May 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Relics
by Tim Hopkins 02 May '00

02 May '00

Elle wrote: "what are they doing differently?" Well, here's something, and I know this is old news but I have to say I'm so sad about the way that if you want the full version of 'JIADS' you've to buy the 12" of 'Legal Man', and if you want 'Winter Wooskie, you've to buy the CD. Putting slightly different versions of records such that if you want to maintain your complete collection of a band's output is just a nasty record business trick designed to screw money out of the most committed fans and maybe artificially inflate chart placings. It's a crap thing to do. Now, I *know* that nobody's forced to buy anything they don't want to buy, but to use that as an excuse is to completely misunderstand how a whole lot of people collect records and follow bands. B&S / Jeepster know only too well that B&S fans are very, very committed to the band and that they *are* going to want to own all the stuff. So they stick out two singles with very, very slightly different content, safe in the knowledge that they'll sell lots of multiple copies. Maybe they couldn't fit the enormously extended 'Judy' onto the 70 odd minuted offered by the CD. Or maybe those twelve inches of vinyl couldn't accommodate all three of those super-long songs, which between them would, after all, have required a 4-LP boxed set. Seriously, I suppose there is the possibility that soem weird technical reason means that they couldn't fit the same songs on both formats, but I can't see what that might be. if they couldn't have fitted them all onto the vinyl, they could have at least put the whole lot on the CD. Maybe missing a track off the CD makes the vinyl better value. Or something. I mean, if a band feels it *has* to try to cajole its followers into buying two copies of something, at least they could make the two singles different enough from each other that they're worth buying in their own right. They shouldn't just try to cash in in on their loyalty by selling them the same thing twice. I've long wanted B&S to get into the charts *on their own terms*. Not by pulling ugly, rip-off tricks. Maybe these are their terms now, I dunno. But I have a feeling that this is the kind of thing they wouldn't have done a while ago. I know that I'm a sad relic of the days in the 1980s when some of us used to fulminate about what a rip-off 3-track 12" singles were. Maybe I should grow up and live in the real world. Not so sure I want to though. Sorry to re-emerge with a moan. Cheerio tim __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: crush the list crushes.
by Denise Power 02 May '00

02 May '00

why do people always show off about getting a list crush and then try to act all bashful about it. Do you check the place where they are kept every day just to make sure its still there. Sheesh. it really annoys me. I think just to maintain a balance we should set up an anti list crush thing called a list hate thing ; where we get to vote for the people whose mail we hate the most, the ones we always delete without reading because we know that they'll either frustrate us or bore us to tears. PS this is just a suggestion, you dont have to go and petition jeepster about it. oh go on, write back angry spiteful yet surprisingly witty retorts. I need something to jolt my shoulder back to an unsore position. Oh, just so I don't leave on a bad note - today the phone rang. I was scoffing yum venietta and said, look i'll ring you back. But I forgot to ask who it was. So i spent my night which I had reserved for grammar study on tracing that call. twee injection : I had my CD player blaring as I always do when the folks go off for a bit and I had a bit of a stroll out the back , something I havent done since the swing was taken away and A centruy of Elvis was blasting out my window and I heard a shuffle in the bushes , wwhich scared me a little , thinking it was a burglar but infact it was jjust a cat. ^^^Isnt that just grate !!!!! All this talk of B&S going pop is really boring now, can we just drop it ? I'm sorry for the crossness of my tone. Its the shoulder I tell you. i think I have heartburn in my shoulder. You know you've studied too much greek when , you grab at the paper and start doing the crossword and only the greek word comes to mind and not the english at all. And yet, ironically it is still not enough because when any 3 passages out of 90 may come up, you never know enough greek. But in three weeks if anyone who would like someone to read any euridides play in the original for a small but instant fee, feel free to ask me, the resident anceint greek speaker. Well I best get back to my genitive absolutes, - thats when every word has a genitive ending to indicate a word like while, because, since at the start of the sentence even though it is not written. No point in studying that, I know it already, I'll do accusative of respect instead. I love life. do I have to do that ^^^ every time, I feel like I'm underestimating the intelligence of the aduience by doing it even when I am doing it in a pseudo sarcastic way in the first place. Goodness, I'm a right nastybag tonight. But I'm telling you. Sore shoulders can do that to a person. you didn;t see the jockey of national velvet cracking jokes after her nasty fall did you? thats another thing, why is that film always on(well I think its international velvet, when you intend toi take the teeniest study break and you always end up wathcing the whole thing? i just dont know.) ouch ________________________________________ Disclaimer : the information which is obtained through a quiet perusal of these emails should be absorbed by osmosis. Allow one to two years for the genius of each and every intentional spelling mistake and grammtical error to sink in for maximum effect. Recognising that Denise sometimes embellishes stories and leans towards outright lies is important for your own acumen of the holistic elements of the emails. Should your knee get itchy whilst you read emails from Denise, she is completely unresponsible unless of course, she happens to be tickling your knee. Then it is right and proper to stick something smaller than your elbow into her ear with the sole purpose to hurt her. That'll teach her. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sunshine, lollipops and rainbows...um...what are the lyrics?
by Nik Ovenden 02 May '00

