December 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: I'd rather be fat than be KenChused.
by Rachel fruitloop 20 Dec '01

20 Dec '01

HELLO SINISTER!! I just want to tell you lot a couple of things... 1)I bowled at the company Christmas bowling party yesterday and got my highest "granny rolling" score ever: a 79. 2)Ken Chu is *all talking about talk and no acting on talk*. If you recall, he wrote: "Are there any girls who wants to play the Flirt Over The List Game with me? Basically you can tell me how good I am publically on the list and then I can write back something about how wonderful you are? Or are you all just going to snog other boys too?" And then, I tried to participate in the Flirting Over The List game in my last post. I have not heard one-single-word from Ken. But he repeatedly mentions Erin, which is confusing, since Erin is my middle name... but I know it's not for me. SO WHAT GIVES? Not Ken Chu, apparently! Which leads me to... 3) Snogging Other People (at least, that's what we say we're doing!) Hey, a lot of people confuse me! But I know of several Sinisterines who have/will be taking airplane rides to visit one another. It's really wonderful in my opinion. I like our little incestuous family. I can hardly wait another 10 days before *My List Crush* Mr. Ben Apps arrives on the loverly shores of Southern California! Hi Ben! I'm winking at you! I'm not even going to mention how jealous I am that some of you get to see B&S!!!!!! Ok, so I expect to hear some "reporting back" on all fronts soon! Question: Do you think if I send cookies I made to my Sinister Pressie Exchange Recipients along with the gifts that a) they will withstand the journey overseas? b) that it will make up for the fact that I haven't mailed the gifts yet? and c) that said cookies and gifts will make KEN CHU notice me? Good luck to Nik on his rings around the world adventure!! See you in May, Niko! Also shout outs to the usual suspects! And love to you all, Sinister! love, Rachel fruitloop P.S. LIST ABUSE __________________________________________________ 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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RE: Sinister: recognition in belfast
by trish delish 20 Dec '01

20 Dec '01

hullo again i'm sure we're starting to really annoy non-belfast gig going listees with all this talk of busses and meet ups and such like, but i've said it before and i'll say it many times again...RAHRAHRAH! for those of you who are going to be there, just thought i'd let you know that there will be defence forces at hand in case the NME carrying hordes are set upon by glass wielding ho's and spides...there's 10 of us on the bus from dublin, we're leaving at 4 and should definitely be there in time for some pre-gig revelry no pre-arranged recognition is necessary - you'll spot seamus from 20 paces! (sorry seamus!) looking forward to seeing everyone there trishdelish ps saw lord of the rings tonight - a bit brutal, spent much of the 3 hours peering out from behind my scarf, but undeniably epic all the same - go see! >===== Original Message From "Ian McKinney" <the_gibber(a)hotmail.com> ===== >The Empire is about 5 mins walk from queens uni, on Botanic Avenue. That is >the street that starts from the back of the main queen's uni site and goes >off to the left towards the city centre. > >While arriving in the empire, I suggest ever carry a copy of the NME/ >Guardian Friday Review and/or dress in an outrageous manner, for recognition >purposes. > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: She's Bowling It Final Chapter (NEW MEET UP INFO)
by Kenneth P Y Chu 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

Hello, Sorry Finsbury Park's been outvoted 7-2 so we have a NEW meetup place: We're now bowling at 3pm on the 29th Dec at "Hollywood Bowl" (the pun!) which is near Canada Water tube station. So we're going to meet up there - 2:45pm at the tickets hall of Canada Water Tube Station (tickets hall = where you buy the tickets) The lanes are only held for us for 10 minutes so please be on time. If you can't see me give me a call 07967 755446. Any problems e-mail me or call me. Otherwise see you soon. Off to Scotland in 6 hours, um, better go to bed really.. Ken _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: recognition in belfast
by Ian McKinney 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

The Empire is about 5 mins walk from queens uni, on Botanic Avenue. That is the street that starts from the back of the main queen's uni site and goes off to the left towards the city centre. While arriving in the empire, I suggest ever carry a copy of the NME/ Guardian Friday Review and/or dress in an outrageous manner, for recognition purposes. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: belfast, childish glee
by Ian McKinney 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

