October 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: all that Glimmers is not Jim
by chris perriman 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

well i listened to all of jo whiley's show yesterday and she didn't play the new single but then mark and lard came through with the goods. i don't really know what to think of it yet, very sixties (as has ben mentioned), very san-francisco-flowers-in-your-hair ish. i don't think its as good as jonathan david which i liked straight away but maybe it'll grow on me after a few more listens. according to HMV the single is out on 19th november and is called 'the season has arrived' ---=+0|0+=--- it was my birthday on wednesday (24th) woo hoo! 22. thanks to everyone who was in #sinister when the clock ticked past 00:00 hours and special thanks to arik for being the first to wish me happy birthday. so we went out drinkin' and dancin'. 1st to see my friend's band, theyre called 'neil, your bedroom's on fire...' which i think is a bloody good name for a band. then we went to see mani (stone roses/primal scream) DJ and it was bloody good. i wore my 'kill all hippies' t-shirt and got it signed! unfortunately it says "nice sentiment, taliban 2 usa 0, mani". i guess he's been talking to bobby gillespie again, eh? ---=+0|0+=--- one of the Rachels (sorry, carnt remember which one) asked what Nick McCabe had been doing recently, well the last i remember of him he mixed a track called 'B+A' on The Beta Band's debut ep 'champion versions' but that was back at the end of '97, just after the verve split - i wish he'd make a comeback with a new band or solo as he is a tremendous guitar player, but that might be a bit too much like the seahorses. but then again McCabe was never as self indulgent a guitarist as John Squire was so maybe it might work. Bernard Butler's solo stuff wasn't too hot was it, except 'yes' with David McAlmont, i love that song, haven't heard it in ages. ---=+0|0+=--- oh!, Snoozer mentioned recording one of the brazilian gigs off the telly, did you? i'd love a copy of that, that would be fantastic! ok that's all folks take care Pez* P.S. alot of people recently have mentioned how much they love 'judy and the dream of horses'. i always thought of this song as a bit throwaway and not really a song to end an album on, i much prefer 'the boy done wrone again' (one of their *best* songs if you ask me) so i skip past 'the boy...' to 'judy...' and then go back to end on 'the boy...' when i'm listening to the red album. so there. P.P.S. did you know (or 'pez's fact of the day'): since the harry potter movie is going to be called 'harry potter and the philosopher's stone' and 'harry potter and the scorcerer's stone' on either side of the atlantic, every scene in which the stone is mentioned has had to be shot twice, with appropriate dialogue in each! www.pez.com - the wonderful world of pez ;) ivorytowers.8m.com - ivory towers records www.drpez.com - Dr Pez, Spain's premier fish doctor (i think) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Here in Baltimore, home of the brash, outrageous, and free
by AMEBIX13＠aol.com 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

