December 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: if it's that kinda party, i'm gonna stick my dick in da mashed pataters
by stacey dahling 30 Dec '01

30 Dec '01

So Christmas is over. But Athens seems unwilling to release it from its long, blood-red, manicured talon grip. I ventured into the city center to be swallowed into swarms of scary shoppers and skinny Santas, some pulling along tiny ponies. Mimes, street musicians, magicians, balloons, people, people, people. It was a bit frightening. A bit exciting. And I felt lost, caught unawares, with neither kids nor friends in tote, no money to spend on holiday shopping, no camera to at least capture the action. There werent even any after-Christmas sales! I was confused. Still am. I had a simply fantastic holiday though. On the Wednesday prior to Christmas, I hopped on a bus and had an action-packed five-hour journey north to spend a week with Ms. Velocity Girl herself, Kalliope. I had a front-row seat, which afforded me a fantastic view of the winter wonderland that existed 20 minutes north of Athens. It was breathtaking, and unexpected - rolling fields of white, snow-covered purple peaks everywhere I looked. I grew excited. It WAS Christmas! It was a bit nipply when I left Athens at 3 p.m. and the temperature swiftly plummeted along the way. By the time we stopped for our 15-minute break at 5:30, it was downright freezing - the bus driver decided to have some giggles by locking us out of the bus for 10 additional minutes. When we started up again, the sun had set and a silent, serious tone fell over the entire bus as the driver inched along to avoid certain death on the icy roads. It was rather silly, but fun all the same. I love emergency mode. When we passed through little villages, you could see villagers coming together to shovel out the main road and central square. They huddled in cafes and peered out of houses at anyone who dare venture outdoors. When I arrived in Volos, it was only 8 p.m., but the place was deserted, like a ghost town! More than 100,000 residents and only five could be seen. There were no taxis. I stood for a few minutes, watching my breath mist and fall heavily like ice, my teeth chattering, my bones vibrating, my toes freezing, before giving up and beginning to skate along the ice-covered sidewalks to the city center. Along the way I passed a city bus terminal and had the brilliant idea of taking a bus. The guy told me there would be one coming in five minutes, so I bought a ticket and waited with this friendly, frightening chap. When I got to Kallis apartment I never wanted to leave again. So warm and cozy. Mmm. I felt like the biggest wimp, this New England girl moaning about a spell of Grecian winter. But the television did say it was -7 Celsius that night so I think I was justified. My God! -7! Im not entirely sure how cold that is, but considering it hardly ever dips below 10 here, it was quite dramatic. And now that Im back in Athens, its up arouns 17 again. Ha! Insanity! Anyway... my resolution to stay indoors did not last long. Soon we were outside again, running along the beach, the SNOW-COVERED BEACH, making snow angels and burying the dog and hurtling snow-covered objects at each other and trying to shake big clumps of snow off the bamboo sun umbrellas. A mist was coming off the sea, and the whole scene was surreal. And SO FUCKING FUN! I felt like I was 10 years old again. Afterwards we walked to the video store to stock up on horror films. Walking, however, was a bit difficult, considering the fact that every surface was covered with at least two inches of solid ice. So we developed this crazy glide, and skated arm in arm down side streets, singing awful South Park and Christmas tunes. We spent a good chunk of time and money at the supermarket, stocking up on supplies to make enough soup and pie to take us well into the new year - if we didnt eat it all within the week. Oops. Hell, Its the holidays! Isnt the whole point of it to eat, drink and be merry? Well, we did all that, in mass quanities. Oh what a spectacle we must have made, pushing an overflowing shopping carriage home through the streets covred with ice and slush. And later, when we headed to the local park with scary ski hats pulled low, large knives in hand on our way to cut some evergreen branches for our Christmas tree. We took the branches home, stuck them in a planters pot, tied them together with a bit of twine, and spent the rest of the night decorating it with balls of crumpled newspaper we painted and other random items. We also had an impromptu ghetto dance party. Inspired by my ghetto-looking ski hat, perhaps? Kalli popped on her Ice-T record and demonstrated how she could shake her ass, ghetto style and I was duly impressed. Shocked, in fact, by how bad-ass she truly is, deep down. No twee motherfucking in that house. Give Kalliope a ski mask and she looks like she could pop your ass. Shit, g-friend! Before long we were both bouncing to Cypress Hill and the Beasties. On the last night we shaked our asses a bit to a more subdued beat - that of Belle and