December 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: Christmas Stuffing
by sleeka＠btinternet.com 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

For Glasgow folk, we went to the Electric City exhibition in the Lighthouse the other day and it's a bit of a Belle and Sebastian fest - including a stuffed Mick and Richard (honest!). The background music was Belle and Sebastian and there's constant looping of all the Belle and Sebastian videos on a big cinema screen (i'm not sure if it'll be B&S every day, or how often they change it). I thought folk might be interested in case they haven't seen the videos. There's also pictures of the pastels which you can easily navigate around according to your taste. Check it out on the modern internet - http://www.thelighthouse.co.uk/electric-city/ I really like the Christmas song, it goes to show how lovely Sarah's voice it. My mum said she sounded like "Borg". The arrangement in the middle is lovely, and there's two Isobel's singing at once. How did they do that? And the harmonies are lovely at the, quite Scarborough Fair. For people who were at the Sodastream Hyndland Gig, and for those who are interested. There's a couple of photos at http://www.sleekasounds.com/ in the media section, but there aren't any of the rather attractive sodastream blokes I'm afraid, just me. My throat is much better now, thanks. Check out the white bike! Mr. Chris =================== Visit www.sleekasounds.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: Kid D
by DAVID FOSTER 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

I know I'm a couple of months too late with this view but...............I think Kid A is far and away the best album of the year. It just like totally sums up how I'm feeling man, like really really deep inside y'know dude. No. Thats not it. The desperate hopeless tone of the record happens sadly enough to really click with me these last couple of months. Awwww poor me! FYHCYWLAP comes second, but only just. Sigur Ros, GYBE, and The Gentle Waves complete the top 5. Pretty unoriginal choices I spose. The Low Christmas album is lovely too. Love and a ra-pa-pa-pa-pum to you all David xxxxxxxxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: what if you need ferris's help one day? who'll help you then, you HEARTLESS WENCH
by Ian Hatcher 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

greetings, it would seem that i somehow managed to miss the very meet up i tried to organise. ah yes, when it comes to rank stupidity, i truly am the leader in the field (of one). it's difficult to explain exactly what happened without making myself sound more stupid, but basically, i had no idea where people were meeting up, got lost several times in dark alleys with my new shiny minidisc man proffering itself to muggers and thieves etc before eventually stumbling upon the spitz. i then waited in the cold for about half an hour, before realising that since i had a ticket i could go in. oh yes, it gets worse. i then went upstairs (to where the venue is) and got told to go back downstairs, then got sent back up before finally being told to go back down. which i did, and got my hand stamped. then, realising that i still hadn't made a fool of myself but that the night was yet young, i embarked on a journey back upstairs, where i managed to briefly evade the 'bouncer' (he wasn't very big, but he would still prolly have duffed me up :)) and saw a certain i. campbell sitting before me. and when the aforementioned bouncer started talking to me, i failed to notice him (being in a state of shock at my first ever sighting of a belle), and this seemed to make matters worse. so i hid from him for the rest of the night. but then i managed to get in the front row, where i looked in vain for the other sinis. i agree with carsmile's comments about the gig (except isobel's singing - being close to the stage meant i could her quite well), though i thought the last bill wells song was quite good (the one with stevie wailing beautifully). at the end of the gig, i had to rush off cos my last coach home was 11.30 and i had to get to victoria, so i got a taxi and he charged me 15 squid, before i nearly convinec him to drive me to canterbury for 35 squid (for non-southern listees, it's a 20 minute drive from liverpool street to victoria, and about 1 1/2 hours from london to canterbury). but i did get home, with badges and t-shirt firmly in tow :) anyway, sorry to anyone who missed me (wow. that sounds so unbelievably arrogant i think i'll leave it in for posterity :)) . . . ian. ps isobel's bottom was most definitely NOT on the big side. in fact, it was looking quite lovely :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: they say i'm on crack.......well at least that's the working man's drug(right?)
by j r kananen 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