Hello there all of my Sini-buns, I haven't posted in quite sometime, and yet have had an immense quantity of post-worthy happenings in the world-of-Sean lately. First of all, let me get the much belated stories of Madison told. In a word, my trip was perfect. It surpasses all expectations I had, and was more wonderful than I ever thought 5 days could be. Chicago was tons of fun, despite the cold rain, and everyone there was rokken. (like dokken) Staying in Madison with my darling Elise was certainly the best part of my excursion, of my entire life really!...she is such a wonderful person, smart, funny, kind, stylish, and beautiful...she really has it all, and I am very much in love with her. :) She is coming for a nice lenghty say with me in Baltimore this December, which excites me so much I think iI may burst! I can't wait to show her all the lovely things around here, and to just spend some lovely time together. Belive it or not, Baltimore really is a lovely place. It's come to my attention that people see my fair city as some what of a dump, and I feel obligated to protest! Sure we may have the highest per-capita rate of substance abuse and STD infection in the country, but the city does have a charm all it's own. I can't possibly be the first one to notice this, since our city motto used to be "Charm City." Unfortunatley they changed it to the quite sub-par "city of firsts," recently, which disturbs me greatly. Seriously though, there are tons of wonderful treasures to be found in the city of Baltimore. First you have Federal Hill, which gives you a lovely aerial view of the quite attractive Inner harbour, and of Ft. McHenry...you know, where Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner." Then you have the Inner Harbor it'sself with all its lovely restaruants, and waterside view, not to mention the AWESOME aquarium!!! Then you have probably my favorite area of the city, Charles Street. First you have the Charles theater, which always plays the lovely movies that you can't see elsewhere. Plays 50's advertisements before show times, and often plays The Smiths as backround music in the lobby. The singer from my old band works the projectors, and there is always the chance of seeing John Waters either in the theater or the surrounding neighborhood. He's been known to frequent "The Depot" which has a lovely 80's dance night and "Club Charles," which is just all around hip! However the last sighting of Mr. Waters that any of my cohorts has had was a couple of weeks ago at the "Low" show being held at an area library. (not your normal library, very huge, with floor, upon floor of rather ancient books.) He was there accompanied by a fellow sporting both a finely groomed mullet, and a moustache. Where else can you see such scenes??? Then there are all of the unique row-house apartments...(which I will be inhabiting one of hopefully in a scant few months.) tall celings, fireplaces, wood floors, each different from the next in lovely little ways, and extrememly reasoble rent! What more could one ask for in a dwelling? I really do like the fact that many of the places available for rent in my fair city are not the sterile, mass produced apartments that you oh-so often see. A home with character is a lovely thing indeed. And we even have our own unique white-trash accent. Here in Baltimore we dont "wash things in water," rather we "Wersh things in the wutter." Don't worry, both Elise and Jimmy can attest to the fact that I don't talk like that, although a bit of it has been known to shine through in moments of extreme drunkeness. We also have the other necessary things that make a city fun, like good record stores, and charming dive bars...my favorite of which is The Ottobar. They have good bands play there, Cinerama played there about a year ago, cheap booze, and its tucked away in a side street alley. And one of the greatest independent video stores I've ever seen, Video Amerecaine. If you are looking for hard to find trashy horror films, or anything else for that matter, this is your place! We also have the quite unique and fascinating Museam of Visionary Art, a whole museam dedicate to outsider art and other artistic pecularities...there is always something interesting to see there. Sorry for all of the rambling, I just wanted to set the record straight, since Baltimore seems to have a chronic bad reputation. Granted, the city does have it's unpleasant aspects, but what city doesn't? I just think most people who visit or are new to the area miss all of the lovely things it has to offer. Well there may have not been any Belle and Sebastian related material in this post, but rest assured, I do love them...and I hope that they read this post and feel the extrememly dire need (which they should!) to visit lurvely Baltimore next time they they tour!!! I will personally show them all around so the leave with the proper impression of the town. Hey, it sounds like a good enough idea to me. Well lovelies, that's it....for now. Love to all, most especially my beloved Elise. Hugs and sightings of John Waters, Sean +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: the tap shoes of my dreams!
by elise j. spry 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

Hello everyone, Kisses and hugs to those who have lost love, or are having love troubles. You all deserve so much more - especially dear Rachel oj. I've never actually talked to her in person, but her story touched my heart. Winks and nudges to those who have found true love, or a tentative sort of dizzy crush, or even those who have had love all along. You know who you are. I feel like makin'...lists. Here's a list of alternate merit badges for scouts that my friend Ben Carter and I made up. He's so cool. ********************************** poaching/ivory dealer mob surgery umbrella repairs dry humping I and II agressive panhandling aromatherapy selling oregano to stupid 15 yr olds speed dialing indie kid snobbery filing outing celebrities stripping international espinoge the baldwin brothers keg stands uncomfortably long hugs ribald ape tricks shoe tying glue sniffing super villianry murder/suicide pacts crime scene investigation hammers free masonry heavy petting (maybe to close to dry humping, but blow jobs is a little much for merit badges) karma sutra (but that isn't, its a very fine line) consumer product testing evil robot construction staring at people anything-for-a-dollar and cold fusion ***************************** Wow. Anyone else have any good merit badge ideas? There's this hotel in Milwaukee. It's name is...(stifles giggles)...pronounced....(mfffteeheeheeffftt)...The FISTER!!! Mwahhh haaa haaa! It's actually spelled "Pfister", and it's an incredibly nice hotel. I bet Kristen Kenyon's told you this already and the joke's on me. But in case she hasn't - hope you all find it as amusing as I do. Also: shouts to my beautiful Sean - I love you thiiis much: (holds arms outstretched, then leaps from one side of the office to the other, and then trips on a chair and falls over), and to Rachel Frootloop - who loves ya baby! And to my little box boy Tom. Well, best get back to work. People need their prescriptions called in. love and sexy scenarios, -elise P.S. Just realized there's little-to-no b&s content in this post. Um...can't wait for the new single! Beagles are sooooo cute! I wish I had a doggie but I'm allergic. There. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Can You Help Me Find My Belle?
by ~ boywiththearabstrap 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

