June 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: i�m too little to have a name
by Liisa Kallio 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

hello. i havenŽt posted for a while,cos i havenŽt been feeling up to it. and i havenŽt been listening to fyhc as much as i shouldŽve. i was a bit disappointed.but i do have a top three though: 1.thereŽs too much love 2.nice day for a sulk 3.family tree i donŽt like the cover.llpj is my fave one. iŽve had lots of b+s related dreams.in the last one stu was making a film and he was very grumpy.i was being a pest asking too many questions,and he was so busy filming. he showed me what he had come up with, he had filmed toes. in abother dream he was really nice to me though. i was getting all desperate waiting to get my nick drake cds. every night when i went to bed i thought maybe they come tomorrow, but in the morning, after watching Žchronicles of narniaŽ i rushed to our mail box, still in my pyjamas,there were just some bank statements for my folks. but this morning i got my digitally remastered Žpink moonŽ.itŽs just soo beautiful.iŽve been listening to it all day.itŽs in a slip case and there are all the lyrics ,and couple of photos.itŽs my first and only nick drake cd, iŽm still waiting to get Žfive leaves leftŽ.i hope it comes tomorrow. itŽs finally summer here in lapland,around +29c today,i think iŽll go now. hei,hei. me xx ps.the local record store has still 2 copies of fyhc left. i think they probably got like three, and i bought one. ---- Soittoäänet ja ikonit matkapuhelimeen! http://www.iobox.fi/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ironing is the ultimate accesory
by Arantxa Sanz 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Ring,ring:is anyone left out there? A sigh of relief had traveled the whole circle of the Algonquin Table regularly booked for Sinister when that article got published today in The Guardian-Online about the unimportance of content in the total process of electronic communication,judging by the sudden increase of messages honouring my humble mailbox.Allegedly,the zeal and urge to communicate something or even nothing is the core and could semiotics turn the light off when leaving,thanks?. I absolutely refuse to add how long it takes me to write a message,because of two simple reasons : a)There would be no excuse to justify than spending such a generous amount of time my efforts to entertain you cannot crystallize in anything better than this,for instance, and b) summing up one's existence in quantities provides certain BridgetJonesy qualities.Is it 37 mins 12 sec good enough?Poor?I should read more carefully those glossy girlie mags next time to know if my stipulated amount of time devoted to Sinister is what a girl of 26 and 5 feet 5 inches should be doing.Not sure about the inches,I had lately a bad experience with rulers... About Fraulein Dagmar Vroom's mum assesment method: can one claim automatic writing ?Surrealism is a bit demode,but don't know if enough to make a convincing comeback.And I found ironing a much more necessary touch on a man too nowadays,very rare occasion is to greet a 20something male with no creases and no sarcasm to cover that sign of laziness instead. So Burt Bacharach could not make Glastonbury after dancing in some laddie club one of his own songs.He never was a 13 years old girl,oh well. xxx A. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ever excellent
by Nick.Dastoor＠guardian.co.uk 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Someone was moaning about Banchory Merchandising T-shirts being smaller than normal ones. Believe it or not, this has already been discussed at length. A lot of fatties think it's unfair and that it means Belle & Sebastian think that you have to be waif-like to be a twoo fan. 'Looking stupid being used and being THIN' eh? The ever excellent Tom Ewing points out, by way of a Guardian article http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~tewing/2000_06_18_oldlines.html#383429 that all this worrying about being thin and confused at Tony Blair's body image summit is all very well but it's a bit rich that it gets all the attention when obesity remains a far more widespread health issue than anorexia and bulemia. When I was at university I seem to remember a very bright colleague doing a dissertation on anorexia and he finding very little research that it had anything to do with seeing skinny models in magazines anyway. Call me selfish but I love the B&S T-shirt sizes. After years of having to put up with shapeless sacks at last I can wear one that's just perfect for us 6 foot high, 8 1/2 stone people. That's... me then. Thank God no one outside the UK undertands stones. Carsmile Steve is either confusing the Spectator with the New Statesman or else he's making some hard left point about the latter's loss of edge. I suspect the former, as he comes from Chelmsford and is probably a member of the Women's Institute. > I've been reduced to scouring the Guardian website for things > by Nick Dastoor. There are three, one of which contains the phrase "totty > good at totting up". Funniy enough, I resorted to doing just the same yesterday. I have had a few more credits than that but the archive tends to ignore them on the grounds that they are in 4 point type and upside down. 'Totty good at totting up' was not my idea. Nor do I condider Magnus Pyke top totty. But that Lord Watson - phwoarr! Anyway, just before I resorted to doing that I resorted to searching the web for people with the same names as my friends. Then I told one of my friends and she said she felt violated. Nick 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: David Gray's one for the kids!
by Magda Boom 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Hi again bedwetters, It isnt *so* quiet, but a little. MM said: >I was trying to work out Magda's comments - I think (if I understand her right ->forgive me if I mis-represent you flower!) that Bax(pox)endale are poppy, witty, >creative, vibrant (add lots of other good adjectives) but not ironic - and that she was >criticizing 20+ people for having to have their pop with added irony and not being >able to simply enjoy it. Spot on, sonny, but Im sure most people could have worked that out for themselves, no? I shouldnt be so ageist, I know, I just get so sick of that I word. Irony is just so futile, its an excuse people give for liking music they think their peers will frown upon. Its cowardly to hide behind Irony! Im not saying you have to be true, or real, just wipe that clever smirk off your face before I take an iron to it. You should probably take a knife to mine for stating the obvious. Again. >I trust that new girl Magda had to