June 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Re: Sinister: cool simpsons toys and other stuff
by Andy Flynn 27 Jun '00

27 Jun '00

The Reason for the infrequent posts all of a sudden is that all the sinisterees...those who are students with free email anway....have pissed off home for the summer. >From: "Lawrence Mikkelsen" <mikelsen(a)akn.quik.co.nz> >Reply-To: "Lawrence Mikkelsen" <mikelsen(a)akn.quik.co.nz> >To: "Belle & Sebastian mailing list" <sinister(a)missprint.org> >Subject: Sinister: cool simpsons toys and other stuff >Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:07:17 +1200 > >bad form to talk about the list on the list, I know, but it is DEAD here at >the moment. My life has been so dull lately, but surely every single can't >be going through the same dull patch?? (surely?) I think the post-new album >euphoria must have kicked in. So much anticipation ..... and now, that's >probably it for the next 18 months to 2 years, dare I say it? >(sigh) > >I've been listeneing to the new Lambchop album a lot lately .... :"Nixon" >is >its name, and I was very surprised at how good it is. i was expecting >something quite country-ish, and ... well .... it's very soul influenced. >Curt Wagner sings in this amazing falsetto for a lot of the songs. Oh, and >a >MASSIVE Bowie revival here in my room. Great stuff ..... > >I'm thinking about sending Isobel an Orange Juice t-shirt I made. Anyone >ever sent stuff to members of the band? Did they reply. I'm almost too >scared too, just because, even though I know I shouldn't expect famous >people to reply to my letters, at the same time i would be a wee bit >disappointed if they didn't. (sigh ... again) > >The new B&S album isn't being released here locally, so anyone interested >will have to shell out for an incredibly expensive import copy, so I can't >see them gaining any more fans here .... record companies, why are so so >unimaginative?? > >Burger King here is selling cool Simpsons toys with Kids meals. So I am >eating there every week for the next 5 weeks to collect the set of ten. How >sad ..... > >Well, dull post from me, but there hasn't been to much to say in my life. >Just wanted to break the silence really. > >take care, y'all > >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 +-+ >+----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Amphetameanies Competition
by Mick Cooke 27 Jun '00

27 Jun '00

The Amphetameanies are giving away copies of our debut album, 'Right Line in Nylons', in a competition on our website. All you have to do is guess the combined weight of the ten members of the band. We don't even know it yet. There's a prize of an album and a t-shirt for the three closest guesses. There's even lots of photos to help you guess. Cheers, Mick http://www.amphetameanies.co.uk mailing list: http://amphetameanies.listbot.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: sinister virgin exits nursery (still crawling)
by the original pixidustlady 27 Jun '00

27 Jun '00

Hello all. I am the Pixidustlady. I've been in the nursery for about 2 weeks now, listening with open ears and wide eyes to all you sinister grown-ups. Not sure if I'm ready to be thrust upon the list just yet. It's like baked potatoes. People always just automatically put butter on without asking themselves if they really want it. (sorry, is that irrelevant?) anyway, i prefer my baked potatoes sans butter. can you tell? i joined the list after buying the new album and then hunting round the website for a while. it's the first mailing list i've ever been part of, and already it feels special. My friend Sean was here for a little while, i don't know why he didn't stay on, although i know he wasn't thrown off. Did any of you ever communicate with him? Just wondering... I thought a bit about me might interest folk. Right now, I live in Orkney. If you have no idea where that is, and some people don't, much to my resigned indignation, it's a remote group of islands off the north coast of Scotland. (yes, i can hear everyone going ....omigod....) I recently dropped out of uni in Glasgow, for reasons i won't go into except for my laziness. It would bore everyone to tears. I'm just home for the summer, working and getting some money together, before i depart in September to start again down in Liverpool. I've got a place at John Moores uni, doing Imaginative Writing with Literature, Life and Thought. I'm hoping that summer and some stimulating discussion on the list will inspire me beyond the stars, and then i can dazzle everyone, instead of failing, again. I'm still forming my opinion of 'Fold Your Hands Child...' With matters such as these, i never like to rush a judgement. I like it though, and that's always a good place to start. This post is getting quite long, so i shall leave it at that for now. Sorry if it's not that relevant or interesting, but i just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. if anyone wants to say hello back, directly, then my email is pixidustlady(a)ukonline.co.uk looking forward to the summer the pixi xxxxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: cool simpsons toys and other stuff
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 27 Jun '00

