June 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: i'm going out tonight
by jessica 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

and i'm wearing sassy clothes. any sinisterines at the sleater-kinney/versus show (yes teri, that means you and emily too) say hello. whoever asked about the lilys: they've gone through a few different phases, seem to have started out as a quite good my bloody valentine-esque band, then were garage rock and now have a bit of a retro thing happening, retro as in sloan. i've got a limited edition vinyl copy of ...oh dear, i can't recall the name right now but it's white with silkscreened butterflies on the front cover and came with a beautiful poster. but anyways, that's good. marie elia asked: > why is no one excited about tortoise at bowlie 2? granted, i can't >imagine what they'd be like live, but i thought the same about >stereolab... i've never had the good fortune of seeing stereolab live, but i have seen tortoise and believe me, it's totally incredible. on their last tour, they all came out wearing identical white mechanic-sort-of outfits, and the effect was especially spacey once they started in on their xylophone-y things (what one is the xylophone? the wooden one? or is that a glockenspiel?). but the highlight, perhaps one of the best moments of my life, was when dan bitney undid the entire front of his outfit and exposed himself to the whole toronto crowd. that alone was worth the price of admission. why can't someone arrange a bowlie when us school types aren't in school? rah-rah sarah wrote: >What we need to save our souls is a sussed sexy and tough girl band. ahem, i'm going to volunteer myself for either flute playing, guitar strumming, or simply high leg kicks. because every girl band must have those. and i'm nominating christa chaffinch as well, because she also has that st etienne shirt with the sylvie eyes and we all know how coordination is important in a band. who knows if she can play anything, but if she can't we can always use someone to take their top off. or i could do that, whatever. isn't that what this 'girl power' business is all about? about fraternities: i've got a friend whose boyfriend was kicked out of his frat because they were at a frat party, his ex-girlfriend got really drunk (just like everyone else, really) and took his clothes off and tried to have sex with him while he was passed out, and my friend walked in and say what was happening and totally freaked out, dragged this girl outside and beat the shit out of her. the reason the frat guys threw the boy out? because he shouldn't have let his girlfriend see what was going on. what a bunch of pricks. i just thought a toastmaster was the name on my toaster oven. can you imagine the coolness a toastmaster membership would bring to your life? i must see if there's a canadian chapter. kisskiss, jessicaxo * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * someone had spied on us, i suppose, as we sat beside the canal and ate the sandwiches, drinking not even orangeade or coca-cola but hot milk out of a thermos. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * t i n y s t a r @ w o r l d y . c o m (it's lovely being a girl) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: (no subject)
by COURTOLY＠aol.com 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

