October 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: how bad can a day get?
by Rachel . 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

hi. oooh, right. how bad can a day get..? really! this sucks. i don't know what to do with myself. it's my birthday today. i should be glad! but ofcourse i'm not. i haven't told my parents that it's over with hans.. i don't want to tell them. they wouldn't understand. oh. i don't like them at all for the moment! but then, who do i really like right now? not my boyfriend. oh. EX boyfriend. not that bitch monica, who stole him from me! and not my friends, because they're really mean to me. can you belive that they actually said "ooh, didn't you know? we thaught that you knew about nelli" and i'm like.. "nelli?? who the fuck is nelli?" and then they... well, kind of laughs their ass' off. oh. lovely friends, eh? god, i really hate them! they don't care about peoples feelings at all, it seems like. oh, oh, oh. sadness and all. i'm crying, yes. but maybe i shouldn't. they're not worth my tears. oh. i'm so sorry to bother you all with my sadness. but it's the absolute worst birthday ever! though... i did get some nice records, and a new amp to my guitar. and... well... i just have got to thank all of you people who've written to me. everyone on sinister is sooo nice! and a special greeting to the very lovely astrid, who's ill and all. hope you'll get well soon darling! love, rachel o.j. _________________________________________________________________ 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: First post and stuff
by Helen Beltrame 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

Hello everyone! Yesterday was my first day out of nursery and my first b&s concert (is that an amazing coincidence or what?). I guess that pretty much explains why I didn't send this post yesterday - there was too much going on! Some of you may not recognize this email, but it's Helen here, I just created this account here for the list. So, my name is Helen, I'm from Brasil, and the rest we'll find out in time 'cause I have to talk about the concert! Ok, so... This is the first time I left a concert frustrated. Let me explain: they played 17 songs, 2 of the from Brasil, it was really great and wonderful and everything but: I wanted them to play ALL their songs! Can you understand that? When we left, I wanted to go home and listen to all the cds, I wanted to listen to all the songs they hadn't played: b&s is something that I can't get enough of. Also, most of the people who went to the concert didn't really love b&s (there were around 4,000 people), which means they weren't singing every song and crying and all that groupie stuff. That made me absolutely want to go to a b&s concert in Scotland, so I'm asking you scotties to let me know about any gigs coming up. Maybe I'll get to go to Scotland and get to know your said-to-be beautiful country. Hopefully, today is my second b&s concert!! :) (Well, they came to Brasil for two concerts, one in São Paulo and the other one in Rio de Janeiro. I live in São Paulo but yesterday I took a plane to Rio, went to the concert and came back to São Paulo this morning to work...) Thanks for listening! Feel free to write, Helen _________________________________________________________________ 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: Degeneration, indeed
by Simon Fallaha 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

Hello again everyone. I once said I couldn't wait for uni to start again; well, maybe I should reconsider. The work is piling in on me, yet I'm doing enough. One of my projects this semester is a website (which I'm working on at the moment), and part of it is to be on The Divine Comedy. My favourite band for the last two years. But they are no more, I hear most of you cry. Yes, I know (I have been around many DC sites in the past few days) but I'll proceed with the site anyway. Ah well. What a shame. What was it that caused the split anyway, I wonder? Was it the poor sales of Regeneration? Then again, Liberation and Promenade never did that well either. Some of their albums don't seem to get the credit they deserve. I'll admit I was annoyed to see Regeneration selling for only £9.99 in Virgin a few months ago. OK, tonight I'm off to sing in my first concert for the local Operatic Society. I'm going to need a lot of luck. Before I go - good to see you are all paying tribute to TDC in some way or another. And Stu - You said "..apparently Neil Hannon will still be recording for the same label, and since he wrote all the songs anyway, it shouldn't be too traumatic, but still." Yes, it shouldn't be too traumatic. TDC have had different line-ups before, and Neil will be recording for Parlophone. But if there is a new line-up, will it be as good? And, that was a good title for your message - you can see I've borrowed it. Take care, Psi +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: feeling strangely fine...
by JohaN HUGO 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

