December 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: is there gas in the car? yes, there's gas in the car.
by Richard Gillanders 24 Dec '01

24 Dec '01

there has, yes, has indeed, yes, been a lack of your Reporting Back from thursday in glasgow. I don't want to deprive anyone of a lacking. as if I could. someone said they heard I had thrown up in the toilets. I hate inaccurate rumours. I don't think 'these things happen' is as annoying as I have. before. but that's okay. those things don't happen . to me often at all. not to such a degree. uch. I guess they don't. happen. 'happen'. addition of '...for a reason'. might help or not. I wrote that bit before david moore did proper actual Reporting Back. he made you not lack. properly. thank him. well. since then. I have enjoyed further nights out. well. I won't try to convince that I enjoyed them. but I did. I just don't always look like it. or I always look like I just don't. I have heard many people called 'chief'. I have had some fun with cueing. I have worked on my arrogant nature. or had my arrogant nature worked over. it's only natural. I have learned how to use the source. look. but there's no reason for a demonstrate of that just yet. or just here. but. yeah. sure were-are lovely people around. people that you can like a lot. oh. and startled by dancedancerevolution skills. and mused over street cleaning machining theiving. and guitaring. and cliffs. and appropriate tunes. fun. um. a wise choice of venue on saturday. with gifts for all. ceramics. grudgingly gilded glasses. LUXURY christmas pudding. with cider and liquor whisky [like glayva? like. um. someone else does liquor whisky. I was going to pretend I can listen.]. a cookie jar for cookie's cookies. crystal ducks for... that could be developed into the title of a play. but I haven't done much developing since high school. lack of facilities. I GUESS PETER FRAMPTON'S WAS JUST CALLED A 'TALK-BOX'. do you know otherwise? visiting. and more. soon enough. I think. enough. soon. that was in that recent past. before that. I went to amsterdam for a few days. and I nearly didn't get back. on the last evening. lured to the red light district. allowed to get drunken. abandoned. abandoned without. abandoned without a complete idea of how to not be in the red light district. and without any chance of being not drunken. I got to the airport. had a doughnut. and a can of lager. and bought four hundred cigarettes. seems I didn't remember that I was stopping. but now. I can't forget. on the first evening. it felt like more than one. episodical. lost gloves. steep stairs. a feeling of violation mixed with plain old peculiar. ness. my life seems. oh. forget it. love, richard. __________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Are You Festive? (I)
by David Moore 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

Hi All, Sorry for delay in Reporting Back. Obviously the people who went to the Glasgow gig are just SO uncool. Or possibly they only got near a computer this evening. And they may have been too busy spending the last four days getting pished with videostars & popstars to think about posting. You know, You Have To Stop Living To Start Writing. Did someone ask for a setlist? if so, here comes a scan: Here Comes The Sun Theres Too Much Love Magic Of A Kind Word Turn, Turn, Turn Alone Again Or Creeque Alley Baby Judy & The Dream Of Horses Dirty Dream Number 2 * Cool For Cats Orangutang Space Oddity The Boy With The Arab Strap The Fox In The Snow O Come O Come Emmanuel Dylan In The Movies Time Of The Season The Wrong Girl Sleep The Clock Around The Boys Are Back In Town Go off. Wait for lots of applause. Come back and do ..... + Merry Xmas (War Is Over) Legal Man * Lazy Line Painter Jane Everyday People * (* They didn't actually get around to playing these. The last two probably got deleted due to the lengthy raffle drawing/prize distributing process) (+ cheeky Orang-utans!) No songs by Free. This unnecessary for most listees I'm sure but anyway: Here Comes The Sun = The Beatles, Turn, Turn, Turn = The Byrds (or Pete Seeger before that), Alone Again Or = Love, Creeque Alley = The Mamas & Papas, Baby = Gal Costa, Cool For Cats = Squeeze, Orangutang = Serge Gainsbourg, Space Oddity = David Bowie, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel = a rather complex provenance according to my copy of Hymns Ancient & Modern!, Time Of The Season = The Zombies, The Boys Are Back In Town = Thin Lizzy, Merry Xmas (War Is Over) = John Lennon. A fantastic gig - not sure yet if the best of the 9? I have attended but nonetheless everso very special, because of the choice of songs played/covered, the atmosphere, the party pieces, the good cause it was all for. I think a more detailed description may have to wait for later, for now I'll just say that I spent a fantastic (or should that be fandabidozie (sp?) seeing as its the panto season) few days in the city of Glasgow due in no small part to lovely Belle And Sebastian but also to the lovely residents who looked after me & the other people visiting from down South. Carey Lander is as wonderful & kind as she is gorgeous. Love & Christmas wishes to all, 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: Re: dunno
by Hannah Louise Brown 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

