September 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: Can't think of a bloomin' subject
by Robin Stout 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

England were good last night, weren't they? We gave up watching half way through and saw a programme about a crazy Australian bloke with a fat arse being chased by Komodo Dragons. "There's blood in the air, I just grazed me elbow." talking of jokes, here's another; Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker are having a duel with light-sabres. voom! voom! ooh that was a close one! voom! ching! ooh, blimey! Then suddenly, Darth Vader stops, and above the sound of his bellows powered kidneys says; "(ckkksh) Luke, (ckkksh) I know what you're getting for Christmas (ckkksshhh)" Luke looks bemused, then carries on fighting. voom! voom! voom! Then Darth Vader stops again. "Luke" he says again, "I know what you're getting for Christmas" "What do you mean?" says Luke "How do you know what I'm getting for Christmas?" "Luke" he says "I felt your presence" ha ha ha. Do you see? Presence sounds just like presents. he he he. oh. It's a shame about ATPs, but I suppose I'm lucky I didn't buy a train ticket or anything. I think a party in London's a great idea, though. I always thought it was pushing it a bit, having two Bowlies in a year. I think the second was just trying to make some more money after the success of the first, so in a way it's good that it's not on (look on the bright side, eh?). So long as there's one next year. Does anyone remember Struan saying once how he'd tried to organise a concert on a boat, that would stop off at different places, but no-one was prepared to do it? I liked the idea of that. lol p said: "Has anyone noticed that Stuart sings 'seven years' of river walkways etc. on 'A Summer Wasting' rather than 'seven weeks' like it says in the lyrics? Surely deliberate?" Yes, I thought that too. I reckon a lot of the mistakes that he sings aren't really mistakes at all. Hmmm... bye for now Robin "Mack Daddy" Stout +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: news of the day
by Michele Waggner 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

Good morning sinisterines, I woke up well before the sun and decided to read the news online. Found several things that might be of interest. Or not. The first was a photo of Keith Richards and John McEnroe watching Monica Seles play tennis at the US Open. They were smiling and I thought how nice it would have been had Mr. P!O!P!kins been able to be there with them. I'm sure he'd have enjoyed it. On the Thai news front, I see that while the rest of the world has concerns about today being 9/9/99, it is an auspicious day for those in Thailand. According to that country's most "sought-after" fortune teller, Attiviroj Sritula, 9 is a good omen and a holy number. ``The figure 9 represents the spike on the head of Rahu (the Hindu god of darkness) which throws a flash of light and represents prosperity,'' he added. Maybe Miss Oon will strike it rich in the casinos today. Lap dancers in Liverpool can now remove their G-strings and dance completely nude. Apparently they can't do that in Manchester. Now they just have to prove over 6 months that they can adhere to national decency laws. Mayor Giuliani of New York City just served on a jury. It seems said jury rejected the claim of a man whose genitals were blistered and permanently scarred in the shower by hot water. ``I have renewed respect for the jury system. I was very much gratified by the experience,'' Giuliani said afterward. I wonder about the gratification part. And a pre-human skull was discovered in a curio shop in New York. Not surprising. Have a nice day sinisterines. I'll try to sleep in later from now on, or at least spare you the news flashes. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Warning! (... danger, will robinson...)
by Jeanette 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

The non-pants wearing Ian said: <<i'm off to catch some rays.>> Oh! Do be careful of those rays! According to a press release received at our office, the earth will be pounded by "intragalactic raybeams" today. The public is advised not to look directly at the sun. The organization sending the press release was selling special visors for the low, low price of $9.99, to help protect people from the devastating effects of the "raybeams." Unfortunately, my employer declined the request that he purchase them for all of us in the newsroom. It's obvious this company does not care about the safety and well-being of its employees. That's okay. Several of us have opted to wear our own specially-designed tin foil hats/visors today. I don't think the boss is terribly amused. I do love my job. We used to get letters from God on a fairly regular basis, mostly damning people in the media for not heeding his words. Haven't heard from him lately. Guess he's too busy to write. Or the medication is making him a little less vengeful these days. I was always a bit skeptical of those letters, anyway. They were postmarked somewhere in New Jersey. I have a question about this end-of-the-world stuff. If The End is today, what time will it be? Does it have to be 9-9-99 in all parts of the world at the same time? And isn't it already tomorrow in some places? Or still yesterday? Back to work... Jeanette +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: the theatre is full - but I AM NOT!!!!!!!
by ian 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

