April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: me and the majordomo
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

Hello everyone. I've been let out of the nursary (for the second time now), so thought I'd mail and say "hi" and also introduce myself. Well, I was a member for most of last year, but then my internet connection at tech expired, and I've only recently bought a new computer, hence re-subscribing. I'm 25, and live in New Zealand. Basically, in a city of about one million, I am pretty much the only Belle & Sebastian fan. It's not such a great place if you're into indie-pop. I just got a Delgados t-shirt from ATP, and even though I feel like a real hipster wearing it, it's unlikely that anyone will ever say "wow - you like The Delgados!" to me as I walk down the street. (sigh) ight now I'm a freelance web designer, which basically means that I did a course in it last year, and nobody wants to give me a "real" job, so I pick up bits and pieces whilt also doing a mind-numbing office job. My main passions in life are pop music and books, and I love Belle & Sebastian best of all. I'm pretty interested in Glasgow indie generally - Orange Juice, early Aztec Camera, Josef K, Mogwai and The Delgados, as well as 80's post-punk pop like Echo & The Bunnymen, The Teardrop Explodes, The Pale Fountains, The Smiths, The Lilac Time and Felt. (ah yes ... Felt) I even have a Felt t-shirt, although, once again, no one is likely to notice living here. Right now my main sideline is builing what will hopefully be THE definitive Orange Juice website. (Well, there are practically no otheres so it shouldn't be hard.) In fact, if there are any kinds out there who are also fans of the great OJ (and really, all B&S fans should at least appreciate them) please get in touch, as I'm trawling for content at the moment and (again) living way down here there isn't much Well, that's it ... glad to be back in league with you beautiful people Lawrence Mikkelsen http://www.akn.quik.co.nz/mikelsen/aboutme +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sunset city - b+s content
by Grrrtrude＠aol.com 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

i heard the song "sunset city", which was a live version credited to B+S, but it didn't sound like them. can anyone clear up whether this is a b+s song and if it isn't, who sings it? thanks. :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Getting Gay with Chan.
by Valerie Solanas 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

