November 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: the original tiger milk- �3.29!!!
by idleberry 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Hello all, Ugh. Too early in the morning, but I have lots to do, and yert again I haven't done anything this weekend. Waster? moi? Got drunk with flatmates, on Saturday and Sunday. Not the drunken flatmate though, the other two, who I like. Started getting soppy on Saturday. Didn't help one of my flatmates pals was over, and has settled into our little place, so I was trully in a "I luuuuuv yoooooou!" sort of mood. Mind you, two bottles of wine! Got thanks for being such a great picker of booze. Not really, I just look to see where the medium dry/sweet is, and pick that. Not too fussed. So yesterday, after cooking (I decided to cook for a change, seeing as I am always being cooked for) we had a couple more bottles of booze and played monopoly. Yes, I won. Well, what did you expect? I was the banker as well. ;) Bottles of Wine consumed= 2 on Saturday, three Sunday. Panic attack about impending university work= 1, this morning. Oh, and as for my subect title. Saw a bottle of wine, I had to buy. Called Tiger Milk. My flatmates laughed at how bloody sad I can be (which is quite frequent.) But we agreed that at least it was wine and music, not, say, other things. Y'know. Like Buffy or Star Trek. (My little brother is a huge fan of both of these things. Has a klingon dictionary, all the videos of virtually every season, of every Star Trek incarnation, and Buffy, STNG uniform eek! I know the STNG geeky talk!!) So I bought a bottle of wine, purely for the label. Ho hum. Well, I'm looking forward to popping the cork and seeing what Tiger Milk actually tastes like. I'll report back when I've sobered up and tell you. Love for now, Idles ===== http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/corduroysmoke we're all smoking our corduroys in our secret little b+s club- what are you doing?? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: (re)introduction
by Vanessa Siegl 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

Hello everybody, I used to be on this list ages ago (I think I left around may 1999) Checking up the archives on my old posts ... I can't believe how young I was ... and just how much more easy I found it to write just any old stuff for everybody to see. So many things changed in the meantime and some did not ... I still live in the town that I hate ... I still dream of getting away ... I still like Belle and Sebastian ... after ignoring them shamefully for nearly a year (Till Fold Your Hands ... hit the shops here) oooh yes ,,, even though I am still using this e-mail address (I was impressed to see that the list seems to remember that I was here before) I quit uni about a year ago and decided to become some sort of "webdesigner" (or rather some person who does,,, err websites) ... I guess I could be a lot further than I am already had I not been so slack over the summer-months --- anyway, after chatting with Dafyd recently (hi!) I decided to rejoin .... I guess long and nice sinister - mails are exactly what I need right now! take care everybody ,,,, v/x -- ********************************************** what a waste of time --- http://www.clodia.net ********************************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ding dong the witch is dead
by Stephen Hewitt 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

hey babies another monday morning, another load of rambling waffle :) Saw hefner on saturday with whistler and they both rocked, well ok, whistler didn't exactly rock as such, they were vewy vewy quiet, but they were good, although i still prefer their older stuff to the newer stuff. Hefner were loads better than the last time i saw them, a lot beefier for want of a better word, although i think darren is still possibly the least likely rock god since um, err, well, someone really unrockgodlike, errrrrrr jonathan richman, no only kidding :) Also a mini-sini meet up occurred featuring me and glampam (where was mark hester we asked ourselves ??) and for those of you dying to know the latest darren hair update, it's getting a little shaggy around the back, but the fringe is a reasonable length. So, i wonder if they will release "the day that thatcher died" when she finally does, i'll certainly be playing it at top volume, and probably running into the street and shouting it at the top of my voice. In a bored moment the other night i realised there is not an "amitweeornot" despite there being a gothornot, as well as the original hotornot. Perhaps some enterprising person out there could start one, we could use the sini-picture gallery as a starting point ;) Can we have a quick show of hands from those of you going to genital waves on saturday? also does anyone know if we'll need to get tix in advance, how big is this spitz place? Finally, i was reading my sunday times "doors" supplement yesterday (hey, you've got to keep up with the kerr-aaazy world of modern technology <cough>) and one of the columnists mentioned http://www.blahblahblah.co.uk which i think you should all click on to see what honeymummy is apparently getting up to in her spare time, Dr. Sinister, eh? I thought all that bunnyhugging was just a front all along ;) xoxo CarsmileSteve, an orange boilersuit-clad tool of the revolution, it appears PS the above site probably has nothing to do with honey at all, or maybe thats just what he wants us to think... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: christmas cd query?
by Jordi Trenzano 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

