February 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: So which do you like best, Blonde on Blonde or Dusty in Memphis?
by David Moore 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

Hi there Village People, Does this new conurbation have a name yet? Honey told me he would love to be Upper Sinister. Or was that Struan? My life is being taken away from me: not only am I listening to Incredible String Band & Who records (60's of course, not that 70's past-it stuff) again, I can't see one of those bluddy vehicles without reading "Fistbus" on its sign. Maybe they should repaint them all Sapphic lavender as well. Massive props, as Mark C would say (or should that be ejaculate?) to the Fair Michele for name-checking Ten Years After: the thought of Alvin Lee on the Sinister list made me fall off my chair laughing - Thanks! Oh, & well done Mark, we'll make a proper smutster out of you yet. What does going to the mattresses mean? List Crush: I think its a bit dodgy for Miss Crush to link up the mutually becrushed: she might be followed by the Misses Match, Marriage, Conceive & Begotten. Far more interesting for the manipulative Ms Crush to reveal the identities of rivals for the affection of their crush objects to each other, so that they can challenge each other to duels, to be fought with crochet hooks, or baguettes (bought from Aranxta's shop, naturally), or some other such suitably twee weapons. Hands up all Sinisterines going to All Tomato Party: will there be enough of us there to stake a claim to a sizeable corner of the Queen Vic & keep the super furry hordes at bay? (Bet all those sheep in the field next door end up having to wear nappies) I'm still short - sorry Jarkko :( Bye, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Torquay 1 Exeter 0. Ha!
by Mark Casarotto 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

I bet you're all jealous cos Peter's email was almost entirely for ME... Peter, your email address is your Bob the Builder password. I know this as I have just successfully logged in as you. Oh, the power... I'm afraid I'm a big fan of dead horse flogging (or fraggling, as Elle insists on calling it - check out the archives for the full riveting story, kids!), so sorry Peter. I've already offered Paul Arathoon outside for a sherbet fountain duel to the death over who gets to be the footie team's left back (in the changing room...I'll get me coat, shall I), as Rachel, I'm afraid I'm a bollocks striker. Can our strip be entirely made up of the luminescent stuff Nike use on fashion victim trainers (of which I'm a big fan)? It would not only make us easier to pick out on the park, but would also dazzle opponents during floodlit matches, and would be dead cool into the bargain, la. The thought of Liz Daplyn as the village pro makes me come over all hot and bothered. I think I'll have to have a lie down. Well, Jason at the Mean Fiddler has told me that Tigermilking is cancelled on March 10th. He's too busy getting promoters to commit to regular weekly/monthly bookings, and at the moment doesn't have space for us until May, and that's if we guarantee at least three dates. The spoilsport. Still, it gives me an excuse to look for alternative venues, so if anyone has a good knowledge of the London gig and club scene and can think of cheap, decent venues with decks etc. supplied, please please let me know (privately) and we can go from there. Ta! But Leyla, if you want a get together to be organised that Saturday or Sunday - your wish is our command. If anyone's up for it let me know! On to business matters. Frankly, I don't feel I'm getting my deserved financial reward out of Sinister. I feel the time is right for Sinister to take advantage of the internet bubble and float on the stock market. With Honey retaining 51% of stock, and the remainder being shared out between the rest of the shareholders (i.e. us), a conservative valuation of 10 million pounds would provide us all with shares worth roughly four thousand quid each. Which isn't as stupid as it might sound - anyone selling a mailing list of the members of Sinister could expect top whack for it - over a thousand educated, computer-literate, mostly young punters, a marketeer's dream. And research shows that measuring the market capitalisation of companies like Yahoo, AOL and Amazon in terms of value per registered user gives each customer a value of between 200 and 16,000 dollars (honestly, though I can't remember the exact figures). So why don't we take advantage of each other (and let's face it, it's what most of us are here for already), and use our perceived value to whore ourselves around and become rich, rich, I tell you, beyond our wildest dreams!* I got called Capitalistic Mark on #sinister last night. Wonder why. Biondino xxx *I was actually joking about all this, but then again, you never know... ******************************************************************* The contents of this e mail from HIT Entertainment PLC are confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy or further distribute this e mail; please notify us by telephone on 020 7224 1717, and delete the e mail from your computer. This e mail has been checked by our anti-virus system before leaving us; we accept no responsibility for the e mail and any attachments once they leave us. www.hitentertainment.com www.bobthebuilder.org ******************************************************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Me and the Vicar
by Robin Stout 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

