September 2000 - Sinister

Re: Sinister: waste your time with a q-tip clean...
by Walkn10＠aol.com 12 Sep '00

12 Sep '00

In a message dated 9/11/00 6:18:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, steven.kado(a)utoronto.ca writes: << for the record smile (as i've heard it in bootlegs) is a complete and utter mess in a bad way. >> I cannot let this pass without slight comment. Me and Mr. Kado have our good-natured rows over Mr. Wilson and I guess this is just another chapter in that story. As his follow-up album to "Pet Sounds" (orignally entitled "Dumb Angel" and later changed to "Smile") Brian Wilson had envisioned a huge, sprawling album that would encompass the essence of "Americana" on the A side and "The Element Suite," containing tributes to Fire, Water, Air and Earth, on the reverse. From August of 1966 to January of 1967, he did an estimated 200 different versions of the same 20 songs, which of course means that on average there are 10 different takes of each song (all of which vary in completeness and sonic clarity, and many of which don't exist anymore at all). Eventually he decided to can the entire thing in late January, for reasons which are still unknown. Some say it was his failing mental health, some say his lack of confidence, some say his lawsuit against Capitol which was pending at that time, and Brian has said that Smile "was just too darn weird" (I would like to state that it had NOTHING to do with him hearing Sgt. Pepper and felling outclassed...that album wasn't even done being recorded when Brian pulled the plug). Opinions vary widely on the material because it just isn't standard rock/pop fare by any stretch of the imagination. Many of the tracks for the album were later re-tooled by the other Beach Boys and languished on their less impressive albums of the 70s ("Cabinessence" on 20/20 , "Surf's Up" on the album of the same name, etc.) As of right now, the only versions that exist are bootlegs, most of which are nth generation copies. When Brian decided to cancel the entire project, he destroyed several dozen series of tapes, leaving us with only marginally complete versions of many of the songs. Among the things he destroyed large sections of was "Heroes and Villains, Pt.2" and "Fire," both of which are instrumental to understanding the album as a whole. The only thing we have left are small peices of a larger mosaic, the blueprint for which Brian Wilson always kept in his head. Alot of people dismiss the songs as lacking cohesion, but what people fail to grasp is that after Pet Sounds Brian really felt limited by the conventions of songwriting so in many ways he pioneered his own method. Many parts DO sound like an experiment thats going off the rails but we also have to keep in mind that when you're listening to bootlegs of this album you have no idea how complete that version really is. You can only go on the songs that were actually completed for the album, like 'Heroes and Villains Pt.1", "Cabinessence", "Vegetables", "Wonderful", "Wind Chimes" etc, all of which I think are unbelievably brilliant, though I can see how some people could think they're crap. I can't say how good the album would have been because it obviously never even became an album, but I'd hesitate to dismiss it at the same time. If anyone's interested in obtaining a copy, the shits pretty expensive: Japanese import bootlegs, the best for sound quality, go for upwards of $60 a peice on eBay. As Sean Lennon said "Its not something everyone has to hear, but if you wanna give it a chance it'll be very rewarding." Off the soap box... Steve C. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* "Which Paul?" "BLAH!" visit http://callowkids.tripod.com or your crush will hate you forever Call WRNR 103.1 at (410) 269-1031 and request Callow's "Lessons in Shut-eye" or you will have bad luck...forever or something. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Beatles Debate
by Brier Random 12 Sep '00

12 Sep '00

Wasn't it a millionaire, with Rolls Royces & mansions, who said "Imagine no posessions"? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 13 Tales from semi-Suburban Tweedom
by Greg Pallis 12 Sep '00

