December 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: Two More Days
by Histrianic＠aol.com 01 Jan '01

01 Jan '01

two more days until a twenty-hour flight back to my beloved dorm... two more days until a twenty-hour session of boredom... two more days until a twenty-hour nap that I will wake up from, only to find myself in need of more sleep... two more days until a cramped up seat and three crappy movies... yep, I have two-- one now, because it is 12:12 AM-- days until I have to fly back to exeter, my beloved school and my friends. I will definitely miss home, and the fact that I was able to sleep twelve to thirteen hours a day here. I've certainly done a whole lot of shopping, and I can't fit everything into my tiny suitcase anymore, so I decided to steal my mother's. I bought three CDs yesterday, only I haven't listened to any of them so I can't tell if they're good or not. I am going to need a new CD case thing. I have ordered five, no wait, six CDs from amazon.com the day before thanksgiving, which they've informed me via email have been shipped on december twenty third. it should be in my mailbox by the time I get back. All by Guided by Voices, too. My friend, who introduced me to Belle and Sebastian as well, informs me that only three of the six CDs I bought are good. Under the Bushes Under the Stars, which is the one I'm most looking forward to, to be frank, apparently is by GBV overcome by the devil, or some kind of music satan... I think her opinion may have something to do with the fact that the first song on the CD, Teenage FBI, was in the Buffy soundtrack... GBV somehow reminds me of B&S. Maybe it's just because the same person introduced me to both of them, but they do... Not their music, because the music is pretty different, but just something about them... It can't be the band members, either, because GBV is, well, old compared to B&S. Or at least from what I know. Oh well. I have never listened to any songs remade that was originally by a female artist remotely resembling madonna. Except for maybe a couple of Weird Al songs. That was in response to Jeanette. So I wouldn't know. All I know is that Madonna ruined American Pie beyond belief. (QuickPoll: Did anyone actually like that new Music CD? Sorry if I offended anyone... but frankly, I hate that song. The music video? "What kind of evil are you watching?"!) I went out to dinner with twelve of my family members tonight. It was rather frightening. My family is really quite dysfunctional. I had to sit with my nineteen-year-old cousin who kept on calling her friends on her cell phone and a five year old who ate more than the two of us put together. Then he hit me on my head with a gold balloon that the waitress gave him. I popped the fucking thing with my nails. That was long. If anyone bothers to read this, which I doubt they will after scrolling down, please tell me what B&S and GBV have in common. Maybe they don't have anything in common at all to begin with, and it's just all in my head... I really should stop writing now. Except I haven't heard from any of my friends in two weeks, the only people I've held slightly meaningful conversations with were my mother, my father, and my grandmother, and I am starved of interesting people to talk to. Well, I did try to hold a conversation via aim with my crush, The Swedish Boy, platinum haired, rude, perverted, self-absorbed, and four years older... and really cool. But he didn't seem very interested in talking to me. Has anyone ever seen a production of The Still Alarm by George S. Kaufman? It's with the five guys and the fire in a hotel... I'm directing it, and I have nil clue as to what I'm doing, except maybe flirting with the second fireman. I have a big story about the second fireman, too, but that would take ages to type out and it's quite trivial anyway. Well, in perspective it's trivial. But to me it's quite life-or-death matter. Or maybe good-or-bad review sort of thing. I can't come up with a good analogy. Damn. I, or rather, my friend and I are coming up with another edition of the HMR SATs, a stupid test made for silly people with an obscure sense of humor. If anyone has any questions they'd like to see posted, send me your... well, questions. Just to give you a sense of what it's like, I'll give you a couple of sample questions that represent the true spirit behind the HMR SATs: -If you could choose a brand of windmills (NOT Swedish Windmills, Inc.) to sponsor this test, what would it be? -Why does "upbraid" mean "to blame" and not "to braid upward"? -e=mc squared. Write about someone who has no idea what that means. These are questions from about a year ago, and I don't find them very funny or witty now, with the possible exception of the windmill question, contributed by Will. The questions on the new test are funnier, I think, but as that is confidential until its release time, I think Rachel will be quite angry and flustered if I disclosed those questions. Okay, I'm gonna go now, and you probably don't even care, but that's okay. No wait, you're not Ben, so you should care. Or maybe Ben is on this list, although I very much doubt that, because he listens to banjo music, and I don't think I've heard Belle and Sebastian play the banjo. Maybe they do. Don't hate me because I've got a bad memory, hate me because... I lack common sense, maybe? I don't know. A lot of this is incessant rambling and babbling, in case you haven't noticed. And this has gotten really, really long, much longer than I had intended it to be. Oh well. That's life. ("How the hell do I control my life when I can't control my hair?") Lots of love and an obscure object or thought that I usually insert here but can't think of right now because my brain is dead. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: .
by Kev 31 Dec '00

