July 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: stockwell day wins
by adventures as an angel 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

i read the funniest thing this morning... f%^KINGuParAMPAGE said that they wished they were canadian...i have never seen or heard that utterance in my little life. well, you're on your way to being canadian: we all wish we were something other than what we were born. if you wanna see faux-british come out with me one night. little boys/girls dressing up and dancing how they think the british should be, problem is their perception of british comes from quadraphenia (however one spells it) and gregory's girl. now i'm included in this little group of posseurs...i have a lot of old pics of my parents during their mod days...mr kado made fun of my hair the other week cuz i'd brushed it all down (he's used to seeing me in full flamer style)...we all just wanna be pretty. ummm...i'm not gonna hit on the boss' son...you can look all young and innocent, but in talking to him, i've realized that he his young and innocent...i'm now officially a dirty old man...plus it was all fantasy, i already have my own dirty old man... b&s not touring until forever...oh well, i guess i'll just hafta go out and get myself a tragically hip ticket...i now own 2 7"ers and still haven't listened to them, why you ask? i don't own decks of any sort...my little sister offered me her mickey mouse record player. i think i'll hafta settle for that system, i really wanna hear tompaulin...to the person who was compiling a list of the most approachable b&s tunes...hmmm...our favourite band is very hard to describe isn't it...i've stopped trying...you really do hafta just play it for your friends... well, i'm off to configure my palm pilot...heehee love the way that sounds... the angel blackwell ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 13:06:13 +0100
by David White 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

M Styer wrote: >The Boy with the Arab Strap (I know my friends won't understand it, I am >barely able to. The Boy W/ the strap is one of Struan's friends, right?) I'm pretty sure The Boy With The Arab Strap is about Aiden Moffat, singer with Arab Strap. You can read more at www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk at the discography. All this talk about Pink Floyd. I actually like the Floyd, well some of their stuff. I don't think much of the psychadelic stuff, it's a bit too wierd and the stuff after the Wall is all a bit 'old men trying to relive former glories' but the early 70's stuff in particular is good. They did one soundtrack album in the early 70s, the name of which I have forgotten, and it is excellent, sounds very much like Air. I'd actually never made the connection between Pink Floyd and Air until somebody mentioned it the other day. As for the production, I remember the other year when Channel 4 did the top 100 albums of the millenium (I guess it must have been last year), and Dark Side Of The Moon made it to the top 5, and one of the critics made the point that it was the most modern sounding album of a top 10 which featured 2 Radiohead albums, Oasis, Stone Roses and a few other modern ones. I reckon that's a pretty accurate statement and a fairly sad reflection on the state of modern music (B&S apart!). Brian Pennington wrote: >After having been in a play version of The Wall... What a scary thought! The film was the biggest pile of art wank I have ever seen. The music is fine, excellent in places, shite in others but I thought the film was bollocks. I reckon the Simpsons starring in The Wall would have been excellent, a trip through Homer Simpsons fucked up mind, hmmm doughnuts... On that note, I'm going to get some food. Dave david(a)belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk Visit the site www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.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: Ratcatcher
by Frederic.Meysonnet＠bull.net 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

bonjour especialamente to glasgowians, In 1998, Lynne Ramsay made a film about childhood, glasgow, poverty, rape, bus stops, the hope to live a better life. It was Ratcatcher. Deeply sad, you might see it. Does someone think of what could be our sinister films clearing ? I bet you can add to ratcatcher both trust from hartley and dream life of angels from zonca. Freddo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: T in the Park
by Jason Andreas 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

