August 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Re: Sinister: toying with time
by Walkn10＠aol.com 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

Oh Lord...Thom intrigued me enough to actually take a look at what the sea of idiots hath voted for and I'm amazed. How the hell did Billy Graham change the face of the 20th Century? He's a fake televangelist for crying out loud!! He stole millions of dollars from his "congregation" and that qualifies him to be some sort of impetus for change? The only thing that changed was that yet another one of his flock lost the $200 that was going to buy them that John Wayne collector plate from "Big Jake" or a Flo-Bee or a music box that plays the theme from "Bonanza." Actually the definition that Time gives for the candidates is a little sketchy as well. "Who did the most to change the way of life in the 20th Century." In reality maybe 5 people fit this description at best. Elvis?! No, I'm sorry Sebediah Shitpants from Tupelo, Mississippi "The King" didn't do much in the grand scheme of things. Yeah he was probably the most successful entertainer in history but change the way of life? Hmmm...not to sure about that one. How about Jonas Salk? Or how about God? I'm suprised Kennedy isn't up there...oh well I agree with Thom, a poll this screwy surely needs to get tooled with a bit more before its all done with. Yet again people have gotten "famous" and "important" confused so let's run with that idea. Stuart Lee Murdoch for Man of the Century! Yeeeaaaahhhh! Don't mean to rant but sometimes things just really confuse me...sorry Steve C. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Honk! Honk!
by PJMiller 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

I wish Big Stu had thought to install a Roddcam on top of his rucksack. Thank you Rachel for zipping up the flies in my Trousers knowledge the other day. I looked him up on the Guardian website: here's the URL if anyone else wants a look, but I warn you, it's not the four-page pull-out I was hoping for: http://www.newsunlimited.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,70969,00.html If the number at the end turns out to be wrong, just pretend you're trying to nick someone's bike and try all the possible combinations. I noticed that the story mentioned something about Internet voting. How about rigging it to make The WHO's 70s classic "Postcard" best song lyric ever? "There's loads of frankfurters/ and people that hurt us/ in Germany". Or how about the unforgettable "He's gay, he's bent, his arse is up for rent!" by Jacques Brel? We could always swing it for B&S to win, just to prove that the Brits victory was no fluke. I've been practising looking at the sun today. I haven't bloody well gone blind. But just in case, I'm going to look at the eclipse through the picture of an eclipse on the cover of the booklet from "Zeit" by Tangerine Dream, the band the expression "boundaries of totality" was made for. I wish someone would write in to the list asking about good clubs in Spain. Because it means brothels. I saw a film called "Sue" the other day. It was about a woman who only communicates through sex. Not as funny as it sounds though, quite anguish-inducing in fact. I mention it in order to make a witty observation about lurkers, but I can't think of one. Perhaps we could have a competition. It had the Bass beer logo in it, like Ulysses and The Bar at the Folies Bergères. I know that because I'm from near Burton-on-Trent, and a smartarse. Why do young 'uns today say "my parents' place" instead of "home"? Has the traditional family unit disintegrated even further, or are they just trying to be big and clever? Eh? EH? Hmmm. Bagpuss, eh? I watched Scooby Doo in Basque today. I consider that to be the height of sophistication. Didn't understand a bleedin' word though. I like Baldy Man best. So does Oon. Is it that late already? 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: on the joys of mp3 recording
by Dan Cohen 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

> Also, do any listees know how to transfer mp3's to CD or tape??? I'm > preparing myself for the Y2K hit (am i silly?) and want to save all my > precious mp3's!!! Please help:) Here's what you need. 1. A computer with a sound card. Preferably a nice one, as it will make a difference if you use digital out, if you have it. 2. A CD recorder and some mastering software. Barring that, you can utilize the Cohen Method for recording mp3s to tape. Keep in mind that when saved to tape, they will not be accessible as mp3s, but rather as regular old audio files. The CD-R method: Get a CD recorder, or start the (Adaptec/NTI/CeQuadrat/Nero/et cetera) software that came with the CD recorder you already own. You will need to have some CD-R (not CD-RW) discs as well. Then, create an image file of up to 650 MB of the data you wish to burn to a CD. Check your mastering software documentation on how to properly do this. You can copy the files directly as mp3s, which will take up much less space but not allow you to play the CDs on regular stereos. Or you can decode them to WAV files, and then copy them over to .CDA format (Winamp, I know, contains a helpful plugin to do just this, and you may be able to do it with the CD mastering software itself), which will allow you to store up to 74 minutes of audio on one CD and play it on just about any CD player, as long as you use CD-R media. CD-RW discs are unable to be read by anything but Multiread-compatible CD drives. Very few CD players, stereos, etc. are Multiread; newer CD-ROM drives and all CD-RWs are Multiread compliant. The low-budget Cohen Method (cassette): This is the one that takes a bit more time to set up, but is nice if you like analog tapes (especially if you have a car stereo that only plays them). You will need to have a stereo with an RCA line-in jack in the back. On my Aiwa system, there are RCA inputs for an external Minidisc and television, and those work just fine with my computer's sound card. Get a one-eighth inch MiniDIN-to-RCA adapter. Plug the red and white RCA jacks into the two stereo RCA jacks on the back of the stereo. If your stereo is too far away from the computer for this to reach (I know the adapter I bought was only three feet long), buy a suitable length of one-eighth inch stereo patch cable and extend the length of the adapter, which you will then plug into the line-out port of your sound card. Then merely tune your stereo to the proper input device and press record on the tape deck as you play mp3s to your heart's content. Easy and fun, as all the cool kids say. If that made no sense, merely smack me and walk coolly off. -Dan +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Don't walk, Venga
by mctag＠bigfoot.com 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

