May 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Even the smelly ones.
by Mark 11 May '00

11 May '00

Howdy all, Haven't posted for a while, so I hope you're all arse-spankingly well. With all this lovely weather around, I feel like celebrating... but exam revision keeps me tied up inside. Some of my friends spent the weekend tied up inside too, but thats a different story, the horny blighters. Years ago, the lovely Erica wrote: "we must make sure we don't just throw a few chairs around in Macdonald's like those other chaps." Well, throwing chairs is fun; so is pulling up turf and covering up a whole road in it, and desicrating right-wing monuments of a heritige I'm not proud of. Fun fun fun; I'm surprised I didn't see a few more Belle and Sebastian badges amidst the riot that insued later on. But I'm totally up for storming the city; reclaim the streets, for all their situationist-inspired antics, are just too SMELLY, lets be honest. So why don't we have a riot of our own, as the Clash would say? Dressed smartly in whatever Scarlet thinks appropriate. Using custard pies to repel the riot police, we could, oohhhh, storm the palace or something..... Queenie: I know you, and you cannot sing Moz: Well that's nothing, you should hear me play pi-an-o. See????? Style wins every time. Arantxa wrote "Hot pants" which has left me in a terrible state. I can't go on until I see all 2,300 of you scating around London in a pair. Sorry, minds are strange things. Painting with light, bless, blurted out: "I felt sooo stupid, guess who thought you were male hon?" (with no relation to me) Well, most people think I'm a girl. I wouldn't mind if I were a pretty girl, I might even meet a nice guy. But I think I make a kinda *blokish* guy, since I am, truth be told, a bloke. darn and blast. Maybe I should go and do some *work*. Incidentally, the radio station I work for has started broadcasting on FM, so for the next few weeks radio 1 reception is interfered with all accross Nottingham... wickeeeeeeed methinks. Love you all, even the smelly ones, Mark xxxxxxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: When I am king, dilly dilly, you can be queen
by Alder, Lucy 11 May '00

11 May '00

Blimey, that lovebug business was a bit nasty. Work closed down our email and internet for two whole days last week - shudders! I don't know how I coped. I got a lovely little flyer for 2000 troubled teenagers in the post yesterday. It's got some grubby urchins on the front and the one in the middle bears an uncanny resemblence to Nick Dastoor. Speaking of which, he enquired thus: >>Was Isobel's biker jacket made out of little foxes? What a fantastic guess! Yes, indeed, it was made of little foxes. But did you know that her slippers had real bunnies' heads on them too? With blood dripping from their eyes? I'd heard she was a shoe fetishist but these would make Imelda Marcos green with envy. I wish I'd asked where she got them from. Billy Bragg was on telly the other night. It was a programme called New Labour On Trial and he was having a big argument with a politician. I'm ashamed to say I only switched over and caught the last minute or so, but he looked mighty het up. He was red in the face and almost crying. Billy Bragg - he cares. It's funny how he seems to be invited to take part in political programmes more and more these days. I can't remember it happening 10 years ago, although maybe one of the Braggarts on the list will put me right. My friend has done a terrible thing. She sent me a present and I'm sure her intentions were good, but it's turned me into a girl on a mission, which is not pretty. Every evening, I make my way straight to the newsagent and procure ten packets of... Panini Euro 2000 stickers to fill the book she sent me. Really, I should have finished this phase many years ago, but God! It's addictive! I already have a big pile of swopsies and am looking for swoppees. Is anyone else collecting or am I the only poor sad loser around these parts? Postal swops are most definitely acceptable. Look, I'm desperate, right? Ahem. What HAS the doctor prescribed Jason Andreas? These days, he seems to <grin> and <giggle> like some mad old loony. Or perhaps he's in lurve? Completely unable to decide what to wear to the picnic... Juicy Lucy Beeee-eeeeen, I posted your tape this morning, honest I did. I even got you a brand new jiffy! -- 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 might be stating the obvious but...
by Lucy Narramore 11 May '00

11 May '00

... you know that picnic thingy in Greenwich that you've been talking about on the 20th - you know that it's the same night as the B&S evening at the Paradise Bar in New Cross. I assumed you all new about it, but I looked on the website and couldn't find anything about it on the listing, but maybe I'm just being blind... ... does anyone know anything more about it... Love Me (Lucy) 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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Sinister: oh, thats gone and blown it now
by Scampi 11 May '00

