June 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Watch out, Isobel's got a knife!
by Eric D Brasure 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Belle and Sebastian are not yours. There, I've said it. They're never going to make another record like "Tigermilk" or "Sinister", they've grown up a bit and it sounds and is good. If you want to be disappointed, you'll find a way. After "Legal Man" I was quite worried, but my fears have been assuaged. The songs are strong and well-done, and the little part after the line "Oh what's the fucking point at all" in "The Chalet Lines" where you can hear Stuart swallow is amazing. Oh, and "Beyond the Sunrise" is fab, even if I think that it would have worked much better as a B-side. I left my copy of the new album on my desk at work today as I went to the restroom, and when I returned someone was eagerly flipping through the liner notes. So I found a B&S fan in Delaware! Isn't it weird how two people that don't know each other at all can proceed to having a 10-minute conversation about music? Pauses between the "sides" of albums: has anyone else noticed this? On all four, there's a 10-13 second gap of silence where the tracks are split in half, like they would be on a tape or record. Is this a common CD trick, or have I noticed something really quite bizarre and uncommon? Bye, Eric P.S. Spin review of the album: http://www.spin.com/heavy/bigrotation/ "If you start out depressed, everything's a pleasant surprise." -Lloyd Dobler +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Learning how to smirk
by colin thornton 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Fishyclap is my new favorite Belle and Sebastian album. I understand that its taking a while for it to sink in for most people, but I think about listening to it all day long. I'm driving my roomate crazy by putting it on repeat. Sinister and Tigermilk are getting old to listen to. They still sound great, but I've made them a redundancy by overexposure. I think all of the songs are solid. "Beyond the Sunrise" seems like a tribute to the Magnetic Fields. It is definitely floating on Gentle Waves, which is why I like it. Sarah takes the cake, though. Rolling Stones wrote that if Nick Drake were alive, and he had learned how to smirk, he would have loved the new B&S album. I think this is so true because Fishyclap sounds extraordinarily like Bryter Layter (having the same 70s blues/funky-jazz arrangements). I love what Tony Doogan has done with the studio sound. Is it him that I should appreciate or new styles of instruments? In any case, it sounds very clear. Can anybody tell me what different instruments each band member can play? I've seen Sarah play violin, recorder, sitar, and bass guitar, which are all very different. Is there a website that indicates who plays what instruments for different songs? Colin ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Twins at their finest....
by ELZober＠aol.com 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

hello all.... rumor has it that the two girls on the front are twins from Iceland ... the country, not the grocery store.... and, as i heard the photo was taken in Iceland.... mind you, i could be wrong on both scores... all this nattering on about twins and reviews.... no one has really talked about what went on on TOTP... SO - anyone who saw and would like to fill me in on it, please mail me privately.... lovely.... otherwise..... please send honey lots of happy sinsiter thoughts... please note, that reads 'thoughts' not emails..... as i also hear he has a touch of the cold just now... :) elle +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Freewheelin' Stevie Jackson
by David Moore 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Hi All, I reckon anyone dissin' Mr D is taking a BIG risk. Have you ever seen what happens when a vat of boiling maple syrup is poured all over a person? A seriously sticky end. Here's the hot poop on the "exhausted" story (from the Geometrid message board): "Hi everyone, This is Stuart and Karn. We'd like to apologise to the people who bought tickets for the cancelled shows. Apparently we are "exhausted", and although we're tired after touring Scandanavia and America that's not why the shows were cancelled. They were cancelled due to poor promotion, resulting in poor ticket sales. Being away on tour we didn't have a chance to make sure people were doing their jobs, and they weren't. Hopefully we'll be able to play again soon. Love S+k" Mr Miller hits the nail on the head again. Thanks to Soul Boy Steve for the url to the Wrong Girl vid. My ancient PC doesn't like video, so I could only make out 7 Dylan references amongst the murk. Favourite is the Dylan/Suze Rotolo arm in arm walking down the street shot: "I think you're obsessed". Tee Hee. I'm off now, to try Mr Grumpy's alternative running order. Bye, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Freewheelin' Stevie Jackson
by David Moore 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Hi All, I reckon anyone dissin' Mr D is taking a BIG risk. Have you ever seen what happens when a vat of boiling maple syrup is poured all over a person? A seriously sticky end. Here's the hot poop on the "exhausted" story (from the Geometrid message board): "Hi everyone, This is Stuart and Karn. We'd like to apologise to the people who bought tickets for the cancelled shows. Apparently we are "exhausted", and although we're tired after touring Scandanavia and America that's not why the shows were cancelled. They were cancelled due to poor promotion, resulting in poor ticket sales. Being away on tour we didn't have a chance to make sure people were doing their jobs, and they weren't. Hopefully we'll be able to play again soon. Love S+k" Mr Miller hits the nail on the head again. Thanks to Soul Boy Steve for the url to the Wrong Girl vid. My ancient PC doesn't like video, so I could only make out 7 Dylan references amongst the murk. Favourite is the Dylan/Suze Rotolo arm in arm walking down the street shot: "I think you're obsessed". Tee Hee. I'm off now, to try Mr Grumpy's alternative running order. Bye, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Belle and Sebastian Fishyclap Listening Party, Portland Style
by Andrea Kittenmouse 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Hi, I wanted to let everyone (well, everyone who lives in Portland, OR on the list) know that on kittenmouse radio next week we'll be having a Belle and Sebastian Fishyclap Listening Party. The location (on the radio) will be 1450 am; time: 8-10 pm. So listen in, call in if you want to talk about Belle and Sebastian, or whatever (the phone number is 503-725-5945). I'll try to figure out how to put callers on the air before then (of course, you wouldn't have to be on the air if you don't want to be). Sincerely, Andrea ________________________________________________________________________ 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: honest, brutal and afraid of you
by marie elia 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

