March 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: "I see" (Blind man 3:16)
by David Howie 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

Hello, Again, another foray into the frivolous, fateful and fickle font of knowledge that is Sinister. Presently, I'm evading the deluge of work that the SQA seems to be bestowing upon anyone stupid enough to stay on for Higher Swill. Note: the Scottish education system is rather poor. Thanks to that oh so precious vector, who seemed to wave hello whilst bidding goodbye. Miss Farewell, that is you. Thanks for the nice warm welcome, it is always nice to be well received. Nice? Sorry, 'tis a very nondescript word I know. B&S content is reccomended round these parts, I hear. Well, I suppose I could furnish your inbox with an observation my oh-so-clever girlfriend made. The cover to FYHCYWLAP has been contrived to look like a girl looking in a mirror. Though, it is obvious that the picture is not a mirror image but rather two similar looking ladies ogling each other. I never noticed it; I've not heard (seen?) anyone mention it on the list. If it has been mentioned before, sorry. FYHCYWLAP? If goaded by this monster on Countdown, I'm sure the *ahem!* G of the D would be rather disconcerted. What can we garner from re-assembling the letters? My best effort is the 4 letter Flap, Clap, Chap. Any advance on 4? What a mundane game Countdown really is. Twice nightly whitely hath a lot to answer to. Did I hear someone mention "Catch-22"? I'm reading that at the moment. It has me physically wetting myself at times. (As opposed to spiritually, or metaphysically, wetting yourself, Howie?) I would also reccomend, my favourite book, "Tender Is The Night" by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I can't say anything about it without breaking down into paroxysms of pure emotion and spasmodic grief. Beautifully crafted, F. Scott has a lyrical style to die for. It may attract criticism as 'not the intellectual piece of Art that Gatsby is' but it is not as it has been described by some critics: "starry, superficial surfaces designed for glitzy impermanence." I reckon this is my favourite book, intellectually and instinctually. Is such blatant book bias deemed that oh-so-woeful of crimes: 'list abuse'? I'm sorry. I'll keep my content in future to pure B&S and Smut content. Thankyouverymuch, David. "You sold the pimp a warehouse, You dialled 666 for Santa..." (Syd Lexia, Madge Bishop's Shellsuit.) "A whispered, 'listen'; a punctured kiss. Transient heaven, electrostatic bliss..." (Frail Gail, Madge Bishop's Shellsuit.) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: in rare foul mood, won't last long
by alix campbell 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

Hello Heres another backdated post from me. It is Tuesday today. I did an honest days work yesterday and intend to carry on this way. Its just not healthy, I say, but one is compelled. I spent Sunday preparing for my big day by rearranging my CDs. Not only have I put them back into alphabetical order, but I have separated the singles from the albums. Im not sure whether I like this way of arranging though. I am doing a bTEC in Being Boring, it would appear. Rachel Tucker: >and the delgados are coming to oxford >beginning of may, and hefner are playing sometime in april (paul> i > >managed >to delete a load of my mails by mistake including yours so i haven't >got >you >addy; can you get in touch again cos i've got all the info you >wanted), >beth >orton's playing here, and brassy, well, this isnt fucking fair. No one ever played when I lived there. Except for the time B&S did, and I didnt like them much at the time and didnt go. Oxfords not allowed to have nice stuff happen, unless Im there, to stumble gin addled up the Cowley Road and eat chips from Wings. In my day we were lucky if Sir Bald Diddley and his Wigouts *played*. Well, perhaps lucky isnt the right word. I also love Ant and Dec. Im going to kidnap them, and love them forever and ever and ever and ever. The Brits. What shite. As anyone who was at my house that night knows, I scweamed and wept and hid under my bed at the sheer horror of it. I didnt think that there would ever be a program where all the worse music ever was nominated. Texas (please let me at Sharlene Spitoon, or whatever shes called, and allow me to weld her face shut), Stereophonics (the trick, Kelly (GIRLS NAME) is * not * to release every song from the album. Oh, and to make good music), Travis, Gabrielle the so called, one-eyed queen of soul(lessness), Ian Brown and his delusions of monkeyness, Tom twatting Jones, Sting (just piss off, OK), Gomez (stop pretending you arent old men) and Martin(e) McCutcheon. Why is all this awful music encouraged? WHY? WHY? Its just a good thing the lighthouse werent nominated, , say for most original band, and Ally McBeal hosting it , because had they been, I would have fetched my kalashnikov. Could I have used less brackets in the previous paragraph? Has anyone heard of the band Weeping Jesus? I heard some the other day, through a friend, and theyre rather impressive, despite the name. Now its Friday, but theres nothing new to add. I shall read my digests and see if I have an opinion. Ooh, I thought of something. Its the Tranny of the Year awards on Channel 5 tonight. I reckon the book on the cover of LLPJ is Soap Bubbles and the Forces That Mould Them which is a tremendously exciting text I stole from my school library. I did write some more tonight (Sunday) and it was fantastic, witty and gripping, but then the computer crashed twice and Im cant be bothered to do it again. I hate having to do ScanDisk, and put up with its insults Your computer was not shut down properly and you started the holocaust I KNOW my computer wasnt shut down properly. I didnt ask it to crash. He who is without guilt cast the first stone. Yes, I am taking to you, Scan fucking disk. Its my flatmates fault for having a shit computer, Im going to steal some of her margarine as revenge. Now it wont let me connect to the internet. <Lixi grimaces at the monitor and generally looks and sounds like an enraged gorilla> byebye 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: I'm probably losing it
by Maarit 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

