August 2000 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Mile 2,992, a bit anticlimatic...
by JD Stephens 21 Aug '00

21 Aug '00

Hi all� As threatened, I am writing from the current end of my jaunt, mile 2,992, for now, and am happy to be living no longer upon Jarlsberg and peperoncini, but at the same time can acknowledge the value that travel does have upon us as individual souls. Ha. Get me on gin and ask me about Wisconsin (no offense intended to Badger-State-Subscribers, but come on). So, my last post, and also my first post, was composed in various bits of Montana, and sent from somewhere in Minnesota, and now I am in Maine, where the light is lovely and the retail is brilliant and the weather is as predicted. But still the memories of my trip resonate� Not least the long and Frappuccino, um, enhanced? night spent speeding across the Great Plains of North Dakota with B & S in heavy rotation still. I know for a fact that I was actually visually hallucinating for much of that, um, seven hour span, but in a GOOD way. I promise. And of course not in consequence of having taken any drugs beyond caffeine and lactose and glucose. Now that I have finished another pointless degree, I feel fully qualified to apply for a small business loan and seek to open up a poem repair shop. I hope that my first client will be the admittedly lyrical but ultimately incredible writer who would seek to rhyme �slag� with �Prague.� I love her posts, but am I alone in believing not a word of the fairy tales she spins? They all read like a Mark Helprin story. That�s a compliment, but then again, no one would mistake his fiction for reality, any more than I believe the candy-floss world Pauline L. Shivers (her REAL name?) describes, peopled as it is with mythical, larger-than-life Great Aunts, heroic I-prefer-true-love-to-massive-inheritance stances, Adonissian-yet-repugnant-Italian lads and all. And while we�re on the topic of the unrequited, the Laura Llew poem was fraught. It both energized and agonized me, the composition of this oeuvre did. I mean, think about the risks inherent in crafting verse in a rusty �89 Subaru rocketing across vast expanses of America in the lonely dark. Just hours prior a mechanic had laughed lightly and said, �I wouldn�t endorse this vehicle for any long trip�� But the main obstacle to literary greatness, as in any mind, was internal, not to be found in the logistical difficulties. Those of you who may have quibbles with the meter might think of the opening lines of the Iliad as recently translated by Fagles, or, maybe more productively (if you can stand it) track 5, vol. 1 of �69 Love Songs� by Magnetic Fields. Verse follows. Abort now. Save yourselves. A Poem, as Imperiously Demanded, for Miss Laura Llew, Composed Mentally on I-94 Between Custer, MT, and Mandan, ND, and Finally Committed to Paper at 3:15 am on 13 August, 2000, on the Glen Ullin, ND, Off-Ramp: In eastern Montana In haphazard manner I pondered Miss Llew I was real low on gas And the prairies were vast I�d be stranded, I knew. Near the Dakota line Shone a well-lighted sign: �24-hour fuel� I exited off As the car gave a cough The night started to cool. I�d be driving all night So I filled it up tight And got ready to fly. I had plenty of gas So I thought of the lass But I didn�t know why. The crisis averted My thoughts they reverted To sweet Laura Llew Although it was pleasing I could find no reason I hadn�t a clue. I was back on the road� In my usual mode (a little bit blue) But the Starbucks was rawkin� The speakers were squawkin� And my thoughts stayed on Miss Laura Llew Sorry again to those of you who hated the tautology thread. I didn�t realize what I would unleash, though I was impressed by the level of erudition my simple query brought out of you wonderful and entertaining people. Thanks. Schatz __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.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: misery and no B&S
by julesmarkham 21 Aug '00

21 Aug '00

hey folks, I've not been in touch for a while-sorry but life ain't been grand. we had this gorgeous kitten that we hand reared from 9 days old, she was 8 weeks old on Saturday. now she's no longer with us. the woman down the road's jack Russell came wandering into our neighbours garden, spotted her bouncing around the cabbages and went for her. she didn't have a chance really, and she died. just wanted to share, and get it off my chest thanks kids jules +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Judo is a brick snap
by Kenneth P Y Chu 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

