July 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: yer actual b&s news
by Andrew Nicol 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

hello. *b&s news* belle and sebastian are among the nominations for the nordoff-robbins hard rock new talent award. b&s - hard rock. who'd have thunk it? well, okay, so the hard rock refers to the chain of grotty cafes (sorry julie). also nominated are arab strap, the delgados, geneva, idlewild, justin, and mogwai. there's a phone number to call to vote, but bugger me if i don't know what it is. *more b&s news* mr. alasdair gray, author and illustrator, is collaborating with the belle-ends on a book containing the lyrics of the first three albums, along with illustrations. when this will appear is anybody's guess - mr. gray took more than fifteen years to write his most recent work, "book of prefaces". *even more b&s news* okay, not really. but with the imminent death of napster, those pre-b&s corduroy hipsters spinal tap have come to the rescue. visit www.tapster.com to download their comeback single, "back from the dead" (in Doubly!). from the press release - lead guitarist nigel tufnell - "one of the brilliant things about tapster is that there's only one song to choose from". lead singer david st hubbins - "we're putting it on the internet because we want the people who really care that we're still alive to have it in their hands and their machinery and then in their ears". i just realised i last posted in december '98. terrifically prolific, me. goodbye. andy +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: save yourselves from the fiery depths
by Rickbozard＠aol.com 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

the good lord will strike you down for defaming him. That's right, all you satan loving communists will burn in the fiery pits of hell. What, you think that jehovah doesn't see the sort of blasphemy you've all posted on the internet. Well you're wrong! God can read your thoughts, and he'll punish you for them. Save yourselves while you still can. Devote all your waking hours to reading the bible in its entirity. Fill your dreams with thoughts of christ, not the sinful idol worship of belle and sebastian. God will save you if you only embrace his word. If not may almighty jesus strike you with a large stick. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: return of faith
by ineffable 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

Dear All, Apologies for not posting to the list for the last few weeks. I had a bit of a loss of faith a while back but rather than 'unsubscribe' I thought I would voluntarily 'return to the nursery' - read and say nothing for a while and see what happens. I have this image, that may well be wrong, that the bulk of the list are white, middle class, fey, educated, romantic individuals. But I also began reading a lot of stuff on the list about what one can or cannot post and was a bit alarmed - I thought "have the twee become fascists?" and then I remembered that some of the Nazi's supporters were these middle class, folky agrarians who had rather strong beliefs about stuff and I panicked and bailed out for a while.... Now I am reassured to see that the blessed reign of liberalism has once again taken hold and things are more relaxed again. Although I did notice a post from 'freind of honey' telling us all off - which was kind of good/bad - is liberal oppression better than any other or am I just missing something? Facetious/pedantic point - if we are not 'allowed' to discuss list content on the list then how do we reply to one another's postings? Is each mail meant to be a discrete fragment of consciousness unrelated to thatb posted prior? A community discussion cannot help but discuss what has gone on within it. Again, I may be being an idiot here... So anyway I think you are all marvellous. Perhaps all the students have returned to the internet or something. I even began thinking - perhaps because I was born when we last had a labour government I am constitutionally different to all these 'Thatcher's children..' What else can I tell you? I think that the version of 'The State I am In' on the EP is better than that on Tigermilk. You all know that I like 'Electronic Renaissance'. Why do we not talk about 'we Rule the School' (or whatever it is called) - surely this is their greatest song in the world ever. I'm not much of a classical buff but isn't there some sort of Bach theme running through it? I am happy to be corrected on this - all I know about classical music is from TV commercials. Have converted my sister to B+S - Tigermilk as b'day present and tape of 'best of the rest' for her to take to Corfu to listen to whilst sun bathing. My flatmate is threatening to kill me if I keep playing B+S - he seems immune. I fear he has no taste as he even bought a 'Deep Forest' album back in the early '90s. Truly ghastly. To our American brethren - is the X-men movie any good? I used to read the comics when a child and thought they were marvellous and am excited about the film. I do think that Canadians are cool in reponse to a listee wishing he was from Canada. I have the honour of working with two people from Canada who are both spangly and drink lots of Martini and have 'lime dash' in their lager. Does anyone remember spangles? I am not a great one for reading the lyrics to songs inside the album cover (too influenced by REM when young) and thought that 'Chalet Lines' was about the rape of a male which was why I thought it was quite an interesting song - I presumed 'the test' referred to HIV or something and it was only when I heard about the vomitting I cottoned on.... I think my version would have been better. Confession - I too found the 'Pink Floyd' discussions rather dull - I have never knowingly listened to a 'Pink floyd' (although I guess I would recognise a few if I heard them) and only learned what 'prog rock'was a few weeks ago. Sounds awful - although I did mention if Bach was in a B+S song.... But the point is that a lot of people did like it or find it interesting judged by the amount of mail the list received on related topics - surely any issue can only be judged on similar terms? If people mail about it, it should be on the list. A sort of ideological survival of the fittest. Those of us who do not like the subject in question just ride it out. I am off to Oxford tomorrow night for a Tapas party and Saturday am back in God's own S. London for BBQ of party-crazy Brazilians I work with. Should be fun. I enjoyed my experience of the London picnic. So there we are. Keep up the good work. I am going to retire home and drink icy Absolut this evening and perhaps listen to some music... MM _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Have you booked a table, sir?
by Andrew Tracey 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

