September 1999 - Sinister

Sinister: The Campaign For Bigger Knockers
by PJMiller 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

Thai news: Motolo the elephant is a bit better thank you after his operation to repair his completely blown to bits foot. The sight of a sufferinng elephant is terrible indeed. In the paper they said he'd stood on a mine in Burma or somewhere like that, but on the telly they said he'd stood on a mine in Thailand, which is apparently full of mines. I didn't know that. Is it true? Only one person has the answer... Pop news: I'm having a bit of a crisis of faith....pop faith. I've had enough, it's all rubbish. I want sounds to soothe my soul without resorting to tweeness or whining. The other day I watched a documentary about Mister Borges. I couldn't understand a word he was saying to be quite honest. One of the interviews was filmed in an airport in the days when air hostesses dressed like that (you know what I mean) and you could hear all the anouncements. It was unspeakably groovy. The reason I mention this is the music, lovely lovely music from Mr Astor Piazzola or something. Up until then I had always thought that the tango was an event on Bruce Forsyth's Generation Game, and nothing more. Not so. I've had a look for Astor's records, but I could only find two, one with a very hairy and very flarey Gerry Mulligan and one with the Kronos Quartet that only lasts 26 minutes. This is a cry in the wilderness for information. Yes, Trousers, Roger Daltrey did star in a film with Chesney Hawkes, the unforgettable "Buddy's Song", the big screen continuation of the even more unforgettable "Buddy", one of the few schools programmes to get a showing on normal people's telly. Roger played a demented teddy boy unable to bring his son up properly. They were on Saturday Superstar together to promote it. I can remember it worryingly well. Worrying because at that point I hadn't decided to be a Roger Daltrey fan. Like most listees, I've been tirelessly scouring the world's literary heritage in search of the words "sleep the clock around". This is the closest I've come: "We found the Colonel and reported the death, feeling more like murderers than ever. Then we went to bed and slept the clock round, for there was no more in us." That was from "Thrown Away", a Plain Tale From the Hills by the king of the swingers, the jungle VIP himself, Rudyard Kipling. He gets a lot of bad press, does Rudyard Kipling, but anyone who can invent Baloo the Bear is all right by me. Get with the beat, Baggy! "Florida Fantasy" or "Miami Fantasy" or whatever it's called is much better than "Everybody's Talkin'". The book of Midnight Cowboy is really rude. So is the film really. Fluffy wrote: So why aren't the US picnics held up Capitol Hill? You could munch your sandwiches and indulge yourself in witty banter and have a good old kickabout and the like, AND THEN BURN THE CAPITALIST CONGRESS FUCKERS TO THE GROUND and declare a national state of emergency and WE, comrades, will raise the red flag and declare The Sinister Nation!! I don't agree with what you said, but I like how you said it. I miss Duke. Has anyone heard the new Kevin Rowland single? I haven't, but I've seen the advert. Has he kept the faith, or is it a load of shit? Isn't Capitol Hill where Forrest Gump has a paddle? Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I KISS TOO MUCH
by GEORGE DICKIE 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

HELLO I HAVE LOST MY VOICE THIS DOES NOT EFFECT MY E OTHER THAN I FEEL I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MY MUTE LIFE I CAN'T EVEN SING ALONG WITH B&S I CAN'T SAY A THING I'M IN PAIN BUT I STILL HAVE TWO FINGERS SO I'M GETTING BY IF MY VOICE COMES BACK WHICH I'M SURE IT WILL I WILL PROB MISS MY MUTE DAYS SIGNING ON AT THE DOLE OFFICE WAS GOOD THEY COULDN'T ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS IT WAS FUNNY I TRIED TO SAY I CAN'T SPEAK AND THE GIRL BEHIND THE DESK SAID 'WHAT DID YOU SAY' I JUST SMILED LOVE AND BROKEN TOASTERS KLASS A DRUG E GHD ______________________________________________________ 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: Quien es? Es Juanita
by Mark Casarotto 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