31 Dec '00

Hello then, Because I can, because it's cold, because there's still a ton of booze, because you made me laugh, because The Sundays are playing, because my eyelids are heavy, because the I don't know what I'd do otherwise, because of the snow and the ice, because of the stains on my carpet, because of the sound of corks popping, because of the vinyl crackle, because my face is red, because the turn off was five miles back, because the cake didn't spoil, because, I still have the use of my hands, because of *that* melody, because of *that* half glance, because of the government, because I can't feel my feet, because the mirror broke, because I never made *that* call, because anyway, because of the girl who's tights laddered, because the boy thought he'd made it, because of things that only happen in the dark, because that's no way to act, because of broken wings and broken teeth. Because it seems important and because I'm sorry I let people down. It's : Dear Sinister, Happy New Year. Love Kev. x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Old Acquaintances Are NOT forgotten
by paul.rudolph.b＠bayer.com 31 Dec '00

31 Dec '00

Has anyone seen the movie The Lonliness of a Long Distance Runner? Is it recommended? I only found one mention of it in the now vast archives. The best concert I went to this year was The Delgados concert in San Francisco. Their sound in that small venue was massive and brilliant. Honorable mention goes to Medeski, Martin and Wood in Pittsburgh, PA.. and Bob Dylan (also in Pittsburgh, PA). On to topics of greater consequence... 1) For someone deprived the chance to grow old, Robert Burns was indeed, a wise man. 2) Thanks to all of you who have helped me along in my quest for good music, civility and such. 3) Here's hoping a certain, affecting young poster is not completely enthralled by the proclivities of HH, no matter how movingly he writes. (hee hee - and yes, I'm blurring the line between fiction and reality here but isn't that the post-modern way?) Lastly and most importantly...I raise a glass in token to boundless hope for the upcoming year 2001 Belle & Sebastian album and worldwide tour. best wishes/kisses/hugs for the new year... Paul +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: just to...
by pedro sim�es 31 Dec '00

31 Dec '00

well... just to wish a really great new year to all of you out there. lots of wine, lots of green smiles and a big bubble of love exploding on your sweet bodys. have fun and enjoy... Love, Pedro--------------------------------- "time to go go where you're feeling free" ------------------------------------------------------------ Email for Writers & Readers from www.malaspina.com http://www.malaspina.com/ Malaspina Great Books Homepage! http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/template.htm +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: penalty for hitting below the belt
by lisa morrison 31 Dec '00

