January 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: terrible terrible cough...
by zoe charaktinou 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

...i have right now... you don't want to know though... i don't really have sth important to say,i just wanted to talk.is that bad? it's one of these miserable,moody afternoons that you need someone to talk to but noone is there.do you know what i mean? so you are in frond of a soulless pc trying to convince yourself that you're not mad and that there are some people somewhere in the world that they might even read this and then they are going to start swearing to the screen because some twat-me-is writing totally stupid things which frankly they don't particulalry want to know!......... ......i think i am getting mad....... i haven't listen to any b&s for some time now.i'm into beck and the velvet goldmine ost at the mo... and writing essays...and feeling lonely.... don't you just want to feel sorry for me and cry?...aaahhh....poor girl...yeah,right! well,enough is enough and i think i should stop writing now before i get banned or whatever from this dimention(is that correct?i've been thinking for the correct spelling for some 10 mins.)that we like to call sinister... adieu mon petites amies au revoir(my french is horrible.i know) is that me or am i dreaming? zoe with an accent ps.anyone to see beck in manchester in march? ______________________________________________________ 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: Death By Drama
by Philip Boucher 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

This is my first real message to sinister, exept an accidental empty one, sorry about that, so firstly i am 15 years old and I live in Manchester. for my drama GCSE am being forced to sing (I cannot sing) and dance (Dancing is not a strong point either) I will have to go on stage with a solo in front of paying spectators (I am painfully shy + very quiet) for 'Joseph,' a musical i hate. So i am not feeling very happy at the moment. did anyone hear LL Painter Jane come 31st in John Peel's festive 50 last night? Good bye my friends Philip Boucher ______________________________________________________ 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: We want information
by Martin Robinson 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Dear all, According to my sauces, namely hollandaise and cheese, which may have curdled and be most wrong, the fine Maggie Philben and the noise known as Philippa Forrester have been appended to the All Tomorrow's World presenters line up. And also the fine Super Furry Animals and the noise known as Sonic Youth are apparently now on the All Tomorrow's Parties line up. Also Kate Rusby on Radio 2 next month as part of the Folk Awards. A slice of brevity? How refreshing... I feel all David Moore-esque and for once it's got nothing to do with breasts or tubes. Te ra, Martin ear confection recordings (http://www.send.demon.co.uk) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Back to SSSR
by Arantxa Sanz 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Here we are: New house,new year,(I hope)old faces, even new faces are welcome too,of course. I didn't post anything earlier as I had nothing to say with B&S content and no debate about some other more mundane affair was going on that concerned me in such way I could not refrain my impulses to add my two pences to it.The situation has not changed but there was another message from Ally Cook, who didn't drop so many quotes as in previous ones, and I forgave him generously he didn't quote me neither.Nothing to quote,true.It is a poor excuse to justify my literary incontinence, I know. Isobel's bum : It is not small, that's all I am going to say.No clue what W stood for about Richard.I am afraid I am a stereotypical pop-consummer who never notices drummers,but Superchunk's one.My friend in Spain was amazed that Stu M was never going to be again in his late 20's and I believe he is mad trying to get Stu's personal coach-for-life's direct line. He has reached the respectable age of 27 and is suffering a pre-middle age crisis. Anyone was listening to Radio One about 9.45 on Tuesday? Some song called 'Volveras' was played.I thought the aliens had invaded the earth finally when turning on my transistor,apparently tuned to Radio 1 frequency to hear some song with Spanish song-lyrics sung by someone Spanish.They are some band in Elephant Records, but who exactly? Hello to all Hackney and Stoke Newington-based Sinisterines. All the flats about there reminded me this morning strangely of the state where my parents'home is...I could have been born if I where British, I suppose. Stop being philosophical. 'Giappanese a Roma' is bad, don't buy it!!!!!!!! A. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by vibrosheep＠junglemail.net 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Angel enquired... >When, in winter, you get on the bus and are all wrapped up in >cardies, doctor who scarves, and bums padded with corduroy (sp?) why >is it that the bus is 40000 degrees??? NO - Why in winter, when you've avoided falling arse-over-tit in the snow, miraculously walked through an arch of gutter-puddle spray from White Van Man and then found a non-stop undercover route to your chosen bus stop - DO I GET TO SIT IN THE FUCKING SEAT THAT SOME DRUNKEN FUCKING WHINO TRAMP BASTARD HAS JUST THAT MINUTE PISSED ON, IN ME BEST FUCKING SUIT AND ME HOMER SIMPSON BOXERS ? That's why in 1929, I bought myself a very unenvironmentally friendly Triumph Acclaim and she's still going to this day. You're all wrong on the Traditional W - you miserable shitbags. Obviously the Trad W is going to involve some sort of visual stimulation - I don't know, say Issue number 47C of Commando comic - and an old well holed sports sock from the 3rd year of High School. Drumsticks and 3rd parties me arse - your all sick. Right I'm of to scour the Top Shelf of Alldays in some vain attempt to find Master Percussionist Monthly. Love and Wetwipes, Adrian. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I _will_ show you fear in a handful of dust
