April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Happy Easter kids!!!!!!
by Mark 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hi everyone, Back after the Easter Hols to find out that today is EASTER SUNDAY... I've been told that, at nearly 20, I'm too old for Easter eggs and should grow up or sommat. This hit me like being told tou died without noticing it... not the lack of easter eggs, but being OLD... it is terrible. Tuesday will find me trapsing the ailes of Tesco for the bargin eggs that no-one wanted. I haven't been able to get at the puter in ages, but having read through an assortment of over 450 emails, there seems to be some negative stuff regarding ATP. Hmmm, seemed OK to me... the only festival this year with bands who care about music... the place to go and see all yr favorite space/ post rock, with a gorgoeus beach, watching Stuart M play football, John Peel Djing, bars open till 5 for dancing then off to the beach etc thrown into the bargain... it truely was a wonderful time. The highlight was, quite posibly, stumbling accros a Track and Field party at half 5 one morning. My companions, having not hard the delights of boxing hefner before, found the 'I'm going to make myself go blind tonight' refrain of hello kitten extramly funny, and insisted on screaming it all the way to the beach at 6 in the morning. It was then that one of the kids decided he could fly, which he couldn't remember doing at Bowlie last year, so he definatley preferred this year. Anyway, thats all old news now... but I haven't much else to say. uch is life. Have a good Easter y'all... love, mark xxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: b-day with the gang
by brand new shoes 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

