December 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: i've been a bad juju, and that's no pun
by juju fox 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

halo sinisterines. you're my favorite flavor. i peel you. your juice squirts in my eye. i cry. then i write about it. tonight i am too tired to make sense.. which wouldn't stray too far from my usual state, honestly.. but let's move it along. there are too many of you foxes out there to enable me to share something with you in any other way than posting it on my website. so here i go, annoying everybody... "now if you will turn with me to page www.parkavenuemusic.com, and play aloud 'the little drummer boy', you may hearken unto my voice, and have a special treat for the holidays. amen." hearts, juju __________________________________________________ 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: but there still is hope, yes i can be healed.
by lindsey baker 22 Dec '01

22 Dec '01

hello sinister. i thought the other day that it had been a while since i posted. not a particularly long or short while, but a while. and so. i wrote. and then, in the grand tradition of writing on days when the writing starts out shitty and gets to feeling quite sweet at the end, i lost the post to the abyss of lost emails behind the door that is actually a page saying 'not found.' perhaps it was the command that was not found. but maybe it didn't send because the purpose wasn't found. most days i myself am not found, and if i am, if the purpose is, i know all the satisfaction and anticipation of the closed door that is actually a page saying 'message sent.' i have been spending too much time in #sinister of late. i have started to remember again when i first stumbled into sinister, pink and dewy with newness and feeling like that kid with whom nobody ever asks to play four square. the kid who, eventually, after watching the somebodies toss one of those red or yellow textured playground balls around for awhile, watches a bounced ball smack her in the face. i was always that kid. once, i junior high, someone threw a basketball at my head during p.e. i got hit. my glasses flew off, promptly breaking into two multi-colored pieces, and i got to go home because i couldn't see. but i could hear. now, i feel like the kid who got to the coveted red playground ball first, and some days i can't decide toward which of the people outside my square i'd like to chuck the ball. and some days, that feeling makes me feel mean, but then i leave the computer lab and fall down on the way to my car, and watch and listen to a university parking meter man double over in laughter as i slowly pick myself up off the dirt, brush myself off and get in my car. and while i take down my hadicapped parking pass so that i can see through the windsheild properly to drive, i feel sorry for the meter man because his car is idling while he writes tickets, and his radio is blasting creed. for that man, the message and all commands will always be 'not found.' and i wish i would have said something. i wish i would have said 'merry christmas' or 'happy hanukkah' or 'fuck you.' and thinking of that makes me think that maybe, this year, in america, there is no difference between the three of those sayings. i would have meant any one of them as the last, but maybe every american wants them all, in some way, to mean the last. and maybe that's why in a year where it doesn't feel like christmas and where there has been but one dusting of snow, there have been a multitude of home-sponsored light shows, featuring santa and jesus and a big twinkling american flag. that laughing parking attendant and those kids that throw playground balls at each other have rallied patriotism and love and american family values and strung them all up in 500 feet of green wire and light bulbs, hoping to shadow the simple truth that they are only scared and lost and hoping to get back to something they cannot name so that they may first end the in-house war. you can't take the stars from the sky to light your trees, and i have the right to burn the stars on the flag. and the little kids who started out inside the square become the man who will laugh at the crippled people who don't look like cripples, and the little kids who stood outside of the square become the cripples who learn how to walk. and one day they all learn how to say 'fuck you' in a multitude of beautiful and diverse ways. i am still not found. the message is still not found. maybe #sinister is just a place to hide after all, a playground of sorts for the people whose glasses have broken in two pieces. well then. happy christmas. war is well. war is. lindseylou ______________________________________________________________________________ Send a friend your Buddy Card and stay in contact always with Excite Messenger http://messenger.excite.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: Like (no longer) an Offbeat virgin, touched for the very first (and not last) time...
by Richard Cottyn 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

