January 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: What. Time for a Cup of Tea, Chaps.
by Erica MacArthur 28 Apr '00

28 Apr '00

Attention! I havent written in a while. Thing is, I caught my own Pussy-cat bow (yes that's pussy CAT Lucy, not just pussy!) round the door handle on my way out a couple of weeks ago and was stuck there until a couple of days ago when a kind young man heard my stifled yelps and helped me to untangle myself. You're supposed to call people who stumble on their noveux long scarves a 'Duncan'. 5 points who knows why. I really fancy Martin Kemp. He's got this twinkle in his eye, and I think he's the sort of sharp that might slip you unmarked notes and tell you to buy yourself something pretty. I'd like that. Ooh, guess what, I just WON tickets to that Belle and Sebastian Question and Answer thing, so, if anyones got any super-rude questions you want me to poke in their directions, you know where to put them. My mailbox, that is. I agree with the whole not-talking-about-the-album-yet idea. I got a copy via my Uncle Donny who is in the Secret Service, and I didn't know whether to even listen to it or not, at first.......but then it was on at our chalet party at ATP and if just felt right. But I'm not trying to tease you, honestly. My doll Hannah always waits until things are released because she thinks it's more exciting that way and I bet it is. Why don't we all gossip about other things instead. Apparently the family over the road from me have misplaced their cat, and there's a note in the window of the Sweet shop which I work in telling of a local 'Sick fiend' who is cutting the heads off people's pets. Personally, I think it's my employer Meanie MOY mincing them up (with her teeth, no less) and putting them in the begian chocolates. I only eat rapped things tested by one of the Paperboys, just to be safe. Jenowl, you know when I was driving that car in your dream? What kind of car was it? Erica x The new and improved House of Scarlet http://www.chickpages.com/rants/golighty/index.html +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: bachelors and spinsters
by Adam Chapman 11 Mar '00

11 Mar '00

Mike spaketh; >(You know, the type of people who only ride the bus to get to work, get up >early for chores on saturday morning and give you wide-eyed disapproving >looks when you try to explain what you do for fun. Or the central role that >fun still plays in your by-all-rights adult life) > Rather spookily, this isn't a bad description of myself [though the dissapproving looks are usually reserved for me, i have an unnecessarily open mind as to what constitutes *fun* #. And yes I CAN hear you sniggering at the back, so stop it...], though the only reason i get up on Saturday mornings is so i can have the shower and kitchen to myself, before the rest of the slobs i am compelled to live with get as close as they can to vertical [Ah, the joys of life in UEA halls of residense]. This unfortueately means fighting my way to the toaster, and thus tidying the kitchen on route. >Kind of like trying to explain the appeal of b&s to those who only hear the >strings, falsetto warblings and homoerotic intimations yet fail to feel the >earnest emotion and honesty that has hooked us all This actually sounds familiar, its the reaction i get every time i try to explain the relevance of B+S, which is why i gave up, and nowadays give them a tape or lend them a cd - this works a lot better, though getting the cd back can often be a pain in the Aspedestra, but not as bad as trying to find 'Bonnie Prince Billy' or 'Magnetic Fields' cds in Norwich... # Many people for example believe that cycling is an unnecessarily dangerous and wasteful occupation - I disagree, overtaking car drivers whilst being sworn at for the privilege is enormous fun... 'til whenever, Adam 'If you can't make them think, at least make them sing...' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Pokémon to Hefner, via Isobel and Moomins
by Greig Marshall 05 Feb '00