Hello Peasants, Bow down all you who stand before me, for after a lucrative career as TV's masterchef Antony-Warrell Thompson, I have today been elected leader of the Liberal Party. I didn't know myself until I saw me on the news, pretending to be called Charles Kennedy. So Mr "who you gonna call?" Nick Dastoor, you can see that rumours of my death have been greatly exaggerated. With immaculate timing, we went to London this weekend, a week after the picnic and a week before Tigermilking. I'd very much like to go to Tigermilking, partly cos "Slim" Trousers will showing out on the MIC, and partly cos it's all run by that nice Mark Cassaratto who never has an unkind word to say about anyone. Anyway, we had lovely time in London where we learnt the rules of the merry game of Vengaball and the recipe for Cock Soup. Genial hosts Pamnmike, the charming Alix, Trews, Sez, Mr and Mrs DM,C,UK and last but not least the Grumptastic Andy Dean, we love you all. That's enough grovelling for one week. Love tag 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: Little lies, tell me sweet little lies
by Mark Casarotto 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

Kevan Cooke made an horrific mistake in his post when he trilled: "has anyone else noticed how much helen love sound like a welsh indie band "...crossed with thom yorke"? it's uncanny, it really is." I like a challenge, ol' DJ/chalet mate o' mine...if anyone has any Helen Love rarities, live albums, early demos or whatever (duets with Cerys Matthews, hey, even Meg Matthews would be great) can they please send me them quick smart, in time for the slightly reworked A Night Of Helen Love And "Weird" Al Yankovic Worship, Upstairs at the Garage, Friday 13th August. Ta. Martin, did you tape the divine Ms Rusby? I'll swap you a very slightly soiled Ant & Dec single for a viewing...tipping in New York is a piece of piss. Buy something, then give the waiter/barman/shopgirl/cabbie all the rest of your money. Worked for me. And I liked it so much that I'm going back to NY this autumn... I haven't received naked hatred from my mates/colleagues for playing B&S, but many a merry hour is spent with my friends happily taking the piss out of me. My mate Christian started singing a made-up version of Judy... in a mimsy voice, and although he'd never heard them at all, actually managed to get the tune *exactly* right. Oh dear. At work I only got half way through Me and the Midget before it was taken off, though the entire Looper album did get a playing. Looper always were classier, anyway. The curse of the medium t-shirt has befallen me also. I now own no less than four scotpop medium sized shirts, each of them slightly too small in *exactly* the same way. Will I ever learn? On the other hand, my large, American-style (a slightly lighter blue, and apparently inferior stitching) Study at Stow shirt just looks baggy and stupid. Fitted shirts please, pop merchandising people, and for boys too... Big hug Mark xxx _____________ ANIGHTOFTIGERMILKING13AUGUST1999UPSTAIRS@THEGARAGEBETHEREBESUNSHINING... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: waiter, there's a nipple in my meat pie
by Kevan Cooke 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

