April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: wahhey!
by idle berry 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

What an evening! All I planned to do was a bit of shopping, go home, read the Guardian supliments, and go to bed! what actually happened was different... I bought new trainers, I bought delagados new album, I met jeepster/ sinister folk, went pubbing clubbing, dancing and had a great time! My faith has been restored! It was nice to meet like minded folk, and shout over the music about things, and feel so relaxed in their company. They know who they are. But it felt so good to chat to them. Just thought I'd share that with you. okay! bye! ===== http://www.geocities.com/idleberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.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: goo
by nessa 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

'cheesy pop stars'. thats like, soo funny. No honestly. because I think waterman once agreed that steps were cheesy. I don't call them cheesy. I call them creepy and anyone who has seen that video with the plastic suits will testify. Yes? And I call belle and sebastian gooey pop stars. fuck off waterman. the other thing I liked was 'industry insiders'. I mean, to a 'newspaper' like that we're all industry insiders. And I don't care about b+s getting big as long as it isn't with rugby players. Anyway, the industry insider was obviously a jeepster type. Yes no? I really don't understand why Bis didn\t have a big hit with eurodisco. I couldn't understand back then, but the thing is some people will be prejudiced by the media's view of b+s. Therefore there will be no rugby player fans. sigh of relief. other things: the elliott smith and delgados albums are both very good and I highly recommend them. this has been a debatably indie snob broadcast nessa XXXX --- ******************************************************************** ****************** get your free gURLmAIL at http://www.gURLmAIL.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: 'Everyone makes mistakes', said the dalek climbing off the wheelie bin.
by JENOWL22＠aol.com 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hewwo, Well, i suppose I should start with Happy Easter. Easter is traditionally a time for eating chocolate, but I've been eating tangerines all day, because I like them much better, even though they make my teeth feel funny. I read the Sunday Mail Article. It's scary. I like Peter and Gordon, but I don't think they sound like B&S. I honestly don't believe that Belle and Sebastian will ever become mainstream (god please don't let them, I'd have all the travis/phonics/oasis fans going on about them all around me) because of the time that I took my walkman round the school with '....sinister' on it and played it to about 50 people and only one person thought it was grate and that was me and 50 people thought it was "wussy sh*te".. But I've not heard Legal Man, but my friend said someone made a sort of garagey mix of it and bel's voice was scratched. When music is Garage does that mean that it was made in a garage, or that people listen to it in a garage. Like lots of hard kids bopping about in an Esso station... What is V-Twin? The paper said it was a B&S side progect, but I've never heard of it. Am I just horribley ignorant? One of my other friends came round (I have two you know) and she is into Boyzone, and Travis, and she likes Hefner for the sex and the swearing, and the fact that she wants to pretend she's indie sometimes. She came with me to see Hefner, and was going on about how Belle and Sebastian were the new Smiths blah blah blah, then I said "Laura, you hate both of them and you're obsessed with Boyzone, remember? You're here because it's going to be on telly.". And then she sort of glared at me, and then the guy she was chatting up walked away. It was a while ago but it still makes me smile a bit. She is the person in a century of fakers that is always faking. But you didn't want to know that anyway. I saw the Exorcist. That in itself is a shocking thing to say, because I'm 14 so I broke the law. But it was really, really funny, even though the person I was with got really scared.. And I don't get why everyone got really upset because she stabbed herself with a cross. Oh, and afterwards, I kept rolling my eyes back so you could only see the whites, and she kept getting scareder, and the hitting me. And I did it in Burger King and she hit me so hard that I fell off my seat, and I was lying on the floor choking to death on a kid's chicken nugget, and all everyone did was laugh. But I'll get her back. Maybe. Any Given Sunday is rubbish. Go and see the Pokemon movie. Hugs, Jen +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 lardiness of the no-distance runner
by Robert Brennan 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hello *** WARNING! OFF TOPIC RANT... POLITICS INVOLVED *** Top marks to Mr. Clinton and the FBI for the sensitive handling of the Elian business. Good to know that the welfare of the kid has been foremost on the agenda throughout. Hell he probably thought the heavily armoured FBI agent pointing a gun at his family was really cool. The nightmares should only last a few years at most. *** Sorry. Back to normal now... *** I'm starting to feel like the only person in the country not to have hard Legal Man. Does it really sound like the Eurotrash theme? Does this mean the video will feature Struan doing the hoovering in the buff? Maybe some dick-slapping. Here's hoping... As the unusually lovely bank holiday weather stretched on I decided to make good on my promise to get more exercise and take a run along the seafront. The subsequent near-death experience led to the discovery that I am both fat and unfit. Someone tell me it gets easier. Robster ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: once again i have no witty subject line...but it's the last time
by ipecac spice 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

