April 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: i'm missing you like candy
by Tigerxdare＠aol.com 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

hello everyone, its been awhile since i wrote to you all. so sorry about that. i just havent had the time. but i have some free time now, and a whole day off from old navy clothing hell store. i got the new travis cd. it is fabulous. now i understand why walkn steve has been going on and on about them. they are truly amazing. i actually saw them two week ago on 120 minutes. they had a really long interview with them that spanned about a half hour, plus they showed their video. but what is up with that werid mini-mohawk hair style in the video? oh my that is some scary stuff. ive been listening to b&s alot lately, its like when you dont listen to one of the cds for awhile, and then you start listening to it again, its as if you got a brand new cd. so i was talking to jason and he says that he has never seen the movie better off dead, and in fact he has never even heard of it, or say anthing. how is this possible? dont you uk people get good american movies over there? maybe he is just an isolated case, i certainly hope all of you are not as deprived as he is. so has everyone seen high fidelity yet or what? it was fab (yet another example of my obbsession with john cusack). and whoever it was who played dick in the movie,. oh my gosh, he was so adorable. what i need is a sweet shy llittle boy that that. anyway i must run. bye all. xoxo, lauren* +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: De-mob Happy*
by stephen hewitt 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

*as opposed to "D-Mob happy" which would involve running around pretending to be Norwich's favourite daughter, Cathy Dennis, and/or shouting "we call it aciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid" !Y!A!Y! a week off work for debauchery (and recovery) is but 2 and a bit hours away. Before I go *any* further I must say HAG EELS, and give the proper respect to Mr Kado for inspired silliness. *steve imagines oceans full of imitation arses *steve remembers that some people don't like reading messages that look like a chatroom transcript *steve doesn't care cos he luuuuuuuuuurrrrvves #sinister and thinks you should all come and play I went to see the remenants of my old band play last nite. They've gone RAAAAWWWK, and it was a bit scary (in a kind of late 80s/rachel stamp/cult kind of way). However, I didn't follow my plan to throw big heavy things at them. Following that we went to a local acoustic nite and *i sang* for the first time in AAAGGGES and it was GRATE (to sing anyway, I'm not necessarily saying my performance was). Apparently there's going to be "lo-fi karaoke" at Camber this weekend, just try to keep me off it. Humourous Moment #1: One of my minions was talking to someone on the phone yesterday and took their name and they were called Isobel Murdoch which made me chortle and made my minions look at me strangely Humourous Moment #2 I was staying at a friend's house on Saturday and one of their flatmates a) likes B&S and b) is in a band and c) had left some (bad sixth form poetry) lyrics lying around. I casually glanced at them and realised that one could quite easily fit the words to the tune of Fox in the Snow, but it was "girl on the train , i'll never see you again, why didn't i ask your name etc". This also made me chortle (after i'd finished cringing) and as i had no one to share it with at the time i thought i'd share now :) Humourous Moment #3 Oh, come on, it's only three weeks since i wrote last. What kind of exciting fun filled life do you think I have ;) Right, who fancies some air hockey in mini-vegas then? xoxo CarsmileSteve, GRATEly looking forward to the weekend ahead (with apologies to those of you who aren't coming) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Billy was an Inspiration
by Sarah Clarke 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

Dear you lot of urban modernists, I haven't posted for ages! I'd like to say it was due to business, but more likely due to bone idle laziness. Right, who on the list has a WAP phone? If so, go to http://www.wapdrive.net/starry, and look at my WAP enabled page! However, as I don't have a WAP phone myself, god knows what it looks like. My most recent hobby has been aquiring acronymns, so if I pepper this post with them, do excuse me, I'm just being a twat. Someone once sang, "What is the price of happiness? Question!" - (I think), which leads me nicely onto, hey, some questions asked by Alex. Always glad to be of use: > 1) Is the Sinister list officially full of 'twee fieldmice bastards' as > someone described it? No. Its full of yuman beanz. Field mice can't fucking post to a mailing list, what the hell? Twee actually is a word with lots of IMPORTANT history to it. Way back in the mists of time, Isobel Campbell The First of Grimsargh - the at that time ruler of everything inbred - had a WEE problem. And that was that she stank of piss. You can understand - she was a little embarassed by this. Imagine, you're ruler of a small village of inbred drooling spazzers, and you can't control your bowels. You *are* that old lady on the bus who everyone tries to avoid sitting next to. Basically, its pants! On toast! So anyway, she just happens to be mates with Genghis Khan. So one day Genghis calls her up, and says, "hey Bellend, you awreet?" And Bellend goes, "No! Some young upstart run through the village and laughed at me and said "ye smell of wee, you crap-head", and ran off!! I MAY HAVE TO DESTROY THE WORLD IN VENGEANCE!" YIKES! Thought Genghis! He had to think quickly! I think you can see what is coming here. He said, "No NO Bellend! Don't destory the world! She said you were, um, urr, TWEE! Thats it! It means liking fluffy animals and lisping a lot!!"... "Really?" "Really. Now don't kill us all, eh?" "Of course not! I'll have to add it to the dictionary, so no-one makes me distressed again." "Um...", thinks Genghis..."ok....what harm could it do?".... Alas and alack, the word "twee" was here to stay. Alex then asked: > What does everyone else think? Should I be listening to Steps? Yep. You bluddy well should. When I am depressed I don't want to listen to melancholic music which only encourages THE PAIN - if I am *that* depressed I don't want to listen to anything. I recommend listening to The Mighty STEPS as often as possible. And buying me tickets to see them when they play G.A.Y, in fact, REMINDING me when they play at G.A.Y, so I don't bluddy well MISS THEM LIKE A TWAT! Or, listen to the Human League. They piss all OVER everyones greatest hopes of this year. All over. Up your butts with coconuts. Oh dear. Best be off, essays to write, things to do you know. You'll understand when you grow up, don't worry. Then everything will become clear and you'll have a good job and you won't send me off to a retirement home. Will you? Love, Starry xo ===== "But just remember, when your teacher told you to always find a home for stray animals, she wasn't referring to your rectum." -- DNA Mag-AZINE. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Last minute ATP offer
by Just Me 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

