January 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: What about me? What about Jason?
by Jason Andreas 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

5.... 4.... 3.... 2.... 1.... *KABOOM* Y2Jase has returned to the Sinister Mailing List in a blaze of pyrotechnic wizardry and cheap-ass gimmicks. Well, expensive-ass gimmicks as far as my new PC is concerned.... So how are we all doing this evening? Interesting things abounding? Good. Good. I've been gone too long, I feel, so I'll probably be a wee while in catching up with everyone's business again. I have, every so often, checked in on the archives, and I see Jen Owl's still kicking serious ass. She'll be Intercontinental Champion in no time, and maybe even number one contender one day :) Sorry - I've developed a complete obsession for wrestling over the last year and it's now beginning to seep out of every pore. It totally reeks of awesomeness. I was checking out the alt.music.belle+sebastian newsgroup and some poor, deluded soul asked whether B&S were committed to any tour dates this year. Oh, we can only hope. Homer Simpson quote: "Mmmmmm, Sinister...." I've, in general, become quite a happy chap in life. I have a job, a girl and a vague semblance of a life. Which is nice. Only downside is my gran's cancer, but we sort of expected it really, so I suppose it didn't hit me quite as hard as it could have done. I'm being the archtypical supportive son at the moment for my mum, who's really been affected badly by it all. My gran was her life in a way and when she's gone, my mum won't have anything to do with herself. Has anyone been through this before? Any advice on how to deal with it? Mail me offlist if you do - I'd appreciate it. Big shout out to Amy Jackson - don't let L get you down - you're sooooo much bigger than she could ever hope to be. And of course, she's PPMS Girl. (private joke - sorry). Looking forward to seeing King Adora on Saturday, and hopefully Soulwax next month (for the 5th time!), which should be almost as grate as the Raven Effect. *Jason jumps onto the top turnbuckle and smells the atmosphere...* I have a mouse with a scrolly wheel. It's really cool. G'bye now. - Jase 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: London Has let me Down lyrics
by Andrew CHurchman 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

hello again wow, i've been posting kinda frequently recently. Anyway, another boring Journalism class lead to me trying to transcribe another obscure B+S song. Again, it's not 100% correct so if anyone has any suggestions feel free to e-mail me. "London Has Let Me Down" London has let me down, I'm kinda bored with this town But the only thing keeping me here till the spring is promise ??? For joy and a certain person. I did the stupid thing, bought on a stupid dream. One of the many crimes happened to me in my time, now I'm lost and alone, and I'm trying to find my way home. One to the strain of the true matters in your mind, London belongs to me. baby not this time. --- I can't make out what he's saying after this part because the keyboard is just too loud------- London has let me down again. Repeat 4x bye, --- andrew __________________________________________________ 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: the blue twees
by sophie * 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

* darlinks! massages are *lovely* aren't they? a chappie called me up at verk the other day and asked if he could come in and give us all massages - in the verkplace, like. well, he's on a japanese acupressure course or somesuch, and needs guinea pigs (don't we all?), so he came in today, with his special japanese chair, and mmmmmmm... it was quite wonderful. the only thing that spoiled it was the gentle pinging sound of someone's excel switching on and off next door. but inner peace at work rocks :) well! i was tweaked into sini-action by two things. firstly, mr brian cello-phane pondered that judy bit: >So....is it part of of Judy... at all? Is it a Songs for Children-type interlude bit? I am inclined to think it is. I like it a lot.' mmm, i like it a lot too. but! here's a thing - on friday, i stumbled (well, as far as you can stumble without actually falling over) across a rather old select (sigh) - with a rather big b&s feee-cha, written just before bowlie - and it seems that a little debate of the time was whether or not b&s would 'sell-out' (gaah!) by making 3-track eps, rather than 4-trackers in order to be eligible (or illegible) for the chart - *so*!!! legal man would be a rather gleeful two fingers (certainly not one finger, so vulgar) to le chart, maybe? 'cause it's a 3-tracker, but it's *reeeally* 4 tracks, ne c'est pas?! perhaps that didn't make any sense. anyhoo. my other thing was that i was in camden on sunday, on a decent flare hunt. it seems to me that the only flares you can get these days are those *massssive* ones that are like cullott-y flares. and you see kids in slipknot hoodies wandering round with their flares trailing in puddles. and anyway. i wanted some proper ones, so i went to camden market. it was drizzling so earnestly, it was like it was trying to define the word, and then when i got to the station my train was cancelled. but it was okay 'cause i had 'sanctuary' by william faulkner with me, so i read it on the bus. then i listened to 'do you love me?' by nick cave, and everything seemed to make sense. *anyway*, got to camden, and found only dreadful trousers, but then wandered into a vintagey clothes shop, and they were playing the *whole* of tbwtas!! i could *feel* grin spread across my face. i lingered far too long (till they cut off chickfactor grrrrr) and pretended to look at clothes. it was nice. that's all love, and chrissmouse cake (we've *still* got some left :)) xsoph * *today i love the zephyrs* _________________________________________________________________________ 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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by Amy Jackson 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