Can someone please help me? Living in the Clydeside area, an area of ardent technoheads, I struggle to find a compatible soulmate.Is everyone a raging cokehead in Glasgow these days,or am I just looking in the wrong places? Sebastian, you're in a mess........ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: another dc bit (with a bit of b&s in it)
by Ian Rivamonte 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

I remember around 1998 I was listening to my Sinister album when my mom gave me my mail in my room. In it was this envelope from England. Mind you, I didn't know anyone from England at the time besides the people on my walls. I looked at it very carefully, then finally realizing that it was probably a solicitation from Setanta, because of the return address, about an upcoming Divine Comedy release or something. I opened it, and lo and behold it was a hand written postcard from Neil Hannon himself! So the story begins... About 3 months prior to my receipt of the postcard, I had this really awkward dream about the Divine Comedy. Before going to bed, I saw that hilarious picture of Blur mimicking Blondie with Damon in that dress and all that. Anyways, as I fell asleep I dreamed that Neil was doing "Alfie" ala Blondie in my university campus. He looked freaky as all hell. I immediately woke up and thought, "I have to document this dream." So I did, with every detail still fresh in my memory. So, I wrote it down and told my friend about it. He insisted that I mail it to Neil c/o Setanta Records in the UK just to get a reaction from him or something. "The worse that can happen is he doesn't respond," said my friend. I figured, "I can afford $0.66 to post this, why not?" So I did and added a little tidbit in there about how my car broke down and I wasn't able to drive up to L.A. to see him play at this teeny-weenie club there much to my dismay. And now I received this postcard. In it, he wrote (not verbatim): Dear Ian, Very funny dream you had there! Just to reassure you, I never wore a dress while I'm on stage. But you gave me a very good idea and might try it sometime. Ha! Ha! I'm sorry about your automobile problems. Pleasant dreams... Neil xoxo Anyways, that's that. Cheers, Ian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The corporate hippo to my indie okapi
by Mark Hester 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

There's a train outside making a very weird noise. Kind of like wind whistling down a tunnel. Only there isn't a tunnel.... Ian Rivamonte said that Tim Booth of James is no more! But the black armbands are premature, for he has merely quit the band. I seem to remember somebody on a message board somewhere commenting in response to my expressing disappointment with the last Durutti Column album by saying that there was only so much Vini which you needed. Well, I think there's only so much James which you need. "Ring the Bells", "Come Home"...I almost said "Sit Down", but then shuddered when I remembered *just how much* it was played when I was a stoodie, and how some people would always take the lyrics literally. Usually when I was walking towards them with a pint in my hand..... My cousin Tim met Tim Booth in Manchester once. E-mail has that wonderful attribute of shielding you from sarky "Is that interesting"s?. For a while, at least. I also had the shock of my life yesterday when I got an e-mail from someone called Kate who had remmbered me going on about how I liked Paris Angels (again on a message board, I really must be careful how I put myself about) asking me if I knew where she could get a copy of their album, Sundew. Unfortunately, all could think of was to tape my copy, which being on a tape which is ten years old has a bit which goes BLOOOR. Fortunately, and not at all typically, it then starts playing again normally and isn't just a precursor of a sudden halt and the extraction of a thin brown concertina from the stereo. Unfortunately, the Wendys "Gobbledegook" album, of similar vintage which I thought I'd send her as a bonus sounds very strange indeed, far stranger than it did when purchased, and so she'll have to settle for New Fads' "Love it All" instead. I loved Robin Stout's bit about office life...I can really identify with it. One of my colleagues has taken it upon himself to order all our stationery and so we call him the Stationery Master. A huge box of his purchases turned up whilst he was on holiday and so he returned to find a box with "Thank you for Shopping at Fetish City" on on side and "Contains Live Animals: Do Not Eat" on the other. He took great delight in finding out that the Stationery catalogue contained decidely non-clerical items (tubes of Pringles, for example) but I pointed out that his order for these would be unlikely to get past Management. [quick look round] Can't see anyone who looks like Ricky Jervais though..... Mark. ______________________________________________________________ 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 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: "I'm going to have to ask you to stop the wanking."
by Robert Brennan 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