27 Jun '00

bad form to talk about the list on the list, I know, but it is DEAD here at the moment. My life has been so dull lately, but surely every single can't be going through the same dull patch?? (surely?) I think the post-new album euphoria must have kicked in. So much anticipation ..... and now, that's probably it for the next 18 months to 2 years, dare I say it? (sigh) I've been listeneing to the new Lambchop album a lot lately .... :"Nixon" is its name, and I was very surprised at how good it is. i was expecting something quite country-ish, and ... well .... it's very soul influenced. Curt Wagner sings in this amazing falsetto for a lot of the songs. Oh, and a MASSIVE Bowie revival here in my room. Great stuff ..... I'm thinking about sending Isobel an Orange Juice t-shirt I made. Anyone ever sent stuff to members of the band? Did they reply. I'm almost too scared too, just because, even though I know I shouldn't expect famous people to reply to my letters, at the same time i would be a wee bit disappointed if they didn't. (sigh ... again) The new B&S album isn't being released here locally, so anyone interested will have to shell out for an incredibly expensive import copy, so I can't see them gaining any more fans here .... record companies, why are so so unimaginative?? Burger King here is selling cool Simpsons toys with Kids meals. So I am eating there every week for the next 5 weeks to collect the set of ten. How sad ..... Well, dull post from me, but there hasn't been to much to say in my life. Just wanted to break the silence really. take care, y'all 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: I'm a very patient person
by Magda Boom 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

Greetings fellow bedwetters! My names Magda and Im the boy chasing, hip-shaking, pop-needing New Girl. Or was that boy-shaking, pop-chasing, hip-needing? I guess everyone needs a hip, even the Queen Mum, and she only stands up on special occasions. >Poxendale - was my amusing fellow monsignor in the B+S church making a dig at >the witty, vibrant, creative and IRONIC Baxendale? No! No! No, Mr Monkey, I'd be the first to slap Miller's wrists, but Baxendale are NOT ironic. The over twenties seem to need ample spoonfuls of irony to make their Disco biscuits go down these days. They can only dance to Britney with a wry smile on their face, or worse, a ho ho! I can have Fun! expression. Step to the left, Step to the Right, now step off a cliff.... No, seriously.. >That's all I want to say, so I'll just sit here for fifteen minutes and then sign off. This idea of spending a set amount of time on a post reminds me of my Mum marking her students Art homeworks. They have to scribble how long theyve spent on their fancy piece on the back of their paper. Its quite amusing, looking at a Stick man with a gold microphone crudely cut out of the Argos catalogue standing on a rectangle, and then reading 2 1/2 hours on the back. Of course Im secretly stealing such works and selling them to Charles Saachi, as they bear a *sparkling* resemblance to Tracy Emins sketch work, only minus the penises and cages. I thought Id mention the penises and cages because things are getting a bit, t-t-twee around here. Did you ever notice that the word mom is wow upside down? No shit, man. I bought the new Belle and Sebastian album too. I taped it then I took it back, #12.99 back in my pocket, thanks. Ooh, get me. I think if everyone listened to Sylvie by Saint Etienne before they sent their posts out wed get on a lot better. Over and over and over and over again... 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: Hot Blowin' Funk Muppet
by Michael Barrett 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

Stevie Wonder, that is. Wassup? I have three short points, then I'll be gone. 1) Last week I went to the pub round the corner from my work and walked in to find "Beyond the Sunrise", followed by the rest of the album (on the radio, not sitting having a pint). It was quite a shock, I can tell you. Quite possibly the first time I've heard B&S in public. Good on that man/woman (in the Crown & Two Chairman, if you're here). Interesting thought - if the songs on the album were people, what would they drink? I have really no idea. 2) That damned tit-wank of a pause half-way through the album - can there be anything more pretentious than pretending your songs sound better with an lp break in the middle? eh? it's not even as if anyone could change a record over that quickly - I could've forgiven it if lasted about 2 mins. Makes me angry. 3) I was wandering around Virgin the other day and noticed that the cover to Kelvingrove Baby (by the Bathers) has changed - why? The girl on the cover of the one I have* features a stunning young lady, who looks tall, elegant and rich, and who, if Kylie knocks me back, I intend to marry. Why do people mess with what ain't broke? (* this is me covering myself in case the one in Virgin is the original.) This is still a damn fine album, even if some people think he sounds like Bruce Springstein. One nice thing, two horrible - 'snot bad, is it? See ya, M *************************************************************************************************** Confidentiality Notice: The information in this document may be confidential. It is intended only for the use of the named recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify us immediately and then delete this document. Do not disclose the contents of this document to any other person, nor take any copies. Violation of this notice may be unlawful. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. *************************************************************************************************** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Who Moved My Cheese? I Bet It Was Rodd.
by Peter Miller 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

I fancy Isobel a lot more since she filled out a bit. That's all I want to say, so I'll just sit here for fifteen minutes and then sign off. Come to think of it, 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. 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: goobledigook
by ineffable 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

