April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: why do I have sleepy eyes?
by inscca＠thegapshs.qld.edu.au 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

hello This is my first time contributing to the list, I'v just got my vocie. My name is catherine and I'm 16 and live in brisbane in Australia...which isn't that great at the moment. I have sleepy eyes, so I really shouldn't be looking at a computer screen at school.. school and sleepyness don't mix. Why I want, to write this message is because.. My nasty principle took my belle and sebastian bage from me. yesterday I wore my bage with the boy with the freckles on it, on my tie. He told me I was abusing my tie and my uniform...Today I have to see him to collect my bage....mmmm I hope he isn't there... byebye from catherine +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: test tube organs and some legal men
by Victoria Adam 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

Legal man - just me or did that sound like kitch s.f.a.? atlthough s.f.a. don't have such a beautiful high range. Maybe it was because my radio would only tune to session in wales. My what a nice organ sounding bit that was, and steve says it's a good grower. (Trying to figure the logic of that sentence now, I'm not trying to suggest B&S grow spare body parts in their days off. Although I could see how that would be useful. Any brains going on the cheap Isobel, I think I need one....) s.p. XXX +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Let the floodgates burst open.....
by Sam Walton 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

Hello y'all. I may be the first person to comment on the new song, and whether I am or not doesn't really concern me (although it would be nice to have that title, given my rather anal disposition). My initial reaction was "My, what a departure!". It's hardly TSTIAI or TBWTAS is it? It's almost like a dance record. That's an ALMOST before everybody tells me to be quiet. I quite like it, though I have a feeling it may alienate some hardcore fans who like their B&S with a bit of Struan singing liltingly over the top. Our dear Isobel (I assume it is Isobel) sounds really quite punk on it too. Which is nice. According to Steve Lurpack, it's a bit of a grower, which is good. I was expecting something TOTALLY different, and if this is any indication of what FYHCYWLAP is going to be like, then I think we have a lot of anticipating to do between now and June 5th. Anyway, sorry to waste everybody's time, I just had to get my two penneth in, before the floodgates opened. I hope everybody else likes it, because I always enjoy it when a band takes a new direction and succeed (see Blur, Beth Orton etc). Anyway, I'll leave you to get back to whatever you were doing before I rudely interupted you... Love, SamW.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: Legal Man
by Chris Jones 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

Hmmmmm. Not sure a like it that much, although it will grow. I think it's a sort of 60's gangster song. It's also a bit repetitive, but Steve Lamacq reckons it's a grower, so I'll take his word for it! Chris Jones. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: everything it was it is, everything it is it was...
by Robyn Fadden 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

sinisteels, last night, by some stroke of luck i watched "the band who would be king", the documentary about Half Japanese. I know everyone's talking about high fidelity, which is *quite* a different film from this one, but getting down to music biz and pop snobbery and where ideas of good & bad art come from and all that, this is the movie to see. it's inspiring, genuinely inspiring, for music, for writing, for, well, life. but if you're familiar with Half Japanese, then you probably know all this. If you're not, then rent this movie and/or go out and buy their records ("charmed life" definitely). genius, honestly. it's different from belle and sebastian, yet there's obviously some kind of connection there, and it makes me feel just as good. you know, the way brilliant things do when they're just naturally brilliant. i'm just a little overwhelmed, i mean, i've been thinking about the kinds of things the film makes you think about - like when you're angry/disappointed that certain things exist and get too much credit and then you realize that you're just so glad other things exist you realize that it's better to be happy about these good things existing than waste your time being angsty about things like top 40 radio. putting this thinking into practice is the thing though, requires a lot of undoing of thoughts in some cases (i.e. mine), but once it happens... well, it's a lovely level of freedom, i mean, i can feel it even though i'm not quite there yet. mm. so, yeah... love songs and monster songs, Robyn ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden(a)yahoo.com Vancouver, BC __________________________________________________ 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: and i hear her say...
by ipecac spice 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