DansonHatcher wrote: "picniconthe18th" and "primrosehill" a lot. Wow! The middle of November and a venue that's about 2000 feet above sea level and probably capped with snow right now. Should be the most downright chilly picnic ever. Wrap up warm everyone - I can see the headlines already: "50 Belle & Sebastian Fans Found Frozen in London!" "Picnicers thought to be too shy to huddle together for warmth." "Doctors describe their condition as 'stable but twee'." I'll be there with me hot water bottle. Graham Linehan wrote in the Idler that being in a TV audience is something that everyone should do once. I'll get to find out tomorrow. Fans of unloved groundbreaking BBC2 sketch shows might also be pleased to hear that the audience is for a screening of the new series of BIG TRAIN (the source of my subject line). I may even Report Back so watch this Spaced. Ken PY Chu talked about not going to work cos he couldn't find his tie. Brilliant idea! I'd try it myself but I don't wear a tie. Robster ____________________________________________________________ Nokia Game is on again. Go to http://uk.yahoo.com/nokiagame/ and join the new all media adventure before November 3rd. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The only thing I ever want to be for Halloween is David Bowie
by ArtsyDeco＠aol.com 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

HELLO FRIENDS, Moments ago while getting up from the chair I am sitting in I lost my balance and did a really great job of smashing my upperlip and teeth into the metal bar on the lovely prison-style bed my college has given me. It hurt alot and I frantically searched for my chapstick, as if that would help. I didn't even notice the blood from my cut lip on my chapstick because it's dr. pepper flavor and colored red. Moments before that I needed to hear slow graffiti. I had to sing along too. For some reason a boy who looks exactly like David Byrne with black hair walked by and told me I had a nice voice. I sincerely hope he was being sarcastic, and I nearly told him so too, but I figured to things could come of that. He would either admit that yes, I suck at singing, or try to convince me that I do not suck at singing. My psyche isn't prepared for either at the moment so after careful consideration and a good while of staring blankly at him, the reply I settled on was a very weakly voiced "thanks." He went away and I shut the door. I think it is important to mention that while this was happening my attire consisted of pajamas with pictures of coffee on them, and slippers that look like pink bunnies. I hope I can avoid these sort of things when I buy the slippers that look like purple monkeys. So my visit to England to see Peter over Christmas break is up in the air again. I was crying on the phone to my mother last night while she told me how important public opinion was and how young I am. This from the woman who was pregnant with me and living with my father at 19. She says it was okay because her and my dad were very much in love and planning on getting married...just like Peter and I. Yet she tells me that I can't do whatever I want because I love him, as though I was going to claim that I own Spain because I love Peter. I know where the summer goes is relaxing me. I have always loved the line about flowering cherries. We have a flowering cherry tree outside my house and I once stood underneath it on purpose on a windy day, but the flowers weren't ready to rain down yet. Kara Jean* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: beyond our ken
by robin stout 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

JARVIS Hmm.. I'm not that impressed with the new Pulp album. The song aren't bad, it's just that Jarvis has done it all before and better. Weeds is a just Misshapes with leaves; Wickerman is Sheffield: Sex City without the sex. I'll probably like it eventually, though, it's just the at the moment I'd rather hear the Mull Historical Society, and to think that a Pulp album came out last week and I'm not listening to it all the time is a bit depressing. JAYS Mind you, Jarvis still gives a terrific interview: "What is your favourite bird? Jarvis Cocker: Would you like to see it? I'll draw it for you (draws)...Long tail feathers...it's a Jay. For a bird you can find in the British Isles, you can't beat a Jay. It's mainly a dusty pink colour with little bits of blue and black colouring on it. The first time I saw it was in Norfolk when I was walking in a field. I thought it was some exotic bird that got lost but apparently Jays are quite common in this country. You can generally see them in open countryside, so look out for the Jay. " JOBS Archel asked: >maybe you can >give me some hints about acquiring a proper job ..and then went out and got one. Well, Archel, I wouldn't have been much help anyway because I don't have a *proper* job - I'm a civil servant. That basically means I sit about a lot pretending to be working and not really doing any. It also means I have an endless and multicoloured supply of pens. JUNE I'd never worked in an office before and the only stuff I knew about how offices work was what I'd seen on telly, in particular The Office*, which I'd always assumed was a sitcom and not a documentary. A little worryingly, telly's proved to be a pretty accurate guide... The other day the office "reclaimed" all of the teapots in the tea rooms after they'd been there for 20 years, because they were "government property". The staff were all busy sharpening their pencils ready for war, and fiercely guarding their spoons in case they went next, but luckily the office backed down and replaced them. The staff were so happy, you'd have thought Jesus had arrived with a big box of sweets. And a girl in a room near me has fallen out with the person she sits opposite and built a wall out of cardboard between them so she doesn't have to see him. She'd only been working here for two weeks. Really, it's worryingly like a sitcom. Any day soon our manager will be replaced by June Whitfield**. The only sane ones around here are me and my plant, Millicent. Isn't that right, Millie? Well at least the pay's good, and if I'm ever short of cash I can always go and sell some of these pens. JIHAD Anthrax, eh? Apparently the "suspicious white powder" that was found in a sorting office in Bradford last week turned out to be a crushed packet of Love Hearts. Not only did the post office crush some poor child's sweets, but someone actually *tasted* the powder to see what it was and decided that it wasn't sherbert, but was probably anthrax. Gawd 'elp us if some actually does turn up. JEEPERS! The cover of the new single is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen. Those wet noses and cute little faces... arrrgh! Right then, I'm off to sell some pens. Robin x * and ** After trying to explain to an American what Guy Fawkes night was ("Well, you see we make an effigy of a Catholic and stick it on a bonfire"), it occurred to me how English I am and how often I refer to things that half of you folks haven't got a hope of understanding. So, from this day on, I offer to provide Robin's British Information Service, where if you're from another country and you email me with a question about British culture you don't understand, I'll answer it the best I can. Like: "If English automobiles don't have trunks, how can I carry my cookies?" That sort of thing. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: There's a monkey making love to the hole in my head
by Matthew Henderson 30 Oct '01