Ok guys amazing offer a friend of mine (not on sinister) has lost his chalet partner for ATP! She has to work he offered me the place but I can't go. Too many bloody essays! So if anyone out there wants to go and hasn't got a ticket yet mail me privately before 11:30 am Thursday. The details are: £105 for the ticket and a little petrol money Self catering chalet, bedding supplied Leaving by car from Derby area at 9 am Friday morning and returning Monday. Hugs from a disgruntled lurker ______________________________________________________ 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: I must admit it's getting better...
by elenita99 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

Hello Sinisterians, OK, first I'd like to thank so much all the persons who wrote nice & comforting emails/posts: I received enough hughs for my flatmate and I till at least end of the month, thanks so much. And yes, it's getting better...We cope with it. To Erica (and others London people): I'll probably be at AnTiciPate tomorrow, with French friends, so if you heard French people I'll probably be one of them...Guess which one... Totally agree with mike about B&S sounding happy or sad: that's the only band I've found out like this, that's why I love them so much. Well I guess that's all for now, that was short, you're lucky today! Love and hughs to all of you Elena ______________________________________________________ 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: Depressing music
by Alex Burton 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

Okay folks, it's late and I'm bored and hungry. And I'm addcited to Sinister. I'm trying to get through my huge backlog of messages whilst simultaneously writing a tear-inducingly dull essay about the English. A couple of questions: 1) Is the Sinister list officially full of 'twee fieldmice bastards' as someone described it? 2) Is there anything wrong with a bit of tweeness occasionally? 3) Is Isobel Campbell God? 4) Will I ever find meaning to life and other profound philosophical questions? But more importantly, I've been wondering. A friend of mine doesn't like depressing music because he says that there is no talent in inducing teenage angst - we do it well enough on our own thank you very much. He likes to listen to uplifting music when depressed. So I thought I'd use that old chestnut of a letter to a newspaper editor - usually The Mail or Torygraph - where they open by asking 'Am I alone?' Thus forcing other readers to respond and let them know that there is indeed life out there... somewhere... Am I alone in preferring to listen to melancholic music when depressed? I find it comforting that other people understand me, have worse problems than me, have experienced the same things as me.. I went throuh a very miserable period of listening to nothing but Joy Division (THE most depressing band ever.. both lyrically and musically) The Smiths (THE best band ever and THE best frontman) and occasionally Arab Strap and B+S. B+S are unique in being both uplifting but also sad when you need it. Some songs are twee like Ease your feet but others like We Rule the school make me cry. What does everyone else think? Should I be listening to Steps? Mr Tragedy ______________________________________________________ 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: Sinister: Sinister: huh?
by Adam Dobrodt 05 Apr '00

05 Apr '00

Dear sinisterians, So, i've kind of been flooded with mail from sinister for about the past month and a half and only reading bits and pieces, but now i've decided to start keeping up with it. and i have been. just call me a "born-again sinisterite." Mike said: "B&S sound sad when I'm sad and happy when I'm happy." amen. speaking of amen, i believe jason mentioned the www.askjesus.org site. *holds head in hands and pleads*, What is this world coming to??? first the Moo Fang Clang names, now this. How is everyone, eh? I'm a bit sad about not being able to attend ATP. I seriously was going to fly across the ocean and attend, but i have classes (okay, bad excuse, but they are important right now). i want to see sonic youth, sfa, mogwai, and others all at the same show. it would be amazing. I opened my new PET SOUNDS SESSIONS discs and popped in the all-vocals tracks and what to my wondrous ears did i hear? THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SOUND EVER. amen, again. here is a *HUG* to all the people who have written in with their stories of traumatic weekends and such. no more fiona? :-( thats all i have to say about that. glad that shes happy, though. wow, this message is really disjointed... no connections from one thought to another, eh? "diamonds raining through honey" is beautiful, the image of hag eels in rectums, is not. i believe that owen said (if its not owen, i'm SO sorry) something about the flaming lips album not meeting his expectations, yet he also said he had just bought it the day before. it is definately an album that GROWs on you. it took me a few months to really get into it, but when i did, it was grate. anyway, (blatently bad b+s content) i am of the persuasion that the new b+s album is going to be wonderful. i don't care about song titles. morrissey had some grate song titles, only with really crappy songs (not to say that all morrissey songs are crap, just some of them; and some of those bad ones also have really good titles, which therefore finishes my reverse argument for why the b+s song titles don't matter). i think thats it for this month, hmmmm? i had more to say, but it never occurred to me, adam d. __________________________________________________ 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: AnTiciPate
by Martin Robinson 04 Apr '00

