August 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: colossal youth is showing the way to go
by Ciflux＠aol.com 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

YOUNG MARBLE GIANTS: I beseech everyone on this list to find a copy of their one album, _Colossal Youth_. Crepescule released it on CD; it's fairly easily found. Extremely minimal postpunk: just a choppy guitar, melodic bass and Alison Statton's indescribably pure, sweet vocals. The whole album feels submerged in a slightly spooky darkness. I don't quite see early Cure or Joy Division comparisons, but they are all from the same era. Speaking of which, Rykodisc has just released the Gist's Embrace The Herd on CD; they were Stuart Moxham's band/project immediately after YMG split up. It's an album of melodic experiments that actually sounds more timely today than upon its release. Um, I could go on about this for hours. If anyone is interested in knowing more, I do a website about them: http://members.aol.com/ymgpage. Please contribute to the message board; it's pretty much dominated by the same 4 people these days and needs some new blood. How to tie this into Belle & Sebastian...gosh, I can't, really. YMG and B&S are two of my very favorite bands; does that count? mike ciflux(a)aol.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: ooh wah
by E. A. Hostetter 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

Hi all! I had a wonderful time on the chats with you this weekend... BOYS Thank you James luv...I think what we could do is include packages of squirrel semen along with the video games...you know...for the boys who have yet to make their own? MARRIAGE It's really no fun being single when the rest of your friends are married or are parading semblances of it...or are in the death throes of it. Well, Toronto is the 'shack-up town'...people do it as soon as they get here! The dating scene is just too much to bear for most...I say: take a lover and forget the rest. Apathy is wonderful when you're single...bad news when you're not! JAPAN I hope to go to Japan this coming Spring. If anyone would like to come/meet up...let me know. I'll be saving up once/if I get the new job and promise not to do too much future talking! have a nice week "Kadj...I think I love you!!" E +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: He's the hairiest man in all the land
by Robin Stout 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

Hello folks I haven't posted for ages, I know. It's mostly because things have been a bit boring around here and it's crap when people post about all the boring things they've been up to so I didn't. Anyway, seeing as I haven't got anything real to say I thought I'd make something up. The Day I Sprouted Antlers One day I woke up and my head felt heavy. Too much pop, I thought. I took a few deep breaths and hoisted myself valiantly from the bed. I staggered rather hopelessly around the room as I put on my socks and shoes, then took them off again as I remembered I'd forgotten my trousers. After a struggle and a lot of swearing, and cursing of alcohol I finally fastened the last button, straightened my cuffs, then sat on the bed and tried to remember the night before. It was more difficult than I thought it would be. I'd had a somewhat restless night and all that I could think of was some crazy dream I'd had where I was being chased by Father Christmas. He shouted "Ho ho ho, you bastard! Jump into my sleigh!". "No!" I shouted back. His reindeer came steaming towards me and I turned and began to run. "Jump into my sleigh!" yelled Santa. "Or you'll get no presents this year!" "No!", I cried as I ran, "You're not real!" "Ho ho ho" he cried, and his reindeer turned into a pack of dogs. "It's the middle of August" I cried. "Go back to Lapland!" The sleigh loomed closer and the sound of sleighbells became unbearable. "Ho ho ho! Ho ho ho ho! HO HO HO HO!" Even thinking about it makes me sweat. What had I been doing last night, I thought. Then I remembered. I'd been watching TV. That's all. I'd phoned some friends to see if they were going out and they were all working, or working tomorrow, or had had a hard day at work, so I fell into the sofa and watched the telly, then went to bed. So why was I feeling so strange? Why was my head feeling so heavy? I got up from the bed and walked over to the mirror. My mouth fell open in horror. *I had sprouted antlers!* I was going to write a story called The Day I Woke Up And I Was Two And A Half Inches Taller, but I don't suppose it would have been that interesting. Someone who I work with in Sainsburys (this story is real by the way) mentioned that he is on the Garth Brooks mailing list. We had a chat about how cool mailing lists were. He seemed a bit embarassed to mention it, though. I don't know if this was the embarassment of saying he was on a mailing list or of saying he was a fan of Garth Brooks. Or maybe he just had wind. I've decided that I'd like to go to All Tomorrow's Parties after all. If anyone has a ticket left, could they let me know? I suppose it's my own fault if no-one has. I've never been very good at making decisions. Someone mentioned Liam Gallagher's new tramp style haircut and a thought occured to me. If Belle and Sebastian don't look out their next album could be released at the same time as Oasis'. Actually I hope it is, cos it's bound to be better, and there could be a sort of millenium showdown between Struan and the forces of good on one side and Liam and the forces of hair on the other. bye for now Robin 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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Sinister: B&S at the BBC
by Chris Jones 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

chris.jones(a)saqnet.co.uk B&S on prime time BBC1!!!!!! Did anyone watch the roundup of the world championships just now. They finished off with Stars Of Track And Field. Of course the rest of my family could not understand the significance of this momentous event, but I felt proud. Chris Jones. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Later than we thought
by Robin Carmody 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