hmm. it's one of those days. you know when you wake up and for the first second or so you're totally happy as if there's nothing wrong but then you remember stuff and then things get back to normal? those first couple of seconds are magical. i had that this morning, then my EvilRoommate (tm) put bangin'hard house trnce "music" on full blast and made syuch a noise, just to be nasty and wake me up. EvilRoommate is a bee-atch. then when i arrived at the technological haven of easyeverything they'd put all the Badly Drawn Boy album on.....right now "Once Around The Block" is on, and it's lovely. yesterday it was snowing in the morning. me and my,*ahem*, "friend" David watched it when we woke up. it was beautiful. david is sweet. i've known him since i was 3 cos his gran is my neighbour at home and every summer his family would come and visit. then we met up in glasgow and now we meet up quite a lot. only we aren't going out, in a boyfriend-and-girlfriend kind of way because i still have a thing about my boy who wears a cute blue fleece and gives me neil young tapes and takes me for drives in his wee red nissan micra. aah, LovelyRoss. *sigh* i think Stuart D has lost the plot. far too much swearing and stuff in hisnew book. but i've seen Evil Bob for real and he is a funny wee guy with a passion for hairnets and the trumpet. i think i'm gonna go visit the lighthouse. cheerio amy xxx _________________________________________________________________________ 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: more unsolicited emails. please stop.
by honey＠missprint.org 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

Grrr. More unsolicited emails, this time from another source. Someone advertising a website for Nick Drake, whose URL shall be nameless at least in this mail because they don't need more publicity, appears to have taken it upon themselves to send unsolicited emails to list members, including me. I'd say this was genuine ignorance of internet courtesy from a novice if it wasn't for the facts that: (a) he's mailing from different email addresses, hotmail accounts, not from his main one on the website, presumably because he's getting complaints, (b) he's not responding to emails asking him to stop, (c) he's selling something on his website, thus the need to act illegally, presumably, which doesn't really seem fair seeing none of us are selling something. Presumably he thinks we're fair game because we've been known to wear cardigans and duffle coats and all that. I bet he wears a suit. I won't bore you to tears: there's a bit more information under "What's New" on the Sinister webpage. The effect of this is, unfortunately, that I've had to take the membership lists offline for now: sorry, as I know some of you found this convenient to check your subscriptions. Maybe the person who's doing this (who is probably a member under yet another email address) could just stop? If you do need to search for an email address, or check your own subscription, you can still use the email search form at: http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/listee.cgi I mean, you know? If you'd like to tell me you've been receiving these junk emails, it'd be useful if I have to take more steps to stop it: again, just send me a *blank* email with "junk email from nick drake site" in the subject. My world is still fragrant. Honey 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: The Captain Peacock Manifesto
by Peter Miller 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

Linda McCartney David's husband Stuart McCartney David has turned his website - http://www.geometrid.co.uk - into a novel and intriguing promotional site for his forthcoming book "The Peacock Redemption". It's got far too much swearing in it for my liking. I've only had a quick glance through it, but it looks interesting... see what you think of it and report back here to the Cavalcade of Content that is the New Rejuventated Sinister. I hope the B&S score is for an Eddie Murphy film. I can't stand that stupid Hal Hartley. Still, each unto their own. Live and let live, that's what I say. 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: "A commercial break it�s a good time for thinking about future projects that may never see the light, like a sex-change"
by Jordi Trenzano 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

This quote from the subject comes from a TV-show here, which is dedicated to MOVIES. Yes, dearies, movies. But it has the most amazing TV host that iŽve ever seen. Just imagine the most serious guy in the world saying: "The best thing about this Hollywood product was the premiere party, specially the girl who came with me. Unluckily, sheŽs in love with another" or another one "the commercial break is a good time for doing other things, like sweet love. But if you stay with us, we can promise you that we have interesting reports". And why do I say that ??? because on their last program, the report about "memento" (is it worth seeing it ?) used "Sleep the clock around" as background music. I think it can be a relation with the topic of the movie, iŽm not sure tough. So Pedrito Miller says that the Korgis are our official Anthem. And he says it after going to Ikea, the swedish company accused to be run by some nazi blokes. Ummm...., no comments . I should be studying. So, iŽm going. Jordiet Sinistre ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Of Content and Off Content
by Brian Pennington 22 Jan '01