Hello I just went to the bank and there was a terribly posh old man with a brush moustache and a tweed jacket there asking the cashier how to use the hole in the wall. "I've never used the "hole in the wall", you see. I think I ought to learn in case they close all the banks, seems a damn fool thing to do if you ask me. I have a Barclay's "card" here, do you have a pamphlet to show me what to do?" It was very odd. He was like someone out of a book. I think he must have been away fighting the damn fool fuzzy wuzzys for the last fifty years, or something. He was probably a Major - they're all a bit daft aren't they? As I've been beaten to the position of village boulangerer by Arantxa I think I'll have to be the village windowcleaner, having endless saucy adventures with my squeegie stick. Like, right, there could be a time when I'm cleaning a window and the vicar opens the window to show his mother-in-law the garden and I accidentally clean the vicar's face by mistake! And there could be another time when I'm cleaning some windows and I accidentally drop my bucket of water and it lands on the vicar's head! And there could be another time when I'm cleaning a window and inside there's a woman having a bath! With big knockers! And she's the vicar's wife! Yes, that would be funny. The vicar could be Struan. He could do his angry face. Bye! Robin xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Perspective and Vision
by Brandt Fundak 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

Hello again, *WARNING* This post will actually have B & S content. This does not mean the post will be worth reading. But first... Last night one of my old friends from high school called me, and told me his band was playing in a BW3 (for those of you who don't know, it is a place to buy chicken wings and beer, not to see bands play.) and me being the sort of nice guy that I am went to see them. They bored the hell out of me of course (they are talented musicians, but work under the mistaken assumption that music has to be complex to be good) but I got to see my friend Nate, who informed me that he had been fired from his job, took a $7 pay cut at his new one, got his jeep broken into, his cds stolen, and got his 19 year old girlfriend pregnant (Nate is 25.) This put into perspective the fact that my main bone of contention with the world right now is the fact that I have to wait until March 31 to see the Make Up play live. It's been a good week so far. I started writing again, and that makes me feel good. I'm glad that I think I have something worth saying. And now what you have all been waiting for: The B & S CONTENT Sometimes I wish that Belle and Sebastian would just break up so that I can stop having the expectation that I may actually see them play live some day and getting all geared about a new LP. Maybe some day, different members of B & S will start touring under the name B & S and then there will be litigation and then they will end up getting back together. Just like Yes. Okay, this has gone on long enough. Brandt ===== "It's like a magic unicorn came into your house and farted springtime." --Johnny Bluejeans __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: manic dancing and buggery gnomes...
by caroline smith 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