Yes indeedy. Finally made my 'debut' as it were at Sheffield Offbeat last week. I wasn't quite drunk enough to dance (though maybe next time!) so I sat in one of the corners singing along to anything I knew and loved (ie The Smiths mainly and of course, our beloved b&s). Sinister quote of the week: "There might even be prizes for Twee-est bowling action"-Posted by Ben Apps. I was laughing at this for ages-not quite sure why exactly, but I could just imagine lots of Sinisterines walking up to the lane on their go and attempting a bowling swing of an incredibly twee nature. Is that what I should call everyone-Sinisterines? Or is it Sinisterettes? Or is that one just for ladies? And How about Sinisterars? Sinisterees? Somebody please clarify this because it's beginning to annoy me. I won't be able to sleep tonight through not knowing the right one-so please be quick with your clarifications! And now, a charming little story that you will no doubt leave you going "that was a charming little story". I have a Saturday job in a department store where the average customer age is about 60. I went in last week for 11, and I was a couple of minutes late. A work colleague said to me "you're nice and early Richard" and i thought she was been sarcastic. It turned out though that I wasn't supposed to be in til 12! grrr! So i thought, I'll go to Fopp (good, cheap record store) and buy some CD's. Thats when Tracey (supervisor) stops me and says "Ooo, Richard-could you go and buy a CD for me-its a Christmas present for my daughter". So i said "yea sure". Tracey says "she wants it you see...they are her favourite band at the moment...erm...'so solid crew' i think they are called." I have a quick glance around for Jeremy Beadle. At this point, the advent calender falls off the wall-it was obviously suffering from shock too! I (grudgingly) said "yes, sure, I'll go and get it" and i made sure the man in the record store knew it wasnt for me! I also think I managed to pick it off the shelf without anyone noticing! I should be a secret agent. I managed to find Felt's 'Absolute Classic Masterpieces' too at long last-I don't think Tracey understood when i told her about the little dance of joy i did down the 'rock&pop' aisle. Anyways, thats it from me! (Shouts of Hurrah from the back...) I hope santa brings you all nice things! Richard x P.S. Please appreciate the Christmas kiss I have so generously given you! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: A Brief Review
by ~ boywiththearabstrap 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

Well, There is no other way to describe it.The band were fantastic.A mix of B&S favourites mixed with a fantastic range of covers from George Harrison, Bowie,The Byrds,Free, Thin Lizzy, and many more.The support band were very good also. The Suckles.And even the words of Alasdair Gray were well recieved by most, although some dissent from the floor.This really is a band playing with confidence.Fantastic 10/10 _________________________________________________________________ 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: ding dong
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

well, the vodka chocolates are finished, the silly hats are in the bin, the contraband wine is down to the dregs. i'm off to sing carols, be nice to my family, eat more chocolate etc. if anyone needs (or just really really wants) to contact me before the new year, use something.pretty(a)btinternet.com or archel(a)iname.com. maybe see some of you at the sinister bowlerama on the 29th. joyeux noel, froliche weinacht etc! luv archel xxx ps. had a lovely intro to #sinister today :) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: bah sweet minty humbugs
by Daplyn Elizabeth 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

Walking down to town avoiding the dyspeptic shivering pigeons pecking at last night's festive vomit only half washed away by the graceful early morning rain that woke me falling against the bathroom skylight. Thinking in a Friday daze that I have to unsubscribe once again due to the unchancy nature of temping. Listening to the tompaulin album which finally arrived yesterday from Rough Trade along with a bundle of other lovely stuff. I must admit I'm quite a convert to vinyl, but just for things like singles that I'll only listen to at home, as a Dansette is kind of bulky even for my capacious tweed coat-pockets. 'On the buses' would have been tritely appropriate, so I was glad to sink into the wonderful double bill of 'kicking and punching' and 'the boy hairdresser' as my Stagecoach stagecoach drew away from stand 11. Waiting through a last day of bad radio - full of all the crap that is thought of as seasonal. I'd quite like to hear David Bowie and Bing Crosby doing 'Little Drummer Boy' for full-on surrealism value (what in hell went through their coke-addled minds?), but I'll settle for Nat King Cole, who is the least offensive option, or so it seems to me. I'd rather listen to 'Why That Doesn't Surprise Me' by The Lucksmiths, though, so maybe I'll sneak it into the CD player later. Sometimes I'll get an album when it comes out and just not feel like listening to it, then after a while I'll have an epiphany. Not anally indie-punctual, but it suits me. Oh, those Luckies. Three lovely lads, two of them bleedin' gorgeous and also moderately talented songwriters, one somewhat less blessed with the pretty stick and a complete bloody genius. 'Are you torn in two When I talk to you? 'Cause I'm torn in three When you talk to me' Candle Records, yum. Get stuff sent from Australia, blimey, and it's still cheaper than buying it in the UK. Eurgh, the novelty earrings and forced corporate good cheer is getting to me. I suppose I should make an effort to rid myself of habitual seething contempt when confronted by such social lubricants, but I'll probably stick with the angst for a while yet. Well, that's me, I suppose. Replies, comments, abuse to: lizdaplyn(a)hotmail.com for the forseeable future. Liz D :x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Rooler's Back
by Peter Miller 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

