August 1999 - Sinister - missprint.org

RE: Sinister: Genevieve, come out and play!
by Kurtis, Elizabeth 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

Hello list, Oh sweet bliss, just a few more hours until I am officially on holiday! Jetting off to Paris with Pumpkinny, then a solo trip back home for a few days. I've got a lot to cram in while I'm in Toronto. Here's a sneak preview of my 'to-do' list (which will mostly make sense only to Canadians, I'm afraid) 1. Eat quarter-chicken dinner at Swiss Chalet, end with coconut cream pie. 2. Pack suitcases full of: a) President's Choice 'Decadent' chocolate chip cookies b) Static Guard (a non-existant product in the UK) c) Butter Pecan coffee beans from Second Cup d) Two-four of Sleeman's cream ale 3. Eat a delicious grease-laden meal at the Stem diner on Queen Street 4. Watch all the fabulous programs on the CBC. Guess which of the above is *not* true. And of course... Elizabeth #1 said: >Another Elizabeth, er Elisabeth, will be coming into town on the 1st and >we intend to meet up for a Soul Clan night at Rancho Relaxo. >EveryAnyone is welcome...look for me, the former mod with the bad hair >cut. Oh yes, and here's a few more details: It's on Friday, the 3rd of September, and starts at about 9 pm at Rancho Relaxo (which, I believe, is at 333 College Street, just west of Spadina on the north side of College) UC lager on tap for cheap and the DJ's provide complimentary talc and high quality northern soul for your spinning pleasure. Just say no to the lame indie clubs!! > B&S There really isn't much to say about them these days, is there? For list content I'll note that the Manchester Sinister contingent met up with Swannie (en route back to NYC) and Fluffy Sarah (representing the Preston contingent) for drinks and dinner last night, and it was great, despite our evil waitress at Tampopo. Although I have to say I'll put up with just about anything there because of my weakness for Japanese food. Anyhow, happy trails Swannie, let's do a diner crawl sometime when/if I'm ever in town. >BEACH & BOYS >I must admit "God Only Knows" has been spinning around on my CD player a >lot. The words do crap all for me but the tune is phenomenal...Brian >Wilson and any of his followers, hands down. The Beatles were only good >because of John Lennon. My mother once told me that Paul McCartney >looks like the back of a spoon! It's weird...but all those 'classic' bands that I started my 60's collection with (i.e. Beach Boys, Left Banke, and to some extent the Beatles -- but not the Doors thank GOD!) are collecting dust these days. I know they're good but it's just not...exciting anymore. I know they're there and I'd never sell them -- I guess it's kind of like all the sentimental crap I've saved over the years in my closet, freaking if anyone so much as suggested I throw out a crumpled ribbon I won in an orienteering contest in 1986. That said, when we visited the Beatles Shop in Liverpool a few weeks ago, I was quite in awe. Even though it was just full of keychains, coffee mugs and horrible golf shirts which I'm sure John Lennon would never have endorsed, I felt a little thrill go up my spine. Not as big a buzz as the autographed photos I just got from Bill Tarmey, mind. love elisabeth 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: we thought we'd share
by Graham MacArthur 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

hey KIDS, Arent I just the bestest thing you ever did see? I'm part of the A star force. Hannah isn't, but she still did better than me. She's going to say something now: I'm still officially in the nursery so this isn't strictly allowed.....a's and b's for me i'm afraid, not quite up to erica's genius standards. (Erica) Cock sucking sarah did better than both of us, so it just goes to show, you can still have fun during your exams. Work hard and play hard, it's a good motto. Our contemparies turned up in 'Porn Squad' T-shirts having returned from sunning themselves in classy Newquay. You wonder if they'd actually be up to the job if requested. Sadly, we're getting drunk with the same bunch of losers in a matter of hours, watching them dance to crappy handbag house records. We're playing hi-fi commando though, so they'd better watch out. now if you'll excuse us, we're going to get drunk Erica and Hannah 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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Re: Sinister: Mike Love, Not War
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