it seems i am now £105 + train fare richer. how sad.. but enough about that. ticketweb, foundation and all their minions must die..but perhaps i'll do that tomorrow. when i'm not going to any parties.. blake was asking about hefner and spookily mentioned that bible of wank known as Q in the same posting. well, oddly enough, my friend bought a copy of the aforementioned masturzine whilst she was looking after my cats ...perusing it (but only for the pictures...honest) i found the following snippet from a concert review "Live, Hefner add a pedal steel guitar to their standard bass-guitar-drums trio and prove themselves nowhere near as shambolic or weedy as indie peers such as belle and sebastian" so an endorsement from Q at the expense of our darlings. that puts me off a little. the same magazine, by the way, has reviews of mel c and offspring. if that's credible, give me weedy any day well, the weekend was a funny one and no mistake. there i was, saturday afternoon, minding my own business as it swam somewhere beneath the surface of a pint of guinness and guess what happens? i get chatted up by a film star. yeah, i know it sounds glamorous, but he's been following me round all week and its getting a little tedious. anyway, the first thing i know about it is there's the smell of spearmint to my left. i sneak a look round carefully, hoping its that man with the raincoat again. its not. its hugh bloody grant. i point out the part of the pub where the hookers sit and he just smiles, laughs, twinkles his eyes and stares a little. i'm sort of used to this, because the woman who tells me about her communion with jesus at the bus stop has a habit of doing the same thing. so i use the same tactics as i do with her, i smile sweetly, nod and wait for the bus to come. then i realise i'm in a pub and that's not going to happen. anyway, i sit with my legs apart and try to look like a heterosexual. damn, i knew wearing my pink lame boob tube would only cause problems. it doesn't work. he leans over towards me and whispers, somewhat seductively "hey...if i said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?". i tell him i'll do it for fifty quid and a bag of maltesers and nothing less. but it seems he is not going to reward me financially... he says "i have rubber gloves at my flat" i tell him i have a pair of marigolds too, but i only use them to change the cat litter. this silences him for a minute and then he licks my ear. well, that was the end of that. i leave my pint and storm out. god, if i can't have a quiet saturday afternoon planning my sunday morning hangover without hollywood celebrities sniffing round my protrusions, what the hell is the world coming to? people haven't recognised me this week, because i've had to wear a disguise. happily, i think my cunning use of a red kagool and an oven glove has kept the stalker away. although i'm sure i can feel someone watching me as i type... onto other things..if anyone's read this far. all tomorrows pissups sounds grand. i'll bring my bright yellow and pink microphone from the kit kat kafe and we can all sing into it. or not, as the case may be. there's a £5 shop in camden...just think how many pairs of 70s flares you can buy from there for £105.... ian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mogwai, a msg for two people re: tapes, other stuff
by Jygsaw18＠aol.com 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