could someone tell me the situation with the christmas cd b&s are contributing to (along with > other fabbo acts like Grandaddy, saint et, eels etc)??? Kay Heath from > Jeepster told me that it should be out on november 20 (thanx for info > btw!) but also heard it has been pushed back. could someone give as much > info about it. I hope that Kin is still enjoying the Black Box Recorder live tape I sent her loads ago :) On the other side of the world, in Spain, I was told that the shops will have to ask the cds straight to Jeepster, as itŽs a charity album, so weŽll have to wait. I went to see Piano Magic again on saturday. I donŽt know if they will play here again soon (following the example of the new catalans Baxendale), but I wonŽt go if they do. If youŽre a bit sick already, Glen Johnson sends you straight to bed. Question: is it true that weŽll finally have this "Old Ramon" album from the Red House Painters released soon ? Piano Magic, Red House Painters and Christmas. I better stop talking about sad things. 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)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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: christmas cd query?
by Kin WOO 27 Nov '00

27 Nov '00

hey peeps! it's yr extremely erratic fellow b&s fan from perth, western australia here-hiya!:) hope everyone is doin' great and in fine fettle now that most of us uni-going kids are on holidays (or will be soon)-yay! passed all my exams, have part time job in dept store which should *hopefully* be much better than crappy waitering job i had last year, AND helping out in organizing a music festival-what fun! not to mention reading some great books that i'm ashamed to admit i haven't read yet like "catcher in the rye" (absolutely wonderful-should be compulsory reading for everyone), "from hell" that Alan Moore graphic novel about Jack the ripper and also have "great gatsby" and "on the road" on the agenda. anyone recommend any other books??? am currently reading brett easton ellis's "glamorama" which is hilarious and horrifying in its superficialities. erm anyhoo, haven't been keepin' up much with news but could someone tell me the situation with the christmas cd b&s are contributing to (along with other fabbo acts like Grandaddy, saint et, eels etc)??? Kay Heath from Jeepster told me that it should be out on november 20 (thanx for info btw!) but also heard it has been pushed back. could someone give as much info about it. 'cos even though i live here in perth, I really wanna get it (and if contributes to the excellent big issue charity then even better) and would thoroughly appreciate all and any info. ok hear from some of you soon seeya Kin Woo "What's the deal? Take a pill!"- Cordelia Chase +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: yo tengo yo la tengo
by eric 26 Nov '00

26 Nov '00

hello. mr. brian pennington's post has inspired me to do the same. lest you all forgot, he wrote about the yo la tengo show in new york on saturday: "It seems while in line to enter the club she saw Stevie and Struan behind her, and starstruck, said hello to them. Then came back and reported to me that they were there." grrrr. I went to the friday show because I had to be home in delaware this weekend, so last night, instead of saying "whoa!" (if I said things like whoa) at the sight of 2/7 of belle and sebastian, I was at the movies watching "unbreakable" (which, although good, was not as good as seeing yo la tengo a second time would have been, if you follow). I am in awe of yo la tengo now, more than I ever thought I would be. they were simply amazing. damon & naomi were less so, but my enjoyment of their quiet music could have been impeded by The Most Obnoxious Man Ever who kept loudly talking throughout their set, at one point proclaiming them "the worst band ever". why do people insist on being there to see the opening act if they're simply going to be there talking and being silly? grrrr again. two growls is my limit. I depart for points unknown. disjointedly, eric p.s. memo to jonny: write me back please, I'm going crazy in delaware. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Struan and Stevie sighting in Noo York
by Brian Pennington 26 Nov '00