Hello. I too saw the V-Twin video. I knew I hadn't stumbled on the Fetish Channel free preview because that's what I'd just turned over from. It was a good video, and I am told Stuart Murdoch was behind the camera, or at least barking things through a loo roll somewhere. It had one of the Maisonettes in it too. Fans of Sarah Martin will be pleased to know that she is head kinky nurse. Fans of Chris 'Beans' Geddes will be saddened to learn that he wimps out of the wet pyjama contest by going topless. He also removes his glasses and falls foul of the 'NO PETTING' bylaw. Fans of pop music will be devastated to learn that V-Twin really aren't much good at all. This new single sounds exactly like someone taking the piss out of Rolling Stones-era Primal Scream. I believe this is not an original thing to say, but neither is the Lord's Prayer, and no one complains about that. Except those crazy non-conformists. I do however have boundless admiration for V-Twin principles. They could have gone along with the crowd and hired someone with magnetic stage presence to front the band, but instead they got someone with no discernable charisma at all. He looks he ought to be on telly playing snooker or something. I expect he writes the songs though, so they can't really kick him out. Great video though - it was more like a B&S video than the B&S videos. Except for 'A Century of Fakers' - I Iove that one becuase of all the kissing. Also on Alternative ('you can tell it's alternative by the spiky viral computer graphics') Nation was the video for the new Moby single. Alarmingly, the rumours about FunkySeb dancing in it appear to be true. After that they showed Devo's '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'. I may be imagining it, but I think it was sampled in the Moby single and someone at MTV probably thought that playing it after the Moby would be clever and informative. It certainly taught me that Devo invented Big Beat. Also in the late-70s, Siouxie and the Banshees invented fast bleepy techno on some B-side. Around the same time, Blondie invented crap rapping (although this didn't take off until Vanilla Ice grew of age). By the 1980s, there was nothing left to invent but New Romanticism, and even that wasn't that new. I wish Belle and Sebastian would release a song with brackets in the title. I was pinning my hopes on '(This Is Just A) Modern (Rock Song)' but no luck. I also wish that they would release a nice duet between Stuart and Isobel. Rumour has it that one of these is planned for the new album. I hope that it's the one with the working title 'Marx and Engels'. Stuart would be Marx and Isobel Engels. If they make a video that would be even better. I don't know what Engels looked liked, but I imagine that it was very much like Isobel. Stuart would have to wear a moustache, though. There is also supposed to be a song called 'I Fought In A War'. I reckon it's going to be a concept album about the class struggle. 'Lord Anthony' had to be shifted to the EP because it was too sympathetic to nambling-pambling aristocratic misfits. I think my theory also explains why it's all getting so delayed - the band are beset by infighting over just how the the revolution is to be achieved. Stuart 'Snowball' Murdoch favours the softly-softly catchy-monkey infiltrative approach, but he's getting shouted down by Isobel 'Napoleon' Campbell, who insists upon carnage. I'm not quite sure about how 'Winter Wooksie' is going to fit into all this. I have two copies of the V-Twin single to give away. They will go to the two people who write the best answer to the following question: 'In what way are V-Twin any good?'. Twenty words or less. Depending on just how persuasive the best response is, I may have to keep the second one. N 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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Re: Sinister: Love amongst the cinders
by Pulpbot＠aol.com 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

If I may turn my nerd beams on full blast...I'm thoroughly in awe of sharks. What kind of shark was it? Most times they're quite defensive, swimming away if you give them a few jabs in the body. Their bodies are flawless, but their brains are the size of after-dinner mints, not so different from the hipsters I love ogling/hating in D.C. Consider this: a prehistoric shark known as Megaladon usually spanned 60 feet and its *average* tooth size was 6 1/2 inches, and it was the greatest predator ever in the ocean. Oh christ, the day Spielberg makes Jurassic Sea I'll be there with two pairs of undies on. Another Fun Shark Fact: The Greenland Shark, which prowls the Artic Ocean, has little creatures growing on its eyeballs that glow, attracting seals to the shiny object in the murky depths....then pow! Oh, I hear that Rolling Stone's review of Tigermilk was entirely kvetching about B&S fans, our anti-social tendencies, all-around lameness, etc. What? The level of flooziness on this list always astounds me. --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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Sinister: tell me how it goes so fast
by Blake E. Hamilton 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

dearests, well summer has extinguished itself, at least in my realm. and i suppose that's good enough for now, right? well it is raining gently outside. so gently that i can hear the rain over the stereo. which makes no sense, but think about it...it does. happy birthday to stu, someone did mention, yet we should all celebrate the late Keith Moon's birthday, a few days ago. to the world's most exploding drummer, let us toast, heartily, and with girth. b&s, well, tigermilk is undoubtedly my most favorite album currently. that or the first tindersticks album. or dog man star. it's all really up in the air. the outro to I could be dreaming is heavenlike. superb, almost as good as the outro to my wandering days are over. which could be the most perfect song ever written. and for shame on anyone who cracks on the MRS Ep, as i think it's marvelous, especially with the best Isobel crafted B&S song, out of two. and my feud with crushes furthers as 'the girl' sat down next to me today during anthropology and asked how my day was. it made my week, much less my day. ahh the foreign smile. quite earth shattering in its many nuances. there are certain things these days that make me wonder why the gods are being so easy on me. with love blake ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ "I am not Jesus, though I have the same initials." - 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: Genevieve, come out and play!
by E. A. Hostetter 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

