January 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: OH dear. Looking for help from the Norwegians
by idleberry 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Hmm. The ongoing saga of me with my disasterous university life continues... WHAT I NEED: Any sinister kids out in Norway who fancy helping out? All I'm asking, is that you could perhaps write to me, in Norwegian, and I shall do the same back. I need to practice my writing in Norwegian, as it is holding me back in the worst ways possible. Its the writing that I am doing really badly at. All I need, is someone who will take some time, just a little time whenever possible, to write to me in Norwegian. I will write back, if I make mistakes, point them out to me, and let me know what I should be saying instead. Aparently, I got the second highest score for spoken Norwegian (yay!) which is quite amazing, as at least a third of the class are Norwegian native speakers, and I'm not one of them. My advisor reckons I will get my honours Norwegian, but I will have to work hard. She said it isn't impossible for me to get a decent grade honours as well. I've also spoken to my teacher, who is willing to give me extra homework to practice with, and give me extra classes. I've been advised to get as much Norwegian as possible into my life for the next five months, and thats what I intend to do. Speak it, write it, breathe it, maybe not quite live it, but certainly as close as. I don't necessarily want to have a career with Norwegian, but I want to be able to leave uni, with my head held high rather than tucked between my legs. I've already asked for extra work for the weekend, on top of what I have to do for next week, on top of all my other classes in literature and things. The way I see it, five or six months spent holed up studying and learning isn't that bad. Its a fraction of my lifetime, and I want to get it right. I just want that honours degree I came here promising myself, three and a half years ago, that I would get. So, here goes. Hmm. I'm nervous as anything about all this, and hoping desperately that it will all work out for the better and that I will get a grip on it, and it won't all be for nothing. All I want to do, is see my determination, get me whatever I want it to get me. Its helped me out in the past, and it might help me again. I hope it does. Thanks to everyone who sent me encouraging e mails from my last post, which was along the lines of "Panic! Panic! help! What am I going to do? I'm doomed!". There were a lot of intelligent words of wisdom there. Cheers. Anyway, hopefully there will be someone out there who is in Norway and thinks they could help me. Karma will thank you for it. Love, (a panicky, but determined) idleberry ===== http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/corduroysmoke we're all smoking our corduroys in our secret little b+s club- what are you doing?? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.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: Hurst and Last and Always
by Edna Welthorpe, Mrs 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Hello children Assiduous research on the internet brought www.themuzikmakers.com to our attention and this brief biography of Mr Hurst. Make of it what you will Edna Mike started on the London stage at the age of 4, alongside the likes of Max Miller and Sid Field, in the dying days of Music Hall, which he probably helped to finish off. In 1962 he joined The Springfields along with Dusty and Tom. They achieved the first ever top 10 American hit for a British vocal group with Silver Threads And Golden Needles in that year and were voted top British group in 62 and 63. The Springfields were the first British group to record in Nashville. After the group broke up in late 63, Mike formed a backing group and hit the road. This was no ordinary bunch of musicians. Jimmy Page was first choice guitarist, with Tony Ashton on keyboards. Jimmy was replaced by Albert Lee after a couple of months, and the group's choice of Country Rock, made their demise inevitable by the close of 64'. Mike then hosted the first BBC radio show for teenagers, Teenscene. He interviewed all of Swinging London, and visiting Americans, including Bob Dylan. In 1966 Mike became a record producer, signing the then unknown Cat Stevens, and producing all his early hits. More hits followed with the likes of Manfred Mann, Spencer Davies, Four Tops, Showaddywaddy, Shakin' Stevens and others, totalling 49 top 40 singles and ten platinum albums. In 1981 Mike ran a theatre school for children in Henley-on-Thames, writing several musicals which were presented at the Kenton Theatre, Henley and later in Plymouth after Mike's move to Devon. Throughout the late 80's and early 90's Mike ran a series of successful shows for BBC radio Devon and the South West, along with several Radio 2 series. During this time he also researched a book on the history of pop from Elizabethan England until the present day. This spawned an extremely successful lecture tour in all the major Public schools and colleges in Britain, which is now an annual event. Mike launches a 'one stop' web site for all music fanatics (and the rest of you), in September 2000, themusikmakers.com, plus a TV/video series of the same name in 2001. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: it is far to the orange grove, but farther than that is the sea... are they in the same general direction?
by gogron 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