Highlights of the weekend: Meeting up with tons of my friends. Crowdsurfing to Iggy Pop - the man has remarkable power for his age. The singing of total nonsense songs on the way back to our respective lifts. My friend Andrew's sheer exuberant enthusiasm when he came from the Leftfield/Carl Cox set. The Elvis Cleaning Co. Her from Chewing The Fat. Seeing Soulwax (with the mighty Casio guitar playing the Star Wars theme) for the third time. Karn giving me a thimbs up during the Looper set. All the bands I saw being totally storming. Lows: The weather. The prices. The huge mudbath that the whole place became. The two hours wandering around in the cold and wet mud trying to locate Andrew's dad before *both* our batteries ran out on our mobiles. Muse being moved to clash with Travis. Death in Vegas, Day One and Soulwax all clashing. Being forced to drink Diet Irn Bru when the stalls ran out of regular. The huge holes in my boots that turned my feet all squelchy. All in all, the music totally won the day - it's the most fun I've had in a while, and I'm definately going back next year if money allows it. --Jason Andreas If nice guys finish last, then I'll never finish at all... ICQ: 45821217 AIM: RadioJase +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: And I went lookin' for my darlin.....
by M Styer 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

Hello Everyone- I'm just posting to ask for advice, and possibly to start a conversation. I'm compiling a list of the most approachable B+S songs. I may finally be able to answer the time old question, "What kind of music do you listen to?," without scaring people off ("Oh...it's...ah....er, interesting, yeah"). Almost, if you will, a greatest hits. So far: Expectations My Wandering Days are Over (I'm not sure) Lazy Line Painter Jane The State That I Am in Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie (maybe at the end, for the strongest of the weak people) Me and the Major The Boy with the Arab Strap (I know my friends won't understand it, I am barely able to. The Boy W/ the strap is one of Struan's friends, right?) Don't Leave the Light on, Baby (especially the "It's been a bloody stupid day") That is it so far. You may be asking yourself, "Self...it looks like he has gotten the list, so why is he posting?" I know that I have become too partial to know which songs are the most approachable. If any of you have any stories/suggestions on which were your favorite songs at first listen, please post. Thanks Farewell Miles P.S.- This is the young, American boy talking, not the B+S fan. I'm interested in getting a cd by The Magnetic Fields, and I don't know where to begin. Which one should I get first? ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.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: Apple Butterless
by Brian Pennington 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

Hello, I would like to start out by saying that apple butter is one of the most delicious substances on earth. I think it should count as a fruit! There are real apples in there, if you get the good stuff. The good stuff, as I've found, is in jars hawked by various organizations every year at the West Virginia state arts & crafts fair, which I unfortunately managed to forget about this year, and am therefore apple butterless, which is a terrible thing. Speaking of West Virginia, I went to a luau here (aka party with lots of booze and a vague Hawaiian theme) and so many people commented on my TWATTYBUS shirt! I had no idea they had managed to infiltrate the hollers and valleys and cricks of West Virginia so fully. Well, some of the luau-goers were from off in Virginia somewhere, so I guess they don't count, but one or two of those people I think were genuine West Virginians. To make things stranger our local entertainment newspaper reviewed the new album. I won't give the review to you all though because I'm sick of the things. After having been in a play version of The Wall (I did it because I liked the director/cast) and been the ass/judge at the end, I'd like to say that I can't stand most Pink Floyd. There are a few songs I enjoy though, but mostly only when sung by a chorus of teenagers in various harmonics. Getting to scream things at an audience is rather fun as well. Oh, and interestingly enough, my friend informed me that another name for an Arab Strap is a 'Scrunchy.' Not to be confused with the kind you use to keep your hair in a ponytail. Don't ask me how she knew that. Speaking of sexual perversion, I would like to take a moment to explain that when I said my life was children and zippers rather than strings and crescendos, I didn't necessarily mean children and zippers had to go hand in hand. I am not a member of NAMBLA! So, I'm going to take my leave, but before I go I'd like to leave you all with some words of wisdom. Those being: Always wear your B&S shirts. You never know who you might meet...but hopefully they will all be over the age of 18. -- Brian Pennington, aka Mick McMick | cellophanesky(a)mac.com | ICQ# 39021436 Sandcastle Records: <http://www.indiepages.com/sandcastle/> the Cellophane Sky:<http://home.earthlink.net/~cellophanesky/the/index.html> "Better a tear of truth than smiling lies." - Duncan Browne +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: john jacob jingle heimerschmitt...
by FakingUpARampage＠aol.com 10 Jul '00