yes, it's true, like a buckled and punctured tin of mushed peas (now there's a name screaming out for a twee band: another i've thought of recently, but i'm saving it for an appropriate post-subject* is "twee as fuck", which i think would be cool but commercially limiting), you are being spoilt by yet another e-mail from the southern horn of africa (actually, there is n such thing as the southern horn of africa, that is, outside the popular imagination and, daresay, at least a couple of cut- rate porn films, but it SOUNDS so picturesque - if you were reading out loud, that is). *which is not the same as post-modernism, only they're not COMPLETELY not the same: rule number one of successful philosophy scholarship (in answer to your qualms, andre): make sure you write in such a way that even if what you're thinking about COULD make sense, it DOESN'T. no lecturer will actually ever ADMIT that they don't know what you're saying, but will knowingly pretend to have been there long before you! (gosh-darn, what a mess of parentheses, i'm sorry, all, but i hope it improves mental agility) BUT WAIT! i'm sure i actually had stuff to say, and yes, i do, but you'll be disappointed, i know. for the last few days, i've had this really happy vibe (as in MUCH happier than i've been for a few months). euphoria, really, and... I HAD NO IDEA WHY!!! but don't worry (there, all breathe again), i've figured it out. it's all about a haircut see. (see kate, it's not all bad!). does that mean i'm boring? you tell me - or just shallow. but, whatever the case my be, shears seem to have done the trick. see, when last had my heart broken, i though fuck it, and shaved my head bare - which was silly for more than one reason, but mostly because it was the middle of winter, and since then had just let it grow. "i'm going for the beatles-cut", i'd faithfully assure myself whenever i'd momentarily make the mistake of glancing at a mirror. well, that's what i told myself, but really, i was just sulking without admitting it to myself. so monday, i thought (again) "fuck it" (i'm sorry honey, but i pull no punches, i tell it like it is, etc. - my inner life also seems to suffer from a tragically lacking vocabulary, and on its behalf i apologise), and set to with the scissor. slinkily alliterative snipping and shearing, sawing and secession of streaming strands of silky stuff succeeded speedily, and now i'm happy to report that my hair bears a striking resemblance to that of john squire, circa 1990. (in my opinion, this is a GOOD THING - i might als be wrong. anyway, so the moral of the story is: sometimes a little change can go a long way (ask any smoker at the end of a long month). (i tried to thnk of a suitably "my word"-y aphorism to bend here, but am clearly not fit to lick the brogues of the estimable messr.s muir and norden, who are truly grate! this was the best i could come up with: come on, kids, dye young! also, i have now finally caught up my backlog, and hence feel strong and confident about the coming year. we shall go from strength to strength, and never falter, nay, though the sun itself shall fall upon us. tomorrow should however be clear and sunny, with a light northeaster blowing in the afternoon. i WILL NOT keep you posted. (doesn't someone want to be a "will not!"? please - you'd be the hero of teenage sinistrines everywhere! i would, but i won't, recusing myself out of geographical considerations. besides, i have a lovely girl called rachel in one of my classes, and no wills, and hence feel obliged to throw my lot in with them, vicariously - i've got grate aim!) thanks to gina and vilkas (i'll get round to another reply sometime) for replying to the last post, and to rachel fruitloop for welcoming me back ( as well as all the other people who mentioned me - i'm a bit narcissistic that way!). love JohaN ps. i forgot to mention last time, but i seem to shar my birthday with stevie! yay! capricorns of the world unite, you have nothing lose except your inhibitions! pps. also, i can't for the life of me remember whose album title the subject comes from. if it's from someone really terrible - yes, i am embarassed. sorry! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Boy from the 'Bay responds to No One in Particular....
by aale002＠ec.auckland.ac.nz 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