So , no B+S tour then? I wouldn't moan if I were you. By the next time they feel the need to do some concerts they won't have to tour the country. They'll just set up the gear in Isobel's front room and beam the concert direct to our retinas and eardrums via the Internet. It'll be dead clever. Moving on to acts who *do* occasionally venture, blinking fervently, into the big bad world, I went to see the Magnetic Fields at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham last night. (That's industrial wasteland Birmingham in England, not the American one in, er, America). Ronnie Scott's is an odd place for a gig. People who have paid their tenner to watch the gig huddle around the back of the room straining to hear whilst corporate people sit at tables in front of the stage chatting whilst pretty waitresses bring them plates of food. Wasn't the French Revolution supposed to put a stop to all this? Anyway, Stephin was on fine form, starting with quite a few new songs before hitting the 69 Love Songs motorway, which left me with a nice warm glow, which I then greatly enhanced by leaving my departure for the last train out of Brum until what I calculated to be the last minute (start of third song in encore) and then running like a mad thing to the station. I worked up quite a sweat, I can tell you. A round up of other things: 'Pink' Floyd Patterson was good in his prime and if Syd hadn't left, he'd have beaten Sonny Liston in 1962. All religions are crap, apart from the ones that use chocolate in their initiation ceremonies. I saw the two girls from the cover of FISHYCLAP in Kwik Save, looking lost. I asked them if they were OK and they said they wanted to get back to Iceland. Delicate Irony - A Stagecoach executive has resigned after being arrested by vice squad cops posing as male prostitutes. Search the archives to see what we think of Stagecoach. Broadcast Ends. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sinisterine Spotting
by Stephen Hewitt 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

Steve said: If you're the girl who pointed to my B&S t-shirt and later exclaimed 'I wonder if he's on Sinister?' Sorry, it really wasn't meant to be the ignore treatment Sweetie said: it was me!! it was me that u, steve, passed outside the bike shop! i was gonna run after u to say hi Small world after all, and made me think of an experience i had yesterday whilst attempting to flat hunt in Oxford. Sitting in the housing rights office i noticed a bloke walk past with floppy longish hair and dark rimmed glasses and what i was pretty certain was a B&S t-shirt. About half an hour later we passed him on Magdalen (it's pronounced maudlin, you know) bridge and it *was* a B&S t-shirt and me and meg giggled to ourselves. Are you out there? *Steve looks around more importantly, do you have a one-bedroomed flat to let?? In fact, does anyone??? or i'm going to end up living opposite the Park End club in a flat with no cooker or anything!!! Sorry, bit drama queen there... I had an dream i had an e-mail from llaura llllew this morning, but when i got to work i didn't... Ally Cook, get more sleep, you're obviously still delirious from your week in the big smoke. Ms Lixi, thank you for reminding me about Nick trying to put his foot behind his head, I had blanked the episode from my mind. To all the pop quizzers out there, I think we've nearly compiled a complete set of answers, I'll dig out all the mails and send you the ones I (and my merry band of helpers) haven't got yet, with special kudos (still no prizes) to anyone who can get the last few. Once we've got everything, I'll send you all the answers, innit. 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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Re: Sinister: Um....Falkirk. Outside the bike shop in the High Street
by sweetie something 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

