February 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: no-one knows where your monkey goes
by fiona 23 Feb '00

23 Feb '00

hey kidz, i feel like i've been neglecting you a bit lately, what with my hectic social life and all. no really, i've just returned from my first visit to the local 80's night at uni (partly due to your recommendations, mr paul a) well, talk about subverting mass culture (i know you weren't, but my english lecturer was today, so i thought i'd continue) but it's clearly a game of 'lets see how many nirvana and poor heavy metal records we can fit in between wham! and belinda carlisle, whilst playing original versions of popular songs which have obscure samples in them, just to piss everyone off.' i shan't be doing that again...... until next time oh and remind me not to visit anywhere even slightly trendy accompanied by three blond girls, this makes for much unwanted male attention. eugh! dans la village du sinistre, i wanted to have something to do with confectionary, so that my jaffa cake fetish could be satiated, but all those sort of jobs seem to have been taken, so i think i should run the local counselling service, as there seems to be a tendancy among sinistereenies to be miserable and i've found that i'm quite good at cheering people up, what with all my bestest friends being depressives, no actually. in other fiona news, i actually do appear to have some semblence of a social life: in the past two days, two different blokes have phoned me to show their interest, and i've led them both on. perhaps i should stop doing this and only be nice to the one i actually like, but where would be the fun in that? but, no, one of them really is gorgeous and i'm hugely smitten, despite only having met him once, i shan't say any more because the manchester faction of sinister will start questioning me and the cat will certainly be released from the prison that is the bag. had to leave the house half way through who wants to be queer as folk 2 to go to said 80's night, better wait for the repeat. new game add 'who wants to be...' to the beginning of your favourite tv shows, it just about always makes sense, and now and again is slightly amusing. eugh, just realised i'm inflicting my (ever so slightly) drunken ramblings on you again. one day i will post sober, honest. suppose i'd better wish you love and jaffa cakes then, fiona "call me good, call me bad, call me anything you want to baby" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: looper vinyl etchings
by ELZober＠aol.com 23 Feb '00

23 Feb '00

hi all..... seeing as how i'd rather work out at the local gym stark naked in a swarm of bee's instead of doing my homework - the idea of rummaging through odl vinyl was soooo much more appealing... so - here's a question - who thought to do that? have other bands done that? all the Belle's album - including Tigermilk and all the EP's on 45 - have tim d. masterpiece.... which is obvioulsy Tim Doogan - or that's what i should think it is anyway...... anyway - perhaps this is some kind of greater plan - OR - is it a Sub-Pop thing? anyone have any old Mudhoney laying around? the Looper stuff is all on Sub-Pop - so may be this is a Sub-Pop thing........ ? if you want to reply off list - that's fine - dont' know if we need to start a fraggle over record stampings... but if i find out anything cool - i'll post it to the list... love 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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Sinister: Da Guys! Went to Toronto and Behaved on the Bus
by Alexander Borgia 23 Feb '00

23 Feb '00

[special report] Here is the special report on the Toronto Sinister Meet. The bears got drunk. Angel made some vague mentions and I would like to state that I did not get lucky, I did not attempt to write my name in the snow, nor did I fall down in the snow. All this transpired after I returned home on a bus with a passed out Alphonse. I am still not sure whether it is a good thing or a bad thing that I missed the above. Once again I was able to prove that photography be best left to those who are more capable than me which pretty much is everyone. I sort of arrived considerably early and by the time the rest of the Sinisters arrived I had comsumed quite a lot of vodka. I even had to make a run to the bank machine. So it turns out that I had run out of film long before I stopped taking pictures and I'm not sure if it was the vodka or if the camera was broken. Probably the vodka. I have scanned all the photos that did turn out and they represent the official version of events. Much had to be suppressed on the advice of the attorneys and further discussion of the matter is prohibited under court order. Unfortunately at this time the report cannot be made available to the public pending approval out of discretionary respect. The special photo report has been prepared and will be released within 48 hours. Unless of course Miss Honey accidently slips and somehow the url gets posted to the list. <wink - wink> At this time we can only say that it involves: Alphonse had a going away party. Ti-Jean fell in love. Bears got drunk. Humans got drunk. Someone got married. A navel was captured on film. The fork ran off with the spoon. The people from Toronto are a genuinely fun group of people and I encourage any people or bears, especially those with photography skills, to seek them out. No, not stalk them. [sinister village] It appears as though I have been nominated to be both chef and story teller. I don't see a problem with that as I will talk way too much in the restaurant anyways. Just a point of fact on the whole recipe thing....that came from me misreading a post as that a Sinister recipe book had been started and I thought that was what I was contributing to. It turns out now that someone I met at the Toronto meet actually cooked the recipe, and liked it. Wow, thanks. The specifications for the building are not too difficult as we will require an old two-storey brownstone building which we intend to renovate. The top floor will house the firm Bear, Bear, Bear, & Nephew, & Son. They will take care of any interior decorating and it is doubtful if many people will ever see beyond the foyer. The basement will have many tunnels and will be divided into two. In the back half The Major will run his underground armour and weapons operations. He will supply rocket launchers to para-military groups like the Save the Snails Foundation. -"Help stop the carnage. Each year millions of snails are slaughtered mercilessly only to be used in gourmet foods"- He will run this little business part time while he continues to work through Grade 3. The front half of the basement will house a soft-core porno studio. It will never actually be used to make any movies, but it will be a fun status symbol to own as well as making anthropologists wonder when they dig it out of the rubble in 100 years. I think we should play practical jokes on future generations. The restaurant itself will essentially be a money laundering operation for The Major as he seems to somehow be able to make money whereas I just keep spending it. I would really like a piano for Saturday nights as well as a cello and violin and then people could sing love songs in deep Italian voices. As long as nobody understands Italian there shouldn't be a problem with making up romantic sounding lyrics. Perhaps Friday nights could be celebrity night and we'll get a bus stop out front so that StuM or StuD'n'WeeKarn could drop by and you could buy them a really expensive dinner. Hell, maybe we could even get the great Maurice Bear to drop by and hold court. The restaurant will have to be situated in such a way that traps can be set without drawing too much attention, and relatively grime free vegataion can be gathered for the vegan crowd. Anywhere downtown should be fine. This will also require an exterior staircase to the roof for quick access to the pigeons for Tuesday Cajun Nights.(location, location, location) Oooh, I'm so excited can't wait to start moving in. Alexander +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Nick Drake - Legend or not
by Colin Mowat 23 Feb '00