>When I was 18 I swore that if I had not written the greatest Norwegian novel ever by >the age of 25, I should kill myself in shame. (And writing the greatest Norwegian >novel ever really wouldn't be that difficult.) I'm happy to read I'm not the only one with inflated literary aspirations. When I was 17 I published a story and later got a sort of fan mail regarding it. Apparently a boy showed it to his best girl friend and they hopped in bed together for the first and only time in their five year friendship. I figured turning people on with words is a pretty powerful thing, and writing the great American novel really would be difficult. >But the REALLY scary part was that 80% of all major CEOs and most of the >military and all but two US presidents have participated in this 'character-building' >tomfoolery. It's like SoS - but *WORSE*. Would any US listee like to admit to >being part of it and explain why this is complete mispresentation? Some of us join sororities and some of us become scenesters...my little sister just joined a sorority at Syracuse. They bill themselves as a community service groups but really exist to perform wierd rituals and give favors to the brethren (hmm...the KKK and Masons fit that description too). My sister isn't the type to do anything creative or join a real club, so this is her way of making friends at a big scary school. Love Court +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: gold jewelry wearing harpies...
by Robyn Davidson 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Howdy > the girls get to be all prissy and live without >alcohol Really? We don't have as large a greek system (I guess) as some other colleges, but the sorority girls here drink like fish. At least that's what I've seen at frat parties. This is my friends perception of them so I'm not taking any responsibilities: there are the thin pretty ones that drink some but smoke and giggle lots, then you have the fat ones that drink like hell. I take offense at the fat girl thing though, even if it's true. >They all sang songs like 'We are Alpha Kai Kai and >we are >great / Always Alpha Kai Kai / I love Alpha Kai Kai' yeah yeah yeah And they all wear shirts with their greek letters stitched in plaid on them and carry big canvas bags with the same thing. >Would any US listee like to admit to being >part of it I'd join a sorority but I don't own any tank tops or clogs, and that spray on tanning spray just doesn't look right on pale skin. Plus I never heard of a physics major in a social type fraternity anyway. I've just realized something, I'm a generally mellow not in a hurry type person, and I'm now a waitress. For gods sake. Apparently I'm also dim-witted as one night I was filling these cups full of cocktail sauce and this guy came up and asked me if it was hot. I looked down at the canister sitting in a tub of ice (!) and said "uh..no it's cold". Painfully obvious to everyone but myself he meant spicy hot. I don't see why the bastard couldn't just say spicy instead of making me feel like a chimp. Well it's time to try and sew my hairnet back together. See y'all on the flip side. Robyn _________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma Ma, she's a lady
by Blake E Hamilton 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Greetings and salutations. Well lets get right down to busy ness. Nick wrote, rather rightly: "Would any US listee like to admit to being part of it and explain why this is complete mispresentation?" "It" being the rebellious, pile of shite known as the Greek Community on most US campuses. My campus is indeed very much greek oriented, but I am an Independent for many personal, sociological, and hygenic-related reasons. We are referred to as GDIs (that'd be taking the lord's name in vain and then inserting the term independents immediately following said scorn). Of course, we refer to ourselves as GDIs. I guess it's all in fun. I had a good friend who rushed (yes this is a valid term) and she has never been the same after pledging (that's when a person says 'yes, i've checked out this great little community during rush and now i'm asking you to let me in') and receiving a bid (when those same people say, 'yes!' we like you and wish to make your life a bit worse than it was before). The Greek world (excluding the actual country over there somewhere, which I've heard, during non-war years, is quite lovely) is big on uniformity, something I've never much enjoyed. For those of you who have heard the nastiest, slutty, incorrigible stereotypes associated with fraternities and sororities, well chances are they're all true. Most of the disgusting and embarassing initiation stories are probably true as well. And everything involving domesticated farm animals is completely true. Though they're never really domesticated. A small discrepancy, I suppose. Apologies to everyone for the rant, a drink, a drink, a toast to all who have kept on reading. Paula booze girl asked so sweetly: "WHAT in the name of sweet GOD is a TOASTMASTER????" I believe Pete gave a smartass remark, so I was beat to that specific punch. So I'll be reasonable and tell you that the toastmasters are a group of speakers. It's a nationwide organization helping people to speak publicly, that being the greatest fear among people in the world. It sounds odd, but a Toastmaster general (yes there is such a thing) visited our school one day in search of people wishing to join. I think his speech pulled me in, until i realized what he did all the time and was probably pretty good at selling me overaged cheese. The fact that death as a public fear ranks *behind* public speaking was best put into words by sir Jerry Seinfeld: "So judging from this survey, at a funeral, most people would rather be laying in the casket than giving the eulogy?" Touche. I have no accent thingee for my Touche. Maybe the next time I'll just write Touchay. LesleyJo makes me laugh, a spot once held by Gen Wesley. Where, oh where have you gone? I wouldn't be surprised if my voice just echoed. An apology--I am going to make it a point not to dump my problems on this list anymore. It may up the sap content on this list to the point where it could be made into a motivational Robin Williams saint picture, whereas the part of Honey would be played by the sentimental funnyman. So here it is--I'm officially starting the motions of Sinister: The Movie. With Robert De Niro playing the rebellious Seb. Posh. I just got a Manic Street Preachers album. It's called "lots of gibberish about truths and yours and mine". Whatever. I like it much, but they sound like Journey. I don't like Journey, but I like the Manics pretty well. I also got Elliott Smith's new one, and I can say that love is instantaneous. Perhaps I'll never leave the house again........................................................ tootaloom blake -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- "Fuck!" - Jarvis Cocker +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: NO B&S, Just Alot of BS.......
by Elish Hope 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