10 Jul '00

hello dearies... paul said: > On that occasion we established that some of us actually *are* faux-British. ya know what i once did? i claimed to be canadian. for some reason, i have an obsession with the great white north ::sighs::... i want to be canadian when i grow up. not just a citizen, but someone with canadian lineage and everything. i have some sort of weird fascination with them. i got contacts today. i'm not having any trouble with them really, other then they feel so damn weird. i dont know if i like it or not. i'll find out tomorrow when i wear them for longer, and try to actually function. katrina mentioned that there wont be any tour dates till 2001... but!!! do said tour dates in 2001 include a skip to the states? ::looks hopeful:: I WANNA SEE BELLE AND SEBASTIAN BEFORE I DIE!!! granted, that wont be for many many years... but, i thought i would stress it. sorry for yelling i wrote that stuff a few days ago. a moth just attacked me. now you're up to speed. and.. get this... someone voted for me for list crush. how oddly divine is that? i just looked at that lil message from misscrush again, and now i'm in such a good mood which is good since today has been a pretty bad day. but i wont get into that. but.. yes.. thankyou crush person!! : ) but... i wanna know who!!! tho i think i might have an idea.. but.. i wanna know who!! jules... hoping that you are feeling better. i've been in the same place as you... not the same place.. but similar... and i know how you feel. i'm sure that most everyone on the list knows how you feel. but i wanted to vocalize it. but you know that you arent alone... i have 2 questions now. remember when someone posted that lil postcard from jeepster, that said that they were tearing down the church that belle and sebby recorded in? is this the same church that stuart janitors in? (or am i just gullible to believe a story that you all are snickering about saying "its not true!! hahah!! its not true!" -- tho i would like to think it is)... and if so... then where will he live? if he wants to move to new jersey, i have a spare room.. but i doubt that. and i dont know how my family would take to it either. and i would prolly feel weird playing any of the albums. but it would be worth it. second question -- now that you all have helped me properly idenitify winter wooskie... i have to identify the song that a friend gave me which was labled as winter wooskie. it is described as follows -- repeats the word 'landslide' alot, isobelle sings lead, with sarah in the background, and i believe there are alot of chimes. is this one of those covers that someone had mentioned not so far back? third question - apple butter. does it count as a source of fruit? this really has nothing to do with anything, but i was pondering it this morning. because orange juice counts as fruit.. and peanut butter counts as protein.. so whats apple butter? i actually have a fourth question, but i'll save that for next time :) you really dont need to answer that if you dont want. you being each and every one of you. i almost hate to think that i'm burdening about 1400 folk with this babble.. but ya know what? i'm sorry. off to... do something else. xoxox Jes +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: they say damp records the past
by ian nicolson 09 Jul '00

09 Jul '00

people don't write much on sundays, i've noticed of late. maybe you're all strict presbyterains, faithfully observing the sabbath. is there a large sinister community in the outer hebrides? and wouldn't it be wonderful if there was? or maybe you're all out playing, or in bed recovering from wild weekends n'all that stuff. i think that's maybe more likely. i'm not sure if those wonderfully hard-working souls out there would agree with me, but all this doing nothing that i've been up to recently is getting a bit tiring. maybe i should take up a hobby. something practical, that may prove useful in later life, like fencing or archery. but there's not much call for professional swordsmen these days. which is a shame. or maybe i should look for a job... but i can't complain, i guess, seeing as i've been camping out at the major festivals this summer. me, in a tent, in the back garden with a telly watching glastonbury *and* t in the park, it's such fun. with my neighbourhood schemies slashing my tent open and stealing my stuff, and next doors dog pissing on me when i'm sleeping, it's just as good as being there...t in the park worries me, though. i've never been there myself, but from watching it on telly and from what people have told me, there *does* seem to be a rather large schemie contingent in attendance. and they seem to like ocean colour scene very much. run away, children... but i hope those of you who were there enjoyed yourselves anyway. apparently my university has decided to give me a degree, which i guess i should be happy about. but it a really crap degree from a really crap university, so it's difficult to get excited. and i didn't get very good marks, which i suppose is the result of abject laziness. but it's always good to know that i *could* have done better. it also means that i'll have to get my hair cut and buy a suit before i graduate on thursday so that my folks can tell me how smart i look in the photos, which is a bit of a drag. i wonder how far into 2001 these b+s gigs will be. early summer? late summer? to coincide with the release of the new album in 2002? i just can't help thinking it's going to be the same old story. (sorry for that uncondonable use of cliche). and, oh, record production, a serious debate! surely not? what's happening to you people?! but, yeh, i don't know much about these thing (i'm ignorant, me...) just how they sound. and the record i like the sound of the most is IFYS, which i'm sure either people in the band or on the list have said they don't like the production of. it's somehow glassy and distant, like from a timeless kinda era, but intimate at the same time. that sounds a bit spazzy, doesn't it? and a bit wanky. sorry. i'll get me coat... luv and kisses ian n ____________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: No Gigs till 2001!!
by David Moore 09 Jul '00