26 Nov '00

Salutations, I foresee this being a very, very long e-mail, as I was going to post anyway, and the events of the yesterday have given me both real content and reason to make the post even longer. I'll try to keep relevant bits at the top, and you can all delete it as you get bored, in a sort of marathon-like post reading. Went to the Yo La Tengo / Go-Betweens show last night. Fantastic show, in fact the best I've seen since a bunch of Glaswegians hit our shores. The Go-Betweens were....well not as good as the time I saw McLennan/Forster but still quite excellent. I want to see them doing a set without acoustic guitars though, so I think I'll have to go see them again when they come back with some Modern Lovers. Anyway, seeing them is still fantastic. And heaven is the soft curve of a cheek in profile, turned just so, illuminated by pink stagelight. Preferably from behind, turned you can see a little dip where the eye socket begins, at about eighty feet, then seventy, a little closer each song. Meanwhile, I finally found Miss Mai in the crowd around the end of the Go-Bs set, and learned some interesting news. It seems while in line to enter the club she saw Stevie and Struan behind her, and starstruck, said hello to them. Then came back and reported to me that they were there. So we weaved our way into the crowd to get closer, and Mai (who I swear must have Struan Radar or something!) noticed we were right next to Struan, looking dapper in a coat and leather gloves. We broke the ice and chatted with him awhile. I feel I ought not to reveal the reason they were in New York, as it sounded rather uncomfirmed, and it would betray some sort of pact. However, the reason they were at the club was to see the Go-Betweens. It sounded (and I couldn't be sure) that they may not ever release Loneliness of the Middle Distance Runner. Sadness. And after a fellow Scotsman talked to him a bit he said they were aiming to try and tour in the Springtime. Surprisingly, not that many people seemed to realize he was in our midst. Either that or they were paralyzed with fear. But I am not one to let that stop me, and I think I only slightly made an ass out of myself. He was certainly very nice and approachable though. But left when Yo La Tengo came onstage to look for Stevie. But Yo La Tengo were fantastic. They glided just off the ground of darkened country roads. They bent slabs of white noise around my heart and sent me to giddy euphoric heights. They made the girl with the illuminated cheek sway in the most delightful manner. At the highest points of epiphanic intensity I felt as though I had never really lived until that moment. That my life up to that point had been a thousand empty shells interspersed with empty days and nights, all building up to this moment. And that if I expired the next morning I would have achieved all that was necessary. So, uh, yes they were good. I suppose that's all the music-related content that will be in this post, so if you'd like, press the delete button now. Some of you still there? Ah, good. Well my life has been rather interesting lately, and I think one could draw parallels between their own and mine, so it might be worth sharing a bit to you all. You see, I recently moved from the hills of Appalachia to the Big City. A rash move, most definately, but I'm at an age when rash moves are expected of me. I spent a lot of time alone in a small room wondering what I was going to do, but eventually I got it all sorted out. Now I feel as if it was the best decision I have ever made. I cannot imagine feeling more justified. If my life were an 80's teen romance in film, this would be the part in which a montage of happy scenes segue from one to the other. Sitting on park benches, late at night, talking and laughing, stars gleaming, eyes averted. Chance run-ins on subway platforms. Suspiciously subsequent chance run-ins on subway platforms. Ought to throw some scenes from last night's show in there as well I'm certain. Above all, lots of talking, lots of furtive glances, and plenty of beer. My troubles slide away with phantom grasps too weak to take hold. My mind so rarely lingers on the past and so seldom worries about the future, firmly planted in the present. It's enough to make the confidance creep back out from behind my eyes and sit itself comfortably back in my life. Which is probably obvious to the reader, else what would possess me to yammer on and on about it? Well, I ought to stop here before I get even more dull. -- Brian Pennington, aka Mick McMick | cellophanesky(a)mac.com | ICQ# 39021436 Sandcastle Records: <http://www.indiepages.com/sandcastle/> the Cellophane Sky:<http://home.earthlink.net/~cellophanesky/the/index.html> "Better a tear of truth than smiling lies." - Duncan Browne +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: Flip the sock around
by Kenneth P Y Chu 26 Nov '00

