February 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: one of these things first
by blair hicks 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

dearest list, gloomy, gloomy weather this week, especially for the lone star state. i've christened this "nick drake appreciation week", and have been ramming taped copies of "pink moon" and "bryter layter" down the throats of all my friends, who seem pleasantly surprised, if not somewhat frightened by my sudden outburst of generosity. it's been so nice recieving mail from several of you about my transformers mailing list. if i had my way, you'd all recieve a suitcase full of small, unmarked currency, to spend on whatever you pleased. so much love! i finally got around to purchasing a rachel's record this week, and found it to be amazing. truly beautiful stuff. sorry that i haven't had more to say, but my very good friend has just gottne engaged to an internet aquaintance that she's only known for a month, so i've had some things to deal with. you've been lovely for listening. bundle up and stay warm, kids. fondly, blair p.s. i've been trying to use the sinister chat room, but as i am a blair of very little brain, i've had quite a bit of difficulty. if anyone could e-mail me with some sage-like advice concerning all this chatting business, it would be very much appreciated. _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.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: Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 17:16:37 -0000
by Goldstein Paul 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

it is a word, a tremor unheard alone in the field of an unlit fuse. ***************************************** It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. - Mark Twain [Samuel Langhornne Clemens] (1835-1910) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: je suis tr�s belle..
by Ellen 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

..and sebastian. ; ) sinister-luvvies - i spent my weekend in a ferry on the baltic sea, trying to avoid being thrown overboard. sort of, anyway, saturday night waves were 10 meters high. i locked myself up in the bathroom and stayed there, while my friends sat in the cabin and sang "my heart will go on.." no gentle waves there - ha-ha. amused to find that you're all spelling english like the children i teach at school- "grate", "gurl". keep up the good work and my darlings will never have to use a dictionary. to the one who gave me my listcrush vote - i love you endlessly. whoever you are, wherever. =^= (hug) /ellen consider it - i'm scandinavian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Toby's losing it
by Toby Chan 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

Hi Girls ands Boys, (Playing "Haunted Dancehall" by The Sabres of Paradise now") <Movie of Belle and Sebestian> Just ve seen <Quadrophenia> is released in DVD format. I am still thinking of buy it or not coz it has no special feature... and i ve got a CD-R(in VCD format) of it. It is a "The Who" movie. I wonder: What will a "B&S" movie looks like?? What'd the people wear? What'd they listen to? What'd they... Are they Chain-smoker(I am a chain-smoker if I am in a cafe,bar or club.), will they like to read? go to movie?(it is me) Or just like the comic of the story of Sebestian?? (Personal Id/Ego/SuperEgo) Wanna be a Graham Coxon-clone, Wanna be a Fake Moz, Wanna be a Sebastian. I dunno who am i? clubber? (I hate ATB's tune) Moz-zer? (Moz is changing too) Indie Kid? (mmm...) Poet (sister, I am a...)? B-boy? (i am sick of hip hop after two from dust till dawn hip hop club nite) Goth? (mmm...) Blurry People? ( i wear "bean" chain, DM, Adi,Fred Perry coz of Blur but... I.....Freak out now..404 File Not Found...) Who are u? other B&S mates??? I listen to "Tigermilk" Today, again. The feeling is so warm... B&S is the greatest music exp. i ve ever had. It is my Blur at 95... Report from Hong Kong, Toby +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Picking Up Jug Vibrations
by Peter Miller 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

I would have liked to start this message by swearing in Thai, like a Thai Stephen Pastel, only harder. The links from Mistopher Chris's website took me to the following interview with the bloke who played drums on the British Rock Symphony tour featuring Roger Daltrey. It's the Sister Disco 70s WHO Web of the Week: http://www.rogerdaltrey.net/gerson.html I also visited the Woof Guide to Wock, where a Belle and Sebastian entry can be found. It mentions "an obsessive Internet fan base". I think they mean YOU. Yes, YOU. It's a terrible entry, much worse than the one we did, hundreds of years ago, back when the list was a cosy community of inbred crofters and sheepshaggers on acid. Mind you, they have kindly inserted a deliberate mistake to keep us on our toes. See if you can find it at: http://www.roughguides.com/rock/index.html I've been listening to the new Primal Scream album, "Excrementor". It reminds me of Frank Sidebottom when he was watching Freddie Mercury on Live Aid and had to take the back of the telly and pour some water inside. My favourite bit is when Bobby G has a go at rapping. It's like a Little and Large sketch. So thumbs up there then. There's a nice Chumbwamba feel to some of the lyrics too. "Jimi Hendrix Live at Woodstock" is a right load of rubbish though. You can't hear the bongos. "And what," thought Alice, "is the point of a two-pronged bongo attack if you can't hear it?" I see Villa did well in the cup. That was me, not Alice. Someone mentioned people whose favourite childrens' television programme was only on in their region, to which I can only say "Gus Honeybun". And "Adrian Evans". And "Tim Hopkins". I'm going to buy an empty slipcase and do a "dirty" in it. Peter 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: happy little love bunny
by hannah walklate 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

Hello i have never writen to the list before, but as i have only just been given a voice i feel slightly obliged to say hello ...... lots of love and sexy hugs to you all Hannah Excite -- Control Yourself. This E-mail brought to you by Excite's free E-mail service. Get your own E-mail address at http://www.excite.co.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: I'm a little black rain cloud
by Angel Blackwell 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

