September 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: some things.
by Steve Kado 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

I've Noticed that the Lazy Linepainter Jane EP has been coming up around here a bit lately, and usually with some glowing commentary relating to it. I confess, that is the only B&S record that i really don't care for. And i know why. I have a reason. it is that caterwauling woman who belts it out on the first track, where the hell did they find her? Was she screaming sheep into a corral somewhere in a mountain as they all drove by on the way to someplace nice for the weekend? god, she;s hideous. after that, the rest of the ep never picks up. the century of Elvis would've been a nice touch if the rest of the ep had been strong but since it's not really it just seems insubstantial. It certainly doesn't stand up to the other 3 eps. no sir! also, the elephant 6 have been getting lots of press in these parts but i noticed that no one mentioned beulah. So, incase you already own all the NMH and OTC albums and want more of the same you can now write the name beulah in your "to do" book under 'records to buy'. does anyone else named steve on this list have a thing for cute girls in men's y-front underwear? just curious, it seems to be a fetish limited to lads named steven in my experience. but possibly not. K +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: hoo-rah
by E. A. Hostetter 24 Sep '99

24 Sep '99

Hi TRAVEL Well no...not yet. I'm going to Montreal tomorrow, and coming back tomorrow (please someone tell me to 'shut up' about that place.) I want that job - yes I do! Apparently I'm supposed to be the marketing avatar for the company...agh...my entire being will be sucked into the computer. I know Lucas is in Montreal but he was making fun of me and my Paulee friend, (as was Brian)...so I don't think I have any sinister friends there just yet. SMITHS I bought 'Hatful of Hollow' in 1985 and it is still, to this day, one of my favourite albums. I got 'The Queen is Dead' imported vinyl in '86 (methinks) and it has funny inscriptions on the inner rims...things like 'Fear of Manchester.' My ex-bf from 3 years back taped me some ridiculous Ukrainian cover version of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' and some other Smith's song, which I forget. (Forgive me...4 years of (University) drinking 200 lb men under the table has made me a little, uh, wooden-in-da-head.) ALL THE GOOD ONES ARE TAKEN My former co-worker Joe came in to say 'hi' today and we talked for over an hour. He's very married and very very AMAZING!! And yes, he is nice looking, but it's his warmth and attentiveness that make him most charming. *rolls eyes wistfully then looks at watch* B&S none...except that you should check out www.abercrombie.com to see what I have been going on about. I think "Stars of Track and Field" makes a perfect caption for a few of those photos...and 'terry underwear' is fitting, though I cringe whenever I hear those words...but the rest of the song rocks. :P Bye! Off to see schoolteacher friend for some late day coffees bzzzzz ea +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: deviation and hesitation
by Martin Robinson 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

Hello lovely people, UMMM... I thought I'd say hello even if it is just to interrupt the thread of the S****s. What a pile of tanktops they really were. Anyhow, before I start to babble incoherently I should mention to London dwellers that a few of us are considering undergoing All Tomorrow's Parties Replacement Therapy replacement therapy at Strange Fruit tomorrow night so if you want to meet up feel free to mail me or Drunken Matt (the_fear66(a)hotmail.com) Despite his name he might be a better bet to mail tomorrow as I try to spend as much time in the pub and shops as possible during Friday office hours. I might even blot the Jeepster board as well sometime. ERRR... I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank and apologise to people who I met and should have met up on my travels respectively. I had a great time in Toronto seeing Mogwai, Low (who were more than a bit fantastic) and other stuff with some lovely TO listees. Unfortunately I missed Vince getting kicked in the head my a member of Mogwai for talking during the quiet bits which was perhaps fortunate as I would have laughed very loudly and probably would have in turn received a right pasting from the Scottish instrumentalists. And I'd also like to publicly apologise for missing the Sinister meet up in New York, my only excuse is being a complete arse. I'm afraid I was naively taken in at a bar by free beer and free cheesy nachos and didn't manage to drag myself and others away till far too late to get in contact. It would have been very entertaining too as we were more than slightly inebriated and had to make do with getting very messy in Greenwich Village which included a strange game of table and people collecting. What a wonderful place New York is though so I'll definitely be back. UMMM... While I'm apologising I should say sorry to Ailsa for managing to get in most of her photos. I usually run crying from the camera's stare so I honestly don't what happened. I'd be horrified myself if I got a load of photos of me and I hope this doesn't influence you against giving me one later dear. ERRR... Yes the All Tomorrow's Parties Replacement Therapy was a lot of fun so big up's to all concerned. And on that high note I shall depart. 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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Sinister: ladybug superfly
by Georgine Skeene 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

