July 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Tigermilk and badges..
by SSharp5210＠aol.com 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

Hi poptarts ;) Being probably the only listee who had never heard Tigermilk I awaited mine arriving with some anticipation.I was muchly chuffed when it came this morning and it's been playing all day.It's superb (Although you already knew that) I just thought i would post and tell you that if you moan about t-shirt sizes on your order form the nice man at Jeepster sends you an extra large.Yay.It's not funny being overly tall.My Study at Stow exposes my belly button when I stretch.I think the tall-chap size is only available for the Rod and Emu one though. Righty ho,must mingle... Steve.Not terrific but competent.xxxxx. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 boy whos thoughts keep running away
by fountainhead 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

who said ayn rand? i've not actually read that book yet. one day i'm told it's good. the next day i'm told it isn't. i am not so well read. i took 'fountainhead' from the adorable song by the bluetones. today hasn't been as hot as yesterday :-) i still haven't got tigermilk :-( f. -- http://fly.to/fountain +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ear confection recordings website
by Martin 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

Hello again, Ear Confection Recordings is now 3 days old and to celebrate this its (primitive) website is now up and running at: www.send.demon.co.uk/index.htm At the moment there are no bands and no songs, but hey you can't have everything. Thanks for the offers of help I got. I doubt if you expected me to pounce on them like I did. Ho hum. And I like the idea suggested of it being a more communal thing so if anyone is interested there is a rant on the site about it. I guess some nice tunes would probably come in pretty handy too (the address for demos is on the site too). To other things. Yes the Tigermilk launch on Monday was a strange affair. The music was an eclectic mix and the dancing in a Belle and Sebastian-esque manner competitions were really quite bizarre. Maybe it was an alcohol consumption delusion thing but I also swear I saw Mark C shaking his thang to Britney Spears, or maybe it was just a beautiful dream. I also found Marcus's travel story very entertaining and made my run in with foriegn exchange students practicing methods of heat torture on my night bus seem like a trifling affair but I shall elaborate. They were running round the bus slamming all the windows shut whilst shouting "cold please" in the peak of our fine English summer. I thought they'll get a snotty cold soon enough if they stay around in England long enough. They were probably just showing off in a "you call this summer our fridges are set to this temperature at home" type way. I'm sure one of the blokes had mittens on as well which I thought was a bit much, but I guess he could have just have had really hairy hands. Ho hum. I got in at 5 am Tuesday morning knew I wouldn't make work, so have consequently had the last two days off work "sick". I think it's always more convincing if you're off two days. What fun. Listening to my Tigermilking CD which I was kindly allowed to blag on Monday. I'd never heard it before. Wow. Oh my, I've ranted again haven't I? I've also see my photos been added to the rogues gallery on the photo page. I'd like to apologise for exposing a naked shoulder, but I did have a sparkly boob tube on at the time which unfornately is out of shot. Te ra, Martin Ear Confection Recordings +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 in love with an inanimate object
by Heatrexo＠aol.com 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

Hello. You'll all have to excuse me. I'm sick :-( and i don't have to work or do anything today so i was going to go out but now i just want to sit and mutter how bad i feel to myself. :-( Ohhhhh...but I did go on a wild-tigermilk-goose-chase yesterday. Which ended sucessfully. I'm in love with it. I was never privilaged enough to have a taped version of it so it's all new to me. it makes my eyes go wide. I especially like to do the twist to "You're Just a Baby" "Expectations" makes me most happy. urgh..i'm not feeling good.. sorry this email was purposeless:-( hopefully everyone is doing better than me.. already lost it, Heatherxoxo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: alternate 'tigermilk' name
by Jim Schmidt 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

well of course, i ran out and bought 'tigermilk' yesterday...i could feel my face light up when i saw the vinyl on display...and i went home, relaxed, smoked, put the vinyl down and opened one of the cd versions i purchased and felt odd, because it's kind of bizarre that in this day and age, it wasn't released on cd the first time around. so i felt like i was holding a bastard child, some strange mutant offspring of technology, like maybe i should just stick to my worn cassette--is this natural?!?--you know, that kind of feeling. anyway, i listened to it before bedtime and it was definitely euphoric to hear the clarity of instruments and new percussion bits lost on my bastard copy and to hold actual liner notes in my hand (rather than reading them off a computer screen). and then i started thinking about my favorite b&s songs, the ones which really hit me, the ones that i relate most to...and it occurred to me that they are all the title tracks from their other releases, and on their full-lengths, they appear in roughly the same position on the songlist (tbwtas is number 9, iyfs is number 7) which brings me to "my wandering days are over"...this has always been my favorite b&s song ...it falls in about the same place as the other full-length album title tracks (it's number 8)...and so my point is (and granted it's not very significant or even very interesting, really), that if their first album had not been called 'tigermilk', 'my wandering days are over' would've fit nicely (especially with the same cover art)... agree? disagree? don't care? sorry for the bother. i hate wednesdays. cheers.jim. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tigermilk Statue
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