04 Apr '00

Lovely people, Get your dancing shoes a ready London for there's a new shindig in town. Or something... Thursday April 6th, the day before some of us set out for Camber. Mark that date in your little fluffy diaries carefully, there will be a pre-ATP do, going by the moniker of AnTiciPate, at the Betsey Trottwood in good old London town, Great Britain. There will be a couple of bands, who will be starring on the new CD from the out oh so very soon Papercuts issue, and top DJ-ing skillz playing all your favourite tunes from the hours of say 7.30 pm till about 12 for just 3 English pounds. What a cracking bargain I hear you say. And you'd be right... If you need any info mail me or my more coherent conspirator Drunken Matt (the_fear66(a)hotmail.com) and we'll tell you something nice... Otherwise just be there or there's big trouble. Te ra, Martin ear confection recordings (http://www.send.demon.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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Re: Sinister: Downright List Abuse: Paris Nightlife
by Cynthia Someone 04 Apr '00

04 Apr '00

honey can spank me though! hmm, what can i say about b&s? I really just wanted to say that spanky-wanky bit at the top, nothing more. some odds and ends: 1. I am wearing my soccer tuesday undies today. blue, with red trim. how sweet is that. 2. listening to glenn gould, toccatas. he hums along with his piano playing. odd. he's not exactly known for an excellent singing voice. 3. also listening to jim o'rourke's eureka. is that popular in these parts? 4. ask jesus. hmm. i work at ask jeeves. i think we tried to get ask jesus but jesus wasn't available. there's no place like home there's no place like home there's no place like home cynthia >From: "Ian McKinney" <the_gibber(a)hotmail.com> >Reply-To: "Ian McKinney" <the_gibber(a)hotmail.com> >To: sinister(a)missprint.org >Subject: Sinister: Downright List Abuse: Paris Nightlife >Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 21:32:43 BST > >Hello everybody, >I don't mean to gloat, but my girlfriend and I are going to Paris on a wee >holiday next week and I was wondering if any french listees or those >familiar with the city could point us in the direction of any groovy >rock/indie clubs? We don't want to be stuck in the hotel at night. > >Thank you and goodbye, >Ian. > >Mother Honey - I apologise for this downright list abuse. please don't >spank >me. >______________________________________________________ >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 +-+ >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ______________________________________________________ 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: slight return...?
by Anastasia Signoretta 04 Apr '00

04 Apr '00

hello listees, i'm not sure if i should consider this an 'introductory' message...over a year ago i used to be quite the active sinister member...had my list crushes and all that (they shall still remain nameless)...i've even met a bunch of you in 'rl' though i am not sure if any of you lovelies are still subscribing...well if you remember stasia, crazy new york city girl..say hello, here i am...especially you mark c. if you have stuck around...and a special 'hiya' to honey 'honeydoll' paul, lovely as ever to let me out of the nursery, thank you again! :) anyway, i think i may have explained it before, many moons ago and not that anyone remembers or cares...but i was forced to unsubscribe from sinister due to the evil, evil corporate bitch publicists with whom i was working. a year later, i broke free from big business, joined the world of the dot-com, and now that i am getting paid to chat online all day i thought i'd pay a visit to you darling biscuit-nibblers. much, much has happened in a year and i have many fascinating stories which will most likely pop up time and again in my posts to you all... ...though not right now. the only thing i have to say is, i am obsessed with napster and if it is banned from cyberspace i am going to start a polite riot. um, or something like that. and yes i saw 'high fidelity' and (belle and sebastian content, yippee!) was quite pleased that 'seymour stein' was included AND discussed (though not referred to by name). though i was a bit disappointed that another b+s song wasn't chosen. yet i suppose 'seymour stein' makes the point quite bluntly, doesn't it? other thoughts on the film: i hated laura in the book and i hated her even more on screen. why is rob so in love with this woman? she had no personality on paper and it was very disappointing to see her as even less of a woman in the 'flesh.' blecky blecky. plus the actress who played her had REALLY bad hair. i'm just sayin'. oh one more thing...to the listee coldcolours...i do not know you but for murphy's sake...there is only one big mouth, ayyyyy ohhhh! nice to see another person who appreciates the ROCK as well as the TWEE. yeah. so hello...and goodbye, for now. stasia xx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * i put a quarter in the record machine i thought of dedicating one to jolene but it was full of records i'd never seen well the times have changed and it's so beyond me SLOAN * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ______________________________________________________ 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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