Hello everyone. Sitting in a grey office on a grey london afternoon. Should be a lyric. Off out soon so life will no doubt get a bit perkier. I have had 'family tree' spinning round my head now for about 5 days or so. Beautiful disturbing song - I guess in my business (psychiatry) I may read too much into things but the song says so much that one sees. Myths about families that last across generations, that the concepts one uses to think (however liberated) are 'inherited' and how frightening/stifling families can be. But they are also a source of strength - I can't remember who said it but 'become what you are'. People underestimate the amount of facticity in one's life - all that free will, soul, christian stuff I expect. Beautiful voice singing. What else to say? Glastonbury - I've not been for years now but is it just a bunch of crooks dressing up as hippies/gypsies and fleecing gullible white middle class kids? I suppose it serves as a rite of passage alongside inter-railing and cannabis. Sorry for the cynicism today.... Not usually this bad! Poxendale - was my amusing fellow monsignor in the B+S church making a dig at the witty, vibrant, creative and IRONIC Baxendale? I think the public should be told. Similarities - some of the slow moody numbers remind me of the Church - if you ever come across 'Aura' copy it /buy it. Hey ho. Treatment for depression - loud music, hot shower and afterwards, the first few chapters of 'Brideshead Revisted'. Bye-bye, 'monkey _______________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: re-view from the Washington Post
by #M. P. 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

Gosh, To my surprise, I seemed to have joined the ranks of B&S dreamers as of the other morning: As if the musical portion of the dream wasn't painful enough, I was sidelined for my (soccer) team's championship game, so I had to cheer a dreary 0-0 tie from a corner. As we filed out, B&S was playing "Woman's Realm" in the bandstand, but *Winona Ryder* was up there butchering the vocals; she could not hold a note to save her life...ouch! For anyone collecting reviews, my *mom* was thoughtful enough to send me this one... Belle and Sebastian: Glasgow Revisited Belle and Sebastian are precious. A seven-piece folk rock group from Scotland, the band recorded its first album as a school assignment; its delicately strummed songs, graced with recorder, flute, violin and hushed vocals, would sound at home in a British campus coffeehouse circa 1973. The band's enigmatic frontman, Stuart Murdoch, reportedly works as the live-in caretaker of a Glasgow church--where he sings as a choirboy. You might ask: Is this a rock band or an Evelyn Waugh appreciation society? In a rare public statement, Murdoch has admitted that he is "ludicrously nostalgic for a time and place that never existed," and it would be easy enough to pigeonhole Belle and Sebastian as a fey flashback act. But Murdoch's nostalgia has sharp edges and his songs are at once swooningly gorgeous and very funny. The band's fourth album, "Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant," is slightly disappointing only in that it contains too many songs not by Murdoch. Not every group can have both a Lennon and a McCartney, and Murdoch's band mates are ordinary songwriters. (Isobel Campbell's "Beyond the Sunrise" is particularly dreary.) But like 1998's "The Boy With the Arab Strap," the new album helps make up for its subpar tunes with sonic richness and aural texture that the band's earlier recordings lack. The album--which lists 18 guest performers playing trombone, double bass and flute, among other instruments--has a toy orchestra sound that skirts cloyingness but often achieves a lush beauty. The baroque violin and harpsichord of the exquisite "The Model," for example, bring to mind the Left Banke (remember "Walk Away Renee"?) as Murdoch draws us into one of his tales of snubs, poseurs and unrequited crushes: "All my friends deserted me because you painted me as the fraud I really was." Every great band defines its own imaginary geography, and Belle and Sebastian turn industrial Glasgow into a romantic and witty city of cafes and parks where lovers quarrel and misunderstand, and boys flirt indiscriminately with boys and girls. As he points out on "Nice Day for a Sulk," it's always a "nice day for a mood/ the forecast is good." Murdoch's lyrics evoke a world that's part "Brideshead Revisited," part Smiths, brimming over with ungendered erotic longing, post-collegiate lassitude, welfare state ambition and hazy memories of old movies. A Murdoch lyric will delineate not only individual characters but whole social worlds with the economy of a novelist or at least a wicked gossip: "She met another blind kid at a fancy dress/ It was the best sex she ever had." As a songwriter, Murdoch comes off as a more literate and marginal version of the Smiths' Morrissey--not only in his Wildean wit, but in the intense sympathy he brings to the amusing teenage misfits who populate his songs. (To hear a free Sound Bite from this album, call Post-Haste at 202-334-9000 and press 8174.) ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Lookalike Follow-up
by Andy Flynn 26 Jun '00

26 Jun '00

I forgot to mention that the winner of the Isobal Campbell loookalike contest wins a half expenses paid Date out with me at a location of my choice.....lucky girl! ________________________________________________________________________ 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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