March 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: when mtv played music videos
by marikka 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

fifty-three messages left to go. you would think that being locked away in your own office without a real window would make it so that i could read every message on the day that they are sent, but alas i feel guilty when i do that. so, i spend my saturday mornings trying to catch up. first...dear dear ken, you are as charming as you ever were. of course, obsessing over struan really should be my place. i'll give you isobel. girls were never my thing anyway. maybe i would have better luck if they were. which reminds me that the last time, and also the first time, i went to a lesbian club some chick pinched my ass. i was flattered as long as i was drunk, but then i couldn't figure out how i let these people take me to a lesbian club and why on earth she picked my ass out of the masses...anyway, ken, dear ken, just come to california and we will heal your wounds. second...neil, please tell me again that the elusive band is going to tour this year. and tell me that they will at least make it to san francisco. i don't know if i could make a trip to los angeles without my car losing faith on the grapevine. and i know that i would never get enough money and time off for new york. and new york reminds me being in college, i could do without that now. third...timothy, did you see vh1's best bands of hard rock, or something like that? generally an atrocious show, but they had the pixies at like 81. i was offended to no end. how could the band that revived american rock be at 81? granted i can see how neil young was rated higher as he is classic and incredibly popular with many generations, but heart? please. nothing against the wilson sisters, but the pixies are simply put the pixies...also, i am uncertain as to whether you wanted to hug rivers of weezer or one of the sweet boys from ozma who accost me when i'm on aol. of course, i would probably hug any and all of them, but rivers would be the only one who would have bodyguards and bouncers to protect him. fourth...i apologize to those that did not receive a response in this email. i am just still tired from the doves show on wednesday and all of the horrendous driving i have had to do since then. but i had a red bull on thursday, i think it was, and you know what it reminded me of...the fluoride rinse i used to have to go through at the dentist. weird stuff. but just for ken i had a red bull and vodka last night, and it was rather decent. if i didn't have to purchase the two ingredients separately, i might have it more often, but right now scotch is just easier. marikka. oh, and for anyone in los angeles, in particular those who claim to be fans of weezer, odds are in favor of the band making an appearance at the cd release party for ozma on the 23rd. but you should go for the sweet guys of ozma anyway. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: lots of sparkly stuff & nice little bunnies
by John Maxwell 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

dear sinister, the sky's dimming rapidly now, colouring the overcast clouds with a magic purple. the birds outside outside the window are chittering away to themselves, in the normal way they do. but it's scary. you can watch for any fixed period of time, but you will never spot one bird. taking a walk outside, you can hear them all around you, hiding, chirping, mocking, making you feel insecure & want to just curl up on the turf and cry. which is something i have wanted to do an awful lot lately. sometimes the smallest things can kick you, knocking your already fragile self-esteem out of you. it could only be a tiny comment, but if it's something you've worked long and hard over, just for the smallest output, it sets you back so much you wonder what's the point 3 weeks until the manics in glasgow. i listened to them on the radio, playing their first uk gig in ages. the new songs are good, but they're not inspiring. they don't make you want to form a band again having 4 boys in the same room playing out of time & out of tune, admittedly but after listening to you love us and playing it again ourselves with our star jumps & scissor kicks we thought we were world beaters but it doesn't happen anymore when you're just staying in your bedroom lying on your bed dwelling in your self-loathing of how crap & unsociable you are but then again, living where there isn't anyone your age for 6 miles doesn't help much either does listening to a recording of last stop: this town, from later with jools holland. one of the most touching songs, matched with one of the most beautiful videos, i can't remember not getting goosebumps from it. take care m'ducks johnjohn x *hugs to sleeka* _______________________________________________________________________ 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: mY fAVORITE pOST
by garymaher＠juno.com 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

On Sat, 10 Mar 2001 00:57:33 GMT owner-sinister-digest(a)missprint.org (sinister-digest) writes: > From: "Neil Robertson" <belleandsebastian(a)email.msn.com> > But there will be plenty of gigs later in the year. :-) ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: My favourite con-man
by Mikey 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

Hullo chaps and chapesses, I saw my favourite con-man yesterday, he's really very good. About three months ago he came up to me and told me how he'd just finished serving a 6 year prison sentence and he'd come to this guy who promised him a job but he wasn't there anymore and he had to get back to where-ever ny 6 or the parole people would chuck him back in the slammer etc etc. Normally I find sob stories an insult to my intelligence; they're usually less than convincing. But this guy did tears and everything, he was really good. So I gave him 30p, which he didn't take too well as he stormed off at this point. To be fair to me I only had 30p. Anyway I saw him yesterday and he did exactly the same routine on me. I thought he lost points for not changing his story over three months, that seems quite lazy. And he *did* storm off again when I have him 40p (the 10p increase might indicate a rise in my social and financial position over the last 3 months. Then again, it might not). But to still be producing fake tears after over three months of doing so several times a day surely deserved my 40p, I thought. Must actors wouldn't manage that surely? His timetable and note telling him where to get his new job could do with being replaced though, it was looking a bit tatty. I'm not sure what this has to do with anything, but there you go. Love, Mikey :o) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: G'morning darling, I trust you slept well. I hope I wasn't too much of an animal
by ArtsyDeco＠aol.com 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

