December 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: 'i just don't understand why you can't do anything the easy way...'
by Kirsten Kenyon 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

my mom's beloved uncle bert passed away two nights ago. he was a sweet, quiet man who never married, and who devoted many of his years to the care of his parents. i remember going to his house when i was little. from what i can recall, he lived on cigarettes and dry- roasted peanuts. and there was a toy chest with 'don't break the ice' and a music box that played 'raindrops keep fallin on my head.' there are several photographs of a tiny blonde girl in a pink dress and a little lacy white apron the ladies at st. mary's catholic church used to wear to serve coffee after mass. i never really figured out why uncle bert had that apron, but i used to wear it and entertain anyone who would pay attention, doing awkward ballets to that song from the music box. there was a funeral when i was five years old, and my great- grandma was getting pretty senile. i remember her sitting at the head of the dinner table, thoughtfully chewing on a ham sandwich and letting her gaze drift around the table. pausing suddenly on uncle bert, she stopped chewing for a moment and nearly shouted, "heavens to betsy, that man has the most remarkably large ears i've ever seen!" nobody knew what to do. finally someone said "aw, look at kirsten," and suddenly everyone seemed to find unspeakable amusement in the fact that i had an olive on each of my fingers, and i made a grand production of eating them one by one. the whole family roared with laughter and i thought i must be quite the little comedienne. i'm certainly in no hurry to grow old, but i do think sometimes that it will be sort of fun, being able to say anything that crosses my mind. with no discretion. old people can get away with things like cutting in line at the cinema. they get a discount, too. and i've never stolen anything in my life, but it's crossed my mind that when i'm a scrawny old lady in a big silly hat, it might be a good time to go into walgreens and stuff my huge old-lady handbag with...condoms or something. if i didn't get caught, i would go home and blow them up like balloons and throw myself a party. or fill them with water and hurl them at passers-by. or something. and if i did get caught...well, i suppose i would just act very confused, and i probably wouldn't get in any trouble at all. because i'd be old. and then i would giggle the whole way home because the kids who worked at walgreens would be able to go home and tell their friends that they caught this crazy old lady trying to steal six boxes of trojans. anyway...oh yes. i had a visit from miss elise and jimmy gilmer on sunday. we sat in the teahouse and jim told funny stories and elise had on sexy boots and looked just as lovely as the last time i saw her, so it seems she must always look that way. and we walked along the lake and i pointed out important landmarks, like the place where i once stepped in elephant droppings. and we went into a few shops and giggled at things, and sat on the edge of a dried-up fountain and laughed at what have to be the gaudiest holiday decorations the world has ever seen. no sex shops this time, but it was fun anyway. well, i hope they had fun. i'm not exactly the hostess with the mostest. once again, anyway. i've just booked a plane ticket...about half an hour ago, now. in twenty-one days, i will be..in glasgow. lovely. i think it will be a really good time....hehee (i am trying to contain my excitement so as not to make a huge idiot of myself.) okay, but just because i can't help it....here are a bunch of exciting exclamation points !!!!!!!!!!! okay, that's more than enough. i've just diagnosed myself with anemia. i need flinstones vitamins. bye bye love 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: London (is) calling
by Matthew Henderson 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

Howdy folks! I'm a bit behind reading your (berserker) barrage of posts. However, I'm going to say "fuck it (fuck it with knives)" and post anyway! Goddamn right! It's not that anything terribly interesting is going on. I'm saddened by what seems to be Rachel OJ's departure. Although I'm behind, so maybe i'm wrong. People buy the strangest things. I was in the local record shop as usual today, and this kid wearing a white "confederate cotton company" shirt, kakhis (from what i assume is abercrombie and fitch), a torn up white University of Alabama hat, and sandals. This is the typical attire for the preppy jerk-offs of my community. I expected him to buy slipknot or phish or (God forbid) Widespread Panic. He bought a live Velvet Underground album. The moral of the story? Don't ever eat anything at all from Hardee's. Okay, what was the point of that insanely worthless story? to cover up downright list abuse of course. Wee-doggy! Anyway, I'm thinking about popping into london next wednesday (the 12th) and i'm leaving ont he 22nd. I was wondering if anyone knows of any good gigs in the greater london area. Pollstar hasn't yielded much. Or perhaps there is a band that totally rocks that I don't know about. Anyway, have a lovely evening. Keep on rockin. Shouldn't be too difficult, what with all the rocks in your heads and all. -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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Re: Sinister: Rachel oj - THE FRAUD
by LilGrape25＠aol.com 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