11 May '00

So then, that papa lamaq interview. To me Steve sounded just a teensy bit miffed at all this selling out debate. I think my point of view on the matter is that I don't really care. Well, I do, but it is up to belle and sebastian if they want to make more a bit more money, although it strikes me that it has just come around because they are just getting more and more popular. As far as I am concerned, I just walk to my local cd emporium, exchange some money for some goods with the nice man with the beard hehind the counter who seems to like reading womans own, go home and really enjoy the music, and as long as the music is great (note spelling), which it invariably is, then all is fine and dandy. They are musicians after all, not stockbrokers. Anyway, last night was the fist time I heard legal man and I have to agree with the person who said eurotrash (yes, I know I am weeks out of date - sorry), i did like it very much though. I think I am going through a bit of a pop! phase at the moment. As I was sorting out the cardboard boxes that seem to live under my bed I found all sorts of things i hads forgotten about, and there, sitting under a rubiks cube with half the stickers falling off from when I used to try a cheat cus I could never do it, was erasures greatest hits. So cheesy, so pop, but so happy. It kept me humming along for ages. or perhaps I shouldn't talk about private things like that, that happen in my own bedroom. scampi.x The milky bars are on me. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: pick knickers!
by Mark Casarotto 11 May '00

11 May '00

Perhaps someone has already clarified things re the London picnic on the 20th. If not: Mark, the one and only picnic will be in Greenwich, not Primrose Hill. This is because the great majority of picnickers will be going on to 2000 troubled teenagers, which (I believe) is in New Cross, i.e. very close to Greenwich and bloody miles from Primrose Hill. This is, incidentally, far more inconvenient for me personally, but it does make sense. I hope everyone can still make it. I don't want to give any further details now in case I get them wrong too, but please, ANYONE who wants to come really really should - even the shyest of the twee (a terrifying thought) will feel happy and welcome when the Pringles, pork pies and pale ales (erm...) a-plenty start being consumed... And the further you travel to come, the more people will be delighted to see you. We're even grudgingly allowing Ally Cook to present us with his grace. Ooh, one other thing - at the picnics we tend to have more crisps, sweets and chocolates than we know what to do with, while real, main course type food tends to be in short supply. 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. For those of you into your footie, there are pubs nearby if you really need your fix that afternoon. But the footie to be played will be a million times more fun than watching poncey, overpaid pansies parade around a pitch (though if certain as-yet-unnamed people are playing, you'll get that as well, boom boom), so join the Sinister FC massive - the stars of Bowlie and ATP started with jumpers for goalposts too, you know. Moving on...certain ancient people with long memories would probably suggest that I don't get into this, but BabyChris' comments about the Cool Set in London (forgive the paraphrase) seem a bit tetchy and far from the truth. It's very hard to have a clique with so many people, Chris - I'd hope you'd be able to find all of us who meet up down here just as friendly as elsewhere. Just as the Glasgow listees who I've met have been to me. In any case, try it before you make such judgements, please. Actually, re-reading what Chris meant, I'm going to rant a bit more.. A "scene"? Quoi? And the implication that we're not "normal people who like the music" - how on earth do you think we found each other? And TWEE in capital letters? It's laughable to suggest we're somehow more pretentious or fake than you. And plain wrong. Sinister is meant to bring us together, and does an impossibly good job of it. There's no need to try and create some kind of division which simply doesn't exist. Especially in your valedictory post. Markx *subject to me not getting a clout round the earhole from one of the aforementioned lovelies. ******************************************************************* The contents of this e mail from HIT Entertainment PLC are confidential and intended for the addressee only. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy or further distribute this e mail; please notify us by telephone on 020 7224 1717, and delete the e mail from your computer. This e mail has been checked by our anti-virus system before leaving us; we accept no responsibility for the e mail and any attachments once they leave us. www.hitentertainment.com www.bobthebuilder.org ******************************************************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Je parle le franglais tres alright, likes
by Iain Radcliffe 10 May '00