I've had a little black rain cloud following me around all weekend and it's not the Winnie the Pooh kind...I need a teddy bear. Man, my halo is getting all tarnished in the process as well. I think I just screwed up one of my best friendships of late, and I'm so depressed I'm listening to erasure... I also got chewed out in front of fellow workers yesterday by my new boss which was completely humiliating, as I rarely screw up big time. Welcome to the newest wave of nursery escapees, and speaking of which, were did those tag teaming sweethearts go??? I guess everyone's busy with school and all, wish I was smart enough to be a school still. "I've been lonely, I caught a glimpse of someone's face, It was mine and I'd been crying..." Now I feel better, erasure's gone and I'm gonna go eat...I wish I liked chocolate...maybe I'll get something with melted cheese on it...mmmm... love and squishes the angel blackwell };> ______________________________________________________ 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: Lightning strikes!
by geof geof 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

This is a poem that my freind wrote, i think it is nice, but a bit sad, kinda like b+s. Think- Literally. Silent voices whisper to me As I lay on my bed. Their invisible arms reach out to me And touch me as only they can. There is no anger or hatred or love Just an emptiness of nothing. Their fingers slowly wrap around My bony little wrists. I feel them finally envelop me Like a wave across my mind I know you are holding a thought of me Your thoughts are my silent binds. Is anyone at Loughborough? If so please email me! I am reading catch 22 at the moment, and although i am not gay, i do quite like Yossarian. He just kicks major league ass! Geof __________________________________________________ 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: silly people
by grisham ohairy 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

oooh. only 3 glasses thrown at me this time. i think i will stay at home with my parka next time, as opposed to getting heckled by a load of scary manson-u-likes. someone actually asked me whether my mum lets me out this late. which is quite worrying since he was about 13 and it should have been way past his actual bedtime. except this was in rugeley, and he probably had a small anti-tank weapon in his pocket. so i ran away, owing to the "can't-think-of-a-witty-reply-until-i-am-out-of-ear-and-fist-shot". damn my slow, although quite clever after a small time being allowed to warm up, brain. someone said something about falling in love with fictional people, and i have a confession to make: i am in love with misty from pokemon. she is de bomb. if i was ash...ooooh...the lucky boy. i'm off now to do something productive with my time, you lachies yous. mr matthew hicks esq. __________________________________________________ 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: The strangest form of literary criticism
by Sarah Duston 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

Well, I am on my own...I've decided to hazard a post without my sidekick, or wait, I am the sidekick! The Dynamic duo is split in two! Not to worry though, Leyla & I will post together again...it's just... I have things to say... In response to Martin's witty post that made me laugh on more than one occasion: >"As Arthur Koestler once said himself "If the creator >had a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely >meant us to stick it out." But I'm not sure he >thought the same about pigeon's arses." This is quite a clever retort to a pigeon indeed! So, here's a poem by R.A. Higgins in honor of their arses that has nearly complete irrelevance to your post (except for the vocabulary): He Fought Pigeons' Arses, Didn't He? ... And he said to her 'If its war you want I'll give you war. We'll have our own war, Spraying the arses of dead pigeons black and we'll fight seven days out of six. And the seventh day of the six we'll discuss the situation, and I'll bet you twenty black pigeons' arses there'll still be nothing but lust between us.' The moral of this poem by Rita Ann Higgins is (in it's most condensed form): love is as futile as spraying the arses of dead pigeons black. Now that is waxing poetic! I wonder if the astute Professor Pigeon will try to have a go at that! Speaking of Professors: I made my favorite professor a tape of Belle and Sebastian with a carefully compiled repertoire that spans the whole of their work, beginning with Tigermilk, moving in a flowing manner through the EP's and IYFS to end with the high moments of TBWTAS. I completed this tour de force of a tape with some choice Looper for the final piece de resistance. How's that for something worth listening to? This professor specializes in Irish studies (mainly working on the esoteric writings of Yeats) and is interested in modern Scottish literature. So, I thought that this music would be appropo (considering the Scottish interests and I once mentioned that Bernard MacLaverty's daughter Ciara is the cover star for IYFS and she was quite impressed). But, she still hasn't commented on the tape--it has been nearly two months, and I feel to silly to ask...so, what to do? Hmmm... Today I bought myself some lovely orchids, of white and turquoise. A woman at the check-out said after inquiring what I was doing (buying flowers, obviously), "It's sad to see such a pretty girl buying herself flowers. You should get your boyfriend to do that!" This bothered me a bit, but I just smiled and said something ridiculously reminiscent of 'times gone by' about how boys don't buy flowers these days (what the hell do I know? I'm not about to tell her about my single status). Then as another defensive action to ease her wary stare, I added that I wasn't intending on waiting for anyone to buy them for me. She shook her head in dismay, and I just stood there feeling stupid. (Why can't I buy myself flowers without the hassle? Last time I tried, the check-out boy felt compelled to ask me out with an argument along the same lines.) She then proceeded to eye me cautiously, as if to say 'Watch out for the girl who can buy herself flowers!' I walked out of the store wondering what statement is being declared in the action of buying flowers. Was I claiming some sort of independence? What is this world coming to when girls start buying *themselves* flowers? *Well, there you go: Pigeons' arses, mute but critical Professors, and check-out line humiliation. Where are you Leyla??* Cheers All, Sarah __________________________________________________ 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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