it's called "dancing stage" in Europe? damn that's funny. There's this really cool Japanese arcade right near my house (I live in Pasadena) that has all the music games (Dance Dance, Samba De Amigo, Keyboard Mania, Drum Mania, Guitar Freaks Pop'nMusic, and 100 different versions of Beat Mania [the original, it's where the name of the series of games, BEMANI, comes from] and about any other cool little Japan only game around, all for very inexpensive prices! I like Drum Mania best because I'm best at that game (being a drummer and all...) though I think they are all fun in their own way. BTW DDR 4th mix can't be beat (get it hehe) I just realized how OT this really is...for a ML about a quaint little Scottish band we start talking about video games who's soundtracks come from either mega dance hits or weird little Japanese bands (L'ark~en~ciel is the greatest!!!!). sorry if this bothered anyone. video update: we are done shooting "The State I Am In" (for those of you who don't remember I produced a short film for school who's story is partially based on the song we all know and love). Post production (editing) begins tomorrow. in case you cared Ja Ne (or to non-Japanese speakers; 'later') Jason - we got heads on sticks - Radiohead Kid 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 +-+ +-+ "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: on the flipside
by marikka 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

i feel rather pathetic here. i am in california which everyone assumes is so warm and yet i am freezing my ass, but mainly my fingers. and the news keeps threatening that there's a huge energy shortage and the electric companies might start having blackouts tonight on purpose. i don't really see the point, it will just piss us off more. first, we have to deal with the horrendous fog that makes it impossible to get to work in the morning, and then after managing to make it through the day while being harrassed by old men, we have to return home to the possibility that we might not have power. we might not be able to make dinner. as if anyone wants cold cereal when you're shaking. and now they are telling me that particular northern california cities might make me sick. oh, the worries. and this is what it took to get me out of my hiding mode. i won't say that i lurked, i hid. i like hiding, there's a small bit of excitement with it. i was always intrigued that in hide-and-seek, the best places to hide were always the ones that were harder to get out of and therefore you always ended up being "it," which wasn't at all exciting. but lurking seems so suspicious, and I don't really feel suspicious today. i suppose i could turn on the heater and try to warm up, but what's the point when the only room that gets warm is the bathroom. if i wanted to spend my time in there, my tv would be there. i would have a stereo in there at least. definitely a phone. or maybe that is the way to go, hide in the bathroom so that i can be warm and not hear the bad news that my hometown might kill me and that the town i am living in now will. next they will tell me that fossil plants are out to get me and then i guess i would have to hide in the bathroom and wait for the guy from "ed" to save me. and now i realize that i have let out how american i actually am. i don't try to be. but i will say this, most americans would never be able to distinguish a canadian accent from an american accent, unless it was a french canadian accent and then they would still just think the person was from the south. and the election is fabulous. i love hearing the same thing in the morning, talking to everyone they possibly can and saying the same thing. i like lawyers less and less each day, not that i want bush junior as president, of course the keg parties would be fun. and now, i have gloves on, but i'm saving energy, right? i guess a semi-formal intro is in order. marikka...geologist, which means that i try to get gasoline out of the soil, not oil out of the rock, that's someone else...fresca drinker. i would be consuming scotch, but i like having a choice. and jack daniels isn't really my thing...i own red furniture to counter the neutral requirements of the apartment complex...and something related to b&s, what can i say? anything i try to say will not even express how i really feel about them. i just wish i could find someone in the valley that loves them too. but now i am getting myself depressed. no one to love, no one to share music with, and all i have is a cold apartment in a town that will probably kill me. marikka. __________________________________________________ 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: public kudos to kado
by lisa morrison 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

