May 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: L O V E love is coming back it's coming back
by stephen hewitt 17 May '00

17 May '00

It suddenly struck me about 8 o'clock last night that if Legal Man was due to be "exclusively" on Jo Whiley on Wednesday, there'd be a fair old chance that it would be on Alternative Nation on MTV on Tuesday, as with all of Jo's previous "exclusives" and indeed it was, and it was the full video, whereas, unless they're discussing it, you'll only get a verses worth with the titles going over it on Whiley. Those of you who don't want to know about the video before you see it look away now, "review" coming up. Fortunately it was the first one on the show otherwise i may have fallen asleep and missed it, it starts with a big fat "Legal Man" on the front of a newspaper, then fades to him in "gentleman's club". The band are on stage, Stevie and Struan, both looking rather self conscious, are singing into the same microphone and wearing mod type black suits with thin ties. Richard is clearly visible doing his funky drummer thang, Isobel and <insert name of other maisonette here> are on each side of the stage (in spot lights) strutting away (although bel looks quite bored in most of the shots, except the very last one when she smiles and looks much nicer, i think she should smile more) as a sixties gurl group should. Sarah is almost completely obscured behind bel, sat on the floor stage left playing the sitar. Chris G is also almost completely in darkness (Is it in fact him, we wonder??? conspiracy theories start here) as is mystery bass player lurking in the shadows. I know i'll probably get slaughtered for this but the main influence that sprung into my mind for the video was "Wannabe" by the spice girls, except with the band looking demure and all the punters doing mad things rather than the other way round. Oh yes, the other punters in this "club" include rather old and wrinkly transvestites, camp men in smoking jackets and a snake charmer (who i thought was a hairy, pierced mick cooke for about a tenth of a second) with snake. There's also something going on with a ring with a big ruby in it ("help" reference perhaps?), but mainly it's just people having a laugh, the fat legal man ends up on the dance floor grooving away to our heroes, and the gents in the smoking jackets raising a camp eyebrow. Anyway it's two and a half mins of high sheen, non-super 8 fun and silliness, much like the song itself. Surely you can make a letter "e" by bending to the right, putting your left arm over your head, so it touches your right ear, and sticking your right arm out from the elbow and curling your hand up a bit or vice versa, depending on which way you are looking at it. Go on, give it a go now, nobody's looking. Unless there are any ex-cheerleaders out there who know a better way to do it... Nice to see International Sinister Picnic Day spreading to Finland, now come on New York and Toronto, you're letting the side down ;) And Mr Dastoor, as it appears that there are no lyrics on the sleeve of the single, can we have them by monday morning please... xoxo CarsmileSteve +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: What the hell is that drunken sailor doing here?
by jarkko frantila 17 May '00

17 May '00

Ok, enough nonsense, on to the Point now: MEET- UPS My far much better and prettier half, Maria, said this: >eavesdropped That's a big word, ain't it? I remember back in high school we used to get extra points if we used words like that. That also reminds me of the former coach of IFK Helsinki whose name was Mike Eaves, but that's another matter. Then she went on about our very own meeting in Helsinki on the 20th and said: >Also, if you like you can bring me presents since it's my (and >Morrissey's too) birthday on the 22nd. Which was kind of a let down for me: It seems she's only in it for the money (arf arf) and goodies. BOWLIE KIDS Let's get serious for a moment. I believe it was Nick Dastoor who wrote something about indie chicks and boyz who "dig" these not-so-well-known-and-new indie bands just to show off, and that how he isn't that crazy about these people (correct me if I'm wrong). Well, let me quote Darren from Hefner once again. This is what he said: >Well its true, people who know about lesser, more obscure bands are >more >'in' it proves they love music more. I do it all the time and I >know I'm right. To prove it I'm listening right now to the >Extra-glens. You know, that's what indie-dicks usually think. I myself, for god's sake, seem to think that way sometimes. It's just that you can feel groove listening to your 7- inch singles and NOT mention you listen to groove 7- inch singles every 30 seconds. Ok, I ordered And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead two weeks ago and got the cd. It's Great. But do I wonder around the streets of Helsinki and boast about it? Hell no. I think there's about 15 people in Finland who know about that band, but I feel no need to show how "in" I am just because I have it.* Take vinyl, for example. I personally think vinyl is nice but shit at the same time: Ok, the sound might be better, but hey, I don't want to get off my lazy ass in the middle of the album. And if the second song on the album is crap, I'll just press the button and swoosh, song number three is on. Who I really hate are these snobbish collectors (like you can read/see in High Fidelity) that think it's somehow "cooler" to collect vinyl rather than cd's. Phleeaaze. As long as the music comes out of my speakers, that's enough for me. And the whole word "Indie" gives me the creeps. A few years back indie was used to describe a band which had a deal with an independent recordlable. These days it's a band which: a) recordsales are lower than low b) complains about how stupid THE PUBLIC is since they haven't sold more than 200 cd's to us indie-dicks. And I STILL think Aqua is better/more close to people than B&S because they sell more albums. Ooh, these people here are staring at me with their evil eye. I'd better get back to work. Oh, my poll will be running for two more days at http://www.bspoll.freeservers.com ,then I'll give you the official results. @--->--- JAke Le PetitE. "Have I ever had bad sex? No, but my girlfriend has." -Jake Le PetitE. Oscar Wilde, move over. *That was just an example, so I had to mention I bought AYWKUBTTOTD to you lot. I wasnät showing off. But I quess you knew that. Continue reading my post. ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Bi-labial fricatives
by Alder, Lucy 17 May '00

