June 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: crayons
by the original pixidustlady 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

hello all, second day, second post. i think my voice is gaining a little strength at last. want to say 'hello' and 'thanks for replying' to jules and eric. jules - one day i will explain to you "The Biscuit Theory". it is my (teenage) lifes work, and has implications far beyond the mortal world. or it's just a laff, whatever eric - what is your favourite bake potato topping? (this one is open to everyone) but now, the main reason for todays post: crayons (pete, this bit's for you!) it was a long and arduous experiment, made bearable only by the dulcet tones of stuart murdoch and B&S emanating softly from my stereo*. Three days i was in there, curtains drawn, wary of anyone attempting to bring me food or coffee, lest they should be trying to steal my research. each day the writers cramp grew worse and worse, sometimes preventing me from forming any legible words at all. in the end i had to give up and admit defeat, it was an utterly hopeless and forlornly lost cause. pete was right, nobody in their right mind would attempt to use literature, life or thought as a tool for imaginative writing. what had i been thinking!! my failure tortured me for many minutes. with a small sigh of resignation, and a slightly larger gurgle of childish pleasure, i returned to my pencil case to fish out my trusty glitter crayons. they returned to their rightful place in my ravaged hands, and i began to write. as the sun set, i forgot my foolish notions of literature, life and thought, and settled back to tell the much more entertaining and vulgar story of pete, and his beloved sidekick..........right hand man. THE END. *this mention of B&S makes the whole story totally relevant to the list, don't you think?!? love to everyone the pixi xxxxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 mile and a half in a car can also take a long time...
by stephen hewitt 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

...when it's on the way out of glastonbury. EIGHT HOURS we sat in traffic, EIGHT HOURS! All cos some selfish bastards had had the temerity to crash their cars on the way off-site. Anyway, a lovely time was had by all, hello to lovely sini-peeps i met, Sean, Paul, Lixi, Cress, Ian, and slight admonishments to those too shy to come and play, we don't bite, you know :) GOOD BITS Flaming Lips - yes, i know, not staggeringly original, but they are GRATE aren't they. I hadn't realised the drums were on tape, the visuals and the band's sheer charm just like blew me away and stuff DAY-VID BOWIE - was also fookin' grate, all the hits etc, ziggy PLAAAAAAAYYYY-ED GEEEEEEEEE-TAAAAAAAAA-HAH Wheat - were surprisingly good, before the lips, mmmmmmm american rock The 100 foot inflatable dragon and carnival parade - just as i hit the break from my first bar shift a large multi-coloured dragon came towards me (no, really). This was one of those classic glasto moments, with hundreds of confused punters going what the FUCK is this????!!?! Billy Bragg - who i passed just after the inflatable dragon. He was hanging out with Boris Johnson (editor of right-wing rag The New Statesman) doing stuff for the beeb. Badly Drawn Boy - doing Aidan Moffatt impressions Working the bars - which was actually fun and more importantly gave me access to SPECIAL CLEAN TOILETS (woohoo). I also realised that rather than the beer coming from barrels, it comes straight from a 30 ton tanker. oh and sunshine, obviously BAD BITS The Bloke in the tent next to us - who had the loudest snore in the world ever, when he started i was sure i was being attacked by some rabid pig dog from hades Rain - but only on thursday, so not that bad :) Feet - hurting, lots Toploader - Shiteloader more like, S*mply R*d for the new millennium Pathetic tent robbery - we had six tops, thirty cigarettes and some underpants nicked from our tent, but they left the sleeping bags, booze and drugs (hayfever tablets and some naughty drugs too). Twee robbery or what. Yorkshire Pie and Peas - not having any Mrs Carsmile is putting the photos in today and i'll scan them in at some point (I'll get those 2000TT ones processed eventually as well). Roll on Reading, that's what I say :) Enough about me, how was your weekend? xoxo CarsmileSteve +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Dresses, caresses and Camera Obscura
by Martin Robinson 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

