June 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Is Wu-Tang Clan Superstar Inspektah Deck's Real Name Inspector Derek?
by Peter Miller 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

I was going to say that the male vocals on "Beyond the Sunrise" are by the now-legendary gorilla, but then I thought that I might have already said that about the male vocals on "Legal Man" so I went back and read all the guff I've been spouting lately to make sure, and by the time I'd done that it didn't seem very funny anymore. But I'll say it anyway - it's the gorilla. Personally, I love the song. It doesn't make me dance like a spazz, but it does remind me of when I was a teenager. It reminds me of those early Jesus and Mary Chain B-sides that droned on and on for about ten minutes, with only a trickle of feedback, the odd tambourine jangle and the occasional grunted word like "suck", "fuck", or "Cooke" for company. I haven't listened to the album much, and I haven't taken a blind bit of notice of most of the lyrics (rape, you say?) but I think it's easily the best B&S album so far. I seem to remember once making a serious point about how "Slow Grafitti" was BLUDDY GRATE because it had had the guts to poke its nose out of the cosy confines of Murdochland. That's why I like this new album so much. The only people in Murdochland now are the non-Murdoch members of the band, and as far as I'm concerned they can all piss off anyway. In a nice way, of course. Many thanks to Giita for answering my Icelandic questions. When I saw a message from Giita entitled "The twin answers" I thought it meant like "the twin is answering" so I was a bit frightened after having called them nutters. In fact I'd already made up a story about how it was the other twin who looked like a nutter, not Giita. Frankly, I thought my goose had been cooked. The touch of evil in th photograph is actually quite appropriate for the darker than usual contents. I'm beginning to think I was lying about not having listened to the lyrics. I'm glad Stuart has been a brave little soldier and has tackled the subject of rape to the best of his abilities, despite knowing that loads of people would slag him off, and probably fist him in the bogs. In fact, the lyrics make me wonder if Stuart was forcibly bummed during his time as a Butlins chaletmaid. Bear in mind I've been hitting the nail on the head quite a lot lately. Or with my head. Some people have been referring to positive things in a negative light : "progfest", "Bon Jovi" and "John Shuttleworth on his Bontempi organ" to name but three. I just mention this while we're in a "ticking off" phase. And as for Mark C's heavenly vision of a session orchestra, I'm speechless and unable to stand up in public. I'm really looking forward to England's game against Germany. Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat! Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat! Meeeeeeeooooowwww! Boom! Peter +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: It's time to get behind the government
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

Yeah well John, like you say, you can't complain if people don't like the album or bits of the album. I don't know about anyone else, but it gave me no pleasure at all to be finding fault with it. When I heard it for the first time, I was so excited I nearly wet my pants. I get so much stick from people for liking this band that I was desperate for it to be a fucking masterpiece that would leaving them looking stupid. It's nothing to do with trying to protect the legacy of Sinister and Tigermilk. Hell, Tigermilk is probably only my third favourite of the albums. So I listened on, knowing that it wouldn't sink in properly for a while, thrilling at parts of it and scratching my head at others. And I listened again and again and I came to the decision that there are certain things about it that are never going to do anything but disappoint me. I know what you mean about the release seeming a bit of an anti-climax on Sinister. Blame it on advance copies and Napster, maybe. I dunno. Although actually the first two days of posts were mainly uncritical and excited, I reckon. When I posted mine, I few people emailed me to say 'oh, so it's not just me then', the implication being that the general vibe on the list was as enthusiastic as you would have wished. > I'd love to be able to gush about it and to make you all feel good. But I > can't. I know my limitations. Exactly. It's just harder to articulate excitement and what's great about music than it is to describe faults. I don't know much about fanzine writing, but if there's anyone out there who can enthuse about the album in the way like John wants, please start writing. I don't even know if your comments were aimed at me, but if they were then it's weird cause there's so much on the album that I love, and I thought I made that clear. 'I Fought In A War', 'The Model', 'Don't Leave The Light On Baby' and 'There's Too Much Love' are all *dizzingly* great; among the finest things they've ever recorded. Funnily enough, the last three are the ones the band themselves picked out at the press conference. Of course, everyone has their favourite tracks, and it's not good enough just to criticise the rest of the tracks for not being them. It's just there are some things (a *really* duff track, OTT orchestration and lapses of taste) that just grate too much for me to be able to take the album to my heart like I want to. OK, if the balanve needs redressing the balance a bit, here are few visceral thrills that Belle & Sebastian have given me recently: When the organ kicks after the false ending of 'Don't Leave The Light On Baby' and I start to understand why Mogwai think they can move me without words and then the devastating harmonies come in and I'm reminded why they can't. When Stevie pops in once a verse on 'The Model' and Stuart sounds so keen to sing the next line he almost interrupts him. When Stuart sings "And I reminded myself of the words you said, when we were getting on". Just becuase it's an impossibly sad line. Clean your ears out Casarotto. When Stevie's guitar goes 'downg downg downg' in the middle of 'The Wrong Girl' When Stuart sings 'It's safer not to look around' on 'There's Too Much Love' and the strings do some kind of progression (wrong word I expect, I know nothing) that lends the line such pathos I just want to drop to the floor and cry for my mother. And then when when he sings "With my face head down just staring at the brown for-mi-i-ca" it's just as bad. Oh, fuck it, the whole song. Will that do? N. x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Dancing In The Street
by Warrander John - FML 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