10 May '00

Bon soir, I'll keep this one short, 'cos I have very little to say really, except that the interview with Stevie Jackson on the radio has got me all sweaty and excited in anticipation of the release of HAPPYFLAPS. It's meant to be "very sad" according to Lamacq, which I think is cool. Tigermilk and BWTAS are quite cheery affairs, and so it's only fair that IYFS and Happycamper (inappropriate moniker) are more sombre, thus achieving perfect symmetry and equilibrium of tone at the four album stage blah, blah, aeolian cadence, blah, brisk, moderato, foxtrot... What I mean is, it's sometimes nice to have a good wallow like a miserable bastard, ie "I Know It's Over" off La Queen est Mort and everything off La Lune Pink. YES to uniforms , especially nurse/french maid/sailor/pirate etc. I was also wondering what the state of play is with les picnics d'Ecosse ? The chat after the Glasgow one is making me itch to "get out of the office and into the springtime", to quote some shite sell-out band I heard on a football advert. I'm I right in thinking: 20th - Glasgow, 10th June - Edinburgh, then T in the P ? That would be groovy. I like Joanna's idea of a film: "We still need someone to play the part of the frustrated bureaucrat who dreams about large South American countries, and someone to do the voice of the hero's sidekick, who happens to be a talking strawberry pie (or for the foreign markets, a talking jaffa cake). Claim the role you were born to play! Um, is anyone amused by this at all? I'm sorry. feeling terribly insecure joanna" Can I play a raffish James Dean type who kicks the shit out of Major Spiffy Elephant-Gun Blunderbuss Rotter MBE, to the strains of Me and the Major" ? I would go apoplectic during the frantic harmonica riffing and explode into a million snowflakes at the song's conclusion. Write in with your desired "part" and relieve Joanna's insecurity...anyone, anyone, Buller, Buller... By keeping this message "short", I feel sure that I have circumvented anybody's itchy trigger finger on delete. Yes, enough crap for now, Iain (aka Jarvis) P.S. If you want to have a laugh at my home town, visit http://go.to/perthcity Juvenile student humour, but funny all the same. It featured in the Daily Record today. P.P.S. It's always good to have a nice "P.S." isn't it. Somehow a letter ain't complete without those two little letters which say to me "....afterthought" so eloquently. ________________________________________________________________________ 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: enforcement action... yes, action
by Damon Seils 10 May '00

10 May '00

----------------------------------------- SINISTER BUREAU OF ENFORCEMENT Division of Body Parts ----------------------------------------- CITATION # A-4137600-1 DATE Tue 9 May 2000 21:04:15 +1200 NAME Harry Hunt ID # jamesmcsuperman(a)hotmail.com POST Banal, but wit da B&S content ting VIOLATION Sinister Administrative Code (SAC) 0001 "mention any part of your body in a mail to the list" SAC-0001 BODY PART ---> "twee TITS" Within 30 days of the issuance of this citation, send a faintly rude or unfocused picture of the SAC-0001 Body Part listed above* to the Sinister Bureau of Enforcement, Division of Body Parts, North Carolina, USA [honey(a)missprint.org] Failure to respond will result in a fine not to exceed the submission of two (2) additional body parts to the Bureau, and imprisonment in a Sinister "Correctional" Facility for a period not to exceed 30 days. Also, you will become the object of merciless tartiness in #sinister. http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?gallery=bodyparts ISSUING OFFICER Damo Enforcer Director, Division of Body Parts * Voluntary donations of body parts are welcome. 0001a: "All contributions strictly anonymous, unless you blab." +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Business Studies and Opportunities
by Glen 10 May '00

10 May '00

After reading Honey's post about the list abuse/less than 15 mins is too short etc, I became quite worried. For I think I am maybe one of those people who don't really think before sending a post. I decided I would spend more time over this one. I bet you're all thinking "yes Glen you are right, we always just delete your posts," be patient, I AM trying. It's very hard for me to communicate what I want to say. Anyway... RADIO 1 EVENING SESSION Just heard Steve Lurpack there. Why did he have to start the show with that Casualty/LockStock thing? Bollocks to that. Grr. Stevie B&S was on the phone. Lamacq kept reffering to the band as "THE BELLES", which for some reason makes me shudder. Stevie sounded pretty cheery and said if he could he'd go and live in Brooklyn or Manhatten, which I found quite bizarre. He also said Legal Man was "just a laugh". They talked (obviously referring to Sinister) about the internet rumours saying they were selling out. Stevie claimed he couldn't quite understand that so he felt compelled to go into an internet cafe and send a few mails to us himself. (they are among us, I tell you) ALBUM "Chalet Lines - Upsetting to listen to". It was described as a very sad record. They played "The Wrong Girl" which is one of the nicest songs ever. UNIFORMS Grtae idea. Prefect-ish Sinister badges would also be cool. (i know that has een suggested before). Small and perfectly formed. REVISION is the hardest thing to do. I should be revising German now - Ich habe zwei munki in der unterhausen. I WILL fail. Well, sorry if I bored you lot but as I said, I AM trying. Glen PS do Our Price stock Hefner? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Stevie's watching us
by Chris Jones 10 May '00