Sebastian! At a café! It was completely unexpected. We decided it was high time we left the house and met a few of Kalliopes friends at a café. The DJ played FIVE B&S songs! And other amazing songs in the meantime, including Heavenly and Love and a whole block of The Smiths. I was shocked. Yay! What else? I dont know, its all a blissful haze. We were going to write a joint post but couldnt find the time in all the fun we were having! HA! Okay, so perhaps that was a bit mean, but its kinda true. To be honest, I never expected to have such a fantastic holiday. I was feeling a bit down about spending my first Christmas away from home, and my family was treating me like a big traitor for being away. I didnt think it would be a real Christmas without the cheesy movie and music marathons, the pecan pie and huge fragrant tree and evil grandmother evasion tactics. But it was in some ways better! There was no tradition, so we kind of made up the rules as we went along, throwing together bits of tradition, which resulted in interesting combinations. Like tiropita, curry, and apple pie. Ha! There were no annoying relatives to entertain. No reason to wake up at a certain time. No expectations. Its a Christmas Ill never forget. Actually, Kalliopes apartment has begun to feel like home for me anyway. And after each visit, Kalliope and I feel more and more like sisters. To think, it was sinister that brought us together! Ah, what would I do without you, dear sinister? I also liked how Christmas day was punctuated by a steady stream of well-wishing text messages from others in the sinister family, and how that night #sinister was hopping with listees trying to escape their real families. Aww. Ive spent the final days of 2001 listening to punk covers of the cheesiest songs of all time. Mandy, Puff the Magic Dragon, Dont Cry For Me Argentina. They are surprisingly fantastic. All from Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. I have 11 of them, and I keep playing them over and over again. Then I started crying when I heard the Cheers theme song. Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. Its sad, non? Then theres the Lionel Richie. The original, no covers there. My former flatmate, Emilie, once tried to single-handedly resurrect Lionels career. It was about the same time as a new greatest hits album was released, and she thought it was perfect timing for a comeback. She decided to start in our apartment, of course. Until then I had never realized how much Lionel I knew. More than youd think. He is quite classy. And now Dancing on the Ceiling makes me want to dance all over my cold marble floors. This morning I blasted the punk covers and Lionel and.. Queen! And my flatmate was so startled she actually left her beserk cleaning frenzy to come in my room and ask Are you playing Lionel Richie??? Just had to make sure. I think it was a statement more than a question. I think maybe she was trying to imply something. Hmm. At least I wasnt crying at the time. Ive been playing a hell of a lot of Alchemy lately. Its this strategy game from Shockwave.com that Kalliope got me addicted to. Ive managed to ace it enough to make it to the very final level, which I of course cannot complete. Argh! Last night I made granola. As in, I took rolled oats, wheat flakes, barley flakes, peanuts, maple syrup, honey, raisins and other dried fruit and baked it. Which presupposes that I was in the supermarket, regarding rolled oats and wheat flakes with interest. This is weird for me, in case you didnt know. Im still reeling. Today I plan on making my own garden burgers with the mince soya product I also bought in the grains section. I dont think Ive ever stood for more than five seconds in the grains section. Whoa. Sadly, there was no bowling in Athens on Saturday. I considered it and even called Joanna. But she was in her fathers village up north. So. Yeah. Her absence also means I have no New Years Eve plans as of yet, which disturbs me a bit more. Traditionally I have welcomed in the new year by dancing my ass off to cheesy Top 40 and ghetto rap in a squalid club with my little sister and her best friend. I was willing to make do this year by dancing my ass off in a cheesy oldies club or even an indie club, but it looks unlikely. Coral doesnt really celebrate New Years Eve, she told me yesterday, but might be convinced to hang out downtown as a cultural experience or something. This is kind of appealing. I mean, when I was little I used to watch the festivities in New York City and wish I was there. And now I actually live in a huge city, a 10-minute bus ride away from the biggest party in the country. I should go, non? Yeah. I just dont want to go alone. Something about being alone on New Years Eve depresses the hell out of me. Its bad enough not having anyone to kiss at midnight, at least I can console myself with the fact that Im with other important people. Blech. Ah well. Happy New Years lovies.. MWAH ~dahling _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: my two cents on the B&S VCD
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

