May 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: pimple things
by Kenneth P Y Chu 18 May '00

18 May '00

Hi... Two posts in a week I bet you think I'm really clever don't you boy.. not! Went for five consecutive games of bowling last night which is why my right arm is totally knackered, so sorry for any typos with any of the right hand side keys :-) Just read Jarrod's posts and the replies, I haven't got much to say on this subject but, what I can say is I treat new records buying as quite an occasion (probably because I don't do it very often..), and knowing all about it before hand, critiques or praises, really ruins it. Like watching football match when you already know the result, or watching last week's lottery draw... so to cut a story short it's not nice and I'd rather not to read about it. If you have really itchy hand and you have *got* to write a review.. then how about translate the review into gobbledygook using a technique called ROT-13, which turns text into something like this "fbzrguvat yvxr guvf" so that only people who really want to read the review will decipher it and read it (like the "reveal" button in teletext... ) I've written a ROT-13 translator just for all of you to use to send, and decipher the messages... go to http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~kpc98c/sinister/rot13.html to use it. Try and decipher this! (copy and paste onto input box) V guvax Xra gur whttyre vf ernyyl frkl naq V jbhyq ybir gb xvff uvz znal, znal, znal gvzrf! and do let me know if you have any problems with it.. cos it's done in javascript which isn't perfect for this kind of things! Funny clowns and red bulls! Ken ====================================================================== but if you're feeling sinister, go off and see a minister he'll try in vein to take away the pain of being a hopeless unbeliever - Belle & Sebastian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: starbucks
by Chris Heil 18 May '00

18 May '00

Do any of you think there is a coincedence between Starbucks always having B&S on their playlist at their coffee shops, and the starbucks cups all over the Legal Man cd? I think Legal Man should be at the opening of the next Austin Powers movie. I can already see Mike Myers dancing to it. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The book's back on the shelf: a study of one boy's failure to revise.
by Chris_t_opher 18 May '00

18 May '00

Good Morn. I finished school on Tuesday. Mother wanted me to spend the day revising (5 days to exams and counting). I had other plans. You'd be surprised how much fun 12 hours can be with beer, a curry, a football and some dodgy dancing. One of my friends went for the alternative approach of 14 pints before lunchtime and then a few hours napping in a field. We didn't want to disturb his sleep, although he was 'accidently' hit with the football a few times. When we carried on pubbing after the curry, we met up with some girls i've known for 7 years and my 'friends' decided to try embarassing me in front of them. There was one girl who i still find attractive despite not really talking to for 2 years [does that remind anyone of an Arab Strap lyric?]. I don't think i managed more than 20 seconds talking to her before my friends decided i looked like i was having too much fun and came to my 'rescue'. Roll on University! The day ended with me injuring my back picking up people who obviously weighed more than me and then waiting 2 hours for a taxi to take us home. Whilst we were waiting, three boys tried starting a fight with me. On the way home, one of my friends was quite racist to the taxi driver, despite my attempts to shut him up. We ended up walked the last 200 yards. I read Stuart's guide to failing exams twice today. This stuck out: > I hope you can avoid doing the same, > but I know there's no way of avoiding > your own fuck-ups. That's how it is with me right now. Everything's going wrong but i can't avoid it. In fact, it's quite a refreshing feeling; Knowing that something isn't beyond your power, but still not being able to do anything. I think i need something nasty to happen to me. It might wake me up. About the NME article-effort, the Idlefruit said: > if you disagreed with Steven Wells, > write a letter to Angst. Or e mail them. No, no. Keep showing irritation on the list. It amuses me, at least. Although, I'm sure Honey will take me to one side for saying that. :o) MP3s are good for your health. I mean, when else could you hear Sleater Kinney shouting "Do you think i'm an animal....am i not?" followed by the Dangermouse theme-tune, followed by Barry White grumbling "My first, my last, my everything"? Ok, so i could make myself a mix tape but i'd never be able to GET some of these tunes in the first place. I'm sure it'll cost the industry dearly, and it'll possibly stop bands that i might fall in love with from reaching daylight, but i have to say "Good luck, Napster!" I saw a whole 20 seconds of the Legal Man video yesterday. Stu looked like the boss-man from Ally McBeal and Bel looked quite nice. I won't make any artistic comment about it because i don't really like music videos [although i would say the idea seems too glam for our boys and girls]. Politics and music don't mix too well, do they? Maybe that's why i hate Billy Bragg so much. Or maybe it's because he's just crap. I think Belle and Sebastian have the right idea when they just make some songs with no alterior motive other than to entertain or please themselves and other people. Beautiful music with 'interesting' lyrics [NB. B+S lyrics aren't just 'interesting, they're 'likeable'!!] is far better than any lyrically revolutionary song where music takes the back-seat. I know a lot of you disagree but i only use music for entertainment. If i wanted to learn something useful, I'd read a book. .....Which takes me back to the subject line. Stop distracting me, Sinister. You'll cost me dearly one day. grrrr. Back to semantic errors for me... Chris_t_opher ++ This has been officially certified a fifteen minute post [but that's only because i'm a slow thinker] ++ "I don't get emotional. I'm annoyingly calm and i'm an irritating bastard. i would loathe me" - Moby +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ...and you will know me by the trail of cigarett e butts...
by Lardot Janne RL 18 May '00