Hi Sinister, Shouldn't probably mention, but I'm new. My first post should come out as smashing, as my weekend was. Although it probably won't but that's not important. Is it? Don't answer. I thought I would sleep, watch TV(sic!-> just got new sixty channels), read and listen to music. So, it was friday night, I printed out this really important paper for a friend and agreed to go out and meet her for a minute and a cup of coffe. Accidentally bumped into a friends friend, who I quite fancied for a while. And who, turned out to be gay. Fat chance. Yet another acquaintance came. So it was four of us and I really didn't think about going home that much anymore. There was a fetish club opening that night, and though I'm not really into people shouting "spank me" (at leat when they are serious) we decided to go. On the way we stopped in a gay club. Oh, i'm hetero by the way, if it's important. And I found out that "dark room" isn't just ment or used as developing photos. Silly me. Anyway, we carried on, and cause we weren't actually dressed in leather and stuff, decided to go somewhere else. Yet another club had had it's opening that week. This time a place for trendsetters and young writers and just really posh, but actually pretty nice, people. You can't even get in if you don't have a card. It was the best time I had had for ages. Everything I said was funny. And suddenly I realised what the girl, who sang "I feel pretty, I feel pretty and witty and wise" ment. The clock was doing it's another round, so others decided to leave. I realised then that the moment was perfect so I decided to stay a little more and get to know some people. God, did I have fun. Actually, when I was going home, yes, my home I was still laughing and I can't wait until I meet some people again. Probably should see a minister. (HAA, there's your B and S content) Oh, and Louis, yes you, please look like Edward Norton, please. Love and free wine. Maarit I guess I must have messed it up --- Gus Gus +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 05:02:42 -0000
by James Glossop 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

Hi all Hope everyone is OK, and living life to the max. I've been writing some poems and stuff for a while, and also like to read other's poetry and was wondering if any of you out there would be interested in arranging some kinda poem (shit, the word "poem" turns into "porn" very easily, y'know, the e key is near the r key and the n key is near the m key; be careful, you digital-bohemians, you!) exchanging thing, where we send each other our work etc.?????? So then we can all bloat our egos and tell each other how bluddy brilliant we all are...... All answers/ insults to be sent to address above. Jim's fantastic digital-boho-poem-ring is an equal-opportunities organisation and will accept work from everyone everywhere, however naive etc. etc. That turned into an advert. Shit. Sorry honey. The adf album is grate. pleaserespectmytaste........ If you've read this far; it's not a particularly fantastic feat of stamina, as that was a short post. How funny. All good things James Glossop [worksopengland] +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 new baby!!!
by Samuel C. Wheeler IV 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