sinister it was me!! it was me that u, steve, passed outside the bike shop! i was gonna run after u to say hi but...er...i didnt :/ so if u see me in falkirk again (u can spot me by my piercings and hair- its ooneek u know) its more than likely u will stop and say hi please :) anyway SUMMER!!!! and so far in dennyland weve had LOADSA SUN!!!!! :) nearly every day so far of the hols i have cycled to falkirk so i am getteing quite a fair tan :) uuuunfortunately and this is also the reason i am down denny 2day i was at the dr :( bcoz i have recently discovered that i get prickly heat :( and i get to walk around all rashy and itchy fun so ive got pills now no more drinkin 4 me oh woe anyway so much to say such limited TIME aha.... probably till my modem is fixed your friend always sweetie xox words of wisdom come 2 those who wait but dont wait too long or ull probably forget them again ________________________________________________________________________ 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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Re: Sinister: Um....Falkirk. Outside the bike shop in the High Street
by Julie 27 Jul '00

27 Jul '00

This SSharp5210 lad said: > >Just re-subbed a few weeks ago, and was SO relieved not to have to sit in the >nursery ( Cheers Paul! ) Who's Paul? *blink* I don't know anyone named Paul. Listmum honey sure isn't Paul. I don't know what you're talking about. xoxo Julie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sorry to use the list for this
by Chris Heil 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

I was wondering if anyone could help me get a copy of the RUSHMORE movie soundtrack. Preferably a cd copy. It appears that the record stores here don't keep soundtracks to not-so-popular year old movies in stock. Unfortunately for me. I'm willing to trade, even 2 for 1, I have many things..including B&S stuff. Please email me, off the list of course...sorry for using this precious list for this. Take care all. BYE! Chris ________________________________________________________________________ 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: Um....Falkirk. Outside the bike shop in the High Street
by SSharp5210＠aol.com 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Hi kids! Remember me? Oh. Just re-subbed a few weeks ago, and was SO relieved not to have to sit in the nursery ( Cheers Paul! ) Decided that the vast volume of mail was getting on top of me, so I've gone digest this time. Just to let you know that your messages over the last few weeks have warmed this old cynic's heart. Now, that subject line. If you're the girl who pointed to my B&S t-shirt and later exclaimed 'I wonder if he's on Sinister?' Sorry, it really wasn't meant to be the ignore treatment. I had just left the gym and was in no fit state to talk to anyone, and by the time 'Sinister' had entered my brain, I was at the steeple. Felt like a complete bastard for the rest of the night for not saying 'Hi' Steve s xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Dangly Tree
by Kenneth P Y Chu 26 Jul '00

26 Jul '00

Hello! This mail is deemed to fail.. I'm writing this e-mail @ an internet cafe, and the clock countdown says that I have 14 minutes left, but I'm going to be extra naughty today and bend the 15 minute rule to my advantage :-)) I really just wanted to write to say that, yay, I haven't been sacked! Which I guess is probably a good thing, BLUDDY GRATE, even! To add compliments to non-injury (?) I HAVE JUST BEEN PAID :))))) A whole month's wages! I think today is a "Hooray to the business world!" Even the Internet Cafe is being kind to me today, they played REM and Radiohead rather than Macy Gray! Yay. I guess I should balance the yayness out with some boos now.. er, I can't actually think of any boos.. I think I'll just balance it off with some BOOZE instead!!! I think the lack of that extra 1 minute is the reason for the obvious pooness of this post! All that AND no B&S contents.. I hope there are more sinister partays lined up soon. Flowers and Redbulls! Ken P.S.: I can think of some boos now.. the District Line trains are poo! P.P.S.: B&S contents.. sitting on District Line trains for a hobby is sad! ====================================================================== Girl in the snow, where do you go, to find someone who will do, to tell someone all the truth before it kills you? They listen to your crazy laugh, before you hang a right, and disappear from sight. - Belle & Sebastian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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