November 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: Glasgow gig tickets
by Katrina House 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

FYI ... you can also get some tickets from the Virgin Megastore on Buchanan Street. cheers, katrina. banchory press - management - merchandising po box 25074 glasgow g2 6ld scotland email: shop(a)banchory.net http://www.banchory.net +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hey Mr DJ
by Daplyn Elizabeth 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Once again: bienvenue, wilkommen and good afternoon to the ladies and gentlemen of the jury. A cautionary note: this email contains griping. That Muse cover of Feeling Good that's all over the radio like a rash at the moment - Nina Simone must be spinning in her black-suede-lined coffin. Has she, in fact, *passed over*? Must have: wild-livin' jazz laydee = tragic early death and guaranteed legendary status. What's _really_ annoying about the present cover is that I can't help singing along and putting in the descending bass line that those pesky nu-rock tykes have forgotten to record. Which makes people look at me strangely. Tchah. It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life, and I very much doubt that Matt Bellamy is feeling good. Do nu-rockers buy their skinny black jeans from the same shops nu-metallers get their unfeasibly wide blue ones from, or are there separate universes of emporia for such musical hair-splitting? What's with the adulation of indie boys who aren't actually fantastic singers, just good at wailing, having *discovered* themselves at 6th form parties whilst ripped to the tits on Diamond White? I mean, possessing a less-than-impressive falsetto range and howling like a bleedin' banshee does _not_ equal Grand Opera (Grand Guignol possibly). As if that's a good thing to aspire to in the first place. 'Operatic' singing involves some kind of breath control, for one thing. Gets my goat, it really does. Shag Pop - bang on the nail, my son, whoever came up with that one (sorry, no web access at work, otherwise my anal nature would force me to cross-reference to the Nth). It's that classy sleaziness (or Faded Glamour, for fans of Animals That Swim) that gets me every time. Mmm the ineffable allure to a nicely-dragged up liberal girl of louche pop songs performed by appetisingly lank young men. Also, the presence of a french horn or two on a record is pretty much guaranteed to get it sounding tasty. Who's that jazz chap the film Young Man With A Horn is about? Heh. I may well have gone on about Tindersticks before but, frankly, I love them and their filthy minds. Drunkenly staggering (with ballet-worthy poise) along the fine line between sweeping melody and bombastic arse, or sparse arrangement and lacklustre texture, is, well, kind of difficult. And yet listening to Cherry Blossoms never fails to leave me staring blankly into dusty space (3 a.m., six feet down, already up with the lark). Which is why I can't listen to the second album while driving. On the other hand, it can all go horribly wrong in the world of Shag Pop: see My Life Story for evidence. There's a routine Bill bailey does in which he describes the efforts of a juvenile bandmate to emulate (upon the synthesised keyboard) JS Bach as played by Rick Wakeman, but who ends up sounding like the Ski Sunday theme tune. Well. Kirsten, the Coventry Carol is sinister, in both the conventional metaphorical sense (cheery Christmas fayre about murdered children) and that of being in keeping with the present context (melancholy gorgeousness). Also, it's lovely as lovely can be, so carry on playing it for yer Ma and I'll join you from across the Atlantic. I think I'll spend the afternoon envying the humble cabbage-white/ his honest idiocy of flight. Beats earning a living. Liz D :x - I was not woken by the rooster, nor by the crow's tough song But the midnight cry of a blood red bird brought this sleeplessness on - +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 promise this is the last you'll hear from me...
by breams plural 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Right...the events of the past few days have turned into a hazy shade of winter, I think I must've got some snow in my eyes. As far as posts go, mine suck. But the rest of you are fab (yes R.J. Gillanders, I used the word "fab"). Something that didn't seem to cross my mind in the instant of postage this week was that I was perhaps biting feeding hands and offending friends (not to mention a plethora of unknowns). So, as a result I'd like to apologise properly (but succinctly...hopefully) to you all. You (meaning anyone who's reading and anyone who's not) are not the one's who I wanted to paint as evil. Infact, I thought quite the opposite, contrary to the babble that was spewed forth previously. I think in future I might attempt to make it a little clearer that some people I know (non-sinisterines thankfully) burned me (metaphorically speaking, though I wouldn't put it past them sometimes). And just because I haven't the gumption to tell them that they made me feel like shite to their faces doesn't mean that you should all be "flamed" unintentionally or otherwise. So, umm yeah...that's it I guess...I just wanted you all to know that things came out wrong and I'm sorry. If anyone feels the need for a more in depth explanation or discussion, which I assume you don't as I seem to have done the topic to death myself, I think it might be wise to do it off list so as to avoid clogging the inboxes and archives more than absolutely necessary. Well, that'll do for now. Jeremy ps. I just re-read this mail and realised that it's amazingly self-obsessed. But I guess that's not really surprising for me at the moment. pps. I also figure I'm at "that point" where a sinisterine finds that a break is needed, for their own sake and that of the list combined. _________________________________________________________________ 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: Winding down to The Smiths
by Peter Carter 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Listening to The Smiths while the batteries on your walkman fade is a strangely exhilarating experience. Especially when you're on a bus, stuck in traffic after an early morning rain storm. The sound of Morrissey's voice slowly winding down and fading, the backing distorted in the background is wonderful. It really gives the wet miserable outdoors a new context. Forgive me if this experience doesn't translate well into writing, I just thought it had to be written down. I got the new B&S single yesterday and it's great great great. I think 'Marx and Engels' is my favourite track, but they are all good. The first to tracks can also be added to my ever-growing Party Music category with which I can oppose the evils of Destiny's Chilled that my housemates so often inflict. They told me yesterday that a lot of my music is rubbish because it has no beat. Sometimes something you can dance to is the last thing that you need. And kids, feel free to check out www.ciahq.fsnet.co.uk/fastcow/ , there are 1500 of you, and it's only had 402 hits total, so I'm sure a few more of you could manage a visit ;). Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Reporting Back To Us
by Peter Miller 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