Hello Friends, There does seem to be an awful lot of nit-picking going on with the latest, greatest, 12" vinyl, LP recorded output of our oh-so wonderful heroes. What the fuck's that all about then? If I read another bloody review that says something like "but it really sums up what's wrong with the album". Why does there have to be something wrong with the album? Why isn't there more "this is what's so right about this album" or "that's what makes this album so fucking great". Now I know lots of people love the album. And I'm not saying there's anything wrong with not liking the album. Or even bits of the album. But there does seem to be a lot of reviews being posted that read like one of their goals is to pick faults and therefore, possibly subconsciously, show how this album falls short of the almost insurmountable heights achieved by Tigermilk and Sinister. Maybe it's cos people feel in their hearts that it isn't as good/meaningful/whatever as the earlier stuff. Maybe some of you are just a whole lot more realistic than me. But it doesn't half grate, especially when all you want is uncontrollable hyperbole and gushing enthusiasm and excitement and joy and the thrill that comes when pop music makes you feel so unbelievably good that you shake with excitement cos you realise life can feel that good. I suppose what I really want is fanzine prose. Probably cos that's what I wanted when I was a spotty teenager and Belle and Sebastian are one of the only bands around these days making records that make me as excited now as lots of bands used to make me when I was a teenager. And this excitement somehow needs the empathy of you lot to make it real. And frankly, the last few days (with exceptions of course) has sort of made the release of Belle and Sebastian's fourth album seem a bit of an anti-climax, a bit of a disappointment, a bit flat. Belle and Sebastian are the greatest fucking pop band in the world at the moment. Bar none. Presumably we're all here cos we love Belle and Sebastian. And this kind of makes it our moment too. We should be savouring this moment. Soaking up every last drop of emotion. When I'm in one of my more retro moods I sometimes wonder how amazing it would have been to go to a record shop the day Pet Sounds was released, take the record home, put it on, then sit down and listen to that amazing music for the very first time. What would be my reaction? How would have I felt? What emotion would there have been? Well bollocks to that. I did that on Monday. We should be bloody celebrating that we're here now and in love with such an incredibly special band. Cos they're not going to be around forever. And there might never be a band as special as them to us individually ever again. Imagine that. I find that quite scary. I meant to draw an analogy here between pop-kids and Labour supporters but remembering most of the political rhetoric that's popped up on the list I suppose to a large extent we're pretty much one and the same (apart from Northy - obviously). Isn't it depressing how when the Tories are in power, no matter how shit they are, they still managed to mount a relentless attack on Labour and there's always this underlying monster in their rhetoric of the "nightmare scenario" of a Labour Government. Yet all we get from Labour supporters is whinging about how shit Labour are. Me included. They are shit. But what's going to happen if we moan too much? We're going to end up with a fucking Tory government for most of the 21st century as well. So what's the answer? Well, you could stop being so bloody negative for starters. Or the next album you buy may well have William Hague on lead vocals. And how bloody grating would that be? Needless to say I'm not going to be the one providing the ray of sunshine. But I will go as far to say that I think the new album is absolutely superb. I'd love to be able to gush about it and to make you all feel good. But I can't. I know my limitations. I'd love to gush about the TOTP performance too. Cos it made me dance around my lounge like a spaz - which may or may not be how Stuart M was dancing, depending on your view on life. I can't remember ever dancing round my living room like a spaz to TOTP. Well, not since the hits from Grease were top of the charts in the 70s. So it was possibly the best TOTP ever. Even better than the Smiths? Comparisons like that are so stupid, so I won't even bother. It made me really wish I still went to hot nitespots in town so I could dance like a spaz in public though. And I'm sure there's a point to made somewhere about how Legal Man being mimed on TOTP was so much more joyful than the much better Middle Distance Runner being done live on that awful millennium Tube thing. Such is the vagaries of life I suppose. It shows you should be careful about what you pass judgement on though. Especially before it's even happened. Enough of that though. Gitta said... > Joss(former listee) will be going to Skotland which made me sort of sad cos I want Joss to be a current listee. And I want to go to Scotland too. And drink with Joss. Even if I would be ill for days afterwards. But I can't. I think that angry Mark Casarotto fellow would be wise to reconcile himself to first division football next season before he gets himself in trouble~. That's about it then. I doubt I love any of you but never mind, love...John +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Nice Day For A Mood
by Robin Stout 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

