April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: What a "Manver" is
by Brandt Fundak 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

A "Manver" is what you get when you try to spell the word manoevers (with the o and e being scrunched together as one character) and the oe doesn't stick. I tried a trick to get it to work and the bloody Yahoo! Mail didn't fall for it. So the message should have been "manoevers in dark comedy" since that Cleveland Cat Power show was all about dark comedy. Back to our regularly scheduled programming. Brandt ===== "Selma, Jub Jub is fantastic! He's everywhere you want to be!" --Troy McClure __________________________________________________ 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: a lame subject of another color.. no horse though
by Jygsaw18＠aol.com 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

Samantha says, << I've been lurking but still reading posts. >> Oo err. Me too. Hello again all in sinister land... robyn, i really will write you a good letter soon. I've been out of the house for a week and bleached my hair. People make the same four jokes over and over again.. goldilocks is popular, so is blondie. But I'm no Debbie Harry. When my mother and sister were driving up the road to the house, my sister leaned out the window and yelled "Look, there's a dirty hippie on the porch!" I didn't even look up from my wood carving. Does that make me apathetic? again, samantha: <<to put me in the mood I just went to put in Dog on Wheels from the boxset.>> that's what I'm playing now. I like the color of the cd, actually. But I like the music more. String Bean Jean.... Excuse me. I have a small splinter of something in my index finger. It's terribly irksome.. one of those splinters that just tingle horribly when you brush it across something. It's making typing very obnoxious. Non-new Will says: <<Which is par for the course lately. I've been awfully weepy these past few weeks, and I'm not sure why. I'm usually so naturally bouyant. My class that meets one tuesday evening is like some long forgotten medieval boredom torture. I'm about to fidget right out of my pants waiting for the new album and single. >> Me too. except replace the part "one tuesday evening" with "Monday wednesday and friday" Everything else is true just like it is. Is anyone else in their sophomore year of school and just completely desirous of dropping out? I just don't think i can finish up the last three weeks of school. I'm completely serious, and not trying to be fake-depressed or pretentious. i'm just so tired of books. I can focus on anything but school. If anyone else has felt like this and still not dropped out, please tell me the secret. <<Velcro shoes seemed abundant, Are these coming back as the future style?>> apparantly. I used to have to wear them as a child and was mocked because my shoes didn't "pump up" or do anything interesting. Humorously enough, i also wore corduroy and plaid shirts as a wee lad. I pretty much dress the same now, only the clothes are bigger. <<They just elected me Pope: I'm the most famous man in the world!>> I do believe that Julie's post was twelve times more interesting and 30% more chaotic than my first post. My my. and I really liked the poem about the pope. Although my enjoyment may be tempered by the fact that I'm not Catholic. Hello Julie, it's nice to make your electronic acquaintance madflower of the blue madflower shirt says <<regardless, i'm taking boyfriend applications now. hah>> is there actually paperwork involved? Doubled up with longing at 3 AM is one of the best best best lines I have ever heard. I don't even have to hear the song to like it, if the lyrics are that good. Does that sound odd? all i mean by that is that if the words are that good I know it will move me..just like you can tell that some songs are just tuneful with not much personal meaning to the words.. Well, anyway, i hope all is well for everyone.. austrian dogs still suck dave +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 horse of another color.. what a lame subject.
by GardeningAtNight＠aol.com 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

I've been lurking but still reading posts. I especially enjoy the ones recounting ATP and Struan the merchie boy. After seeing the Smashing Pumpkins Monday and almost being crushed to death by braindead sweaty teenagers, I have a newfound appreciation for bands like B&S. I've been spoiled by tame twee shows for the last year so I was unprepared for that night. This afternoon I'm leaving to go to Toronto with my school orchestra for a competition and to see Niagara Falls and stuff. I know that it will be grate. But the thing is, to put me in the mood I just went to put in Dog on Wheels from the boxset. I hadn't listened to it yet since the Jeepster imports were quicker to grab. But I opened it and was completely disillusioned, for the disc is not mustard colored but a faint pale icky yellow. It was very alienating.. you come to find comfort in certain things, you know, and this was one of them. I noticed they updated the website URL which I can understand, but the new color is just ick. I know it's silly to whine about but I'm in a whining mood. I'm printing pages and pages about neurofibromatosis so I can work on my biology assignment on the long as hell bus ride. I don't understand how anyone could be interested in this stuff. I'm glad someone is though, or else we'd be dead. I'm paranoid that I've inherited millions of genetic diseases now, thanks to this class. I've been checking for irregular moles and cafe-au-lait spots.. I knew that science would do me no good. There was something else I wanted to say but I can't remember it. Jen, did you get my letter yet? Be good kids. Overflow my mailbox. love Samantha +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: First post, parrots, blood and poetry.
by Julie 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