10 May '00

Was he talking about us? Selling out? The tune's quite nice. Definitely a grower, and I think more twee than Legal Man. Steve Lamacq didn't really ask him much did he? Not much else to say. 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: You're my Centre of Gravity
by Painting With Light 10 May '00

10 May '00

Yes each and every one of you ! Last night I went to the Yo La Tengo gig at Manchester RNCM and they were amazing! For those of you who can, I strongly recommend catching the last date on their tour which is up in Aberdeen. The only low point to the evening was the lack of Sinister folk where were you hiding? I even took some Jaffa cakes especially for Fiona just in case! Looking around for teeny weeny badges got me thinking, like more creative people before me, that a BIGGER signal might be needed? Especially for those like me, with the eyesight of a bat, who once mistook a "hi, ask me about our new camera range" badge for the not at all similar little pic of a camera B+S badge. But do we go with the "twee-shirt" (I think that was JenOwls word) or the smart *gulp* uniform? So rather than spending the night grooving with like-minded folks I returned to the train station to await my 5.20am train. On the way there was an attempted abduction by a wierdo Japanese guy. I had to hit him rather hard *Grin* I believe in Father Christmas and fairies but I can still kick ass! I gave his plate to the police so hopefully they'll pick him up soon. I spent the rest of the night/morning playing travel scrabble with the homeless guys in Piccadilly and taking pictures of people secretly. Oh and sending e-mails on those new BT payphones if anyone else is stuck with one of these and 3 or 4 hrs to kill here's a loophole to prevent payment. (Saving all my money for vinyl don't you know?!) Click on 'free gig guide' and then the tiny 'send a postcard' icon on the left. Once you get the hang of the screen you can send at least 2 little messages for free in your 'trial' 5 mins before it kicks you off. I realise this sounds quite sad but it beats sitting and watching the guy on the floor cleaner/lawn mower thingy. COMMENTS ON POSTS **************************************** Juicy Lucy said: "FREE BOUZE!" quite a lot, which was entertaining. Ages ago Ian @ dimensionflip said "oops, sorry, almost choked on my miffy easter egg there" which was obviously not the most important part but I wondered if these actually existed cos I love Miffy! Then I almost choked because, after mentioning seeing YUMMY Lou Barlow, (you lucky thing you) Jules Markham said: "I got the coolest job too! I start Monday, selling ice cream from a barrow attached to a tricycle! look out for a red haired lass" and I felt sooo stupid, guess who thought you were male hon? Sorry I've no idea why I presumed that but good luck with the job. I used to sell icecream but from a beach front kiosk. It involved lounging around in the sand or the sea (by beach front I mean BEACH FRONT!!!) eating as much ice cream as I could stomach, which was lots, and getting paid really well for the privilege life was hard I tell you. "Craig" craigrm(a)globalnet.co.uk said: "How does a modern day version of Scooby Doo* with B&S travelling around in a snappily painted van solving mysteries sound ?. e.g. Stuart : "... and that's how they switched Ponies without the circus boy's knowledge Mr Police Officer" Creepy Fairground janitor: "Damn !. I would've got away with it too if it wasn't for those pesky kids with their haunting melodies and clever lyrics" It sounds wonderful to me. It could be the 'Cities of Gold'* for the 'Noughties'** Sinisterians could take it in turns to voice the villains and the 'Is it them? Obviously not but we need to pretend you don't know whodunnit' red herring villains. "Robin Stout" said " If you want to be known by a label, you may as well be a tin of beans." And I pictured Honey/mummy talking to 1000+ well-adjusted tins of beans and figured it wouldn't be quite the same. He went on to say (I'm presuming the 'he' here [you'd think I'd learn after Jules and chatting in Jeepster] but I think we've met*** so it's a safe bet) "If I was writing this last week it would be full of bums and titties and that incident with the goldfish and the "novelty" shorts. But never mind." and I for one want to know what that incident was**** ???? *************************************************************************************** and that's about all from me folks except to say again that Yo La Tengo are AWESOME! And I've obviously been writing too many essays, even my e-mails have foot notes! Love and steady stars PWL P.S. Fb could talk for England *grin* * If you don't know this cartoon mail me privately and I'll fill you in cos it's the best! ** crap tabloid name for this decade. *** <insert disturbing giggle> but you won't know me. **** I'm aware it was a joke but I want creative expansion dammit! +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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