I know I posted already today, but Astrid's post sort of struck me, and I just had to say something. I'm really sad that rachel OJ is not herself. I liked her. I guess being a rachel is the best way to blend in to sinister, aye? I don't totally understand why she did what she did, but I don't understand lots of things.. I think its terribly sad that astrid and anna seem to have lost eachother as friends. I don't understand how someone can make the decision to not want to talk to someone and not to try to work things out. Maybe I'm just a weak person, but even after people do really awful things to me, I still want to forgive them. I somehow believe that they are capable of redeeming themselves. I do not know the situation, but I would advise astrid to try to work things out with anna if anna shows any desire to, even if you feel you have been completely betrayed. Be charatable and give her the chance to still have you as her friend. People make mistakes sometimes, really big, bad ones even. I know I've done some really really terrible things to people I love more than anything, been awful to them for days or weeks, completely without realizing what I was doing. If anna, or anyone, was once a good enough person to be your friend, chances are they are a good enough person to realize the! ir mistakes. Maybe this advice does not apply to astrid's case, but it is one of the things that bothers me most about the world. People are not willing enough to allow others to make mistakes, to allow the people who hurt them to be part of the healing process. People do not trust that others are good people. The standards for others are too high. And those who do bad things are not willing enough to be forgiven, to admit they were wrong, to beg even. We have to love eachother for our good qualities, and tolerate eachothers lesser moments, the days and weeks where we are too sensitive or too mean or too depressed to be our normal selves. Sometimes its necissary to let someone mistreat you, to cry quietly in the corner and then forgive them. Have faith that the people you once thought worthy of loving are forever worthy of your love. "I've one thing to tell you before I die, just wanted to tell you you were right." I love you all, Rachel Grapenut +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Can You Believe With Us?
by Max421＠aol.com 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

Hello Again!Its been several days since my last post, and not much new in my life. Today was rather interesting, however. This morning, I sat next to a girl on the schoolbus who insisted that she could do a perfect impression of Alanis Morisette. Needless to say, by the time we got to school, every ninth grade girl who though that she had a good voice was singing "jagged little pill". Quite Obviously, I'm scarred for life. When I got off the bus, I followed brownie into the cafteria. I was so busy staring at him, that I almost knocked over a bite size english lady with my napsack. When we got there, we made ackward little acknowledgments of each other at the water machine. The day was pretty much uneventful, except for lunch with Amanda, Stephanie/lilly, Vera, Lizz, Emily, and Morgan. Later, I got yelled at by an obnoxious girl named leah, who accused me ofbeing such a conformist, because I didn't sit with her, and another girl who I just can't tolerate. Later, on the bus agai! n, I stretched out on an entire row because I couldn't deal with anyone next to me. Brownie sat down behind me and put his hands over into my space, kind of just leaving them there, near my head. I guess he may have been trying to flirt with me ( I know I've used that tactic) but as usual, it didn't go anywhere. Afterwards, I got off the bus with rachel and bought a tea press. I'm on my third cup. Hopefully, If I play myself enough b&s tonight, I'll find someway to stop procrastinating and study for my french vocab test. Au Revoir, Max +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Enduring Sinister
by John Jennings 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