hi I tried smoking, I really did. I got packets of rough unfiltered ones and chained for days on end. I moved onto cigars, even, but to no avail: I can't get hooked. I did get rather addicted to the look of dangling a Camel from the corner of my mouth whilst holding a snooker cue though, but it was temporary. I have been seen lonesome behind a fug of smoke so caustic that people crept back into the corners. That or muttering politically correct stuff. My poisons and addictions and life threatening wanderings are not, however, in the realm of smoke. As I said, I did try... someone called banchory was on #sinister saying T-Shirts are about to become VAT something. I think the upshot is that they will soon be 17.5% more expensive... so hurry if you don't have one yet. It's Burns Day today. He's a poet from Scotland, albeit a dead one. now this a bit like compilation tapes: you send someone someone else's song, which I always can't quite take, because what I would say to someone I have feelings about are what I would say from my own heart. take this (Burns) THE CARES O LOVE HE The cares o Love are sweeter far Than onie other pleasure; And if sae dear its sorrows are, Enjoyment, what a treasure! SHE I fear to try, I dare na try A passion sae ensnaring; For light's her heart and blythe's her sang That for nae man is caring. That's not really true, is it? In his defence I quote a bad, brief poem by the man. Help, give a melancholic half an hour and he gets to slagging of his favourite poet. Sorry, Rabbie. Now to tread a line. To be short, because irrelevant, or to lengthen, so as to explain? (at this point saves as a draft) shall I, shalln't I /me always rather liked to dive into swimming pools Gordon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dreaming of terracota plant pots
by Nigel R. Townshend 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

i was sat in the greenhouse potting up my organe plant daydreaming about all the plastic plant pots being made out of terracota and wouldn't that be cool. But then i thought why am i day dreaming about terracota pots ? i'm a young man in my prime i should be thinking about nudey ladies or summat, but all i could manage was mrs goggins from postman pat which alarmed me slighty it has to be said. Neighbours was cool today Joel and Flick got togther. and it whilst i watching neighbours that i had the following day dream... I was sat in the coffee shop when isabel campbell walked in and she wanted sore throat sweets but the coffee shop didn't sell any so i took her to see doctor karl who made her better and as a thankyou she aggreed to play at my school ball. Twas good. Only i've never been to a school ball they didnt have them when i was at school and i can't remember what happened when i was at college and at uni the nearest thing is offbeat a really cool indie disco where everybody knows everybody and i'm sure some of you have been and know what i'm talking about, while others who havent been should go for its good. The nearset to a ball i've been to was a Bop at Oxford UNI but i went in my flares and cactus jack checked red flannel shirt instead of a tux. The point being have i missed out ? is this the reason i spend my days day dreaming of terracota pots ? oh well. back to the grind stone that is daytime TV.... nigel love +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Are B&S the kebabs of pop?
by Pamela Tait 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