17 May '00

This morning I heard Sir Bob Geldof launching a survey to find the nation's favourite word. The presenters on the Today Programme (dammit, just revealed myself as a Radio 4 listener) did their best to crack jokes about the likelihood of the Favourite Word being 'fuck' or 'shit' or 'cunting' without actually saying those words, because it's Radio 4 and they can't and it's ho-ho-hilarious, isn't it? I mean, it's not even as if they can say F___ or S___ or C___ing like the NME used to. Still, it got me thinking, which is quite an achievement at that time in the morning. I even got my dictionary down from the shelf to find out how to spell 'mimsy' but it wasn't there. Isn't 'mimsy' a word? I thought it was. The closest I could get was 'mimosacious', which means 'like mimosa' but it's not really a contender. My favourite word of all time... ever! comes from my least favourite of languages. The gutteral utterances of the Germanic tongue give me the willies, but its one redeeming feature is 'meerschweinchen'. The fact that it means 'guinea pig' is definitely in its favour, but just try saying it. Go on... Isn't it great? LONDON BIT I could dance all night like I'm a soul girl but I'm going to restrain myself until Friday when my favourite groovin' go-go Da Doo Ron Ron is happening. If all you spinners, shufflers and headnodders aren't too worn out by the goings on at the pocaff that evening, I'd love for you to follow me there. It's at the Highbury Garage, finishes at 3 and I'll be dancing fairly restrainedly because I fell over in a puddle of beer last time. Juicy Lucy ps. there's a 5-day forecast for London here: http://www.met-office.gov.uk/sec3/sec3.html Looks like we might see the sun on Saturday, but the grass will be damp. -- This communication contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s), please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and then destroy any copies of it. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I got dem "can't get no Legal Man single" blues again
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 17 May '00

17 May '00

Are any other overseas fans going nuts over not being able to get a copy of "Legal Man"? I kinda assumed Jeepster would have all their stuff sorted out so that you'd be able to pre-order the single, and get it on its release day, or thereabouts. Except that the May 12th deadline is now well and truely gone, and their shop is STILL offline. I'm a web designer myself, so I know how much checking these things need before they can "go live", but it's not like jeepster have relesed anything for the last six months, so why they have to do their changes right now is beyond me. So I sold my soul and ordered it off Amazon. (I always swore that I would ONLY EVER buy records off Jeepster ....), and now Amazon say its not coming out until June 6th ... which is clearly bollocks because people on this list already have it. It's enough to make you drop down on your knees and shake your first at the sky. (sigh ....) Well, rant over ... I feel like I'm the only person on the list who hasn't heard the single, and that makes me sad. Lawrence +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Free Jenowl Ram! Keep on smiling and everything will be cool...
by Alasdair Cook MC1996 17 May '00