being the naughty bitch that i am... (and i hear people are challenging this now...ahemjeffburkeahemcough) and the smutty pupster that i am which really has no relevence but i mention it anyway for the sole fact that smut is the sweat that oozes from the pores of my quasi-nympho-esque curves deep breath (don't listen too closely now) i must extend a public fist in the we-were-punk-rockers-tradition to steven kado a) for posting FINALLY b/c they always make me cringe with unnecessary detail b) for recognizing the greatness the infamous bikini-fuckin-kill... as well as mentioning the make up, who have climbed my personal top10 at a frighteningly rapid speed but have failed to touch the great bikini kill who stand at a firm number two. now i've broken all the rules... send me to bed without my supper...and don't be surprised if i don't answer the phone...i've been a bit tied up lately... nothing like role reversal to knock me hard off my heels... being ideal for all -l.( is a rule breaker...) _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : 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: A factory of makers
by Kenneth P Y Chu 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

Hello, Hope you are all well, well I am ok, ok better than last time, last time I was feeling rather sinister. Sinister are a bunch of lovely people, lovely people make me feel happy again. Again I hug all of you, you bunch of sweet pies. :) It's almost Christmas time, I think I generally like Christmas, because it's holiday and it gives me a few weeks where I can do absolutely nothing for the whole time and not get told off for it, which must be a good thing. And I also get to drink a lot of booze. Cos normally I do a lot of work and not drink booze at all... heh :) Christmas also means presents! Well normally I don't get a lot of presents (and I don't have to send many) but this year is different thanks to Joan of Dark (who eats yogurt in the park) who is organising the present exchange thing. I wonder if I'm getting a present from Rosseta the cat. Talking of gifts, ooh I got two sympathy crush votes! Thank you thank you now I know that although no one loves me there are two people who don't hate me. Thank you so very much you have so totally brightened up my day and I love you lots and you are GRATE. or :)G:)R:)A:)T:)E:) *hugs* oh I'm going to write a song about you my secret crushes. But before that best finish off this work now, arrrgh I am feeling like the boy who is always working, working, working..... Byeeeeeee Hugs and Red Bulls Ken ====================================================================== are the dummies in the windows they spend their money on clothes it saddens me to think that the only ones I see are mannequins looking stupid being used and being thin - 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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Re: Sinister: The Crazy Spinnng Circles Going Round and Round
by Phillip Runion 05 Dec '00

05 Dec '00

Peter Miller wrote: >Isobel claims Beyond the Sunrise is really really filthy. I hadn't > >noticed, despite regularly masturbating alongto it. I must respond to this because i was thinking what about how pornagraphic a song it could be only a week ago. Paraphrasing each verse, the story goes: Verse One: Joe hadn't had sex in a while and had quite a large supply of ejaculate. He was oh so lonely. Verse Two: He was about to lay down to another night of sleeping alone and a quick session before turning in. And then some chick showed up. Verse Three: "Taste. . my skin and. . . you will rise." Self explanatory. Verse Four: They knock boots until the sun comes up. The girl knows it's a one night stand and doesn't care. Verse Five: Joe thought that the whole thing could have been drunken reverie, but then the girl indicates that she is ready for another go. Dirty Dirty Dream Number Three. sorry, phil r _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : 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: Pinefox on the streets of London
by Alasdair Cook 04 Dec '00