12 Sep '00

I I know at least two people here have read Infinite Jest, 'cos it was being discussed when I was a nursery grub, all of three weeks ago, so I thought it might vaguely amuse these people to know that I'm currently writing an essay called "Sweet let me see your face" - Veiled Heroines in Wallace's 'Infinite Jest' and Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing' " for my nice new "You can write anything as long as it's loosely to do with Shakespeare" English teacher. Who almost certainly hasn't read Infinite Jest. But that's fair enough because I haven't read 'Much Ado'. At all. Ah, wacky sixth-form jinks (Jinx? Jinxs?)... II Sigh, two whole posts and not one list crush vote :P Still, I'm really not that bothered, for I have finally abandoned my very Belle Lettres crush on the heart-stoppingly P.G.O.A.T blonde girl who likes U.K. garage, and it has finally occured to me that the way the lovely Ada who likes Abstract Jazz and Britney Spears and Squee keeps holding my hand may not be entirely platonic. Which is nice. III My twee-est friend Alex (he has a Marty the Martian watch, for crying out loud) celebrated the fact that I no longer stand in his way to /her/ (so that's only half the school that does, now :P) by lending me a Billy Mahonie CD. Which is atrocious - very tedious and largely emotionless post-rock clichée. But it's the thought that counts. I think. I may give it back tommorow and demand his Kid Koala CD instead. Kid Koala rocks my world - Napster 'Barhopper 1' today.... IV Absolutely fantastic, on the other hand, is Ella Fitzgerald, in particular "Sunshine of your Love". Sure it's famous, or at least she is (My Funny Valentine, popkids?), but it truly is absolutely unbelievably soulful, and is currently clocking in at my second-and-a-half favestest track on Earth. The half is because live tracks don't really count, and Mogwai/Arthur Baker's masterpiece 'Our Father Our King' is as yet unreleased. It will be soon, maybe hopefully, though. V Top pop stomp, still, though, and probably forever is Century of Fakers, which I'm sure must be true of anyone who got into B&S through 369 being played on the radio. Is everyone's first B&S sound their fave (excluding LLPJ, which seems to be wuvved by all, including me)? My dad agrees Century's the bestest B&S, so nyah, but that's prolly 'cos I was careful to play it to him first... VI Still on the subject of monder patental parent, who is instilling in me a taste for John Baez that makes me feel young fogeyish and a bit guilty, he asked me what sort of people B&S fans were, and I said they were the smart kids who had nothing to rebel against. Is that maybe a bit harsh? I wasn't meaning to be - B&S seem to have a higher proportion of happy fans than any other bands I can think of... it's our whole twee lifestyle, I guess :) VII So, whatcha think of this Mercury business then? Nice to see the Delgadoes get some recognition, nicer still to hear Stuart Delgado laying into Richard Ashcroft, Coldplay and Doves on Xfm. No B&S, though, which is a bit of a pity - maybe they'll get a Brit again. VIII >I saw Dandy Warhols the other day......they were cool.... Yes, they are, aren't they? Good source of e-mail titles too. 'Bohemian Like You' is especially ace, puncturing that whole Bohemian myth with just the right amount of affection and yet another killer pop hook. I'm starting to think they may be the only good, post-1980, pure indie/rock and not folk or experimental or whatever-influenced band, like, ever. IX Oh yeah, the Pixies. X And radiohead, sometimes, if we're going to be pedantic. XI Hefner, Trail of Dead, Pulp, some Oasis, some Blur, ummm... okay. I was wrong. I blame the government. XII You know those posts that say: "I doubt anyone's read this far down"? I wonder if there's actually anyone on Sinister who really does just think: "Naaah, this is too long..." and gives up on posts halfway through? If so, could they reply to this and confirm their existence? Ahhh... It's funny because he knows it's obvious and appears to hope it will squeeze into the category of "funny because it's not", but in fact the very artifice of the manouvere drives it out of that category, yet it simply bounces into the "funny because it's not funny because it's not funny" category, and lives there and is happy and makes purring noises and is funny. XIII Finally, some smut, to keep Honey and maybe some other similarly scary popsmutters happy. Whenever someone mentions the mentions the painter Constable, my friend John told me he can't help hearing: "C*nt stubble.". And now nor can I. And now nor will most of you. For the rest of your lives. Hope no-one's doing any Art courses :) Well, that took 1.5 hours of caffeinated essay-time. Byeee! @^Greg^@ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: ...Waiting for the leaves to fall...
by Joan of Dark 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