22 Jan '01

Dear Sinisterines, So, it is again the time when writing posts with content contained therein becomes an option. Rumors and confirmed rumors are again springing up everywhere. So since no one I have seen has mentioned it, the band updated their website, confirming the Pet Clark producer-involved single recording action, mentioning 25 musos in the studio (images of that party used for the recording of a FISHYCLAP song which never saw the light of day pop into my head). So if anyone at all remembers my post a month or two ago, where I mentioned running into Stuart Murdoch at a Go-Betweens show and I refused to reveal the reason they were in town, they have now revealed it on belleandsebastian.co.uk. That being that they are doing the soundtrack to a movie. So whoever directed this movie is based in NY apparently, Stuart didn't mention who it was, but he said they'd come to New York to see a screening of it and see if it was something they'd be interested in doing. Guess it was. Perhaps we can look forward to more random New York Struan sightings. So I've got some more content, even. Earlier in the week my friend and I trekked into Manhattan and I picked up a copy of the 12" version of Legal Man. Only because I'm a sad, sad record collector and the 12" version of Judy Is a Dick Slap is different, dammit. Sooooo I listened to it and some thoughts came to me. It's not much different from the first bit of the version on the CD, but that lovely lovely Felt-sounding quiet piano bit at the end of the CD version was nowhere to be found. So....is it part of of Judy... at all? Is it a Songs for Children-type interlude bit? I am inclined to think it is. I like it a lot. I have actually put just that bit on two mixtapes now. It makes an excellent final song when you only have a tiny bit of space. But to me, it would have sounded really really nice in with the album instead of the single. I love little instrumental interludes and reprises and the like. Some of the best albums ever feature them quite prominently. It's as if they separate an album from a simple collection of songs. A good example being Her Handwriting by Trembling Blue Stars. Speaking of which (segueway. note you) I also observed this week some exciting new by my other favorite band, the aforementioned TBS. That being that they're playing here in New York. Which is incredibly exciting as I never expected to see them ever. I've already seen B&S so if I manage to catch this show that will mean I will have managed to see both my favorite bands. Quite an achievement if you ask me. This has been a lovely weekend of late nights in late night diners with late night diner fare and conversation, warm places on cold nights and walking through freshly fallen snow at 3:30 trying not to fall down or let my friend do the same. I hope all of yours were equally nice. -- Brian Pennington, aka Mick McMick | cellophanesky(a)mac.com | ICQ# 39021436 Sandcastle Records: <http://www.indiepages.com/sandcastle/> the Cellophane Sky:<http://home.earthlink.net/~cellophanesky/the/index.html> "Better a tear of truth than smiling lies." - Duncan Browne +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: use your imagination...
by David White 21 Jan '01

21 Jan '01

Sorry to bother you all again, Just a quick note to let you all know that this is the last week that you can vote in the www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk Review of 2000. Visit the site, follow the links to Votes then Best of 2000 and fill in the form. Alternatively if you can't be bothered with that or if your browser/ISP will not allow you to send the form results, send me an email (david(a)belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk Subject: 2000), listing your 5 favourite albums released in 2000, 5 favourite songs from 2000, favourite band during 2000, album from 2000 you regret buying, best gig of 2000 and memories of 2000. You don't need to complete all the categories just whatever takes your fancy, but please try and join the survey if you can. I will stop taking votes after Sunday 28th, and will get back to you with the results as soon as I can be bothered working them out... Dave david(a)belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.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: "If you can't think of a subject, just quote something good someone else said"
by Peter Carter 21 Jan '01

21 Jan '01

Hello Sinister, at long last I return. My long absence has been due to a lack of wit, and anything interesting to say. I finally realised that if everyone was witty and interesting, the world would be a very boring place. So I'll endeavour to make this post and dull and juvenile as possible. First of all, people have been mentioning the guardian and observer a lot recently, and I recently found quite an interesting article about the top 100 public intellectuals list. Apparently Henry Kissinger is top, ahead of George Orwell, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. It's at http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,636877,00.html and it's rather scary. It's also an example of some of some really good Grauniading (that really should be a word). People keep e-mailing and telling me how great Fast Cow is. People, I KNOW it's good, tell the list! Honestly, I'm very grateful though, and you're all wonderful. There has also been even more added, with a review of 'Honey, I'm an Artist' by Airport Girl, a yahoo groups list to keep people up to date with the updates and, best of all, a new cow called Brucie! That's at www.ciahq.fsnet.co.uk/fastcow by the way. The update list link is at the bottom of the main page. I've been missing Kara a lot recently, not that I don't anyway, and Ben Apps has now made me think that perhaps liking toss songs is the way forward for those in lose. I tried listening to 'How Do I Live' by our Leanne today, as it was playing in my local supermarket. I'm sorry, but it hurt, it really did. Perhaps it's a learned skill, or perhaps you 'have to be in the 'wow, I'm with someone amazing' phase, rather than the 'Oh dear, my love is too far away' one, I don't know. BRIGHTON meetup, I'm rather excited about that, should be rather fun to meet up with all those lovely people again. The only place I've been going recently is my uni's club night, Friday Flux, because my friends like to go. Their slogan is 'Get Fluxed on a Friday'. Glorious. I've never been Sillistrated and I haven't seen that film about Iris Murdoch yet, these are terrible things. www.ciahq.fsnet.co.uk/fastcow www.eurosexuals.co.uk Peter, half of the other great Sinister romance. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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