Hello! "Seymour Stein" I went to see High Fidelity the other day, I gasped as Seymour Stein came on.. and embarassed myself as I shouted out "BASTARD!" when the guy said that B&S sucked ass... enjoyed the rest of the film a lot tho. As I walked back home one night I've kind of done an opposite Sophie.. I felt really depressed cos I was knackered, slightly drunk and I was walking home all on my own in the dark and cold, I thought about the film and Seymour Stein starts ringing in my head.. "Seymour Stein, I feel lonely.." etc was sung in my head and I was almost crying as I carried on home humming the song. "Woman's realm" I was watching "Student Essentals" this morning because I woke up at 12 and had nothing better to do, and it was talking about the usual rubbish about student life.. when they were talking about the money and stuff, I felt a huge hammer hitting my head, and my brain freezed for a second. When I came round, I realised what happened.. they used Women's Realm as one of the background music! That's my B&S Sighting for the day.. how much fun it was too the guitar was next to my bed and I grabbed it and sang along. Unfortunately the landlord was around around when I was singing and she probably thinks I'm a nutter now. Hmm I think she does anyway! "Get me away from here, I'm dying" I haven't read all of the arguments on the list but "you could either be successful or be us" is not a tautology. Not if we're talking about propositional logic.. but if we're talking about propositional logic then we'd be quite sad ("you could either be not sad or be ken?").. so I'll shut up :-) "We rule the school" But I must add that "Written for anyone to read and to see" reminded me of "Sound of Silence" by Simon & Garfunkel, and those tab books thing that blind people use to read, and Red Bull. But then anything reminds me of Red Bull these days, I'm sure it's not healthy! Pretty faces and Red Bulls! Ken ====================================================================== Seymour Stein, I feel lonely, caught a glimse of someone's face it was mine and I've been crying - 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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Sinister: Oh! No, don't be scared....
by Heffalumping＠aol.com 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

Here it is my first ever post.... Ok, so I could spend a bit of time searching on the www looking for the answers I seek, but aren't you all so much more flattered that I ask you and not some random, impersonal encyclopedia? Here it is...so, assuming that the population of Scotland that isn't against theistic belief altogether is Catholic, is the topic of mass destruction from widespread fundamentalism ever discussed? Being from the US, and the midwest specifically, it is a daily annoyance I have to deal with. The common denomination (!!) around here is Southern Baptist. Yes, don't be scared, I know MUCH MUCH better. Yet I did grow up around this. More recently in my life, I am a waitress. And if I have to deal with one more fat, conservative, cheap, high income, rat bastard I will slice my wrists and make a dramatic exit right there on the spot. No, I won't. Well, I wonder if any of you who may be in the food service industry may have these same concerns. Religious fundamentalism has crept into my job as of late.....is there no escape? Full-time student, you say? Good idea. Already doing it. I will have more up-beat things to say in the future. I'm not promising that. Go off and see a minister...should be, Go off on a minister....yes, much more satisfying. Susan :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: late summer lunacy
by Alex Puck 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

hello all, did you ever have one of those awful days were you knew what you were going to do but the whole thing buggered up? I was supposed to go with my friend to the seaside today in his shiny car, and maybe meet a nice girl I've had my eye on, but I had a horrible case of general illness, so I'm stuck getting rare saint Etienne songs from napster and drinking funny smelling tea my mum made. oh, if anyone has Built On Sand by saint Etienne and could do me a wee tape of it, I'd be v. grateful! :) Anyhow... actually have something to say about what other people were saying. Really chuffed to see that Amy and Magda aren't totally in love with Craig David; all the girls I know think he's great, and apparently he's now brought out an album with which he can continue to make my life hell (he's been played at me several times already this week). Also liked what Magda said about boys thinking B&S girls were too snobby and cool; thing is, some of the girls I know think that too, but it's all rather silly, even if it it's nice to have someone who doesn't think your record collection is 'weird'. I also thought the guy from High-Fidelity looked like moby, although I also liked x-men. sorry... :) I know how James Thorniley felt about getting a kiss form Erica from Hefner. Holly Ross from Angelica hugged me and my friend when we met her after the gig at the highbury garage, and I nearly died. Has anyone else ever met people they really like? er... ok, that's about it... if I'm still doing this wrong, someone say, as it's the first 'proper' post I've done. Oh, and Twin Town is on tomorrow night, and it's quite good, if anyone was thinking of watching it. All the best, Alex +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Our Doll Selves and other topics
by Andrea Kittenmouse 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

hello hello, sitting around in my pajamas at 11 am on a sunday reading my sinister digest. i've always thought it would be interesting to have a doll self, y'know? actually for the last few years off and on, i've toyed with the idea of portrait marionettes of people i know. i don't know what to carve them out of though. wood, i guess. has anyone heard of the punk rock opera the Transfused? it was written by Nomy Lamm, and the Need, and performed in Olympia, Washington in July. i sort of missed it, but they have a soundtrack and it is really good. i'm going to try to bring it to Portland. later, enough for now. andrea kittenmouse radio (mondays 8.00-10.00 pm PST) kpsu 1450 am portland, oregon kittenmouse(a)hotmail.com www.kpsu.org http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb1136781 ________________________________________________________________________ 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: stevie interview and imstuckforaninterestingsubjectlinecanyoutell?
by Chris_t_opher 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