oh look, a crafty and clever reference to Kieran's post... which i didn't understand at all i have to admit... roight anyway hello, i'm back... or rather my computer is back from the pooter doctor where it has been for the past few weeks, getting all sorted with lots of fast components that i don't really understand... and now i've got it back and its exactly the same... grr... it means that i have some catching up to do with the whole sinister thing.... the new single first. i bought it on the day or release as ever. i had to walk into town... in the cold and rain... with my viola (all will become clear)... and then i went into the nice little record shop (those who know rockaboom will know it only vaguely fits into the 'nice' category... actually it only vaguely fits into the 'record shop' category)... and it took me ages to find... and when i did find it i put it in my cd player gubbins and did some frowning to the rot-your-teeth sweetness of 'waking...' as I walked back out of town again, to the rehearsal rooms where my lovely band were rehearsing (hence the viola)... t'was a panic rehearsal after it was discovered we were supposed to have a gig on the 14th (of january admittedly, but if you heard us you'd understand the panic)... so everyone keep the 14th free... i think its at the musician... or something... and the single has yet to grow on me... have people noticed how b&s songs are getting less honest and personal now btw?... since modern rock song methinks... they're not really about struan or his friends anymore... just the old cliches of pop music... which is a little depressing... but i'm not going to get into the old 'old vs new' argument again... i like marx and engels a lot... and i liked carriage clock... so i'll change the subject quickly..... "The songs are; The State I Am In I Don't Want To Play Football Scooby driver Storytelling They all sounded good" said robin. thats very exciting. any ideas when this is out? also, when is 'sexual athlete' going to get released? thats the best thing they've done for ages methinks... crikey there is a lot of pseudo-content in this post, this can't be healthy.... last b&s related thing now... i've been told to suggest to sinister that b&s get steve albini to produce their next album... as a joke... but i think t'would be interesting... wouldn't it?... what do we think neil? dum de dum i was in london on monday, and i like london because i always spot people with b&s badges on the tube.. but i didn't on monday alack.... but i went to hamleys and spent lots of time with the parents who have more money than sense playing with sinister (in a bad way) toys... and then i almost missed my train back and had to lots of running around on the underground (using the left side of the escalator is more dangerous than it looks... those business people are pros) and i only got on the train 2 minutes before it left.... that was very exciting... i'm very annoyed because there was definately something productive i was going to say in this post... but i've forgotten it.... which is very annoying... but anyway.... if you've read this FAR you obviously think you're reading one of JAMES' POSTS hoho. JP.. -- www.ilonline.co.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: Rachel oj - THE FRAUD
by Astrid Wiezell 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

Hi sinister, Just wanted to tell you lot who has been e-mailing, off or on-list to Rachel oj, that there actually isn´t a Rachel oj. It was my, now ex-friend, Anna, who was trying to squeeze out everything about what i thought about her, and the daft bastard tried to do it here. i know that some of you have been e-mailing wiht her, but these fact are true: Rachel Smith´s real name is Anna. She is not 17, she´s 15. and sadly enough, a classmate of mine. she never had that boyfriend Hans, there was never that other girl Monica, there was actually no relationship at all, since she was lying. I was very chocked when a friend told me that Anna = Rachel. Since I thought we actually had stuff in common, we hadn´t. It was just Anna saying the things she knew I liked or was interested in. This was by far the greatest lie that Anna had tried to pull. Luckily enough, she failed. I´ve been feeling very bad inside all day, knowing that she fooled me and lied to me for quite some time. a lot more time than reasonable if you ever want to becom friends again. which i don´t. i don´t want to be mortal enemies or something, i just want her to let me be alone. because i do not want to speak one more word to that girl. i thought more about her, but apparently i was wrong. so there you are, dear sinisters. rachel oj is leaving because we caught her redhanded trying to be her. pathetic. i´ve also lost much trust for people on the internet today, worrying about if she´s been lying to me about being someone else as well. it wouldn´t really surprise me, i mean, she being the person she is. i´ve been worrying about My Corduroy Kitten Tom, Joe Vester, not Ken Chu though, he´s too much of a legend, and lots of other people actually not being themselves, but Anna. I can just hope that no-one will get as hurt as I did, or that you feel that you can´t trust people anymore. I feel that way, but then, she was a friend of mine for eight years, but today it has come to an end. and don´t feel sorry for the little twit, she chose this all by herself, and let me tell you that it´s not the first time she´s doing this. i think she needs a therapist. love and stars to all of you, Astrid x _________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ Här börjar Internet! Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet på http://www.spray.se Spray Jul 2001 är här! Roligaste julen på webben. http://www.spray.se/jul/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Rachel oj - THE FRAUD
by Astrid Wiezell 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