hip hop hooray!!! i am a new baby boy on the mailing list and i am so very excited to be able to finally post to everyone! so.... to start i will just introduce myself: my name is sam (Samuel Crane Wheeler IV, to be formal and all) and i am going to school for art at carnegie mellon university in pittsburgh, pa. i have two adorable kittens named issac and elliot (not directly named after Mr Hayes and Mr Smith, though i sometimes call them that when they are being naughty). i live with my firend allison, who builds mobile robots, and is very happy becasue she just got into her fav grad school. i myself an taking some time before grad school, so no such good news for me. i spend mostof my time working on projects, i do installations mostly, painting next, and video third, just little documentaries and stuff. i'm a big dork so i am usually in studio when i should be out having fun. i have been a b+s fan for quite some time and was very upset when they last toured the US because i couldn't go and see them in D.C. because i was putting up a show. grrrr. oh, i play music too, just me and my acoustic, very kaia-meets-velvet-underground-ish, maybe, who knows. i've been getting a lot of shows lately, and it is so much fun. i didn't think i was going to end up really doing this, i jsut played coffee houses and amnesty intn'l fund raisers, but it's sort of rolling now, a little ( i hope it doesn't sound like i'm all local rock star-ish, b/c it totally isn't, a lot of shows to me is like 2 or 3), just fun stuff, y'know? ummmmm... i'm sure i sound so very dull right now, but i promise that i am in fact a bundle of fun and excitment. i am now avoiding work on a big show that is going up in may, so this is a veru nice distraction from that. it's much better than what i might otherwise be doing, ordering cd's onine and smoking too many cigarettes in my studio upstairs. i guess it seems kind of lame that i am writing late on a saturday night, but i promise that i just came from a party with some friends, very exciting and hip, yeah? actually i'm a bit of a dullard at parties so i left. a little awkward. plus i couldn't drink because i know that i have a lot to do still tonight and couldn't be falling asleep in studio with my head on some dirty pillow and paint on my face. yucko. someone there made some crazy yucky drink that seemed like a mix of bad wine, cherry coke, and lime juice, obviously i didn't want much to do with that. we ended up dancing to old madonna and chatting with some folks visiting from london and amsterdam. very nice boys. i am excited because my friend matt hooked up with my other new friend richie from new zealand, tonight, which is so nice becasue they are both so sweet and have been single for a while and really want someone nice, so i hope it works out. anyway, i hope this isn't too void of b+s content, but i just wanted to splash in and say hello to everyone. i will write again soon, maybe post a picture on the photo page? i love you all, ciao... sam ______________________________________________________ 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: Re: sinister-digest V4 #84
by OLDSCHREC＠aol.com 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

In a message dated 3/11/00 12:18:26 PM, owner-sinister-digest(a)missprint.org writes: >before bidding farewell, i must thank You for introducing new (to me, at >least) and grate music to me. thanks to sinister i've had the courage to >buy records by felt, field mice, go-betweens, salako, hefner, marine >research, lucksmiths et al. and right now i'm listening to kate >rusby: she does not rock, she folks. ;) >just one example: i bought field mice's where 'd you.. without ever >having heard them before. i now know i can trust Your taste. > > Don't forget the band Cotton Mather... Pete G. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: if i get any more indie i'll have to live in a cave.
by adam apparatus 12 Mar '00

12 Mar '00

yeah. so someone said that the fieldmice were really GRATE, which made me sad that i didn't buy their double-cd set when i had the chance. i have way too many new records being thrown at me constantly, but i never have the time! i bet you were all wondering "hey, where's that adam apparatus got off to?" but not really, because you don't know me that well. why? because i haven't been posting. it's a terrible fix, really. why has no one commented on the b+s lp album cover conundrum? yes, the one about how they all seem to have some sort of design consistency, at least from IYFS on (tigermilk's letter are a little too flowery). the type is all more or less the same, and the pictures are always two-tone... although i like the yellow, it certainly it nice. the only covers that don't at least partially fit the theme are 3..6..9... (the shiny stuff probably counts as "two-tone", but there's no print at all) and dog on wheels (although i don't own it, so i'm not sure.) the other two eps do ok. any comments? see, that was just chock-full of b+s content. ok, so here's a question. i love my coffee, yes i do. i don't have enough money for fancy coffee stuff, although i do grind my beans... but does anyone have any suggestions for cheap coffee-enhancing recipies? i tried dropping a hershey's mini-bar in a cup once, but it didn't dissolve at all and tasted terrible anyway. suggestions? a final note to leave you with: alan clapp is GRATE! - adam aconover(a)optonline.net Tempus Fugit is at: http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~conover/tempus/main.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: You're never praised, and now you're erased
by Mr Smiley 11 Mar '00