I just had to post this morning! In my unbelievable homesickness for Glasgow I dragged myself to the Robbie Williams concert - if you question this then you should really ask yourself why I pay $30 a month for digital cable just so I can watch BBC America. Mostly old shows of Saunders & French, Jools Holland and This Life. BUT - the highlight of tellivision viewing - THE CLAMPERS!!!! Is now on BBC America! :) Anyways.... So I went to the show with my sister-in-law to be, put on an accent good enough to fool two Weegie bastards that were on his crew! :) I wore my Belle and Sebastian bus T-shirt and danced the night away. It was hilarious. By far one of the most entertaining gigs I have seen I years. The whole night he made jokes about him being a 'cock' and stuff. He was very up himself, but he pulled it off in a way that everyone thought he was hilarious. The oddest thing was that he was playing this TOTAL DIVE in Seattle - just a dump. If there was 1000 people there I would be stunned. Okay, so that might not seem earth shattering for any of you, but I found it most hilarious..... perhaps it was the irony of my bus t-shirt and the comments it got about the Brits and stuff..... Hope you're all well. As for bum activities, I'll thank you lovelies to keep your noses out of mine.... :) 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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Sinister: The Frat, Down by Law, Impatience
by Brandt S. Fundak 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Well here I am posting again (this has become habit forming). I want to talk about a few things, but I'll start with Nick's inquiries about the frat. >Did anyone else see that documentary about the University of Iowa's 'Greek >system' of sonority and fraternity houses. It was quite the weirdest thing I >have ever seen. Apparently a fifth of all new students arrive a week early to >go through a sick selection procedure ('Rush') for all these 'secret' single-sex >societies with names like 'Alpha Kai Kai' and 'Gamma Beta Sigma'. If they get >in the girls get to be all prissy and live without alcohol and the boys get to >boast about collecting more sonority girls' knickers than those pussies over at >Beta Pi Eater. And they have to pay up to $11000 over their time at university >for the privilege. > >I never really understood what frat-boys were before. But yeah, if anything the >girls were sicker. They all sang songs like 'We are Alpha Kai Kai and we are >great / Always Alpha Kai Kai / I love Alpha Kai Kai' whilst touching each >others pointed fingers and banning fruit in drinks. But the REALLY scary part >was that 80% of all major CEOs and most of the military and all but two US >presidents have participated in this 'character-building' tomfoolery. It's >like SoS - but *WORSE*. Would any US listee like to admit to being part of it >and explain why this is complete mispresentation? I can't claim to have ever being part of a frat, but for someone who hates it as much as I do, I had to live the worst of the frat world, when I was unceremoniously placed with a frat boy as a roommate my freshman year. ( i was supposed to live with a guy who ended up not coming to school because he was dealing with issues of his sexuality.) He was a horrible human being--twisted and wrong, fat, smelly misanthrope who thought he was clever and cool because he was in the goddamned frat. Before he met me, he offered that i should join his frat over the phone. then he met met me and figured he didn't want a "faggot like me in his frat." I was constantly berated by his "brothers." His homophobic tendencies caused him to question all of my friends sexualities. He was a filthy individual, leaving food lay around for weeks at a time. Just thinking about it infuriates me. But I think it is obvious that the frat feeds into capitalist views of society. Everybody conforms into one big unit with a certain ideological doctrine and thus they have no use for those who go against the status quo of the frat. Because I saw no sense in the frat I was labelled in an attempt to discredit me. Too bad I lived in the honors dorm, and I tended to have more allies than enemies. Anyway, on to happier things. Thanks to everyone who recommended Jim Jarmusch's Down by Law. Excellent film. i especially loved Tom Waits in the film. Anyone had the pleasure of hearing his new album yet? And one last word, on impatience. Does anyone have any helpful hints? I am by nature an impatient person and the waiting game I am going to have to play with liz will probably make this summer difficult for me. So far I have been deflecting my impatience with mass quantities of beer, but I know that this is a band-aid measure and won't stop the problem. I have to be patient though, because my impatience will kill my chance before I even started. So if anyone has a suggestion, please let me know. Brandt "VIRGO AND CANCER: Virgo provides the emotional security that Cancer needs and the little attentions that provide affection. Cancer's dependence finds its perfect answer in Virgo's needs to be protective. cancer's imagination is stimulating to Virgo, and Cancer's anxiety to please deepens Virgo's affections.Both will come out of their shell and begin to enjoy life." --Sexual Astrology (1976) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: All Tomorrow's Parties Tickets?
by Andy Buckley 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Does anyone know where to buy the ATP (Bowlie II) tickets online/phone in? NME.com still says that they'll let us know how to buy tickets when it's announced... Andy Andy Buckley agb31(a)cam.ac.uk http://i.am/andy_b +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 10 Roddington Place
by PJMiller 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