Hello to all the Canadians on the list and a special 'hi' to those in Ottawa...my home town! I went to Canterbury hs, graduated 93, blah blah A few of us Toronto people are planning to get together sometime in September. I forget where you are located so send info. Another Elizabeth, er Elisabeth, will be coming into town on the 1st and we intend to meet up for a Soul Clan night at Rancho Relaxo. EveryAnyone is welcome...look for me, the former mod with the bad hair cut. I really did like Mr. Thorniley's post, only cuz it mirrored mine so nicely, haha "I love love LOVE...MYSELF!!" B&S Haven't had time to listen lately, so busy looking for work, noodling with email, avoiding the phone... BEACH & BOYS I must admit "God Only Knows" has been spinning around on my CD player a lot. The words do crap all for me but the tune is phenomenal...Brian Wilson and any of his followers, hands down. The Beatles were only good because of John Lennon. My mother once told me that Paul McCartney looks like the back of a spoon! He's about as tuneful as one if you ask me. bye! E Ich heiBe ANNA! TschuB! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Love amongst the cinders
by Rachael . 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

Ah HA!!! I have broken my silence. It has been nearly a year since my last missive. Who knew? Sorry, I have been deleting people's email with great deftness. Oh, and a certain amount of mad glee! I was moved to write because of a shark. A big long gnashing thing lurking about 50 yards off the coast of Cornwall. Nasty 15 foot beast. Phil Britts an alleged "shark angler" had this to say, "I was absolutely gobsmacked [after seeing the prehistoric dorsal fin--ed.]. "I wouldn't be surprised if one day someone on a surfboard got gobbled up by one. They've caught bigger sharks than this in Durban so they are catchable. If there's a way we can do it we'll have a go." Why does this matter? It doesn't really. Except that there was a shark sighting here that forced the closure of one of my favorite beaches. The life guards were screaming at everyone through their officious megaphones "ANKLE DEEP!!!" meaning, don't go in above the ankles. Not unless you want to chum up the waters. I happen to like sharks. I don't want to marry one or anything but I think they are nice in a sort of stand-offish way. They get a bad rep. I am not trying to clear their name, I mean, I surf and if there is something lurking under the water, I won't know till my leg is gone. On that note, sleep well sundry sinners. Rachael P.S. HI PAUL!!! LOVE YOUR BOOK!!! Confidential to E.G: Send me an e-mail, mofo. Secret Message to J.S: Michael Stipe sucks. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.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: That nocturnal, lay-about good-for-nothing returns...
by Robin Carmody 26 Aug '99

26 Aug '99

so, I'm back under my new address, still pissing around, still hoping for redemption... what have I done since disappearing, where have I been lurking? I went to London on Monday (best birthday I've had since I went to Broadstairs beach 10 years ago ... I had simple tastes then) and celebrated my 19th by getting Momus's Stars Forever. Barely out since ... we've had torrential downpours, thunder, blazing hot sunshine, mist, humidity, chilly winds, all this in two days. Who said England's magnificent south-coastal climate was becoming more mundanely pseudo-Mediterranean? still enjoying it no end ... i agree with James Thorniley that there are no "masses" any more. maybe 20 / 30 years ago, when there was a recognisable cultural mainstream and alternative, a shared identity, a linear narrative ... but not now. The idea of "normality" (which, in Britain at least, has always equalled institutionalised anti-intellectualism, proud mediocrity and fear of the future) is finally disappearing, and we're all the (artistically) richer for it... leaving you, so much in love robin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 clever nowadays
by Neil Clarke 25 Aug '99

25 Aug '99

Hmmm.. first post, what to say? Im a gleaming adonis who throws javelin for the keithley olympic b team I like to listen to b&S whilst pumping iron. My hobbies are colouring-in and making boxes. Some of this is true. Shiona, Re the chocolate plot...... I have it on good authority that they (with a capital t) are saving to build an orbiting uber dairy milk for us all to munch from here on earth come the millenium. Arguments have arisen surrounding a covert inclusion of raisins. Is this ok? n e i l +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: LOVE IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE
by GEORGE DICKIE 25 Aug '99

25 Aug '99

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS KOOOOOOOL LEAVE IT AT THAT I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT THAT ISOBEL WAS AN EVIL PERSON AND NO MATTER HOW I TRY TO SHAKE IT I CAN STILL SENCE HER EVIL STILL LOVE HER THOUGH DRINK AND GROAN NO ONE IS GOING TO CALLL YOU ON YOUR MOBILE PHONE *THE PRICE OF BREAD* EMPTY CUPID GROW I'M ON A TRAIN GOING SLOW ALL-TIME LOW LOVE AND RISK BREAST PLATE ______________________________________________________ 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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