by Elizabeth Daplyn 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Oh yes I will. Although wrinkled dugs are not on the menu, thankyouverymuch. Hello my delectable little cheesecakes and welcome to a year with many 0s in it. Spent the proceedings in Glasgee, and had a fine ripsnorting time of it too. Although I would advise anyone thinking of experimentation with champagne and Cointreau not to bother unless they're not very fond of their stomach lining. So anyway, here I am, the typist home at teatime, back to université eager to plough the Sinister fields and scatter, when blow me, guvnah, we've moved lock, Spock and two smoking Picards to another home. And a very pretty home it is too. I love Honey dearly for preserving me from an almighty shock by keeping Sinister alive despite the evil machinations of narsty people. Well, that's not the only reason I love Honey, but I won't make the little minx blush right now. Had a spiffing time at Tigermilking on Friday, although the night bus to Brentford afterwards (GlamPam is a wonderful and very attractive hostess for the information of my fellow freebooters of this world) was an experience I was a little too tired and emotional for. Still, at least I won a bottle of vodka in the T!H!R!I!L!L!I!N!G! pop quiz type thingy. Mmmm mmmm. Does anyone else have a problem with attracting nutters? Seems like I can't get on a bus these days without some lardy bearded bloke telling me about his forthcoming movie project starring David Bowie. That or breathing meths fumes on my not very careful coiffure. Do I have a tattoo on my forehead telling scary people that I'm a really good bet for annoying RIGHT NOW? Blecch. I'm a mess, I'm in some slacks. Love, Liz :x 0771 3014742 *************************Never Knowingly Underdressed************************* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 10 Roddington Place
by Ailsa Ross 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Yes, that Steven Mackintosh *is* rather nice. Even in some programme or other I saw late one night where he was a transsexual in horrid clothing (why do transsexuals/transvestites always wear the clothes that no self-respecting woman born a woman would ever wear?). Does he look like Mick Cooke though? Well, I guess he does. I'd never thought about that before. His (SM's, not MC's) appearance in Undercover Heart for me was rather overshadowed by the fact that he only appeared to own one jumper which he wore for the entire series. I care not a jot for this old music/new music debate. Cos there's lots of old stuff out there I haven't had a chance to listen to (I'm lately dicovering the joys of sixties bubblegum pop) and all this pesky new stuff keeps getting in the way and distracting me. Can't we just stop and give me a chance to catch up? Archel mentioned the gorgeous ***** (no names then?) and I can vouch for his general loveliness as said ***** gave me a real proper original Electric Honey copy of Tigermilk for my birthday. Which is nice. Actually it goes beyond nice by quite some considerable way, but I thought I'd be terrifically passé and quote the Fast Show cos even though it was last year's thing and popular culture dictates I should be quoting Ali G or something, Johnny Depp likes the Fast Show and he's my favourite actor this week. Didn't Isobel's arse look big when she was filmed from behind on the Tube? The folly of wearing inappropriately shaped overgarments, eh? Does this mean I have to send a photo of Isobel's arse now? I hope not. For a start, I haven't got a wide-angle lens. Ho ho. *author's note* - the last paragraph was intended as a joke. It may be unfunny, but amusement was the intention. I suppose I should have got Alasdair to write it had I really wanted it to be amusing. Anyway, I'm sure Isobel is a lovely person, and that her arse is perfectly in proportion with the rest of her. I'm not sure about this box set malarkey. Why don't they just re-release the CDs individually if they are that difficult to get hold of (which I'm sure they aren't since Jeepster are still selling them on-line, I must confess I have no idea if you can buy them still in shops as I haven't really been looking)? Or is the new packaging a snide attempt to fleece innocent but well-meaning (or just gullible) punters of their hard-earned cash in order to subsidise studio parties for special background effect, and keep the band members in spangles and ginger beer for a while while they try to justify taking fifty times as long to come up with this album as they did with the first two. It's not even as if they aren't sharing the songwriting workload. Or touring. Hmmmm. Luckily, patience is a virtue I actually possess (probably the only one). But it's wearing a little thin. Happy New Year, folks. Ailsa xx PS receiving compliments on my posts from ian is rather like Noel Gallagher receiving compliments on his lyrical sensitivity and genius from Struan. But thanks anyway :) It worked. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: odds and ends
by Januarythaw＠aol.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