17 May '00

Has anyone else noticed how June 5th will be the greatest day in the history of POP? Not only do wur ain B&S (copyright David Belcher, every review) release their breakthrough smash-hit album, but Magnetic Fields (I think) finally get a release date over here for 69 Love Songs, and Baxendale's (seminal. Perhaps) first album will be available for all you pop tarts. As if that weren't enough, the new Daphne and Celeste (official queens of P!O!P!, in my house anyway) single is finally out to warm our summer hearts and insult ugly people. You know, if someone were to tell me that the Visitors album is released that day as well I might just have to make June 5th national God Of Music Is Smiling On Me day. I never thought I'd be happy to see the rain, but this morning it came a pourin' down down down, after a week and a half of unseaonably (for Scotland) hot weather. I had gotten used to being permanently sweaty, then I was just wet. And now it's sunny again, so, er, yay probably. I'm so fickle. It was 19C last night at 1am, which is a bloody miracle. The sporting Gen said: > I blame this all on the alluring > Velocity..she's got me all a titter with talk of girl Sinister FC taking on > the boys. I keep trying to get more girls to play, but none ever do, much to my disappointment. However, I have been promised a game on the girls side, as long as Vel can find a dress to fit me. I bet the girls are better than the boys, anyhow. And prettier. Except Nick Dastoor, as no-one is better at footie or prettier than him. And that's a fact. Speaking of ol' mousy, he uttered: > I > blame Alasdair's malicious gossip after former listee Chris said: > pop down to london sometime, and say hello. I hear > that you have a scene down there, while ally or > someone agreed with me that in glasgow its just mostly > normasl people who like the music..... as opposed to > sequin studded TWEE folk. Aaah, I knew there had to be a reason why I keep coming down to see you London lot. It's not because I like you all loads, no no no, it's so I can laugh at you all behind your backs for being pretentious and TWEE and just generally all arseholes. Of COURSE! Mark was also heard to mutter: > If you make some sandwiches or bagels or, > heaven forbid, bring a camping stove, you're bound to get a big wet kiss > from Ally/Erica*, depending on your preference. > *subject to me not getting a clout round the earhole from one of the > aforementioned lovelies. No clouts forthcoming. Any plan that gets me more snogs is generally welcomed by me, although I'm not sure when I got promoted to the status of male Erica in terms of good-lookingness. An obvious oversight on Casarotto's part, I'll let it go for obvious reasons. If you're so very good looking then why are you on your own etc etc sob sob. (Is this pathetic attempt to win sympathy and friends fooling anyone? Anyone? Beuller? Sorry, Ian did that one didn't he?). Now here's Robbo: > Cookie > you're not welcome at this picnic you big Glaswegian nob end, if you > come I will have to shove a metronome set to maximum cha cha up your > pettite derrier and run you over with a flymo. Martin, if you even THINK about coming near me with a metronome OR a flymo I will shove my fist so far down your throat I'll be able to retrieve the remnants of last night's lasagna from your stomach. Which I will then take great pleasure in smearing all over your stupid, Morrissey-quiffed head. Not that I'm a violent man, but some people eh? Your turn, Martin. This morning, as I dragged myself out of bed after about 4 hours sleep, I sat up and through the haze of my half-closed eyes, a vision appeared before me. The words "What people used to eat" were just there, in front of my eyes, which was really fucking weird, but anyway the upshot of it all is that now I'm forced to do the first in an occassional series, entitled "What people used to eat." This week, "What people used to eat: During World War 2". Elspeth McIver of Clydebank recalls "I remember the bombs, you know? Yes, lots of bombs. And the planes. German, I think they were. Yes, German. What with the rationing we had in those days; we had rationing during the war, did you know that? What with the rationing, there were lots of things you couldn't get to eat. And sometimes a German pilot would crash-land in the town square. They were very tasty. A bit salty, mind, but substantial. We'd have a party in the square while we roasted the German over an open fire. Ah, those were the days. It was wartime, you see, so everyone just pulled together. Not like today's society, with these vandals who sit on my lawn. At least Hitler had the decency to kill himself." While Ronny Jones of Coventry says "I was stationed over in Egypt, you see. I fought in the Second World War. We won, did you know that? Against the Germans. And the Japs. Little slanty eyed beggars. Never trust a Jap, that's what I say! And look at me! Anyway, they have camels in Egypt, did you know that? They're very big are camels, lots of meat on them. Anyway, food was short, it was wartime you see, so we had to find alternative sources of nourishment. So what we did was, we ate the sand. Very good for you, sand is. Lots of protein. And there was plenty of it, so we never went hungry. It was wartime, you see, so everyone just pulled together. Not like today's society, with these vandals who sit in my shed. At least Winnie had the decency to defend Poland." Right, for anyone who's still reading, here is a transcript of some of B&S's press conference, as featured in The List magazine. Enjoy. Q: You're fond of Scotland, so how come you're holding this press conference in London? SM: To save you a train fare RC: No, he's from the list. SM: Sorry. If we were doing this in Glasgow you wouldn't get away with it. People would be like "who the fuck do you think you are?". Q: Your fans have a reputation for being scarily obsessive. Why? RC: Do these people look obsessive to you? (points to fans) Q: Er, no. A FAN (i.e. "Scary Obsessive" Casarotto): Your fans are obsessive because you're the best band in the world! Q: Why don't you do interviews? SM: We did a few right at the start and I did a few personally. I just kind fo went off the idea. I just didn't