 11 Jun '99

11 Jun '99

well, after a long time being on this list, and after having completed 97% of my degree, i've decided to post my second message in about a year and a half or so. i *should* have posted more over the time spent on this list, but i've been really busy doing work and well... okay, i'm really really shy and had/have nothing interesting to say, but for my last two weeks of free internet access, i want to use it as much as possible. jason, you're from cumbernauld, i'm from uddingston, home of the world famous tunnocks biscuit factory (yes, that's right kids, the producers of the world famous teacakes, caramel wafers, caramel logs and the snowballs). it may not be cumbernauld, but it's still part of north lanarkshire, so i'll give you this piece of advise from one north lanarkshire person to another: you may *claim* to be the original owner of a broken heart but trust me you're definitely not. if anybody takes the pish or says stuff to make you feel down, respond with the classic "two fingers up to you my friend" and ignore them. somebody will come along and mend your broken heart. it happened to me, until she broke it again, and i've yet to recover from it, but i have faith that somebody else will appear and fix it gain. seek and ye shall find, as it says in the bible or somewhere else, or something like that. well kiddies, not long now until the <ironic> best band in the entire world ever, the band that music was invented for, o***s </ironic> release another album which will no doubt bore me to death yet again. when that album is released, we have the choice of either 1. buying/copying/stealing (not that i'm suggesting you copy the album, or steal it. no that is illegal. actually, buying it should be made illegal as well) their new album, and go around feeling "mad fer it" and acting like you're the dogs jiggily bits. 2. not buying it, not caring about o***s, and suffering endless abuse from the sheep...i mean the o***s fans for not liking the <ironic> greatest band of all time, </ironic> and instead listening to "shite" unimportant music. anyway i have to admit i once liked o***s, up until they released their second album which i though was one of the most uninteresting albums i had listened to ever. and then one day i heard belle and sebastian on mark radcliffe's radio show, and thay changed my life. they were what i had been waiting for. a group who i could "relate" to, and who gave me music which did not make me feel better than everybody else. for me, belle and sebastian produce music for people who want to listen to it, and not listen to it becasause it's "fashionable". anyway, i've rambled on for long enough, and i'm feeling very very drunk at the moment, and i doubt any of this message makes much sense, so i'd better go and bore some of my friends now. finally a quick hello to roderick alexander begbie. i hope your life after hairy-twat university has been enjoyable. i'll tell you this for free, the hwcee newsgroups haven't been the same since you left. bye kids, take care, and i hope to post another message soon. -iain *** What are you gonna do after the tiger's gone? *** -this e-mail has been brought to you by anderson communications (c)1999 anderson quality product (c)1991 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: summer dress
by vlass＠interlog.com 11 Jun '99

11 Jun '99

well well, it has come to that point where it is time for me to pack my suitcase and hop on a plane to see father and other family sorts while still managing to paint the town red in athens. or something. but this year there's an added bonus because i'm going to london from june 29th - july 7th, and as natasha so kindly pointed out, there WILL be a picnic on the weekend of the 3rd/4th? right? i have canadian goodcheer to spread and i'll be triple the fun because i'll have emily and kevin-m's spirits with me. everyone with details about this, please email me at my hitherto (that's spelled wrong, hmmmm? bah) address ==> magnetic13(a)hotmail.com. okay. you guys are so influential that i went out and bought a herman hesse book. but all i could find was "stepenwolf", so i'll make do with that even though it sounds like it should be about an 80s metal band. anyway.. i hope everyone has lovely summers etc.. see you soon? teri come see me in computer form: http://members.tripod.com/~meltingsnow/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: No Shed 7, Who, or paedophile content
by Jygsaw18＠aol.com 11 Jun '99

11 Jun '99

I also don't mention Hitler, nuns, Big Bird, or the dirty things I saw you do last night. there, that should liven up the search engine a bit. First off, I'm a little surprised to see myself on the list crush site. Which one of you was responsible? Or did I vote for myself a while back? I forget. I have a question about that crush site.. It seems that a few people have 0 votes. If that's the case, then why are they even mentioned? No offense to them, of course. I'm not sure that I believe that all those people are on the Belle and Sebastian list, anyway. I mean, someone listed Rudy Ray Moore and Ani DiFranco. I wasn't aware that Dolemite was all that twee of a character. I had him pegged as a soul man, myself. And Ani, though worthy of a crush, is probably busy being a Righteous Babe and doesn't have time to wade through all the emails here. Is anyone interested in setting up a tape tree? or a tape exchange or what have you? and please mail ME, not the list, as I doubt that Honey wants the cogs of Sinister clogged with the plaintive letters of those looking for massively illegal bootlegs. I just got a nice copy of Bowlie Number One in the mail. The first two songs echo a little oddly, but it's definitely audible. and the problem seems to correct itself after a little while. Much like the Biblical reference to the physician healing himself. Although in my experience, doctors tend to just overmedicate themselves, the druggie bastards. well, i'm sure you all have quite had enough. let me end by saying that I like Mark's subject line about the Boombastic Pants. Does anyone other than me remember the jeans ad, claymation, i think it was where the man slid across a cable on a pair of trousers to rescue a girl from a flaming building. The background music was some adenoidal rumble by a doped up thug called Shaggy... warm regards to whoever voted for my sorry arse on the list crush site dave +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Slow Graffiti
by Elish Hope 11 Jun '99

11 Jun '99

Ailsa asks teh question of whether or not writing a song for a film begets it's integrity? I don't think so. In fact, mroe to the point, I think it was extremely awesome that Irvin Welsch did that. The world is watching his films now, a world that might not know that all these great bands from Scotland exist. He had Arab Strap, The Delgadoes and few others write music for different parts of Acid House - as well as the Belle's. It's a great way for him to support the Glasgow scene with international exposure. Plus, the song is beautiful. Even before I saw the movie, I thought the song was amazing. this isn't any 'insider' information either - the song tells the story of Johny as it does in the movie - it's pretty easy to figure out if you had read the book before hand.... 'Slow Graffiti' was written for 'Soft Touch' which is the middle story in the three part story of Acid House - the movie. the first story (The Granton Cause or something like that..) - that has the Arab Strap song (me thinks....) was shown on Channel Four over a year before the film was released. I saw it then, and they changed nothing when it was on the big screen. So, I think the movie took a long time coming out. But, I would be wrong, I have been wrong before. In any regard. As far as compromising - who cares!?! IT's my very favourite song ever.... it's so beautiful... Mind you, the version on TIJAMRS is different from the one that was in the movie and was on the sound track. It think the one on the sound is most notable different because it leaves out the horn parts - but I could well be wrong again. By the Way, we have an evil firewall at work - so I can't get to the list crush - can someone tell me who is all on it and what their points are? I feel a little left out not knowing who's the hottest crush!!!! :) By private email if you will...... snoggs elle +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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