23 Feb '00

Wednesday 23 February 2000 00:16 Dear People, You know, as someone who has been listening to Nick Drake since 1976, well to me he's not a legend but he is a great songwriter and performer. Now his sister, Gabriella (? spelling), she's a legend from Gerry Anderson's UFO (and Crossroads - no forget Crossroads)............and Che Guevara, he's a legend. Nick Drake - the music is sometimes equalled, but it doesn't come better. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 want to drive around in the Lotus 7
by Colin Mowat 23 Feb '00

23 Feb '00

Tuesday 22 February 2000 23:35 Velocity wrote: For that reason a lot of sensitive sinister souls will have to be committed to the local MeNtAl HoSpiTaL so... we need a loving, caring soul to run it... any ideas? Well that's right Velocity, but can I suggest that in such a community a mental hospital would do more harm than good. The mental hospital idea should be abandoned in favour of a community mental health worker. Community support and the support of the community, now doesn't that sound better than a hospital bed and a straight jacket in a padded room. A psychiatrist can be forgotten too, as psychotropic drugs will not be required ( the side effects - yuk!). OK, I'll take the job - sounds great. point 1 - i want a stethoscope to hang around my neck, it'll have no purpose but I always looked good in a stethoscope (beats a tie any day). point 2 - I'll need a big house, say ten rooms, then if anybody is finding it just too difficult to function they can always move in with me for a while until they can get it together again. point 3 - ECT machines are expensive so I'll need about 5 feet of electric flex with a plug on one end and two exposed wires at the other. Forget anaesthetics - transcendental meditation will do. point 4 - looks like some villagers may need life long psychoanalysis - too difficult so I suggest 35 copies of DIY Freud, 24 copies of DIY Jung and 10 copies of DIY Lacan in the Library point 5 - certainly a lot of behaviour modification will be needed so I suggest a giant rats maze be built in a nearby field. point 6 - I want to drive around in the Lotus 7 (KAR 170C? is that right? it's been so long) not the mini-moke. all that comes to mind at the moment, but I'll keep two neurones linked together with the thought to see what else arises. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: chris_t_opher can't spell his name with alphabet soup
by GardeningAtNight＠aol.com 22 Feb '00

22 Feb '00

bluddy chris (GBCH(a)langho73.freeserve.co.uk) wrote: << First of all, Sam_an_tha (nice email addy btw) >> This I knew. But thanks. I still recieve strange junk e-mail about botany though. << said: >christopher said: Which I wasn't too happy about! >> Sorry, I didn't realize I was still in Eng_l_ish class. Then it'd be (`KRIS tuh fer) wouldn't it? Actually, that part of vocabulary lessons always spooked me because I know I don't separate my syllables right, and the teacher's face would always turn really odd colors when grading papers. But we've not had to write them like that for a few years at least so maybe they've finally realized how pointless it is. Not to make fun of your name or anything, maybe your parents were English teachers? Some of my best friends are.. uhh.. nevermind. << Anyway, I agree about Nick Drake being a legend and nothing else. I mean, can you ever imagine bumping into Nick down your local pub, buying him a pint of Tetley Extra Smooth and having a chat about Cambridge United's recent poor performances? Can you? You've got a better imagination than me then :o) >> It's kind of sad, that is. It's fascinating at the same time, but I think that if I were ever to see him in the flesh (slim chance I know) I'd fall over in shock or something. And not just because he's dead. You know what I mean. Everything lends to the fantasy. My family may be visiting England next month though and hopefully we'll have time to stop by Tanworth. Maybe seeing his headstone will knock some sense into me, but I doubt it. Well I'm in kind of a crap mood because my mom promised she'd bring home chinese food and she didn't. So now I've got to subject myself to the stir-fry stuff that comes frozen in a bag with a package of sauce. Or something. And loads of homework on top of that already nasty mess. I should just blow it off, shouldn't I? Bluddy conscience, and bluddy biology teachers with comb-over hair. Samantha +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Nick Drake, Tompaulin, Lancashire listees, evil Lleweth and cheesy things.
by Chris_t_opher 22 Feb '00