02 May '00

Dearest Sinister Darlings, Heavenly nods to one and all again, i'm a bit scared to write since you are all biting all of each others heads off. B+S are not selling out, please drop it. All of their releases were chart eligible and did chart, plus press conferences aren't really a huge 'selling-out' concept (unless it's to promote a product or summit). Why dont you all wish the band well? I hope for nothing greater than the fame and prestige each individual owns, give them credit for the years of effort! Sceptics. I have an idea- if you think they're selling out, don't buy the single till the week after release! The song's not that mainstream either...it's, well, weirder... On a lighter note, the narrow wizard wrote: "My girlfriend scares me most of all, I'm not used to being liked so much, I don't want to be the focus of attention, I'm not worthy of it and I'm not responsible enough to be" Hey matey, it don't get any easier! 10 months and i'm still petrified of my lass (and women in general...shudder...so scary) I understand why people may be gay- at least you konw what's going through the other's mind... "leaving behind only a faint smell of cinnamon"? mmm...cinnamon. to fiona: "customer: don't worry about it fiona: i'll try and find someone for you customer: don't bother, this is why i go to b+q, they're always helpful and they're cheaper fiona: i'm very sorry... customer: well its just not good enough, what's your name, i'll see the manager next time i come in fiona: but, but... customer storms out" yeah, i've heard stories like this...why are customers such pricks? It's not like you owe them anything, tell them to go hike! I have nothing else to say, my controversy has outstripped me. Hugs kisses and huge atari consoles to all, love Niko xxx "Wake up! Time to die." Leon, Blade Runner (my #1 fave film) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: waggling?
by honey＠missprint.org 02 May '00

02 May '00

Mr Trousers sent this on to me and I've finally done something with it. Keen eyed observers might spot a pop star: http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?gallery=things&photo=ATPSinister… There's loads of other new photos on the Sinister site too, including more ATP stuff under "picnics" and even one of someone proudly reading the latest copy of that fab popzine "Look In" (I think it is - it's hard to make out). I'm trying to catch up with all the photos people send me - sorry I'm trailing in your wake a bit. Anyone reads this mail and thinks "why the bloody hell hasn't honey replied to my mail!" um err I WILL! I just keep having to take naps. To go back to the photo above, me I prefer knitting to football, but even I'm amused by the sour-grapes in the NME last week towards you all. If anyone's not seen it, here it is: "The full truth about All Tomorrow's Parties has yet to be told. The real excitement wasn't focused on the stage but on the football pitch. OK, picture the scene: after destroying Radio 1 (EightFUCKINGnil), NME FC proceeded to chew its way through various loser indie band teams like a drug-crazed carnivore-driven combine harvester ploughing its merry fumespewing way through a field of ripe corn. Yeah! Mashing up the bodies of the skulking little bunny rabbits and voles and shit BIG TIME! And then - FINALS! We had only one team to beat -the pasty-faced vegan geeks representing the Sinister list (a semi-official Belle & Sebastian web page). I mean, how hard could it be!? Pow! Smash! Krak! Wham! We peppered the B&S goal with shots aplenty but WE COULD NOT SCORE! And then the indie kids made a tactical substitution. They brought on Stuart Murdoch! From Belle & Sebastian! And he was BRILLIANT! And we LOST! And he wouldn't give us the traditional post-match interview of course, because Belle & Sebastian don't talk to the evil, corporate, cock-waggling capitalist music press." Finally, anyone confused by Julie's or Keith's message about Aunt Keith, if you pop into the chatroom and say "auntsadie, be keith" all will be revealed. She's there if you ever get lonely and want a conversation about Star Wars or Ali G. She's 82 you know. Myth Honey (the carefully constructed Pop kind) 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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Sinister: Hellooooo
by Katy Dutton 02 May '00