I was parusing this site for an article about another musician when I came upon these two things for Belle and Sebastian. Thought I would share them with you all... http://www.theavclub.com/bonusfeature1.html the lists are of the best albums of 1999. its on toward the bottom so you'll have to scroll down, I think these lists were made by writers for the onion. And these two reviews were written some time ago. How long? I'm not sure, i dunno if anyone even cares but I figured perhaps you would. well take care ciao iris i am drunk with gravity Belle & Sebastian The Boy With the Arab Strap (Matador) The Glasgow-based musical cooperative Belle & Sebastian's out-of-nowhere American debut If You're Feeling Sinister was one of last year's most striking albums. The tightly structured, but never predictable, pop and the literate, fey lyrics of singer and songwriter Stuart Murdoch combined to create a sound that prompted thoughts along the lines of, "Oh, so that's what's been missing." "No one writes them like they used to, so it may as well be me," Murdoch sang on "Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying," and it sounded like a mission statement; sunny-sounding British pop and sensitive alienation hadn't gone so tightly hand-in-glove since The Smiths, a comparison from which the group, however disingenuously, shies away. Sinister was followed by a series of exciting Eps (Lazy Line Painter Jane, Dog On Wheels, and 3...6...9 Seconds Of Light) that sometimes echoed that album and sometimes didn't, expanding B&S's sound in ways that worked more often than not. For every song that didn't quite connect, there were two that connected brilliantly, indicating that the eight (and sometimes more) band members weren't content to repeat a winning formula. The follow-up to Sinister, The Boy With The Arab Strap, is in the vein of those Eps. Boy offers up pleasures less immediate than Sinister, but they're ultimately just as substantial. "It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career," the title track, and "A Summer Wasting" have a familiar, acoustic-dominated sound. But then there's the antiquated electronic noises heard on "Sleep The Clock Around" and "Is It Wicked Not To Care," which hands the vocals over to a female member (the typically cryptic liner notes don't indicate a name). While it might be a better album without the spoken-word "A Space Boy Dream" and the uncharacteristically terse "Chickfactor," it's possible to see their inclusion as a good thing. (The same can't be said, of course, for the occasional moments that sing the pains-of-being-a-rock-star blues. Nobody, except possibly other rock stars, cares.) While not a pristine instant classic like its predecessor, The Boy With The Arab Strap announces that Belle & Sebastian is in it for the long haul, and seemingly committed to not standing still. As long as it keeps turning out material as lovely as the album-closing "The Rollercoaster Ride," that's a wonderful thing. --Keith Phipps Belle And Sebastian Tigermilk (Jeepster/Matador) Maybe it's no coincidence that one of the most exciting, least conventional bands to emerge in the latter half of the '90s also had one of the least conventional starts. Picked up as the project of a university marketing class, the ever-expanding Scottish band Belle And Sebastian unexpectedly achieved stardom on a small scale with its first album, Tigermilk. Expanding its audience in both Europe and the U.S. with the masterful If You're Feeling Sinister, the group proved that the world, or at least an enthusiastic cult, was ready for sensitive teen music for grownups: ornately crafted melodies accompanied by lyrics that were clever without being cute and dominated by a personality that was sensitive and retiring without being mopey. In the wake of this success, Tigermilk, originally limited to 1,000 copies, took on a nearly legendary quality, becoming widely bootlegged and even more widely sought after. Wisely, it's now been reissued legitimately, and it almost lives up to its reputation. The album-opening "The State I Am In" could sound a bit more impressive, but only because B&S cut a better version of it on an EP, and it's hard to imagine the band outdoing the versions of the two songs that follow. "Expectations" and "She's Losing It" more than live up to high standards set by the group's later work, displaying the ability to incorporate a small orchestra's worth of instruments into economical pop melodies while staking out unique lyrical territory. (For example: "Your obsessions get you known throughout the school for being strange / Making life-size models of the Velvet Underground in clay.") That's true of most of Tigermilk. The faux-electronica of "Electronic Renaissance" lends the album one of its few head-scratching moments, while "I Don't Love Anyone" finds chief songwriter Stuart Murdoch still struggling to find his voice, but nothing gets in the way of making Tigermilk an essential album for both Belle And Sebastian fans and virtually everyone else. --Keith Phipps +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: i am leaving, i am leaving
by Jygsaw18＠aol.com 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

ooh, i'll keep this short. I'm unsubscribing from sinister. It's not you, really, it's me. I just don't have enough time to keep up with the emails, and my hard drive is filling up with your words of wisdom. so, for the time being i am going to unsubscribe. Later, if i feel up to it, i'll return. Thank you so much, Honey, for being a good listmummy. You've been one of the best things about this mailing list, and the glue that holds the collage that is Sinister together. And for those of you who have improved my days with your witty, thought-provoking letters, a thousand hugs. Anyone who wants to keep in touch, well, you have my email address. Goodbye for now; perhaps i shall see some of you later Jygsaw Dave (the moon man) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Lazy Line Painter Jane
by David Moore 12 Jan '00

12 Jan '00

Appears in Peel's All Time Festive 50 at no. 31 Congratulations again to the winsome Scottish folk duo. David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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