I am NOT having a good day. You know how some days, the more you try to accomplish anything, the more things just go horribly awry? Well, this morning I decided to do the dishes. That's a noble task. Practical. Well, half an hour later, there's silverware all over the floor, a cat under the table, a mirror smashed on the floor and me bleeding on my keyboard. I thought it would be a good time for me to make my first post to Sinister. Many of you know me. Some of you I live with. Well, one of you. Some of you I see a lot. Some of you I see at shows. Some of you I see when you come visit New York. Oh, and probably several of you know me from cozy #sinister. I've never posted before because I had nothing...excuse, me but what the fuck is the cat doing? Sigh. I'm so sick of this cat. He scratches and bites and chews on Megan's giant TWATTYBUS poster in the living room. If he were my cat, I'd just throw him out the window. I'd like to see Ghostface Killah land on his feet from 8 stories up. Anyway. Um, before, I had nothing to say. Then Damon passed along this damned parrot and it's been crapping all over the place and now IT HAS TO GO. Here's my poem. It's by Nicanor Parra. The Poems Of The Pope I They just elected me Pope: I'm the most famous man in the world! II Now I'm at the top of the ecclesiastical profession and I can die in peace III The Cardinals are angry because I don't treat them like I used to too solemn? but I'm the Pope goddamn it... IV First thing tomorrow I'll move into the Vatican V The title of my address: How to Succeed in the Ecclesiastical Profession VI Congratulations are pouring in every newspaper in the world has my picture on the front page and one thing's for sure: I look much younger than I really am VII Ever since I was a boy I wanted to be Pope why's everybody so surprised I worked like a dog to get what I wanted VIII Holy Mother of God I forgot to bless the multitude! Now, I'm putting this parrot back in its cage and sending it by Pony Express to...WILL PORTER OF TEXAS!!! Wheeeee! Please forgive any preceding misspellings, but I can't use the middle finger of my left hand, I cut it on a SMASHED MIRROR earlier. And honeymum, forgive my occasional harsh language, I'm in a bit of a state. BUT I'M THE POPE GODDAMN IT! -Julie "It's only pop music, why are you asking me all these questions?!" -Robbie Williams +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: How to make a loop.
by xstensionchord＠webtv.net 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

Am I being an ass or has reading " this may count as list abuse " the last 12 times become fucking monotonous and boring. Subject heading that foreshadows it being trash or abuse will increase your chances of getting deleted much more higher. OK, sorry, just got a lil' picky I guess. Went to the Looper/Flaming Lips gig with local list member Topher. (very good guy) Looper sounded great and I got some groovy shots, I hope they will come out good, if so I'll get someone to scan and post them maybe. I wished their set was longer though, and it seemed to me and Toph that the Flaming Lips sorta downplayed Looper, poking at their accents and whatnot. The vcr projector amplified the gig. Very fun. I swallowed too much confetti ( I plan to mail miss velocity some confetti and pics.) and almost got hit in the head by the Flaming Lips bassists headstock (seems to me he could at least stand up when he didn't have to play the keys at all!) . Looper's live sound was better, the Flaming Lips got too flabby here and there. Also, Looper's screen wasn't as interactive with the dynamics in the songs, but very fun with the head hitting and the looping school. I must say I was very impressed by Looper and plan to support them bunches in the future. Tons of observations, but I'll stop on this one. Velcro shoes seemed abundant, Are these coming back as the future style? :O) Chad /\ Lliam /\ Curtis +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: attack of the savage, flesh eating cat
by **Megan Lehar** 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

does anyone else still try to write to ph.ed.ac.uk? i have that one imprinted in my brain for some reaosn. i don't think i've written to the list in awhile, but julie's post earlier inspired me, seeing as i have my own troubles with a cat with a taste for human flesh. right now it is playing with a penny. anything can amuse cat. and mai wrote too. so wonders never ceasing i will too. peter miller, this one is for you. brian winters and i went to go see the daily show yesterday, and guess who the guest was? yes, roger daltry. and before you say anything he may not be as good as the great pete, but we didn't get to pick, ok? just be happy with what you got. geez. so yeah, b&s touring. i wonder if i can bring the real minka to the show? she's a big fan too. and she's a very good kitty (unlike certain flesh eaters i know). maybe she could sit in the bass drum? i don't think richard bangs it much, so she'd be fine. she likes enclosed spaces anyway. right now she's in russia, so i'm sure she needs something to look forward too after the long trip home. how good are the tindersticks? (and before you smart asses start answering, that's a rhetorical question). i'm listening to city sickness right now. it's one of those songs that you can just pull out of the woodwork and remember what it was like the first time you heard it. by the way, for a book suggestion, try reading the basic eight by daniel handler. sure, it's the same old high school girl kills boyfriend, but the characters seem real, like cool people to be friends with, some may remind you of your less homicidal friends. and daniel handler is currently playing acordion with the magnetic fields wonder of wonders. i swear i'm goign to add that to my page. well a review or something, his bio is up. what more do you people wnat??? that's what i thought. so ok, i'm going. i need to write poetry about the tragedy of my existence and all that shit. xox megan mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu are we not men? we are magnetic fields. http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ updated 8/5/99 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "doubled up with longing at 3 a.m." - radio show about being dumped
by lost madflowr 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