31 Dec '00

after two posts off kilter i return like the cat who came back the very next day... i slink into view of lights and lampshades in windows, brave barefoot the mildew and wooding of rot porches... break out milk and saucer,dolls, crisp-glass the champagne for my homecoming... i want welcome...to crawl across yr lap and feel that long hard welcome... trapped in feet of snow all piled and polished on top of one another... god forbid confined to this house with its walls too white and thin so the neighbors will be kept perk-earred on late night and long distance legs thrown over and off couch cusions...but company came and kept me... from resulting in such all-snowed-in-and-dressed-to-go-out desperations...so we keep ourselves occupied and off one another by drinking the beer we had trunk stashed and no time to drink two nights ago...i drove one of the two companies to hand-pick b&s single (content)without even trying. she is jessica and there are no songs about her and she presents it to me, all holding it arm extended as if she were holding a stop sign but she's not she's holding the single...and i grin and her thin lips twist into what is supposed to be a grin...but then we dug out the car with all the elation of paul bunyon and they got in the blue ox and drove tires spinning without grip like faulty hands... this is the sex-pot in attempt to redeem herself for two derailed and rather ranting posts...and i wouldn't have to beg forgivness once you see what i'm wearing... rather ideal again. -lisa lips together hips apart. flight 101 coming in for a landing...and i walk off the plane with-out my sister...its called faith, right? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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: who nose what weevil lurks in the sinus terrine?
by carle groome 31 Dec '00

31 Dec '00

what a toss subject line! i miss john lennon a lot; maybe the last great whimsiest of the century. can't think of another to match his worldplay that actually made sense...after a while. when you really thought about it. (of course, that's what all good surrealists do anyways.) ok. why not embarrass m'self for 15 mins, i says! (egad! it's long john sliver!) just a note in passing to thank the list for the ultimate lexical weirdness that's come in over the transom for the past 6 or 9 months of my observation. i joined just in time to find out that there would be no tour or new product until at least the new year. then the fun began. reminds me a lot of dr. suess' "the cat in the hat" story of what went on when mother was out. none of us has any idea of what to talk about or do with each other while waiting for the next thing that has brought us all together. and that meant some amazing improv on the subjects of random existence, growing up, going on, and all that rodgers & hammerstein biz about "getting to know you..." it's been kinda like going to a party where you've not been invited so much as included. and since you don't really know anyone, you just hang round the clique and listen, not so much as non-participating as digging the rhythm, the speech patterns, the hors d'ouvres, and eventually (shades of Jona Lewie!) find yourself in the kitchen where all the bitchen gossip is cookin'. so keep up the good leisure! and let's make 2001 a truly spaced odyssey! carle +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: tom wiats / thankyou
by Colin Ferguson 30 Dec '00

30 Dec '00

Just a quick little post to thank everyone for their tom waits recommendations, and to apologise for not being able to thank you all individually. - Colin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 2001: a space oddity (apologies to stanley kubrick and david bowie)
by eric 30 Dec '00

30 Dec '00

hello all. I'm back again to bore all of you. perhaps it's just in my head. perhaps not. I used to be a different email address. now I'm this one. but somehow, I'm still eric. funny how that works. I've decided to throw my lot in with all of the "well, christmas is over now so I feel empty/happy/bad/hungry" messages. christmas makes me a bit sad anymore, because it doesn't really matter to me. I suppose I'm getting old, or maybe just less materialistic. it can't be the second one though, because if you don't care about material possessions, you're not a good american. my favorite part of the holiday was my gift to my bestest friend in the whole wide world. I made him a cd full of good music that I knew he would like but would never hear, since he listens to things such as matchbox 20, billy joel, and hootie and the blowfish. it had to be done, really. no one should have taste that bad. he quite liked it, apparently. I leave for london in less than two weeks. I'm getting a bit nervous, because I'm afraid of getting lost, and the tube seems incredibly intimidating. it doesn't seem that complex, but the ticket system is something my mind can't wrap itself around. and it's feckin' expensive, too. grrr. I found the cover of "heroes" that the magnetic fields did, and it's quite good, although it sounds like stephin merritt covering nico covering david bowie. not that there's anything wrong with that; a bigger fan of nico you will not find. in fact, all of you should go and purchase seven nico albums, right now. but skip "camera obscura", it's just embarrasing. synthesizers are the way of the future, you know. oh yeah. b&s content: they're good, eh? confusedly, eric (dear abby-like part) confidential to jenowl: homophobic nazi brothers will one day grow out of it. well, most of them. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I dreamed I was a bulldozer, I dreamed I ran out of petrol
by Moon Child 30 Dec '00