Do my eyes deceive me? Is Jason Andreas back with us? I was just talking about you a minute ago. Anyway, welcome back, we're still all nuts. Hehe.....my flatmate is a hardcore Limp Bizkit fan and generally into the whole rock thing but I caught her singing 'Like Dylan In The Movies' the other day. Mind you, I caught myself humming along to 'We're In This Together Now' by the might Nine Inch Nails. I've also got a bit of a soft spot for Fred Durst. I nearly peed my pants today when i read NME's title on the B&S article. I honestly thought they were gonna do a cover of Petula Clarks 'Downtown'. Now *that* would be something different. And they could film it in the Gorbals! (no offence to anyone living in the Gorbals area of Glasgow). Mind you, I think Petula's impression of Downtown is very differnet to mine. If it's neon signs and stuff, then the video should be shot in Tollcross or somewhere like that. God, I'm talking a load of crap today. It's official: my bagpuss hot water bottle is *the* best thing ever. It's better than a poke in the eye, anyway. JenOwl> there's something written about/by you in The 13th Note loos. Nothing nasty, just a bit odd. Nothing really interesting to say, except that I have a visitor coming to stay in my flat in nine days and I can't wait. You know who you are.....I needn't say your name. Right, now something to get you all thinking. If Belle & Sebastian were a food and/or drink, what would they be? I reckon they'd be a toffee apple or a stick of candyfloss or tiramisu or something with Applewood smoked cheddar in it. If they were a drink, they'd be a double Pernod and blackcurrant. If anyone compares them to cabbage, I'll get angry. So don't do it. Right, well, I suppose I should get off the stage before the heckling and shower of rotting fruit begins..... Hope everyone's comfy and safe.... Love and cuddles.... Pamela The Toffeemonster xxx ...................................................... I AM OBSESSED WITH BOTTLE GREEN MINI COOPERS. FEAR ME.. _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: shouldn't have worn a thong to work...
by angel blackwell 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

well good morning my little sweeties... actually it's a crap morning, so run, run, run... i heard b&s in a starbucks the other evening...oh oh oh, just after i saw crouching tiger, hidden dragon on an IMAX screen, wicked movie...well i was in a starbucks with the eternal ex, and b&s came on, but the speakers were so crap that it sounded like pants...the irreverant isobel came through so strong over wee stuart that i thought it was a cover. okay i'll admit i thought that veruca salt had done a cover of my favourite band...and yes mother, i was stoned at the time. okay i was reading some posts this morning and i got a lot cuz bill gates got hacked or sumfing and i went without you little sweeties for a whole day...oh the horror feather boa...your parents bought you a bus t-shirt and a mug!!! bluddy hell, the closest my mother came to that was buying me a new kids on the block t-shirt when i was in the 9th grade...and she didn't know i was gay...bullshit, it's her fault i'm convinced... anyways...(sorry, i'm canadian) it looks as though stuart david is trying to grow some balls...too bad it doesn't reflect in his music...i don't like this peacock thingy... McMcMc is a cutie... oh and thanks to whomever posted about unidentified human remains and the true nature of love, that was the best play i've even been in. there's nothing like performing and talking about one's genitalia when one's mother is in the audience... and there's been some talk of eskimos...it's not a nice word...north american ones are innuit...not sure what others are called... i've calculated that i've been smoking for 12 years...i've been doing this longer than anything else...not good... oh and i got a little intoxicated (quelle suprise) last night and put some cd's in my briefcase that i should listen to today...heehee... i put in the cloud 8 single by frazier chorus, perhaps the best cover of anarchy in the uk ever...plus, who doesn't like a single with baby chickens on the cover? i also picked up the farm, sarah...(mclachlan, b4 she sold out and became kd lang) prozzack (i dunno why) les rhythmes digitales and marilyn manson...man i must have been trashed...and i put in fold your hand child, heehee, i had to mention that... okay, here's a warning that i guess a lot of students have found out whilst living away from home. throw out the underwear that you don't like wearing, actually do it right now. there will come a time when you haven't done laundry and you are desperate for some clean knickers and you will wear those uncomfortable kind. you can see in my subject line what i've had to wear to work today...and they're riding up into the great unknown for the millionth time today... and on that loverly note i'll close this... have a great morning sweeties... ______________________________________________________________________ The crudity and sparness of life is to be found in public lavatories." -Leoni Orton-Barnett, sister of Joe Orton. _________________________________________________________________________ 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: shouldn't have worn a thong to work...
by angel blackwell 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