I don't think it's of general interest but the following is somehow B&S related so I'll say it anyway.. ...One of the loveliest people came into my life a few days ago.... In fact it was more like a storm.... I met the only other person that, apart from me and my best friend, listens to Belle & Sebastian in Greece(well, not literally, just the only person in-real-life, as I've often heard or read about other people that like their music but I've never met one)So, it all happened because of my info on the icq...I had added " belle and sebastian" to "Music:" and.... ta da!!! It worked!(advice: never underestimate what belle and sebastian can add to your life) He only speaks in lyrics and plays his favourite songs to me on the phone. We can talk or simply remain silent for hours and, this doesn't feel awkward. He spent a whole windy afternoon with me on the cliffs near the harbour and said he'd like to wear glitter(or stardust, as we call it here), but everybody else thinks this is ridiculous .He bowed his head and said :"Look, I've come to terms and have accepted all aspects of myself". A dog was chasing rats between the rocks and he called me "belle".I fell in love.( Although I'm not very good at showing it) Today I was working in the ice-cream shop I work in and I was trying to scoop a nice round ball, exactly 70gr (as the company rules say) from a really hard ice cream flavour, when suddenly " I Fought in a War " came on the radio. For a moment I lost track of where I was and what I was doing, just stood there with the scoop in one hand the paper cup in the other, gazing at the "apple and cinnamon" container,counting the tiny cinnamon grains in the soft beige substance, for I don't know how long.Next thing i remember is the lady that was waiting for her order,asking me, quite worried.."excuse me, are you ok??" I came round served her her ice cream and went and sat in the most secluded part of the shop, wishing that noone would interrupt me before the song finished... Noone did and I was feeling happy for the rest of the evening.Pretty uncommon for me. I need some help here...When i came back from my holidays my email account simply wouldn't work, it downloaded just 50 emails or so and then left the other 300 pending on the server. I had to change internet connection and thus I lost all my previous emails as soon as I filled in the new connection's passwords in my mail preferences.I need to find someone though...I had read his email just once and the only things I can recall is that he was new on the list, in fact it was his first post,and a phrase in the first paragraph:"Hey don't look I'm NEW and I'm NAKED" or something like that. I can't find his email in the archives so....Hmmmmm.........if YOU are reading this then please get in touch...I promise I'll do you no harm and I'll even give you some clothes to wear, it's getting rather chilly now in fall.... Another request.....I'm wondering, I've been reading a lot about "Rhoda" and "Pocket Book Angel", I've downloaded the guitar tabs but it's rather difficult to play a song that you've never before listened to.I can't find them on Napster either....So....ehhmmmm....could someone perhaps send me any of these two songs?? You'd make me really happy if you did...I guess they are the only two B&S songs that i don't have and everyone says they're two of their best...(how can I possibly know?)I can exchange them with lots of other nice stuff.Just ,pleeease, email me privately.......or send them to this alternate address: terrorjo(a)hotmail.com I saw Dandy Warhols the other day......they were cool....I danced my brains out... I'm going to see Doves in a few days....( the thing is: should I? Any opinions?) I'm also going to see a new Norwegian band, Madrugada.....does anybody out there know them?I think they're really good.... Adam Conover wrote: > ok, i'm sorry, i -must- ask this question... but who wrote "waiting for > the moon to rise"? i SWEAR i heard from NUMEROUS places that it was sarah, > and it surely doesn't sound like isobel on the song, but quite a few > people here have said it was isobel. what's UP? I'm curious about that as well.....anyone can help me with this?This is one of the most wonderful songs I've ever heard.I put it on the "repeat" mode on my stereo and just sit on the floor and sulk for hours....That soft silky voice whispering words that drip in my soul and fill my heart with an unspeakable sadness, I just can't hold back the tears.... This email is getting rather long....I hope someone can help me with the questions and requests above, if you haven't already fallen asleep..... Clear blue skies and colourful autumn leaves to you all, love, Joanna............... ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "If you could forgive me for the times I spied through the keyhole to watch you smile then this life I could relive If I could count the tears that I have cried If you could count and find the truths you've lied this pain inside maybe we would relieve...." me +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: she gives me goose bumps, fits and malaria
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