oh dear, It really has gone horribly quiet round here. I suppose everyone is busy doing family stuff. I am also doing family stuff as my uncle and grandad are here, however, i have had enough already. My parents got pissed and were arguing with my uncle earlier.My darling grandad is a sweetie but is very deaf. This means: a, having the tv on at about level 16>IIIIIIIIIIIIIII b, grandad not hearing us because of the loud tv c, us not hearing grandad e, everyone having to shout very loudly and repeating themselves several times before being understood. The tree looks nice and full this year though. It suddenly feels like i am in a dark little room posting to myself,snif. Everyone has gone to bed and the only amusement i have is radio 1 and the internet, maybe i will look at some porn later. PF mentioned washing up music. A great washing up album is "leisure" by Blur and ANY smiths album, but be careful not to dance too hard or those plates might just slide right out of your hand. hhmmmmmmmm, it really is quiet here. Seeing as i have nothing really to do i might set myself a stupid task. Maybe to stay on the internet all night and send lots of irritating, pointless mails. yes, i feel inspired. love hannah ps) sorry about the "maybe's" and the "i's" _________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: it's coming on christmas, they're cuttin' down trees, they're puttin' up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
by toadie291＠attbi.com 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

greetings sinisterees. i hope this finds you all well. im sure youve missed me, i havent posted in ages. i guess im just writing to reply to like 75 messages that ive been meaning to reply to for the past several months and also to vent as i am in a FOUL mood. things have been pretty bad of late. money troubles, sister/roommate troubles, family troubles, where am i going to live troubles. tis funny, i sit here typing at my posh computer faced with the prospect that i have to move out on my own....totally on my own, no roommate, and will very likely end up living in my car. in which case ill no longer be typing emails to y'all on my posh computer. nice. i suppose i could sell said computer and then id be fine...but a life without a computer is no life at all. profound, and not even slightly materialistic. perhaps thats my problem. i love having things. they dont mean more to me than people, but i love having nice things, its important to me. im sure all of you self-proclaimed indie kids hate me now....ironic as you sit at your respective posh computers. enough of that. someone said in a post awhile back that they hated christmas becuase its so insincere. i agree that there is a lot of bollocks that goes along with christmas.namely the fact that jesus was born in september time and we run around like chickens buying things with money we dont have for people to give them things they dont need. yesterday i went to the marshall fields department store in chicago....8 floors..i said "isnt it amazing how big a store full of nothing you need can be?" totaly true in a maslow's hierarchy of needs way, yet as i mentioned, i love things i dont need.....still sitting at posh computer....with dsl line no less. i digress. the way i figure it, if the person(s) wishing you a happy holiday season truly mean it, then you cant let your own bitterness prevail and convince you that EVERYONE who wishes one a happy holiday season is insincere. what else. oh yes. the state of "indie rock". well considering the fact that i absolutely HATE classification of music to begin with, this really annoyed me. so basically, per many listees, once a person is on the radio a lot they are no longer indie? hmm. interesting. you do realise that without album sales and radio airplay no one would be able to make music right? and i supppose that when the memebers, all 564 of them, of B&S and ________________(insert your favourite "indie" band here) set out to make an album they say "gee whiz, i hope no one buys this, then we arent indie anymore. we will have sold out and we wont have a mailing list of our very own any longer" i will never understand that logic. "well i liked them, then they got popular and now they suck" if im not mistaken i think that right after albert einstein worked out the E=MC2 thing.he discovered the equation POPULARITY = NO TALENT and SELL OUTS!!!!!!!! granted there are people on the radio constantly that do nothing to attain their notoriety, other than take off their blouses perhaps....then youve got peopel who genuinely pour their hearts and souls into their music and never get heard. then their are people who genuinly pour their hearts and souls into music and they DO get heard. personal audio aesthetics however, to not necessarily equal lack of talent. i mean, lets take Dave Matthews band...i cant stand them, i dont like how his voice sounds and i think hes a total pig...however, there is not denying that the memebers of DMB have real musical talent. its funny to me. im on i think 8 music related mailing lists and each of them have their respective snobs. on telly you always see the frasier crane-esque classical music snobs. the ones who think that anything not classical just isnt genuine music. i think every genre has them though. one of my mailing lists: if it doesnt have jangly guitars its just bad...another: if it isnt radiohead then its just crap. thom yorke knows the depths of my soul and no one else has anything of relevance to say (i love radiohead but someone needs to tell thom yorke that he is not michael stipe and to just shut up!).and another: this is the best yet..on one of my 2 sigur ros mailing lists someone actually said that music sung in english has no meaning. none of it. um.....need i remind said person that sigur ros sing in icelandic and a totally made up language called hopelandish..how the hell does she know what the words are saying? oi vey! my point is i guess that if we are passionate enough about a band and believe in them enough to invest ourselves in our mailing lists and meet ups and talking about them, then of course we will, more than likely, be passionate about them. that does not, however, mean that those whose opinions differ from ours have no talent and should be shot and killed on site. i know many of you hate travis, theyre one of my favourite bands. let me tell you why.....because they never say that they should be. they just make music that they like, they love playing it and are grateful that theyre able to do so. they write theyre own songs..ill admit that sing is pretty bad though.the sentiment is nice, just a lil redundent for me....they never slag off other bands or singers as being invalid or undeserving of their success. they dont tell their fans what they should believe in or what should be important to them. they havent changed anything about themselves or their music to conform to anything....they just play what they like. like them musically or not, how can you not at least repect them for that? i will never understand how people think they sound like radiohead..coldplay too. im not a fan of coldplay, but i dont think they even sound slightly like radiohead.even bends era radiohead. anyway. im going to shut up now. ive babbled enough. i realise that if i were to wish you a merry christmas that would offend some listees so i will just wish all of you a belated winter solstice..sincerely of course. love and corn pops ~~stine ps.....elise, how was your trip, jim, nikki, peter, everyone else....i love you guys!!!!!! talk to you soon i hope +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: sinister: hey there. you com here often?
by Histrianic＠aol.com 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