26 Nov '00

Hello, How are you all? I am exhausted after a fun packed few days, and meeting up with Sinister people galore :) Went down to London and played on a few arcade games, including one very good one that was really fun. Then went for the pub and a very very yummy curry. I have missed London soooooo much. I was even walking along the same station I were when I was working in the summer. Then we went back to Nottingham and had a coupld of lectures and then McDonald's, and then went up to Sheffield for some D_A_N_C_I_N_G which was grate, and drank a lot of double vodka and red bull which was also grate, and woke up with a big hangover which was not particularly grate. It was sooo good, thanks to everyone who made my trip so so so so much fun. :))))) Wow, there was quite a few sinister e-mails in the past few days, I was tempted to not read them but I've been a good boy and read them all. Instead of doing work... Arrrgh I hate work I wanna do fun things instead like finish recording a song and replying to e-mails and fixing my guitar (fun..) and going bowling and juggling and drinking red bull. Arrrgh I hate work. But I will have to do it now. :( Byeeeeeeeeeee. Work free holidays and Red Bulls Ken ====================================================================== but if you're feeling sinister, go off and see a minister he'll try in vein to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever - Belle & Sebastian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: rambling over sinister hills
by gogron 26 Nov '00

26 Nov '00

hello given the fact that I like everyone I've met in sinister, chat and mail, and given the fact that I seem to be particularly unhinged at the moment, I'm not sure if discretion would be the better part of valour or not. Can I describe things, anything, objectively? the answer to that has to be no... not that I ever could but there are degrees. It is saturday morning. CONTENT yup, that's why I started the 'new message' function I met the guy who's doing the illustrations to the Belle and Sebastian book of song lyrics the other night. He doesn't seem to have started them. He's assembling a collection of photos of members of the band. But he seems genuinely interested in doing an interpretation of the lyrics. Given the fact that, in Scotland, at least (sorry Scarlit, he's no Hussein Chalyan :)) he's a titanic literary figure, that's a compliment of sorts. Keep on rocking, baby, till the night has gone, sings Abba Well, the night has gone, but the light is unwelcome... Bram Stoker makes more sense all the time.. the fact vampires are a mythology, not just a story. And JenOwl, are you real? Or am I missing something. if I don't press send now I never will Gordon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: You're not impressed by me, but it's a funny way for you to tell me...........
by Jason McKinnon 26 Nov '00

26 Nov '00

Halo Sinister Seraphim, Holiday Maladies and Turkey Triptamine Naptimes abound in the land of the Patty Hearst and Love and Haight. The city sleeps while we clean out closets looking for somethiing to wear to that damn club we hate. We take vitamins to shore up our bones and dry our ducts, to keep from weeping at all this Humanity. We are more sad when we realize that we are inextricably involved with it. Maybe, we are IT. There's this poet I like who describes San Francisco the best: "Stomping streets stalking.With images of two-headed beasts talking. Way too much of a bad, bad thing. She poked a hole in my soul. Tried to catched the runoff in a gilded friendship bowl. So I hazard a Duke Boy's Yell, and a musty clothes smell, and walk down the hill. So not thinking of her or it or them. Noticing how slim I've gotten since my deflation,(How good I am at mental masturbation!) Now I love clothes as much as the next gal, but I plan to fill them out one day. Hollow, invisible outfits stand in darkened dank debutante-packed Basement clubs. With Sparkles in their eyes and in their noses. Paper doll poses. Like stiff cut-outs giving shout-outs to their "friends". Conversation so light you could blow it away with a big fat rail. Running noses bleeding on the "As-is" sale." You know. A while back I had the same thought that Gogron alluded to in his last posting. But I wondered the same about the girl who is some kinda nobile in some Eastern European country. Being a polite boy (and a bit of smart ass), I have said nothing. Is it important if they are real? Doesn't it make you wonder what is? I think I like that thought. The Pickle Prince Postscript: Oh yeah.....I'm getting off my ass after a long sabbatical and starting a new band. (Yay!) If you wanna hear what my old one sounded like.... go to http://www.listen.com and search for The Minstrels. I'll keep you posted on the progress. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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