November 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: Corruption of A Happy Soul
by Sunset . 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

5 Points to happiness: (written by a hopeless unbeliever) 1) Bad things happen, they happen too frequently and the trick is to not take it to personally. Hold onto the little things that shine within the darkness, remember that although their light might be fleeting it won't be lost completely. (A few months ago I sat silently and alone unable to see how I would ever feel happy again. Angry at the injustice of the situation. Taking each piece of bad news as a personal insult, a sign that the world was out to get me) 2) Go out and make things happen. Nothing will change unless you make it change. I know it's a cliché but its true. "you can't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you might just find you get what you need". So keep trying, things might not work out first time but no matter how hopeless things appear, keep trying. (An August evening and I find myself lying on the bed devoid of hope. No wish to try, just an urge to sink further down within myself. Hating the fact it had all got so hard. Just wanting to give up there and then) 3) Go out and face problems head on. Maybe they will knock you down but at least you were expecting them. Don't hide away and worry about something you could be doing something about and don't worry about something you can't do a thing about. (Sat safely within my house, dog next to me, I sit worrying. Scared to be alone, scared to face anyone . Worrying about something I wouldn't be able to change until morning. I waste time. I waste an evening of my life.) 4) Stop concerning yourself with what other people think about you, and whether or not they like you. Concentrate on them instead. Don't give them a reason and it is unlikely they will. Smile, and just enjoy being with them. (Walking down the street, feeling physically sick, convinced people are laughing behind my back. Scared to face anyone let alone talk out loud, shying away from everyone and anyone) 5) Things will get you down. Whether it is a specific well-defined incident or a gradual darkening of emotions which creep up on you while you are unaware, pulling you down draining you of positive thoughts. Whatever it is find a way to fight back, put the colour back into you life. Cling onto elusive moments of happiness and don't let ago. Dwell on positive emotions and leave those negative thoughts to perpetuate themselves. They certainly don't need your help. (I suddenly found myself writing to a friend saying "things have to started to seem good these days" and somehow they have. Somehow whether it was singing to happy songs about cars and the like, or walking through a field of golden leaves, or even writing to a boy not caring if they would write back but just hoping they would read my letter, the moments of happiness have overtaken the moments of sadness and I find myself believing that things could be ok just that little bit more) Take Care, Rachel _________________________________________________________________ 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: I came home on Sunday to find Barry's spare leg on our garden path
by gina titchener 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

Don't worry, Barry's a giraffe. Made out of pink straws (and a few pins). oh! the joyous by-products of Societies Training day. Yes, your favourite sinister spin-off, york university's indie soc committee attended above mentioned course, at 9.30 on a saturday morning and learnt.... how good chris migmk jones is at building various out-of-proportion african mammals out of only straws and pins. (he was supposed to be helping in the team project, to support a golf ball using only, yep, straws and pins, but, y'know, too many co-chairs spoil the strawsandpins tower. the tower was called jeff, incidentally). that was the most fun we had ALL DAY. Except for Mr Hallifax and Ms Boa, who got given white stripes tickets for that evening and buggered off to sheffield. grrrhh. I was going to say many things, but you have all stolen my thunder. eg,Someone finally got round to pointing out that the gorgeous camera obscura album came out last week. When it got to the end of last week and no-one had mentioned it, i was ready to disown you all. It's fab! the opening line, as a taster, is 'i did the ironing in a cowboy hat'. nearly the best opener ever, apart from make a new cult every day.... and it mentions jonny marr. their best tracks are still the b-sides to 80's fan, one of which degenerates into a felt pastiche in my opinion. I also thought i was going to be the first to mention going to see pulp but a geordie beat me (i think). damn him. never mind, i'll say it any ways: we all went to see pulp, at the barbican (a truly dismal venue i think) and they were outstanding. jarvis (or b-jarvis as we should all call him, for reasons i cannot divulge) was on top form and they did loads of old classics (joyriders, babies) with out resorting to the obvious choices, and made the new album sound much more exciting than it actually is (:P) the kitten has a new game: when you are going upstairs, it races you to the corner where the stairs bend back on itself and then swipes at your face through the banisters. i think it knows that i hate it. Other random things: i dreamt that asm stud muffin walton was a siamese twin joined at the hand (!) to a girl (surely that's impossible? that's dreams for you). I was Very Very confused by this dream. Ken Chu intimated that we didn't play any REM at the indiedisco when almost all the YSM DJed. we did. I was going to relate this scene to you: # <langwith dining room, one friday night, lots of smoke, a dj booth that looks like a market stall> Punter who has paid to get in to an indie night: why are you playing s club 7? Me: cos everyone knows it and can dance to it Punter: but it's not indie Me: not everyone knows indie music, and you can't dance to it. what's the point of playing it? Punter: but it's an indie night! play something different to the usual commercial stuff. Me:such as? Punter: REM, ash, idlewild, pixies, belle and sebastian, pulp, blur, radiohead, the strokes so we did the end # but most of it isn't true. the last bit is tho. is this it? it's gonna have to be luv, a fourier series problems class,with a man who exhibits all the qualities of a pig genetically engineered to produce slime like a slug, is looming on the horizon. IWUTU is marvellous. soon you will all be saying this, for it is true. roll on tomorrow night, 11.35, BBC2! (any word on what they performed?) take care love gina x PS Johan, i need a reply by tomorrow night! PPS i have no connection with them at all: i just want to say that i really like desmond torpey's and dave 'stankin' cooter's posts. so there. keep em coming. PPPS shout out to the lurking sinister small (chris c and jo and possibly the girl i passed wearing the green-boy-and-his-finger badge on monday) and to EtypeJoe - hope everything is OK. PPPPS yay to liz daplyn who mentioned animals that swim! is the new album any good? _________________________________________________________________ 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: Later...
by Neil Robertson 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

