January 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Charleston, phones, SCAD, and me.
by Ozma . 08 May '01

08 May '01

On the subject of Charleston and pretty phones, here I am. I do not live in Charleston, NC---I'm deeply sorry, but I will have to miss that picnic as I live on the opposite side of the United States of America. Isn't Charleston a dance? I think I've always wanted to learn how to. Also, SCAD. it's a lovely acronym, and the school sounds interesting. When you mentioned all the nifty girls it caught my eye---maybe the nifty-ness would rub off if i journeyed to Savannah, Georgia from my plaid perch here in California. To someone who said they have a pretty new phone (i pressed delete before I was aware of the sender), I wish I could call and cheer you up but these (insert swear word here) calls cost so much money and these (insert another swear word) phone companies rip everyone off. The world would be a much happier place, if you could just pick up the phone and dial and perhaps make a new friend from anywhere. Rather than the secluded calls that take place these days. they say i'm a dreamer, -Me* _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.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: sheep, sheep, sheep, *tree*, sheep
by Will Salt 01 Feb '01

01 Feb '01

Sorry about the subject line. I can never think of good subject lines. I hope you're all having fun out their in your little worlds. Not throwing bricks or fireworks or anything at each other. Even teddy bears. I was thinking, today, about general things. Well, I was walking along, humming songs from Tigermilk -- as you do -- and idly thinking about things. As you do. And so, I got to humming to myself, "Do something pretty while you can." Now, the ever-alert Joan of Dark pointed out last week that sometimes Belle and Sebastian feel like they've become a way of life. And if you walk down the street humming their songs to yourself, then that must be true. So, therefore, we should all try to do something pretty while we can, in case we can't tomorrow. If someone sends you nasty email, don't rise to it and annoy everyone. Ignore them and the world will be a happier place. If there is someone you love, send them a message and tell them. Wait an hour, and send them another. Keep doing it, and you'll feel like you're together. If they don't know, that's probably not *such* a good idea. They might get scared and never talk to you again. If you're bored and have nothing to do, go out for a walk. Go to somewhere you've never been. Look at a map, and go to somewhere just because you like the sound of its name. See what somewhere looks like from a slightly different angle. Take photographs. If you can't leave the house, don't just watch TV. Do something. Write something, or make something. Do something inspirational, and write a book about it. If nothing else, be nice to a cat; they usually appreciate it. If you don't have a cat, you could always send Princess Honey something nice; I'm sure she would appreciate it too. Whatever you do do, make sure it's something that you enjoy doing. Like humming Tigermilk to yourself, whilst walking through the city. G'night, xx will s. -- Will Salt ICQ 66321009 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Stilletto Street
by Robin Stout 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