02 May '00

Okay er, I got a list crush vote. A little strange, seeing as I hardly *ever* post (especially anything of value, content-wise. Or anything coherent, come to think of it). So, come on, show yourselves. Normally I'd know who it was - 'the old man' - but he doesn't have internet access at the moment. Unless he's being sneaky at doing it in the library or something. But if it's someone else, come on, own up! You poor deluded soul... Ahem. Onto matters...er...lofty <g>. Well actually, I can't think of any right now. Except that I'm especially annoyed because nowhere in Nottingham had a copy of 'The Girls of Summer EP' by Arab Strap (with Struan on vocals. Admittedly it's old, but...hmph anyway). On the other hand, I picked up The Handsome Family's new album for £10 so I'm quite happy about that. I can get back to my country roots 'n all. Lots of love, Katy. Sitting in a towel. Grrrr, come on, I have to entice you poor misled voter(s? Teehee) somehow... ________________________________________________________________________ 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: mmm... the satisfaction...
by fiona 02 May '00

02 May '00

...of deleting 200 or so sinister posts. thats probably not a healthy reaction, or a good thing to admit, judging by the tone of the few i did read, but i promise i'll try and be good. on my way into the library to start aforementioned deleting task i passed a boy i didn't recognise wearing a colourblind t-shirt, hello if it was someone on here, and if it wasn't then this is just the latest in a long line of foolish and unnecessary paragraphs typed by my fair hands. now, i'm definitely on the don't want to hear it, don't want to know anything fingers in the ears, lalalala i can't hear you side of the fence, but if anyone in the vicinity isn't hopefully, there will be some tunes from it played at a night i shouldn't admit my involvment with, but you won't tell anyone, will you, on 11th may at big hands, oxford road, manchester, emailly me for more details, although there aren't really many yet. just noticed that i didn't use a single full stop there, now i'm really proud. fiona's diy service having (once again) spent my holiday working for the fine company that is homebase, i thought you might like me to share with you a part of the experience that is dhopping in a diy store (hardware store for our us viewers) customer approaches information desk customer: i wonder if you could help me fiona: of course customer launches into long and comlicated discourse about plumbing / power tools / electrical faults ' etc. fiona: (looking blank) i'll just get someone to help you with that fiona mumbles something incoherent into tannoy moments pass customer: is anybody coming? fiona: i'll call them again fiona mumbles slightly more loudly and a great deal more assertively into tannoy moments pass, still no-one has arrived customer: don't worry about it fiona: i'll try and find someone for you customer: don't bother, this is why i go to b+q, they're always helpfull and they're cheaper fiona: i'm very sorry... customer: well its just not good enough, what's your name, i'll see the manager next time i come in fiona: but, but... customer storms out fiona cries so remember, send all your diy queries to fiona c/o sinister etc. thank-you for scrolling down this far, i wouldn't have bothered love and jaffa cakes, fiona remember http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/worldofirnbru a club for twee scottish pop cheers to all the sinistereenies who have joined, everyone is welcome in what is now the biggest irn-bru club on yahoo. pleeease come and take a look, it'll brighen my day hugely. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: two down, two to go.
by idle berry 02 May '00

02 May '00

two down two to go. essays I mean. you lot are a bunch of scaredy cats. scared of boys, scared of girls, scared of yourselves. odd. ah well. ===== http://www.geocities.com/idleberry __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Mummy's Band
by Wayne Fortune 02 May '00

02 May '00

Hey sinister, how's things? I was just musing over this 'selling out' debate and thought I would put my tuppence worth in. As much as B & S have the appropriate songs for big P!O!P! success, I can't see pre-pubescent Steps fans swarming to join this list. And this is an integral part of the addiction of B & S, the cult-like baggage that goes along with it. b Tilston said >B&S are DEFINATELY more popular than ever...my mum >likes them! This is the point - my mum likes them too, and while B& S can achieve this sort of popularity, my mum is still unlikey to be buying any records and joining sinister... Love Ba Ba __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: BOWLIE WEEKENDER
by Sergio Ramirez De Arellano Moreno 02 May '00

02 May '00

Hello, I'm trying to find out the list of songs that Belle and Sebastian played on the bowlie weekender. A friend is going to send me a casette with the concert and there are a few songs that he doesn't know. So please, ¿Can you help me? Thanks very much Sergio Ramirez +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mondo '77
by David Moore 02 May '00

02 May '00

Hi Fragrant Ones, The new Looper single was available in UK shops today, & I like it. Well done Mr. David & Co. - wait for a call for it to be the new Levi Staprest theme. What a crap post, which is purely a pretext for circulating the new sig. Please check the URL therein if in the UK. Thanks a lot. Regards, David Moore PLEASE help find my missing son Stephen! www.sanlorenzo.f9.co.uk/missing.htm +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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