Hey Hipsters! Hope everyone had a good weekend. Mine was pretty crap - I spent half a day cooking on Saturday, and then on Sunday I went out to lunch with the three people from my old school who I don't despise. We had yum char, and boy did we eat. it was a seafood, duck and port extravaganza. Sunday night I had a massive argument with some friends over a game of Pictionary, stomed out, and now everyone is mad at me. Bravo Lawrence .. ***SMILE*** I wonder if Steve C has actually heard "Smile", to be calling it 'The Greatst Album Never Made"? I have a bootleg, and whilst it is *interesting*, the best description I would have for it is "the sound of a man going insane". Sure, there are moments of genius, but there are also moments of momentous stupidity and childishness. (And OK, what I have is not the completed album, but rather a bunch of rough cuts etc.), but it sure is hard to lisen to. And you are talking to a BIG Brian Wilson here. ***THE GREAT CD GIVEAWAY*** (Well, not quite .... but Lawrence is feeling mildly altruistic) Anyway, the ulterior motive for this post is that, for long and complicated reasons too complex to go into here, I have suddenly ended up with an extra copy of "The Black Sessions" on CD-R. So .... err, anyone want it? It's free to a good home for the first person who e-mails me and asks for it, unless someone on the list can offer me a CD-R of Tim Buckley's "Star Sailor" or Sodastream's "Enjoy EP" as a trade, in which case it'll go to that person. (But that this is impossibly is unlikely to happen I suspect.) Other legal stuff. Judge's decision is final, no corrospondance will be entered into etc. I'll try to mail back the people who *don't get it* too, but if I get something in the vicinity of 50 e-mails, like I did the last time I did this, it may take a while. To quote Bart Simpson, "I can't promise to try, but I'll try to try." Well, I'm off .... take care everyone. Lawrence Mikkelsen +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: maybe this will send...
by Margo Schubert 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

hello all- so, this is my second post, no real occasion, just kind of bored. *belle and sebastian tapes* i was on vacation in boston a couple weeks ago (i live in california) and i was in this cool little independent record store where i noticed they had a import/bootleg section. anyway, they had several b&s ones and i bought two tapes, one is from london in 1996 plus an interview, more songs, etc. and the other one is from paris and munchen in 1998. it was really exciting to find them. i had hoped to get one with "loneliness of a middle distance runner" and a couple other gems not on albums but i did get "paperboat" and the tape quality is really good and it's cool to hear them live, so i was happy. i was a little conflicted about dropping $8.50 per tape. see, i sort of feel that live music should be shared and traded among fans (i mean not including the cost of the blank cdr or cassette) rather than sold in a store, since none of the profits are going to the band. however at this time i don't have a means of getting my hands on any live b&s (okay, actually my brother has been downloading a bunch of mp3's to make me a cd, i forgot) so i felt like it was okay to buy them. it was supporting an independent music store and i want those to stay alive. *belle and sebastian at work* i have played belle and sebastian at the store i work at (where we can only play our own music after the store closes) and it has got a rather chilly reception by most of my coworkers (there is one guy who works there who also likes them). but then the other night i brought in "the geometrid" and people actually seemed to like it. one guy even told me today they he had gone to look for it at the record store, so that was kind of cool. interesting though. also, one of the cheesy chain-issued (i work at trader joe's, this grocery-type store) soft rock tapes that plays during store hours has "ease your feet in the sea" on it. i don't care for it in this context at all, as it is classifying belle and sebastian in this lame soft rock genre. *bay area listees* (if anyone is still reading this post) so, when are we going to have a picnic/meetup here. i actually live in santa cruz, but would totally go to san francisco or wherever for s sinister gathering. is there anyone going to modest mouse out here on october 8 or 9? if you are not, you should, they are a brilliant band, as has been discussed this week. i am not sure which date i will be attending yet. also, if there are any seattle listees, i am going up there the last weekend of this month for my stepsister's 21st birthday. she and her boyfriend are also b&s fans, so if anyone ones to meet up there, it would be cool. *misc* there is this overweight guy who runs incredibly slowly (i mean hardly running) by my house in the morning when i am sitting out on the porch having the first cigarette/coffee of the day. there is the instinct that he looks kind of ridiculous, but then i look at myself smoking, drinking coffee and realize, good for him, at least he is trying to be healthy and take care of himself, so today he waved at me and i gave him a big smile, since i had just been thinking that. okay, i will stop now. -margo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ring you bongos, Ringo!
by Vegard Enlid 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

