April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Manvers in dark comedy
by Brandt Fundak 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

Hi all. It's me again, here to waste your time with my thoughts on the new Belle and Sebastian song/single as well as my observations on the Cleveland music scene, something I know like 4 of you on this list care about, but I thought that maybe if you guys had seen some of the same tours we would have a point of common experience. So without further adieu... LEGAL MAN Ok, so my first experience with this song was probably less than ideal. I listened to it via real audio and the quality was spotty at best. I think I need to hear it via CD or LP on my stereo to make a good judgement. Keith Watson said on Friday that it was a catchy tune, and maybe he's right, but it's hard to make a judgement when it sounds like you are listening to it via a scratchy telephone connection. YO LA TENGO Great show, wierd crowd. There were numerous people drinking wine (I found myself wondering when I had arrived at the wine tasting party) and there was one guy who looked like an overweight jock boy throwing his arms around and dancing like a fool. He was especially getting into it when Ira Kaplan launched into some really discordant guitar lines. I think at one point he elbowed a guy in the face and the guy gave him a stern talking to, because past that point I saw the ape boy's arms yearning to breathe free, but practicing restraint, he just played air guitar instead. It's not often that a crowd could ruin a show for me, but by the time YLT came on for their second encore in classic arena rock style, I was fed up and yearning to watch IRON CHEF (which, thanks to a technical glitch, I never got to see.) CAT POWER I thought Saturday would be better since I had a ticket to see Cat Power, but it ended up being postponed a night because Chan Marshall had car troubles in Detroit. So instead my friend Liz and I had an IRON CHEF marathon. Then Chan came into town last night and played. She showed her typical (from what I hear) fear of the crowd--her fear often manifested itself in attempts at witty banter with the audience during the middle of a song. Highlights include: 1. Chan asking if some long dead Cleveland rocker was in the crowd. This ended up generating a conversation between Chan and an audience member who explained thew rocker's unfortunate fate (that he committed suicide in the 70s.) 2. Trivia time! She asked us what the city of brotherly love was, to which the entire crowd ansered "Philadelphia." She then asked what Detroit was. I screamed "a hellhole!" She said "no, that's south africa." ok. 3. This strange boy with a shirt wrapped around his head walked up to the stage, stared at her for 5 seconds and walked away. Chan joked, "that's my boyfriend. He likes to make me feel important." A funny joke until you find out after the show that the guy is selling Cat Power records in the back. 4. Chan asks if we'll all run to the bar if she tells us drinks are on the house. This accentuates her fear of the crowd and some of the less couth members of the audience start screaming at her. Anyway, if any of you saw cat power, it may seem that I didn't like the show, but I did. I just found it strange that she just wouldn't stop playing. She would never take a break to receive much deserved applause, but would instead do wierd changes and then joke with the audience to cover up how wierd they were. Last night was just crazy. I went to the apothecary to get some cheap assed ibuprofin and on my way back to my apartment (I live around the corner from the venue) I was asked if I rode a scooter and a hippy tried to sell me hash. Crazy. A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY I just got done reading this book and since I had a nasty row with my father this weekend, I sat and fumed for a good hour after I read it. I had to "clean the palate" (for lack of a better term) by picking up my copy of THE HOBBIT. I am tired as shit today though. Brandt ===== "Selma, Jub Jub is fantastic! He's everywhere you want to be!" --Troy McClure __________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: Re: Half Blaked
by Toby Blake 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

> But Toby, how could he be "so in touch"/"aware" of his personality > flaws (apart from the big plot changing one), recognise them as > flaws (whilst once again failing to recognise his BIG flaw), choose > to ignore them AND remain charming?? Whilst I am aware the human > psyche is a complex thing and one man's flaw is anothers strong > point, I have little sympathy for someone who is so self aware as to > recognise their own flaws and yet is (at best), too lazy to correct > them. I didn't say I found him particularly charming, but I do think there's something refreshing about a character with personality flaws who is too bloody-minded and lazy to do much about them. It makes a welcome change from hero realises problem is with his own character and corrects it. It's a bit more realistic behaviour and easier (for the more idle among us) to identify with. Or is everyone else on the list engaged in rampant self-improvement? > Then again, who am I to judge? It's a book, I thought it was weak. I > have seen fever pitch, I thought it was weak. I await to be > persuaded about the merits of Nick Hornby. When you say "seen" I presume you mean the film. It's terrible and, as was inevitable, attempts to put a plot to a book that naturally has no plot. In those days, books about football were a lot rarer than today and Fever Pitch was a very intelligently written book about the noble art of kicking a ball about a field. It does a good job of explaining the impossible to explain. About a Boy was shite though, eh? Toby +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: NYC looper troubles...
by adam apparatus 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

list abuse! but it's my first time, so it should be okay... does anyone have an extra ticket for the looper show? my parents were wankers and made me miss buying mine... i'll love you forever, and even pay you lots of money! (read: double the ticket price, anything! sexual favors, yeah!) thanks, dearies! - adam aconover(a)optonline.net Tempus Fugit is at: http://www.i2.i-2000.com/~conover/tempus/main.html +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: you thought it was safe to go back in the water
by feather boa 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