Hi sinister, Just wanted to tell you lot who has been e-mailing, off or on-list to Rachel oj, that there actually isn´t a Rachel oj. It was my, now ex-friend, Anna, who was trying to squeeze out everything about what i thought about her, and the daft bastard tried to do it here. i know that some of you have been e-mailing wiht her, but these fact are true: Rachel Smith´s real name is Anna. She is not 17, she´s 15. and sadly enough, a classmate of mine. she never had that boyfriend Hans, there was never that other girl Monica, there was actually no relationship at all, since she was lying. I was very chocked when a friend told me that Anna = Rachel. Since I thought we actually had stuff in common, we hadn´t. It was just Anna saying the things she knew I liked or was interested in. This was by far the greatest lie that Anna had tried to pull. Luckily enough, she failed. I´ve been feeling very bad inside all day, knowing that she fooled me and lied to me for quite some time. a lot more time than reasonable if you ever want to becom friends again. which i don´t. i don´t want to be mortal enemies or something, i just want her to let me be alone. because i do not want to speak one more word to that girl. i thought more about her, but apparently i was wrong. so there you are, dear sinisters. rachel oj is leaving because we caught her redhanded trying to be her. pathetic. i´ve also lost much trust for people on the internet today, worrying about if she´s been lying to me about being someone else as well. it wouldn´t really surprise me, i mean, she being the person she is. i´ve been worrying about My Corduroy Kitten Tom, Joe Vester, not Ken Chu though, he´s too much of a legend, and lots of other people actually not being themselves, but Anna. I can just hope that no-one will get as hurt as I did, or that you feel that you can´t trust people anymore. I feel that way, but then, she was a friend of mine for eight years, but today it has come to an end. and don´t feel sorry for the little twit, she chose this all by herself, and let me tell you that it´s not the first time she´s doing this. i think she needs a therapist. love and stars to all of you, Astrid x _________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ Här börjar Internet! Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet på http://www.spray.se Spray Jul 2001 är här! Roligaste julen på webben. http://www.spray.se/jul/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Your Dolly Mixtures will get you anywhere, Sweety!
by DansonHatcher＠aol.com 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

Hey there you. lot. I'm in a perfect state of employed again/new record/lots of other stuff I can't tell you, ha ha ha! Who wrote they like "Eighties Fan"? You're on to something good here you know, once you put it on you'll never switch it off. ever. I've been meaning to for ages, and today I spent my last few pennies on Goldfrapp's Felt Mountain. It was a real mind-over-matter thing cos I had just enough money to buy that album and not alot else, I had to kind of walk straight into the shop, over to the desired purchase and quickly pay and leave so as I wouldn't get tempted to buy any other music. I reckon the lad who works there now thinks I'm quite rude cos in the rush I like ignored his "hello James" and headed straight for the door, The music is just so wonderfulbrill !! so I think all of you should also buy it. Oh and apparently this is common knowledge but do you know that the music on the One 2 One ad is part of "lovely head", I didn't realise. Yesterday was not one of my most productive days. Being between jobs is always a good time to have some fun, I did this! a bit to much and that had landed me in the less entertaining world of skint. The turning point came at about half six last night when I found myself doing a "Beauty Products" wordsearch. I'd only found "Imac leg wax" but understood there to be 24 other "Household names that are essential to the modern women's well-being" Then from within the random letters "Loreal Recital" appeared to me. Fuck! managed to totally disturb myself by the ammount of "Women's Products" I knew. (and understood the use of) This, plus only having the funds to live till next Wednesday weighed heavy on my mind, mmmmmm perhaps it was time to return to the world of work? In a BMW Mini advert stylee..... James goes job hunting, Succeeds, the end (for now). This is good news as I can now afford to pay for....... The XJS I bought last Saturday, The Triumph I'll collect in January, All the people I ow money*, The trip to Poland to collect the Triumph and visit one of the Polska Sinister Massive, The presents I think my family are expecting for Christmas, and New years eve *other parts of my list are more attainable .............................................................................. ................................. Rachel Grapenut: TWEE?, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS? (if I tell you what Twee is then you have to tell me what a Grapenut is like, that's like a fruit and a nut put together, is it a real food? or is a nut a kind of fruit anyway?) I've said it before but I'm everso gratefull if you read my posts so... If you've read this FAR then you're a Milkybar ChocoSTAR. James. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 day will come soon when I look down the drain
by LilGrape25＠aol.com 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

