September 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: a young boy puts a feather into his mouth
by James Gilmer 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

The subject line comes by way of Vurt, perhaps the best novel of one of my favorite writers, Jeff Noon. Read it if you fancy odd little books about love, drugs, reality, sex, unreality, incest, and music. *sigh* Only two weeks into the new college semester and I'm already tired of it. Skipped a few days to go on a nice little road trip to Chicago, only to find my internet server had fouled up and all my emails from the last week or so were gone, lost into whatever void all those lost electronic bites go to. So now I know why five of my friends are angry at me for not returning messages. I must agree with several of my fellow american sinisters, we are a bit jealous of all you across the pond and your get togethers. I do feel I must apologize to all the Sinisters in the UK, after waking from a distressing slumber of odd dreams I turn on the television to find Jerry Springer was having a special Jerry Springer UK show. Yes, our Jerry was hosting a special show from London. You give us the Beatles, the Stones, Belle & Sebastian, Shakespeare, John Keats, and all those wonders of english culture...and we give you Jerry Springer. Sorry about that, us poor colonials have yet to find culture. So I was feeling rather in the blue as I prepared to drive up to classes and face the wrath of professors wondering why I had missed half a week of their precious classes when what should come on the radio? "I spent the summer wasting" that's what. Thanks go out to whatever kind soul requested it from the college radio station. Well, after having a good sing along with that I popped in TBWTAS tape I managed to find laying about under my seat. You know I'm not much for dancing but TBWTAS always gets me moving. Played it at a party once and everyone went wild, much dancing and twirling about and I danced to it with a lovely young lady whose name escapes me. I must agree with Anna J, when you're bored cut your hair(course I suppose this is because I fancy girls with short hair), and to Alasdair: dreadful joke, but I must admit it made me laugh as well. Looking at the clock on the wall I see I must trudge out to work, hope all you sinister people are having more fun than me tonight!-Jim a young boy takes a feather out of his mouth +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Another homeless person begs rather shamelessly
by ar981611＠student.paisley.ac.uk 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

Erm, yes. Anyone else willing to take on another refugee in London over the weekend? I don't take up much space. I don't eat much. I promise not to vomit in your flat or anything as despicable and nasty as that. Please? I can bribe you with vodka, and erm, that's about it. Oh, and Alasdair asked: > How comfortable are the park benches in London? Just wondering. The ones in the park in front of Buckingham Palace are quite comfy. And there's pelicans to look at. But don;t try and sleep at the base of Nelson's Column, that's just a little too uncomfortable. Though I may well be repeating that experience if some nice person doesn't offer me a bed for the night. I'm already sorted for Thursday night courtesy of that nice Mr Casarotto, but offers for any or all of Friday, Saturday and Sunday would be most welcome. What else can I say? It was all going so well, I'm getting to stay on at my job, I have a lovely new flat...all I wanted was a bloody holiday. Though really I can't see this being *that* much different from Bowlie, considering the feeble amount of bands I actually saw at the last one, I mean I get to see people and drink lots, and I'm sure it'll be as much fun as Bowlie, and at least in London the pubs won't run out of beer. Even with me and Paula C and Tim H and Drunken Matt and, oh, they might run out of beer, but we can always move :) Ailsa xx PS Thank you, person who voted for me in the list crush :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: So long and thanks for all the smut!
by Anna J 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

Hi list, Here's a tip if you're bored - go cut off all your hair (well almost anyway). I mean preferrably let someone more or less professional do the cutting, but it really is a thrill. After six bloody years of long hair I cut it short yesterday (well much shorter anyway) and it's really quite fun. Could be quite dangerous if you get hooked though, I kept telling the hairdresser "take some more", "a little bit more", after a while she had to stop me, I don't think her nerves could take much more. But I still want to cut off SOME MORE!! Next episode: Bald Sinistereens. Anyway, I didn't mean to take up your valuable sinister-time with babblings about hair, really this is a goodbye. After sending this message I'm unsubbing and on Monday I'm moving to Denmark (any Danish listees??). I'll miss all your posts lots, they've really been a nice part of my life the last... hmmm... hmmm... yikes - 17 months. Anybody who wants to fill my mailbox with little pieces of sinisterness will be really appreciated. I'll be using hejhej(a)hotmail.com for the next year. And who knows, maybe some time slightly more 2000-ish I'll pop up on the list again, if it's still around. Cheerio, Anna :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: subject
by vlass＠interlog.com 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