'ello loves, this is a pointless post, right out, so if you are not in the mood, go right on and back space to delete, 'kay? i just came from a tragic birthday party for my friend Meesha to which very few people came. it was so sad. she is the most beautiful person. she just didn't tell anyone it was her day, y'know? it's her golden birthday too, and it was mine this year as well, which also kind of sucked, so maybe it's just a thing with golden birthdays. i left early because she was getting tipsy and she and vanessa kept telling me a had to take my shirt of for them, so to avoid embarassing memories tomorrow, i thought it better to leave. a pleasant side not, as i was leaving, Electronic Renaissance was playing, so it stuck in my head. and also my friend brady paid for all of our dinners at a fancy fancy restaurant, which was a lovely gesture that will give me guilt for ages... for all those that i talked to earlier on #sinister, it is evident that i am no longer a complete freakshow-stress-boy, as i was hours ago. it reached a point where not only did i have millions of things to do, but everything went wrong, and i completely deflated, and found myself half-laying on my couch with one kitten on my hip and one at my head, watching 'friends' and reading Flaunt magazine, feeling sorry for myself... i could bitch to no end about the horrors of this day, but instead will just give a brief run down of the little 'princess and the pea' style bumps that looked so huge i couldn't deal...the local photo shop couldn't do same day slides, light rain started before shooting new slides outside of paintings b/c i optimistically bought day light film, camera's rewind nob broke (replaced quickly thank god), tripod was stolen from studio, almost got in 4 car accidents, friends vanished when i needed them, computer crashed and destroyed 4 hours of video editing, umm, the list could go on, but mercifully stops here. suffice to say, i am tipsy now and feeling right content with the pathetic attempts made to conquer what was obviously a day that was not meant to happen. mmm if anyone in the pittsburgh area is going to the Need show tomorrow, i will be there, you'll know me by, um, well, nothing really. i can't promise to wear anything, as the weather has been so unpredictable. mmmmmm oh! one more sad thing... Where have my list crushes gone!!! i had 4 at one point and now it is down to 1!! did i do something awful? did i suddenly become lame? my fragile ego is ruined :) no, i have one and that is all i need and you fickle mind-changers are just missing out, yeah? :) (not really i suppose, i swear i'm not that full of myself) plus, i know who my one is, and that is pleanty for me. she gets all my kisses! mmmmmwah! okay, this is long enough. my sincere appologies for rambling like this. i suppose it is list abuse to use you all as a sounding board for my grumps, please forgive. much love to all of you, tipsy and boring, li'l sam ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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: ...she comes from the rain...
by RPushong＠aol.com 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ please rain fall... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i always find myself playing belle & sebastian when it rains...i find them to be an ideal accompaniment for the sound of rain...its funny how the weather can affect your listening habits...when its sunny and warm i play broadcast...and in the winter/christmas time i tend to reach for phil spector...and his christmas album...it manages to put even me into the christmas spirit! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the day the rain came down ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i hope everyone is having a relaxing easter holiday...i'm not back to work until tuesday...i'm ashamed to say i haven't got much planned at all...i will stay in and do the tapes/mds/cds that i have promised to various people...i have had allot on my plate recently...but i haven't forgotten...and i am notorious for being late...i hold the record at my work for being late for work...i believe its been 3 months since i've arrived on time...but they are pretty relaxed about that sort of thing so its a kind of like a joke to everyone...& i do live far away from where i work...so i get allot of sympathy... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ rainy day mushroom pillow... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i finally got to hear "and you will know us by the trail of the dead" ... i don't know ... it just wasn't what i expected at all...my own observation was if you imagine swervedriver trying very hard to be sonic youth...that's what you would come up with...which is all very good in theory...but it didn't really come across to well...it was an equal disappointment when i heard "muse"...for about 1 month i was convinced it was radiohead... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ though it poured the next day, i never noticed the rain... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i mentioned swervedriver before...so i feel a bit of continuity coming on ... i liked swervedriver when they were around...they were the most american sounding english band ever! but i'm glad to see like most of the bands that i liked back in the day...that they are in there own way still making records..." toshack highway "(now that's a name!) features adam franklin the former singer of swervedriver...and i must say its quite a departure from swervedriver...but its fantastic ... its great to see those sort of people still making music...you've got slowdive still represented by the dreamy "mojave 3 "...wedding present dave gedge and his "cinerama"...the weather prophets & mainly pete astor still preaching with" the wisdom of harry "..." razorcuts till cutting it with " sportique "east village...and the jangle of "birdie" ... talulah gosh and "marine research" ...god the more i think about i'm starting to frighten myself! the wolfhounds dave callahan and "moonshake" spacemen 3's jason pierce and "spiritualized "... even death in vegas feature ex-revolver singer and guitarist matt flint playing bass... even though richard fear hogs all of the headlines... but the ultimate line-up...a line up i would never have been able to put together in my wildest dreams is primal scream...now featuring ex-members of felt, stone roses my bloody valentine, jamc, revolving paint dream, cos believe it or not folks the scream were there at the very start...they were the kings of twee! with songs like "all fall down" and "crystal crescent"...& not forgetting possibly the greatest b-side of all time "velocity girl" ... they are a fantastic example of how a band can keep on trying to progress with every album...they didn't always get it right (the very rawk inspired self titled second album just about saved by the excellent" i'm losing more than i ever had" noone can accuse them of coming up with the same old same old... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ rain stops play... ~~~~~~~~~~~~ i've been doing a good job of avoiding the new b&s single i don't listen to the radio so its not been too hard...so i'm eagerly awaiting it...but in the meantime i've been listening to "clock strikes thirteen" ever decreasing circles & it is very wonderful & soothing to the ear...a wonderful album...on a complete departure i was very pleased to see the pharcyde get a mention on these pages...remember a little bit of hiphop never did anyone any harm...and the pharcyde are responsible for one of my favourite videos of all time! the name escapes me but the whole video was played in reverse & it made for some hilarious visuals...this video and the excellent squarepusher "come on my selector" which features a young manga looking girl and her spooky dog are my two favourite videos ever! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ why does the rain?... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ well kids i apologise for my pointless ramble...but sometimes i have to get these thoughts of my chest...thanks for putting up with me ... take care everyone...over and out... richard...i...p +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. 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Sinister: You Sir, Are A Poliwhirl*
by Sarah Clarke 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Dear Sinister, isn't it good when you get ideas in your head and you decide that they will be the principle of your life for at least until you go to bed and wake up the next morning feeling a little disconserted? These ideas of course should always be inspired by Pop of course. As everyone knows that P!O!P! is the land of the zany and madcap, the swingeing principles that lose you all your friends, the highs and lows, the aubergines and the eggplants.... Hmmm. I'm listening to a Japanese pop group, who seem to be from the planet Squiggly Geetar Solos followed by The Bit Where In The Film Soundtrack Patrick Swayze and "bird" Snog For The First Time Where It Goes All Slow And Then Rocks Out Again. Make any sense of that? It makes sense when you listen to the song. Bah. I've been thinking about the Clientele again. I still want to be the sulky kid in the corner clutching a pint of beer. I have decided they're the band I love to hate, which everyone else probably decided when I first opened my mouth on the subject. Everything I say about them comes out in the vein of what Great Pop should be - however since when have I liked textbook examples. Everything I feel I should like but which I just can't bring myself too. And I'm not fucking going too. Why am I so bloody defensive? God, I piss myself off!! And Stephin Merrit is God. Isobel Campbell is NOT. The WAAAAAAAAAH!!!! sound on Crazy Horses is God too. What other Pop groups are Godlike? Should I be reading Trousercuts to tell me? Reserve me a copy. I remember when Papercuts was first concieved you know. What a long way its come since then. I hear they're even selling enough to keep the editor in hairslides. Ah the dizzying heights of Stardom. I read a fucking ace interview with Mike Oldfield and um...Wolfsbane today. I salute thee in the name of RAWK, Sarah xo * What else would I say? ===== "But just remember, when your teacher told you to always find a home for stray animals, she wasn't referring to your rectum." -- DNA Mag-AZINE. ____________________________________________________________ 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: A Dream Of All the Bowlie Kids That Hang Around You
by David Moore 23 Apr '00

