February 2001 - Sinister

Sinister: the rain in spain stays mainly on the plane.......
by David Strange Strange 10 Feb '01

10 Feb '01

whereas the rain the england just comes down on the streets preventing me from skateboarding,grrrrrrrr.i want the clever scientist men to invent a weather chamging machine,c'mon guys if you can clone sheep surely you can mess about with the weather.but they're have to look after it cos if it fell into the wrong hands who would save us...... we could us it at picnices to make sure the sunshines and its hot and stuff that would be so ace i cant wait for the summer the winters been far to wet. didnt garbage do a song called i'm only happy when it rains,cor shirley manson thats just rubbish but it did rain a lot less in 95 i think. i can empthasise with the tigermilk second hand girl cos when i wanted tigermilk i used to go into second hand shops all the time to try and track down a copy but alas never did,i picked up some rather natty old frank sinatra albums though,good ol' blue eyes.but i sold them to an old lady and got 4 pounds for them when i brought them for 75p he he,dell boy daf. i read the face this month (i'm such a hipster) and daft punk have turned into robots apparently which is pretty cool cos robots are ace,one of them looks like those robots from battle star galactica who had the neat voice,yayyyy they were the best robots in the world even though they were baddies they still were great. and in the face theres an article about iraq they are so many murals of sadam hussain in that country i though he was dead anyways? but onto the point my favourite one if thats possible is him in a summer outfit,a hawien shirt,panama hat and white trousers and cool 70's sunglases,if he wasnt such a nasty man i would say he looked good,dictator chique all the rage this season. i was annyoed theres no rugby onto today i wanted to watch wales get beaten again i allmost cried he he,we are so rubbish.i'm spose to be at the trembling blue stars tonight but couldnt be botherd quite frankly and i was working so not entirley my fault. ohhhhh i'd better go and buy a haiwen shirt intime to play with my new weather machine. cant wait for new b&s stuff and for them to tour,thats my content cos i'm a good sinister boy. well i've got a few things off my chest so its time to bid you all a fond farewell. bye d xx _______________________________________________________ Send a cool gift with your E-Card http://www.bluemountain.com/giftcenter/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Dark Glasses and dust filled days
by Sunset . 10 Feb '01

10 Feb '01

It was the days before tigermilk was re-released... said albumn was like gold dust and extortionate amounts of money were changing hands for cassette copies... I, a self confessed obsessive... not particulary obsessed about anything in particular but whatever takes my fancy at a specific moment... stepped in a second hand record shop... The astute among you may have made guesses about what I was about to find... you may be on the right lines... for the rest of you I will take things slowly... and if you are in the mood to keep reading... you will catch up... So my first port of call, as it it still is now, was of course the B's... more specifically as the astute will have guessed the section containing belle and sebastian... I thumbed through the CDs... the familar well loved covers of Eps and Albums...until i stopped... slighlty stunned... The cover said it clearly enough... "Tigermilk"... but how could this be? I held the CD up to what little light there was in the dimly lit shop... and if I had been a cartoon I'm sure my jaw would have hit the ground... The price ticket said import £17.99 ...I was suspicous... I was also very low in funds... my cheque book in pocket my only possible hope... but I was unsure whether this shop would take cheques... especially those from students with a guilty look in there eyes from knowing their bank has recently declared them to be insufficent in funds to withdraw so much as 10p... I ventured forward... CD clutched in sweating hand... and enquired boldly... and it seemed that my cheque would do just fine as long as it was accompanied by cash card of some sort... The excitment and guilt overcame me slighlty as i hurried home... my first listen of this illicit album... The room was yellow from an unusually fine april day... dust was visible in the sunlight... across the road people sat on their doorsteps taking in the good weather... It seemed the whole world knew this day was special... and as I played the CD for the first time I knew the guilt had been worth it... A memory of the moment created was there and then amidst the falling dust... I knew i would look back on it often like a treasured possesion... A few days later and wearing dark glasses (a precautionary step only) I re-entered the magical little shop... my ritual repeated I flicked through the Bs and stared lovingly at the familiar face contained within... including one with a little £17.99- import price tag... I smiled thinking about the next person whose life it would change... _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: still 141 unread! my eyes are bleeding chrome
by carle groome 10 Feb '01