right. hello. is this a revival of TOPICS, or did it never die?? anyway... OBLIGATORY FYHCYWLAP COMMENTS: * first, i ventured out yesterday in the Pouring rain to arrive at the rekkid store when it opened. i am a Big Dork. * sarah rocks my world, if that is indeed sarah then. let her do More! i love the lines "'cos the days are long where i come from/ the next few days i'm free/ there's a train i want to catch" ... and i love the sort of resigned tone it starts with. *with which it starts* * who the Hell is singing on Beyond the Sunrise? i hate it. but don't They say that you should examine closely the things you hate? that there is some reflection of yrself that you deplore also? or am i making that up? there, i've just skipped that track. * lucy alder wrote: > Does anyone know any girls who talk about their 'time'? nope... but the part about "i don't think i could stand to take the test" is pretty wrenching ... but really, it's like stuart shies away from certain words... like "chest" for breasts on "the model," which i like quite a lot. the song that is, not breasts. then again.... did anyone else get really happy about lisa Getting Some Action in this song, by the way? i was pretty stoked. good for lisa. where can i get some of that?? * nick dastoor wrote: > 'Woman's Realm' annoys me. To me it really sounds like "Here's > the obligatory B&S rave up". It's *OK*, but something of a > lower-grade retread of 'The Boy with the Arab Strap' and > 'Dirty Dream Number Two'. totally. and i'll leave it at that. TWINS it seems like they're set up to Look like mirror images, maybe playing on the twins thing. but there's two icelandic girls' names listed in the liner notes, so... STRUAN IN A UNIFORM on that inside photo... good lord. /me pulls on her collar, getting hot and bothered. is that so wrong?? T-SHIRTS i saw two kids (a boy and a girl) at TT's in boston last saturday night in study@stow shirts... any of you lot?? APARTMENT LIFE, etc. i have relocated to boston... though all my friends are in new york... or western pa... blah. but i have secured employment in the University Wine Shop near harvard square. this means... employee discounts. fucking hell, i can just See my paychecks going to support my Habit, and no i don't mean my crochet-ing habit... i just spend my days reading now. all y'all should read "the basic eight." what's better than a girl scorned pummeling a boy's head into the ground?? it'd take a fucking lot to top that, i say. anyone going to see the clientele in boston tomorrow night?? xoxo, ree ===== *********************************************************** "to me she was just marie." -mersault "hearts don't break/ the division is innate" -secret stars | eliam(a)alleg.edu | littlearsonist(a)yahoo.com | *********************************************************** __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Fold your fingers origami makers.
by LNino＠levi.com 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Hi So I've been reading attentively to all the opinions about the album. I went home this last weekend and tried napster. i downloaded some songs and well.. I still haven't made up my mind about it. I think it's that bad habit of "expecting too much", and I guess that is why some bands just like B&S try to keep a low profile, so they can keep doing what they like, without the pressure of being better than the last time. I was hoping that I would find songs like Is it Wicked not to care, Simple things... ok. I can't expect that I know, since they are different people from last year or two years ago. But I was a bit disappointed in the lyrics of these last songs. Where are the images? where are the feelings? where is the honesty? I CAN'T FIND THE POINT! that's what I'm feeling... in songs like Family Tree, the tune is nice, and it's a cool song to play guitar to and sing on your own, but I can't see the point.. or at least lyrics this time don't call out to me. Although I must say that Waiting for the moon to rise is very pretty, I fought in a war is so sad and I love it.. i still have to listen to the CD which i ordered but I'm kinda wandering.. I don't know, I don't find it brilliant, just a good pop record, since at this time, we must recognise that there are excellent pop bands, all over the world... In japan for instance, in Sweden, France and Spain. I am listening to La Buena Vida, Le Mans, Club 8, from bubblegum to sky (even though I LOATHE the band name) corniche camomile, barcelona.. etc. They are really good, and some of these bands are lyrically above this last B&S album. I love B&S for what they've done, for who they are, for the history they have, and most of all because they bring together people like us. I've always felt that my emotion device is broken because I get sentimental almost over anything.. when I heard Get me away from here I'm dying.. I thought I had finally crossed the twilight zone and was in my planet again... It was a very important moment. I fear the success, I fear i'm going to have to carry the burden of seeing a bunch hollow teenagers feel so cool because they just discovered them, but most of all I'm afraid that what B&S has been, will from now on be a simple "was". juno. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I saw Keith Chegwin's dangly bits
by Painting With Light 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