hello everyone, I hope everyone had a nice Christmas, or anyone Jewish had a nice day playing golf or pool. That's what all my Jewish friends seem to do every year, anyway,. Play golf or pool and get Chinese takeaways for dinner. This is quite appealing, actually. I have "inherited" (via my recent marriage) a fairly large family, and seem to have spent the last few days endlessly visiting people I've never met before, when all I've wanted to do is stay home and listen to my new post-Christmas CDs. (sigh) Can I encourage everyone to get a Jeepster Records DJ bag? This was my main present, and it's ace. My old satchel was falling apart, and now I'll be the hippest kid at work. anyway, the VCD ....... A few days ago I got a copy of Suede's "Lost in TV" DVD. It's great, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it's been great to see all the promos. Living in New Zealand, I've missed out on pretty much every decent music video, and those I have seen have been via third or fourth generation dubs. So having a decent quality copy is fantastic. Secondly, and what I really like, is the interactivity. Suede don't really like many of their videos, and the DVD gives the user the option of hearing the band members actually talk about the videos, what they liked, didn't like etc. So, anyway, it would be nice if B&S could do something similar. I remember that, back in '99, there was some talk via the Jeepster newsletters, or releasing a VHS compilation of B&S TV appearances, promos, plus Gentle Waves stuff too. I think B&S could put together a really nice package, along similar lines to :lost in TV". Anyway, that's my two cents. Merry Christmas, and a happy new year everyone, Lawrence +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: another day has begun...
by maryam! 29 Dec '01

29 Dec '01

I've noticed that for every heartbreak I suffer, there is a theme song. Right now it's "waiting for the moon to rise". I gave the CD to him for his birthday, and that was the first track he listened to. Well, now he's taken and everytime I hear that song I want to mope off in a corner... but i want to hear the song all the time. Blah. The single is ok, I'm liking "I love my car" the best, "marx and engels" being second, "I'm waking up to us" being my least favorite... the vocals tend to bother me. Alright, people... HAPPY NEW YEAR! :) ~maryam *In a forest pitch-dark Glowed the tiniest spark It burst into flame Like me* *~http://tempestinateacup.cjb.net~* aim: tempestinateacup journal: www.livejournal.com/~maryam +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: Don't Think Twice (It's OK, I Suppose)
by MyMomSays＠aol.com 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

I think we should applaud Pinefox on this one for making the post that bears the most similarity to a Jorie Graham poem! Mandee. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Don't Think Twice (It's OK, I Suppose)
by P F 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

1. I see (where) Mr Moore swiftly made up for months of the sound of (the sound of) (the sea) of silence (of the turkeys) by mailing like a donkey on its way down a hill. It cheered me up. I think he wins the Sinister Xmas Poster Award. I believe Honey has the prize. I don't get informed about that kind of thing. If the apt category comes up, I shall vote Mr Moore in at top 4 posts of the year (5th pending) if only for the sake of grateful symmetry. 2. I like(s) all that Glaswegian Diary stuff. It didn't do us any harm. Cookie Jar, eh? A jar with Cookie, that could be a good idea too. Does Mr M know that John Martyn has an LP out called GLASGOW WALKER? It seems an almost uncanny coincidence, unless you think about it. 3. I was intrigued by the reference to the geezer, Miller, as a Druid performing the solstice. I'd like to imagine it but have enough trouble imagining the geezer as it is. 4. THE GREAT ESCAPE is surprisingly long, and I don't even mean the Blur LP this time (that was predictably long). Every minute's worth it though, every one a loser. I couldn't believe James Coburn got away with it. I must rethink my counsels, imbibed as a child, of political pessimism. 5. THE LORD OF THE RINGS is as good as they say, which is saying something. 6. The geezer Jackson (S not P) is not big or clever for playing famous Stones riffs before every song. Any idiot can do it. I've been doing that for years, and my fees have never been upped as a result. 7. I would like to talk about S.J. Perelman. A good gag of his that sticks in the mind was about the National Board of Labour, 'or "Nat" as I call him' - that was roughly the wording, you get the idea. 8. John Peel on Xmas night played O COME O COME EMMANUEL. (A different version?) I'm not quite sure whether Mr Moore mentioned that. He also played NOT THE TREMBLING KIND, that wasn't a bad idea. 9. Lloyd Cole is back, twice. He has finally released an LP that my Producer might conceivably like more than I do. (Hold that thought. I may be some time.) He's also released one which doesn't have quite as many full new songs as I'd like, but whose every acoustic texture is swoonsome. I feel so suspiciously at home among its sounds, I have a feeling I may have recorded it myself. 10. THOUGHT FOR 2D Rome wasn't built in A.D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: SUPERBOWL XXVI!!
by Christiaan!! !! 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