23 Apr '00

Hallo, Bollocks, there goes another reference to Camber Sands, sorry. Oops, I think that bollocks is one too: "Oh my God, I just found out what your bollocks is! I always thought it was your ass!" :) Actually I don't know why I am apologising for mentioning ATP: I am mystified as to why an activity common to a score of listees & half of Belle and Sebastian should not be a suitable topic on Sinister. Meatier, Beatier, Bigger & Bouncier is what struck me on first listening to the promo of Geometrid I acquired today. Of course I should really have put it away for a couple more weeks before playing it, but I think that would be a bit silly. If I were fortunate enough for someone to give me a copy of FYHC,YWLAP I would of course listen to it immediately, seeing as how we haven't had a release from the band for a millennium or so. I wonder how far one could take the "not listening until official release date" position, anyway? What if Jeepster posted pre-orders so as to arrive on the Friday before release Monday again? Would you wait 3 days before playing it? And if so, at what time on Monday morning would it be OK to start the CD player? 9 a.m. when the shops open, or say, 10.30 a.m. as being the time when one would first get home from town? Anyway, Geometrid. I like Stuart David, & I don't think he smells of wee at all. But I have to admit to being a wee bit disappointed that the album gently waves farewell after a mere 35 minutes & 10 seconds. Leaving the question of value for money aside altogether, the album is cracking, more up tempo & diverse than its predecessor, & has more than one tune :) The touching romanticism of the Stuart & Wee Karn story is absent, but the humour isn't, & other childlike stories are told with that impish grin, to toe tapping beats, with added bleeps'n bloops. Excellent stuff, but I think I'm making it sound boring & its NOT so I'll shut u BTW, the Looper site lists UK dates in June, see http://www.geometrid.co.uk/news.htm or if you're too lazy: Sun 4 Hove- Old Market Mon 5 Bristol- Fleece & Firkin Tues 6 Portsmouth- Wedgewood Rooms Wed 7 Manchester- Music Box Thurs 8 London- Camden Dingwalls Fri 9 Harlow Square Sat 10 Glasgow- King Tut's Sun 11 Edinburgh (venue tbc) Mick, if you're looking for somewhere to put rude Top Tens, why not ask Honey to put them next to the Body Parts page, where I see that another, thankfully blurry, winkle has emerged from its shell? Love to you all, David Moore Chelmsford, 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: snow
by Marshall Tindall 22 Apr '00

