January 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: my new year's eve story
by heather emes 03 Jan '00

03 Jan '00

hello to everyone residing in sinister land. i hope all is well with each & every one of you. i just wanted to tell the tale of my new year's eve. the day started with me poking my head out from under a ton of blankets, anxiously watching the news for rising signs of mayhem. i stared at the tube for an hour before i headed out to work. i was preoccupied with impending doom all day, & for no reason at all. the thought never even crossed my mind before then, except in jest. i worked until 3:00 p.m. (well, if you consider playing "buffy's stake house" & talking to my friends on the phone working, then i was busting my hump) & had decided to go to the party i was invited to. i was leery about even leaving the house after dark, but i figured i'd be surrounded by good people & my ever-loyal security blanket, mr. alcohol. the party was jumpin' & the bass was pumpin'. i haven't had that much fun in a long time. for once, i did a lot of mingling & was kind of disappointed that the major reaction to the query, "1999 was a pretty good year for me, how 'bout you?", was, "IT SUCKED." but i refused to let my friends' lameness spoil my spirits, which i drank an awful lot of. i slinked around, with a bottle of pink champagne in one hand & in the other a noise-maker which i held like a cigarette, kissing people on the cheek & wishing them a happy new year. then the cutest thing ever happened at midnight. my ex-boyfriend (who 2 & 1/2 years ago completely obliterated my heart, twice, but has since been a good friend & the best disco date ever) asked me to kiss him. so i did. it was precious. after that we all danced to really bad music, but i had a good time by myself with a new toy. someone had brought along a black plastic hat with some cheesy new year's 2000 saying on it & so i grabbed it & proceeded to bust michael jackson moves with it, singing the wrong lyrics to "rock with you" & "billie jean". then my friend christopher stepped on it & broke it. from then on i told a few people i'd get their phone numbers before they left, repeatedly, & never did, played fussball badly, & somehow ended up a mummy wrapped in electrical tape. how i got upstairs like that i'll never know! almost everyone slept over, which is good, because we were all very dangerously intoxicated. all in all, it was a great start for the year 2000. how 'bout the rest of you? yours truly, heather e. ______________________________________________________ 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)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". 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: How I spent my new year's--A student essay.
by Brandt Fundak 03 Jan '00

03 Jan '00

I would just like to start this message off by saying Laura Llew has lost it (or maybe never had it) and that I find her New Year's resolutions quite advantageous. I think the idea to succeeding at your resolutions is to make your goals attainable. As a result, I have resolved two things: 1. To take chances this year and actually live for once in my life. 2. To stop using Microsoft products when home computing. See? Attainable goals. Anyway, my New Year went something like this. Listened to Belle and Sebastian all the way on my drive from Cleveland, OH to Bowling Green, where my chums would be having a party. Ran into my friend Ben. Drank coffee with Ben. Got free soup at the coffee house. Went to my friend Keith's house to buy a video game off of him and ended up peeling apples and staying for a vegan potluck dinner. Went back to Ben's house. Ate a "mad" brownie. Went to party at Ginger and Ed's. Listened to loud bands and whigged out. Went to my brother's to ring in the new year (and in a very clever moment, some of the guests tripped a breaker and made the power go out--simulating a Y2K disaster. All I could sit and think to myself in the dark was "But I was so right. Nothing was going to happen!" Then the power came on again and I had to watch the incubus Carson Daly ring in the new year and then have No Doubt butcher the end of the world as we know it even though we know that's a big load of crap.) Anyway, shook off most of the brownie at my brother's, then popped back to Ginger and Ed's. Ended up sleeping at my friend Becky and Brandi's house and then went home the next day. Boring eh? My Belle and Sebastian resolution is not that the release a new album, but that they tour. Specifically tour the US. When told that they would not be touring last year, it was said, "the band wants to know would you rather have another album or a tour?" meaning that a new album was on the way. But it wasn't, so since you didn't give us the album, give us a tour. Then again that breaks my rule of attainable goals right? Brandt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: What actually happened on the Tube (the directors cut)
by idle berry 03 Jan '00