well good morning my little sweeties... actually it's a crap morning, so run, run, run... i heard b&s in a starbucks the other evening...oh oh oh, just after i saw crouching tiger, hidden dragon on an IMAX screen, wicked movie...well i was in a starbucks with the eternal ex, and b&s came on, but the speakers were so crap that it sounded like pants...the irreverant isobel came through so strong over wee stuart that i thought it was a cover. okay i'll admit i thought that veruca salt had done a cover of my favourite band...and yes mother, i was stoned at the time. okay i was reading some posts this morning and i got a lot cuz bill gates got hacked or sumfing and i went without you little sweeties for a whole day...oh the horror feather boa...your parents bought you a bus t-shirt and a mug!!! bluddy hell, the closest my mother came to that was buying me a new kids on the block t-shirt when i was in the 9th grade...and she didn't know i was gay...bullshit, it's her fault i'm convinced... anyways...(sorry, i'm canadian) it looks as though stuart david is trying to grow some balls...too bad it doesn't reflect in his music...i don't like this peacock thingy... McMcMc is a cutie... oh and thanks to whomever posted about unidentified human remains and the true nature of love, that was the best play i've even been in. there's nothing like performing and talking about one's genitalia when one's mother is in the audience... and there's been some talk of eskimos...it's not a nice word...north american ones are innuit...not sure what others are called... i've calculated that i've been smoking for 12 years...i've been doing this longer than anything else...not good... oh and i got a little intoxicated (quelle suprise) last night and put some cd's in my briefcase that i should listen to today...heehee... i put in the cloud 8 single by frazier chorus, perhaps the best cover of anarchy in the uk ever...plus, who doesn't like a single with baby chickens on the cover? i also picked up the farm, sarah...(mclachlan, b4 she sold out and became kd lang) prozzack (i dunno why) les rhythmes digitales and marilyn manson...man i must have been trashed...and i put in fold your hand child, heehee, i had to mention that... okay, here's a warning that i guess a lot of students have found out whilst living away from home. throw out the underwear that you don't like wearing, actually do it right now. there will come a time when you haven't done laundry and you are desperate for some clean knickers and you will wear those uncomfortable kind. you can see in my subject line what i've had to wear to work today...and they're riding up into the great unknown for the millionth time today... and on that loverly note i'll close this... have a great morning sweeties... ______________________________________________________________________ The crudity and sparness of life is to be found in public lavatories." -Leoni Orton-Barnett, sister of Joe Orton. _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Mike Hurst - You Must Know Everything
by Peter Miller 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

I haven't posted twice in one day since the glory days of Rodd Begbie, but Mister Chris has inspired me to check the index of all my pop books for Mike Hurst references. Feel free to do the same - it's what the list's for. "Stoned" by Andrew "Loog" Oldham contains two references: "...while late Springfielder Mike Hurst went behind the lights to discover Cat Stevens. Hurst cut both Cat and my own First Lady of Immediate, P. P. Arnold, on 'First Cut is the Deepest'." ...and another reference which isn't worth repeating. Unfortunately that's all. Someone called Letha Hurd is in The Faber Book of Pop. One day Sinister will be the biggest source of Mike Hurst information on the web. Obsession? Too fucking right, mate. 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: lovely artist
by Rebecka popgirl 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

hey folks i saw a post on the sinister from back in 1998 while searching for facts about kath bloom, i fell in love with her music after seeing the movie before sunrise whom i also fell in love with.. i am searching for records by kath..does anyone know where to get them?.or can u send me a tape with them?? or cd? please mail me back i've searched all over for those records but no luck.. oki hugs becka in sweden http://travel.to/blondie _________________________________________________________________________ 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: film before sunrise and song come here byt kath bloom makes me smile
by Rebecka popgirl 25 Jan '01

25 Jan '01

hey folks i saw a post on the sinister from back in 1998 while searching for facts about kath bloom, i fell in love with her music after seeing the movie before sunrise whom i also fell in love with.. i am searching for records by kath..does anyone know where to get them?.or can u send me a tape with them?? or cd? please mail me back i've searched all over for those records but no luck.. oki hugs becka in sweden http://travel.to/blondie _________________________________________________________________________ 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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