February 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: * horribly? Oh wait, it's a picture of Pluto the dog!"
by Ant Fineran 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Hello, Well, I've succumbed to the brave little He-Man lookalike inside me, as he was constantly saying "post something to Sinister you twat!", and because the computer's been my only company all day. zoe charaktinou wrote: > > it is soooooooo windy outside that i think i will flyyyyyyyyyy-oh,you do > know the westlife tune tune "flying without pigs"? The wind is my favourite weather type! Especially like right now when it's sunny and windy at the same time. However, I believe the westlife song is actually called "flying without wigs", with reference to the comedic effect of toupee-wearing people losing their hair in blustery conditions. I don't want to sound like a freakazoid, but in one of my dreams not so long ago, I was with an old friend who called at George Dickie's house in the woods. We then ran across a field or a park, past a load of people, and got to a line of cars, and I tried to dislodge the wing mirrors of the two cars that I went speeding between. This can only mean one thing: bugger all! Sorry and "ye gads!" to everyone, Ant 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: My love affair with failure
by bfundak＠uglyfish.dhs.org 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Greetings, I'll try to make this short and painless. This message is spurred by many things; First it was the beautifully written message by Rachel Tucker concerning the all too short life of a relatively unknown footballer, the sort of thing that would make a brilliant novel if handled correctly (but I can't so I won't.) Secondly, the fact that I have been attempting to make mixed tapes for the world (and if you have been promised a tape you know who you are) means that I have not listened to Belle and Sebastian in ages. Finally, my overall dissatisfaction with life has contributed to my need to post to the list and conceivably bore you all to death. I really don't know what I have to complain about--I have a pretty full February ahead; a will Oldham show this weekend, visiting my brother for his birthday, seeing Kids in the Hall in Chicago. But still in the corner, seducing me--failure. What is it about failure that makes it so seductive? I think that for me anyway, the human ability to try and succeed and yet fail miserably is much more appealing than the salvation offered by believing in Christ. While I know I would horribly ruin my life if I married someone I didn't love, knock someone up or stay in a job i hate for little pay, there is something about failure. Perhaps it is the spectacle--it is so much easier to fail spectacularly rather than succeed spectacularly. Maybe it is because it is easy--it may be better to try and never succeed than to never try at all, but do you have to get up from the couch and stop drinking beer to fail miserably? No, you can fail no matter how much effort you put into it. Maybe it's just that fact that utter failure leads to a loss of expectation. Quitting grad school with 6 hours left to go is the closest I have come to flirting with failure--and now the expectation that i might go back and finish has kind of gone away. (Unfortunately I'm employed by the computer industry and I guess in tech fields there is nowhere to go but up.) I figure if I did knock someone up I didn't love then maybe I wouldn't feel the pressure that comes with being someone who wants to have one of those "traditional" (god, I hate that word) family units (even though they don't exist). But something keeps me grounded. For some reason I don't want to fail. So the question I leave you with is this-- why shouldn't I? Brandt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: * The people down below said "Yes Fubble, they are. Why are they soiled so...
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

>i like the way belle and sebastian have managed to stay loyal to >jeepster...after the brit award thing i imagine most major labels were >foaming at the mouth trying to tempt them away from jeepster... Well I'm not surprised this ploy failed. No one wants to catch rabies. Not even mad dog Murdoch. I think they've given up foaming anyway. The other day Sky News's entertainment correspondent was giving his expert opinions on the Brit nominations. 'The Brit Awards are a funny thing anyway,' he opined. 'I mean do you remember a band that won last year called Belle and Sebastian?' The dream team (old man and glam woman) newsreaders looked blank. 'EXACTLY!' cried the man triumphantly. He went on to compare them to Tasmin Archer and Finley Quaye. Brandt: She knows there's no success like failure, and that failure's no success at all. That Bob Dylan. He's MAD. Nick xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: madness...
by zoe charaktinou 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

" THE ONLY PEOPLE FOR ME ARE THE MAD ONES,THE ONES WHO ARE MAD TO LIVE,MAD TO TALK,MAD TO BE SAVED,DESIROUS OF EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME,THE ONES WHO NEVER YAWN OR SAY A COMMONPLACE THING,BUT BURN,BURN,BURN LIKE FABULOUS YELLOW ROMAN CANDLES EXPLODING LIKE SPIDERS ACROSS THE STARS AND IN THE MIDDLE YOU SEE THE BLUE CENTERLIGHT POP AND EVERYBODY GOES 'AWWW!'." ON THE ROAD-JACK KEROUAC ______________________________________________________ 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: this bed is on fire with passionate love
by zoe charaktinou 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