03 Jan '00

Okay, I actually managed to see the tube, after getting all confuddled and things and please don't ask, I was tired and I need a new calandar and goddammit if it was the ONE thing I REALLY wanted for Christmas and DIDn't get. This is what happened for those who missed it. Chris Moyles was outwitted by his pretty (vacant) assistant Donna Airhead (bet I'm the first to refer to her by that) and went crawling off with his tail between his legs and wimpered for her to stop tormenting him. Then Belle and Sebastian came on, with a whole new look. Isobel looked divine with her new asexual punk gothic look, scary hair! New Romantic does have a place at Jeepster afterall, maybe? then Stuart Murdoch did a cover version of Robbie Williams "Let Me Entertain you" before setting fire to Chris Geddes and sacking the rest of the band, filling the air with very rude words indeed. I think he called them incompitent. or incontinent. I couldn't quite make it out. And I didn't realise what eight people could do with a giant earthworm and what seemed to look like a rubber bin liner.... It was an exciting show indeed my friends, fuelled by petrol, over confidence, clashing egos, riots and insecticide and a whole new direction for a band who really you wouldn't ever have considered to be into Cafe Del Mar at all.... Still, I will stay loyal to B+S, and regardless of Isobels experimental sampled fanny farts which did crumple my nose a little, I will try and continue to be a fan. And Today? well today, I'm trying to create a website, but I have no creative inspiration AT ALL. and its so irritating, I think I'll go and paint my toe nails different colours. If anyone has any ideas (good ones shall be acknowledged when I get it online) please suggest away. Am I getting the hang of this sinister thing now? I dunno. Cherrypips! Idleberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: The year is going, let him go
by Laura Llew 02 Jan '00

02 Jan '00

Ring out, wild bells to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light. The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ahh, thanks for indulging me in some Alfred Tennyson. I thought it was rather fitting for this time and season. Though personally, my year ended more like the world in TS Eliot's The Hollow Men, "Not with a bang but a whimper." No wild parties or kisses for Laura Llew. In fact, I was even sleeping when the new year arrived. Boring me but happy me because I am now the proud owner of a new pair of narrow New Balances. Perfection in a shoe. I was able to usher the New Year in nicely by having Belle and Sebastian be the masterminds behind the music I listened to first this Millennium. It was quite nice really. I was wondering though. Does anyone else have a tendency to hook up the characters of their songs together? I just think that String Bean Jean and Lord Anthony would be great together. And the Boy with the Arab Strap would compliment Lazy Line Painter Jane most perfectly. Perhaps it's just me. I apologize if this has already been mentioned, but has anyone else heard the Looper song on the commercial for MyFamily.com. Oh yes, the David's are supporting family values AND health AND using the Internet (as long as it ain't "freaky") AND being Up A Tree - where you will inevitably loose your footing and plummet to the ground. But not before your leg catches on a nail, your skin shreds and you need 20 stitches. Which will still leave a scar shaped like an arrow on your right thigh even years later as a 22 year old. And the only real memory of you have of the incident is the red helium balloon that you had that you accidentally let go off and watched sadly as it floated off into the night sky when you go home. Not that I'm in anyway stuck in the past here. So, does anyone have any lofty New Year's resolutions, such as to quit biting your nails, lose weight, or to stop setting yourself on fire while exclaiming to your friends that you *are* going to get a spot on David Letterman this year. I've always been much better at coming up with resolutions for other people than actually thinking of changing myself. So far, I have that - 1. Belle and Sebastian resolves to come up with a new album by March (hey it's a leap year.. I even gave them one extra day to work in February. Talk about generosity here). 2. That all drivers on the road will let me in when I'm trying to get into a lane of traffic. AND that the others will remember that they do indeed have a turn signal. They can even agree to actually USE it once in a while. C. Stuart Murdoch shall fall madly in love with me.* 4. We shall have more classy boy photos on the body part page. Such as Jygsaw Dave's knees, Jim Bob Gilmer's ears, Rupert Everett's stomach (a long shot but hey so is Stu falling for me), and GEORGE DICKIE's ummm, erh, well, whatever he wants to show... But please show discretion O'Henry 5. That everyone on the sinister list will read at least 5 books from Laura Llew's Lovely Literary List of 99' this year. Just because the list is from last year, does not mean the recommendations aren't out of date. Don't you know that in book time that makes it a "Classic"? (Though I've noticed the list is severely lacking in recommendations for Stuart David's book and for The Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner. Is there a reason for this? I haven't read them yet and I was just wondering.) 6. The witty, intelligent, book adoring, dark haired, pixies and b&s loving lad who was suppose to be under the tree on Christmas Day with all of the Belle and Sebastian singles on CD will inform of exactly where he fell of of Santa's sleigh at so that I may properly go and rescue him. (I always have to do all the work in relationships). Unless, of course, he got distracted by the elves and then really just let me live the rest of my life in misery never knowing the truth. Really. jealous of the elves, Laura * There is no reason for this symbol. I'm just trying to appear cool as if you need to read footnotes to understand the content of my posts. "Meeting all of your Laura Llew before you even knew you had them" ______________________________________________________ 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)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". 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: B&S existed in 1989
by Jordi Trenzano 02 Jan '00

02 Jan '00

Hi everybody. Jordiet hope that everyone has had a lovely new yearŽs eve. I just want to let you know that, according to the NME-Online, De la Soul have an album called "Tigermilk", released in jeepster in 1989. just check at: http://www.nme.com/top50/1999previousalbums.html Love Jordiet Sinistre ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: Re: sinister-digest V4 #2
by MM_KULIK＠ACAD.FANDM.EDU 02 Jan '00