does anyone else sit a stress over subject lines for a long time? i never know what to put. how to be intreguing and relevant? did anyone else recently get a sinister message from erica macarthur dated "dec. 26"? i thought that was really weird. did it take that long to go through or is the date on her e-mail wrong? hmmm... i was fascinated by mandee's little fact about sylvia plath's replacement. very weird. was there any sort of investigation into it? today i had a meeting with my prof for my mind and brain philo. class. it was great. we just sat and talked philosophy for nearly an hour. i'm writing my final paper on why we can't make a computer that thinks. so we were trying to figure out what makes us believe that other people and animals are thinking. i think in the case of people it's b/c i think so i just assume that other humans think. but animals, i believe that they think b/c they act. but then does that mean i should ascribe thinking to a machine that moves around in the world? anybody have any thoughts? in case anyone else had read Turing it's all in response to his test. i love having conversations about stuff like that though. i love philosophy. i left the meeting convinced that if i ever marry it will be to a philosopher. i know lots of people think you should be happy with having philosophical conversations with your friends but i don't see why i can't have that with a boyfriend. it's not all about romance and hugs and support . i don't see why i should have to settle. anyone notice how everytime i post it turns into some sort of rant about love? i keep trying to convince myself that i will be perfectly content to live my life without ever finding true love but i don't think i believe myself. i'm bitter that i put finding love at such a high priority. school ends monday. but tomorrow i have my last class. sigh. it's exhilerating to have no plans b/c i can do anything anytime. but i'm going to miss school. my self esteem rests in getting good marks and getting work done under pressure. i don't know what's going to happen to my self confidence when school is gone. i'm now beginning to understand why people do grad school. i'm scared that i would get rejected everywhere though. i also don't know if psychology is really what i want to do with my life but if it's not i don't know what else to do. anyway. ordered the belle and sebastian boxed set from jeepster. it shuold be here in a week. yay. whoever it was who said that their music is happy or sad was oh so right. maybe that's why i love them so. b/c when i am happy there is still always saddness just hidden away for a moment and when i am sad i know that it's not everything. coming home on the bus the other day there was the rudest girl. i got on by the university and some guy got on at the same time as me. there was a group of teenagers on the bus (about 16 i think) and i sat a few rows back on the other side of the bus from them. the guy sat across from them. this girl starts loudly commenting on how ugly his clothes are and how they don't match and how people in halifax don't know how to dress and just wear any old thing (needless to say she was quite the bootyhoe). then, she begins to loudly talk about how bad the guy sitting directly in front of her smells! she was saying how it was going to make her puke and how "somebody needs a bar of soap"! i couldn't believe it. obviously if i could her her the people she was talking about who were sitting right by her could too. i wanted to get up an scold her but i knew that she would just find that a funny story to tell people and it wouldn't make any difference in her attitude. then she jokes about tripping an old man. finally, i guess someone overweight got on the bud b/c she started saying how "somebody needs to go to the gym"! i thought it was terrible. and none of her friends stood up for the poor people she was mocking. i just told myself that someday it would come back to her b/c she was creating bad karma. anyway. i just found that really sad that someone would be so blatantly disrespectful. -di he who hates is to be pitied, but he who loves is to be pitied more -german proverb +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: From nursery with angst...
by Lardot Janne RL 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

hello sinister. how are you? finally... a voice. i've been dying to tell you all something. last week i fell in love. and in a silly and roundabout way b&s had a part to play in it. i won't bore you with the details though... you can read them when my diaries are published. some day. anyway. i love reading your posts, and wish i'd joined ages ago... hmm, i hate writing e-mail at work. it's just too difficult to concentrate on anything, especially work. it's warm and lovely outside, and i'm shackled to my stupid desk and my evil computer. i should be outside, running against the wind, carefree and innocent. well, not that innocent actually. still... maybe i should quit my job, and start a career as a professional student or something. i hate working in an office. i don't mind the monotonous work, or the clueless management or the systematic stifling of all creativity, but... what really pisses me off are the people i have to endure every day. with over 60 people in the same department, you're bound to get tired with the same faces, and the same office gossip, and the same voices, every-single-day. oh well. it's not always that bad, though. like the evenings... they're nice. like when just about everyone else has gone home or whereever, and it's just me and my stereo, and the sinister list here... so. i guess i should stop whining, and introduce myself. i'm Janne. that's it. oh, and i'm from finland, surely the un-twee-est place in the universe... i toyed with the idea of flying over to UK to catch the ATP, and meet a few mates and relatives, but the evil corporation i slave for wouldn't give me even a few days off... just as well, i guess, 'cos the flights and stuff would have cost a fortune anyway... and i've blown most of my cash on books and cd:s, and vodka and red bull... just bought the all seeing i and mercury rev albums this morning, along with a few books, and so i'm well and truly strapped 'til next payday... oh yeah, and if someone's looking for something fantastic to read and/or hear, you should check out John Fowles's "The Magus" and any music by Black Box Recorder and Booth And The Bad Angel. thats my 15 mins in the sinister limelight, i guess. one last thing though, Jules, love your black fox fables, and look forward to reading more of them.. hugs and kisses to everyone, - j a n n e x x - +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Deep Now In The Fryer
by Jason Andreas 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