I quite like "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, especially that bit in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" where Johnny Depp wants the other bloke to throw the tape recorder in the bath with him when it gets to the good bit, so that he can die on an incredible high. If my memory serves me well, there was also a Belgian New Beat song that was great and fantastic, called "White Rabbit", by a group called White Rabbit. How I yearn for the halcyon days of Belgian New Beat. The other day there was a half hour radio programme of the Pet Shop Boys playing their favourite records, fantastic early eighties dance music, such as "A E I O U" by Freeze (or Freeez or some funny spelling), which they introduced as "one of the first records to contain a solo made up of samples of various letters" and it was true, there's a great letters solo in it. Check it out. There were also great records from Grandmaster Flash and some others who I've forgotten. But it was good. Next week they're going to be playing their favourite sad songs, so expect some Dusty Springfield. It's on the BBC World Service, so even people in Thailand can listen to it. There was some cobblers on NME.com about the Bowlie concert on the radio, July 5th, I think. The information was credited to shadowy "insiders", so it's probably a pack of lies. There was also a review of a live album by Joy Division, recorded in PRESTON, which means that for as long as there are human beings, Preston will have a secure place in the pantheon of rock...erm...places. People from Preston will be able to say "I'm from Preston" and their interlocutors will fall over in wonder. Speaking of wonder, look at this description of Jimi Hendrix's "Midnight": "Globs of molten steel belch heavy industrial vibrato in this original GuiTarzan metal instrumental...at the crack of "Midnight" the past is eclipsed. A new sun rises and casts the first ray." Beat that, Toilet Boys! Like most people on this list, I read books that make me look clever. Unlike most people on this list, I only mention them when they contain secret references to Stuart Murdoch. From "Collected Fictions" by Jorge Luis Borges: Instead of seven thousand thirteen (7013), he would say, for instance, "Maximo Pérez"; instead of seven thousand fourteen (7014), "the railroad"; other numbers were "Luis Melián Lafinur," "Olimar," "Sulfur," "clubs," "the whale," "gas," "a stewpot," "Napoleon," "Agustín de Vedia." Instead of five hundred (500), he said "nine." There, I hope you dug that groovy extract. Be warned, that is only the tip of a truly freaky iceberg. I've just been listening to Chris Leonard's "The Fruits of the Forest". I'm very impressed by Mr Chris's manly voice. I expected him to squeal like a stuck pig. Thank you, Chris. I wish you every success. Do I detect a slight Incredible String Band influence? Rock on, 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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RE: Sinister: Guildo and bubblegum
by Kurtis, Elizabeth 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

Jan asked: > PS: "Breast-Feed Posh Ogled By A Million Germans".. could someone > please translate this for me? > I ran it through the infamous babelfish into German and it gave me this: > Stillen Posh Beschmutzt Durch Million Deutsche > Don't know if it's right, but there you go! :) Elisabeth (going nuts at work and slowly insane) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "take my wife, no please, really, take her. de dum tishhhh"
by Paula Cullen 03 Jun '99

03 Jun '99

a funny thing happened to me on my way home from work yesterday. i was sitting on the bus ( because i have a leather jacket instead of a car, remember) listening to the radio on my walkman. i was switching around stations desperately trying to avoid shitney spears when i caught this little snippet of an announcement: "the rathfarnham* TOASTMASTERS (!) society are meeting tonight in...." (* rathfarnham is an area in dublin, fact fans) WHAT in the name of sweet GOD is a TOASTMASTER???? having subscribed to the plain old "toast" mailing list for quite some time now, does this mean that there is a hierarchy of toast-lovers out there that i wasn't told about?! i would be deeply hurt to think so as i have been complimented on my toast making skills on more than one occasion, let me tell you. all that aside, its probably something to do with chess. it usually is. till next time, paula cullen booze explosion booooze!!!! yeeeaaahh!!! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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