that guy from DC typed with wild abandon: << I saw Mogwai last night in DC and I think my hearing is beginning to re-assert itself as a functional sense. Driving home last night I was close to totally deaf in my right ear, but now its either alot better or the other one has given out as well in a touching display of solidarity with its bretheren. At least the ringing has subsided. It was quite a racuous gathering of the stars of the DC Sinister system at the Black Cat. How anyone in their right mind cannot be instantly cheered up by the presence of Christa and Dan is beyond me. If they're not the happiest, cheeriest, most fun couple on the planet then...I don't know, but they're really great! We also met up with Ian and his girlfriend from Glasgow (never caught a last name but he's got a mullet). They were some of the nicest people I've ever met. >> and earlier I had said: just posting to see if any other listees were at the black cat last night. I > saw a study at stow shirt. > > Mogwai was very very good; played a lot of new stuff, according to the stocky > fellow in the "I love Jesus" hat. > I was very impressed, both by the quality of the live show and by the insane > volume. Fluid came trickling out of my ears at one point. That can't be too > healthy.. > > the opening bands were ok but nothing fabulous. > > from the surface of the moon > > dave but somehow it didn't go to sinister. My fault. Is there any other way we can identify other sinisterites without resorting to the upside down badges thing? It hasn't worked so far, at least not for me. I can never find any of you people. I just came back from band practice. it went well, in a halfassed kind of way. Look for completed material on the Ear Confection page. That is, if we ever complete anything. Two people sent me tapes. I have your addresses but not what you wanted in return. can you please email me, Antje and Emily and tell me what you wanted? i've been meaning to ask since your tapes showed up close to a week ago. I'm very sorry for the delay I got sort of lost in DC again. Not as bad as last time; we didn't end up in the deep ghetto this time. We did, however, find a plastic skeleton we named "Mr Bones", who became our good luck totem and actually saved us from a wreck *and* a cop. Good thing, as the car we were in had no registration. Only lots of wicked young people in it. Austrian dogs still suck daveed +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Budapest
by Patrick.Huggard＠cliffordchance.com 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

Anyone in Budapest fancy a picnic? Patrick Huggard __________________________________________________ Patrick.Huggard(a)cliffordchance.com Tel: (+361) 268 1600 Ext. 317 Fax: (+361) 268 1610 Mobile: +44 7930 364027 *********************************************************************** The information in this email and in any attachments is confidential and intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s). This information may be subject to legal professional or other privilege or may otherwise be protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. It must not be disclosed to any person without our authority. If you are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are not authorised to and must not disclose, copy, distribute, or retain this message or any part of 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: bollocks
by jarkko frantila 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

Yo, I'm just here, chillin' with my homiez and flygirls, kickin' some shit in the northsiiiiiiiideeeeee of da world. I'm pumpin' some work in da hood, doin' some of that nasty stuff with da bitches in da office, u know wha' I mean? Word? Word. I've got my Rolex in my muthafuckin' wrist, got my mutchafuckin' Pumas on and... Ooh, it's no use. I'm building myself a new image, since I'm sure that if I hook up with Nas and Puff Daddy I'm going to make some big money. Or maybe not. Anyhow, I'm not so good at this street-cred thing. I don't even want to wear my baggy jeans in public, I only use them when I watch TV at home. Why? 'Cause I look like an idiot, that's why. Sad? Sad. Word? Word. But those jeans are comfortable, I tell you that. But I can't even afford Calvin Klein underwear, so it really wouldn't be "true". Bummer about that ATP for you who were going there. BUT: Am I the only one of those who weren't going there that is... sorry, a bit glad it didn't happen? Me, I'm one of those sad weirdos who don't like to see other people having fun if I'm not part of the party. Sad? Sad. Word? Word. Any one of you already have that new Isobel&fox- t-shirt? I ordered it two days ago. What I'm conserned about is the material. Is the shirt more like the Study- shirt or that IYFS- shirt? I kinda like Study- shirt better. You know, when you wash it a few times it becomes a bit saggy. I like that, it makes me look like a true "I don't care about my looks"- person. No, I'm a Homie now, sorry, forget. There's no point in any of this writing, I'm just doing this so I wouldn't have to go back to the office. I'm at the Computerclass now. Do you care? Not one bit? And, to top it all, to REALLY show you how much I depend on you... The listcrush. You know, I once was 9th in there, as I've said before. Please, vote for me. I know it's sad, but it really boosts up my self-confidence. Well, that's about it. Saturday it's TheDuplo! in Tavastia. 6 DJ's, the strangest band in the world (That's TheDuplo! for you) and the first unofficial 1999 Finnish Rock'n roll championships in... Ping-pong. I kid you not. And I have to make an article about that evening to SUE- magazine. Poop, and I wanted to drink too much beer in there. Well, there's always other strange parties I can attend to. And now... OFF!!! (It's about time, you say) @--->---- Jarkko F, Jake ps: "If I could talk I'd tell you." ______________________________________________________ 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: missing ATP, just shoot me now why doncha!
by Thomas Murphy 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