10 Feb '01

in re: the old debate uh, i am clocking m'self for 15 min. music snobbery is a good thing. it means taste. but it should not mean ignorance. i am always willing to listen to new stuff, old stuff, and have even heard a christina aguliera cd. that i hated everything but the booklet art doesn't mean i'm being a snob; it means i reject formula...mostly. don't care if somebody's popular--that's what POP is about. even as i write this, i am downloading stuff from napster. and i have never done this before (except from david white's site, otherwise how would i have heard "middle distance runner"?). but all this talk about baxendale, sodastream, badly drawn boy, sigur ros, hefner... curiosity may have killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back. in salad days at uni (more like generic mac&cheese) i would tape other peoples albums, and i have yet to bring the giant megacorps to their knees. and how many of those taped albums have i bought? fill in the blank.... today i can't afford to go and splurge like i used to, but i want to know what i'm missing. and if i like what i hear enough, i'll find the wherewithal to pick up what turns me on. and speaking of that oh, and mr. miller? uncle dave macon was more of a producer than an artist. g'nite +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: recor death stella saturday
by stuart＠popmusician.co.uk 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

hello, I've hitherto been unsure about sinister, scared if you will. I'm the campaign manger for Stuart Murdoch...this is not a stupid boast, it is true and most of you would do a better job, but i asked and will try my bloody best, i think he would do a great job because he is a great person and it is nowt to do with the tunes...my gran died the other day and today i went to the funeral, i looked like a gangster in my suit, but it wasn't much fun...excuse me...anyhoo, I would like to thank ALL sinister people for supporting stuart in his rector campaign it really is greatly appreciated, if you need to know more...but not tonite, call 07790080515...that is my mobile...please don't unless you're genuine, which i'm sure you all are, ALL GLASGOW UNI SINISTER LIST TYPES HELP THE STUART RECTOR CAMPAIGN, E-MAIL STUART @ STUART@POPMUSICIAN.CO.UK...anyhoo...see you later... love daniel quipp, ps ALL personal stuart e-mails get forwarded to him, promise...he/we love you all and thak you so much.. cheerio xx --------------------------------------------------------------------- Leave Hotmail's problems behind, join another.com at http://another.com/jump.jsp?destDesc=another.com/login.jsp?sig=666

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Sinister: you say you've got a real solution
by eric 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

okay, I feel bad for all the stereotypical indie kids, because everyone seems to be slagging them off something rotten. I mean, everyone (and by everyone I actually mean 4 people) seems to be falling all over themselves to contradict the "I hate indie kids" post, which is obviously a joke and shouldn't get anyone worked up, like eminem, but they're being very "indie people are normal" about it. after all, what's wrong with having no friends and staying home every weekend night reading and listening to indie music (heh) and being sad and mopey? oh right, you become clinically depressed. I don't think I should post when I'm feeling awful about something involving another sinister person, who will probably read this and laugh or something. anyway, what I'm trying to say is, don't make fun of the lonely, because they grow up to be that "nice man, kept to himself" who shoots up an office. of course, an indie person would be too busy feeling sorry for themselves to actually bother with getting up to go to the office. lucy alder mentioned sting's ability to "keep it up" for three hours. wasn't it actually much longer than that, for something like 17 hours? geez, sting's such a freak. he should have quit while he was ahead. if this talk of new singles and touring is true, then I will be very hopeful that it'll take place before I leave the uk. maybe I just won't leave. I don't *really* want to go back to america, but then again, who does? the uk doesn't make much more sense, but it makes a little bit more, which is enough for me. oh, and to the person who said the chances of the (possible) singles coming out in america any time near the uk release date was small, don't fret. matador released "legal man" a week before it came out in the uk. so there you are. sadly, eric "We totally understand gay people's worries but they have read Eminem wrong. We don't take any notice of his lyrics" --The Guardian, 9 Feb gotta love the youth. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Page the Oracle
by Robin Stout 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