Just a comment on the whole Ringo/Beatles-thingy: No way is Ringo a bad drummer. Sure, the world has seen better, but take a moment and listen to his apocalyptic drumming on "Strawberry Fields". When you compare the final take with Lennons earlier sketches on the "Anthology"-album, you hear that the drumming makes the song sooo much better. Which brings me to a point someone made about Lennon bringing in Clapton on "While My Guitar...". Listen to George's demo on Anthology. A *beautiful* take, with the tune much more to the fore than in the solo-drenched final version. John vs. Paul discussions are always good fun at music-geek parties. I always tend to stick up for Paul, very much because every part-time Beatles fan seem to have bought the Lennon-myth without any critical reflection. "uh, I dunno, but John was, like, the genius, wasn't he?". John was a genius, but so was Paul. It all come down to taste; John was the enigmatic, "mad" Beatle who stretched the pop formula, but I dare say NO songwriter has ever come closer to perfection within a more traditional pop framework than Paul. I'm a sucker for catchy tunes myself, so Paul's my main man. If "Eleanor Rigby" and "Let It Be" aren't perfectly crafted pop songs, I don't know what is. I don't like people mystifying The Beatles, making them visionary demi-gods or something. They made bloody great pop songs, no more no less. And no, I don't think John's "She's So Heavy" is not the best song on Abbey Road. For me, that's "Something", "Golden Slumbers" and "You Never Give Me Your Money". Abbey Road is my fav. Beatles album, and it's regarded to be mostly Paul's work. As someone said, John was not very involved in the making of the album (I have this from several sources). It's a cliché, but I think what really made the Beatles was the songwriting chemistry between them, and the fierce competition to write the best song. Without each other, both John and Paul dabbled in their weaknesses. John did make just one brilliant solo album, about the same as Paul (Plastic Ono Band/Band On The Run, the former's a tad better). On an entirely different note, I've fallen in love again! The last year's been like hell after my last girlfriend dumped me, but I've finally managed to move on. Or so I think. In my head, I keep comparing this realtionship with the one I had, and that's not good stuff. My new girlfriend doesn't deserve it, as she's the sweetest, kindest soul you could ever imagine. She likes B&S and Lambchop as well, and yes, that's what made me talk to her in the first place. I met her at this party, and we just sat in the sofa, humming "Waiting For The Moon To Rise" together. It didn't made me fall in love with her at once, but it made for a nice start. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go snogging Vegard ---------- "Art is just the first three letters in Arthur, as far as I'm concerned" ==Keith Richards== ---------- _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: Ronan, slugs and Eddie Stowbart
by Martin Robinson 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