spend the requisite time in the >nursery before >being allowed to post - welcome. Yes, why wouldnt I? You people are weird. Mark says I sound familiar, Im not sure why. Maybe I need to formally introduce myself, my name is Magda Boom, and you dont know me. I like Baxendale and Black Box Recorder and commercial pop music like Daphne and Celeste and Kylie. I do like Belle and Sebastian, I admit it. I have several major character flaws, but Im pretty cute. I liked it when Mouche referred to us as cats, I thought that was good. Im a bit of a mean cat myself. Of Baxendale: >a lot of their songs as I hear them have some pretty dark undercurrents.... Well, as a friend of mine said recently, one does wish, sometimes, that there was a single Edit of I Love the Sound of Dance music or Music for Girls where things didnt go all wrong at the end - a fairy tale with a sting in the tail. The sting in the tail can be so precious, though. Heaven forbid, more real. But dont listen to me, its an established fact Im an intellectual blank, I nearly started crying in Claires accessories yesterday when they followed Daphne and Celestes U.G.L.Y with Coldplay. I had to tell my companion Id got glitter in my eye, for fear of ruining my petulant pop-kid image. I had been sitting on the edge of the park in Leicester Square on my own, watching a man painted silver pretending to be a robot, the neon Empire Cinema sign flashing like Vegas in the background, while girls with armfuls of shopping bags in brand new trainers walked past, eyes narrow, mouths wide. You see? Magdas Tip of the Week: Dont stub a cigarette out onto your credit card when youre drunk, because it will NOT work the next day when youve got a desperate urge to spend your hard earned cash on a style magazine and an overpriced cappuccino. and to whoever told me that I should BUY Belle and Sebastian records, you've got some nerve and baby that'll never do. Chow, Magda Boom x *********************************** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. http://www.chickshops.com boutique shopping from chickclick.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: A return
by Katy Dutton 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Not that my absence has been noted, I'm sure <g> Well, some random thoughts, which I'm sure will be vaguely connected with B&S: 1. I went to Glasgow for a week. 2. I saw Chris Geddes in Fopp. Even nicer in real life too :) 3. Sorry....I meant to say I SAW CHRIS GEDDES AND HE WAS 1 FOOT AWAY AND IT WAS GRATE AND MY LEGS WERE SHAKING AND SO WERE MY BOYFRIEND'S... 4. But I was too scared to say 'hi' :(((, let alone jump on him, kiss him and then command him to take to me Struan's house. I hope everyone's been well, I certainly have. As for the Midlands Sinister picnic, I believe that Mr Smiley and Magic Bird have been doing a great job of organising it in my absence. Sheffield, 15th July, Endcliffe Park, for those who are coming. Very satisfactory. *More content, ish: I saw someone in Glasgow with a carrier bag about the size of a record. On one side, the cover of Legal Man had been printed. On the other, FYHC...any ideas where this is from anyone? Sorry if you all know, it's just that I've not checked my mail for 2 whole weeks because I've been away/entertaining the visiting boyfriend. Hmmm well I'm going to go and lament the return of the beloved to Glasgow by crying into my pillow, listening to Sinister and drinking Lemon Snapple. Care to join me anyone? Katy x ***Thoroughly alone for 1 hour and 17 minutes*** ________________________________________________________________________ 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: The Virgin France Suicides
by Peter Miller 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Ironically, I've only ever heard one example of Baxendale's neo-nancy pop mastery, the sublimely unironic "Music for Girls". It's not that bad really. It reminds me of Warrander John's nightmare vision of the future, in which "the next album you buy may have William Hague on lead vocals". I was just being ironic when I called them Poxendale, I'm sure they're really good really. Although I have no intention of finding out. I prefer The Pinez. And The Vizitorz. Although there are still almost 1500 people on the list, it has indeed gone a bit quiet. I've been reduced to scouring the Guardian website for things by Nick Dastoor. There are three, one of which contains the phrase "totty good at totting up". I've also read three Duke of Harringay articles, two of which referred to his alleged boringness. They weren't boring articles though. No one seems to know what happened between B&S and Virgin France, is it a secret? Is Madame Cecile Aubrey involved? My guess is that sombody moved their cheese. Jaques Chirac isn't going to be watching V-Twin, is he? My French is bad, but I got the impression he was going to be grooving to something a bit posher, the old fruit. Welcome to the list, Magda. 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: Virgin Mailer
by Ed Sandrejko 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Hi Everybody, that's right. This is my first mail-in. Just warning y'all. Think I'm from Texas now, don't you? My name's Nick. I'm a zen buddhist monk. Though primarily I just "am". I was ordained last January (in Japan) , but I live in Sydney Australia, so I'm not a monastic monk or anything like that. I'm 20. Am studying Arts at Sydney Uni - Religious Studies, Japanese, Art History and Buddhism. What else? Oh yeah, I work as a DJ on weekends (just 21st b'days and stuff, no 'real' gigs, so to speak, as of yet). I love movies, music, reading, talking, well, actually pretty much everything. Pleasure or Pain, take it with open arms, thank God you're alive. As a Norwegian Zen monk once told me. So, why am I writing to you? I love Belle and Sebastian's music. But they're not gods or heroes or anything more than ordinary people (in my opinion at least). They're obviously just wise guys with a wonderful gift. And the other reason, well, I've been reading your messages and you seem like interesting, alive, thinking people as well. So I'd love to be a part of your group. So, I look forward to enjoying the 'submissions' to the mailing list and enjoy the new album guys. Hey, it's not as if I've got it yet. I do live in Oz remember... Cheers, Nick Ps. I wrote this message two weeks ago but soon found out I was barred for that moment. I do have the album now. I really love 'Don't Leave the light on baby'. Btw, how's Legal Man faring in Britain? It's not that 'mainstream' is 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: with goth on our side
by cbrown2＠mmm.com 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