hiya folks been a week off sinister 'cos i did a week without phone service so i'd get enough money for my looming trip across the way to london and paris; the phone company works in strange ways. just hitting the cities this time, though if they do another Apparently Tentative Promenade in the spring of next year, i shall be ready. never been that way before, but i'll be staying in bloomsbury and the latin quarter, respectively. i'll be there the morning of the 24th and staying there for hopefully the full weekend, then off to paris for a while. my first improv trip. so if anyone wants to have a pint or two with a yank out of his element... (oh and regards to erica for her capote quote, i taped his a&e biography last year, its got the bit where he's on morning tv in new york drunk out of his mind, almost as heartbreaking as desica's umberto d.) b&s content (quoi?) - can't wait for the y2k looper single, as it was the highpoint to an incredible show at the middle east. the type of thing i'll force on everyone who dares say good morning to me. well that's it for now (n.p.- go-betweens: i need two heads) thom ______________________________________________________ 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: you got strange powers...
by Blake E. Hamilton 09 Sep '99

09 Sep '99

dearest erms, has anyone had such an enormous crush on someone that they appear in your dreams night after night, no matter what? and i'm not talking completely smutty dreams here. they could just randomly appear on a flower, or on a meadow. just the fact that they're always flying amongst your fabricated silhouettes is a strange yet very romantic thought. i wouldn't know about this, it's just what my friends have told me... i've been reading a lot of gabriel garcia marquez of late and i can't say enough about his godly, ethereal prose. love in the time of cholera is one of my most favoritest novels ever, and if anyone is a hopeless romantic like myself, they shall read this book, and damn well like it. does anyone have any other romantic novels that i need to read? no smut, please. i write and think enough of it. just kidding...kinda. i noticed that my list crush votes wain oh so terribly. where has all the support gone? has my fan base gotten old, raised families, children, and do they have those white picket fences?! oh that's ridiculous...my fan base is me, however sad that is. oh oh oh!!! i would really like to *not* spend this coming summer in my hometown, therefore, does anyone have any sort of job they could offer me? i could do journalistic things well, anything with the english language really, i do hope. well i would like to live amongst the big city, preferably across the pond, but anywhere is better. you know the saying, kill yourself or get the fuck over it. aye. summer kisses now turning brown, blake xx the nerdy shy eyed pacifist ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ "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: Shameless Plug
by Ronan Barrett 08 Sep '99

08 Sep '99

Hello All It's been a long time since I've ventured into SinisterWorld, for a while there I was finding the sheer number of mails overwhelming but I've really enjoyed my last half hour going through the last few digests and feeling madly jealous of Megan for owning the new Magnetic fields LP long before I'll get to hear it, Claire for being in the Scottish mountains,etc. then feeling pretty bloody glad I hadn't organised myself for All Tomorrow's Parties after hearing about the cancellation. Anyway, enough of the chit-chat. My mates have shocked me and probably themselves by setting up a gig by ex-American Music Club singer Mark Eitzel this Saturday in Dublin's Temple Bar Music Centre. They have only sorted this out in the last 10 days or so it is not as well advertised as it might be, despite a vigorous flyer campaign conducted by me and a couple of others after Super Furry Animals last night (I have a feeling that not that many of SFA's fans were even slightly interested, but they were remarkably nice to us all the same ). Support is from Brian, who released an excellent LP on Setanta earlier this year. The lads are a bit terrified no-one will turn up so can I just encourage anyone with nothing better to do on Saturday to head to the Music Centre. Worth 9 quid of anyone's money. (Show starts 8.00 sharp as it has to be finished before 10.30). Thank you all Ronan "Steve Staunton has a left foot like a magic wand" - Big Fat Ron, circa 1993. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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