05 Feb '00

Just a fleeting thought. Does Honey have a secret cheeky reason for getting a .org rather than a .com? I am joyous to inform you all that *you* too can do an "é" by holding down Ctrl-Alt and pressing e. Try it, it's fun. >You can learn a lot from 7 year olds Lucy, especially about Pokemon, which is >bollocks right, cos in Japan ( and I'm sure someone's gonna prove me wrong >here)they call it Pocket Monsters, but over here we give it some sort of noncey >fucking handle like Pokemon. I do believe they are called "Pokémon" here so as to not confuse Pocket Monsters with the "Monster in my Pocket" toys of the 80s. Monster in my pocket were extremely poor rubber things, no substitute for Transformers. Moomins, the cartoon series was run on Children's BBC a few years ago. I watched it, I couldn't resist it but I still don't know why. I too have dreampt of Moomins but only once and it was a nice dream. Some psychology dept of a university has concluded we don't dream enough, and when we do, we forget our dreams. Strange, when I dream I don't forget if for days. Enough of this relentless not-nice-ness about Ms. Campbell's prosterior. You'll make her self-concious, and when B&S become self-concious, it'll be a very dark day for us all. I have a nice Monty Python calendar over there. See it? Beside the scanner? I wonder if anyone in an earlier time zone has one, so they can tell me what the next day's picture will be before it's 12 midnight here. That would be wizard. Finally, I sent off for a B&S poster and the Looper "Who's afraid of Y2K" 10". Apparently, the Poster is 50" x 70" and only one pound. It hasn't arrived yet, I suspect the inces was a writing error, and it's only 50x70cm. Still, that's good. Hefner are a fine band. May God Protect Your Home is ace. A bit saucy, the thing he refers to as "home" in the song, I wish I could sing like Darren. I was one of the people who helped put a decent band on the number 1 spot. I got the limited edition 10", mine's number 1027 of about 10 zillion "limited" edition vynil pressings. Enough of my pesky whitterings, I felt I had to write. Greig xx Oh, and be sure to look at the "SETI Boy" drawing in the "Look what we did today, Mummy" page. Go on. I did it, I did. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: like they're just another meal.
by Robyn Fadden 02 Feb '00

02 Feb '00

sins, the lot of you, iris keeps talking about her (future) new house and i keep picturing it and am happy. i used to grab the "new homes" section of the paper first when i was young (i'm old now, turned 25 yesterday and am on the beginnings of a bender it seems, though i managed to make it to work, still alcohol-fueled. yar.) floor plans always did fascinate me. so easy to knock down walls on a picture. and that ensuite bathroom, oh yeah... Maybe this is a product of growing up in duplexes and townhouses... living on newsprint. the saturday paper was always the best for this. fuck the comics page, i want some *real* fantasy in my life, ooh, check out the 3 bdrm w/ family room on F-4... and things change. it's all brick-front suburban crap now. boring boring boring. sorely lacking in robots and robot-related kitchen appliances. entering the first computer thingy: we had an ADAM coleco-vision "computer" with tape drives. i hated it. i cursed it. i was the only one in the house who could use it. glorified word processor. and this was in '88. someone gave it to us when they upgraded to a 386 or something. i mastered Zaxxon in an effort to work out my frustrations. hey robyn, nerd-girl! yeah. ha ha, you answered! a friend who is now working at my workplace is amazed at my tech skills. she thinks i'm some kind of info-tech wizard. it's not true, it's only b/c she knew me when i used to cry in the computer lab. that should be a song. and yes, yes, yes, my god, yes: when genevieve wrote: > it's not like Struan's pushed me into the wall and has got both my arms pinned above my head,with only one of his hands,whispering menacingly "You..will..buy..it" and I'm going "Bite me,jeepster skank!" But he's just sooo strong.. oh yeah.< I mean, Struan or not, i had to grip the mouse tightly, which made me think of my wrists, and he's just sooo strong... I think such things should be repeated. maybe i'll make this my new sig. or maybe i should get back to reading. soon enough i will be quoting 'who want's to be a millionaire'. oh... my. this show is like drinking too much too fast: it's fun for a while and then you just wish you never started or stopped early on. some guy last week lost at the first question. and i had to turn off the tv. it was a moment. i haven't gone back. still, if regis wore monochrome spring colours. shiny pink ties. also, the word 'skank' is good. as is 'skankwear'. skankity, skank, skank, skank. there are jeans called 'shank' advertised on bus shelters. i just laugh. there aren't enough paint-pens in the world... love. it. Robyn ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden(a)yahoo.com Vancouver, BC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: crash rahhhh huzzah bang....grrrr....etc.etc....etc
by Jenny Hodgson 31 Jan '00