EEeeeeeek.... i apologize profusely and beg for reprieve from der HunniFuhrer for transgressing Ape Law and posting again in such rapid succession. i just realized that my last ramble might have seemed a bit psychotic and i didn't want anyone to write in fearing for my sanity. not that i was very sane in the first place....yall knew that. but i'm okay generally, i did find out more about my dad from my mom's phone call, apparently it wasn't as bad as she thought it was, like they're nto doing surgery but he had amnesia or something, and they had a bitch of a time even getting him to the hospital, and so i don't really know what's going on. ergh. it's just really fucked up when family things happen, especailly when you are like me and have so many conflicting emotions about them. i do hope he comes out of it okay because i would think it was really sucky if i never got to tell him i was gay. you know, vain reasons like that. maybe he'd come out of it a better person, or! ! like o ne of those ppl who get knocked on teh head, and when they come to they dont' like to wear the same clothes, and they listen to different music, that would be rather interesting. okay i'm just being boring. i just wanted to say i'm not freaking out and sorry for blathering so much. i was way too hopped on caffeine. NP Slant 6 LJ http://members.tripod.com/rebelstrange to the pure, all things are pure--- http://members.tripod.com/rebelstrange/buxoms.html ***The Buxoms: Svengali-free since 1998!!*** ______________________________________________________ Sent by FortuneCity Mail at http://www.fortunecity.com Join now and receive 20Mb of free web space and E-mail +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hello (how original)
by Tim Gardner 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

INTRODUCTION So...my first post. REACTION Wow. TROUSERS + STRAWS I really like the smell of new trousers. I guess it must be a chemical they treat them with when they're made. I just think that it's a really great smell. Probably slightly intoxicating. Apparentley those McDonalds silver straws that might have money contained within are toxic... ALL TOMORROW'S PICNICS I was there, I played football, I kicked like a girl. Kicking like a girl is the rock'n'roll. On the way back from the park two, ahem, associates of mine picked up these two weird wooden bookend things from somebody's wall. I distance myself from them completely. I was at Tigermilking too...I was wearing a Blow Up t-shirt. I mention this because a few people said "nice t-shirt" thankfully failing to add "pity about the person inside". Well, two people. TO SUM UP Bye. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Glasgow meet
by Jason Andreas 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

GLASGOW MEETUP Well, so far I've had the grand total of three responses to this, two of whom just contacted me to say 'great idea, sorry I can't make it'. Come on, there must be *someone* out there who fancies a wee Glasgow get-together. What about all the poor sods who couldn't make London (like me). Speak now, or tell me to fuck off, but either way, please respond. A PERSONAL REQUEST Does *anyone* know where I can find Root Beer in or around the Glasgow area? I'm totally depsperate now, it's been seven years since I saw it on sale here, and since then I've on;y managed to get a hold of *one* six-pack. This is a heartfelt plea. Help me. Please. LONDON I wish I could have made it, sounds like everyone had a good time. ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES I'm seriously considering going, but I have to ask a few questions to all you Bowlie-veterans out there.... 1. How much did you spend altogether? This encompasses ticket, travel and spending money. 2. How do you get to Camber Sands? 3. Anyone from Scotland willing to share a chalet with me? Thank you all, you've been a great audience. G'night. -- Jason Andreas -- Hailing from Glasgow, city of half a million souls and one million people ICQ: 45821217 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: WHO ARE BELLE AND SEBASTIAN?????
by GEORGE DICKIE 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

HELLO LIST PEOPLE ON THE SUBJECT OF SMITHS I SAY THE SMITHS IS THE BEST LP BUT THEY ARE ALL GOLDEN OH AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE MOZ TOUR AFTER LOOSING THE PUB QUIZ ON TUESDAY NIGHT I WENT BACK TO MY FRIENDS HOUSE TO WATCH ALTERNATIVE NATION I SAW THE HEFNER VIDEO FOR I TOOK HER LOVE FOR GRANTED IN THIS VIDEO ALL MEMBERS OF THE BAND ARE RUNNING NAKED TOWARDS THIS GIRL WHO IS REALLY A MAN WELL THEY ARE NOT QUIET NAKED THEY HAVE A BODY TIGHT ON SO U SEE EVERYTHING BUT IN A BANK ROBBER STYLE B&S CONTENT I HAVE STARTED WEARING MY B&S BADGES SIDEWAYS IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE TO TRY IT IS TO LOVE IT OR WHATEVER ALL MY FRIENDS HAVE NOW GONE TO UNI I'M ON MY OWN FEELING BAD BUT I CAN ALWAYS WATCH THE POWERPUFF GIRLS AND FEEL BETTER MMMMMMM LOVE AND GOOD NAILS THE BOY WITH NOTHING LEFT TO SAY ______________________________________________________ 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: smiths
by Mario 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