I made one of Rachel Fruitloop's uberposts! Yay for me! I'm almost faaaaamous, now; though not quite in the same league as the irrepressible Ken Chu, the lluverly Laura Llew, and the erudite, vicariously satisfying Stacey Dahling! I think I deserve a kebab and a beer to celebrate...... I'm just sitting here, listening to some old skool Van Morrison and feeling fine. As you do. And I must admit it's taking me back; at least as far as last week, anyways. (Have you noticed that I'm participating in the recent resurgence of semicolon use? I though you might.) Particularly, I'm remembering some of the exchanges between myself and two young charmers on #sinister, Kirsten Kenyon and Andreea. It may sound odd, but I constantly forget that other people find my family unusual. But really, who _ever_ thinks of their family as being unusual without intensive effort? Family is the soil from whence we bud and grow, and have you ever heard of a plant questioning the normalcy of the soil it arises from? I thought not. Statistically, my family history is unusual; moreso than you might first suspect. Yes, even as suspicious as you are. So, to play my part in our vision of an indie utopia, overflowing with shameless self promotion for the purposes of pulling as often and as well as possible, (and because I have another essay due) I shall henceforth proceed to provide a sketch of, what must surely be, one of The Most Unusual Families. I cannot begin at the beginning, for the beginning is a place with no memory. Memory always comes after. OK, here goes: my stepfather is gay and used to be a sailor, my mother's a widow, and I have a Maori sister and a step-brother and -sister who are half Malaysian. Confused? You should be. My father was an Italian immigrant, twenty years older than my mother. They adopted my sister, Kat, when I was five. Eight years later he died. After that, my mother moved up here to Auckland, soon followed by her friend, Pete. He had been married to a Malaysian woman, PG, and had two kids with her, Kim and Carl, but the marriage become increasingly strained, and they soon separated. Pete came out of the closet later that year, during their particularly messy separation (Kim went with her father, Carl stayed with his mother.) Then PG was diagnosed with cancer. She died within the year, and Carl, after much shuffling back and forth between PG's relatives, eventually made up with his father. Like my mother, Pete is a nurse, and he found work up here, moving in with her. They quickly went from being good friends to best friends, getting into all sorts of trouble. :) Kim and Carl moved in with them and my sister soon after. Then, last year, they finally achieved their dream of buying their own home here in Auckland, which they own together. Although Pete's gay, they share the same bed (too much information, I know!) and Pete's now unofficially my "stepfather". Kim is now living over in Australia with her boyfriend, Carl is still at home, studying to be a chef, and Kat lives with them, doing a little as possible and generally bringing disrepute to the already disreputable Alessi family name. :) So, there you go. All very The State I Am In, I must say. :) Right-o, that's me, Cunning Andre P.S. Has anyone yet found an answer to why on earth I can write the crappest essay in the history of the universe (for example, "Visual Attention and fMRI", which contained 12 pages of introduction in a 15 page document; or a discussion of St Anselm's ontological argument for the existence of God which was effectively a paraphrase of the lecture handout we were given, written by the lecturer) and still get the second highest marks in the class! Honestly, it's almost enough to make me want to go to the lecturer and complain. Almost.... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sinister people in montreal?
by petracotes＠canoemail.com 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

hello everybody, this is your run-of-the-mill request for a sinister picnic in MONTREAL sarah and i, both quiet and shy members of this list, are humbly volunteering to organize such an event except it would probably take place at a nice warm coffeehouse the wind is just too violent these days so, all Montreal residents and other interested parties...please email me :) and, sidenote: are any of you seeing Spiritualized saturday night? -lucas Sign up today for your Free E-mail at: http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeMail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Chop Chop
by Katia913＠aol.com 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

I can hear the scissors already. I looked in the phonebook today and got the number for a hair place in my area, already nervous for the upcoming events. Folks, I am going to get my hair cut properly on Saturday at 9:45. Scary. My mother has cut my hair for the past 16 years and now I'm getting it cut! It will now be about shoulder length instead of to my belly button. just thought i should tell you all much love sinister Kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: say my name, say my name
by amy.longcore＠ch.novartis.com 26 Oct '01