Hello sinsiter, I think I've become a bit of a lurk, I haven't written in ages, so I am now. Life has been rather lovely in all the same way as usual. I talked to my ex-boyfriend for the first time since this summer, which was nice. I'm seeing him this weekend with a bunch of other friends. Sunday starts Hannukah, for which I will be getting a subscription to Magnet Magazine and various art supplies, as I requested. I want to buy all my friends those lovely chocolate eggs that have toys inside, maybe something else too. I'm going to have latkas sunday. this all makes me happy. I might as well put in my 27 and a half cents about IWUTU: I really like the single, but it would be very difficult for me to not like something belle and sebastian did. I'm bias. Maybe if they went really punk or electronic I wouldn't like it, and I'd be really sad, but I like this new, happy sound that IWUTU and Jonathan David both have. My favorite song is I love My Car, currently one of my favorite songs out of anything, but that is always changing. It makes me feel so completely content, complete and happy. The two different instrumental movements or sorts are so fantastic, they calm me down and make me smile, and they complement eachother well, I think. Someone recently put down the phrase "in other news" which I really like. I think its a nice transition phrase. Max (who first posted a few days ago! yay him!) and I had a bit of an argument as to the meaning of Twee yesterday. Our conclusion was that neither of us knew. I've asked before, but could someone please give me a good definition?! Thats all the dribble I can come up with. I love you all, Rachel Grapenut +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Storytelling
by robin stout 05 Dec '01

05 Dec '01

I saw Storytelling last night. Would you like to hear about it? I'm not much of a film reviewer, so don't pay too much attention to my opinions. Go see it yourself. For those of you who dont know yet, Storytelling is actually two films called Fiction and Non-Fiction, which are directed by Todd Solondz, and are only related by their common theme of being about storytellers and storytelling. A large part of the film is supposed to have been cut, exorcised by the studio for being a little too shocking, and amongst the dead celluloid must have been a few Belle and Sebastian songs, because only four are left in the final cut. The film wasn't amazing but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. The first was a neater, better reasoned film than the second, but suffered from the short film's curse of being a film with a punchline. The second was more muddled and tried to make similar points to the first but in a more ungainly way. It does contain a few very funny parts, though, especially those involving Scooby or his little evil brother who always says exactly what he shouldn't. The Belle and Sebastian songs were in the second film too, and to me (I might be a little biased of course) sounded better than the film. So it's a shame the songs and the film are so closely linked. The songs are; The State I Am In I Don't Want To Play Football Scooby driver Storytelling They all sounded good - I liked Scooby Driver a lot. The lyrics and the titles sound like they're closely related to the film. This means it could be difficult to put those songs (or the cut ones) on another album than the Storytelling one. That's not such a bad thing, but it might be hard to listen to these songs without thinking of the film, and in my opinion Murdoch's a far better storyteller than Solondz anyway, so I'd rather hear his version of a story than watch anyone else's. It sounds like Stuart's a little annoyed with Solondz about the way their songs were treated too. But now the film's been made it's difficult to escape this. I hope the songs work as well by themselves and some good songs aren't blurred by an average film. That's all. Very factual today. More of the old nonsense next time I'm sure. Hey, Robs and Robyns - do we have a mix tape team or not? Robin (with an i) _________________________________________________________________ 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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