so, what a busy busy time it's been here in toronto! what with mogwai and low playing for the past 3 days, mini-sinister gatherings, etc.. i'm tired, but that's just me being a sloth because it's not like i have work (like emily), it's not like i'm jetlagged (like debbie), it's not like i have school (like kevin) and it's not like i'm a tourist from another city trying to cram in as much sightseeing as possible (like martin and vince). so yeah, i won't complain about being tired. anyway, this is just a note to let all torontonians or anyone in the general vicinity to go to the rancho relaxo tonight and entertain those two londoners. they are much fun, and you'll be able to recognize them by their accents and their ability to talk to complete strangers, which is somewhat of surprise to cool canadians. what else? oh yes, tomorrow. we are all going to meet at the black bull at 8 o'clock, before the julie doiron and wooden stars show. everyone come. COME! after the show (which is $6 at the rivoli) i think we'll be heading down to blow up, and i can already see the in-the-know locals groaning and thinking "aww man, blow up? that crap place?" but listen, if you have a better idea, suggest it to us. either way we can just ignore the ickiness that sometimes goes on there, stick to ourselves and have tons and tons of fun. i mean, do you want to go there or do you want to go to the phoenix? i think the choice is easy :) teri +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Begging and pleading, quite pathetic really. He should be kicked off the list if you ask me...
by Alasdair Cook MS1996 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

Right, even though Ally To Model Panties has been cancelled (though I may still be persuadable for a bag of chips and a pint of beer) I'm still coming down to ra big smoke. Of course this leads to a small problem in that I will be homeless for most of this time, so if any kind soul has a bed/floor/rat infested basement which I can use for the purposes of sleeping on the Friday, Saturday or Sunday night I'll be your best friend and eternally in your debt. I'm really quite nice, just ask, er....well just take it from me, and I'm no trouble, all I need is a cup of tea and a couple of Pringles in the morning and you can kick me out. Sorry to bore most of the list with this but it seems like the best way of doing things. And for everyone, here's a joke. Q: What do you tell a woman with 2 black eyes? A: Nothing. If she didn't listen the first 2 times she won't listen this time. I'll expect a complaining phonecall from Ben Elton but it made me laugh anyway. See some of you soon. Love, Alasdair xx PS How comfortable are the park benches in London? Just wondering. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: all tomorrow's picnics (take two)
by Marcus Omond 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

hi again everyone, ok, it looks like i fucked up a bit last time, as no-one seems to actually want a two day picnic, and i've had quite a few people telling me that they only want a one-dayer. and so i've posted up to the message board again with details of the NEW REVISED all tomorrow's picnics. you can get all the info at: http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/cgi-bin/mboard/belle/thread.cgi?460,0 so, i'll see y'all up the hill - i'll be the drunk/ stoned one cuddling the heavenly natasha who is GOING TO BE IN LONDON IN LESS THAN A WEEK!!!!! which, as you may have guessed, makes me more than a little excited. so, that's about all. come to camden town tube (yep, that's changed too - apparently camden is MUCH easier for public transport than chalk farm) at 2 pm, or up the hill afterwards, and join our merry throng. mark c will be in charge of organising all sorts of footballing fun, and there's a distinct possiblity of some more tigermilking afterwards... hugs until then, love Marcus XXX ______________________________________________________ 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: Coming soon, to a newsagents near you
by Sarah Wheeler 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

Hello you lot Well I feel like I ought to post a bit more, since on meeting the luvverly Mark Casablanca, he enquired as to whether I was still on the list. Well here I am. Hey, what are the chances of meeting a sinisterite on a plane?? About as much chance as my grandad being in a B+S video, I hear you all cry (well except Alasdair, who instead cries that there's as much chance as me [Alasdair] not being considered dead sexy, or something)! Exactly what I thought, until Wednesday night when who should shout my name as I struggled up the aisle?? None other than Calumn Shearer. What was even more surprising was that he didn't engage any passengers in a competition to win anything B+S related. Phew!!! Many moons ago I mentioned my starring role in a consumer affairs radio programme. Well I have since been interviewed for a top magazine (what, you mean no-one's ever heard of 'Balance' - the magazine for people with diseased pancreases), and have to go for a photo shoot on Tuesday evening!!! I'm hoping to do a series of photos in the style of 'Take a Break' where I'm stood outside the nightclub with a bouncer's foot on my head. Ahem. Apparently there's another girl getting photographed too, so I'm considering the chance that baby oil might be involved and the magazine is actually something that more than a few of you will have bought. You dirty buggers! Lots of love Sheeny Sarah 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: *insert something witty here*
by Laura Llew 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