Hi there I'm in a bit of a tense mood today, so I won't say much, but I have to say something about the new album, don't I? After trying to resist the temptation of a preview tape, I failed hopelessly, so I've been listening to it for about a month now. Here are my considered opinions: I Fought In A War, The Model and There's Too Much Love are all GRATE, with a capital G, R, A, T, E. The first two songs are perhaps the best opening pair of songs they've done, so the rest was bound to be a bit disappointing. Waiting For The Moon To Rise is pretty cool, though the lyrics aren't that great. I don't think Don't Leave The Light On ... is as good as some people seem to, but it's pretty adventurous, and it makes you listen. I like the Chalet Lines, if you can really use such a weak word about a song about rape. It's not a singalong classic, but I think it's rather poignant. I'm quite fond of Nice Day For A Sulk too, although it will please a friend of mine who says that Belle and Sebastian songs all sound like Messing About On The River. Woman's Realm is a good song, but it really sums up what's wrong with the album, I think. It's been said before, by me as well, I think, but when you start to use an orchestra, the danger is that things get too orchestrated, and that's what's happened. I don't wan't Belle and Sebastian to be endearingly shambolic (well, mybe a bit), but I don't want their songs to be lifeless. I think the song's great, but the orchestration lets it down, and the handclaps on this sound like the're being played by John Shuttleworth on his Bontempi organ. I like Family Tree, and don't think you can really read much into it, so I won't bother. And.... Beyond the Sunrise isn't that bad. It doesn't fit on the album at all, it it's easily the weakest song and I don't know what the hell Stevie was thinking of with that accent, but it's got some lush heavenly voices on it, and that sort of think always tweaks my bells. So, in my opinion, it's certainly not Tigermilk or If You're Feeling Sinister, but I think it's more of an *album* than TBWTAS, rather than a collection of songs. The production's good, the orchestration is a little limp, but it's not terrible. And it's got some ace sleevenotes, too. Truly, Stuart Murdoch is a poet. Robin x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The twin answers
by Giita . 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