hello folks, cd chain store and generally nasty shop MVC and various evil money lovin' record companies have conspired to produce an MVC sampler cd of recently produced music for only 3.99 as a cunning marketing ploy to get you to spend spend spend on the artists contained therein... hang on, what's this? up a tree? again? by looper? how unexpected! i'm a little confused - is weird al yankovic now a well respected satirist in the states? i wouldn't want him to go anywhere near a belle and sebastian song. isn't he that appalling tosser who did a michael jackson parody about fifteen years ago? have i got him all wrong? did someone around here give away the ending to the blair witch project before half of us had had a chance to see it? don't worry - that's nothing. george lucas hasn't even made the next two star wars films yet, but he gave away the ending over twenty years ago. how stupid must he be feeling? it seems to be tigermilking season again, so take your tigers upstairs at the garage (opposite highbury & islington tube station) on friday night and get them well and truly milked by a genuine in-the-flesh real live band, lots and lots of belle and sebastian songs, and sinister djs galore playing the sort of music that *you* like! yes! you! talking of which, mark said: > Just should add to allay people's fears that ANYTHING that could be > described as "...crossed with Thom Yorke" is OFF the playlist at > Tigermilky on Friday (Upstairs at the Garage, yadda yadda yadda). > Unlike Freedesign. There'll be lots of Freedesign. And even some > Groovy Little Numbers... has anyone else noticed how much helen love sound like a welsh indie band "...crossed with thom yorke"? it's uncanny, it really is. colin campbell mused: > I decided yesterday to start stalking miss Ricci, coz I am the sort of > sick depraved person who sits through a film such as, for example, the > addams family values, all the time thinking of how fantastic wednesday's > boobs have become. never fall for a child star, they grow up to spawn kula shaker. kevan *********************************** 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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Sinister: we apologise for the non-global nature of this message
by Archel1978＠aol.com 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

much as i would hate to revive the 'best kid's tv of our youth' thread, i feel i must announce that yesterday i received 'the complete bagpuss' on video. this made me disproportionately happy, i suppose, but it is just *very* good. especially when the mice threaten to strike if they're not allowed to sing, although the calypso turtles are also a high point. i've made my decision to buy tigermilk episode 2: a new hope, having listened to it a bit courtesy of the bagpuss provider yesterday. it is better than mine, and i fully comprehend now that crime doesn't pay. i think i am also going to buy the gentle waves album, as i get job seekers allowance now and i feel that this is just the kind of thing it is designed for. i'm feeling disgruntled today, the bagpuss euphoria having worn off a bit. my inner bitch (hi lj)* is lurking at the forefront of my brain, grumpily shuffling her feet and threatening all sorts of things, but refusing to just get out here, cause trouble and get it over with. i have managed to pour cold water all over my boyfriend's enthusiasm for going to cornwall tomorrow though: 'you do know that you'll get stuck in traffic and you'll be watching the sodding eclipse from a layby on the M4, and it's going to be cloudy anyway? have fun.' maybe i should go up a hill on wednesday with all the other hippies and meditate in the slightly-darker-than-usual-and-therefore-mystical conditions, to restore mental equilibrium. or maybe i'll just SCREAM at someone. * this is not intended to imply that lesley jo IS my inner bitch, i was merely acknowledging her authorship of the phrase. but i wish she was :) better be off then, archel xxx ps: forget confusion over 'la pastie' - i thought that the blair witch project was a reference to kate hoey, clare short, mo mowlam etc. oh dear, that wasn't very funny even to UK listees, was it? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 York, Boston, Toronto, Camber Sands...
by Martin Robinson 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

Dear all, I'm so bored at work today. The sky is grey, and I'm sad to say that that eclipse thing will be many clouds away. Still it's probably the best way of preventing retina damage isn't it? Anyway to distract from boring work... yes it's nearly time for my mini world tour of New York, Boston and Toronto before washing up onto the fair golden sandy beaches of Camber Sands for some music festival with a bunch of degenerate alcoholics (and yes I do mean you). If anyone wishes to interrupt theses adventures to have a beer or a nice cup of tea with me in any of the above places please let me know. Also I need the lowdown on places to go i.e clubs and bars in Boston and New York especially and if their are any good gigs in NY at the end of August or in Boston at the start of September. Any help on these matters would be more than appreciated and earn my eternal gratitude. Actually could anyone also teach me the etiquette of tipping too as that completely baffles me, especially when they start giving free drinks and I'm a bit tipsy. It's all very confusing. Is it rude to bring a calculator? I also saw that Kate Rusby on telly the other day. She was quite lovely and I found her playing quite enchanting. I was more than surprised to find a thug like Casarotto could appreciate it, but obviously there's more to him than cynical fouling and a love of Britney Spears. I'm sure I had something else to say... I'm pretty sure it wasn't about Cornish Pasties or nipples, lovely though they are... oh I know, it was Funky Seb in that video, he did say he was going to be in a Moby video so it probably was him. And it's nice to see the debonair, classically trained Geoff on the photos page. His mum must be so proud. Te ra, Martin ear confection recordings http://www.send.demon.co.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: If there's meat pies on her nipples it must be England
by craigrm 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