02 Jan '00

Hello to you all! First of all, I have a favor to ask of any willing listee. I am currently in the States and will be back in Glasgow next Saturday, but that is not soon enough to catch the several B&S television appearances. If anyone did record the Tube and/or will be recording their appearance on Friday, I would be ever so appreciative if I could somehow receive a copy. There may be money in it for you, and possibly other rewards if something can be negotiatied. I will also love you forever. Isn't that reason enough? Hmmmm...it's Sunday now but I suppose I will briefly recant my New Year's experience, which won't take but a few lines. I was one of the paranoid millions (okay, maybe thousands) in the USA who decided it was best not be out on the roads that night, so I had dinner with my sister and then we saw a movie -- "The Talented Mr. Ripley." It stars the fabulous Matt Damon who I intend to seduce at the first opportunity, which will probably never arise. It was also one of the creepiest films I've ever had the good fortune? misfortune? to see. I don't enjoy brutal violence on-screen so that was a bit of a downer for me but also very necessary to the plot. Anyhow if you like sociopathic creepy thrillers then I suggest this film for your viewing pleasure. If you love Matt Damon, likewise. Then after the film we returned home, watched most of "A Hard Day's Night," which has become one of many videos we watch ceaselessly, and then turned on the regular television to watch Dick Clark in New York City and drank a bottle of champagne at 12. It was a nice evening -- not very out of the ordinary for us, though, except for the whole turn-of-the-century thing. Now that I've lost all interest among the readership, I supposed I will be going now to take my shower and write the essay I have to hand in next week on Polish Solidarity in 1980 and '81. Sexciting. Actually, the bagels and lox I had for breakfast were quite honestly very sexciting. Incidentally, anyone know of a good bagel shop in or near Glasgow? I might not survive another six months in Scotland without bagels. Goodbye, one and all, I love you dearly! Moira xoxo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: curious corn
by aconover＠optonline.net 02 Jan '00

02 Jan '00

well, we went to a party last night, but then found out we weren't invited, so all of us went back to mike's house and proceeded to get divinely drunk. not knowing the particular intensity of scotch, i became the sloppy drunk, flailing about all night, but at least i didn't strip like jay. i almost restrained myself from complaining about my romantic woes, though. however, an entire digested plate of eggplant parmesan ended up in the toilet, while i ended up with a face full of burst cappilaries. hope my parents don't notice... got my new lucksmiths record from www.insound.com ... check it out, it's a wonderful store, and since i live in the new york area all my orders get here within a day... they didn't ship the hefner before they got off work, though, so i'll have to wait a bit for that... not that i mind, because i'm still listening to the luckies... hm. - adam aconover(a)optonline.net Tempus Fugit is at: http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~conover/tempus/main.html +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: Boob Tube
by David Moore 02 Jan '00

02 Jan '00

Hi 2k, Nice to see that we're all still here. I can vouch from personal experience that Stuart David does *not* smell of wee, but I suspect that he may well smell of something else on occasion over the next few weeks as he works his way through his stockpile of baked beans. Apocalypse Tube: despite a lot of the between song crap being edited out, they still only found the time to broadcast one B&S song, the other (first?) take of The Loneliness Of The Middle Distance Runner, as preferred by the band themselves. Apparently another programme is to be shown next Friday evening at 6 p.m., so maybe we will get our opportunity to see & hear Beyond The Sunrise then. And now, over to our Guardian correspondent for the inside dope...............? Bye, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: What an eventful night.
by JENOWL22＠aol.com 01 Jan '00

01 Jan '00

Well, I would say something trite like this is my first e mail of the new millennium, but I won't. Happy new year sinister! Well, last night I had a good time. I got properly drunk for the first time, but no one tried to take advantage of me. I'm not sure if this is good, because I didn't get taken advantage of, or bad because no one wanted to take advantage of me. Oh and there were fireworks, and silly headbands saying "happy 2000", and I had the weirdest dress out of everybody. Oh and I got to be a first foot. Much to my annoyance, the first song I heard in the new millennium, was in fact, Westlife murdering Seasons in the Sun, because my friend happens to like that sort of thing. I was hoping for maybe Dog on Wheels, but she laughed and said no chance. I'm watching The Apocalypse Tube. B&S were on about 45 minutes ago, and they were really really good. except my gran phoned in the middle of it. Didn't StuartM look nice? I hope they play a second song. That's really only why I'm still watching it. I'm going to shut up and leave you all alone now. Love Jen +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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: happy easter
by idle berry 01 Jan '00

01 Jan '00

GO to CUBA! They're celbrating the millenium next year. two millenium parties in one decade?! ahhh! but can we handle the hangover twice? cheers idleberry (yet again) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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.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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