June 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: reel around the mountain
by Chris Butler 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

with all the stories of heartbreak and despair out there, i thought i'd tell one story that has a happy ending. :) i can't tell you how elated i am. it seems like it's been since i was ten that i have been this happy. my band, the Rescuers (http://www.therescuers.net) played it's first announced show (third overall) and it went very well... (the first two shows were unannounced due to fear of screwing up). i could ramble on indefinitely with details on the whole hour-long eleven-song set, but i'll just give you a splash of highlights. we played at a laundramat/bar/cafe in san francisco, ca to a small audience of maybe forty or fifty people. the stage was an elevated step that our drummer had to turn his kit sideways to play on. actually, only the drummer really fit on stage, we stood near the tables. it was supposedly to be a quiet show and couldn't disturb the neighbors, so we put our lead guitarist's jacket over the bass drum and put my jacket over our only amp to hide it. our new bassist of three practices (my brother pete) plugged into the same amp as our guitarist, to keep down the volume too... we played all our own songs (http://www.therescuers.net/html/n-songs.html - realaudio) ending with our only cover, a peter murphy-esque cover of 'do you love me now?' by the breeders, a really fun one to sing... (although we screwed it up a wee bit). anyway, people really seemed to like us. we sold all of our CDs except for three, which utterly shocked me. plus loads of folks loved our free pins (http://www.therescuers.net/print/pin.jpg) which our drummer adam designed. it's such an amazing feeling when people actually *want* to hear your music... btw, if anyone wants a pin, i'll send one to you if you send me an address. well enough, i'm feeling a little giddy/punchdrunk from last night. if i continue to gush publicly, i'll lose my reputation for being a sarcastic, reclusive, unemployed, non-sequitor of a person. ;) Señor Droolcup [ blushing from gushing ] PS: i had a WEIRD occurrence involving bailbonds, slashed tires, and a shady purchase, but that's a story for another day. - * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * - the Rescuers - next gig on 6/25 fri, 9pm - brainwash http://www.therescuers.net help(a)therescuers.net "3 out of 4 dentists recommend us to reduce plaque." - * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * . * - +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Pure Indie 'for the kids'
by MWaggner＠aol.com 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

"Heads up" for all you musos, trainspotters and completeists... The new Hefner record, on the Too Pure label, has Stuart Murdoch playing the organ parts on the song "girls." Too Pure is apparently a lovely label -- they sent the records out for free to people who answered a trivia question... even though it cost them 4 pounds to send it to the US. So, apologies if this has been said. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: me sad/happy
by Nick Eeepooh! 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

well as i was reading todays digest i noticed the theme of depressing music and since i was listening to the new Songs:Ohia album "Axxess and Ace" i thought i'd reccomend it for rainy day musings and quiet summer nights. It's kinda palace/will oldham, kinda joel r.l. phelps etc. you guys might be interested. (and it's on secretly canadian records) goodnight. .nick. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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: oh booooooooohooooooooooooooo
by Blake E Hamilton 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

argh yucky yuck! my stow shirt has been tainted! oh wretched foul disease of the washing machine. how decrepit i lay with my baby blue cloth draped upon me, gnarled vision of splotched color laid out, o vicious grid of evil! alright, that's enough of that drivel. that IS my b&s content for this one, so is it possible to get another stow shirt sent to me, david? i mean, i'm a faithful fan, but my mum messed my shirt up, so can i have another, or do i need to order it again? oh crikey. oh heavens. what am i going to do? by the way, while we're on the subject of stow shirts, anyone else think that the 'large' size is a bit too, well, small? i mean, i'm not overtly huge and muscular, but it was a tight fit after the first (and up until yesterday, successful) washing. an extra large, for me, please? my web site has been untouched for the past week. i need to get that going, don't i? does anyone have any suggestions? the response to my b&s zine idea was overwhelmingly silent. bollocks. somebody mentioned that helter skelter is the first hardrock song. no. i beg to differ. 'i can see for miles' is the first hardrock song, sung by the glorious WHO. this is the song paul modeled helter skelter off of in the first place, and it's particularly nasty in its own right. that's it, i've settled the debate, so get over it, people. i am reading 'lolita' presently and i find it earth shatteringly brilliant. there's something about pedophilia that enrages a bit of every emotion out of me. profound pedophilia no less. ok this isn't coming out quite right. perhaps this is why i have no list crush votes. hmph hmph yes, perhaps. anyone else have any book ideas for me? i was going to read 'silence of the lambs' as 'hannibal' just came out, but i am finding that 'lolita' is quite the page turner. oh well, i'm odd, but i smell grrrreat! other question--is there quite possibly another magnetic fields album that even gets close to living up to 'get lost'? i find said album to epitomize beauty, so i was just being curious. nope, no broken hearts this week. well, it's only friday night. love blake xx the nerdy shy eyed pacifist -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- "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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Re: Sinister: sleater hurt my head kinney
by Pulpbot＠aol.com 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