Spanners wrote: >At the end of the ceremony, we can cut all the tapes down and give >everyone theirs back, but with a little knot of someone elses copy on it. (A >kind of blood brotherhood of bootleggers). Anyway, most sensible people will >cut the tape in the middle of Electronic Renaiisance, so no damage done >there. At this point I feel I ought to drag Peter Miller's fat face over here and make him open and close his mouth for me but not let any noise come out, because I am terrible at being speechless myself. Witness: I could be mistaken, but do I detect a casual slagging of 'Electronic Renaissance' from Spanners? Speak for yourself, matey. I know it's not the most objective arbiter of worth, but THAT SONG MADE ME CRY ONCE. I'm not normally one for self-consciously crap retro synth-led nonsense, but by gosh it works with this track. When I hear the boy Stuart utter the lines 'If you work for much very longer / You'll be known as the boy who's always working' and it echoes away into the void beyond, it never fails to bring about a strange shudder. The stuff about Funkadelic and saying hello is all a bit of nonsense but oooehoo maybe that's the point. I dunno. Maybe it's all a big joke and I'm an idiot, but I don't care. Didn't someone once say Stuart M recorded to prove to someone (maybe 'DJ Beans') that any fool could write this 'modern disco music' that goes down so well with the kids? I may have dreamed that. It's funny - Stuart always seemed too cool for obvious indie music leanings, but I get the impression that he isn't. I bet he's bought Shed Seven's Greatest Hits. Anyway, I think I only get cross when I hear people dismiss 'Electronic Renaissance' because I imagine that it's out of some indie guitar purity mindset. Of course it might be that people just don't like the track, which is fair enough (but wrong, obviously). After all, I'm not that keen on A Space Boy Dream myself... Generally, I have been being a hi-fi bore with the Tigermilk rerelease. I never knew there was so much in it! They must be very cross that they managed to perform such a feat in five days when they seem to need months to get it right these days. I mean, the tape I had before wasn't bad at all, but this is a revelation. So far I've not heard Stuart getting overexcited on his chair, though. Has anyone else? But really, the band play a stormer - get yourself a good set of headphones and listen to everything that's going on in 'The State That I Am In', for example. Organs, guitars, strings, vocal harmonies - all arranged by some kind of angel. Bugger perfect three minute pop songs - this one makes 4'56'' seem the only template worth bothering about. I don't know what I'm going on about. I'm just happy. However, I'll fight anyone who says it's their best album. It's a little jewel, but I really think that Stuart has really grown as a lyricist since then. I am beginning to see why the band weren't happy with the recording with If You're Feeling Kiddies. Despite it still being my favourite album (best consistent set of songs - and, I suppose, the album I fell in love with them to) it has got a kind of stripped down sound when you compare it to the others. Kind of good in a way, because it lets whole album hang together seamlessly, but I do wonder what a song like 'Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying' would sound like given a less weedy production. A Stax-style horn climax might be nice. Ooh, marie's just written in to to stick up for that disco nonsense too. Hurrah! 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: 10 Roddington Place
by PJMiller 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

The reason "unusual" songs end up on film soundtracks is because some joey at the film company thinks to themselves wouldn't it be good if their favourite group were on the telly or in the cinema. That is the only possible explanation I can find for the inclusion of so many 70s WHO songs on the soundtrack to "Quadrophenia", which is clearly set in the 60s. I like proper film soundtracks done by proper composers, such as Quincy Jones, Burt Bacarach, Don Bradman or Henley Regatta. But what I like most of all is not knowing who did the music because it's written in funny Iranian squiggley writing, like the film I went to see yesterday, "Don". I also like a bloke on a Wurlitzer coming up out of the stage, but you hardly ever get that nowadays, worse luck. Well done to Chris Leonard and new listee Mick Cooke for their excellent new websites. I don't think it would be going too far to say that they both have the potential to eventually become essential. The Stuart Murdoch Fan Site is fantastic, and will be even better once every single one of you has gone and made a little contribution. What do you like best about Stuart Murdoch? And who does he look like? Go on, run along and do it now. MIck's site not only boasts Keith's fascinating and provocative 70s WHO top ten, it also has a whole section entitled "WHO", which shows great devotion to the cause. This section houses a very nice autobigraphical piece by Stuart Lee Murdosch, which every self-respecting B&S fan will want to read and learn by heart. It's really very nice, I hope it's the first installment of a full length autobiography. I tried to send in my local politicians top ten, but I could only think of 4, and I don't think they were of much interest to anybody, so I binned that idea. But you can send in your top ten anything you like, so come on, get stuck in! I've visited the DROOLZ site as well, but I haven't recovered enough to comment yet. I've wonn tickets to the South Pyrenees music festival, where I shall see, God willing, touch wood, Ernest Ranglin, the Jamaican guitar legend who arranged and played on "My Boy Lollipop", as well as lots of other fantastic records, such as "The Heart of the Congos" and some Jackie Mittoo records. It is half way up a bloody big mountain. You can stick your T in the Park up your arse, mate. Hands up who's jealous? 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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Sinister: pure entertainment
by jesi bell 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