<breathes deeply> now... let me see if i can get through this. i havent posted since... <checks the archive> May the.... 18th. so im a bit out of shape. but kalliope suggested i had another go, so this is it. and for a change (for my posts at least) i'm going to include something that *someone* might like to read. its down in the middle somewhere, just to be awkward. first of all, has anyone commented on the guy in High Fidelity who looks a bit like Moby? i'd be surprised if no one has! um. some connection to lots of listees (myself included). the film's great as well. i've never read the book, but it was a refreshing change from the usual made-for-the-cinema rubbish i usually end up watching. go see it. dont go see x-men. that's just dull. a-levels and highers. i hope they went well for anyone that did any. mine went as expected so im into manchester. i might still be contracted to nottingham but i think im going to get out of it. a shopping trip on friday persuaded me id prefer manchester. might meet some listees there, might not :o) email me if you like. speaking of which, were any of you lot on the train today from Edinburgh to Dundee? i saw a guy with glasses on who had a FYHCYWLAP carrier bag but decided not to talk to him. he was going to dundee anyway, so i'll expect to see said person at the delgados gig on thursday night. and, again, i probably wont speak to him. ho hum. speaking of which, (re-occuring theme?) i plan on visiting america next week and speaking to *none-of-you* nice and friendly, arent i? :o) Interesting bit......... anyway, i was in ireland two weeks ago and picked up a copy of a magazine called dSide. not too sure what it is but ive just found an interview with Mr. Stevie Jackson. so, here are some selected extracts: <rearranges desk so he can type and read at-the-same-time!> "I honestly thought that when we started out that maybe we'd become popular enough to play in every town. I thought our first album Tigermilk was great and that maybe there would be kids in every town that would like this. I thought we could achieve something like The Pastels. It kind of went through the roof. I don't know why. There's been some good music, but a lot of it has been luck. And a lot of it is down to radio. We Were lucky because Mark Radcliffe played our record on national radio the week Tigermilk came out. By the time Sinister came out, Lamacq, Peel and Whiley were playing us. That is why we became successful, and that's why we didn't really have to force ourselves on the music press and try and get a buzz up that way" then there's some stuff about *selling out* and stevie replies: "I get really sick of hearing that is is our first chart eligible single. Bar one, every single has been chart eligible. And as far as I'm concerned, they're all pop records. We're a pop group! Christ, what do people expect..... I mean, were not avant-garde jazz or thrash death metal. It is very commercial pop music, always has been. Its music to be played on radio and its there fore anyone who wants it. There's a lot of things Ill admit to, but regards "selling out"... no we havent "sold out", whatever that means. Maybe we've always "sold out", ' he adds, chuckling. he says "fair enough" to the criticism about the new album, apparently, but there *are* some "crackers" on it. i'll leave it at that. my eyes are hurting because the print is size 8 or something and i dont trust my fingers to type what im reading. just shout if youd like more. i'll go buy some glasses. Less interesting bit....... does *anyone* actually like this new Bright Eyes album? from what ive heard, not many do. i cant see why not tho. ah, and i found a Spacemen 3 album in Aflecks Palace so i think i might have to get addicted to them now. they made music that i can just sit and hum a bit over what im hearing and wonder why they didnt think of it. i like that feeling :o) and two rare(looking) House of Love singles magically found their way to me. still not a patch on the field mice or trembling blue stars, but interesting enough. anyone going to any Fringe gigs this week? i might go to one or two but cant decide. probably because im a lazy b*st*rd. better stop there then nice to be actively sinister again chris_t_opher +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. 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Sinister: it takes 35 tonnes to strike a penny (really, it does)
by mbethy 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

Greetings, You know, I've been watching this whole election kerfuffle unfold on the list and can say that I'm a bit miffed as all any of you would have to do is ask me for the results of the election. I have definitive proof of who the next president will be, and I have known for some time now. You see, any president must be married to a woman with whom I share a strange and coincidental feature. Case in point: My birthday is on October 26. Hillary CLinton's birthday? OCTOBER 26! Similarly, my full name is Mary Elizabeth. Tipper Gore's full name? MARY ELIZABETH! Freakish you say? I agree. So, unless Mrs. Bush is a cloaked catholic with the confirmation name of Ruth, it's Gore all the way as far as bizarre coincidence goes. Anyway, I have nothing much else to say. Kudos to Kado{s} for his comments on this fantabulous weather we're having in the good ol' south of ontario. I especially like coolness after receiving a life-threatening sunburn on the otherwise pasty-white complexion the other day. Now everyone thinks I'm perpetually blushing, which, I suppose, could come in handy. Regardless, I give you my regards, Marybeth P.S> did you know that a large group of butterflies that congregate at a damp spot is called a "puddle party"? It's true, really, it is! _____________________________________________________________ Get email for your site ---> http://www.everyone.net +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ok, makes sense!
by Heffalumping＠aol.com 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

Thank you kind soul. I shall not post said video. I never thought of such bandwidth problems. Wow. That would be a problem. And for such a silly thing! Thanks again for your advice. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: video?
by Heffalumping＠aol.com 20 Aug '00

20 Aug '00

May I propose something to the group? I ask first because I don't want to do anything inappropriate. I have a little video camera hooked to my computer. Would anyone want a quick introduction of myself this way? I can make it about 30 seconds and will keep it CLEAN. Promise. And Honey can boot me if I lie. Well. I shant do a thing like this to the list unless I receive a few ayes. Susan It is just for fun, and I just got the thing so it is fun to mess around with, you know? Forgive me for being silly. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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