26 Oct '01

go ahead, i know you want to do it. applecore, hardcore, happy hardcore, grindcore, nerdcore, emocore.... go ahead, get it out of your system. aven after all of these years, i still kinda don't mind the "applecore" nickname. i'm an apple kinda girl, so i suppose it's fitting. james is correct, lansing is not "exciting". it's just right for me though. lots of people around that stay, and lots from all over that come and go....it's one of those cities that mixes the small town/big town feeling well for me. and it's so much closer to ann arbor, detroit, chicago...than i am now, yet still a quick trip home. i'll take isobel's spot. i love sao paulo. sorry, stuart, i can't sing worth a lick, but i do know all of the lyrics. yes, this little pink michigan snowflake has been to brazil. i've hardly been around the united states, but i did spend a month in brazil. oh man, isobel should have gone and sang "the girl from impanema" while in rio. come on, they'd have to. don't laugh at me. i have to confess that i subscribed to the list with both my home and work email adresses. this here's the why: no net at work, but email program readily at hand. lots of dead time at work for reading and writing. i wanted to leave myself the opporunity to decide which one i would most use once out of the nursery. i'm quite sure this is possible list abuse. i'm still trying to decide, so honey, don't hate me. give me the weekend to see. i'm thinking it will be here, my work addy. what a lovely diversion you've all created here for me. then you'll HAVE to always see my full and silly name. i'd probably miss you all on boring sunday afternoons with tea at home, but .... n e way. i'll take your invisible "alone again or" off of your hands any day. i love the simple whimsy of the song. sue me. goodness is the weather quite insane the last couple days. snow, hail, ice forming... what happened to autumn? give it back to me! there are still green leaves around, this just isn't right! i have this incredible mix tape in my car that i wanted to bring into work tonight.... (example tracks: "if you really love me" stevie wonder, "flourescences" stereolab, "silver nitrate" pram, "don't worry about the government" talking heads, "the workplace" jim o'rourke....), but i left it in my car. i had taken my cd for sinister and stuck it in the case for the boy with the arab strap so i could bring those 2 cds in tonight, left them on my dresser. i'm a musical loser. b&s song of the day for thursday; "pocketbook angel" well, better do a little work. write lots for me, kids. bye! Amy (home: dotsandloops(a)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: beyond our ken
by Rachel Playforth 25 Oct '01

25 Oct '01

reading about stacey's marathon meet n greet i feel positively insular. oh well, that's what online communites are for i suppose - people who can't always be arsed to create a 3D social life. though visitors to my lonely corner of southern england would always be appreciated, you know <archel sniffles appealingly>. oh, and stacey, i suggest that when you tackle that pile of books, you pull out 'the golden bowl' and use it as a doorstop. i have never seen the point of henry james. an english degree didn't enlighten me as to his merits, but if anyone wants to try they're welcome. heard 'waking up to us' on radio 1 at lunchtime today, which was faintly surprising. also surprising was jo whiley announcing that b&s had live dates coming up. is this true??? surely they've earned themselves another 3 year break...? glad to see robin 'inaccurately named' stout back with us. maybe you can give me some hints about acquiring a proper job? i had two interviews today, and i hate them SOOO much. if it really is all about selling yourself, why can't you just send someone in your place to do it for you? i need an agent, dammit. matt gave me IYFS, TIJAMRS and that gentle waves album that i secretly hate on vinyl yesterday. i am happy :) (but why? why do i care? i never buy vinyl, and i'm so not a completist. i don't get it. but when it comes to b&s i have no power to resist. bloody band, they've still got me under the thumb after all these years.) so, the mix tape battle commences! the rachels have far too much style and charm not to win. (plus we're all sleeping with the judge, obviously. see you later, ken.) and on that note, it's good night, sweet sinisterines, and may belle & sebastian sing you to your rest. luv archel xxx *************************************** archel(a)iname.com For the best in new writing on the web, visit www.buzzwords.org.uk Contact us on buzzwords(a)bigfoot.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: plane trip scares isobel
by Juliano Nobrega 25 Oct '01

25 Oct '01

Hello listees... Terrrorism strikes music again.... Isobel didn't follow B&S to the Brazilian gigs. According to an official note by Free Jazz Festival organizers, she gave up coming to Brazil because she was afraid to fly after the terrorist attacks on the US. Sad for us fans. I wonder what they'll sound like without her. They play Rio toninght and Sao Paulo tomorrow. I'll be at the second gig (hooray!!). I'll let you know how Stuart got along with Isobel... Have a nice evening then... Juliano +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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