yo yo yo party people, line up for sum phat west coast technocracy, kickin it down the neon fantastic, boogie down to your rubber souls, shake the pacifiers we in da HY-OUUSEE Okay so yeah, i have had a bad week and this is the first sinister i've read for a whilte, so bear with me. i had a really surreal fucking dream about cat power. as i'm awaiting seeing the show next week here in tempe. ihave to go see about getting a ticket, but basically, come hell or high water, i have to go. i would describe the dream in more detail, but it was waaaayy too long. alanis morrisette opened for her, and she was terrible. we missed yo la tengo. when chan came out with her entourage of creepy indie people and a pair of backup dancers, she stood on this little riser in teh middle of teh stage, and fretted and muttered directions to the stagehands to move the audience away from her. everyone in the crowd had fuzzy cat ears, or like red and gold hair, and the boys all had orangey iridescent lipstick and eyeliner and everyone had stuffed animals. they kept talking and yelling stuff during her set, and she got pissed and stormed off, she stood behind the curtain almost right next to wher eiw as sitting, crying "i want my teddy bear!!" it was heart wrenching. she finally came back out, and was dressed in white, and a brilliant light shone on her, she was alone on the stage, and her voice was so luminous, she was so caught up in her own world, with her dark hair, and huge dark eyes, i was hypnotized, and kept blathering about how beautiful she was. later in the evening some stage hands hustled out a few people on the pretense of some contest for prizes, but actually they were hooked up with green cables and clamps on their heads, shocked, and arrested for being rude and upsetting chan during her show. everyone was loudly berated for behaving immaturely and making her nervous and talking while she was singing. that's my cat power dream , the extremely truncated version. i have to agree with christa. i am siding with the vicious animals all the way baby. i laugh like hell. stupid people. they go up to a huge wild animal and when it attacks them, they are SHOCKED and OUTRAGED!!! so they they shoot the tiger, or whatever, for their own moronic stupidity of keeping a fierce wildcat caged in their dog pen, and letting their 2 year old play tug=the-ears with it. or whatever. fuck them all!! those kind a morons deserve to be taken out of the gene pool. btw christa i need to write to you!! but i've had such a badddd week. i will write soon. i have stuff for you. miss you. buxomdyke*) i guess i have the poetry parrot then. can we use our own poetry? oh who cares. i can do whatever i want. i'm going to use my own poem. sorry, seamus heaney!! you'll just have to move over. I send teh parrot hurtling in the direction of christa "floozy" c., in an effort to make up for my lack of communication. chirp chirp!! a poem the masculine contemplates the deep I am a thoroughly modern masculine vision, bird-hipped and peg-legged my chest just broad enough, my fingers just the length of a shy cock. Bold-browed, the bridge of my nose sheltering eagle eyes, an Adam's apple hard and true. My shoulders strong with the demands of ten or more fathers, as many generations as pain can curse. I don't remember having any sisters, I dont know if my hair is long or shaven. I have trouble deciding my place in this world. I know a girl who told me, all I could give her she gives herself. She says I am fair; but not enough. She says, we tried. When she held me like a baby I was scared to ask for more. I know all my pretty words will lie quietly in her eyes, passing through her hands, listened to but lost in the end. I know the way my body remembers her breathing will only grow tragic. Sometimes I dream of lizards creeping in my sheets or great black horses that burst their chains. They snort tornadoes of steam and raise flames from their steely hooves. Some other times, I dream of her voice and I come all over. I feel ashamed of being the bullet, of making and shaping love like clay. It's how we are designed, to find a bullseye, somewhere, to home in on the gash like piranhas, to be the arrow and never the wound. They don't understand this is not what I wish to be, that I want only to set us all free-- but I want, that is crime enough. Some of us are whale's legs begging another chance, bragging for the land; some of us are harpoons. But to see poetry in the ecstasy of our prey is to renounce the hunt-- like my grandfather who, catching a deer's lightning eye, threw down his gun for life. It would be easier to believe I could win the plaque-mounted head, wear its teeth on my stem, cage the young ones to fatten on the blood of their sisters, and laugh. But I must concentrate on the desire that binds me, alone, exclusive of slender limbs and lips on roses; the reason that will keep me sane, the machinations of states and philosophers' prescriptions for clarity. This is the difference between a shower and a bath, the river and the ocean: A river carves snakes in mountains, but all rivers become the sea. When the sea swallows mountains on a whim, everyone drifts; rivers are only memories buried in the chasms where mermaids one day will dive for our shining bones. Something can keep me from the forbidden deep; but for now I am distracted a moment more, by mermaids swimming in circles around my tower. http://members.tripod.com/rebelstrange http://members.tripod.com/rebelstrange/buxoms.html ***The Buxoms: Svengali-free since 1998!!*** ______________________________________________________ Sent by FortuneCity Mail at http://www.fortunecity.com Join now and receive 20Mb of free web space and E-mail +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: another visit!!
by brand new shoes 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

well well well, upon opening the front to my little apartment building yesterday to pick up the paper and check the weather, i saw what i first thought might be the poetry parrot! however, i was mistaken, for there, dressed vaguely like a parrot was his hard talking, bitch slapping, glock toting, sag sporting counterpart, the Dope Flow Dawg... soo... not being, really, the ruffest mutha-fucka on the east side, regardless of my Brooklyn days, the DFD hit me with a left, knocked my ass to the floor and, gat aimed squarely at my l'il noggin, forced me to spread phat lyrical flow to the twee-est crew crossing all the ponds. i tried to sneak away whilst he poured a forty on the ground for his lost homeboys, but alas, i was once again, bitch slapped and put back to writing. he is actually here now, so i must hurry... to stay safe, i am using a pre-fab lyrical set by an old favorite, a standard if you will, and though this was not as tough as the DFD had hoped (he was looking for more of a Non Phixon/Arsonists/DVAlias Christ style hardness i think) it fit the bill. so here it is, by the lovely, Pharcyde -1.5 verses of Passin' Me By When I dream of fairytales I think of me and Shelly See she's my type of hype and I can't stand when brothers tell me That I should quit chasin' and look for something better But the smile that she shows makes me a go-getter I haven't gone as far as asking if I could get with her I just play it by ear and hope she gets the picture I'm shootin for her heart, got my finger on the trigger She could be my broad, and I could be her (nigga) But, all I can do is stare... Back as kids we used to kiss when we played truth or dare Now she's more sophisticated, highly edu-ma-cated not at all over-rated, I think I need a prayer to get in her boots and it looks rather dry I guess a twinkle in her eye is just a twinkle in her eye Although she's crazy steppin, I'll try to stop her stride Cause I won't have no more of this passin me by And I must voice my opinion of not even pretending she didn't have me Strung like a chicken, chase my tail like a doggie She was kind of like a star, thinking I was like a fan Dude, she looked good, down side: she had a man He was a rooty-toot, a nincompoop She told me soon your little birdie's gonna fly the coop She was a flake like corn, and I was born not to understand By lettin her pass I had proved to be a better man just hope that the Dope Flow Dawg doesn't find out where you live, i think that the parrot is most likely much friendlier. i gave him a forty and pointed him west, thinking he would end up in ohio and just freak out. so hopefully that's the last we will see of him, but who knows, lock your doors folks, he one bad ass mutha fucka! :) okay loves, enough sillieness. this isn't making fun of the parrot, i love the parrot. i was just jealous of people who got a visit from an inspiring animal so i made up my own. :( i'm off now, be good! love, sam ps: b+s content intentionally kept separate from this post, for their own good. :) ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Grr to dates and timing
by Paul Arathoon 21 Apr '00