Someone Said: >suppose. I for one disapprove of swearing, Fuck, I haven't posted in a long time! Someone else was talking about the old man (who sounded like he looked somewhat like Harry Carry [however you spell that man's name]) on NPR bitching about Harry Potter. He did sound like a twat. I recently read the first Harry Potter, and I must say, it was lovely! Oh wait, no it wasn't, it was a big pile of shit. I hear the series gets better, though, so yesterday I purchased the second one, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." I will read it and make a new decision! If I was the Rowlings lady, I would have written about hippies. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Pot." Haha! Look at that! Three different reference in one use of the word pot, boy! How was everyone's Christmas? Asked out of habit, not caring of course! It's good to see B&S are playing shows and making people happy. It would be nice if they played in the midwestern USA too! We could give them apples. Of course, they never will, so whatever! It's nice to hear the shows have been good. Oh, speaking of flying, I have a story to relate!! Recently I was flying from Toledo to Toronto. It was a small plane and the thing kept getting blown all over the sky by the tough-ass wind (winter has hit us hard this year; we've had 7 inches of snow already!). Well, the plane was big enough to have a bathroom, so I got up to do a pee. Needless to say, a big gust caught us and I toppled over! And guess who I landed on! Isobel! Boy, was I surprised. She, however, was not. "Hi! Heeheheheheeeee!" she said. "What?" I replied. "I AM STALKING YOU! HAHAHAHAHAH!" "NO! You are not!!" "Yes I am, now that I have met you I will make a song!!" "OK! Wait no you are the the Gentle Waves ARUGHGH." "Boy in the airplane, here is an acorn, hooray hooray hooray! dum dee dum" Anyway I don't know what the hell was going on. It's almost the new year!! That means everyone will get drunk, except me. It also means one other thing!! NEW YEARS WORD SEARCH!! C R A C K E R O P Y A A H D R G C B A O M D W C N T E X R L E I Q E C F T H T A L C T U R T L E Y N N A F E R M V W Y D M L D W E A O H N A H Q E I V G M N F T Z P C F O I A T O I A Q E C V C U R B E Special party words: CRACKER RADICAL TURTLE YOLANDA PARTY CURB MAGIC The words are also all the things you need for wacky new years fun!! OK it is time for work! Love, Christiaan PS: I think the last three B&S singles have been really really good. In fact, I like them quite a bit more than any of the older stuff. PPS: Laura Llew PPPS: THE END!! _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I'm just a huge manatee.
by ArtsyDeco＠aol.com 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