What do we think of the NEW RECORD? I'm a bit disappointed, but I don't know why. I think it's GRATE, but as CHRISSIE HYNDE would say, "something is gained, something is lost". But what about that photo of Isobel on the back cover, eh? PHWOOAR! Her coat is the same colour as the dog's nob she's holding. I mean, the dog she's holding's nob. By now, Struan and Shaggy are GRATE MATES. Struan will go round and call for Shaggy, but Shaggy will already know he's coming, because of all his close circuit cameras. Beautiful women will feed them both grapes and accompany them to the jacuzzi. They will go for a ride on Shaggy's luxury yacht and shag some birds. Struan will invite Shaggy round to his house to watch the ladies' keep fit on Thursday mornings. Shaggy will help Struan lay the trestle tables for a coffee morning. And so on and so forth. Ad nauseum. I can't really criticize B&S for repeating themselves when we must have had this paragraph, or variations on it, hundreds of times over the past five years, or however long it is. Perhaps I've hit the nail on the head. Did anyone go to Later at Jools Holland's? Here is a message that bounced back the other day: > Here are some links: > > http://www.nme.com/NME/External/News/News_Story/0,1004,51244,00.html > > http://www.nme.com/NME/External/Reviews/Reviews_Story/0,1069,9014,00.html= > > > The first one features a picture of Stuart in some 'scotch' trousers, = > not unlike those favoured by Miles Hunt of The Wonder Stuff circa 'I'm = > Building Up My Problems to the Size of a Cow', although he had a jacket = > too. Higher budget.. The second link features a frankly terrifying = > photgraph of our heroes communing with canines. Perhaps the RSPCA should = > receive some of the proceeds from that charity gig. > > Pinefox: > > >>>I think Sister Disco has been on fine form. Her poem > in the styles of Lloyd Cole was little, or large, > short of magnificent. I think some of the research was > from PaperCuts #2, mind you. > > Ah yes, the lengthy essay that almost single-handedly started the Lloyd = > Cole revival. Said revival has recently resulted in the release of TWO = > new Lloyd Cole albums, one of which is instrumentals. I saw them in the = > window of my local record store. It seems like a dream now. Has Lloyd = > Cole released two albums at once? Or have I started having Lloyd Cole = > dreams? > > >>>What songs? We should Debate this. > > I suppose 'Dancing Horses' makes it; 'Killing Moon'; > the one about the chandelier, for Steady Mike factor; > and - I don't know; they did underachieve, didn't > they? Or - overachieve? Either way. The Electrafixion > 45 'Low Down' was surprisingly good, though. > > Here is my Bunnymen Top Four in culinary guise: > > 1) The Cooker > 2) Never Stop (Bistotheque) > 3) Bring on the Dumpling Horses > 4) The Kipling Moon (All Night Version) > > I think The Back of Love is better than Bring on the Dancing Horses = > really, and the one about a chandelier is a must. Yes, they did = > underachieve. But endearingly so. Four songs is a bit harsh, I'll take = > Crystal Days 1979-1999 as it is, crap and all. I'm not very familiar = > with Electrafixion. Will Sargeant says it was like Tin Machine - 'I = > didn't even bother checking that out 'cos I knew it'd be crap' - or = > something like that. I think the Bunnymen probably had more in common = > with contemporary synth bands than their fellow guitar manglers. That's = > what I think. For me, the highlight of the Velvet Underground Bootleg Sessions TheQuine Tapes is NEW AGE. I thought the film BASQUIAT was good, but it's not a patch on the excellent book WIDOW BASQUIAT or the film BEFORE NIGHT FALLS, by the same director. Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: dammit...my town sucks badly!!!
by Richard Kim Jones 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