Glad tidings all, This is my first post. I am so glad to have a voice. Ever since I joined the list I have wanted to let the all of you know that I am filled with love and admiration each time I read your posts. Getting to do so is a good capper to a downright gruesome day. I am thrilled to be in contact with so many b&s fans. I only know one other near me and he is the first boy I ever truly liked, and the first boy to break my heart. Ah sweet melancholy... Various quasi-contenti bits: I had my dad listen to If your feeling sinister today. He thought "Get my away I'm dying" was "Get me away Aunt Diane." A mishearing I found especialy amusing, double plus because I have an Aunt Diane and I am certain that she could never get me away. There's been talk of dreams a bit and one of mine has some relevance so I thought I'd share. We've been getting quite alot of snow here in CT and my dreams seem to be focusing on that. In this particular one I was being harassed by a certain Man from Maine while making a futile attempt to shovel my driveway. He was razzing me about being a snow wuss, that they don't even bat an eye when snow falls like this in Maine. I didn't really mind, but then he started making personal attacks, calling me an idiot connecticutian and then telling me that my curly hair looked ridiculous with snow caught in it. It was then that the Man from Maine received a faceful of snow. Now the relevant thing aboot this dream was that it's soundtract was the first three songs from Tigermilk in order. I've had dreams with songs, even dreams with subtitles, but never a soundtrack before. A very exciting development. I like cheese. Be my friend. I hope that was a decent first post. Be well. Kara Jean* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: treble rebel
by Robin Stout 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

The people I live with keep turning the bass up on our telly and it annoys me a lot. You see, I've always been a fan of treble; a little hiss and dustbin-lid sound. I think this comes from spending so much of my life, especially when I was younger, lying in bed with my headphones on, listening to some cloudy sounds on my tiny radio, and holding it above my head to clear the fuzz. I'd listen to it until I fell asleep, missing Peel saying goodnight, and the shipping forecast, and the sound being obscured by hiss as the transmitter moved out of line. Neil Robertson just said... ...well, he said a lot of things that are totally fair dinkum, especially all that about artistic integrity. Although we're always moaning about new singles taking so long there's something special about having to wait until a certain date before a song is released. Like waiting for Christmas morning, or the last day of school. I heard Fold Your Hands... before it was released and it wasn't half as exciting when it finally came out. Mind you, I don't think I'd place any of the live recordings I have of any songs above the proper versions. It's just nice to listen to them now and again, and hear the atmosphere and different hamonies, and a luscious lot of treble and hiss. Anyway, I don't think we can complain... 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: It makes you scared.
by Primitivepainter＠aol.com 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

"jiggle jiggle jiggle i like to see you wiggle can i have a fiddle?" Louis Theroux. undiscovered rap genius. Yes i've been watching Louis Theroux's weird weekends, that was his attempt at writing a rap, and its stuck in my head. Not as good a rapper as Robbie Williams "i spy with my little eye", but then Robbie is a professional, he's won 13 Brit awards in his time so he must be good. I read in the N.M.E that the Rough Trade 25 year anniversary album is out, and i quote "ultimately, this is a four-cd, 56 track almighty testament to how lame, suffocated, fire'n' imagination free the indie-rawk mentality has become" And this week on the cover of the N.M.E is the Stereophonics, is this what the meaning of ironic is? There's some cracking tunes on the Rough Trade compy though,incuding The Smiths "Hand in glove" Robert Wyatts "Shipbuilding" and Television Personalities "Part time punks" and some dubious tracks too, but in general i would say its worth a look at,and a listen to. The way i look at things nothing much has changed in the last 10 or 15 years, there are great bands out there you just have to look, its no good waiting for the N.M.E to deliver bands to you, because you'll be waiting a long time, i still read it though, more so out of general habit and once in a while i will read something interesting. I like listening to music, all kinds of music, i have in the past been accused of being a musical snob, but that just isn't true, i'm more of a musical mercenary, i have no favourite bands, i will listen to a band as long as they produce the goods, the moment they stop delivering i will stop buying the records, simple really. I read in someone's post about "random acts of kindness",which makes me think that someone somewhere must have set up a counter group, lets say "random acts of hatred", i think my neighbour is the founder member of the random acts of hatred society, last week without any provocation he thought it would be a good idea to empty the contents of 2 binliners on my doorstep, when i confronted him about it, he was very pleased with himself and his handywork,he forgot how old he was and sidled up to me wagging his finger, telling me to "go back from where i came from, and in this country we put our bins out on time" i had no idea he was harbouring so much hatred for me,whats even worse is that the bins weren't even mine! he had jumped to conclusions. I must admit, i have been planning to get back at him, but you know what, why should i waste the time and energy on this bitter and twisted man, he obviously hates me, i've given him no reason to hate me, he hates me because of the colour of my skin, why should i respond to that, so now i've calmed down i have decided not to respond, it'll drive him crazy wondering why i haven't responded to his act of hatred, and probably keep him awake at night. As the saying goes "always mess with their heads" wisdom according to Lucas. Well that's me done, i've had my vent, maybe next time i might even have some b&s content, i've been away for a while, so give me a break. take care popkids... primitive painter. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Painting & Waiting
by Rob S. 10 Mar '01