particularly enjoy them too much. Q: Why? SM: Well, talking about yourself is quite a weird thing to do. I felt like bit of an idiot. I think we've all been frustrated by talking openly to people and then what you've said being misinterpreted and put out of context. The only answer is simply not to do them. I think by inviting everybody here there is no way of what we say being misinterpreted because there are so many people here. Q:By being here rather than in Glasgow is this an concerted effort to get the attention of more people? To get bigger? To get on TOTP? IC: I'd love to be on TOTP. RC: Holding a press conference like this is just a good thing to do. Play a few records afterwards, get a little party going. MC: Also it's an obvious thing to do, all the press is here in London. It's practical. CG: Also I think if we did this in Glasgow we'd be perceived as being really awkward people. Q: Aren't you perceived as being awkward anyway? IC: We're not awkward people actually, we're just not puppets. There's a huge difference, you know. Q: Has it ever occured to you that by not playing the game, by not marketing yourselves, that this, and I'm not saying this is in any way deliberate, is how you are now marketed? MC: Well that is frustrating, if that is overshadowing the music. Speaking personally, if that is the case then I'm not pleased that that is what we're known for. Q: Where did the new album title come from? SM: The album title actually came from a piece of graffitti written on the back of a toilet door. It was 1986 and I was new to the college and new to the city and I thought: "Why should somebody write that? Is that from a book that I shoudl have read?" I was very impressionable at the time and it seemed like a really smart and serious thing; it really stuck in my head. Q: What's the get-up in the new press shots? (Photos of the band in aristocratic gear, Chris & Mick as Little Lord Fauntleroy types etc) Well, we spent quite a long time making the LP and recorded it in a fairly plush studio in a posh area of Glasgow and sometimes I'd pinch myself on the way to work in the morning. I feel incredibly privileged and ask what am I doing in this place that looks like Star Trek? We al feel privileged so that's maybe why I suggested everybody dress up in aristocratic gear. A FAN:(Do we know who? I think someone mentioned it but can't remember - AC) There is a song on the new album, 'Chalet Lines', and perhaps I'm being idealistic, but is it right that you as a man should be singing a song in first person about a woman being raped? SM: It's a story about somebody I worked with at Butlins years ago. I try to empathise, to fit it into a song. There's no more or less drama within the song, I think. That's as much as I can really say. Q: What about live dates? RC: We're working on that just now, we're taking our time, we've got to get the sound of it right, y'know. There's no definite dates right now. We want it to be spot on. MC: It'll be late summer. Q: Did you hear Steps, when receiving some awards for selling the most tickets or something, make a crack about "at least it wasn't B&S." What did you think of that? (I think Steps in fact thanked B&S for not being up for the award, if memory serves. It was for most albums sold I think. - AC) SM: It's a bit of a laugh, really. I haven't heard many of their records, but it strikes me they come from an older school of entertainment than the average boy or girl band. You'll probably take me out of context, but they're sort of freaks. They're a strange sort of holiday camp type thing. But y'know, good for them. They sell zillions more records than us. Q: If Steps are just entertainment does that mean you aspire to producing something higher? CG: Well, when you spend a year, a year and a half working on a record, you maybe hope that it's a bit less disposable than Steps, but that's no disrespect the fine productions of Pete Waterman. If you put that amount of your life into something you hope it's of some value. Obviously, you can't judge that yourself. SM: It's kind of up to you to decide what you prefer, because we do what we do because we enjoy it. We feel we have to do it, at least at some points we have to do it, we have to write songs, and of course for Steps it means as much to them. It's just you have to decide what you think. Q: Where does your obsession with buses come from? SM: Glasgow's got a great public transport system, the best in the world. Especially since First Bus took over from Strathclyde Buses it's been even better. You've got to experience it. If I've written about buses in songs in the past it's because I've spent a lot of time on buses, or I have done. It changed my life when I got my first bus pass (Roars of laughter around the room). You may laugh, but at the time I was on the dole and it made a big difference. Q: Why as a band do you come over as so fey and underachieving? RC: Leave it out with the underachieving; we've got a Brit award, mate. Mind, we probably shambled into that in an indie-like fashion. It's people reading into the music and people think that's what we're like. Which is fair enoguh, but personally, I'm not like that. Q: I heard a rumour you've been pictured in a leopard skin catsuit. Is this a homage to Rod Stewart? SM Yes, it was. I was thinking of making Christmas cards. It was years ago. There's a lovely picture of Rod. MC: It's on Blondes have more fun. SM: I've only seen a postcard of it. It's all this (gesturing the contours of a catsuit) with the horse and stuff. Great picture, y'know. So me and my friend Andrew trudged out on a freezing day, I had on leopard skin trousers and a denim jacket. We took pictures but they were all out of focus. I never made the Christmas cards. Q: There was an article in the Face recently saying contemporary music has little substance and nothing to say of social relevance. Do you think you have a responsibility to speak for people? SM: The only responsibility we have is to make good records. Well said sir. At last this post ends. Sod that 15 minute rule, this has taken me bloody ages to write and it's still rubbish. Alasdair xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Surf's Up
by sxi2590＠njit.edu 17 May '00