I heard people say "Iceland and twins" so I thought I might poke my head out of my igloo.. Peter Miller wrote: >Well, those two girls on the cover of the new album certainly look >like >nutters to me. They're from Iceland, aren't they? Alan Singfield wrote: >Are they twins, or is it a mirror? Look very carefully at where the >girl on the left's index finger is against the white swirl on the >book. >The girl on the right's index finger is against the *black* >swirl. A-ha! >Do I have the detective ability of Poirot or what? Or it >could just be the >angle the photo was taken at... David Kerr wrote: >'ve noticed that in a few of the mails today there has been a slight >discussion about the new album cover.Is it a mirror? Or Are they twins? >Well with my high level of intelligence >Laughs out loud to receive > >strange looks from colleagues in the office< and intellect >Another >big >chuckle< I would say that they are definitely twins.For starters >one of >the girls has their mouth open. Also if you look closely at the >two books >one of them is open slightly at the corner where the other >one is not (I >think).And another thing. One of the girls has slightly >longer hair than >the other one and it also seems to be sitting >differently. The books are >also sitting at a completely different >angle from each other. Kittenmouse/Andrea wrote: >That is, no, not twins, and not a mirror. Photoshop, anyone? Cut > >andpaste? Those two girls *are* twins, their names are Gyda and Kristin and go to my college in Reykjavik,Iceland. They are in a band called Múm from Thule Records: http://www.oz.is/thulemusik/artists/mum.html ..I think the evil twin is Gyda, I'm not shure though..I don't like that picture,there's something about it that is very very disturbing,and the thought of having baseball tee shirts of *big* evil twin heads is even more disturbing... Anyway, That was why I crawled out of my igloo for.. oh,oh me and Joss(former listee) will be going to Skotland on the 15th-19th of June,we are meeting some of you there, if there is some one else that want's to meet up, let me know.. frost kisses, XXX Giita ________________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: There's too much content to go around these day-ays
by Mark Casarotto 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