I used to be a goth but I'm alright hey now hey now now oops couldn't resist it, I'm feeling frivolous. I wasn't a goth but lots of my friends were, the clothes were awful though and the smell of pachouli mixed with flour was rather offputting at the marvellous dropout club in Chesterfield. Whoever it was who wrote in saying about brushing past goths on the way to the dancefloor brought the memories flooding back, cheers. MarkC, so shall I bring some embrace cds to eat at the picnic then? (not that I own any) Nothing else to say, sorry it hasn't taken me 15 minutes to write this handsome regards Chris PS thanks to Justin for the Nick Drake tip-off, my gorgeous long-distance love is taping it for 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: tigermilk
by Katrina House 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

hi all, i don't know if anyone is interested anymore, but i have someone who wants to sell an original 'electric honey' tigermilk lp, so if you're still wanting to get your hands on one, please mail me with your offer and i'll put you in contact. btw, the sleeve and record are both in mint condition. back to lurking ... cheers, katrina. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: heebie-jeebies
by ineffable 29 Jun '00

29 Jun '00

Dear Brethren, So much to say... Thank you Lucy for the link to the Isobel picture. Umm... looks lovely but not really my type (do I get thrown off the list now?) - obviously our relationship would hve blossomed if she had been! If she is scottish,small and blonde then is she much different to 'elven' gail porter? is it all in the head scarf? please help me on this with links etc (Sarah??) as no doubt I am missing something and being very stupid. Possibly is should have learned a little bit more about the band other than just lisyen9ing to their music! But hey... I've got a lot of time for that. I did have a huge crush on a glaswegian for a fortnight (i left the job where I was working and moved to London)- but she was a gorgeous asian honey. Pleased that our brother alix is a little calmer about his poor chum but am delighted that i can now also 'come out' about being an ex-goth and huge sisters of mercy fan. Not quite sure what has happened to them released a 'greatest hits vol 1' years ago now (?1993) with a cool remix of 'temple of love' on but nothing since. Best track -'some kind o fstranger' from 'first and last and always'. So, perhaps we should all don black wedding dresses, bleach our skin, dye our hair and buy lots of jossies. I think so. At least the cure are still vaguely about. Anyway, I've got a patient so best be sensible... MM _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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