Because they're so bloody good, they've actually got THREE songs on "Later...". But I'm not telling you what they are. So don't go switching off after the second one. Cheers, Neil +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 addicted to cold turkey"
by Kirsten Kenyon 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

it seems that every time i resolve to spend a quiet night inside, someone calls. i shouldn't say i mind, because i don't really. it was just raining and cold and i didn't feel like driving....well. it was a pleasant enough evening, anyway, sitting in a shiny red diner full of giant candy canes, flashing stars and dangling santa heads that looked quite rosy and intoxicated. sitting with the red-haired violinist, with our backs against the cold window and our legs stretched over the vinyl seats. she talked about the southwest, and about warm evenings spent on the roof of a car in the middle of nowhere, staring at the desert. about the tranquility of horizontal lines. i said i'd like to go sometime. that to sit that way, slightly denting the top of a car, leaning back on your hands and staring so long that you almost can see the curvature of the earth...it could only be the sort of moment when it feels as though everything is just as it should be. a few of us went to colorado just after we graduated from high school. we were doing some volunteer work in a tiny town, and had to take a plane with one row of seats to an airport with one terminal, and also had to spend one day without our baggage because it was stuck in colorado springs. it was really hot there. my skin turned very brown, and my hair turned very blonde. we climbed a mountain and ate sandwiches at the top, and i slipped on some snow and skinned my knees. a couple of people got ill from overindulging at the russell stover factory outlet. melissa and i shared a bed, and every night we would just lie there and laugh and laugh until we were exhausted, and then we'd fall asleep. i don't think we were really laughing at anything. or we were each laughing at the other's laugh. we were staying with an elderly couple...dick and helen. they were sweet, and apparently didn't mind the stifled snorts and giggles escaping our room in the wee hours of the morning. on the last night, knowing we had to get up at the crack of dawn to take the scary tiny plane to denver, we stayed up all night on top of a hill overlooking the town. the town was nothing. looking down, there was a cemetery, and there were a few sad-looking bars and a gas station. looking up, there were more stars than i'd ever seen in my life. and straight ahead....mountains. a few people cried that night, and there was an awful lot of hugging, and everyone got angry at me because i wasn't feeling sentimental and i kept saying creepy things about giants. i don't know why. it just seemed like a good time to talk about...giants. yeah. anyway...that was one of those nights, i think. this was much longer than it needed to be. goodnight kirsten Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Christmas depression...
by arlequim＠osite.com.br 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

As Daniela has said a few messages ago, Christmas depression is real. It's not an impression of hers, I guess... Because I feel it too. Every year, as november comes, and people starts to scream we should anticipate our christmas' shopping, it seems like I have been stroken in my stomach. But there are lot of theories about why so many people feel bad as the year ends. For me, it's always as many things have been left unsaid or undone. I start to remember: how beautiful was that girl I was dating!... she was really fine... but I missed the chance to tell her how much I liked her. And then the year ends. Time's over! When the year ends, forget it!! Think of something new, wait until the next wave, and so on... And what about that plans of taking theatre lessons? and going back to music school? And calling that friend of mine, that propably has already commited suicide? Oh, no, I didn't do any of these things... and the year ends. It's like everything we planned, everything we hoped was going to come true just turns to dust... dust downside in the ampullete. I have a friend who suffers with christmas depression for different reasons: he has lost his friend in a car accident. His mother is dead too, consumed by cancer. Tough, isn't it? It can happen to any of us... but the problem is: Christmas makes all the bad things that happens to us gather living and fresh colours. When everyone MUST be happy, wouldn't it be the perfect time for knowing why your life just CAN'T be happy? That's another point... Here in Brazil it's close do summer now... it's quite stupid putting a pinus tree in the living room and imagining a Santa with that warm and cozy clothes, while we're living days of 40ºC in the shade. Never understood that! ! We should should start trying adaptations to a "tropical Christmas", with typical trees, fruits and a Santa wearing a softer outfit. But that's a project for the future... There's no cold, no snow around... I envy people who has at least a little snow. At least their traditions are coherent. At last, my Christmas depression probably comes from a simpler cause: I am aquarian. So, as an aquarian, my birthday is at the beginning of the year. January! So, every january I know I am getting older, shorter of breath and one day closer to death ~laughs~. This year I will be 24 years old. I know that a few years further I will be missing these days as my best, but, now, I feel like a lot of years have passed behind me! Wow, a lot!! And where have they gone to? What was I thinking when I let them go?!?! So, this is what I have to say about my private Christmas depression. Daniela: you're not alone! At least, not in Brazil... And let's sing along: "Did you ever see the faces of the children, they get so excited Waking up on Christmas morning, hours before the winter sun's ignited They believe in dreams and all they mean including heaven's generosity Peeping round the doors to see what parcels are for free in curiosity And Tommy doesn't know what they it is Doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is How can he be saved >From the eternal grave?!?" Does anybody know that? Beto +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 built you to sweep, not question my plans
by Matthew Henderson 29 Nov '01