30 Dec '00

Hi. I'm feeling kind of lost at the moment, so I thought I'd find some comfort hiding with my second family. I've been lurking for about a year, but for some reason, I've never managed to pluck up the courage to post. Some voice in my head always managed to persuade me that I was making the wrong decision, that if I did try to post, the world would end and the elephants would become our all powerful rulers. I love most types of music but B+S hold a special place in my heart, ever since I first heard Tigermilk. There aren't many B+S fans around Durham as far as I can tell. Many a time have I had to wander my Sixth-Form Corridors alone, biding my time, playing 'We Rule The School' on the Grand Piano before being chased away by the menacing looks of the resident PE teacher. When I do attend lessons, my mind wanders to my next composistion or painting. I think I may have lost the ability to do any scholastic tasks. In fact, I am on route to failing my Biology A-level. Even the fact that the teacher rubs shoulders with Mick Cooke does nothing to capture my wandering mind. For the past 2 years I have been in love with a girl who, although a year younger than me, can make me feel like it was never worth being born. She doesn't mean to though. Is everyone looking forward to New Year? I can't really say I'm brimming with excitment at the prospect of the alkyhol pixies making a home for themselves in my head, which I know they will with much shouting and mooning. Enough of that though. My mind is starting to wander across the snow covered landscape that's waiting outside my window. So anyway, before I really embarrass myself, I'd better be going. Love you all. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.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: lovely winter stuff
by Amy Jackson 30 Dec '00

30 Dec '00

hello faithful sinister... well, isn't the snow grate? we've got inch upon inch of it, it's so beautiful and lovely, reminds me of when i was dead little and stuff and we got snowed in. yeah. did you have a good Christmas? i hope so. mine was excellent, the day was lovely and i got some kool presents, but the best thing was all my friends phoned me, some i hadn't spoken to for ages and ages, so that was really nice. then on boxing day i went to my gran and grandpa's house, my gramps was ill a while ago but he's so much better now, i didn't even think he'd still be here at Christmas thanks to the idiot doctors jumping the gun as per bluddy usual......anyways, we had a lovely time. then when i left my gran's house to go visit my aunt and cousins, the snow was falling really heavily, so me and my sister sang "winter wooskie" down the road, and then we sang "snow" by jj72 which hurt my throat, but that might have been the cold. i love little mark greaney. *sigh* do you know how to make a snow angel? what you do is you lie on your back in the snow and move your arms up and down from your head to your side, and then your legs from side to side, and when you stand up (but you have to be careful where you stand) you've made the shape of an angel. my sis and i did this in the gardens of my aunt's neighbours on boxing day night, so they'll have got a nice surprise the next day. i still think boys suck, only not as much as i did before cos my dear beloved has phoned me three times, or maybe four times this week which has been lovely. he's been dead sweet and stuff and most of me says maybe i should give up and just be mates with him but another part of me says to have a little faith and maybe he'll like me too. i'll just have to wait and see. what's your favourite new year song? you know, the song that whenever you hear it reminds you of new year and the fun, the dancing and stuff. mine is "500 miles" by the proclaimers. laugh if you want, i don't care, but every year since i was about 8 or something that song has been played wherever i've been at new year and EVERYONE sings along. everyone knows the words too, which helps. the first song i listened to this year was "eurodisco" by bis, i don't know what it'll be for 2001 but whatever it is it'll be good. i'll tell you a really cool song. it's called "why do you build me up buttercup" by the foundations and it's just so cool, i dance about to it at the union in glasgow and in my bedroom in the highlands (we don't have nightclubs or anything up here) and it's just fantabulous. everyone should go get it from napster. so ner. hello and happy new year to everyone who knows me, and to everyone who doesn't know me as well. :) take care, have fun, be happy, don't be afraid to dream, luv amy xxxxx _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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 +-+ +-+ "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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