30 Oct '01

Hello everyone, I think it's been a while since I last posted, but not long enough. Ever since midterms I've been very detached. Very tired, very bored, very blech all the way around. Since I don't work anymore, and I have nothing to study for, I've become lazy and completely unmotivated. I just have nothing to do and no energy to do it. No music was particularly satisfying. The situation became much more dire after I broke the needle on my record player. Things just couldn't get any worse... Until about an hour or so ago. I'm not sure why, but I popped in Mermaid Avenue and everything suddenly got better. I still have a bit of a headache, and my arm and shoulder are extremely sore from bowling the other night (even though I didn't bowl), I was actually excited about something. And to top it all off, Mandee's radio show is coming on tonight. That seems to be the highlight of my week (which is kind of sad I suppose). Everyone should tune into it though. There is always at least one song that I've never heard before that I fall in love with. Why do. some people. post. in fragments. ?. Maybe it is to. hold our short. atten. tion. sp. ans. a wee. bit. long. e. r. I watched a bit of the sitcom Caroline in the City this morning. It was extremely depressing. It puzzles me as to how that show was ever popular. Most sitcoms are so incredibly dumb. I just can't stand them. I had never heard the Divine Comedy until a week or two ago. An attractive, young Scottish lass with a penchant for piercings gave me a great big list of songs, which I downloaded and have been enjoying. I didn't know about them in 1996 though, because I was listening to the Pumpkins, Bush, Garbage, and Weezer <braces for a big punch from Julie> at the time. As for the DC vs. SFA thing, I think I'd have to side with SFA, just because I've known them longer. No offense to anybody. The greatest song about the weekend is obviously by Loverboy. I was at my friends house today, and he has cable, so I watched MTV2. I saw the new Garbage video and the new Bush video. It amazes me how boring and stupid they were. How did bands so important to my musical development become so awful all of a sudden. The videos were absolute crap as well. Cheesy computer effects and fast editing. I turned it back to the spaghetti western on TBS shortly thereafter. I saw the Strokes/Moldy Peaches last Friday. The Moldy Peaches blew me away (they truly rocked), and I actually enjoyed the Strokes. The album is pretty good in my opinion, and they only played 12 songs for about a 45 minute set. I was very happy about that, since I was dead tired and still had a long drive ahead of me. All good fun though, worth 10 bucks to be sure. My weakness for the Velvet Underground reared it's ugly head again this weekend, when I found a three disc live compilation. I promplty bought it, and even though it was recorded in 1969 by an audience member with a cheap recorder, the 38 minute sister ray is worth it alone. Astrid mentioned the sheer brilliance that is MacGuyver. He was my idol as a youngster (I am one of the under 20 brigade), but the episode Trumbo's Land, about all the ants taking over town, scared the piss out of me. Blue Oyster Cult begin and end with "Godzilla" My deepest condolences to Rachel OJ and her recent boyfriend troubles. I'm ashamed to be a male. "I'm sure that women are equal, and they may be ahead of the men." Caleb is right-on about "Waking Life". It was truly amazing. It made me forget all about the Newton Boys <shutters>. I had more to say, but as usual, I forgot. I really should start writing this stuff down. -Matt _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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