17 May '00

David Moore <Daf_Moore(a)btinternet.com>: >If you like any of the Beach Boys, Neil Young or The Flaming Lips try the >new Grandaddy album (The Sophtware Slump) as its a great thrashing romp for >the summer, with added pretty bits. Shares some themes & stylistic traits >with Looper as well. the new grandaddy album is by far the best i've heard this year. although, i should admit that i haven't bought that many albums but still it's quite good. i know this is short notice but if you live in the nyc area, grandaddy is playing tonight at the mercury lounge. after that, they're leaving for the other side of the pond. there are still tickets left for tonight's show so you should check them out if you're free. if anyone spots me, come say hi and i'll buy a round. i'll be the asian guy wearing a purple sweater. also, i know there are at least a few elliot smith fans out there. he's playing the 17th through the 19th. i have tix for friday which is sold out but last i checked, tomorrow and thursday are still open. mostly harmless, david +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: come out come out
by Steven 16 May '00

16 May '00

Hi All, I've found some more writing on B&S at the gay bookstore where I work. This time it's not from one of the porno mags but from one of the more "respectable" ones. Now even all you youngins can run out and buy it! But I figured most of you won't be out asking for the new issue of Out(it's the June issue in case you do) so I've copied the article below for you. Quite an interesting one too. What do the rest of you queers think? Anybody know what's up with Stuart and Isobell then? I want gossip, damnit! I need to know who's sleeping with whom. Nice photo of Stuart from some concert too. "La Vie Est Belle And Sebastian Meet the elusive darlings of indie pop: eight Scots who sing about being a queer, in all sensed of the word. We just can't help it. Despite the fact that Scottish septet Belle and Sebastian shun any and all publicity, obsessed critics and fans-legions of them gay and lesbian-continue to swoon over these unlikely pop stars, particularly waifishly beautiful lead singer-songwriter Stuart Murdoch. What's driven so many queer music lovers into the frail arms of this ex-choirboy who's been favorably compared to Nick Drake, Donovan, and Morrissey? Besides having a "wee bottom", as it was recently praised on a fan webpage, the 31 year old singer delivers soothing, heavenly vocals so fey they make Rufus Wainwright seem like Meatloaf. And though Murdoch isn't gay himself(he used to date band-mate Isobel Campbell), it's clear from his lyrics that he either hangs out with a lot of queers or, for whatever reason, deeply identifies with us:"My brother had confessed he was gay/It took the heat off me for awhile," he sings in "the state I am in" from the band's flawless 1996 debut, Tigermilk. "She's Losing It," also from Tigermilk, is a better dyke anthem than anything Melissa Etheridge has ever written. And "Seeing Other People" from the equally exquisite follow-up, If You're Feeling Sinister, can easily be interpreted as the story of a young closet case. In general, the band's lyrics tend to switch pronouns midway through songs, so that just about everyone seems to be bi. One popular single, "Lazy Line Painter Jane" flips chorus from "you will have a boy tonight" to You will have a girl tonight" in the blink of an eye. The group's new, mysteriously titled Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant, is a graceful recovery from its one uneven release, 1998's The Boy With The Arab Strap. Out of 11 songs, eight are perfect, and there's only one flat-out dud(the biblical "beyond the sunrise"). The overall sound of the record is a kink of sophisticated easy listening, with apparent Carpenters and Simon & Garfunkel influences, and grandiose flute, violin, and trumpet parts. The obvious hit single is "woman's realm" a head bopping duet between Murdoch and Campbell that encompasses everything a Belle and Sebastian song can be: It's sweet as a peach, with a driving piano beat, hand claps, a catchy-as-hell hook, and evocative, whimsical lyrics. Gay characters aren't as evident on Fold Your Hands; instead, the band seems preoccupied with feminist issues. She may have a breathy baby voice, but Campbell sounds adamant in "family tree" when she sings, "if you're looking at me to start having babies/Then you can wish because I'm not here to fool around." The saddest and most shocking cut is the haunting "the chalet lines", on which Murdoch sings from the point of view of a girl who's been raped-a subject hinted at on previous albums but never addressed this bluntly: "he raped me in the chalet lines/I had just said no for the final time.../She asked me why I don't tell the law/Oh what's the fucking point at all." It's the darkest Belle and Sebastian song yet, and all around the world hearts are breaking."------by Amy Kellner Till next time, Steven +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: second generation, i'm a soldier at thirteen
by Blake 16 May '00