Dear people, I feel icky, but then again I always slightly nauseous when Ally Cook is in town. I've been absent from these fair Sinister waters for a while as I've been conducting my own Big Brother experiment by locking 10 slugs in a shoebox. It's all on the web, the one that gets voted off every week gets salted, oo you should have seen that silly Mel Slug shrivel up. Its at http://slugsdiehere.com. It's all very interesting, you should see the slugs in a jacuzzi it really is quite a beautiful sight, well it's more a puddle in an ashtray that I blow into with a straw but the slugs like it. The only problem came when I left them for a few minutes and a flatmate dipped Darren Slug in a tomato garlic dip and ate him. I did have an argument with said flatmate at the hospital while his stomach was being pumped out about whether slugs are just snails without mobile homes. But I think I lost it again, a bit like Ethel was doing just before she died. You know when your mind goes blank and all you think about is fish and watching your back for sharks? Anyway, RIP Ethel, I just hope Dot can live with herself. I know I couldn't live with her, but at least I tried, some things just aren't meant to be... Actually one of the slugs left a trail to a gingerbread cottage but that's another story of super shiny boys. I mean letting girls walk over you is one thing but slugs? Actually speaking from personal experience it's nearly as exciting as duct tape. Sorry I lost the plot again haven't I? It's not easy holding a grasp on reality after having intentionally eaten a Pot Noodle. But don't worry, I am happy. Christiaan talked about nudity and trucks which was nice. Reminded me of a holiday in Skegness involving a fleet of Eddie Stowbarts, two Latvian Au Pairs and a Super Size Snicker. Those were the days... Did anyone see that bloke who rode the Big Dipper rollercoaster or whatever for 3 months? He obviously was a big dipstick. I mean like anyone, I have a lot of respect for what Ronan Keating says but I'm pretty sure Life is a Rollercoaster is more an analogy for the ups and downs of life rather than an instruction to strap yourself in and just riding it for 3 months. Or something. Never take anything too literally from someone who wears my parent's curtains for trousers. Well all's well that ends well. Te ra, Martin P.S I went to a foreign land recently, it was big and had Target stores that sell Target pants. Thank you for everyone who put up with me including lovely Little Bitch Julie, Bareback Ree, Silver Space Cowboy Ben, Dancing Queen Brian, 2-Pad King Phil, Liftspray Matt... oh I'm making all these people it's obvious isn't it? I mean how could anyone ever get the nickname Liftspray? I admit it, I spent the whole time over there in cheerleader camp. It was the time of my life, I'd never felt that way before. It's amazing what you can do with a pom pom. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Some people just deserve a fan club.
by chris lampinen 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

Hi loves. Will Porter's parents got a new truck. He says it's like six kinds of rad. I didn't know there *were* six kinds of rad. But- Will did. This is why I love Will Porter. This is why you! too! should love Will Porter. We should start a Will Porter fan club? Yes! So! I thought some of you may be wondering- I am now sauce free save a few stains on my lower abdomen. Any of you pondering running around wearing nothing but Ragu-- don't leave it on too long. I look like, well, a tomato or something. Or I did. It came out after a few showers. Recently I've learned to detest clothes. I sleep naked, wake up naked, eat naked, etc. I walked through the park wearing nothing but a walkman (playing B&S of course) today. I received some gawks from middle aged women. Shouldn't they have been covering their children's eyes or something? Oddly enough, no one would sit next to me on the swings. *sigh* Kids. Well, not that I'm not a kid myself. I bet Will Porter would swing naked with me. That is why I propose a fan club. How was the New York picnic boys and girls? I would have loved to go, but I didn't want to cause a ruckus. And I'm not allowed to leave the state with out a permission slip as some of you already know...Regardless of how jealous I am, I hope you all had a lovely, lovely time. Kisses. Would anyone be interested in a michigan-area picnic? I'm sure we would could get some people from ohio/canada etc. out here. I'll wear clothes, I promise. I'll make super-yummy food too. We can find a nice place with a pond and skip stones and/or short people. Fun? Of course! I invite you all! Someone else needs to organize it though. Yes, so. It's getting stuffy in my room. I think I'm going to take my clothes off. Love, Christiaa _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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: kid.. eh?
by Ted Leo 11 Sep '00

11 Sep '00

http://pyt_pyt.tripod.com/rad.htm enjoy!! _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.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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