31 Jan '00

hmmmmmm.. any tips on shrinking a jeepster tee shirt down to avoid it looking too much like a stuffed sack? dryer you say? what cycle?only mine has, well rather a lot of scientific-looking buttons, and i'm frightened the 'If You're Feeling Sinister' imprinted in on the Tee with melt and spell something awfully rude (and amusing,-which is why i can;t think of an example right now) oh, and i had not an inkling that b&s fans were in the dirty dream no. 2 video.... props (as i assume is the appropriate sinsiter term,) to 'the-guy-with-milk-down-his-front' , and, if the 'girl-who-did-the-swaying-thing' is still about, dear, i know about four people that wish to marry you. just so as you know so, i had an ill-advised wee jaunt to a *ahem* 'goth club on saturday...(i was dragged, it wasn't by my own free will, honest) and what should i be confronted after being willed through the big black door, scraping my toes on the tarmac and squealing 'nooo!' hmm? 'the boy with the arab strap' thats what!so. i knocked about seven disgruntled goth types off their stack heels and got cider and black poured all down my back, and went to shimmy my quite inconsiderable thang on the dancefloor (wait, does 'thang' constitute a photo for the body parts page....?!?!?)and who should i see but a boy doing a high kickin' legs flickin' little dance to it. it was like the lo- fi can can..needless to say i was smitten.....darn girlfriends eh? always get in the way of my fun... i had to crawl under the writhing eyelinered masses in order to get out of the 'pit' when some random 'bang crash bang crash' thing came on, which i'm not aware has a name... oooh, and we were watching some C4 documentary in art class on the Turner Prize (much cliched hilarity involving art teach attempting to programme video recorder, and then resorting to the old chesnut of 'i arrange bones and feathers and bits of fluff, surely i shouldn;t have to cope with this?' <cue velveteen skirt swish and flounce combo>) anyway, back too the not-at-all relevant story... actually no, that was the least-boring part. i was simply going to relay my admiration and minor crush on the presenter. mathew collings, he talks in poetry, you know!..*swoon* .actually props (and again) to my art teach too, as she makes us draw vaguely pornographic charcoal smudgy things.and an awful lot of leaves. and lets us spend the day singing two part harmonies (hm, if you can call them that, which, as my classmates assure me, you can't.) to,well, whatever song was last on the radio that morning.we currently have ambitions on a black beret and kaftan... **and i feel the sinister great art debate whirring up in the distance,like some kind of inexerable intellectual wagon wheel so i should probably go, before i reveal myself to having no idea what i'm talking about....and bluffing really incompatently..*** sensamachiaco.. ....jenny +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: All feathered up and living on the dubbed side...
by James Gilmer 31 Jan '00

31 Jan '00

Hello again Sinister Siblings, I trust we are all doing well? As has already been mentioned you all must come play with us in the Sinister chat. That's right kiddies, real time conversations with fellow Sinister People and sometimes even Dear Honey drops by. I've just read that Vh-1 is showing their little special movie "Two of Us" tomorrow night, I'm not sure whether I want to watch it or not. It's got Adain Quinn in it and it's a bit of a what if piece, what if John and Paul got back together prior to John's getting shot. So far the reviews of it are good, but it seems a bit tacky. Perhaps that's just me though... Ah, I've recieved my B&S shirt. I must say you were all right about Jeepster's size problem. I ordered a large and while I'm not a big fellow I'm not twee either and the thing just fits me across the shoulders and chest. But it's a rather nice shirt though I fear washing it since it's one hundred percent cotton and I worry I won't be able to get into it if it shrinks. I got buttons as well which have already been added to my backpack and I now await the hordes of compliments that will ensue. In case anyone is wondering, those badges are a bit smallish, about the size of a quarter, though still nice. I'd just like to say, for the record, that when I was eight years old the ending of the Narnia chronicles pissed me off beyond belief. I mean really now, "yes, children you're all dead...isn't that wonderfull?", no, no it's not Jesu...I mean Aslan, so why don't you just piss off! Talk about scarring a child for life. Sorry about that little digression. Sorry, too much caffine today. Anyways, I must say I'm excited by having just read on the jeepster site that Mick Cooke is doing a tab/music/lyric book for B&S. Yes! Though the chord layouts on the Sinister site are nice I can't wait to have full music notation, I've already dusted off my keyboard and await with glee. I was giving a fellow employee a ride home this weekend and was playing Looper, to my suprise (he's a techno-metal head) he quite liked Impossible Things and Burning Flies, though he found the rest a bit boring. I just finished reading The Dead Trilogy by Richard Calder, and either it's brilliant or it's complete rubbish. I haven't decided yet. Alright then, time to be going. Be Sinister dear ones.... Jim (waiting to happen....) "A young boy sticks a feather in his mouth...", Jeff Noon- Vurt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: for jobs that are big...
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 31 Jan '00