Hello I went to see Stephen Merritt do an acoustic set of his songs once, because I heard he was good. He was really very smug and ironical. I don't like him very much. On the bus to Birmingham, where we saw him, there was an old man who had been shopping for eggs. He was very frail and seemed like the sort of chap who doesn't go to the shops very often except to buy his monthly supply of eggs. He pressed the bell and stood up, then somehow he managed to stagger about the bus and drop his eggs everywhere. It was pretty embarrassing. "Oooh, me eggs" he cried. So we helped him out and mopped up the mess with Magnetic Fields flyers. So in a way, despite the fact that I don't like him very much, Mr Merritt helped to rescue a poor old man's pride. David and Struan both mentioned the wonder of Teletext. My sister and I always used to read Teletext, or Oracle as it was then, when we came home from school. There used to be a teenager's section with a letters page, advice page, "Debbie's Diary", and the 'world's only Teletext soap opera', "Park Avenue". It was great. I thought it was very futuristic. Although it's hopelessly outmoded nowadays, with its two letter sizes and five colours, and letters that disappear when your telly's not tuned in properly, Teletext still makes me feel like I'm living in the Space Age. Robin 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: In memory of Phyllis Pierce.
by Ruvi Simmons 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

No doubt to the eternal joy of all the unfortunate individuals who have been receipt of the other missives I have penned, this one is going to be uncommonly short. I just thought, in the spirit of reminiscences regarding Teletext, I would mention a hitherto neglected page: Sam Brady's television reviews. I checked recently and was overjoyed to see that it stil existed, having been going since the days when I was an overweight child sitting on a mis-shapen sofa that overlooked and untended back garden in Hemel Hempstead. It still contains a picture of him with a moustache that makes his upper lip look as if it is home to a well-tended hedgerow. He always looks beligerant, and writes pseudo-witty comments on the goings on in Coronation Street, London's Burning and Eastenders. Sort of like an academic of television culture crossed with Gary Bushell. Even more shocking is that the blocky image of him on the Teletext page is in fact an exact likeness of the individual, who REALLY exists. Yes, human beings are working somewhere in the bowels of Television Centre, scribbling away for Teletext. It isn't merely the product of some enormous ticker tape computer with whirring cogs and sinister intentions. On an entirely different subject, and the real reason I am writing this, I was wondering if anybody went to Edinburgh University, because I was thinking of applying. Is it good? Is the city nice? Does it have a good English department? That's it, really. I have a propensity towards lengthy goodbyes in which I try and inject a bit of difference and peculiar interest, but, to save your fair eyes from any further trouble and to free just a little bit of time for you to do other things, I shall restrain myself. Spend it well. Read a poem, sing, go to the cinema (an Ingmar Bergman penned film just came out!) or do any number of other life-affirming things. Ruvi. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: in fear of the dreaded honey-monster....
by Trish Brazil 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

oh dear first post nerves (i imagine it must be terrible boring for old-timers to read so many of these "coming out" stories, but that's really not going to stop me i'm afraid) you see, honey just gave me a voice, but warned me to check all these different things to make sure i'm not BREAKING THE RULES when i post, and the bit that's got me stumped is all this emailing in plain-text nonsense - being totally ignorant of such techno malarkey i shall drivel on and hope that somehow, somewhere one of you might one day read this...... all of which is a dreadfully longwinded way of introducing myself - hi there, i'm trish, i'm in dublin and have been reading sinister for about 2 months now, but only got up the guts to join recently, mostly because i was *dying* to add my puny voice to the whole magnetic fields live debate, but like so much of my life, the moment has passed so all i'll say on that one is that i saw them here in dublin, and thought it would quite likely make my best-of-2001 list. so there. otherwise, in terms of content, i have a bit of a story i could share you that's relevant to rinaldo's (sp?) geographically challenged situation......i spent the summer in san francisco, and as some of you may remember, a certain band we all know and love were due to tour a recently released album around that time. one night, in a bit of a manic mood - happens quite often - i emailed the band at the address on the myspace.co.uk site, and asked if there was any chance at all that they might just make it to the west coast of america, cos it would just kill me to miss them in dublin... lahdiblah, long story getting longer, neil robertson mailed me back and told me what a lucky girl i was - although it wasnt actually confirmed, he could tell me that B&S were playing in san francisco itself on june 21st, but i had best get tix organised early as they were likely to sell out very fast, the band being very popular there... well i just flew home that night to share the news with my mate who was going to S.F. too, he being the one who introduced me to the band, and two happy bunnies were we...... til we found out it had all been a big fat lie that is......all of a sudden the band said "no concerts", and that was that. i tell you, it was almost enough to make me hate them (only almost, mind) ok, that's really too long already i know, i do hope some of you make it to the end of this. if you really hated this, let me know and i'll shuffle off back to the nursery with my head in my hands, trish ps only joking honey - i think you're fab.....please dont be cross!! _____________________________________ Get your free E-mail at http://www.ireland.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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: de toutes mes jupes, celle-ci me va la mieux
by John Maxwell 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