22 Feb '00

Ho-hum La-di-da First of all, Sam_an_tha (nice email addy btw) said: >christopher said: Which I wasn't too happy about! Anyway, I agree about Nick Drake being a legend and nothing else. I mean, can you ever imagine bumping into Nick down your local pub, buying him a pint of Tetley Extra Smooth and having a chat about Cambridge United's recent poor performances? Can you? You've got a better imagination than me then :o) Speaking of good music, TOMPAULIN are playing at MANCHESTER ROADHOUSE THIS SATURDAY. I know, cos I met Cute Li'l Tompaulinette Stacey from the band today and she signed two copies of the last single for me. I also heard the new single about 10 times and it's BETTER than most of TBWTAS and IYFS (can't believe I just said that). So, I want ALL OF YOU! to turn up and be amazed. *grrrrr* If anyone is considering going from anywhere near Blackburn or Preston, pweez give me a "bell" at chris_t_opher(a)yahoo.com 'cos I don't have my driving test 'til next Tuesday and it's gonna be a bastard to get there AND back. I could do with meeting some Sinisterines anyway :o) DAMN YOU LAURA LLEW: >BTW, I must say that Christopher was >dead wrong about Christianity dying a very quick death. 2,000 years in the >making and it's not going anywhere soon. Sorry to disappoint you, old pal. YOU got my name wrong too! AND you're sooooo wrong! So naaaahhhhh! I was going to apply for a job stacking the high high shelves in your bookshop but I don't think i'll bother now! Anyway, I got propositioned by Damo for the statement I made so naaaaahhhhhh again :o) Will that do for content, Honeypie?.... Chris_t_opher - King of The Precious Things "It's probably the cheesiest thing you'll ever eat in your life" - My mum, 2 minutes ago. Guess what it was! The lucky winner will be picked from a hat whilst the rest of you have to stay there! (did that only make sense in my head?) Ps. I dont think anyone wants to run the village ReCoRd ShOp, so i think i'll have it thankyou very much. :) It'll always be full of records you never thought you wanted but, having seen them, you MUST own them. Pps. They just ruined the ending of QAF :o( +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: looper vinyl etchings
by kerry 22 Feb '00

22 Feb '00

so i was admiring some of my vinyl today, and looking at etchings and such (for those of you who don't know what etchings are, it's when there's writing on the vinyl, at the runout groove between where the song ends and the label begins). anyway, i decided to check my impossible things 7" just in case, and lo and behold, it's etched on both sides. it says "scotland rules. ok." on side A and "hi nils" on side B. did anybody already know about this? are the other looper records etched? what about the belle and sebastian ones? and does anybody know anyplace that's written down the various etchings (if there are any others besides the ones i've found)? i don't see anything on my ballad of ray suzuki 10", so i don't know what that means. huh. any help? -kerry "here i am, this is me. i am yours and everything about me, everything you see . . . if you only look hard enough." -tindersticks, "my sister" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: a long goodbye...
by Jason Andreas 22 Feb '00

22 Feb '00

Hi folks. Well, it's been a lot of fun, but regretfully, my love affair with the Sinister Mailing List has to coem to an end. I just haven't got the time to read all these wonderful posts the way I used to. I guess it just wasn't meant to be. I want to keep in touch with all the friends I made here though, especially Karolyne, Jeanette, Ally, and the rest. I guess all there is to say now is... unsubscribe sinister *sniff* --Jason Andreas A one-man civil war..... ICQ: 45821217 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: looper vinyl etchings
by GardeningAtNight＠aol.com 22 Feb '00

22 Feb '00

kerry (zutroy(a)belleandsebastian.org) wrote: << are the other looper records etched? what about the belle and sebastian ones? >> I just took a look at my copy of 3..6..9 Seconds of Light and it's got the words "Tim D. Masterpiece" etched on the A side. At least that's what I think it says. That's the only B&S record I have though. My others just had serial numbers or nothing at all which was a little disappointing. Samantha +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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