Hi list, This is my first post in years... All i wanted to do was express my trembling excitement at B&S's first show in my favourite town - in the very hall where I almost drank myself to death on numerous occasions during my student years... Oh Friday, when will you come? Not only the show, but the start of my Christmas Hols. Becoming a teacher (I Rule the School, as it were) was the best thing I ever did.. TWO FULL WEEKS paid christmas holidays. Re the Menagerie bar in Belfast, more than one person has told me that Struan once played an impromptu secret solo show there - is this true or was I misinformed? About a friday meet-up, The Botanic Inn on a friday is an horrendous cattle-mart where no reasonable human being should go. The Bunatee in the Union Building may be closed, as it's out of term time. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest a plan for those interested: the basement bar of the Empire Music Hall from about 6pm onwards. It's a good bar, and they also serve cheap and tasty meals for those who may arrive in town hungry. If this doesn't suit, email. See youse all, Ian. Tim - give me a phone at home _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.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: Christmas music & private recordings
by arlequim＠osite.com.br 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

Dear Sinister I have finally found the perfect soundtrack for Christmas: the Lillywhite Sessions, by Dave Matthews Band. I remember reading in here someone asking if it would be a complete contradiction liking B&S and DMB, and I don't think it is at all! In fact, I feel like there is something of complementary between DMB and B&S, as if the Dr. Jekyll part of me listened to B&S and the Mr. Hyde part to DMB, or vice-versa - as Robert Louis Stevenson is some kind of Scottish national author of the XIXth century , the metaphor sounds more than appropriate. For anyone who hasn't heard of it before, the "Lillywhite Sessions" is the perfect DMB unreleased album, much better than the blockbuster "Everyday" and much, much darker, lower and heartfelt. The tracks are flying from HD to HD through the internet and pleasurably I managed to have'em on my own in august. When my mother was decorating the tree, and my father was coming from shopping, I was listening to track 6, "Captain", and realised it just fit for the moment. But I don't really know why. Somehow, everything made sense. I will try listening again to my Aimee Mann records. I suspect they're going to fit too, as much as my recently acquired Ellen Cherry material (thanks, Mel!). Tomorrow I am starting the rehearsals for a CD I will record late January, with my own compositions, which I am going to play on piano, alongside a female singer and flautist, a percussionist and a bass player. Ok, it's gonnna be a Ben Folds Five-like record, but that was not on purpose. These were simply the available musicians. Unpleasurably all the lyrics are in portuguese, so I will not be able to share the results with everyone in full. But I will try to write bilingual sleeve notes. Wish me luck, please... Everybody needs some. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: who would've thought that you could care for me?
by caleb ben moore 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

so i've been reading this book called "the perks of being a wallflower" by stephen chbosky. its all these letters that an anonymous 15 year old boy has written to *you* (the reader), about his life and the first year of high school. it's very very good. sensitive, yearning, etc.... talks alot about music, one song in particular: "asleep" by the smiths. the kid has good taste. anyway so i highly recommend this book to any who, like me, love coming-of-age stories. about the new single: i finally bought MYSELF a copy of it, and i think its grate. IWUTU is a very funny and clever song. stuart's vocals sound VERY reminiscent of LOVE (another band i highly recommend) i seem to remember hearing somewhere that b&S have been influenced by Love. ILMC still hasnt really hit me yet, but just give it time and i'm sure it will. M & E is a really really good song. as you all know. *******anecdote******* ok, so i was drinking a cold beer in the shower. (if i had a dime for how many of my stories started off with that exact line) anyway. i really enjoy drinking an ice-cold beer in the shower. its the perfect dichotomy of the ICE COLDNESS and the STEAMING HOTNESS. so i'm soaping up and singing to myself. i think i was singing Nina Simone's "i wish i knew how it would feel to be free" and i've got shampoo all up in my hair. i take a nice drag off the old beer and set it back in the handy shower head rack thingy, and it slips from my grasp and through the back of the rack thingy and falls, shattering against the edge of the tub. now, my head is still full of soap, and my feet are covered in shards of glass and beer AND the floor of the bathroom is also covered in glass and beer. and to make things worse, right before i had even taken a shower, the bathroom light had burned out, and the only bulb i had was a red lightbulb, so the whole bathroom was bathed in a very intense dark red light. anyway, it was a hassle but i finally got it all cleaned up without slashing myself. the red light made things difficult, but it DID throw an interesting air of surrealism and absurdity over the situation, which is always welcome. anyway that's about it. hope everyone has a nice long weekend. be safe & laugh alot, ok? lots of love and non-slip beer bottles...........caleb ben ===== "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle." ~Plato "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction." -Antoine de Saint-Exupery __________________________________________________ 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: Achtung
by Michael Vance 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