09 Jul '00

Hi Hundreds and Thousands, SADNESS/NOSTALGIA/LONGING I just ploughed through 7 digests & the saddest thing by far in all of them was Katrina's throw-away comment. Wasn't the last B&S concert on 28.04.99? So probably at least two years before the next one happens? And at present rate maybe 18 months before another record release. Bugger. I think the list will face a few challenges in remaining on topic for the foreseeable future, unless the Glasgie Sinister massive send in a report of every sighting: M&S checkout queue, clubbing, urinal comparison stories, anything will do, please. SET THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF YOUR BUM Personally I think the Floyd lost it with Dark Side Of The Moon. "Meaningful" lyrics AND, God help them, a saxophone! Give me that earlier innocent spacy psychedelic claptrap any day. The Genius Producer that followed in Joe Boyd's footsteps when he went off to form Witchseason was Norman Smith, who certainly put his innovative sound techniques to good use as Hurricane Smith with a couple of pop hits in the 70's, including the inspiring Oh Babe What Would You Do (or something similar) LEXICON OF LURVE I hate to correct Miss Wesley but nubile means marriageable (from the Latin nubere: to wear a veil) Do surgical masks count? Could that be where the voluptuous confusion crept in? THY ROD AND THY STAFF COMFORT ME As a sort of homage to Hairy Cave Man (Andy, where are you?) I'd like to point out to Colin Thornton that his two songs figured on set lists from at least 4 gigs (Barcelona, London (Shepherds Bush), Brussels & Washington DC.) SHAMELESS PLUG (II) Sorry, no list connection whatsoever (except maybe for sadness, etc., see above), but take a listen to the Saint Low album (more info here: http://www.cookingvinyl.com/saintlow/index.html because its great - 7 out of 12 excellent songs, one of which an absolute heart-breaker (Walk On By - not the old standard, but her own song. Even a bit Stina Nordenstam-like. But brilliant nevertheless :) ) Mary Lorson has an superb voice, singing of loss, rejection, betrayal, but without any rancour so its very positive & well, life affirming. MUZAK In a car showroom the other day I was freaked by them playing a track from Love's Forever Changes album. So I bought a car. MR ANGEL BLACKWELL The value of your shares can go up as well as down. Have a nice week, 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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Sinister: Out, out brief candle
by Will Porter 09 Jul '00

09 Jul '00

Last night, a girl that I knew died. She lived across the street from me from 6th grade until we graduated high school. She and I never really got along, but our mothers are friends. She was my age. That's the first thing my mother said after she told my sister: "She was Willy's age." My mother and some family members who were around when I was born still call me Willy sometimes, especially when they're too busy with grief or some other consuming feeling to think that I haven't really been called Willy for quite some years. She was on the way to a wedding when she died. I couldn't help thinking about the cruel juxtaposition of matrimonial joy and premature death. It has been a bad week. 7 days ago, my nephews' grandfather (which is to say my sister's father-in-law) also died. 2 days before that an old friend of my mother's died. I really haven't got anything to say about Belle and Sebastian. I was hoping that writing this down might make me feel a little less like I am going to fall apart. will +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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