18 May '00

hello list. LEGAL MAN i heard it for the first time yesterday. and yes, it really is bluddy grate. i taped the tuesday night's alternative nation, and now i have the legal man video!! i've seen it about 17 times already, and the song gets better every time. my plane to london leaves in about 3 hours, and i'm starting to hyperventilate, 'cos i haven't packed and and and... i briefly considered taking the video with me, so we could watch it over and over again at the london picnic, until i realised, that it's quite unlikely that someone will have a telly and a vcr at the park with them.... oh well. LONDON PICNIC so. greenwich hill then? i'll try to find it, altough i probaply won't. if someone sees a bewildered tourist with blue clothes, and silver hair looking lost, please come and take my hand. i have the map and all, but... HELSINKI PICNIC and how ironic it is, that at the same as i'm enjoying "the big lights" of london, jarkko and maria are organising a picnic at my home town. wish i could be there. next time then. maybe. actually, that's not ironic at all, when i come to think about it... LEGAL MAN II the friendly neighbourhood record store promised me the legal man single for monday. no prizes for guessing that it still hasn't arrived. and neither has the new black box recorder cd. and the "lovely" people of boxman STILL haven't gotten round to delivering my yo la tengo, lambchop or go-kart mozart cd:s. i'm living in a musical vacuum here, folks. REVIEWS OF FISHYCLAP i don't mind people giving their opinions on the new album. i don't even mind them not liking it. it will be fab. i've convinced myself thus. it's b&s for sod's sake! it simply cannot be crap. SINISTER T-SHIRTS bring them on. i'll have two. THE END right. have to go now. plane to catch, you know. see (some of) you in london. hugs and kisses to all you lovely people. - j a n n e - +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Date: Thu, 18 May 2000 10:57:34 +0100
by Paula Cullen 18 May '00

18 May '00

hola i watched that Jamie Oliver in the Naked Chef last night. WHAT A JIP!!!!! he's NOT NAKED AT ALL!!!! disappointment is NOT the word, girls. perhaps if Jamie lost some of that superfluous clothing, i could find fish pies and the like *interesting*.... let meee seee that thong jamie...... i cant BELIEVE i stayed up way past my bedtime as well to catch a 30 second glimpse of the new vid. still, it was worth it to watch that mong Tim Westwood do his best Ali G impersonation. "some cats were trying to kill me, man..." laugh? i nearly pissed myself. nick rhodes looked as beautiful as ever. i think im in love. anyway, what am i trying to say here? oh yes. now, i dont want to ruffle the feathers of all the Isobelphiles.....but.......they should *not* let that girl dance out front. seriously, it was like looking at an ironing board in a dress. i hope everyone who is going to picnics this weekend has a nice time. especially the Gayist Sequinned Poofs in london. and before i go, i was just wondering who lives in edinburgh? cos i'll be over there in a few weeks time with my brother (well, my parents will be there too, but i think it makes me sound COOLER if i dont mention that) and it would be nice to meet some of you. i was talking to someone in #sinister, i think it was keith watson, and he said he lived there. keith, was that you? hovering over the "send" button, as "they" say.... and believe me i look REALLY FUCKING STUPID standing on my desk. pawla. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a thankyou
by Li ^..^ 18 May '00