Hello to all. First things first. Does NO ONE want to meet me in new york? (Are people *that* busy? Am i *that* uninteresting? are *that* many people supportive of vegans???) So I'm slightly ticked. Obviously. Asides from that, you're all still lovely. :) I decided that I needed a new screen name tonight, and decided that I wanted it to be insanely pretty. I've been saying that often, and I like how it sounds. So I go off and type in insanely pretty, but some self conceited person probably far off in a new jersey suburban home with a large SUV. I hate large SUVs. Tonight I watched Vanilla Sky and Swordfish. Which probably are, in your artsy minds, both horrible, horrible films, very un-twee and obnxious and loud. But I'd like to say that Tom Cruise is really hot. The two hour sitting of the movie was made bearable, and maybe even enjoyable, by the fact that I could watch Tom Cruise on screen. And Hugh Jackman is yummy, too. :) I'm going to get stones thrown at me, aren't I? (But Tom Cruise is really sexy.) Does anyone else think Clem Snide's 'Your Favourite Music' sounds an awful lot like 'If You're Feeling Sinister' at times? (b&s content!) and I want you more than ever... So yes, I'm still ticked at you lot (at least the ones in new york) for not answering my last post. But I'll be off to bed now. cheers sethe xoxo my favorite is from long island television personalities make my favourite films the hives are my new favourite band and clem snide makes my favourite music +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Lonely Blinking
by P F 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

The geezer, Miller, talked about taping the top 40. I think we can all empathize with that. I think my editor used to tape it, until the Sunday when 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' came in at #28 and she gave up in dismay. She resolved that one day she would make a record with all the rapid acoustix thrills of the intro of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'. And the thing is - she did. The geezer, Miller, also talked about washing up and pop. I should have him know, Tigermilk used to be my washing-up music, before the magical day when I heard it oan ma wee headphones oan a wee bus. After that I quite liked B&S, sometimes. But before that TM was distant music over the bubbles. The plates. The window. The bubbles. Other washing-up music of our time has included The Beatles Live at the BBC. I don't know the Harrison thing that the geezer was on about. I see where MyMomSays talked about an interesting park. It sounds like an out-take from a Marshall Berman video. But did he ever make videos? Youn talked about what to do with her hands. Probably it's best not to think about them too hard. She also talked about a 'laundromat' in the South-West. I wouldn't know about that, I've never been in that region. I did read Foucault in a 'laundromat' once, mind, in October long ago. I am starting to prefer this word 'laundromat' to the more sordid 'laundrette'. You wouldn't find a place in a picture like, let's say, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, being called a 'laundrette'. I have just realized that this theme connects with 'Marx & Engels'. No-one has mentioned the Wallasey connection yet, so I'd better do it. (Have I done it yet?) I see where the Vicar was talking bollix about the Bible. Remember, for listeners as old as me - Desmond Carrington at 1pm. __________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: "da sound of da baby jesus!"
by Hannah Louise Brown 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