Hmmmmm I really can't comment on Wigan's range of exotic dancers, but I'm sure they're adding to the local economy by bringing in tourists from far & wide to marvel at their creative use of pastries and other meaty smallgoods. No doubt Channel 5 is working on a documentary about this phenomenon as we speak. Sadly I too have fallen into the "Medium Study at Stow T-Shirt" trap. I don't feel too much of a victim as it fits OK and I can wear it without fear of social ridicule ... but I still think that I should've gone for a large to allow for a bit of future expansion. I'm not going to buy a new one though so I think I'll start going to the gym again instead. I spotted a fellow Stow t-shirt wearer in Tottenham Crt Tube station on Saturday arvo but where to surprised to offer any congratulations or words of encouragement. So if you were that mystery B&S fan then "Well done Sir". Whistle while you work ? - errr maybe not. Cheerio, Craig xcx >===== Original Message From Pete Ramsdale <peter.ramsdale(a)wdr.com> ===== >FourJacksAndAJill wrote: > >> This is all very well and good but it only begs the question (well in my >> mind anyhoo) "What do you call the little things UK go-go dancers wear >> over their nipples?" I'm not about to go look at any UK stripping sites >> to find out either, what fun would that be. > >Erm, dunno, really. Tassles? Elastoplast? Could be anything..... > >> So I'm to understand the go-go dancers in Wigan are of low quality over >> there? Perhaps some Wigan dancers on the list would like to defend >> themselves...? (I'm not holding my breath) > >Most of them have beards, underarm hair and whippets. And that's >whippets as in the dogs that are closely related to greyhounds rather >than the term for the five-second high you get if you snort the gas >from a whipped-cream can. Actually I can't remember any places in >Wigan that would have go-go dancers. They possibly had some at the >Wigan Casino, but that got burnt down when I was still a nipper. > >> Now, bring on the >> Proclaimers reunion to accompany the apocalypse... > >God in heaven help us. I don't even think that the combined musical >talents of B&S could save such a dirge as "A Letter From America". As >for their version of "King of The Road", well, I don't think I'm going >to comment, as it's apparently very hard to type after you've thrown >up on your keyboard. Ho-hum. > >Bit of B&S content for a change - you will all no doubt be glad to >know that more than one person in the office has threatened to hang, >draw and quarter me this morning if i even contemplate whistling "This >Is Just A Modern Rock Song" again. I've tried to persuade them that it >really isn't my fault, and that anyway, it's bloody good so there, but >they're having none of it. I tell you, it's like the pogroms or >something in here. I'm getting victimized for my musical beliefs. Or >maybe it's just for the fact that I blatantly can't whistle. Anyhow, I >recieved the aforementioned eepee on wednesday with my medium "Study >at Stow" teeshirt (it really should have been a large, I think - I now >know how a can of baked beans feels - and is it just me, or does >anyone else think that light blue is not the best colour in the world >when you get sweat patches??) along with Dog on Wheels, and TIJAMRS >hasn't really been out of my cd player ever since. Rapidly becoming my >fave track. Now how does it go again......pffffft, pffffft, pffffft, >pffAAAAAAARGH. > >I wonder if they have email in casualty?? > >lol p 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: Can your pussy do the dog?
by Mark Casarotto 09 Aug '99

09 Aug '99

Look, no forwarding... The actually-gorgeous (so she says, hmm) Archel sort-of praised Joanna Lumley in her last post, which, frankly, sickened me. Joanna Lumley was recently responsible for setting up YET ANOTHER Adult Orientated Rock radio station (don't know which one - Heart, or Melody or 96.Great! or SelfIndulgentMiddleAgedWankathon FM or something). Bitch. Has anyone noticed how the brown bits in chicken taste disconcertingly fishy? Just should add to allay people's fears that ANYTHING that could be described as "...crossed with Thom Yorke" is OFF the playlist at Tigermilky on Friday (Upstairs at the Garage, yadda yadda yadda). Unlike Freedesign. There'll be lots of Freedesign. And even some Groovy Little Numbers... Bug's post also reminded me (the "Wheat is Murder" bit) - ARE there actually people who refuse to eat vegetables on ethical grounds, or have I just been conned? And I did hear the Travis/Britney conflagration - nowhere near as good as the original. I mean that. Jason asked who gets paid once a month. WHAT! You mean it's possible to be paid more often? Bastards! I don't know anyone in any form of permanent work who gets paid more often, except Miss Vicky who gets a handy 13 pay packets a year. British Rail - they're getting there... And lastly - goodbye to big gay Stu. He's been full of spunk these last couple of years, a tower of, erm, well, just a tower, really. But he knew all the words to Modern Rock Song a year and a half before I did, so here's to you, Tall Git, and may the portals of Sinister forever ring with cries of "it were never like this when Big Stu was around..." DMCUK - between us I'm sure we can rapidly increase the Kate Rusby content, if you're up for it... There's a bloke works down the chip shop swears he's Peter Miller, Mark xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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