That Midnight Oil thing ... I confess I know very little about them apart from Beds Are Burning, shouldn't have come on like that. So what else? I've been finding it very hard to get passionate about anything recently ... maybe after the start of this week, when my emotions were taking me everywhere, I've found it difficult to excite myself. Been watching my Day Today video (Theresa, I don't know if you share my love of Chris Morris, but he *is* from very near Huntingdon), couldn't have been more subversive. Should get some sort of work, if only to get this disshevelled life into shape. Sorry about this rambling piece of crap! B&S content? Hmmm, IYFS *is* the best album, then Tigermilk, then TBWTAS. Dissenters welcome, but I can't see how anyone can think Arab Strap's the best (too many fillers, too many dirges, not enough life). But I think they'll come through and make next year's best album, unless Momus astonishes us again... love on ya robin ------- "bang after bang after bang after bang" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Everybody's talkin at me
by James Thorniley 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

Hi all, Sorry for posting so much, but interesting things keep happening (and I keep forgetting what they are when I try to write e-mails). The subject of sort of related to the post, but its mostly I just remembered that song and I think its really cool. Who did that song, by the way? I remember the Beautiful South did it but I seem to think that what a cover, was it someone else originally? Lotsa stuff happened today. Where to start? With comments of what i've been reading in the list first, methinks. THE LITTLE BOYS CLUB E has to research 9-14 yr old boys. I used to be one of them a year or two back. We liked jokes about semen and girls with not much clothes on. Hope that helps your market research :) ANOTHER PICNIC In London, Woohoo. I missed the last one. I can go and get you all to answer my questionnaire for my geography project that I have to do. <grin, cackle> It's not necessarily that easy for me (evil mummy), but I'll try to be there. MEANINGFUL STUFF Just quickly this time. "sweetie" has been labeled, stereotyped etc. That was a nice post. It's nasty to be labeled. At first glance I am the school nerd, but really I'm just his friend. I WANT MY MUMMY I call my mother mummy, and proud of it. Now on to what happened today. I WENT TO TOWN I went to show off my Looper T-shirt. I also needed to get shampoo. On Saturday I tried to get shampoo but failed, so I had to do it today (Sunday). I went to town and went to the bank first, just to check my balance. This is my conversation with the cash machine (ATM). # = what cash machine said, ; = what I told it and $ = what I thought. #Please enter your personal identification number ;**** #What to you want to do? ;Check balance #Your balance is £**.** #Would you like to do something else? $I'll get a mini statement ;Yes #What do you want to do? $Hmm, now where is it.... Hey, whats this one: "Order a cheque book", I'm sure that wasn't there before. Ha ha, which twat programmed it to give cheque books to fifteen yr olds? $....Well press it then. ;Order a cheque book #You cheque book will be posted to you. I'm sure I'm not old enough to have a cheque book. This one might be difficult to explain to dearest mother when it comes through the post :-). Unfortunately all the shops were closed so I didn't get shampoo. Now, other stuff I did on the net. THANK YOU FRIENDS After my last post lots of people added me to their ICQ lists, which was very nice, thank you all. I even had a conversation with a couple of them, hurrah. NATTER, NATTER I went on the sinister chat room. I was jambo, and everyone was very nice. Was there someone moving to Surrey. Was it something like scarletx or something? I don't think I talked to you much but it would be interesting to know where you are going exactly (like, which town). I might be able to tell you something about it. Maybe you could email me off the list. Sorry that wasn't of interest to everyone. Anyway, I think I have talked for long enough, I'll stop now, byee. -- James Thorniley There's a man going down the M1 between junction 10 and 11, he turns on the traffic news on his radio: "...there's a man going the wrong way down the road on the M1 between j10 and j11..." The man thinks: "there's not just one, it's hundreds of them" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: That Melbourne Review
by Robin Carmody 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