Hello Sinister, (Why hello Kara!) ahem, yes well I've been meaning to post for absolutely ages about a number of things. Today is my birthday so I thought it might be a particularly good day to post. I just got a particularly nasty happy birthday from my mom because I told her I didn't want to work the same office job that made me want to kill myself with my letter opener again this summer. Sigh. Oh, the bit at the end is of some import so if any of this gets boring just skip ahead. I was going to defend Christmas. I'm sorry but saying that Christmas is too commercial is dying your hair blue and thinking that you're "totally fucking their yuppie system." Shopping malls, not Christmas. Ads trying to get you to go shopping, not Christmas. The malls and the ads are always there, and they're always like that. We just have to go to the stores to get presents and there is a definite value to presents. When you know someone well enough to get something that you are so positively sure is perfect for them that it makes you feel wonderful then I think something pretty great has happened. You're happy because you've been given a chance to prove that you can make other people happy. And therein lies my point. I'm not at all religious but I still feel something at Christmas. There's a sort of energy humming through the stillness that's there even when everyone is rushing around. It makes you want to do something great, something worthy of all the faith and emotion that's poured into religion, and making a friend or family member happy is definitely a step in the right direction. Of course this doesn't have to be done with a present. I also meant to post after I went to see the moldy peaches and the strokes. My friend who I went with was going mainly to see the strokes. She now admits that she had alot more fun during the peaches set. There was dancing, acting, acrobatics, freaky costumes and general wonderfulness throughout the peaches show. I heard a person behind me remark "I can't even describe what I just saw" once their set had finished. I don't think there can be a better compliment. Then the peaches came out and my friend and I got lots of hugs and they said they'd try to do and interview for mine and Peter's fastcow webzine. They were some of the most genuinely nice people I've ever met. Then the strokes came out and all the little girls in their sparkly tops and their sparkly make up shoved forward and I ended up crushed into a metal fence all because half the people there thought they desperately needed to sleep with the band. Yay. And the act...how many times have we seen this drunken, angsty act before. Ooh, you broke your beer bottle, I marvel at your badness. You're smoking pot on stage. No way! Take that system! And then they knocked their instruments over. Christ, could they be any less original? By the end of it I was left with a strong desire to give them all a swift kick to the groin and tell them to get humble real quick. The Important Part Ok, now that I'm done ranting and whatnot, some of you may remember that I made plans to make a sinister mixtape. It is still in the works but requires one final ingredient, a little bit of you. I had originally planned on quoting sinister mails but I'll be honest, I am not going to read everything in the archives and if I don't then I'll think I've missed something good. Or I'll think I have the perfect quote and the person who wrote it won't want me to use it or something like that. So, if any of you could be so kind, I'm looking for tapes you saying something sinister. Anything really, you could talk about sinister, b&s, your life anything. Kind of like sinister itself. This tape is supposed to be basically about you guys so I think that this is the most crucial element. You can tell me about your gerbil. Your gerbil can tell me about you. I'm game for pretty much anything. I have but one warning. Any tapes telling me why you love Isobel so much will be shot out of cannons into a rock quarry. I will then hire fifty people to point at the battered remains of the tape and laugh. I'm sorry to those who this may hurt but it's my tape so the fun part is I get to make the rules. The same thing goes for tapes about how cute stuart is. Though I may not shoot them into rock quarries. You've got to stay original in the mixtape business. That will be all from me now. I hope you all had lovely holidays. Oh, I'm going to England tomorrow. I know all you British people are now working hard to control your excitement at the prospect. And failing miserably. I kid. Anyway, everyone, have a beautiful day. 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Only Losers Take The Bus
by Dirty Vicar 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