Honey, I'm home. Yesterday morning I awoke in California but went to bed in Carolina. The wonders of modern day travel. Maybe I should become a stewardess. I can see it now, "Welcome aboard Frontier Airlines. Flight 436 from San Francisco to Denver. To operate your seatbelt, insert the metal tab into the buckle, and pull tight. It works just like every other seatbelt, and if you don't know how to operate one, you probably shouldn't be out in public unsupervised. In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, oxygen masks will descend from the ceiling. Stop screaming, grab the mask,and pull it over your face. If you have a small child traveling with you, secure your mask before assisting with theirs. If you are traveling with two small children, decide now which one you love more." Ahh, well maybe not. I did spend most of the day in a plane or at the airport. Everyone knows that airports are some of the best place to people watch (a favorite passtime of mine). On both of my flights, there were girls my age with infectious smiles. They would rush right off the plane, out of the gate, and into some loved one's arms. It kind of made me a bit jealous as I walked sullenly back with the other travellers with no one to greet them. I started singing the Beatle's "All the Lonely People" (it was them singing in my mind not Joan Baez rendition of the song). But it was entirely sad because my family was waiting for me at the baggage claim. *YaY* So, I spent a lovely 3 hours with them in the van ride home from Atlanta. Oh its so good to be home. Plus, a representative is needed from NC on this list since the last 2 vagabonds were seduced by the lure of money and hightailed it to DC. Didn't JFk say something to the effect that DC is a town with southern efficiency and northern hospitality? Can anyone there verify this statement? I do think that I'd rather drive cross country than fly though. And it would have taken me through the recently released from the nursery ward Josh Baze's Kansas City. I had never heard any part of the midwest called one of the "most beautiful places." In fact, I was with one of my friends a while back and we were looking at a beautiful view over a city. He said, "Just goes to show that there is beauty everywhere. Well, except for the midwest." Hey don't look at me that way, Josh. I didn't say it. I am oh so happy that the art girl is back - and more bitter than ever. I too was beginning to have post withdrawals but now I'm happy to know that she's wreaking havoc on her bike somewhere in Arizona. As they say, "Hell hath no fury as that of a scorned woman." Well, last time I was in Arizona it was hotter than hell so maybe its the place for you to be, LJ. Ok, I'll stop saying not nice things about other people's home. Bad me. Bad me. This is the earth. And this is Laura. You can tell the difference quite easily. One is a lump of inert matter hurtling blindly through the void. The other is - the earth. Oh! Today I listened to all of Tigermilk for the first time today (thanks to my imaginary friend Eric). To think of what I had been missin'! I LOVE it! Especially the second and third song - though I don't know the names of the song yet. Yay - I adore new music. Ok, enough rambling. Down to the whole reason I am writing this post anyway - The Crush List (doesn't it sound like we're in the mafia or something. To the mattresses!). Is there a set of rules somewhere that I missed? I figure that I'm not suppose to vote for a person more than once (well unless I just find them irrestibly charming and cute than I just lose self control. sorry) but is it 'bad' to vote for more than one person? I mean, hello, look at all the great people we have on this list - no one can just like just one! Can sell my crush vote? Should I make a cardboard sign reading, "Will vote for music"? I had some other questions but now I can't think of them. Oh well. What a lousy post. Sorry. *quickly regaining her accent* Laura 'meeting all of your Laura Llew needs since 1977' ______________________________________________________ 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: hello my darlings
by Tigerxdare＠aol.com 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

good evening my dears, ahh this day has been good for me. i have been feeling sad lately, but this day i woke up feeling a bit happier, and i decided that today i wasnt going to think about my problems, i was just going to forget them, and i certainly did...i re-dyed my hair again today, it is once again the color of red wine..sadly, i got sucked into watching parts of the mtv video music awards, i really only watched it to see blink 182, ill admit..yesterday i watched lock stock and two smoking barrels, and i thought of all you sinister kids in england. your accents are so gosh darn cute...yes steve my dear, i have both nipples done. no pain no gain!...this email is really alot of rambling and incoherent so ill end it after i say one last thing. if any of you live near philly you should all go to see boy sets fire at the trocedero on the 25th. i dont know if any of you like that type of stuff or even know who the hell boy sets fire is, but i can asure you that they put on a good show. plus i will be there so of if any of you want to meet up at the show let me know. actually right around the corner from the troc is an awesome veggie chinese place, maybe we could all meet up there. acutally i dont think that anyone on this list lives anywhere near there, but hey ya never know. ok goodnight darlings. xoxo, lauren. p.s- mullet spotting is in full effect this season. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "Official" Announcement
by Michele Waggner 10 Sep '99

10 Sep '99

Dear Sinister: Look what I stumbled across while surfing the net.... Subject: THE DEATH OF A PARTY - AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT ALL TOMORROWS PARTIES Date: 1999/09/09 Author: David Kitchen <shop(a)jeepster.co.uk> Posting History i've been sent the official announcement on what is happening regarding ATP, and thought considering the rumours are twisting every which way that it would be best to now get this out to everyone and end the speculation. please forward the main message to anyone who you feel it may be of interest to (i.e. ticketholders). --original message follows-- THE DEATH OF A PARTY the rumours have been circulating and unfortunately they are true, All Tomorrow's Parties has sadly been cancelled. no feeble excuses - there was simply not enough tickets sold. this can be attributed to a number of factors - festival fatigue, the requirement of having to buy tickets in groups and the unfortunate timing that many of the main acts are about to tour. we are very grateful to those who worked solidly on the event and for the interest and coverage we received. however we are gutted and genuinely feel for the bands scheduled to play and especially for those who bought tickets. we hope their belief in the need for a platform for music like this still remains. kindest regards all at Foundation. Track this thread for me Subscribe to alt.music.belle+sebastian Mail this message to a friend View original Usenet format Create a custom link to this message from your own Web site +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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