22 Apr '00

Yay! I,m finally out of the nursery, feels good, real good. Anyway I originally wanted to write about a week and a half ago, forgetting that I was in the nursery....(here's my original message) This is my first time to the list, but I had to write. Well.. I didn't have to I suppose, but it seemed appropriate. Anyway, I just had a really great experience, I stayed up all night (that isn't it, quit snickering) and was walking back to my dorm at about 7:00 am and it started snowing. I went outside in my shirtsleeves and tried to catch snow on my tongue, but resisted the urge to make a snow angel. After my inner, or outer, child had had enough fun, I stood in the middle of a field, just me and the snow with footprints (except mine), it was all very serene and beautiful in the morning halflight. For that moment I forgot about exams and dating and money and all that other shit and focused on a nice peaceful feeling inside myself and the on spectacle around me. The next morning, the snow had been trampled by others and I felt like I had lost a part of me... but I suppose I really haven't as I still have the experience and that peaceful feeling to carry around with me... Anyway I just had to right that down, looks and sounds kind of daft I suppose, but its special to me, thanks for humouring me if you made it this far. Oh crap, no B&S content, well relate it to 'Fox in the Snow' however you want... Thanks for reading, Marshall (That was a little while ago, but today its sunny and really hot! stupid Canadian weather...grumble grumble) I want legal man, the new LP, some new B&S!!! Ummm... bye Marshall ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail 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: Bunny Butterfly Catchers - from Kin Woo
by daftpunk＠tartarus.uwa.edu.au 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

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Sinister: tired of whys, choking on whys, i just need a little because
by christa 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

its raining again and there is a parrot on my windowsill. its sheltered there, so i suppose its not too strange. my cat seems quite interested in the goings-on... they're eyeing each other suspiciously through the old fashioned crank-out window. he's meowing to be let out, but i want the bird to stay. at least long enough to show me what to do next. is he here to help me decipher late-night whispers about trust and permanence? will he help me figure out what "the long haul" really means? this boy i know promised me he'd never let me leave, and that means something. perhaps this bird will bring clarity..? the cat is catnapping now, aware but indifferent. the bird is winking at me "you know what to do"; he ruffles and flies off. and it does indeed become clearer. because i know, deep inside, that i won the fight. i am content in the knowledge that i have won. all the happiness and bunny-rabbit finger puppets in the world are mine. that boy laid the world out open in front of me, and i am finally ready to accept it. as my own. "Somebody's Song" This is what i vow: He shall have my heart to keep; Sweetly will we stir and sleep, All the years, as now. Swift the measured sands may run; Love like this is never done; He and i are welded one; This is what i vow. This is what i pray: Keep him by me tenderly; Keep him sweet in pride of me, Ever and a day; Keep me from the old distress; Let me, for our happiness, Be the one to love the less: This is what i pray. This is what i know: Lovers' oaths are thin as rain; Love's a harbinger of pain- Would it were not so! Ever is my heart a-thirst, Ever is my love accurst; He is neither last nor first; This is what i know. -Dorothy Parker -------------------------------------------------------- now on constant repeat: "wild is the wind"- catpower "don't cry"- mogwai +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hellooooooooo, Is there anybody there?
by Kerr, David 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

Alrighty There Where is everyone today? Is anybody else working or is it just me? C'mon someone has to be able to cheer me up. Pleeeeeeeeease. Office work is just the biggest pile of monkey spunk ever!!!! Sitting behind a desk all day can drive you to drink. Mmmmmmmmmm alcohol. A cool pint of Dry Blackthorn would go down a treat right now. Couldn't even afford a pint right now even though I want one pretty badly. (Signs of an alcohol problem setting in) I HATE HATE HATE getting paid on a monthly basis. You live like a king for the first weekend then you're struggling for money for the rest of the month even though you have an overdraft as well. I think it's about time I took the next big step in my life. I think I'll go and get myself a credit card. I'm sure some more debt would cheer me up. Well I'm off to phone the Missing Persons' Bureau to see if anyone is looking for me. Peace Out Davie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 fear the fear the fear!
by julesmarkham 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

another crush vote! I am paralytic with terror! One vote could just be a fluke but two! who is voting for me?! Who are you?! AArrrrrgghhhh! in a self-conscious state of 'I'm-not-even-that-good-looking induced fear 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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