hi everyone. in a week i will be gone. hey! you don't have to look so happy! i just wanted to say an early goodbye. i won't have a computer at my place. i will probably be able to sneak back to the university now and then to check my messages (for as long as they let me keep this account) but not often enough to keep up with you lot. thanks to everyone who ever actually read one of my posts and especially thanks to everyone who ever actually replied to one of my posts. last monday i turned 22. what an icky sounding age. i was thinking that i might stay 21 for an extra year and then just move on to 23. my mom said i could do it b/c everyone thinks i'm 18 anyway. most of my friends forgot my birthday :( and i had to stay in and study b/c i had my last exam the next day. how strange to be done. i think i can pick my thesis up monday eek! and i go sign my lease tomorrow! eeek again! anyway, i digress...so, everyone forgot my birthday. i had a phone call from my bestest friend and 2 e-mails. the ex (some of you probably remember my rants about him) called me and didn't even mention that it was my birthday! i don't even understand why he persists in calling when it is so blatantly obvious that we have nothing to say to each other. it actually turned out to be a great birthday. i went out for girlie drinks and dancing on wednesday night. most of my friends came and my little bro and a girl from work. it was the best birthday i've had in ages. i did not make a drunken fool of myself. i wasn't even drunk. i had some yummy drinks though. it was retro night at the bar and we danced up a storm. it was fun b/c i am usually really self conscious and worry far too much what other people think of me. even though i was pretty sober i didn't care what anybody thought of me and my dancing. the disturbing thing is that music that i can remember being brand new (from junior high) is now retro! they played lots of the 70s and 80s standards (and some earlier ones) but then they played the humpty dance, marky mark, right said fred, c&c music factory! i don't think 90s should be retro yet. i am not that old! ah well, it was fun. i went to the sunrise service with my mom today. now that made me feel old. a girl i used to babysit was all grownup and a couple of girls i remember being little kids were talking about graduating from high school. my mom says it just means that i should go to church more. i think it means i should just not go at all. seems kind of silly to go to church when i don't believe in god. but i keeps her happy (my mom that is, not god). anyway...i don't want to get into a whole religious discussion. just wanted to mention the feeling old. my mom married my dad when she was 20 (engaged when she was 19)! i'm 22 and only just about to move out of my house! funny how much things change over generations. i'm going to be living all by myself! exciting but expensive. i am scared of bugs. i'm just subletting for the summer though and the guy who i'm subletting from is coming back in the fall so i figure it can't be badly bug infested if he's coming back...right? my little brother might have cockroaches in his apt! eww! i live in fear of bugs. i don't know why. when i was in california i nearly lost it i developed the habit of checking all the walls and the ceiling for bugs when i entered a room. i don't know if i could handle living in a place with poison spiders. was it someone on this list who told me about how on average we swallow about 6 spiders a year? b/c when we sleep they crawlinto our mouths since it's so nice and warm and damp and dark and then gulp we swallow them! i know...i'm rambling. it's my last post! if you don't like it you can delete! it's just b/c i have enjoyed you all so much and have to get it out of my system. i'm still waiting for the lazy line painter jane box set. it should be here any day now. any day. i'm going to go now. has anyone noticed that i have not done my usual moaning and whining about boys? it's not just b/c i thought i'd be nice and not subject you all to it. i just don't feel like complaining. there are no boys on my horizon and i don't care! hmm...how odd...i wonder if this strange comfort will pass. anyway...if anyone cares to write me i'll be here until may 1st. bye, di he who hates is to be pitied, but he who loves is to be pitied more -german proverb +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: So Belle and Sebastian are going to be popular eh?
by Alan Singfield 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hello all. *P*r*o*p*s* to David White for posting this article from the Sunday Mail - I'm going to Scotland next week but I think all copies of it will be pulp by then... > Meanwhile Belle and Sebastian look poised to have their first Top 20 hit > with the single Legal Man. And music business insiders predict the band > will shed their shy indie reputation this summer and prove that they have > what it takes to challenge Steps in the charts, having already beaten them > in the Brits popularity poll. > "In terms of the quality of their songs and their looks they can easily take on > Steps," said one industry insider who has followed the bands career. "I think > they are better looking and better dancers." > "Legal Man has the potential to go Top 10 and they will get bigger over this > summer. Maybe not to Travis levels, but they will be big." > This could explain Waterman's bizarre outburst and comparison with Peter > and Gordon. "Mr Waterman should know about cheesy pop stars. He is the > world expert on the subject," retorted the source. "But Belle and Sebastian > certainly are not cheesy." > "They could have a string of Top 20 singles, number one albums and make > a lot of money if they wanted. But I think they would become big in the same > way as New Order or The Smiths, rather then Steps." P!O!P!ularity is such a mixed blessing. On the one hand, we'll be able to put smug indie heads on saying - "Well, *I* had a copy of Tigermilk before they'd even written the songs, in fact, I got mine before Stuart was born. Blah blah early Smiths etc" On the other hand, we'd lose the opportunity for evangelism and boring our friends with "No, you really should listen to Belle and Sebastian, they really are very good, no honest, they really are". This is worth it for the one person who becomes a convert (I nearly wrote convent then, ho hum) Instead, liking B&S would be like supporting Man Utd - your'e just one of the masses and there's no personal (if imaginary) relationship with the band. That was frighteningly on-topic, so here's some list abuse: BUY YOUR SOAP FROM JOHN'S CORNER SHOP. HELLO LUCY ALDER - MY BUNS ARE CLENCHED FOR YOU... MY MATE DAZZO IS DOING SOME RAVE DJING IN EAST GRINSTEAD ITS £3 IN. Looking forward to the new records with baited breath! Spanners. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Updated Band Site