Hello Sinister Massive. Well, someone is very guilty of "Making Jason's Day" by giving him a list crush. Come on now, don't be shy, who are you? Jason is talking about himself in the third person because he's having a Julius Caesar power trip <grins> Okay, on to business. In case I miss it, I hope that a fair few of you are taping Legal Man tonight. Coo, B+S content, fancy that <grin> Seriously though, I'm really interested to hear what the nu-twee sound is :) Sitars are not required. My stint as a witness in a murder trial is now over, and I must admit that it's been a really stressful experience. The jury decides tomorrow. I'm all edgy until I know what the verdict is <grin> I've experienced a hell of a lot in my short 18-odd years of life. It's not enough though, I still need love, kisses and sex, <grin> doesn't everyone? I got my stereo back today (it was away getting repaired) and I was monumentally pleased about it :) I missed the little guy. Now I can play my Ooberman MD again (thanks Sweetie). German History is the most boring subject ever. <--- Jason's expert opinion. Only two people have taken up on my offer for some councilling. Come on, folks, you're all neurotic, speak to me <grin> Nick Hornby books/films/other are rubbish, sorry. --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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Sinister: Twins frighten me.
by MyMomSays＠aol.com 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

Sinister-lovelies: This is my official first post. I've jumped the gun a few times, trying to post and seeing if maybe it might happen, you know, slip through the system somehow--but.. no such luck. I'm a twenty year old college student (although I don't feel like one. I feel like a garden snail. Involuntary muscle, etc. etc.) and much to my disappointment I am not suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome so I no longer have an excuse to sit on my ass all day working on this same short-story that is haunting me. I had bad dreams about it last night. Why is it so important? It isn't. That's the problem. I love the title of the new B&S album. Although, for some reason, twins frighten me to death. It's nothing personal.. I wasn't, like, attacked by viscious twins wielding shovels in my youth or anything--just the concept of two beings springing from one egg gives me the heebie-jeebies. Anyway, I'm probably making you twins out there fuming with anger. Forgive me? I live in a sickeningly small town in Colorado, USA. I want the new Hefner album but I will have to drive fifty miles this weekend to purchase it. Is it worth it? Hmm. Here's the second most interesting thing I've heard as of late: After Sylvia Plath died, Ted Hughes immediately remarried. Two years later, his new wife killed herself the exact same way Sylvia did (Oven, head, etc. etc.) Creepy. Anyway. Write me e-mail. Inanimately Yours, Mandee L. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 black fox fable
by julesmarkham 06 Apr '00

06 Apr '00

hola chucks, well the sky is blue and I'm feeling a little wistful so... The black fox slumped down at jubilee's feet and sighed heavily. Jubilee glanced down from her book, then carried on reading. The fox sighed again, tucking her pointed snout between her front paws. When jubilee still made no response, the fox rolled over onto her back and groaned loudly, her spiky limbs akimbo. -Too much curry, fox? Jubilee enquired, still engrossed in her book. The fox scowled and rolled onto her stomach. ~No! I'm in the pit of despair! -Sounds more like indigestion. The fox butted her leg gently. Jubilee put down her book and looked at the wistful creature at her feet. -Dear fox, what troubles you? She asked in her most respectful voice. The fox hung down her head in sorrow. ~As you know, I have no shortage of friends, The fox began. -Your generosity is legendary, Jubilee added quietly, knowing what she said was true. It was also true that the fox had no shame, and would leap on any stranger just because she liked their hair, or shirt, or was just feeling bored. She would see someone, and decide that she liked them, and they had little choice in the matter. ~I have these friends and I make new ones every day... So where do they all go? Jubilee frowned and shook her head. -I don't follow you, fox? The black fox climbed up onto her lap and sat down, regarding her with slanted red eyes. ~They never seem to stay around long. I mean, look at scanner, I never see him anymore, or the goose, or otesse, I hardly ever see the kestrel or the mouse... Jubilee stroked the fox's long ears gently. -well scanner is doing his own thing now, like the kestrel and otesse. Things move on. ~Then why do I get left behind? The fox pressed her face into jubilee's stomach. -Fox, you find lost people. You try to fix them like they're broken toys. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't but... They get found, and they move on. And when they're sad or lonely they think of you, and feel better for it, for having known you... But they're only yours when they're lost. The fox said nothing for a long time. ~So why do you stay? Jubilee shrugged and smiled.She gave the fox a cuddle. -I'm not so much lost as mislaid. I'm down the back of the sofa of life. The fox closed her eyes sleepily. ~Mnn, life isn't a sofa, it's more of a lampshade...umbrella... central hub with spokes and fabric.. a framework. The fox yawned and curled up into a ball on Jubilee's lap. -You're metaphor for life is a brolly? ~No... Life is a duck egg tree, a vegetable lamb... Jubilee looked down at the fox, who was almost asleep. -You mean unfathomable? She offered. ~Improbably, highly unlikely...theoretically speaking we're not even here... Jubilee frowned to herself. -But we are here, fox. Fox? The black fox was snoring softly. Jubilee poked her in the belly. She sat up suddenly. ~Hmmmpf? -Fox? The fox shook her narrow head and yawned. ~What was the question again? hope you enjoyed, 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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