Excuse me please, can I have your attention? There's just a few things I'd like to mention... Unfortunately, I'm going to have to unsubscribe before the inevitable avalanche of Reporting Back from Glasgow and Belfast. I hope they don't do 'Suspect Device', it would be in qu-qu-qu-questionable taste. I would prefer something medieval. However, the smart money's on 'Slim Slow Slider', if that's the correect title. Because the Pastels did it, and Stuart's always been right up Stephen's arse. I might be a bit late to make this prediction. Am I too late? Before I go, I'd just like to mention Pink Floyd's collection 'Echoes'. I realise many of you will be receiving this from Santa, so I won't spoil it, other than to say it is an excellent advertisement for the talents of Mr Syd Barrat. I do like that song 'Wish You Were Here' though, thanks mainly to Wyclef Jean's version. Top one. Congratulations to Lawrence Mikkelson. On the length of his sidies. You and Vanessa look as if you'll be very happy together. Merry Christmas to you all, especially the lurkers. Weren't The Lurkers from Belfast? Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: spin cycle reveries
by Youn Noh 21 Dec '01

21 Dec '01

MyMomSays wrote: I never know what to do with my hands and arms when I am walking. One could move them back and forth merrily, but I always feel sort of dorky doing that. I like to press my fingertips together in front of me or tuck my hands into my sleeves so that they are stiff. But one would look even more dorky doing that. Peter Miller wrote: So far, I've managed to download songs by Kylie Minogue and So Solid Crew, and a *picture* of Lenny Kravitz. I heard that So Solid Crew commissioned the Pinefox to write a song for them. But this "commission" may go the way of the grant for your book on fairy tales. Do you think it's better to use 'fantastic' for an element of fantasy and 'terrific' for an element of terror? I'm not usually this precise. I was about to say that 'Marx and Engels' is a fantastic song, but that's not right: it's good for the exact opposite reason. Has someone already pointed out that the B & S site now has a writing archive? But they forgot to include Stuart's previous entries under the Who section: the one about his school band and the one about going to the laundromat. Somewhere in the SW part of London near the French institute next to a confectionery where they give you your change back on a tray, there's a laundromat that I went to once in 1993 in the pouring rain. I passed by in 1999 to see if it was still there. It was. It's funny how places seems compressed and faraway, from the wrong end of a telescope, when you return to them. On Saturday I watched A Hard Day's Night on video. George Harrison was a very good dancer. All the girls were crazy about him. In the scene where he's teaching that man to shave, he reveals lovely arms to rival Stuart's. There's a girl in the audience that they return to several times during the televised performance. Her adoration is too intense for happiness. The Sunday before that I watched Cathy Come Home. The girl resembles Cathy. Especially when the girl says his name and when Cathy's husband comes back to her in the hostel. It's weird to think that this film was made two years after A Hard Day's Night. PS: Thank you, Miss Honey! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.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: belfast tickets
by daragh lynch 20 Dec '01

20 Dec '01

hello sinister, i know its very short notice, but we just found out that we have 1 maybe 2 spare tickets for tomorrow night. if anyone fancies them give me a call on 07812 593801. thats all. love,daragh p.s. looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! _________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: belfast v. glasgow
by Dirty Vicar 20 Dec '01

20 Dec '01

so which gig is gonna be better? The warmup night in Glasgow or the real deal in Belfast? That's what I'm wondering. Anyone going to both? Other than the band and their minions, obviously. I've decided we should all shout for 'Suspect Device' by Stiff Little Fingers when B&S call for requests from the crowd. Or maybe for The Special AKA's 'Free Nelson Mandela', seeing as how we'll be in the Nelson Mandela Hall. But 'Suspect Device', that's the one I want. I've decided to start my own religion: The Reformed Church of Tobit. It will be based on the simple precept that The Book of Tobit is the only canonical book of the Bible, and the rest are all apocrypha. Know ye the Book of Tobit? It's about Tobit (obviously) who has a pet dog and meets this woman who is cursed by a demon who keeps killing her husbands on their wedding night. Tobit is able to save the day, fortunately. Well, I mean, of course he is, he is Tobit after all. Praise Tobit. Anyway, see you all at the Empire. I hope there isn't some kind of NME famine in place Up North which will lead to confusion and awkwardness. bless you all. 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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