29 Nov '01

hello again! So soon again you ask? Well i'm bored. What a wonderful day! I bought the new single, and, well, I am no person to give an objective opinion on belle and sebastian, so I won't. (was that runonsentence?) However, I will commend the band on their sneaky marxist preaching methods. (the red devils) The owner of my favourite record shop sort of offered me a job there. How great would that be? Being snooty to everyone who has musical taste other than my own sounds like fun. Not to mention forcing my taste onto everyone in the store. What a dream job. Its not quite DJ, but unless it's a country station, a top 40 station, or a metallica station (sorry to the brazilian listee who loves them), I wouldn't have any place DJ'ing in mobile. Anyhow, somebody asked somebody else about the VU Quinte Tapes, so I feel it is my duty to butt in on this conversation and say they're great! The sound quality is slightly weak, but what do you expect from a 30 year old audience recording? And who though a 38 minute Sister Ray could be so interesting? Great stuff. What exactly is a tea towel? -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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Sinister: And we'll fill in the missing colors In each other's paint-by-number dreams
by David Moore 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Hi there! (Pretending nothing happened this morning. Thanks to Telegamr Asm for suggesting the Gillanders defence.) I must be losing my objectivity where Belle And Sebastian are concerned, as I can't understand why anyone wouldn't like the new single. Its GRATE, with something for everyone: a monster production very personal seeming love song, a Dexieland stomper & Belle And Sebastian Classic ('98?) for those who don't like their new stuff. The orchestral arrangement on the title track is impressive, although I may soon break into a laugh *every* time I hear that chortling bassoon behind the instrumental break. On the last listen I could even see a pair of comedy Ted Heath shoulders going up & down. I had forgotten that Mike Hurst was a member of The Springfields before turning record producer. He also released 2 solo albums in the early 70's & apparently they have been re-issued recently. Listen at your own risk, though. It was a worry that the King Louis novelty overtones to I Love My Car would soon prove wearing but even after scores of listens I still love it. The Uptown Shufflers may tell appalling jokes but that clarinet solo is the bollocks. I don't know where Tanya Donelly went but she seems to have come back. Sally lent me her new ep & its surprisingly good. The title track may not have the greatest melody but all the old compelling vocal tricks are there. And she's a Lucinda Williams fan. Peter, is the Velvet Underground Bootleg Sessions - The Quine Tapes any good? I dream of the Grateful Dead Box Set. 12 CD's. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wheres yoour head at???
by ILIVErug＠aol.com 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Hola sinnister! who reads this things anyway? well looks like SOMEONE has a crush on BRIAN!:P. anyway, aims being a bitch and my bro's on aol. and im pissed. ok, my friend claims i dont have a boyfriend cause i dont go to shows and die my hair emo black like hers. fuck, people SUCK! theyre all fake sinister. i tell you! THEY ARE ALL Fake. never trust no one. nope. tis best to just be alone eating yer cheesecake listening to bel n seb. YES YES YES. and i need a vacation. anyone know of any cheap visit europe programs for people under 18? i wish my cat would sing this basement jaxx song to me... lol, just like in the video cept cats. YEA MAN! bye v +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wheres yoour head at???
by ILIVErug＠aol.com 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Hola sinnister! who reads this things anyway? well looks like SOMEONE has a crush on BRIAN!:P. anyway, aims being a bitch and my bro's on aol. and im pissed. ok, my friend claims i dont have a boyfriend cause i dont go to shows and die my hair emo black like hers. fuck, people SUCK! theyre all fake sinister. i tell you! THEY ARE ALL Fake. never trust no one. nope. tis best to just be alone eating yer cheesecake listening to bel n seb. YES YES YES. and i need a vacation. anyone know of any cheap visit europe programs for people under 18? i wish my cat would sing this basement jaxx song to me... lol, just like in the video cept cats. YEA MAN! bye v +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wheres yoour head at???
by ILIVErug＠aol.com 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Hola sinnister! who reads this things anyway? well looks like SOMEONE has a crush on BRIAN!:P. anyway, aims being a bitch and my bro's on aol. and im pissed. ok, my friend claims i dont have a boyfriend cause i dont go to shows and die my hair emo black like hers. fuck, people SUCK! theyre all fake sinister. i tell you! THEY ARE ALL Fake. never trust no one. nope. tis best to just be alone eating yer cheesecake listening to bel n seb. YES YES YES. and i need a vacation. anyone know of any cheap visit europe programs for people under 18? i wish my cat would sing this basement jaxx song to me... lol, just like in the video cept cats. YEA MAN! bye v +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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