> the electric sound of jim wrote: > > > they wouldn't say a thing. they'd have to have even known these bands > > existed, for a start. which wouldn't happen. > > True, but if they *did* hear them God knows what they'd say, because the > bands I mentioned really *do* sound like what that hack thinks B&S sound > like. > > > Australia isn't generally a place that's interested in anything except > > "rock". with very few exceptions. > > INXS, Midnight Oil, Jimmy Barnes, Rick Springfield ... see what you mean. > > Admittedly, I'm referring back to the 80s, but all those bands epitomised > redneck-rock. > > love on ya > robin > ------- > "no-one ever tutored you > but you seemed to know just what to do" > the Barry Gemso Experience, Buttercup Business > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: photo joey
by Funkyseb 29 Aug '99

29 Aug '99

Watcha popkids, how are you all rhetorically doin'? angelic lady boy nickie dastoor wrote: <<...fnkyseb...moby vid etc.>> I still haven't seen this. How stupid do I look really? could someone tell me tactfully? I fear the worst. I'm not good at dancing unlubricated at 3.45 on a Tuesday afternoon, especially not on my own in a Fitzrovia loft in front of some meta-bastard cool director with a video camera. I wish I'd done my normal wiggle my bum and gaze at the celing dance instead of my usual flail about like a skinny mopheaded combine harvester-pint splilling machine routine. Oh well, too late now. Speaking of me actually getting some work for once (and I won't much longer), I've just finished shooting The Bill (popular British pig soap), dressed as Swampy and Carter USM's bastard child with multiple piercings and slashed combats. Ugh! Still, everyone's got to watch it, so the ratings go rocketing into space, and I get a regular part. I get nicked by some coppers for being a pykie and then throw up all over the Interview room. (Which would have been OK if some of the lumps in the cold vomit substitute hadn't slithered down my throat in one of the takes and made me actually puke everywhere.....) I've been looking round Sinister's new home, and things move and everything! It's great, and Honey deserves a big round of Java enabled applause. Huzzah! Anyway, what I was going to say was that I've had a look round the photos, and what lovely looking people we all are. I really fancy ElisaPet http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/cgi-local/photo.cgi?gallery=people&photo=E lisaPet though I've no idea who she is, and if her partner is reading this, I'm very sorry. Don't hit me please, I've just cornered the market in studentey weirdo characters, and I don't want to have to start going for broken nosed no teethed studentey weirdo parts. Sorry to embarass you elisa. Having just made an arse of myself, I'll be off. But first, are there any photographers on the list? I want some new pictures that don't make me look like a deacon. That's all. <the feeling like he's just said something rather foolish> seb of dubious funkiness +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Young Marble Giants
by Sam Devere 28 Aug '99

28 Aug '99

Don't know if anyone replied to whomever mentioned the Young Marble Giants. Anyway, this is all from memory, in the magazine Q a couple of years ago there was an article on Peter Buck and his massive vinyl collection. He highlighted 5 or 6 of his faves and one was the YMG Colossal Youth album. He said something to the effect that it was very minimal, dark post punk and that all the 'arty' kids were into it. He said that REM would just sit and listen to the album all day long, especially Stipe. I listened to some samples, it's interesting, it sounds a little like very early Cure or Joy Division. Sam ______________________________________________________ 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: as soon as i press 's' a word appears behind it, the word being 'inister', any suggestions??
by Sweetie 28 Aug '99

28 Aug '99

hello list. have u ever walked thro a room and it was more like the room passed around u?? sorry bout that. but have u?? i did last night. also i didnt have to press the keys on the board they jumped up and hit me fingers. i decided to read all the posts that i hadnt read. some r ok. i keep having strange dreams. none of horses. keep dreaming about my life. real weird. had a dream with everything in it. mainly events. my boyfriend and other things not friends tho, family im sure. then last night i dreamt i was withdrawing money from an odd looking machine to help pay off my £150 internet bill. and i went to withdraw £50 and i found all this money (£70, i counted it £20's £10's and £5's) in the bit where the money came from (was like a long tunnel.) so i kept it, put it in my purse, showed it to my mum, (i think we were on holiday) but not my sisters, in the car then i woke up. can anyone here interprit dreams?? my best friend lied to me, wouldnt go to edinburgh with me coz she was going out with her friend but i saw him with his partner today in falkirk. i have been labelled, stereotyped, categorised. by fellow pupils a freak, a weirdo. by my friends, an individual that demands respect. by the school. a pupil that is giving the school a bad image. by the passer by, no reaction just a long good stare. i am finally getting the attention i crave. :) i have finally become myself. :) your friend always sweetie xoxox ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Life isn't a rehearsal, it's for real. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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