31 Jan '00

Fiona fiona fiona > she should try making anything rhyme with fiona How about 'There's this girl Fiona / She's mine but I don't own her'? That wasn't completely my own work. When are Hopkirk & Lee going to release another record? > also, is there anyone on this list who has some sort of shared > house arrangement and doesn't hate their flatmates. In my experience there is always one flatmate who doesn't fit in with the others. They become a the whipping boy/girl. It's healthy, except when you're the outcast, which happened to me once. This rule applies no matter how small the household is. If you live on your own, you will end up blaming yourself for things you didn't do. You will also talk about yourself behind your back and develop a crick in your neck. My solution to the slip case issue: Enter a land of make believe. There appears to have been an upsurge in people using 'twee' as a synonym of GRATE. It's NOT. Twee backwards is nearly 'eewch', which is the sound you should make when someone is being twee. Remember - Belle & Sebastian R hard, not 'cloyingly sweet' or 'affectedly precious'. This isn't true or anything, but it's much more cute if you think that way. I seem to be saying I'm cute. Stuart Murdoch wrote to me once and he had the following to say on the subject: >>It's a funny thing twee. I wish I could be twee just so I could be seventeen again and act like a baby. But it's in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps the workman beholds me being at my most mature and thinks "Twee fucker." I'm envious though. I'd like to be able to take my knitting to a club again. And dribble into my cider.>> But you shouldn't listen to what he says. Twee fucker. I do have cuddly toys in my bed, but only so that I can make girls can go 'aah!' but not want to sleep with me, and get lectures from exasperated friends (mainly female) about how I am ruining my scoring potential. Tweeness as a bloody-minded expression of a self-destructive urge. More mature readers will remember the song the song snake wrote for Belle & Sebastian, 'If only I had lips I would kiss you'. Well the other day I was flicking around on cdnow and I came across an old song with a very similar title. So the song snake is not magic at all. My potted film reviews: American Beauty - not so good. Wonderland - terrific. Nick xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: doubleplusungood refs unpersons upsub antefiling
by Ian McKinney 31 Jan '00

31 Jan '00

Hello friends and well-wishers, What a week I've had: MONDAY A good day - I saw the fabulous Zen Guerilla and the amazing Man...Or Astroman?. I met the singer from Z.G. afterwards and told him he was cooler than Jon Spencer. He seemed pleased. M.O.A? were pure showmanship... they had a fake supercomputer.... 'EEVIAC: the only and hence the best supercomputer in rock'n'roll!' A class act indeed. TUESDAY A bad day - rear ended at high speed and thrust violently into the back of a truck. My poor little red van was completely squished. Still, I got to ride in an ambulance. WEDNESDAY A bad day. Spent the whole day waiting around for x-rays, etc. FRIDAY Saw the incomparably cool Olympic Lifts and the intruiging Trans-Am. Two splendid shows in a week! I was happy as a pig in shite. SUNDAY I baked my own tomato bread and made a big pot of Caponata. It was delicious. I am now contemplating a career as a celebrity chef. Till the next time, Ian. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: Hong Kong
by Toby Chan 31 Jan '00

31 Jan '00

Hi Richard and other Girls and Boys RICHARD: u can meet me from now to 9th Feb at the exhibition hall at HK City Hall. coz i am helping Videotage for the festival. I work from 11-6 and the earlier u come the better... i am young, tall with DM or Adi Samba...and without glasses. >years in last September. A few weeks ago I was in a shop in our village, the >radio was tuned to one of the Chinese language channels. Then suddenly I >heard a familiar musical sound. They were playing Mary Jo. is it the programme by Kwan King Chung? > >Well today I noticed we have two new Hong Kong subscribers who have joined >the list recently. So I thought it timely to mention to any HK subscribers >that theres actually 3 other Sinistereens in HK. We get together on a semi >regular basis and should you wish to drop by let me know at >rclander(a)netfront.net . However I think I should add that theres just >chatting about music, having a laugh and having a drink. All are welcome. Yeah!!!! Let's go to Chemical Suzy!!! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: all the horny boys
by Toby Chan 31 Jan '00

31 Jan '00

Hiya ipecac spice. I am not a horney boy. I am just talkin' bout the little dissapointed of the 1st time i take weed, employing the example of first time i huv sex. >"horney" or "horny". anyone know? those were interesting messages from you >boys in hong kong and from robert. lots of sex talk. > >has anyone seen those pants that are in the stores lately with ribbons and >beads or rhinestones around the leg bottoms? i was thinking of decorating >some old pants b/c it would be way cheaper and i'm sure i'd get bored of >them too quickly to be worth buying new ones. so i was wondering if anyone >knows if glue gunning rhinestones to pants is a bad idea? would that work? >otherwise, how do you attach them? > >why do we (girls mostly i suppose) usually take so much better care of our >fingernails? toenails just get cut, possibly polish in the summer. but >fingernails get so much more attention. i suppose it's true of feet and >hands overall. we stand on our poor feet all day and yet give all our >attention to our fingers. ok, i know, i've been working too long. > >bye, > >di > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister(a)missprint.org". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)missprint.org". WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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