04 Dec '00

Pinefox in the offy; Pinefox in the chip shop, vinegar and chords of toffee. Pinefox on the beach, Pinefox making women gasp; something out of reach, Pinefox making one last grasp. Pinefox dancing wildly, arms and legs and hair; Pinefox walking idly, never quite without a care. Don't ask me what's going on, I only work here. You Popkids turn me on. I've been to London town, to see the queen. I glimpsed her sad eyes through the palace window, but in a moment she was gone, like so many romances. I was driven to Oxford (and almost round the proverbial bend) by a mad woman coach driver, who at one point leapt up from her position behind the wheel to scream "Does everyone know the MP Michael Foot? Look, there he is! Look, can you see him, there he is, can you see him!!?, told stories of recent coach deaths through NOT LISTENING TO THE DRIVER'S INSTRUCTIONS and other tales involving the Iraqi -not the Gulf-war. Interesting. I saw the band but not the poet and critic Tom()Paulin, who were lovely, and the band but not the sculptor and historian The Gentle (!) Waves, who were dull in all the right places and acceptable in the some of the wrong ones. "Ah yes, I recall the first time I encountered this type of salt, twas in 89, a day like no other, when the clouds seemed to smear the sky with nostalgia and the skunks..." What an aaaaaasshole. "Truth is often stranger than diction" - Emmitt Runding, 'Wit and it's relation to the unconciously boring', 1967. These words came to mind during the week when a waitress of a foreign persuasion seemed unable to grasp my need for condiments. It kills the grease. Acid can be so troubling, as any reader of Kelman knows. Come on McT! On Saturday I lost a lot of words. Some of them I gave away as cheaply as the hours, some of them I hope to retrieve at a future point in time. I only hope I can remember them in the meantime. Peter Miller asked for a review of Sodastream/Mistopher Chris from everyone who was there, and I think I was, although it's been a while and my mind is foggy. Maybe the doctor told me that I'd lost my memory, I can't remember. Anyway, Sodastream were rather nice, although I can't seem to get as emotional about them as certain other listees. Still, they played Hope Grocery which, in common with Katrina, is my favourite song. The highlight of course was witnessing the thrills n spills of a Leonardian performance. His throat is sore! He sings on! He's lost his plectrum! He's found it! Oh, it was in THERE... Wonderful. Later on I even found time to spit on David Moore whilst having an utterly pointless argument about the sentiments of Neil Young songs. I think we called it a draw. Sorry Dave. Peter may also be interested to know that those gorgeous Foxgloves are recording a new track. I shouldn't reveal too much for fear of breaking some kind of pact, but it has a line stolen from a song stolen from a poem. See if you can guess which one. Oh, and it needs more flutes. I'm sure it'll be a hit with the kids anyway. Alasdair xx _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : 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: The Crazy Spinnng Circles Going Round and Round
by Peter Miller 04 Dec '00

04 Dec '00

In some parts of Africa, HIV-positive men think they can be cured by having it off with a little girl, apparently. Quite what this has got to do with the recent spate of good press for The Gentle Waves is anybody's guess, but there was more of it in the December issue of Mo-Jo Magazine, together with a Stuart Murdoch-pleasing AC/DC dossier. Alarmingly, Isobel talks about B&S in the PAST TENSE! Has she left to concentrate on The Gents' ? Have B&S split up? I do hope so, 'cos they've been really shit since Judy is a Dick Slap came out. I bet Mick McMick knows. Isobel claims Beyond the Sunrise is really really filthy. I hadn't noticed, despite regularly masturbating along to it*. Am I being smutty enough? We can't really count on Adrian Evans anymore, because he's up to his neck in nappies. Congratulations, Adrian and his Kate. Hey Junior, behave yourself! Thanks to Carsmile for the prompt and detailed report of The Gents's concert. You thought they were quite good, did you? What did everybody else think? What kind of dancing went on afterwards? Have you noticed that if you sing along to Panic by The Smiths, but change the word "panic" to "Pinefox", you get a nightmare vision of the future? Give it a try. Could life ever be sane again? At 44.99 the Rare Cult box set is too expensive, yet the one CD highlights collection is simply inadequate. I listened to Lloyd Cole and the Negatives on a foul germ-infested listening post the other day. What happened to Lloyd's lovely American accent? There was a nice song on it though, No More Love Songs or something. Take note, members of "tompaulin". You sad sack of arse bastards. Get a fucking life. Like me. I went on a bus this morning. I went past the legendary Nou Camp, where Jordi goes with his dad. I bet he doesn't pretend to be a cat when he's there. They'd have his guts for girdles. I've been to see Charlie's Angels. Be warned, no matter how close you sit to the screen, them knockers ain't getting no bigger. Peter * like the rest of you. Go on, admit it. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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