by mickcooke＠lycosmail.com 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hello there, Just a wee note to say that I've updated the top10 and photo sections of the band site at http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home/ I keep getting sent rude top10's, some of which are even a bit too rude to put on the site. Should I do an uncensored site somewhere on the web? Any suggestions? Cheers, Mick +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: further fables of the fox kind
by julesmarkham 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

hey sinister people. here's a little fable. It's an old one, before jubilee showed up with her griffin and her funny way of saying things. enjoy. The black fox had been walking through the woods a long time. She was hot and tired and thirsty and the sun was giving her a headache. She started to search for water, and eventually came upon a great river that wound through the trees like a serpent. She dunked her head into the cold, clear water and drank. Out of the corner of her eye she saw a flash of gold. This golden shimmer was not a hallucination, but the river god. The river god had once been worshipped, but now the only offerings he received were the stale breadcrumbs that the ducks left behind. he watched the black fox as she drank, and thought how strange she was, and how much he wanted her. He moved slowly closer to the fox. The fox glanced up from her drinking and saw a fish moving amongst the reeds. She admired its shining golden scales and the way it moved through the water. It's dull black eyes watched her. It moved up to the waters edge and put its nose to the surface. The fox stared in silence. The river god willed her to come closer, as soon as she was within reach, he would pull her down into the muddy depths and hold her until she stopped kicking. There she would join all his other treasures. Patiently, he waited. The fox touched her nose to the waters surface, and felt the golden fish touch the tip of her snout. There was a splash of water, a gasp and struggle. The fox pulled the fish out onto the grassy bank. The river god gasped for breath and writhed helplessly. the fox batted him gently with a paw. -Don't kill me! The river god cried, -Please! I'll give you anything! The fox loosened her grip on the small god. ~Anything? -Yes, gold, jewels, anything! ~Where would a fish find gold, then? -I am a god, they were my offerings. The fox raised her eyebrows. She had never met a god before. To be honest, she thought it would be more impressive. ~I let you go and you give me all your treasure? -All I have and more. Please don't kill me. The fox shook her head. ~What use is gold to a fox? It wont fill my belly or quench my thirst. And with that, she swallowed the river god in two gulps. The black fox lay down on the grass and closed her eyes, and in a few moments was asleep. jules 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: Put the newspaper back on the shelf...
by David White 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Greetings Sinister, Don't know if anybody else saw the "Exclusive" story in the Sunday Mail today about B&S. If you missed it you can read a transcription of the article on my website www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk just follow the link to the News page and it should be there. Must thank whoever it was on the list who mentioned that HMV were punting The Smiths CDs for £6.99. I bought their Best I and II and I have to say they are superb. I always thought that Morrisey was a whining git but now having listened to the music properly I have to say its excellent. Thats all folks, Dave www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.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: the big question of "what if..."
by Alexander Bartilson 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hi, so the holidays is soon to be over, that's sad but I guess nothing lasts forever (hmm, think I've heard that phrase before). Just wanted to tell you about a thought that I had the other day. It's based on the "sliding doors"- question of "what if...". I mean there's a lot of "what ifs" in a persons life. what if I didn't go to that school and I didn't meet those friends. How would I be as a person, what would my interests be etc. What if I didn't find B & S (we are all experts on getting off-topic mails go on-topic :-) ) and if I didn't subscribe to this list. Maybe this list (more exactly the people on it) will cause me to do something I wouldn't have done otherwise (it's doesn't have to be as drastic as it sounds, just to make a trip or something). To take an example. What if you go on a trip. On that trip you will probably meet some new people (if you're not going to the Arctics or something). Maybe you will get to know these people and they discussions have with them or probably anything you do with them will change your personality, more or less. You will learn thing about the world and about yourself. that will affect you as a person. Now imagine being able to compare the person you are after the trip to the one you would have been not going on that particularly journey. You might see totally different persons. One of the reasons I thought about this was because about two years ago one of my teachers had invited two vegans to talk in front of my class. At that time I was an ordinary meateater. Now I'm a vegetarian and I'm very aware of the animalrights situation. If I haven't met those two vegans I probably wouldn't be the same person today. Just to state an example. Not that much B & S contents but a small philosophical wondering. have a nice life. ///Alexander PS. fun to see that Mick Cooke is on this list. Maybe we can talk him into letting us now some details about the tour. DS +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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