hellloo chickadees me again at last! phewph after leaving the nursery and sending an initial (and if i'm being honest a bit rubbish 1st message) my computer had a big benny at me. my big sissy tells me its the buggery gnomes, who don't commit buggery, but generally bugger everything up, who do this to my computer. so i'm sorry that reading all your lovely messages has been quite difficult. when i see 423 new messages i feel quite tired at the thought of reading them all at once..am i a bad person? anyhoo enough of this, i met my first other sinisterene in the flesh..lovely jenny, who witnessed my rather manic dancing to boy with the arab strap..my first public dancing experience to b+s hurrah, (and in the same way how sad that nobody i know ever plays them..) before i go i must ask d people find themselves doing strange interpretative (i can't spell i know) dance to let forever be, i can never resist, any way got to go do nasty essays hope you are all well and happy lots of of love an that caroline xxxxxxxxxxx ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: me myself and i...
by RPushong＠aol.com 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

~~~~~~~~~no time~~~~~~~ arghh...no time so little time so much to say! ...why miss velocity...i would love to run the sinister record label..thankyou very much...i almost made my first melted candy signing yesterday...i was travelling to work on the underground and there was a girl busking & playing a rather familiar song...it sounded very "mary lou lord" she was singing and playing guitar to a brittany speares song...in an acoustic guitar stylee...& she looked a bit mary lou lord as well...hmm interesting... sinister village ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i have noticed that we are lacking a few of the undesirable things...like who's going to be the sinister pimp or who's going to run the sinister casino...as much as i would like to wear a big fur coat and wear orange velour flared trousers and a big hat with a feather in it...i'll have to pass...i'll be busy in my big leather chair smoking a big cigar...making corporate decisions... i can't help but feel the sinister village will turn into " logans run " ...which if anyone remembers was a total paradise to live in...until you reached 30...than they killed you!!...er..if thats the case...i'm already dead...i won't go without a fight though... well kids...i have to dash...i'm seeing cinerama tonight at the garage...i'll be the charles manson lookalike if anybody is interested in having a conversation about how i almost became a monkee... cheerio... over and out... richard...i...p +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I�m a sweet dictator.. - from the dictatorial.....Sinistervanya !!
by Jordi Trenzano 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

Um......I hope that I havenŽt been ridiculous on trying to make reference to "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"...... Thanks a lot to Velocity......iŽm proud of my charge....even when itŽs more simbolic than anything. However, iŽll be proud of being in charge of the relationships with other friendly villages, like the Magnetic Village, under the sweet and fun authority of Magnetic Megan, the "WeŽre on the phone and we donŽt want to go home" St.Etienne Village, with this man who kidnapped (sorry, I forgot your name !!) Sarah Cracknell as spokesman, or the "A hymn for a village" Hefner one. I also think that we need a "sinister village airport", or a "sinister internet cafe", with our common mummy fighting against the evil General Tapioca (I think there was a villain on some Tintin book called this way, wasnŽt it ?). A message for PUFF THE MAGIC GEORGE HENRY !! My home e-mail server wonŽt work until next week, so sorry If I canŽt asnwer you. Love and uniforms Jordiet Sinistre PD: Rare ....my first post without a request !! ______________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I am not a number...
by stephen hewitt 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

Did you know you can rent the houses in Portmerion (ie the "village", where The Prisoner was set), so maybe we could have our sini-village there: http://www.portmeirion.wales.com/index.english.htm it's flipping expensive mind, and I'm not sure if there's a pub... hmm maybe not such a good idea after all, but it may give our village architects a few ideas. *steve runs off down the beach chased by a large weather balloon David "wonder if anyone will think i'm john peel this time" Moore said: Hands up all Sinisterines going to All Tomato Party: will there be enough of us there to stake a claim to a sizeable corner of the Queen Vic & keep the super furry hordes at bay? *steve puts his hand up and encourages Kevan, Ally, Calumn and Heather to do the same. I've actually been in contact with Pontins management and reserved the corner table of the Queen Vic for the entire weekend, as well as a crack squad of trained bluecoats to keep the riffraff away and personal table service (and a waitress). The Mogwai site has ATP info and links to web sites for all the bands who are playing, which is quite handy if you've never heard of half of them, like what i haven't. Ooh look here it is: http://www.mogwai.clara.net/atp.htm Somebody mentioned travis and i now have "turn" going round in my head and am unable to shift it despite REALLY NOT LIKING TRAVIS AT ALL, grr. Curse you Fran Healy and your funny spiky hair. xoxo Carsmile "watch out oxford, here i come" Steve +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Vilage Lovin': happened so fast
by Paul Arathoon 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

So I go away for a bit and waddya know? a village has taken root in front of my very eyes. Lets hope it doesn't get like the Amish villages in the US where men had to be brought in from the outside to replenish the gene pool. Anyway I bagsie being left back for the football team and think we should play in a Wimbledon long ball down the middle way. I too am going to see tompaulin in manchester on saturday. They really are the nearest band to B&S in terms of, well, everything though I know that they are sick of the comparison. It's a shame that Mr Andreas left the list but, whatever, one person is not bigger than the list (unless David Beckham is currently subscribed which I doubt for some reason I can't quite put my finger upon. Paul p.s. I heartily recommend Mike Daily's The Valley. It's even got marginalia wriiten by the authour in it and is singed by the author on one page. And I mean singed as in what happens when you light something rather than a misspelling of signed! ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Doh!
by ELZober＠aol.com 24 Feb '00

24 Feb '00

Hey there Mr. Sinister.... well.... tons of reply's to the vinyl question.... but no one (at least not anyone who wrote me.....) pointed out that their sound engineer is Tony Doogan NOT tim....... so... who is the curious Tim D. .....? at first i thought it was something Tony had written... but now i'm not so sure...... it just get's curisouer and curiouser...... is that a word? so..... not to start a fraggle.... but why that instead of the usual stamp? and WHY is it on EVERYTHING the Belle's have done - including the orignal Tigermilk..... they've ALWAYS recoreded at Cava.... but i doubt that Electric Honey and Jeepster use the same company for pressings.... HEY - does it say Tim d. on the matador releases as well? ....... you... sometimes... it seems i have just tooooo much time on my hands, eh? well.... at least it's B&S related......B&S and BS.... so i've got all my bases covered....... :) elle +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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