11 Mar '00

Hullo, I'd like to apologise in advance if many errors occur regarding capitalisation in this mail, but my shift key is on the point of death. I normally view that kind of thing as important. Have you all just stopped talking? I thought Sinister had died a terrible death when I didn't get a digest for two days. I though maybe this was related to Honey's swanning off to NYC. Maybe he/she (it?) has left us and evidently a list this big can't run itself. But then I got #84, so I'm obviously wrong. I got the EP box set today (thanks Katy!). Mmmm! La Pastie de la Bourgeoisie (can't be bothered to check spelling) has now overtaken Expectations as my all time fave B&S tune. I've just had a flash of inspiration! You know when you go clubbing, and there's some guy on E waving around a sign with TUNE! written on it? We should all hit the clubs one night and wave big signs saying TWEE! Of course we'd all be killed horribly. I'd like to advise anyone who's thinking on giving Jeepster £1.25 for a bit of card not to do so. What is it with that slipcase? It took me ten minutes to get a CD out. It's like a girdle for compact discs! Well, now they're out those EPs are not going back in, no matter how cosy it is. Nice pic though. Interesting note: The sun has been shining today and everybody has been nice to me. This is embarrassing, but I'm well known for my self depreciation and still cling to the belief that it's a loveable quality. Until I read digest #84 I had not made the connection between FYHCYWLAP and the title of the new B&S album. I just thought "FYHCYWLAP? What's going on there then?". Jesus I'm stupid. God be with you Mr "I love Sheffield" Smiley +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Put the box-set back on the shelf...
by Chris_t_opher 11 Mar '00

11 Mar '00

I'm sorry.... I bought the box set today. But don't complain, I was missing 1 and a half EPs so it's a good 4 mi. I think 3...6...9 could soon become my favourite EP (overall). Every track is pure quality. Dog On Wheels sounds better on the Black Sessions i think (which is somewhat of a let-down). String Bean Jean has exactly the same chords and guitar lick as The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring, which really frightened me - I'm not saying The Kids... is bad, but you really dont expect things like that, do you? The set itself is pretty annoying - the three CDs fit with a millimetre to spare, so the cover is gonna get bashed very quickly. I was just wondering why Jeepster didnt want to release all four EPs in the set. I think it's probably because record shops dont seen to like more than 3CD sets but it's still annoying. They're probably planning to release another after two more EPs. Louis had a smashing email thingy. I didnt read all the content, i was following the story about the girl with the broken glasses too closely. It's the same for me most of the time :o) I hope (for your sake) there's a follow-up to that, Louis. Did anyone see that program last Sunday on BEEB2 at about Midnight? It was called Speak Like A Child. The thing that drew me to it was the song that they played throughout it - Nick Drake's Saturday Sun. It's good to see that people are starting to really recognise how good his music is for things like that. I thought i read somewhere that one of his songs was used on an advert once, but it was probably just my imagination (?). Anyway, Nature Boy has finished, so i was slightly unhappy. I think some Nick Drake would have fitted perfectly in that programme. I've been listening to all the music i bought over the holidays. The Frames are very good (in a kind of U2/Commercial way) so i've heard that a few times. Mega City Four sounded better than i thought they would. I was thinking of FSOL when i bought it (for some reason). Whistler has (obviously) gained a place on my main CD rack. As has Michael Head (THANKS KADJIE) and HMS Fable is on top of my CD player. All the others are next to my printer and i keep forgetting they're even there. Short and snappy, it's..... Chris_t_opher - King of The Playground +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: bachelors and spinsters
by Adam Chapman 11 Mar '00

11 Mar '00

Mike spaketh; >(You know, the type of people who only ride the bus to get to work, get up >early for chores on saturday morning and give you wide-eyed disapproving >looks when you try to explain what you do for fun. Or the central role that >fun still plays in your by-all-rights adult life) > Rather spookily, this isn't a bad description of myself [though the dissapproving looks are usually reserved for me, i have an unnecessarily open mind as to what constitutes *fun* #. And yes I CAN hear you sniggering at the back, so stop it...], though the only reason i get up on Saturday mornings is so i can have the shower and kitchen to myself, before the rest of the slobs i am compelled to live with get as close as they can to vertical [Ah, the joys of life in UEA halls of residense]. This unfortueately means fighting my way to the toaster, and thus tidying the kitchen on route. >Kind of like trying to explain the appeal of b&s to those who only hear the >strings, falsetto warblings and homoerotic intimations yet fail to feel the >earnest emotion and honesty that has hooked us all This actually sounds familiar, its the reaction i get every time i try to explain the relevance of B+S, which is why i gave up, and nowadays give them a tape or lend them a cd - this works a lot better, though getting the cd back can often be a pain in the Aspedestra, but not as bad as trying to find 'Bonnie Prince Billy' or 'Magnetic Fields' cds in Norwich... # Many people for example believe that cycling is an unnecessarily dangerous and wasteful occupation - I disagree, overtaking car drivers whilst being sworn at for the privilege is enormous fun... 'til whenever, Adam 'If you can't make them think, at least make them sing...' ______________________________________________________ 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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