No sooner have I re-emerged into the world of Sinister than a fight breaks out. I don't really understand what Napster is, although I should imagine it's a type of absorbant pants, so I won't argue about it. What I've been thinking of recently, as I wander home from work, is street names. It must be a good job being able to name them. Where I live, near an old bicycle factory, some street names are named after this, such as Cycle Road and Dunlop Road. In the estate next door they're named after birds. Unfortunately, these sytems only seem to last for a few streets before they give up. It seems that despite a few brief moments of glory, modern street-namers are rubbish. If I was in charge I'd name hundreds of streets after lots of things like shoes; Wellington St, Plimsol Road, Clog Avenue, Brothel Creeper Alley, or boats; Canoe Grove, Liner Lane, Ferry Terrace. They could go on forever. We'd have Hip Street which would be connected to Leg Street which would be connected to Knee Street. Oh hear the word of the Lord! The only record I've ever seen the "Home Taping Is Killing Music" logo on was a record of Cockney singalong classics. Maybe they considered themselves a vulnerable part of the market. Robin x +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Who Shat In My Shoes?
by David Moore 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Hi All, Oi, Miller! Enough already! Just stop taking the piss out of ME & MY Jan Akkerman stories. ME & him were like that, you know. Why I remember that time at Newcastle City Hall in '71, no wait a minute, maybe it was '72, when those four groupies & us ..... No-one has mentioned this yet , so I'd better share the best ribtickler of the week (until digest 377 that was): NME's own anti-Christ, Stephen Wells, made me laugh out loud during his review of Ash's Shining Light single: "Its the sort of perfect pop that Belle and Sebastian fans think they hear when they clutch their wank-sodden Hello Kitty jim-jam cases and listen to their most favourite bandy-wandy in the whole wide world. Which means, of course, that they have got something wrong with their brains and should be put down. For their own good, obviously" Om Namah Shivaya is a stonker. Download it off Napster or whatever & then buy it. James tells me that the Sodastream session is being repeated on Peel next Thursday. Oh, & I want Oone, too. Love & peace, man 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: You can just pitch your tent elsewhere, Constable!
by Genevieve Wesley 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Next time I fail something in school, I'm going to show how tolerant I am by marching up to my teacher, slamming the failed paper on his desk, and, with hands on hips, cry out this unfair treatment is due to my rejection of him swinging his jolly roger of love (trademark-WarranderJ) in the Photography club after school. Admit it sir, you want this hot, hot body and you can't have it and it's killing you! (For the finale, splash drink in his face, throw in a Nipple-Pinch-Sizzle, turn on heel and exit.) I know sometimes it seems unfair that such pouting, luscious girls like Honey do exist, frolicking in the sunshine with their impossibly perky breasts, alas, such is life. If she spurns your love, you can't hold it against her, you know, Honey has to wear a chastity belt. The discomfort of unrelieved vasocongestion could be calmed by meditating on images of Precious Struan, strumming his little Magical Elf Guitar. Stuart David in character as Peacock Johnson? Ooh! Shivers of delight and strawberry cream! Perhaps 'Stuart' or 'the wee man from Looper' will actually be held captive by the Peacock, and so the Peacock is doing what he has to do to sell the book. Does anyone else imagine his rough and manly hands, callused from the bass playing and writing? Trembling, I approach the signing table... Far too many mentions of boy-bits for one day, so I will go, and before the Funny Man appears, I will already settle his question with a NO, there will not be any new photographs in the Bodyparts section. Or will there? Love, Genevieve...or Hank _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Snob? Moi?
by Ian Long 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Just being ironic, the joke being that 'I am no better than anyonelse cos of the music I like', with the claim of having better taste as the comedic pay off line, making a mockery of all I had just said. And anyway, I have cos I said so, so there. ;) --- paul.rudolph.b(a)bayer.com wrote: > > I see your point - our beliefs and opinions don't > make us better > people. > > but the inevitable question is: who are you to say > you have better taste? > > no big deal, just asking : ) > > > > > > Ian Long > > > <ian_pompy(a)yahoo.c To: > Sinister List <sinister(a)missprint.org> > > om> cc: > > > Sent by: > Subject: Sinister: Snob? Moi? > > owner-sinister@mis > > > sprint.org > > > > > > > > > 01/31/2001 02:47 > > > PM > > > Please respond to > > > Ian Long > > > > > > > > > > > > > On the subject of being a music snob, I must say in > my youth I was in fact a music fascist. And my, it > was fun. Whilst in school and college, and to a > lesser extent Uni, I felt good that I knew about > bands > no-one had heard of except me. It was a good way of > feeling superior to the people who bullied me, > pushed > me around and made the first few years of my > educational life hell. You see, they could never > understand or appreciate the music like I could, > 'cos > I was great and deep and intelligent. And they were > shit. And when my fave, underground bands went top > ten, god how I hated it. Damn sell outs. And how > could all those normal people dare to like my > favourite bands. HOW DARE THEY!?!?!?!? Oh, I used > to > get so angry. > But that was then and this is now. And as I have > got > older, I have realised that it is pointless and does > no real good in the long run. Now to atone for my > past sins, I try and force people to listen to B+S, > Super Furry Animals etc. And I rejoice when the > music > I love reaches a wider audience. So I may still be > a > snob (Toploader? Pah, I'd rather die!), |I have > realised liking obscure bands doesn't make me better > than anyone else. It just means I have better > taste. > > Cheers for reading, > Ian > > "I heard that rumour. I know, I started it." > > __________________________________________________ > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - > only $35 > a year! http://personal.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 +-+ > +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.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: meanwhile...back at the ranch
by Paul Arathoon 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