Hello friends, monkeys and Cookie monsters, Hope you are well and good. I think I'm going to enter the Isobel lookalike competition mentioned here a while ago as it seems a good excuse to pluck me eyebrows, cross dress, click my fingers and sing Family Tree without getting odd looks from people. Well maybe I'll still get odd looks but I'm kind of getting used to that now. Plus I have to practice wearing dresses for this football game at the London picnic. Though I won't want to get mine muddy or grass stained through one of those vicious tackles Camp Casarotto dishes out, I don't think he'd even pull out of a challenge on a lady. Well obviously he would but I was talking football... Anyway what I meant is I'm going to sit on my fat lookalikey arse in a dress drinking Tenant's Super. What a lady I am... Speaking of Big Gay Mark, apart from mentioning his best friend Nobby and fisting yet again, said something like: > Props to that smart, wonderful, hansom Martin and his cru for the > Betsey do the other night. It was much better than Tigermilking. Which is nice but no bloody excuse for not having a Tigermilking night soon. Get off your lazy gay arse young man. Actually if anyone else had a good time seeing the wonderful Camera Obscura last Friday or is a fan at all there is an egroup to keep up to date with what the said popsters are up to. It's called parkandride and can be found at www.egroups.com Email me if you have any probs getting on it. Some smitten person also said: > So why doesn't anybody ever talk about Sarah? Before going on about the Sisters of Mercy. Which to be frank made me shiver inside. Reminding me of indie clubs of years ago where your pop music and goth music had to stand side by side, and the dancefloor had little shifts of The Mission et al and then Blur and the Stone Roses. You used to have to brush past the smelly, sorry strangely scented, Goths on the way to or from the dancefloor and sometimes their dyed black hair would be shook into your face or you'd get tangled up in the gaping holes in their big long black jumpers. And be dragged with them with your arms flailing, which they thought was impressive dancing, to Jane's Addiction. I'm still go weak at the knees at the mere mention of the Fields of the Nephilim, I mean how I can be scared of a band who sprinkled flour over themselves I don't know. Oh I've overrun I can't talk about Sarah now. Not even drawing or falling helicopters, oh that's 2 Sarah's sorry. Why doesn't anyone ever talk about Oranjeboom? Te ra, Martin +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: Aaaay! I'm the Fonz!
by Andy Flynn 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

What is it about Computer programmers and developers that means that they are instantly obsessed with B&S the moment they Listen to them. Like Dewar I am one of that lot.....and in my cramped windowless office, in this basement of a converted garage that affords all who work there pale skin, there are 3 obsessive B&S fans. None of us shared are secret until one night in a pub. Now that is weird!! ________________________________________________________________________ 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: stuff about Nick Drake, B&S and sitars.
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

Craig asked where the sitars were. They are on Legal Man, all the way through, although most obviously at the start. Which brings me to my question. List members may remember there besing reposrts, via Jeepster news, and also in the NME, about Belle & Sebastian having a "party" in the studio for one of the songs, to capture the ambiance?? (Ring any bells?) I seem to recall the song was "The Model", but for the life of me I can't hear anyone puking, slurring lewdly or snoting coke. Or maybe it just wasn't that kind of party. If someone would like to meil me and let me know song it was, I'd sleep easier. (Or maybe it's one of the seven or so songs the bnd supposedly recorded and haven't released yet ....) Bollocks .... RELEASE ANOTHER ALBUM SOON B&S. No offence, because a) I really love the new one, but ... it doesn't have "Lonliness of the Middle Distance Runner" on it, and b) another two years is FAR too long to wait for another mere 41 minutes of pop perfection. Or at least cobble some sort of "Hatful of Hollow"/"Boxing Hefner" type compilation with "Lonliness ..", some sessions and outtakes etc. (Please .......) Magda Bloom, you really should *buy* Belle and Sebastian albums. Indie bands really don't make all that much money, especially when they have seven members. And, really, it's so much nicer to own the albums..... ***WEIRD B&S EXPERIENCE*** At work I usually wear hadphones and listen to pop music. I was having a freindly argument with the girl who its next to me. She listens exclusively to hip-hop (she thought "folk" was like "grunge", which gives you some idea of her depth and breadth of knowledge when it comes to pop). Anyway, she usually has control of the radio, and as usual it waqs playing the usual mix of Puff Daddy, Vengaboys, Westlife, Destiny's Child (surely the worst band EVER). Anyway, at ths point my boss said "why don't you play some of YOUR music, Lawrence". I'd just been ranting about B&S moments before, so I was *forced* to inflict "Fold Your Hands ..." on all the people who work downstairs in the office.It was a very strange experience ... my boss was the only person who liked it, everyone else used adjectives like "interesting" or "different" to describe it. (sigh). Funnily, the situation was very awkward for me. And after that, of course, it was back to Puff Daddy. ***NICK DRAKE ALBUMS GOING FOR A SONG*** I am a sad Nick Drake obsessive, and hence have just shelled out for the new remastered versions of his three studio albums. Which means I have three "old" versions I am wanting to rid myself of. I don't really want to sell them to the sharks at my local send-hand record place, and all my friends either own the albums or don't like them. So ..... if anyone on the list is interested in some sort of a trade. I don't want much for them ... just something (like a single album, a couple of singles etc.) to justify the cost of posting them to you, because that will no doubt work out quite expensive. It would be a good opportunity for someone to get the three albums super cheap. Anyway, if anyone is interested, make me an offer. Maybe a couple of hefner singles or something I couldn't easily get here?? Or whatever. Anyway, that's i for me. Take care kids, Lawrence Mikkelsen http://www.akn.quik.co.nz/mikelsen/aboutme +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: sinister-digest V4 #195
by Elvis ... 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