grrr.... i live in rhyl, north wales. so yesterday i went shopping for 'i'm waking up to us'... dammit..... nowhere in rhyl has it....i go to our price [stupidly i know cos they suck and only stock hip hop drivel]...wo are 'belle & sebstian?' tossers. ok then...i went on to the other record store in rhyl...kavern record. now theses guys are normally kool.they talk to me and they love pulp. but no....they didnt have it in. so now i am in a mood. if anyone feels nice and wants to give me a copy of it feel free to donate it freely to me. all donations kindly accepted. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr rich im not living im just killing time +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 worn thong again
by Kenneth P Y Chu 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

I am writing today mainly to apologise for the last 483 e-mails I have posted onto Sinister because they were all shite. Sorry. I like how the list has suddenly turned into depression central. I'm going to bitch up the party now by telling you how great my life is: Earlier I bought a sausage sandwich with extra butter, that I personally put on, and then I ate it. It was rather tasty. That was it. Oooh yeah and I got the new B&S single too, in an attempt to not look like a pasty faced vegan geek who buys B&S singles I also bought the new Best-of Terrorvision album, one hand holding a dripping sausage and egg sandwich and said ROCK ON whilst paying for both items (the two CDs not the sausage sandwich) with my Platinum Credit Card. The girls at the counter were suitably impressed and gave me a snog, and then invited me for a coffee at the storage room, I wondered for a few minutes how she has coffee in the storage room before we got to the storage room and all secrets were revealed. Anyway, my point was that I bought the B&S new single and it is great. I even had it on last night to put me to bed rather than my time-honoured technique of listening to sweet Anna Jones' voice on BBC News 24. My friend from university had recently joined the ranks of Maths teachership. He teaches in a local school in Nottingham now, I got rather excited by the news actually, shaping peoples lives and stuff innit. I asked him to give loads of detention to the quiet shy boy in the class until he speaks, to prevent him from turning into a quiet shy man when he's older so he might get to pull, my friend's reply was that "Ken he'll pull anyway - he's not you", heh fair enough I guess. I wish my teachers gave me detention for talking shite.. wait, they did, it just didn't work. Love and Red Bulls Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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: sorry
by David Moore 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Oops. I guess I too should follow Cookie's advice & fill in the address last. Apologies for sending stupid draft to bore the pants off 1500 listees. Sorry Embarrassed Feeling silly 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: Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:24:27 -0000
by David Moore 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

Hi All, New single IWUTU may soon laugh every time I hear chortling Bassoon behind instrumental break Mike Hurst solo re-releases ILMC swings like an orang-utan's bollocks clarinet solo over the Dexy's thumping horn lines MAE Daft old bloke recommends yet another record shocker Papa M folky, biblical half-finished tunes, but I love it not everyone's cup of tea, sample http://www.papa-m.com/ Northwest passage (reprise of Shark Cage's Arundel) like Allman's! 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: Light up your Christmas tree
by Daniela Varanda 28 Nov '01

28 Nov '01

I hate Christmas. I hate this time when people are obligated to get along with others they don't like, or they don't even know the names. I consider Christmas time hypocrit and I hate the end of the year. Oh sorry, but I needed to complain a little. This is the time when things go bad in college, when you have to try to get a better job (because this one really sucks) and when you think of all those people who live on the streets and will spend the 25th of December alone. And there's always someone who says to you: "Oh, you should be such a happy person, cause you have a perfect life!" I don't blame them, but everybody should know the others got problems. I'll probably spend this day sleeping, cause the person who used to be with me on Christmas time...was my ex-boyfriend, and probably my current boyfriend won't even call me to gimme a bloody stupid "Happy Christmas". Sorry for acting like this, but December is arriving, and it really makes me get depressed, angry, afraid of what can happen. And I know most people love this day, so please don't blame me for hating it. I hope you all have a good week and have fun with the new EP. Brazilians are still waiting for it to be released. Hugs! Daniela _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! GeoCities Tenha seu lugar na Web. Construa hoje mesmo sua home page no Yahoo! GeoCities. É fácil e grátis! http://br.geocities.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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