I don't check my inbox for 2 days, come back and there is the blood, guts and vitriolic opinions of various sinsterines all over the place. Nasty. But entertaining none the less. And quite frankly if isoblelark wants to go then thats 5 posts less a day to read. Did you know Napster is an anagram of "re:pants"? .sums the whole thing up really. Honey, as ever, sorted it out:) However the napster debate still means two things a) it's that time of year again (as someone said before) and b)Belle and Sebastian are being too quiet again! Maybe if someone writes to stuart m about our plight of wallowing in nasty non-B&S content he will release another single or album so we can talk about that instead. Or they might even tour(!) Or maybe he will just laugh in a machevellian manner. I would. Well, as fun as this has been I have to colour in excel spreadsheets. I really hope there is a slew of lovely pretty posts next time I look. p a u l _________________________________________________________________________ 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: never mind napster
by dougal shaw 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

never mind napster, I think the whole internet idea and mailing lists is a decadent one. I remember the good old days when pen-pals wrote to each other in pen and ink, on paper, we had to walk miles to the stationery shop, and then miles to the post office to deliver the letter. You could only communicate with one or two people and you had to wait for days for a response - gave you time to consider your replies though I can tell you. Sure it was hard, but the inconvenience and the time spent meant the content of the letters was so much more heartfelt, worthwhile and sincere - sorry to be a 'letters' snob, but I am. I can't stand it when people boast in public how they've sent 'a quick e-mail' - shallow, vacous fools, they don't know the solemn dignity of the old pen and paper for people who 'really mean it man'. "[someone said] something about intolerance...well, what have you shown me?" It would be inconsistent for a tolerant person to tolerate an intolerant one. That's the point of tolerance and liberalism. America as I understand it is founded on these principles - pre-Bush inaugural at least. _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Who Flobbed In My Bovril?
by Peter Miller 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

Frankly Honey, you bore me. With your dreary dreary punk rock stories about pennyfathing-it twenty-one miles over the arctic tundra to pick up the latest import 78s from Uncle Dave Macon and his Fruit Jar Drinkers only to get home and find out they were a load of scratchy old bollocks. And I *know* you've got a stonk-on for me. Because you showed it to me in the toilets at the British Protector before the legendary Manchester Town Hall gig. Your mate Hugh was encouraging you, and Mark C was straining for a look through the neatly Black and Deckered glory hole. Your "I know the hairy bloke out of Dutch prog rockers Focus" stories are borderline disgusting. No wonder your only friend is Keith. I wonder if Stuart David will be "in character" for those upcoming Peacock Johnson in-stores? That might make it a bit more interesting. Start saving up just in case, Genevieve. We want Ooon! Peter +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Snob? Moi?
by Ian Long 31 Jan '01

31 Jan '01

On the subject of being a music snob, I must say in my youth I was in fact a music fascist. And my, it was fun. Whilst in school and college, and to a lesser extent Uni, I felt good that I knew about bands no-one had heard of except me. It was a good way of feeling superior to the people who bullied me, pushed me around and made the first few years of my educational life hell. You see, they could never understand or appreciate the music like I could, 'cos I was great and deep and intelligent. And they were shit. And when my fave, underground bands went top ten, god how I hated it. Damn sell outs. And how could all those normal people dare to like my favourite bands. HOW DARE THEY!?!?!?!? Oh, I used to get so angry. But that was then and this is now. And as I have got older, I have realised that it is pointless and does no real good in the long run. Now to atone for my past sins, I try and force people to listen to B+S, Super Furry Animals etc. And I rejoice when the music I love reaches a wider audience. So I may still be a snob (Toploader? Pah, I'd rather die!), |I have realised liking obscure bands doesn't make me better than anyone else. It just means I have better taste. Cheers for reading, Ian "I heard that rumour. I know, I started it." __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.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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