....I WISH!!!!!!!! haidiho babies...long time no write. "gee,thanx for da vote!!!" i mean,SOMEONE HAS ACTUALLY VOTED FOR ME!ME!M-E!these things don't happen.(ok,between you and me.there's no one else here...WHO ARE U?) do i sound like a desperate chick or what?(small detail,says the angel over my shoulder-u know,little zoe/devil on the one side,little zoe/angel on the other-BUT U R ....!TSK TSK TSK...) there is this cartoon back home and it features this really cheeky female cat-Lucretia-who is sexually frustrated-no sex for ages....-and her only company is this castrated male cat...Castrato...so,her motto is DESPERATELY AVAILABLE. oh my,i cannot believe i am making a fool of myself in frond of 1200 people!!!!!!(yeah,right!) i've been angry the past days but you don't care... i got very drunk on saturday.one of my friends describes qutie vividly my condition:"zo,i haven't seen u like that.you were pissed as a fart...".tanx neil! what i know is that i was extremly hungry,so i bought some chips which i couldn't eat,so i'm on the night bus,"pissed as a fart" squeezing the chips on my chest and i wouldn't let go.got home,and ate them.cold.pathetic.yer.... for days now i've been thinking about a good few tangs to write on the list but now...hmm... i am in a really cheeky mood...my friend has gone to Amsterdammmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and io sono jealous....is it really middleaged(no offense) that i'm going to ...canterbury? oh,yer sth else,i found out about a cruel and vulgar(sic) verbal attack from one listee to another.ok.STOP IT!you disagree?fine,just be polite,i mean i don't think mummy wants her little babies fighting,do you mummy?(hope not....):) soooooooooooooooooo,come on tell me tell me,who voted pour moi?s'ils vous plait...(or sth) it is soooooooo windy outside that i think i will flyyyyyyyyyy-oh,you do know the westlife tune tune "flying without pigs"? so,yer i like this boyzone cover version of 'when the going gets tought,the tough gets going etc'....oh my gawd i'm out....and a friend was utterly disgusted(i bet someone is going to unvote for me now....:)) SO?i ask u.what is music....music frees yer mind...right?i don't care what U listen to even if i don't like it.the thing is,my friend i never said i think boyzone or similar bands are 'great' or 'artist'.they are NOT!!!!!!!!i just like the happy tune...i like happy tunes....i mean i cannot listen to a nick cave song-as much as i like him-when it's hot and sunny outside and i'm on the beach,can i?nope...-i can though listen to b&s...actually b&s are an all-weather band..no really.i mean,it might be storming outside-i will put 'em on-it might be sunny-sunny- i will put 'em on.... see? laura llew,tanx for da letter-even though it was ages ago...you're a fine gal...:) hurreyyyyyyy for bookshops!!!! i was supposed to do a radio rec but no one showed up today!what am i going to do?and i had everything ready.my cd reviews,my book reviews,everything.....:( oh,yer,can i self advertise just this once?tanx. if you leave in the west midlands-esp near wolves,that is-and would be interested to listen to this chick's voice-'cause it's sexy and you know it-tune in this tuesday 15/2(and hopefully every tuesday and thursday)to wcr1351 AM,at 12:30 pm.i am doing a radio show with some frrrrrrrrriends!it's mostly talk radio but,i dunno...if you do,tell me what u think.P-LEASSSSSSSSSSSEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... tanx babies.... smooooooooooch......... ok.it's time for me to ruuuuuuuuuuuuuuun... cheerio and don't forget:'i've got shomething to tell you,i've got shomething to say.....' luv,zo xxx ______________________________________________________ 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: Naked Chef ? I Hope he washed his hands....
by vibrosheep＠junglemail.net 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