A slightly irritated mail for you all this morning. Harrumph. Stuart David is a slacker indeed - but his job IS to please us. He's a musician, that's how he earns his money, so he needs to make records people want to buy so that he continues his career. Is that trite enough? If, as the bald facts seem to suggest, he cancels his tour because he can't be arsed, then I reckon people do have a right to be pissed off with him - not only the bookers, organisers, publicity bods and assorted corporate hos who have been dicked around, but the fans who have been let down. Perhaps he has better reasons that he's not revealing - though it's not exactly out of character now, is it? Rachel, as I have moaned before, yes we do have a pound sign. Isn't that strange, it being our currency and all? Grrr.. The reviews are coming thick and fast - here's my tuppence'th. Fell free to ignore, as it's not very interesting. The new album has its moments, but didn't exactly surpass modest expectations. It has the ...Arab Strap mishmash of fabbo songs, nice songs that make you grin in an understated way, and then the disappointments. I've listened to the album about 40 times over the last 2 months (not a boast, just an attempt to put my comments into context), so I think my feelings aren't going to change all that much in the near future. So, starting from the poorer end of the album in a top ten countdown stylee... Nice Day for a Sulk is filler - a half-finished idea, a couple of nice sounds, tossed off with suitably diffident lyrics. I agree that Stu's voice is a little grating here, unlike in Slow Goatherds, where it's "soaring", "iridescent", whatever you like really. Beyond the Sunrise is a travesty - it's a Gentle Waves song with an ego, and should have been exiled to side 2 of Isobel's forthcoming opus, which I am genuinely looking forward to. Unfortunately, more than anything, it ruins the concept of this record as an Album in the anal record collector "organic" sense. It's just not a Belle and Sebastian song. Dastoor, although a lot of what you say is spot on, I fear you're speaking arse about I Fought in a War It just doesn't do anything very interesting. It's pleasant, like Rollercoaster Ride is pleasant, like Mayfly is pleasant - they're all B&S on autopilot, winsomely going over old ground but not developing or surprising. It's PREDICTABLE. Shame. Don't Leave the Light on Baby *may* grow on me - I do like it a lot, but it's not something that works for me all that well. The music is always 90% of an album for me (though bands like B&S make things so much better with fantastic words), and DLTLOB, while it does mostly work, isn't what the band do best. The Chalet Lines is a lovely little song, and even those who feel uncomfortable with the content must feel that it's a brave and different tack for Struan to take. It's not a departure musically, though - in fact, it has an almost recycled feel. Waiting for the Moon to Rise is a really nice (and I'm using that word carefully) ditty, sung with charm, but it's not the work of a mature songwriter, and though it gets good marks and lots of encouragement ("Sarah has made a lot of progress this term"), it's not a great deal more than Sarah's first step to what could be a very interesting writing career. Stevie's Wrong Girl is a lovely if limited song, simple, warm and satisfying. However, it also represents my biggest tangible problem with the album - the over-proliferation of uncharacteristically soulless strings. I would normally react against comments like the one I'm about to make, but I feel a bit betrayed by the fact this album is B&S plus session musos, when part of their charm previously has been the fact that, even if they're not the most gifted, they've always played the instruments themselves (trainspotters need not point out that their mum's mate's cousin played second triangle on Slow Graffiti, you all know what I'm getting at), and have worked within their limits to craft genuine 100% Belle and Sebastian songs. The inevitable outcome is either a stage filled with dubious 40-somethings with ponytails and girls in little black dresses, or songs which sound weedy and half-arsed played live. Now I come to think about it, this has happened before, with the brass section in Dirty Dream. Which, unfashionably, I have always been a bit disappointed with. Could there be a connection? Family Twee (ahem) is fun. I can well believe Stuart wrote the music - back to the old skool of simple, naïve songwriting a la "Belle and Sebastian". But the lyrics? They're insecure and often fail to make the point obviously intended - mawkish is the best word I can think of, though I know Tim Hopkins has a few choice suggestions of his own about the lyrics. I suggest you read his version, as he'll put it more eloquently (and angrily) than me. Bel's singing is standard Bel - no complaints, but it doesn't really push my buttons. Though she does seem to be denying she's a profiterole. So, the best three for last. Apart from some people having issues with Woman's Realm, this seems to be the already-accepted triumvirate of cracking tunes. Woman's Realm is actually my favourite - have they ever written anything more singalong (and the chords are none too tricky either)? I'm still uncertain about the strings (see above), but it's joyous, funny, bouncy and boppy. Ideal dance music. The Model, for me, underachieves. I think the opening is actually a slightly subdued Century of Fakers, which isn't a favourite, and though the vocal line is as swooping and swooning and fantastic as anything they've done, the backing tends to be paper thin until the musos bulk it out. But these are small complaints. It's smashing. It's just a pity it didn't become their crowning achievement as maybe it could have. And Too Much Love, which in my raddled memory was the focus of much of our earnest ruminations round Juicy Lucy's, is grate. And great. The chorus is a wee bit weak, but then demanding perfection from a band who've made a career out of their imperfections is a bit harsh. Otherwise, belle and Sebastian, top marks. Have a sweetie. Overall - not in the same league as Tigermilk and Sinister, but working hard in the division below along with Arab Strap. Shame it's so bitty, but the New Democracy within the band is obviously something they find inspires them, and if we need a Beyond the Sunrise for every Woman's realm, I'm happy to make the compromise. I can't say I agree with Nick's tracklisting, though - how depressing to get to side 2 and know that all but one of the best songs has already gone? Just dump Sulk and Sunrise and I'd be happy. There. That's all. Dave, for what it's worth, B&S have previously made videos for fun - Is it Wicked not to Care, for example (and it's just as embarrassingly fey as you'd imagine, though it does include a Stuart David FORCED to wear a badge with Belle and Sebastian written on it in a yellow star of David stylee) - so I wouldn't worry too much about it being singlified. Enough? God yes. Markx p.s. Nick, I hope you don't think I'm having a go at you personally - your review, like all great journalism, both inspired and riled me into responding. 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Sinister: fishing for compliments in the stream of consciousness
by Harry Hunt 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