greetings people I have just spent the past hour on another site that is very funky and most definitly not twee. They say things like "banging", "respect", and (dare i say it), "big ups". So i apologise now if i sound a bit "bo selecta" at any point in dis post. somebody (and forgive me for forgetting who) mentioned not knowing what to do with their arms when they walk. i always get like that when i am nervous around someone. I think that is why some people smoke. I don't smoke but what i used to do was tear up beer mats or make them into funny shapes but my friend told me that's a sign of sexual frustration, so i tried to keep my hand between my legs after that.I am not so bad now but when i was a teen i used to shake lots and found the act of drinking very difficult. i remember talking to a lovely bloke, it was all going well and then i decided to drink from my pint and i over estimated the distance and angle needed and spilt it all over my face and glasses.I never know what to do with my feet either. Nobody knows this (until now) but whenever i see a cute guy i always scrunch my feet up really tight to stop myself going pink. anyway, none of that is interesting whatsoever. Thanks everso to niko and courdory boy for brigtening up my christmas with chocolate and BRILLIANT illustrations. Expect something fun soon (ish). Sam was talking about B&S songs with great lyrical content and off the top of my head i can think of two. Feeling sinister and maybe slow graffiti? The problem with this is it is so personal and is probably impossible to find one song that most people agree on.There are some tracks from tigermilk that i adore because the lyrics relate to my experiences. hopefully i will go bowling although i may not be able to stay long, i can however assure you that i will look a prick and may even fall over on the lanes. Big ups to my crew BO! love hannah +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 long for all of them to fall in love with you but they never do
by wookie＠iol.ie 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

oh its one of those joint sinister type mailings! i'm here with louise attempting this for the second time! you'd think that between us we'd be able to come up with a decent mail - but apparantly not. the belfast gig last night was amazing - not a guitar smashed!!! tho' isobel did kinda break her cello, but there was no harm done in the end. [well there was kinda weird noises coming out of it during 'fox in the snow' and she looked all embarrASSed (that's seamus typing NOT me) and smiled and looked round to sarah to make sure everything was ok! the set list seems about the same as glasgow - covers were 'cool for cats' and 'the boys are back on town' and 'this is christmas' and another we can't remember[the diry vicar has the setlist in his little pocketbook (where he writes down his confessions!)]. And then of course the velvet's 'waiting for the man', for which they invited up a audience member to, not only sing, but completely rock out, and play the part of a rock star for one night, "tonight matthew, barry ryan from dublin IS lou reed!" rewind a bit, and the bus people who traveled up from dublin [shoutouts to listees mark, grainne, trish (surrounded all night by her blokes!)] missed meeting the northern type listees in the empire - apparently they did do the whole sitting with ribenas and nme's (contradiction ahoy!) but they managed to collar us during the gap between the frames(who were fecking marvellous!) [basically they spotted seamus in the crowd!] (actually i was standing beside listee rener through out it!) and there was a big sinister listee love-in(including a group photo!) and some actual love-in when everyone had their backs turned! not naming names but one's not that far away at this exact moment in time! back to louise again: daragh - great to see u again,make sure you mail as you promised and have a great holiday! over to seamus again; okay we have to do mentions to everyone we met: dublin listees: but busphobics the dirty vicar(filthy more like) and rener, the other ian(complicated i know) mckinnon and barbara, simon(tall) and james(on the balcony! better view down the front - cause i did both in my search for my extra-camera-film-holding sister,daragh and his girlfriend(happy birthday!), all the bus people(again) our annoying driver(just say NO! to Country&Western christmas songs kids!) ...and lastly tim. bye bye sinister ---- http://www.iol.ie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by owen lowery 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

hello and a very merry Christmas to you all Im sitting round at home just chilling out...watching the snow fall outside and listening to indie music from back when it was good. Dinosaur Jr the pixies the pooh sticks flowered up etc. Why is it that only our heroes B&S are getting any recognition for making good old fashioned indie pop these days. Other than that all we can get is the boring drone of coldplay travis etc or the joke rebel rock of the strokes and you will know us... etc. If i had any talent id form a band just so that there was a dsifferent option out there of course i have no talent and so I'll complain to you lot instead. Sorry 'bout that. Lots of you will have been to the gigs over the last two days and im sure we'll get lots of reports but i couldn't go so here is a gig report in the style of a premiership footballer instead. "Well errr obviously I'm delighted with the performance and err obviously I'm happy with the result. Errr it's nice to be given praise obviously but errr it was a fantastic team performance you just have to errr look at the performances by Jackso and Cookie to see that and errr Struan obviously. Errr thanks for speaking to me, errr." Speaking of Christmas and old indie and football (as i have been you see this is sort of a link) Half Man Half Biscuit once sang 'All I want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague away kit' and I'd just like to take this oportunity to point out that the home kit is much nicer cos it's a lovely shade of wine red and that if anyone wants to buy me a present that would do nicely :) I got quite excited when people kept saying it was the time for end of year poles but it turns out this meant best of lists and not the traditional festive season alcohol fueled shag fest that I thought they meant. Still I'm off out to get drunk tonight so plenty of time for my sort of end of year pole hehe. on that smutty note I'll leave you luv'n'hugs owen ***************************************************************** so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens (William Carlos Williams) 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: Someone's forever blowing bubbles... (The Belfast gig story)
by Simon Fallaha 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