AUTO WINDSHIELDS TROPHY. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark C - >There isn't enough gourmet conversation on the list these days, ever >since Honey banned Marco Pierre White for calling fellow listee Egon >Ronay a c**t. I'm very keen to get some good recipes, and if they >have a B&S theme, so much the better - Fox in the Snowpeas, Dirty >Cream #2 (hahahaha, stop it, my sides are splitting, no, really) >etc. etc. Egon Ronay - wasn't he one of the Ghostbusters ? He was a c**t. PIT PONIES. ~~~~~~~~~~~ Ever since my return from Thailand I've tried me culinary hand at a bit of Thai cooking, primarily because I can no longer taste normal food. Saturday saw me entertain the new Pit Pony for the first time so I thought I'd impress Er with a bit of me newfound Eastern promise. Imagine my laughter when on trying me Tom Yam Goong she choked, vomited and collapsed as Er mouth exploded in a ball of flame. THAI NEWS. ~~~~~~~~~~ Thai postmen are all bastards. Piss typical, send presents out by the preverbial sackful, and they don't fucking turn up. It's all down to that new bloody system whereas you actually have to state on the parcel what you are sending. It's not my fault I had to ask the lady behind the counter how to spell H E R O I N and what she thought it's street value was. MORE THAI NEWS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Did you know sales of Thai Fish Sauce have risen four-fold in this country since Delia used it on her programme ? I read quality papers me. THIS IS JUST A CARDAMON POD SONG. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fin. VS (OSU) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ring, ring, it's 7am
by Jeremy.Simon＠jwt.com 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

You lot, ("What?") Don't stop, give it all you've got. In Shane Meadows' latest, "A Room For Romeo Brass" (Kes meets Psycho, by way of Alan Partridge), B&S are namechecked immediately before Steps in the credits (for Fox In The Snow, the instrumental break of which appears at a tear-jerkingly poignant moment). I can't help feeling that B&S friendly Meadows did this on purpose. When "Belle and Sebastian" and "Jeepster" went crawling up the screen, a good 5 minutes into the closing credits, I clapped politely, and someone clapped too! Were *you* the fellow clapper?? I couldn't see, it being dark, and my eyes brimming with joyful tears... Of course they may have been applauding Steps. Such horrors *do* exist, you know. There's lots I wanted to comment on: yes, Fiona, the birds are singing as if it's spring, in glorious empathy with the lately revitalised sinister list. Sinister chicks awaken as the weather warms (rise, heart! raise the roofbeams!); Greig wrote: >"various" members of B&S have contributed to Stuart D's baby which put all sorts of unholy thoughts into my little head; And Scarlet, when can we visit your gallery of Sinister glamour? I hope everyone is sending her pics of their most glamorous clothes. I also hope a certain vintage red leather jacket will be included amidst the rhinestone encrusted cardigans and silver lamé y-fronts. I'm going now. Those pesky kids are throwing stones at my window again. Why won't they let me be? J. D. Salinger --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "you take a really sleepy man, Esmé, and he always stands a chance of again becoming a man with all his fac - with all his f-a-c-u-l-t-i-e-s intact" +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Girls who tell tales of boys, and graze their knees
by Erica MacArthur 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Dear Lot, Hurrah, Lixi is back! and eating noodles! I'm not allowed to do that because I'm on that diet where you don't eat any carbohydrates. Don't worry, I saw it on THIS MORNING with Richard and Judy so it's all above board. Apparently you can eat as many sausages as you like so long as you don't eat any rice. Leya, or was it Sarah said: > I talked to someone who used to be in > Menswe@r...hehe...but thats a secret! :) I saw the best looking member of menswear in Carnaby street once, he looked a bit scruffy. I heard the drummer was working in Shelleys on Oxford street until he had a strop at an Italian man who wanted some snakeskin loafers and promtly got sacked. Look kids, Jeepster chat is evil. Everyone knows the cool cats hang out in IRC's original. > >And the other night I 'met' Erica at the Jeepster site. She offered to > write some words for this song, Dammit! foiled. Dear god, if people are turning to me for songwriting advice, something must have gone very, very wrong somewhere. Last week, I was in some silly bar in Soho, and Nigel Kennedy showed me where the toilet was. I almost expected Jeremy Beadle to jump out of the shadows, complete with clipboard and mack and shout "ha HA!". Sarah said: >Leyla is practically a full foot taller than me, we do often dress the same, Me and my much-noted friend Hannah Doll have quite the height difference as anyone who came to the poetry cafe in the summer will vouch, too. She is a wee and delicate thing, and I am a bit tall and clumsy (but watch me *dance*). We both have vintage sweaters with hoods on with different american football teams advertised on the front. Hers is clearly too big for her, it being made for a big American football type playing man, and mine is for a child aged 7/8 years old ("the label on her jeans...") and is obviously a bit small for me. We do look a pair. Okay, big up to all the frankly WONDERFUL people who have sent pictures to me for the new Sinister 'Your Slip Is Showing' Gallery. I have them all printed out and stuck on my wall with blu-tak next to my other pin-ups as a tempory measure before we get the real thing put up. I await a few more entries with baited breath. Please remember my electronic mail is steam-powered and has a bit of a tiz at anything which isn't in jpg format. Wow, Ailsa is getting married. Do we all get an invite to the ceremony? Erica x Arrivals and Departures in The House of Scarlet http://www.chickpages.com/rants/golighty/index.html +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: my dramatic return(minus the drama)
by alix campbell 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