Hello readers, I notice there are already lots more posts about the Belfast gig than the Scottish one. That's because the kind of people who go to gigs in Belfast are C*O*O*L and the kind of people who go to ones in Glasgow are U*N*C*O*O*L. I found the gig a lot of fun... the sound was maybe a bit ropey and not loud enough but the raucously positive atmosphere more than made up for it. Also, perhaps not enough Stevie action... everyone knows he's the real sexgod star of B&S. I also enjoyed all the Sinister meetup antics that went on. I'll give big shouts to all the people I was talking to later. But first I will bore you with what I think is the list of songs performed by everyone's favourite band: Here Comes The Sun There's Too Much Love [that track from the Peel session that starts off with just Isobel singing and then launches into some kind of total poptasm, maybe it's called the happiness of a kind word or maybe it's not] You Know My Wandering Days Are Over (sadly I couldn't remember any of the actions from the dance someone (Andre Alessi?) posted in a while back) Me & the Major [A track my notes aren't too clear on... possibly a newie or a cover called 'Wandering Home'] Slow Graffiti (very nice) The Model Don't Leave The Light On Baby Cool For Cats (with Richard Colburn on lead vocals for this Squeeze number; What's funny about when he does lead vocals is he loses his drummer face) Waiting For The Man (audience member Barry joined the band to sing lead vocals on this Velvet Underground cover; he proved a bit too good at singing and being onstage and stuff to be just some random chancer from the audience, and further enquiries revealed him to be lead singer with Dublin band Da Capo) Simple Things Boy With The Arab Strap Fox In The Snow O Come O Come Emmanuel (again, very nice) Dog On Wheels The Wrong Girl (this time in the style of Barry White) Dirty Dream Number 2 Legal Man [intermission] The Boys Are Back In Town (performance of this Thin Lizzy classic was preceded by Stuart asking us whether we had any Irish in us, leading to amusement on the part of my longtime Lizzyfan special friend; the song featured endlessly hilarious backing vocal action on the part of Chris and Mick) Happy Christmas - War Is Over (surprisingly affecting version of this Lennon track; despite hating John Lennon as an irritating hypocrite I have to admit to thinking this is a nice song, a cut above the usual sentimental "lovely song" arse he is more associated with) It's funny, I never read tracklistings of gigs I wasn't at so I've probably lost most of you by now. Isobel was wearing her Bob Dylan dress with some fetching stilleto boots and looks as mad as ever. Mind you, she didn't seem to be in her usual trance state while performing minor percussion chores, god bless her. Support band The Frames were interesting... I'm still not sure whether they are competent musicians with a good stage presence but nothing special, or whether they actually have a spark of greatness about them. I may have to go see them again or something. Now it's the shouts bit - hail to Psi & James from Derry, Ian & Barbara from Belfast, Daragh and Tim Bambino from wherever they were from, Scottish Rachel & Greek Dimitra whom I only talked to briefly (top marks to Dimitra for guessing that I was on Sinister though... is it that obvious?), list lurker Eamonn & Ruth, and then to the Bus People - Seamus, Louise, Grainne, Seamus' sister, Mark, and er anyone else I was talking to. Like Rener, for instance. Maximum Respect To The Entire Sinister Posse. Remove Your Ampersand T-Shirt And Await Further Instructions. I'm thinking of going to allegedly good Dublin indie club Helter Shelter in the Shelter later in December, anyone else on for it? Likewise, B&S guest star Barry said that his band Da Capo are also playing the Shelter later in the month too... if I'm feeling really mad for it I might catch them too. Oh, and list abuse: fuck you Sinister, you think you're cool, but you're nothing. Nothing I tell you! praise Tobit, DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Pull it! Twist it! Flick it! Gahhh!!
by Robert Brennan 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

Hello Sinister. It's been a while but SO much has happened lately that... oh hang on. No it hasn't. Anywayyyy... Xmas came and went and left me with some books and bouze and CDs inluding the Lambchop B-sides and rarities compliation Tools In The Dryer which provided a lovely evening's listening. There's a remarkable stripped-down version of The Militant on there as well as the Zero7 version of Up With People. Yum! Oh and I'm addicted to the game of Bop-it Xtreme as well. I couldn't get to any of the gigs this time but from the looks of things everybody had a good time. Thanks to all the Back Reporters for Reporting Back. As for Struan swearing, I still love the moment on my Bowlie Weekender bootleg where the keyboard outro on LLPJ is greeted with a cry of "FUCKIN' HIT IT BEANS!!!" Talking of bootlegs, I like very much the idea of having all the videos on one tape so if Neil and the band have reservations and are currently in a huddle with the Legal Men then maybe an reasonably-priced video or new-fangled DVD would be a really really good idea. I'd buy one. Much better than trying to squint at the ICrunch stream. Doubt if I can make the bowling at the weekend so have fun all you pin-jockeys who are going. Gutter balls tend to be a fact of life when I play anyway. Dave Moore mentioned Mark & Lard's Record of the Week of the Year. I had a look. Someone should have serious words with the Starsailor list. Both of them. New for '02 Robster http://robster75.tripod.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Eeek!
by David Moore 28 Dec '01

28 Dec '01

Pants! Post in haste, regret at leisure. Mark & Lard's Record Of The Week Of The Year was better still, with Jonathan David @ No 3! http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/markandlard/record_2001.shtml Hope none of you lot have been using all your e-mail addresses to make multiple votes. Happy New Year, 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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