10 Mar '01

Joan of Dark's story reminded me of my story(which she posted a long time ago, before I had a voice)... of yesterday. sitting in a random coffee shop. one occupied mainly by the mad rejects of the rest of the city. & i don't know why I go in there....only yesterday it was because I had to help my drunken friend pass out in the bathroom, and wait for her parents to pick her up.> and I was sitting at this table, and beside me this old man was talking to no one about nothing.> he turned to me and -- " do you like music?" me ----- "yes,," him---"well I have some good trivia for you. you know music from the 50's?"> me ---- "yes...some" him--"oh, well, this is some good trivia. some good good trivia"> he told me about buddy holly, and his record collection. he said he had hundreads of records.> this old man was so excited that I was talking to him. & the boy I was sitting with kept rolling his eyes, and wanted to leave becuz this ol' crazy was talking to us. i love all the stories that this old man made me think of. in my head. with all his records. i have hundreads of records too. i wonder if i will be asking a kid trivia in that coffee shop in fifty years. I think that is what I love most about Belle and Sebastian. It is so character driven. When I meet people I ususally think if they could be out of a B&S song. It is always impressive when they seem to be right out of one.. ------ today it is cool(and sunny) and windy , and I should be working on my entrance essay to university, but i get distracted so easily. so I drank my coffee and signed up to this list, and got excited about it. I hope it is as interesting as it sounds. the people here seem so wonderful. I am from Canada, and Monty Python's Meaning of Life is the most brilliant comedy movie I have ever seen. hullo. ,rob _________________________________________________________________________ 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: mp3s
by Jennifer Gray 09 Mar '01

09 Mar '01

I'm breaking the 15-minute rule to say how pleased I am to see Neil Robertson's words about the Glasgow Uni mp3s. I hope Chris doesn't feel like a cunt anymore, because he's not. It's completely understandable that he had something special and wanted to share it with us, and also understandable that the band didn't want us to hear something that they weren't proud of. I don't think thay're beng fascists about it--seems to me that they are much more lenient about such matters than many other bands are. I have to disagree about the "middle distance runner" mp3--I think it *is* very good. Very very good. And if the final version is going to be better, then I'll probably listen to it every day for six months. --Jenny Janitoria P.S. Monty Python....I heard a recording once about an architect who, to the horror of his client, was designing the building to kill people....impaling them with spikes, etc. I don't remember much about it now, but I thought it was incredibly funny. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. 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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Sinister: Dirty Post #4
by Laura Llew 09 Mar '01

09 Mar '01

Dear Ken, I meant to write you sooner but Ive just been busy. You said you want to date Isobel now, you gotta be crazy. When I say big bum, I dont mean like J Los. Izzys would never draw anyone to our shows. Look, I'm really flattered you would nickname your girlfriend that and here's an autograph for your B&S shirt, I wrote it on the tee with the girls hands in her lap. I'm sorry we had to take away the MP3s but Izzy got upset screaming, "Someone is sounding better than me!" Don't think I did that intentionally just to diss you. But what's this you said about you licking railings too? I said that bout thrush just clownin dawg. C'mon -how much like Jane are you? I'm sorry I havent done any real shows, but life as a church janitor and cabanna boy is rough - ya know? You got some issues, Ken. I think you need some counseling to help yourself from bouncing off the walls when you get down some and what's this about us meant to be together? That type of shit'll make me not want us to meet each other. I really think you and your imaginary friend need each other or maybe you just need to treat her better. I hope you get to read this letter, I just hope it reaches you in time before you hurt yourself, I think that you'll be doin just fine if you relax a little. I'm glad I inspire you but Ken why are you so mad? Try to understand, that I do want you as a fan. Stuart David tried to warn me about Sinister and its freaks but I thought itd be ok since I like pasty-faced vegan geeks. I just don't want you to do some crazy shit like I seen this one loser on the news a couple weeks ago that made me sick: Some dude was hyped up on red bulls & vodka and he short circuited his computer when it drowned in drool. I thought only disturbed people like that listened to Magnetic Fields & Jewel. Come to think about, his name was.. it was you. DAMN! Stu _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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