18 May '00

hey all :) just wanted to thank all the people who wrote back to me about some new tunes and bands and stuff! Komeda and the High Llamas are so toatally groovy :):) also, the address to where my art is posted was writen wrong, here is the correct address: http://members.xoom.com/atascosita/aphexxart.html there you go! write be back if you have any opinions on anything you see :) feel free to bash me all you want too. i've got some pretty thick skin :P :) and besides, i need some suggestions anyway :):) oh well..i'm off. flip flop floom, going zoom, Li PS: i know what you people mean about how mp3's suck. i think they suck too. i have SOME from Napster, but i could never litsen to anything by B&S, Looper, High Llamas ect.. on my computer. it's just not as groovy, you know? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ignore hasty indignation. i am a hypocrit and contradictory
by alix campbell 18 May '00

18 May '00

so who are this belle and sebastian you're all arguing about? so the new album eh? so what if you've heard it. lots of people havent and lots have. jarrod, if you knew you were going to cause a backlash why did you post about it? seems a bit incendiary. i'm not going to get involved in this, i shall keep schtum*. i just think you should all remember that some people like surprises, and *it* does matter to people just how they hear about songs by bands they like. a lot. i know i'd want to tell the world about it, if i had it in advance, but isn't that just boasting? byebye lixi, regretting this already. *yes, i know i contradicted myself in the next sentence. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: slightly off message
by cbrown2＠mmm.com 18 May '00

18 May '00

Hello everyone, haven't spoken to you lot for a while and now when I do it's smacks a little of list abuse, oh dear. Anyway, did any of you lot happen to tape the Delgado's peel session on Tuesday night as I was having a brainwave at the time and, for some reason watching Leyton Orient play the West Ham youth squad (dont ask) If anyone did can I send you a blank tape so's I can get a copy, it would be greatly appreciated. Back on message- Steven Wells? once a fat bald tosser always a fat bald tosser. B&S are just this years target, he's done this sort of thing to other bands before and he'll do it to others in the future. New album? there's loads of other good new stuff to be listening to in the meantime - Great Eastern and the Doves album to name two Anyway good day to you all and thanks to you lovely people who kept me in touch while I was over in the land of oz Ta ra Chris +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Effective and almost total B&S content!
by elenita99 18 May '00

18 May '00

Hello hello Well, after many of you I have to say as well that I am pissed off by this NME article. I bought it yesterday after reading Paul and Carolines posts, and well What really makes me feel angry is not that, ok, he doesnt like B&S music. Thats fine with me. But making such a crap article simply based on behaviour or details about how people deal with their lives or are making privates jokes is a bit like saying theyre from Scotland/they play tennis/ they like spaghetti so I dont like them and they are bloody stupid, isnt it? And well, hes also saying Sinister is a bunch of obsessive freaksI dont personally feel like a freak, do you?...:-) I waited for Legal man video yesterday on Channel 4...So I saw some 30 seconds of itAs I didnt heard it before its a bit short to get in it, but as I watched Eurotrash before it wellyes it sounds a bit like it...and quite different as well from the rest of their songs, but not bad.... And the video seems really fun, at least the extract I saw. Anyway, I hope the weather gets better til Saturday, so we'll have nice pic-nic (what's weather like in USA/Scandinavia/Ireland?) Love and hugs to you all Elena ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: about NME and journalists in general
by Adam Chapman 18 May '00

18 May '00

Ladies and gentlemen, follow this advice, Mr Wells has a big enough ego as it is and that article really does seem to have been calculated to annoy, and do we care that B+S aren't Primal Scream? Its not as if we didn't already know... And in any case isn't it a bit odd that something as inherently capitalistic as P!O!P! [it is, be fair], that relies to a greater or lesser extent on the continued existence of the consumer society, suddenly wants to develop a strand commited to destroying its lifeblood i.e. the wonders of 'revolutionary' anarchism, please, please leave that to the Sociaist workers party. > >So Steven Wells slagged off B&S and their fans (us, that is)? A word of >advice and knowledge to you all, who think of writing an angry letter to >NME: Don't do it, kids. > props to Jarrko, Adam ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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