I am way late cos I've been on me hols, but perusing the last 9 sinister digests, here is my 16 shillings, 11 pence and a farthing's'th on just what the HECK has been going on. Stevie Jackson would be a Chomp. Stuey M would be a finger of fudge. Sister Disco would be a king-size yorkie with extra spunk. After Chris's Ailsa Drive revelation (and revelations is what he's toppermost at. Keep up your revelations, Chris!), Vicky and I actually saw the famous Ailsa Craig on our tour of Scotland. And the famous Ailsa too, which was obviously a highlight. Nickb wrote, and props to him for it, "What're you into? What do you look like? Do you say cool/clever/ironic/flippant things? Do you have a piercing? What colour's your hair? Are you making ENOUGH OF A STATEMENT." Hmm. In order: Not a lot, pasty and bald, bloody hell I try, no, what hair, and if I had a clue how to make a statement, well, I probably wouldn't because I am too lazy and stupid. I know various people here or hereabouts think that self-indulgent self-deprecation is a BAD thing, but some people need outlets for these things, and as long as they give positive things to the list too (I don't mean relentlessly happy shit, but stuff that's worthwhile. Edgar Allen Poe. Not exactly cheery, but when he was on the list it used to KICK ASS), then let 'em moan... Didn't Martin Connelly used to be called Martin Conneely? It always used to unbalance my sense of rightness about things, and make me feel slightly disjointed. A bit like this letter, then. Since unreleased B&S stuff is currently a vogue topic, could we abuse the list to try and get Mr Murdoch to release the unbelievably gorgeous Rhoda? Despite being unable to make out anything beyond the vaguest of tunes, its seductive folkiness gets me wet, frankly, and I'd kill to have a copy that's listenable. I love it very much, and no matter what anyone says about the pre-B&S stuff and how Stuey won't touch any of it with a bargepole, it NEEDS to be heard by the masses. Greatest Hits albums - are they a Bad Thing? I think they are. Because I have that Nick Drake compilation, I *still* haven't bought any of the other albums. Starry's home made Freedesign collection has made me uncertain about paying lots of cash to get the less good stuff. But on the other hand, I wouldn't own rekkids by Donovan, Patsy Cline, Abba, The Fieldmice, Snow Patrol (only joking, ho ho) and prob'ly loads more if it hadn't been for the promise of all the good stuff without any filler. I can't get my head round it... Nick Dastoor wrote. Isn't that enough, you greedy sods? Right. 4 digests still to read, and I haven't even really mentioned what we did in Scotland. You'll just have to wait, you young scamps. Byesy Bye, Big fat Mark 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: music to watch kittens by
by Kevan Cooke 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

hello folks i watched a bond film on telly, as is traditional on bank holiday weekends. the love interest in the film was a blonde cellist. this poor girl spent the film having to dodge both the lusty advances of bond and a hail of bullets from various villainous sorts, such was the range of passions she evoked in people. i have spent much time over the last two weeks watching next door's kitten chasing butterflies in our garden, but this bid for tweeness went horribly wrong at the weekend when it finally caught one and started chewing with legs and wings and antennae sticking out of it's mouth. it has also decided that the large pile of sand and gravel that the useless builders left in the garden is a great place to have a shit. i have come to the conclusion that kittens are not twee after all, and have reverted to feeding the ducks. my dad actually phoned me to tell me that they were playing "the stars of track and field they are", bless him. it's got to better than "gold" by spandau ballet which they used for bloody years. those two modern day evils, pop music and television, will be coinciding once again tonight in "celebrity stars in their eyes". i suspect that anyone involved in the making of such a show would feel compulsed to leave the country in shame, possibly under the guise of a trip to toronto. stevie jackson would be a deep fried mars bar, obviously. kevan *********************************** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. *********************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Home
by E. A. Hostetter 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

Hello everyone... ELISABETH Elisabeth is on her way to Toronto so give her a big 'welcome' and come out to Rancho on Friday. So far it's Elisabeth, me, and her sis Rebecca. Jessica can't come because she's moving. Don't forget!! Show your happy little faces and we'll dance to some Northern Soul under the light of tacky faux Mexican lanterns. GLAMOURISH Oooh bad word...ick. Anyway, I got my hair done this evening. It's short but sticks out everywhere...hmmm. I was asked to be a hair model for their show but only cuz my hair is normally dull. I'll get a free tint out of it though :) Red please. Oh, and I was on television too. As I was walking to the subway, I walked by MuchMusic (Can. MTV) and was 'caught on tape' as part of this 'I Mother Earth' ticket giveaway deal. I just smirked and kept eating my pad thai. Bad band...not embarrassed though. B&S Not much except that I kept mind-mumbling 'Electronic Renaissance' Of course that's what Stuart does too. Bye E +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: i'm very tired and a little bleary eyed right now
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 01 Sep '99

01 Sep '99

hello my room is still a mess from moving in today, this is the last time i take a dorm room, i swear again. this event also commemorates the anniversary of sinister, as it began promptly at the beginning of my freshman year of college. i know that honey did that on purpose, the scamp. the view from my new window is a little odd, it's near a park and above the street, which is nice cause you get to see comings and goings, but it's also acrsoss the street from a hospital. my associations with hospitals are few and tend to be mildly uncomfortable. i dont' have any real reason for this, except for the association of hospitals with mortality, or maybe more acurately with suffering. and i wonder what someone at the hospital is thinking, if they're old and sick and might be dying, or what the little boy i saw jumping on his bed earlier was thinking. they must knwo that they're across the street from a dorm room with college students. are they jealous? do they even care? a lot of the rooms are dark, i suspect that many of the patients are in bed. it is almost midnight. do you ever wonder what seperates one person from another? or what put me in this room and someone else in a room across the street? scientists talk about genes and viruses and age and all sorts of factors, but when it comes down to it, it's something more mysterious than that. i'm not totally sure what i'm going for here, i'm not sure what it is. xox megan mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu are we not men? we are magnetic fields. http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ updated 8/5/99 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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