okay. well here i am dumped again. for almost the same reasons as the past few times. and i think i'm pretty loveable and all but oh well. um, regardless i'm trying to deal. to deal, i've been listening constantly to the new trembling blue stars album. it simply blows my mind every time i listen to it. shite. "ripples" is my fave song at the moment. oh man oh man. it's so good to know that there are other people who feel as purely crap as i do right now. it helps a lot. in any case, he's on both sinister and the indie pop list, so hello _ _ _ _ . the reason i'm posting is because i'm going to do a special madflowr hour [my radio show] on thursday from 3:00 until 5:00 pm [eastern standard time]. you can listen at http://wgmu.gmu.edu with real audio. it's going to be a dumped special i do believe. so songs about break ups and other things. i'm actually looking for suggestions, so if you know of some really great song to help one cope with a break up, then please drop me a line. and if you're going through similar shite, maybe it would help to listen to my show. regardless, i'm taking boyfriend applications now. hah. evol, madflowr p.s. the title of this special madflowr hour show is "doubled up with longing at 3 a.m." taken from 'ripples' by trembling blue stars. "doesn't help to admit that i get sad...but i get sad." -sad mud song (heavy vegetable) ______________________________________________________ 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 #109
by Elvis ... 12 Apr '00

12 Apr '00

so then i got up and went to the breakfast cereal place and i picked up a rather innocent looking packet of tescos choco flakes. then i nearly strted to cry and felt really sorry for this box, because aside form having an incredibly bizarre 60's multi colour hippo with a horn on it. it says. this lovely catchphgrase. ''they're chocolatey!'' oh dear me. sympathy. i feel sorry for your cheeky hens a bit too mike-o err. i heard legal man though. ______________________________________________________ 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: buggin'
by Kev 11 Apr '00

11 Apr '00

Ouch, I feel all shaken. I just had to forcibly evict un unwelcome tenant - well squatter technically. I might have considered letting it stay if I thought it'd cough up some rent. I mean, as a species I have nothing against them really - they keep the flies away, after all, but I simply can't be comfortable when there's a two inch wide (I kid you not) hairy as hell arachnid is glaring down at me while I'm trying to be all sensible and mature. I just get to thinking about where it goes at night and what it does when I'm sleeping and eurgh I can't bare it. So I have to try and get it - not kill it you understand (what the hell would I do it once it was dead - display it? I think not) but just somehow make it be elsewhere. I have no idea how something so big gets to be so fast, really I don't. I didn't knock it off the wall, really, the bastard jumped. It's wise to a gurning semi drunk twenty something - it's off and under the TV stand before I get to practice my velvet charm and entice it into the pint glass. Well, I got it in the end and it's now menacing small mammals in the garden, but it didn't come quietly. I swear I could feel the weight of this thing in the glass - it was all jumping up against the side all the way down the stairs. Eurgh. I'm all bugged out. I really didn't want to piss it off. I mean I don't want it to come back with all it's mates... Er...that's it really. Sorry. I'll try to be more useful later on. Always buy the Big Issue from a badged vendor, and eat your greens. Love and fun in foreign fields Kev (the everso slightly shaken) ps. dutonin or duntonin or whoever was being such a charmer the other night - mail me? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: IMPORTANT NOTICE
by idle berry 11 Apr '00

11 Apr '00

I'm posting again (so soon? you lucky little things!) cos I've had a few e mails and comments about my sticker idea, all good, but please don't petition jeepster records about the sticker thing. David Kitchen will just go into one of his girlie sulks with me otherwise, and I can't be bothered for that. Hes worse than my mum with PMT. He'll probably go into a girlie strop cos I mentioned that he goes into girlie sulks at all, now... instead, pester Neil Robertson. cos he doesn't know where I live, and I can hide easier from him. you can e mail him through the B+S website, or here, or wherever he happens to be.... hes omnipitent, he is.... possibly. Anyway, jeepster is a record label, not a bits and pieces related to B+S label. sorry. thanks for the support though. you make me feel listened to. cherryhippos idleberry ===== http://www.geocities.com/idleberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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