but no, fb's back. i'm slightly (well, more than that) drunk on red wine, so please forgive me for complete nonsense. i wish i had gone to atp. but a-levels got in the way, and they will also prevent me from going to glastonbury this year as i have (at least) 2 exams afterwards (both english - beloved and step in case you were wondering.) i want a girlfriend. i am currently extremely lonely and there must be at least one other gay girl on the sini-list. sorry. i think i'm going to melody maker next monday, so i'm going to have a sneak around to see if they've got a copy of legal man i can steal, on the grounds that it's only ian watson that likes them anyway. pip pip, FB X *********************************** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. http://www.chickshops.com boutique shopping from chickclick.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: simon smelled gars-funkle
by Colleen 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

well its been a shloooong time since i have spat out an email..and i think im almost drunk so now is a goos (good ) time. now is goos. i would like to thank the list for jeff first. he visited san francisco about a month ago and i took him under my wing, and he did really well under the alchoholic circumstances. good peoples jeff is. i hope you are all as fortunate as i was to meet him. good guy.(brave guy) hehe. so thank ya. oh, i saw travis sat. night and they were real shmool, good energy..only thing that sucked was that oasis had to be there too. i prescribed myself jack daniels to numb thee pain. went to see luna/mark eitzel a week ago or so and the venue had some electrical issues, the whole entire block lost power so we stood there in the dark for a half hour waiting for the lights to come back on. when they came back on, i got my ass grabbed by a random moron, i think if i were that guy who did it, i would have done it when the lights were off/ i think he was new. oh yeah i saw yo la tengo as well last month and i got famous that night! i snuck off where it said STAFF ONLY to have a cigarette and some mtv/sonicnet guy followed me, and started taking pictures of me and asking me all kinds of questions, and it was funny as hell to see me on the website! there were all these pictures of the band playing, serious..then my drunk ass grinning, smoking a cigarette with a gin and tonic in hand! hee hee! it was a lick! i finally got my magnetic fields-69 loves songs box set, ohh its shmool, so shmool and the great thing is, is that i saw them a few months back and they were just as awesome live which is always exciting. im real glad i have ears. well ive had enough of this trying to type and there is no b&s content but thats not important right now, cause if i talk about how much i cant wait to see them when they tour the west coast, i'll only jinx myself, besides the fact that i'm emailing this list is a reference in itself. time to go oh yeah.. dont forget that while reading the fortune from a fortune cookie, put "in bed" at the end of it, it just sounds better :) and im off.. crackstar colleen www.firetalk.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: Ho Hum
by David White 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

Greetings people, 3 points to make: 1. I did not read my email until Friday, thus missing the news about the new single being played (D'oh!), and therefore didn't hear it. While I'm thinking about it and without wanting to sound like an old fart, the Evening Session has never been as good since Steve Lurpak took over from Mark Goodier back in the early 90s. 2. When are Teenage Fanclub releasing new stuff, I haven't heard anything about Scotland's 2nd best band for ages and it's about time we had a new album. 3. If anybody is bored they could visit my site www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk and have a go at trying to guess which songs the random lyrics are from. (Random lyrics appear in the top frame of the home page when it loads and you can change them by reloading the page, I think there are 10 in all). An honourable mention will go to whoever gets them all right. PS Leave your answers on the DISCUSSION page and I'll check them (if anybody bothers to do it) and give an honourable mention to anyone who gets them all right! That's all folks! Dave David(a)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: ooh aah sinistah
by sean hopson 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

hello, we have returned from ATP.....as champions the mighty sinister 5-a-side footie team (deep undercover as the slut jockeys) destroyed all opposition in an awesome display of technical ability, strength, stamina and, well, sheer joie de vivre. apart from when i was playing. hopefully s/one of a more literary bent will produce a full match report in the near future, tho' how words will ever describe the sublime skills on display.... maybe we should ask nick hornby ;-) those requiring a momento of captain jim's black and white army's finest hour...i've scanned the CERTIFICATE of ACHIEVEMENT we received....and it's available now. mail me. i'm off to feel smug. has anyone got any ralgex? sean gas.man(a)btinternet.com __________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: drew their swords and shot each other
by alix campbell 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