i found a leaflet people (like an internet one) i dont know if you will find it interesting or not for the benefit of those who might do here is the basic text and important notes on pictures front page - a modern format, layout. blue with thin streaks of gold. looking closely you see there is a large blue brain. top right there is a typical example of circuit board-art. at the top it says 'take control' middle - 'use it' then 'maximise your mind' other bits 'for the real world' '...success is closer than you think' '-and whats more, we're right on your doorstep' other pieces of text centre around things like how you 'cannot lose the key because you are they key' 'what are you going to lose then . keys are easy to lose' 'you cant lose speciel keys you are the key and its the ideas and perverted sense of 'reasoning' that holds you back' '...you have to lose and the loss may seem like a bad thing but the loss is the greatest thing that can ever happen to you' i found this leaflet (like an internet one) its for a business school but i think the site had mutilated it a little. don't you? ________________________________________________________________________ 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: isn't it strange the way the air can.........
by LunaLilly＠aol.com 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

Hi peoples...... This is going to be short...I am tired and not witty. Grr! I am always tired and always witty....nope....wrong girl. So the Fear of Mops person said that Bright Eyes is amazing.....YES they are so that! They are from my town...I love Connor Oberst. You know really all the bands on Saddle Creek are quite outstanding. I just saw Bright eyes last week and I get to see them in a week with Pedro the Lion and in like 3 weeks with Granddaddy. I could go on for hours about how great our bands are...but I shant. Those boys could pay me to spread the word...but I think they speak quite well for themselves....So enough of that.....I am so jealous that I live in America and all of you nice UK kids got to go to Glastonbury. another grrr. I did some nice vintage shopping the other day and got everything on my list....wow. it's so rare whent hat happens. Well I have just been listening to Belle and Sebastian as always and some other things and I think I can no longer sort out what's song world and real. Maybe if I did something with my days??? hmmmm...it's a thought....but no. Ok lot's of love. Olivia +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hello
by ally 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

Hello, I'm Ally I was released from the nursery a while ago but have thus far been too scared to post, but tonight fuelled bya substantial amount of gin I have decided that I really should. Anyway I got back from Glastonbury yesterday which was amazing despite the fact I only managed to see 7 acts and spent most of the weekend asleep in a tent feeling dirty. Oh yes and I almost went to the sinister meet up- I actualy got there but was too scared to go up to you all, very sad I know-for those of you who were there I was the small girl with short fluffy hair wandering around looking scared and sitting with a girl with purple hair. Elliot Smith was brilliant and Bowie was astounding, just the fact it was actually really David Bowie and he was standing 100 metres away from me- wow! I should really write something about B&S- hmmm I like FYHCYWLAP erm.. I had a dream where Staurt did a duet with Jamie Theakston, actually it wsa more of a nightmare, can you imagine how awful that would be... A couple of weeks ago I was at Camden town tube station and this man in a B&S T shirt came up over the road with a camera and I think he took a photo of me- which was really weird I wanted to talk to him and say oooh I like them too or something equally unispiring but I didn't. Anyway you are all probably very bored by now, so I will go... Hope I haven't committed any major list crimes or anything- Ally PS: Going to LA in a week and I know noone except a mad cheerleader so if there are any listees in that area who fancy showing me the sights/going for a drink email me and I will smile a lot. *********************************** 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: What about Sarah?
by HopelesslySmitten 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

So why doesn't anybody ever talk about Sarah? I'm just listening to a Sisters of Mercy (how many of you have ever heard of them?)song, and Sarah dressed in long flowing black with oooh! that lipstick might just be fine. Consider it HS +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Shake Your Windows And Rattle Your Walls
by David Moore 28 Jun '00

28 Jun '00

Sawaddee Gang of (1)4(30), Thai Fact (but maybe fiction): Today was Khao Phansa, the first day of the rainy season, so if you had to go out I hope you were all very careful not to step on any little growing shoots or tiny creatures that the rain might have brought forth. Big Pete wrote: "if anyone really does want to read lots of messages about fancying Isobel, the archives would be a good place to start. Search for "Isobel;leg;love;paper;Brad" and you'll see that there can be no more ardent suitor than Brad. He's won" to which I offer as further assistance in the cause of such research: "isobel;top;dokken" I guess all you hipsters heard it first ages ago, but I've only just got hold of the new Sodastream album Looks Like A Russian, which I can recommend wholeheartedly. Not only because a couple of lovely listees get thanked on the cover, but also because of the beauty of the songs and the clarity of the recording, which makes it sound like they're right there playing in your car/front room. Vaguely reminiscent of the Incredible String Band too - must be the bowed double bass. (Or sawing cellos, if you're Honey :) ) "Like Belle & Sebastian with farting noises" thelastresort/James Moore Oh, and the band are nice blokes too. I trust that new girl Magda had to spend the requisite time in the nursery before being allowed to post - welcome. Poxendale looked older than I somehow imagined them to be on the Pyramid stage on Saturday. Stuart looks cute in Time magazine, doesn't he? Love, 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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