Well, hello again everyone. I'm listening to the really catchy Sleep The Clock Around at the minute, after just having come back home to Derry from the Belfast gig. Quite a number of Sinisterines were present - myself, my friend Jim, Dirty Vicar, Ian, Rener, Daragh, Seamus, Grainne, Seamus's sister and Ian's girlfriend Barbara. First of all, onto the concert. Some of us met up in the Empire but there was no space to eat there, so we had to go to Bishop's. Ah well. We spent a lot of time in the Empire drinking anyway, and got to know each other (it was well worth it). So down to the QUB it was, and I haven't been there for two years. Once I got inside I wished I could've been there to see The Divine Comedy. It beats the Nerve Centre hands down. That said, I'm glad that I wasn't at the front (I left the Super Furries concert last month almost deafened - I got a far better view standing upstairs). Unfortunately we had to endure The Frames beforehand. No offense Daragh, but they are dull (I think me, Jim and Barbara were struggling to keep awake during their set!!!). The probability is that they got drunk before actually singing on the stage. Luckily we didn't have to wait long for B & S to arrive (and at this point I remembered how long I had to wait for the Super Furries). And they even had someone to introduce them. The verdict? Well...brilliant. One of the best - probably THE best - rock concert I have ever been to. Stuart was really enjoying himself (especially during Me and the Major) and Isobel, while cute and wearing this interesting dress, didn't defy the belief that she is a bit of attention seeker (can you explain the bubble blowing near the end any other way? And, as Jim pointed out, was she getting RSI during the opening number?). People say she's like that at every other concert they play at. Steve, the drummer, the three violinists (Belfast Bob was one of them, right?) and Sarah Martin were all great. I believe me and a few others got a picture taken with the lovely Sarah afterwards. Mind you, Jim went one better - a photo with someone from Starsailor as well (congrats Jim!). I recognised only four songs. Fox In The Snow, The Boy With The Arab Strap and Legal Man were the only other ones that came to mind barring the Major. And I don't even know all the words to them. But I had no idea B & S were this versatile. I loved their versions of O Come, O Come Emmanuel, and also the drummer's (I already forget his name) Madness cover (it sounded like one anyway). What I also didn't know is that they invite someone from the audience to sing at nearly every concert. On this occasion it was someone called Barry who Daragh claims to know, and I spoke to him afterwards (his sister claimed that he had 'balls of steel' for getting up and singing). I know, no matter how often I sing, that I wouldn't have been able to do what he did. Besides, what did he sing again? Was it an Elvis cover? The band did a good cover of The Boys Are Back In Town (not one of my favourite songs, but I still enjoyed it), and finished with a Christmas song (unlike Ash last year, they seemed in a real mood for the festive season, didn't they? I think the difference lies in their versatility). Well, fellow Sinisterines who were present, did you manage to pick up much merchandise? All I got were some badges (and I was wearing two of them during the concert). The thought of buying a T-shirt never existed, considering how much I've worn the one I bought at the Ash concert in Derry a year ago. It was only a pity that we didn't go to the Limelight afterwards, but never mind. And here come my notes to everyone... Daragh, Dirty Vicar - you were great company, you really know a lot about music. Mind you, DV, does anyone on the list agree with you about Boney M? And Daragh, I hope your girlfriend had a good birthday in the end. Remind me what your favourite band is again. Ian (and Barbara) - thanks for your company, and I hope I'll hear from you again soon. Rener - I've just been reading some of your previous posts on the site, they are cool (unfortunately I don't have them in my Inbox anymore). Seamus and sister - did you really have a better view downstairs? Grainne - hope you got back home ok. Didn't see you that much so I'm not sure how much you enjoyed it. Anyway, it was nice meeting you. All of you that I met in Belfast - it was fun meeting and talking to all of you, and I hope to hear from you all again soon. Take care, Psi +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. 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