um, what is this about Sleater Kinney angrily singing songs of anger or something? I don't think of them as an 'angry' band; they always seemed to have an abundance of passion that borders on joyful even when the lyrics address a painful/maddening subject. I'm not a huge fan but when I saw them live last month I left feeling completely hot-wired and happy. Maybe the anger tag is the residue of their riot grrl past. Even if you don't rate 'em, their music and personalities are a lot more complex than one adjective. --Jennifer +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Runnin' away, to get away, hee hee, hee, hee
by Pulpbot＠aol.com 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

oooh, I never hear about anyone liking Sly! So underrated compared to your Bobby Dylans and Mike Jaggers and whonot. There's a Riot Goin' On is absolutely the best Sly album. Radically disillusioned compared to their preceding albums, which are much more upbeat. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) is redone as Thank You For Talkin' To Me Africa on Riot, and it kills me listening to both as the second version is this smacked-out bitter funk that mocks the hopefulness of the original. The band's anthology includes every great song they did with the exception of If You Want Me to Stay on Fresh, so it is completely worth owning. I was stuck in traffic today sweating like a mule, and Hot Fun in the Summertime came on and I roused out of my stupor long enough to invent some hand motions to go along with the lyrics. Whoopee! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'm looking for a carlos...
by L2raViolet＠aol.com 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

i know 75 percent of the sinisterines wont be interested in this but i was just wondering if there is a sinister boy named *carlos* lurking around here... you see i was very proud of being Arcadia's Most Sinister Belle And Sebastian Fan...until i discovered, this afternoon in a johnny rocket's, that i may have to share the title. well...carlos, if you are reading...Hello! my name is branwyne. maybe someday we will meet but right now i have to jump on a plane to finland. have a lovely summer! (that goes for everyone reading this, even if you are not a carlos) ultravioletly, branwyne +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sleater hurt my head kinney
by foxinthesnow 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

hello, all. i really think its funny that so many people know about sleater kinney...being a minneapolis girl, they have been hurting my ears for the last several years...i dunno what the big deal is about them...i just want to ask you guys if you hear what i hear: when the lead singer girl sings, do you ever think for a minute, even a slight minute, that its really jello biafra? because i do. all on that... i just think that angry women singing about being angry is becomming extremely trite and boring. i guess i got my share of it at sixteen with babes in toyland...and pj harvey's first album 'dry'...still classics, if you ask me. but for the sake of nostalgia...what is the appeal anymore? i really want to know... but i do really appreciate the rondells. because they just rock... i hope i don't sound like a stuck up snob. its just that i have to hear sleater kinney at work all the time, and that voice...i dunno. the music ain't half bad, i just wish that voice didn't do that.... o well. happy day. andrea get your free gURLmAIL at http://www.gURLmAIL.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: new Pavement video...
by === 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

Hello everyone out there.... My new Pavement video for 'Spit on a Stranger" will debut in the US this weekend on 120 Minutes (midnight Sunday Night.) It is scheduled to be the second video shown, so look for it just after midnight if you are so inclined. Belle & Sebastian relevance? Mark Ibold wears a "Study at Stowe" t-shirt in most of his on-stage footage, and their guitar tech is wearing a Salako t-shirt in another shot while waving from a window. I shot the video during Pavement's European press tour in May, so most of the footage comes from London, Brussels, Paris, and Cologne. The Scala Cinema and the Botanique in Brussels figure heavily. For those list members actually in the UK, Domino should be releasing the video over there once "Carrot Rope" has died down. I believe that "Dirty Dream #2" may be running on M2 in the states now, but I haven't caught it yet. Has anyone seen it air in the states for sure? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: er..
by allen 26 Jun '99

26 Jun '99

Ooops! The sus chord riff was actually lifted from "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" by the Byrds, not "Mr. Tambourine Man." (I checked and the riff was still in MTM, but no longer in IFAWLB since it was stolen.) I'll meet y'all at the bike racks still, of course. now I shan't post for a while... :) Allen (ICQ: #35152981) -- "Long afloat on shipless oceans I did all my best to smile Till your singing eyes and fingers Drew me loving to your isle." -- Song to the Siren, Tim Buckley. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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