21 Apr '00

So B&S decide to do something the day before my 15,000 word dissertation is to be handed in.... grrrrrrr or rather, damn Suffering from the effects of too much beer at the moment. I heard i fought In a War 5 mins ago and I can't remember what it was like but I think it was very good. Legal man is certainly bluddy grate anyway. even if it does sound like Eurotrash apparnatly (Louis- you are well wrong on that point, oh and tidy up the living room before I get back) This mail appears to be as good as the new london telephone numbers, ie absolutly gash, so I will end it now. Though before I depart, a little reccomendation: Buy Boxing Hefner it's really really good. To all those with exams and too much coursework I salute you but then say "why didn't you do the bloody essays when you were given them. It would have saved a hell of a lot of stress......." Love and hugs paul ________________________________________________________________________ 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: The joy of public service radio
by Alexander Bartilson 20 Apr '00

20 Apr '00

Heard on the radio yesterday that a program on channel 3 of the Swedish Public Service radio is doing a Jeepster special next Monday. Two hours of Jeepster. That's great. Maybe I'll hear "legal man" or another new song from B & S. ///Alexander +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: No, I don't think its my round.
by Denise Power 20 Apr '00

20 Apr '00

hello list, llets begin shall we ? Judy, some tea please. Hello list. i am feeling irate today. Someone told me that Stuart Murdoch writes to this list under an assumed name just to hear what people are saying about them. I think this is balderdash. Why on earth would belle and sebastian even care what us saddos are talking about ? Does anyone really believee that stuart comes dashing into practice late, risking a stern look from isabelle awith the excellent excuse of "Sorry guys, I was checking my mail, fucking sinister - I had 498569734956739458734 and I just had to read them all cos they are all so good, one person talked non stop about why they wear odd socks, another agreed. Someone said something banal and ity really caught on and they all think its a cool idea and can't stop posting in. Its almost like whatenglish essays in the leaving cert are like except without the remarks in red pen at the side saying things like "too much narrative." I'm irate because it was obviously some list subscriber who made it up trying to build up the lists credentials in the eyes of the uncaring general public. Going with the thread that it is a lie also points to further cringes on belle and sebastians part. If I gang of people who thought I was great (sic) and had loads of parties in my honour, spread a rumour that I actually went to their parties , I think I'd stamp my foot . Come on, Start trek people hate the fans, Ithink the same applies here. But anyway, It isn't list abuse to complain of a bad day because it seems to be the rules. And its the rules, who am I to break them > I'm irate cbecause I bought a round for five people , one of whom had already bought a round and etiquette nipped ouot the back for a bit because one boy went home, and the others all instatnly acquired a disease whereby their hands were magically unable to reach into their pockets. I wouldn't mind, being only petty in extraordinarily minute cases, but I dropped subtle and obvious hints and commented on it in an annoyed way to the very offenders who feigned deafness and such things. One of the ugly boys was scottish , does this has anythihng to do with the apparent truism that the scottish are a shower of miserable bastards when it comes to money ? I love scottish poele by the way but I do know that that is a well known premise. I hate scabby bastards though. For the more alert of you, the scabby boy was one who I referred to as a n axe murderer in an earlier mail. So the extra sad of you can check the archives to fully understand the structures and motives which govern my every day. And maybe even sturat will reply. ________________________________________ Disclaimer : the information which is obtained through a quiet perusal of these emails should be absorbed by osmosis. Allow one to two years for the genius of each and every intentional spelling mistake and grammtical error to sink in for maximum effect. Recognising that Denise sometimes embellishes stories and leans towards outright lies is important for your own acumen of the holistic elements of the emails. Should your knee get itchy whilst you read emails from Denise, she is completely unresponsible unless of course, she happens to be tickling your knee. Then it is right and proper to stick something smaller than your elbow into her ear with the sole purpose to hurt her. That'll teach her. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: spring hypernation
by idle berry 20 Apr '00