I must congratulate the last lot of post-ers, because I thoroughly enjoyed reading them all. Not that all sinister posts aren't entertaining, but who are we joking...some of them do go on a wee bit.... Being at work and bored out of my mind, I always search for something to get me through those last hours. I read two posts about Magnetic Fields, which makes me quite jealous, seeing as i'm on the wrong side of the ocean presently. The defense for Electronic Renaissance perked me up too, since i (first time admitting this) have actually been able to stand dance-y kinda electronic-y music lately and do enjoy ER at the right moments. (I always like different songs more at different times....especially the beatles...they're a real need-to-be-in-the-right-moment-band, well usually) Then people got a bit agressive, actually shocking me, by using the fu** word 3 times i believe (possibly only twice) in only five posts. I was also entertained by the tree-tape-monument-statue story. Wonderful image that is, but i too don't think i could give up my wobbly muffled Tigermilk tape. And Genevieve's story of the blues took me home. Once you are in the presence of old wonders like that, you have to stop and catch your breath. I know..... Cheese, I don't have anything original to say, but I will try to for next time. Cheers to the lot of ya.... ***********lee ______________________________________________________ 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: Electronic Renaissance Man
by bkim0＠dept.english.upenn.edu 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

Right on to Maria Elia, "Electronic Renaissance" is the muthafuckin' bomb-ass track on the album--one of them, anyway. I think of it as more Factory-esque though (not a guitar in sight, cool!), very "Procession" by newOrder I thought. They just don't get as synthy or even as varied in sound on subsequent albums. Shame. "I Don't Love Anyone"--separated at birth from Felt's "Mobile Shack"? I like how this album really rocks at times, it's almost garagey. "You're Just A Baby" could've easily been done by the Stones or some sneery early '60s band with fuzz pedals and 'tude. (If y'all have been reading my thoughts on this on the b&s/New Order newsgroups or the i-pop list I apologize for my redundancy.) Speaking of synths, which I was, I *will* be in DC on the 24th to see *the* electronic renaissance man amplifier himself, Stephen Merritt and his Magnetic Fields. Hopefully he will have his triple(!)-album for sale at the show. Yeah Lesley, my guess is if you're trying to talk to him and you aren't a young effeminate boy (like myself) you may get yelled at! I think you'll be fine in achieving your goal... I will not sing your ugly song, Xavier BXK bkim0(a)dept.english.upenn.edu | www.english.upenn.edu/~bkim0 It's what kind of hair you have on the inside that counts.--G.S. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: heeeeathcleeeef, its meeee, your catheeee, i've come ho-o-o-me,
by Paula Cullen 14 Jul '99

14 Jul '99

hello peeps, i have come to the conclusion that you london types are trying to keep me away from yr picnics ;) (marcus, what *have* you been telling them?) i missed the last one by two days, i arrive in london one day *after* the swedish (!) picnic and leave again just in time to miss the next one. grrrrrrrrrrrrrreatttt :( (as tony the tiger would say) therefore, i propose that somebody throws a picnic, in my honour, while i am in london. nothing fancy mind, i am a girl of simple tastes. you could maybe get some smoked salmon in though, i like that. :) you will of course, have to bring me boozegifts a plenty (anything but beer) actually, fuck it, go on, i'll drink anything. thanking you for your kindness in advance ;) on a different subject altogether, i watched an entire episode of "ally mcbeal" last night for the first time....EVER. christ on a yamaha scooter! its REALLY bad, isn't it? that is one WHOLE HOUR of my life that i can NEVER get back. not that i'd want it *now*.......... on another tangent, i nearly killed a woman in the local swimming pool last night. (im on a bit of a health kick at the moment. by the time you see me at atp's, i will be a ringer for kate moss. with a slightly less attractive head, however) anyway, i digress. i wouldn't be exactly what you'd call a brilliant swimmer, i have been described as swimming "like a washing machine" ie a *LOT* of thrashing about whilst not covering very much distance. :) so there i was, beating the hell out of the water when this old woman kinda got entangled in my flailing limbs. because my ears were all watery and i couldn't hear her bloodcurdling screams (*and* i was all determined to reach the other side without stopping) i, um, sort of just kept bashing away until she..........................................died. no not really, i just made that bit up for effect. but she did have to "rest" in the shallow end for a while. :) later, babes, 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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