Hallo! I definitely think "The Queen is dead" is their masterpiece....my Smiths-complete-discography is close to my B&S-one and on top there're just "The boy with the Arab strap" and "the Queen is dead"! Did anyone buy "The Smiths is dead" ? it's a tribute to that album, recorded by British bands (Supergrass are great in "somegirls are bigger than others"!), not bad as other terrific tributes I listened to...unfortunately "Reel around the fountain" covered by B&S couldn't be there to shine! Ciao, Mario +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Gosh - some B&S content!!
by ar981611＠student.paisley.ac.uk 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

True. I don't usually resort to talking about B&S, but when clearing out my flat prior to moving house, I found and old Jeepster newsletter thingie, and it answered the question I have been wrongly bugging everyone about for ages. Slow Graffiti *was* commissioned especially for the Acid House, so sorry to everyone that told me that and I looked all stroppily at and swore to that B&S would never sell their souls to the Man. Apparently they did. Oops. Just got some of my London photos back. Martin appears to be in nearly all of them. No-one looks very drunk, especially not Drunken Matt. Poor show, folks :) Admittedly these are just the early photos, the film that I bought at 11pm has yet to be finished. I don't have a scanner, so you are all saved the sight of them. Suffice to say Erica looks glamorouser than should be legal, even when running away with her hand over her face. And there's a picture of a "hamster dragster" that was in the window of a pet shop in Camden Parkway. "For hamsters who take a ride on the wild side", apparently. Which is nice. I forgot when being gushy about everyone in my last post to say a massive "thank you" to Alasdair "come oan" Cook for lending me lots of money to come down to London in the first place. Oh, and Owen, I have no objection at all to receiving list crush votes from ugly fools like you. Not that that applies at all, you understand. Foolish perhaps (how could you *not* look at Struan's winky - really, you are a fool), but... I think you London mob should all come up to Glasgow and come out with us Scottish lot next time. Didn't Ally say you could all stay at his house? But be warned. He asked: > Exactly how naked did I get? and the answer is "very". We could see his bottom, you know. Now for my obligatory ranty bit. Madflowr said: > turns out he is the *president* of this fraternity. > his favourite singer is bryan adams. he spends all of > his free time studying or at fraternity related events. > he has never seen a zine in his life. he thought a zine > was an all black and white magazine. he has only been > to three or four concerts in his life. > > okay. all of this equals disaster. Erm, it's a very sad day when you judge people by what music they listen to, how often they go to gigs, how much faith they place in music. I realise that there are probably millions of reasons why this boy is a tosser, but having a different taste/total lack of passion about music is not a crime. Some of my best friends, and indeed my boyfriend, listen to little or no music, and really don't care much about it. And I think none the less of them, in fact I prefer that to people who won't admit to liking the "wrong" kind of "uncool" music. Anyway this guy is probably at a frat meeting with lots of similar people to himself (his Sinister equivalent I s'pose) laughing at people like us for spending all of our time at gigs/in record shops/listening to the radio and whatever. Sorry, I *always* do this, but I get sick fed up of people being so bloody judgemental about what people look like, what music they listen to, whether they look like Belle and Sebastian fans or not, etc etc. And I've never judged a book by the way it looks, or by the music it listens to (sorry, guess I'll have to leave the Sinister novel to Archel as I can't do metaphors), and I don't like people who do so. But what the hell do I know, eh? Ailsa 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: my nipples explode with delight
by Darren Savage 23 Sep '99

23 Sep '99

Hello again Sorry to keep banging on about The Smiths, but I just thought I'd clarify that the first album is solid but a tad sedating at times. The singles are ace and the last two tracks, 'I don't owe you anything' and 'suffer little children' are very lovely. However what lets the album down more than anything else is the leaden production which totally fails to capture the early Smiths sound in its dynamic brilliance. Morrissey has commented that the only way their songs would have really been nailed on their first record would have been to record it live. Apart from the production, 'Reel around the fountain' is quite a dull song and 'Miserable lie's' prolonged falsetta coda is just plain annoying. It still knocks the spots off most albums and really does have a wonderful charm of its own,, but I think the other Smiths albums are just so much stronger. I don't know the names of the Belle and Sebastian playing bars but they were in Soho, I think one of them was down Canal street, but I was terribly drunk at the time. Cheerio __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.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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