Hello Heres a crap post from me. Im jealous of everyone who buggered off to ATP despite having been saying that I didnt want to go. I just dont like being left out. Hope you all had fun and didnt catch measles or anything nasty. Weather turned out nice, didnt it? Didnt bother listening to legal man on the old radio machine. I think I was out, but I cant recall. I rather hope itll sound like no limits by 2 unlimited, seeing as some of you have compared it to dance mucus. I got stranded in Putney on Saturday night. I reckoned I could walk back and make it to work by 10am the next day. Without sleep. Didnt have to though and Im going to tell you why. First I got a lift off of a minicab driver to the Brompton Road. He would have delivered me to my door, had I paid in kind. To be honest I didnt fancy that and was sick of being felt, so I asked to be let out. Then I decided to walk again, growing ever despondent. Bizarrely another minicab driver offered me a lift, and despite the fact that by this point I should really know better, I accepted. He was a top chap though; he took me to Camden, and then gave me the night bus fare. Better than all of this, he didnt want a shag. If youve got any spare props, send them his way. Had a bit of a feline twee fest this lunchtime, I got followed home by a cat, which came inside and made itself at home, and then left with me. Jolly good fun, and a lovely cat too. Previously to my unorthodox journey home on Saturday, myself and a sinisterine who shall remain anonymous were watching the Top Ten Romo thingy on channel 4. It was GRATE. Im going to buy some Spandau Ballet soon. Ive already started growing my Phil Oakey fringe. I could never play melody pops properly. God knows I tried, but give me a nice brass instrument anyday. They dont taste * that * bad either, as long as youre sparing with the brasso and valve oil. Enough already lixi.x ______________________________________________________ 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: This is going to sound VERY melodramatic...
by James Errington 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

You know when something happens to you, and you can't tell any of your friends because, well, you should have told them a long long time ago if they were to be in on the secret at all... Well, I've decided to tell you all instead because you aren't going to tell them and I HAVE to tell SOMEBODY, and it is quite interesting an' all but do feel free to skip it if you like. OK, here we go. For the past 6 months or so I've been in a constant state of being convinced that I only had a few weeks to live. And, though I'm not going to go into detail, I had pretty good reason to think that. As you can imagine, I started getting a little mentally unstable and self-destructive and as I was too scared of the truth to go to a doctor it got worse and worse until I frankly started scaring my friends with behaviour which was either 'get my gun' strange or stupidly dangerous. And then last thursday I finally plucked up the courage to get something done about it and it turned out to be more-or-less nothing. And I've never been so happy in my life, its like I've suddenly got this future ahead of me and I can do whatever I like and I can hardly feel my feet touch the ground and suddenly the constant thought of 'don't plan ahead, there's no point' has gone and I'm so relieved... But I can't tell my friends so I thought I'd tell you all. If you're still listening, I've got a musical reccomendation too. Kevin Ayers' Whatevershebringswesing is sort of like B&S / Nick Drake if they branched out into semi-prog-rock in the very early seventies. Need I say more? I just know lots of you will love it. His other stuff is good too, but that's the starting point really. Anyone else like it? Mmm? ANYway, thanks for listening. xxx, weejay Blue Glow is now at http://diskant.future.easyspace.com/blueglow/ (This network is as sick as a dog. If you can't get through try maleslut(a)chickmail.com instead) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Why so wrong? Why the face so long? Is it over?
by Jason Andreas 10 Apr '00

10 Apr '00

Hi Sinister Massive. Well, I went to Sweetie's house and had a really nice time. I even rode my first horse (bareback - ouch) and was waiting to fall off. I didn't, thankfully :) I met her friend Susan, which caused some strangeness <grin> I was holding Sweetie's hand (just cos we're good friends) and Susan was making suggestive comments, so I decided the best (hah!) way to make her stop was to hold her hand too. Bad idea. For the rest of the time, she was sort of, in Sweetie's other friend's words, "trailing me" all day <grin> But it was a nice weekend there. Thanks Sweetie. Hmm. Heard Legal Man again today. The more I hear it, the more I want to hear it again. Excellent indeed. Daniel the JR type guy said: >in order for to date a girl i require one thing > >[1] like belle and sebastian I require two things: [1] She actually likes me back (which hasn't happened yet, but hopefully will before I turn 30) [2] She must have a pulse. <grin> Stereo Update: I got the stereo back 'repaired' only for the same fault to be there. I phoned them and the guy said "hmm, worked fine with us sir." Lovely people. Then it started to smoke, so I have taken it back to the shop *again* and am requesting everyone to keep their fingers crossed for me. *GOD* I miss my MD. I have a black marker pen and wish to graffitti some bus stops. I just can't think what to write. Hopefully it will all come clear <smile> Robert Smith (of the Cure?) said: >i love my cardigan Which is amazingly twee. I must admit to being in love with my light-blue denims and 'Chinese Writing' shirt. Of course I don't wear them together - I'd look even more of a twat than usual. I am trying to pluck up the courage to go to the dentist and get my tooth fixed. It's a lot easier said than done. I am going to the Primal Scream gig this week, but I can't be bothered. I'm only going because I promised my friend (and bought a ticket). I'm not in the mood for gigs at the moment - I have a heavy heart. I am making a plea now to you all. This probably only applies to UK folk: I am being forced to give up my 4 and a half year old husky, Cody. He's a friendly animal who requires a lot of love and affection and so someone who really likes to walk would be ideal. This is a heartfelt plea to you all. I really want him to go to a good home, and not some sort of pet shelter. If there's anyone who would like to know more, please mail me privately at jasonandreas(a)breathemail.net His picture is on the photo page, by the way. Thank you for listening. --Jason Andreas Silent whispers in my head, Never heard but always said. ICQ: 45821217 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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