16 May '00

uhhhhh knock knock? (the sounds of blake's hands on old soaked up oak reverberate throughout the list...) ok so i'm back. again. school is really a hassle. so much in fact that i had to unsubscribe back in uhhh, february i think. i hope there are persons out there who sort of remember who i am. that's alright. i'll go ahead and re-introduce myself to the list, very quickly. i am: blake i like: spaghetti o's i play: melodies in my closet i sing: in the shower, but with the bathroom door ajar i dig: roger daltrey's vocals and john entwistle's aeeeeroplane. i'm dubbed: the nerdy shy-eyed pacifist ok that's enough for now. actually, i'm composing this and hoping it won't get bounced back to me because of the whole nursery debacle. i'm still just a child though, i swear. so on with it... ("on with it!") b&s content... ok so i'm not sure what the discussions have been about. hopefully about the new music that's set to come out oh so soon. i've heard legal man. just the song. the wonders of napster. i think it's pretty good. it sounds like a commercial in some ways. the sitar reminds me of my early beatles days. i think volkswagon will ring struan soon and ask for it to be used on one of those new beetle ads. by the way, is the new vapor commerical done by stereolab? the song, not the advert, silly. i haven't heard the dick slap song but the title scares me. not that i don't enjoy smut. i love smut. i hope isobel sings THAT one. oh lordy. if anyone wants to bring me up to snuff on what's been happening. i recall broadcasting the same plea upon my first return, and not receiving a single mail. such a travesty. i do know stuart d's out of the band. hey, can i join then? hello to everyone who's 'still around'...hope to hear from you soon! happy bedwetting! blake the nerdy shy-eyed pacifist the updated worry sack: http://members.tripod.com/nucleartrout +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tomorrow - Wednesday - for UK TV watchers
by honey＠missprint.org 16 May '00

16 May '00

Passing this on from Katrina at B&S Central. I believe the video might feature Isobel with a gun and some transvestites. Bless. Honey x ---------- Forwarded message ---------- can you please let people know that the video for 'legal man' will be shown on the jo whiley show tomorrow (wednesday 17/05) night, i think it starts around 11.30pm and will also be on videotech next week, not too sure what date/time but it's on itv. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: This might make you puke...
by clb112 16 May '00

16 May '00

Making eachother fall off the four-seater seesaw. Putting all our daisy chains together into one big one. Swinging in those swings with safety-basket seats for kids while I can still fit. The five of us (one other girl and three boys - the gang I never had at school) lying in an inward-facing star formation. Pooling hair accessories so we can do the long-haired boy's hair up like a girls (which he loves really). A butterfly stomach from the swirly start of "Sleep the Clock Around". Or it might just be from seeing the boy I'm in love with drumming the grass to it (only him and me knowing the song cos the others don't really listen to B&S, and happy to not tell him for the time being because we're very much a five). Knowing that this kind of stuff can't last for much longer (but long enough to see the sun do a full arch). Sorry, can't help it, the blossom on the ground made me do it. Caroline 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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