writing this in the lovely late-afternoon sunshine which is reflecting on the screen... studying on the kitchen table last night, in the company of the dog with the deep brown eyes.. such relief, being able to lift your eyes from ghastly books and into the most gorgeous things anyone is ever likely to see, just sitting at the corner of the room, waiting for you to lift your head, so he can come over and be petted. and when you go 'aww' he goes on his hind legs and nuzzles into your chest... *sigh* there's lots of snow just now. went a walk with the dog, in just a t-shirt. it was warm, with the exception of the snow being halfway up your shins and soaking your trousers. tried to make a snowball, but it turned all powdery overnight. yesterday it was perfect for snowballs. it was a bi of a shame though, because the little so-and-so who calls you Big Ears doesn't live anywhere close.. oh well... mocksies start on tuesday... which'll be fun. exams are always grate. when you are sitting in the hall, and you look at the question, and you can't concentrate at all. you could remember this topic 2 nights ago, but now all you can remember is you're in a large room, and that time is slowly drifting away.. this month has had its ups and downs... but you can take them. because you have found something, the bestest thing anyone could ever hope or imagine to have. something that keeps you going through you times of despair. something that takes your highs and puts them on a completely new dimension. ..but you can't have this something. at least not yet. you would wait though; you would wait forever. however unbearable it can be, knowing it's there, but just out of reach, teasing you, tempting you, but you can't produce that final lunge to reach it. you feel dejected sometmes, wondering just why do you deserve this torture. then you whimper. but when you find yourself like this, you have to slap yourself, for being so selfish and ungrateful. just the thought of actually having it can drive you on, to make you actually try and achieve things... one day, everything will be grate, as long as you are willing to make it to be... johnjohn x _______________________________________________________________________ FSmail - Get your free web-based email from Freeserve: www.fsmail.net +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Ne bouges pas, ou je te brule!
by Lucy Alder 09 Feb '01

09 Feb '01

Stop it! No more talk of naked Sting! It's not a nice thing to think about, especially combined with the knowledge that he can keep 'it' up for three hours. I mean, is that really necessary? Maybe he learnt how to perform this feat as a trick to impress Trudie, without comprehending there was a likelihood she'd end up with a nasty case of cystitis. Whatever, spare my delicate sensibilities and let this be the end of the thread, please! I think that Peacock Johnson chap is as soft as fluff. Anyone with that much of a potty mouth can't be kosher. It's not the shouty, sweary ones you have to watch out for, not the ones in the ludicrous Hawaiian shirts, it's the ones with 100% genuine mad staring eyes like these that put the fear in me... http://chopper_read.tripod.com/ After I went to see the film Chopper, I went around telling my mates it was about Chopper Harris, not realising my mistake until a 'friend' pissed himself laughing at me. Are Ron 'Chopper' Harris' eyes as wild as Mark 'Chopper' Read's? Of course, anybody who witnessed the footie at the Greenwich picnic last summer knows that neither of them can match the sheer brutality of Mark 'Chopper' Casarotto. Oooooh, Miss Shivers mentioned a Gilbert and left his name dangling tantalisingly in the air until her next post. I wonder if he'll be anything like Gilbert Blythe. Mmmmm, Gilbert Blythe, Avonlea dreamboat. I am eternally grateful to Lucy Maud Montgomery for writing Anne of Green Gables. Time was I couldn't put the book down. I read it over and over and wished and wished for red hair and puffed sleeves and for Gilbert Blythe to rescue me from drowning in the Lake of Shining Waters and to put his hand on my cheek and call me Carrots in soft and tender tones. Swoon! Rather a long time ago (but it's been ages since my last post) somebody talked about street names. Last week, I walked down Crutched Friars and Savage Gardens in the space of five minutes. Aren't London street names great? Can anybody recommend to me some things to do in Denver? I'm going there next week. Please note that jokes about doing things in Denver when you're dead have already been done to, um, death. Thank you. Juicy Lucy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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