I've been sitting in the garden, wondering whether you can actually get photophobia from spending too much time, or whether it was an old wive's tale, like that old adage of pleasuring too many crusts making you curly and short sighted. It's odd, see, if I'm outside, even at dusk, and not squinting like a madman trying to kill a eyelash-habitual flea, it's like the start of "Tales from the Dark Side" where it's all ultratechnicolour. Which reminds me, first port of call when I make my comedy covers band is comedy covering "Pink Elephants on Parade". I'm avoiding buying Fishyclap till no-one in the media gives a flying fling about it. I mean, it's getting that way already, but anyway. Our local paper got a rather sweet publicity shot of....some Glaswegian band, dressed up as a flapper and a dandy. If anyone wants a scan of it, you know which aperture to infiltrate. Why do VHS-NTSC services cost so much? Surely it's not that complicated a process. Maybe it's run by someone's father. I'll go back to my CRACKING live FNM CD and leave you all to it then. *kisses to the misses and pokes to the blokes* Love Harry +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: impossible dreams #3
by julesmarkham 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

hey sinister folks, there is a newcomer to the world of jubilee and the little black fox, a starling called Eric. he's lovely and bright and shimmery. jubilee loves the starling, and the starling loves her back, even if she is a bit taller than him. the fox adores him too, even though his shimmery, jangly feathers make her think she might be dowdy. he says no, as she sparkles from within. their story is like impossible dreams, but it took seven months, not seven years. jules x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: OT : New BORED WITH TODAY Songs For Downloadin'!
by ditko37＠interlog.com 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

The day for which you've never knew you were waiting has arrived! BORED WITH TODAY, the heppest indie band north of the U.S. border, has released their first-ever single, available for download for FREE on their web-site! It's a swingin', Double A-Sided affair featuring the two new songs... a. GOOD CLEANING STAFFS COME AND GO a. I ATTRACT GAY MEN You can also download the artwork for the CD case, should you choose (as if you had a choice) to burn your own CD Single of the band's latest opus. AND, as if your heart hadn't stopped already, the site had been completely re-designed, with tonnes of bitchin' new pictures of the duo that is Blake Bell and Len Lumbers. Read all about it in the LATEST NEWS section at... http://www.boredwithtoday.com/news.html Commentary is welcome. We've got the hate mail to prove it. Now, off to be banned by mp3.com again... SINcerely, the guys swimming in your waterbed at : http://www.boredwithtoday.com/ or http://www.mp3.com/Bored_With_Today +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: televised mayhem
by nickie 08 Jun '00

08 Jun '00

>From a Matador mail-out. It don't say nuffink new but I just liked the fact of B&S being mentioned in the same breath as GG Allin. can't say that happens very often... Belle & Sebastian - Televised Mayhem The new multi-format smasheroo "Legal Man" entered the U.S. singles chart at No. 47 (No. 15 in the U.K.), which is a very triumphant moment for those of us who believe that quality music is more important than silly charts (which is why we're bragging about the chart numbers). To commemorate these achievments, BELLE & SEBASTIAN appeared on the BBC's venerable "Top Of The Pops" television program this past friday evening. For those of you who haven't seen the show before, try to imagine "American Bandstand" with a lot less dancing. Tabloid rag The Mirror are reporting that the band snuck into the set of the top-rated soap opera "East Enders" and were hauled away by the police. It reminds me of the time GG Allin was booked to appear on "The Morten Downey Jr. Show," but had to hide on the set of "People Are Talking" during a cooking segment, because the police were looking for him. Don't these "peace officers" have anything better to do than harrass musicians? Last time I mailed to the list I got a threatening mail back - and on Christmas Day too. Hopefully there's nothing offensive enough to warrant personal insults or threats to my personal safety in the above. Unless the allusion of Belle and Sebastian to a man that did poos on stage is enough to have me tarred and feathered live in the Sinister chat-room...which has always been a fantasy of mine. nickie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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