I did, I was channel flicking and Channel five (as expected) had naked people. They were running around and one of then was Keith in all his 'ahem' glory. I'd heard they were going to make such a show to advance naturism or something, nothing to do with late night pervy C5 watchers oh no. Anyhow I changed the channel but I needed to 'talk' about it or I could be scarred mentally* "Vicki Rider" <vrider(a)uswest.net> asked "question--do english keyboards have a pound sign over the 4 instead of a dollar sign?" Nope we have a pound sign over the 3 and a dollar sign over the 4. Warrander John - FML WarranderJ(a)finnigan.co.uk asked "is anybody on the list from Stoke? Apparently Stoke has the least divergent gene pool of any British city." Well I'm not from there but I am here now and I have to say after careful observation (read pub crawl) that this statement is probably true. Glad to help out the advancement of science :) New album: haven't heard it, will get around to it but "nice day for a sulk" must be about me with that title "I bet you think this song is about you don't you, don't you" I have been toying with an idea. These picnic things are Fun! But it occurred to me that a Sinister sleepover would be FAB! Especially in a haunted house where we could all toddle round in pigtails and bunny slippers sucking our thumbs and hoping the ghosts won't get us. So anyone own a big castle/mansion, there'd probably be lots of music and sweets to make you icky and honey could come in and ask: "Is everything all right in here?" "Yes Honey" like in the Muppet Babies Well I can see you're all busy so I'll leave you to it Hugs whether you like it or not PWL P.S. There's a bad guy in the X-men called Mr Sinister somehow I don't think he's a B+S fan. *No offence to anyone who'd like to see Cheggers in the altogether. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ten Feet Fall
by Sarah Clarke 07 Jun '00

07 Jun '00

Dear you lot, Nicks subject line made me think of a wonderful quote by someone from the Stranglers, that I read about in the hilarious tale of a hyperactive pain in the arse gobshite called Mark Radcliffes book. Apparently, the fat old scumbags that were the stranglers were playing in some chrome'n'steel venue in Greater Manchesters Trendy Bolton, and were blessed with the offering of many plastic glasses hailing onto the stage during their "performance". Brandishing one of the glasses, Mr Jean Jaques Michelle Jarre or whatever his name was said: "Plastic glasses, yeah, thrown by plastic people, in a plastic world". Superb. We need more quotes like that in Pop. The best other quote that I read recently was in Smash Hits, by Anika (UGLY) from Girl Thing: ur lets see if I can remember this. On why she has a scar on her arm: "When I was born, I had an extra muscle in my arm, one that only monkeys have. They cut it all out and now I have a big scar." What the hell?? MONKEYS? People with monkey muscles are now taking over Planet Pop? Was' goin' on wit' dat? Sorry I can't send you a lot of detailed analysis about the new B&S album, but I don't have it. I nearly bought it today, along with a German compilation of girlie...stuff, but then I decided I'd prefer to go to Waitrose and spend the money on orange wodka. And then I decided that I just HAD to try the new flavour Haagen Daz and buy Smash Hits. I have too many cd's to pack up already. The thing is, if they'd had the new Aislers Set record, there would have been no hesitation. I'm not going to say that as the record didn't instantly grab my heart that it can't be great - as when I first found the band they DID take a while to grow on me... it's just that... well. Perhaps they should have put Kerr Smith on the cover, instead of those Icelandic chicks. They ARE twins, I'm sure, aren't they in that wierd shit music experimental shiznitz? Is that a word? Have a nice time at the Embra picnic, you lot... Sarah x ===== "But just remember, when your teacher told you to always find a home for stray animals, she wasn't referring to your rectum." -- DNA Mag-AZINE. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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