For those of you in the LA area, driving up the 2 late at night, around 11:00 to 1:00, that's me going 80 and singing all the songs from "If you're feeling sinister". It's the only thing that feels right when you haven't had a day off since Thanksgiving and just worked another 14 hour day. Fishing for sympathy, m. -- A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?" Suzuki Roshi replied, "No Reason." +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: singing, knitting, bowling, sleeping
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

aw look, sinister's hibernating for christmas. shhh... i don't really like to break into this silence with a boring 'non-post', but i need a break from cataloging grammar books. (is that how you spell the present participle of 'to catalogue'? or is it 'cataloguing'? maybe one of these lovely grammar books will tell me.) bored though i am, at least all the students have gone home so i can stop being smiley receptionist girl and play cds through my pooter at will. had a nice singalong to tigermilk yesterday, despite competition from the technicians next door and their rawk. normally at this time of year i'd be starting my annual knitting phase, but imagine my distress to discover that my knitting needles have vanished. i rather suspect that my housemate has stolen them to murder her boyfriend with. how am i going to impress anyone with my earthy creativity now? my christmas cards are home-made, i suppose, but i have a less than cordial relationship with Pritt-Stick so they're not too professional. the process of moving to a new flat is proving interesting. captivated by it though i am (think jane fonda in 'barefoot in the park'), the lack of a freezer has led to some problems getting my reccommended daily amount of ice-cream. we resorted to dangling a tub of hagen daz out of the window in a carrier bag secured with wool (i think kirsten mentioned something similar), which i doubt would have ultimately worked, but luckily i decided to eat it all that evening. i'm tempted by this bowling lark now, i must admit. but there were no girl bowlers in the big lebowski, and thus no role model, though i dare say i could knock up a nice purple outfit like john turturro's, if i find my knitting needles... anyway, if anyone is in the south-east and can't cope with the fierce competition in london i'll arrange a sesh in brighton (the bowling alley is right by the sea so afterwards we can re-create those bowlie beach moments - though probably with snow instead of sand). finally saw ghost world, which was great. it made me consider how you can either deal with outsider status by exaggerating it (and still being unhappy) or by trying to make yourself invisible (and still being unhappy). i did the latter when i was a teenager. i'm still not sure whether i would have been better off making myself a caricature like enid - at least i might have made an impression. is there a middle way? come on, some of you wee sinistereenies must be well-adjusted. well, after six uninteresting and unconnected paragraphs, i feel i've done my bit to lull sinister off into our winter sleep. may festive flights of arch(ang)els sing you to your rest. luv archel xxx ps. i'm re-reading the fellowship of the ring at the moment, and every time i come across a reference to 'archet' i do a double take... spooky. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "You'd break my carriage porker, shove it!"
by Kenneth P Y Chu 19 Dec '01

19 Dec '01

Kieran Devaney pointed out that it is the season for end of year poles... and I couldn't agree more. With that in mind, I've compiled my own list. So, without further ado Ken's end of year poles top 5 (sponsored by Nokia phones and sms messaging) ==================================================================== 1. Andre Wadjza - famous filmmaker in the 1950s. (cay) 2. Marie Curie - discoverer of radium. (will) 3. Lek Walenska - fought for freedom for his country men and women (gavin) 4. The guy who invented pierogies (sarah) 5. The goal-post that stopped Bayern Munich's shot that would have prevented the dramatic last minute win by Manchester United during the Champions League final in 1999. Now the sarcasm is over I'd like the say that, despite loving Chicken Curry very much, I might stop eating it. 1) Half of the Chicken meat are fillers - did you know that? Half of the chicken meat you get in take-aways are actually water - they use some chemicals to glue the water droplets on the chicken to make it weight more. Surely it'd cost them less to just feed the Chicken more poo in the first place. 2) Two types of chicken curries - chicken jalfrazi and chicken tikka massala - I have already eaten before. 3) One time I ate this gorgeous chicken curry - from "Savera's" in Nottingham, some would even say it was flawless. No curry's compared with it ever since. Ok I fibbed, I don't think I'll ever stop eating curry, for I'm currrrrrry craaaaazy (a la a great tune by "Bad Dream Fancy Dress"). Hey do I fancy a take away? Yeah why not. Curries and Red Bulls Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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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