Dear dirty Sinistriens After a long pause I am back. Not that I recognise anyone anymore, its all new folk these days. You know, it used to be all fjords round here when I wus a lad. Despite being away for months, I still cant think what to write. Its a bit like writing thank you letters to your great aunt after xmas. Not that I got any dodgy presents from you lot. Not even a woolly jumper. Or a cardie. Only I would have liked that. I have lots of cardies. Almost too many. How do you know when youve got too many cardies? Well, living in London is certainly grate. Ive mostly been unemployed, or asleep. When Im not asleep Im eating noodles, or hovering. However if anyone at Finsbury Park Jobcentre is reading this, I am, of course just having a lend of you, as Alf Stewart would say, and have been devoting every waking hour to finding work. Not that I have many waking hours. Im lucky if Im sentient enough to watch Quincy. Last night I was chez Tim, Sez and Trousers, watching people dance like loons to 70s Who. Sez makes a mean pavlova and Trousers does things to lasagne which are pleasant. It was very ridgy didge (sp?) I also got to watch fluffystarrysarah argue about Yes. Now, Im a Yes fan and started this whole debacle by taping her Close to the Edge, but liking Yes is fundamentally illogical and attempting to prove their GRATEness just wont work. To people Ive promised tapes to, they ARE being done. Really. Truly. Can you just remind me who you are, and what you wanted? Flora Light margarine is fantastic. It brightens my otherwise dull culinary life. Its not as good as mayonnaise, but I cant afford mayonnaise anymore. My new years resolution was to be more offensive but I dont think Ive done particularly well. When I was wading in Trafalgar square with StarrySarah we did yell ooh stick you at passers-by, but Ive generally been lovely. Ive still to post my Xmas thank you letters though. Sorry Aunty Wyn. It would be in the post if I could be arsed to leave the flat. Thats about it really. I love everyone whos bought me a drink in the last few months, and to anyone who hasnt youre alright too. Alcohols over rated. Oh, and a big UP to Rugmuncher, Cookie Monster, Mum and Jam Sandwich Face. Right, time to face the lesbians Love alix~lixi "Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's an 8 inch anal probe, silly" ~ DNaMagazine ______________________________________________________ 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: *Up and Away, are my panties showing?...[and also zines]
by lost madflowr 08 Feb '00

08 Feb '00

"last night on the mass pike i fell in love with you..." mass pike [get up kids] i'm falling back in love with sinister [or sinsietr if you're stu d.]. i read a whopping 10 posts today! well two were from steve c., but anyways. SNL + B&S: the motions that will farrell made were hilarious in that skit. cripes! b+s being played in the background actually made me spring to my feet and yelp, "ohmygod they are playing belle and sebastian!" and my brother said something to his friend like, "my sister only likes bands no one has ever heard of." ha! he also says the same thing about my favourite movies. oh well. he listens to the dixie chicks and dmx. HANDCLAPS: i love handclaps. get up kids have lovely hand clap parts in some of their songs. kissing book too! 'ZINES: beikoku ongaku and sally tomato were recommended by miss courtney tonight after i asked for some suggestions. now i am going to ask you. what do you think? i am in *dire* need of some good 'zines these days. i need some inspiration. if you do a 'zine please oh please tell me. *especially* if you do a music/personal 'zine cos those are my fave kinds. okay. but really. please help me out! cos i really need some suggestions for some to order cos it's been awhile since i've traded or bought zines. help! help! "S-O-S it's very emergency" thanks tpr. PARAGRAPH HEADINGS: are not for me. time to switch back to maddy mode. so is anyone in the dc area up for this bowling we keep on talking about? join the dc/va/md/ pa mini-sinister list if you want to meet up at shows or whatnot. picnic time soon? anyways to subscribe go to sinisterdc.listbot.com and then you will get like a mail a month or maybe a few more if we actually get around to planning something. i dunno about anyone else but i am quite excited to hear that travis are going to be opening for oasis 'cept i would rather see travis in a tiny little club. poop! oh well. btw. if you do want to suggest a 'zine, please send me ordering info please. i'd like to pay around $1-$2 for a 'zine. okay. um that's about it. but if you kids want to listen to nice tunes on a thursday from 3 pm til 5 pm, check out my show the madflowr hour[s] on http://wgmu.gmu.edu [this is eastern standard time]. that's about it methinks. thanks kiddies evol, maddy ______________________________________________________ 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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