20 Apr '00

Oh dear, look who is a sleepy girl today. Got to the stage where "me and the major" suddenly turned into a song about "me and my duvet could become close friends cos we, like to lie in the same bed and I want to go to sleep.." and so on and so forth. And everyone thought I'd been shagging last night when I got in this morning (no, my hair always looks like this!) which was just wishful thinking really, cos my darling boyfriend disappeared down saaaf again on Sunday. So I'm shag free at the moment. I think the last time I felt this upset was when Lucy died in ER and it was screened on Sky.... IT WAS MOVING! *tsk* you people have no soul. believe in the power. I've been involved in some odd thoughts, all while I've been awake, although they feel more like bedtime thoughts just as you hit the cusp of being tired and falling asleep. nothing exciting so far. So far, my poll booth stands at: 15.9% against B+S stickers. 22.7% for beanie babies (although, I have been told that I can forget that ridiculous idea, its not going to happen.... ah well. no cuddles from Stupot M then.) and a lovely 61.3% want stickers! yay! So maybe we could have B+S lunch boxes too? and maybe a stupot pillow cover? and flasks? and what about those pens, were if you tip them upside down the clothes fall off the little figure inside? I can see the isobel campbell one being a hotcake. Alternatively, fox in the snowstorm balls? I would settle for a gig by the almighty B+S though. OH NO! DEAD BABY ON ER!!! what else was I going to say? hmm. I had some mighty cool gossip for you too.... oh well. MAKE THE BABY BREATH! I KNOW YOU CAN SAVE HER! YOU'RE A GOOD DOCTOR! PLEASE! Sorry... BTW, heard a rumour Jeepster chat is closing? anyone got any light to shed on this tale? true or false? are you sure? you could loose �500,000 here.... positive? anyway, bed time now, later people! BY THE WAY: ican't believe some of you people actually read my rantings! gold medals all round! chocolate ones, of course. love Idleberry kiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskiskis ===== 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: No longer waiting to happen....
by James Gilmer 20 Apr '00

20 Apr '00

Hullo Sinister Siblings!!! The weather is rather dreary but a ray of sunshine has appeared! I caught "I fought in a War" thanks to Bertrand posting the link to the French radio program. Standard B&S openning, slow with just Stu's voice and then the rest of the band joins in. The song itself is nice but nothing new and it'd be hard to judge the rest of the album from it. I really wish I had been able to hear "Legal Man" as I'm interested on how that sounds. But the song is solid and you'll all love it since it's right out of the B&S mold, I simply can't wait for the new album. I've notice the tendency of reviewers to be rather self-depreciating in their reviews of B&S, especially at the college and non-professional levels. They feel the need to apologize for listening to *wuss* rock and dissing it while they at the same time praise the genius and beauty of it. A rather strange mixture, indeed. On a personal note I am flying high because I've just been accepted to Clarion 2000 which is one of the most prestigious writing workshops around. Only about 17-20 students nation wide are tapped for it and somehow I made the cut. I am near shock so I hope you'll all excuse me for going on about it. I feel like dancing right now and I believe I shall go listen to LLPJ a few dozen times. Oh, and cheers to all those who responded to my last post way back when. You know who you are and you're all brilliant! Especially Emily for turning me onto Nina Simone and Jeanette for the AP article. Cheers to the Jeff Noon fans as well! "Goodbye Rag! Goodbye Tag! Goodbye Bobtail!" Jim "We're all out there somewhere, waiting to happen"- Jeff Noon, Vurt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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&S Question Time
by The Fragrant World Of Princess Honey 20 Apr '00

20 Apr '00

At the speed of a bullet - this from B&S Central: ******* Belle & Sebastian are to host a Question & Answer evening for media and fans on 3rd May 2000 in London All members of the band will be in attendence. The evening will be split into two parts - Questions and Answers, followed by a party with Richard and Chris DJing. For the chance to win a ticket for the event, listen in to Radio One's Evening Session on Thursday 27th April from 8-10pm ******* Honey 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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