March 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: You thought there was love in everything and everyone, how nieve
by tmalone3＠uswest.net 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

Dear Sinister, I haven't written for a while, and when I did before my posts weren't terribly important, relevent, or interesting. Neither is this one, but I felt like writing. I'm feeling a bit under the weather today, I even called in sick to work. I feel so guilty, aren't I a geek? My job is quite awful, I get paid shit, yet I feel bad. I'm really the perfect employee, no spine whatsoever. Hmm, oh well, I think I deserve the time off. Well, somebody mentioned that they were tired of hearing about missed opportunities, so I'd just like to report that the other day I stayed after work a bit longer than usual to walk a girl home. We got along fairly well (she even laughed at my stupid little jokes), I think I'll ask her to have coffee or something with me. I hate coffee, but I'll stomach it for her, she seems to like it. I think that counts as taking an opportunity, no snogging, but still... I'd just like to say that I think Beyond the Sunrise is one of the best songs off FYHCYWLAP, along with Fought in a War and Family Tree. I liked the interpretations posted. When I first heard it I thought it was a biblical reference. I miss-heard the line, "His eyes were sure that heaven was not her scene" as "He was sure that heaven was not her seed". An alternate version of the annunciation or something. I still think it is an awfully pretty song. The other day I went shopping and found some great stuff. At one store they had this almost life-size Crucifix (well, Christ was almost life-size at least) that lit up, it was $300 so I of course didn't buy it. I also found a 'commie-kit' that had a record of the 'ode to chairman mao' and a uniform from the days of mao. It was a bit too expensive too, but I thought it would be a great gift for my far too patriotic friend. Almost as great as the lighter that played the communist anthem when you opened it. Anyway, I ended up buying a copy of the Looper 45, the new Kings of Convenience albumn (which is great!), some pants (a little small, but thats ok, they were cheap), a great shirt that is white, kinda western looking, and has snap buttons (including three on each sleave). All in all, a good shopping trip. When I was crossing the street there was this very agitated man asking out a completely terrified woman on the street. He kept asking why she wouldn't go out with him, what was wrong, that he didn't mind but he just wanted to know why. I think he had faced a bit too much rejection lately, but the poor chap needed to learn about tact. hmm, thats all I have to say for now. I need some sleep. -- Tim +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: you know you want it
by jay 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

i know i do! http://www.cafepress.com/static/salonstore/design.jsp?property=salon_artwor… jay, who's been looking for a new coffee mug as a matter of fact, and bashfully thanks his crusher +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: proofreading is good
by Kim 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

- I just realized I meant to say "if any of you CAN classify B&S albums as essentially 'happy' or 'sad'" I'd love to hear how. I originally wrote "can't." I've proven my own stupidity once again. I try to avoid it, and yet it comes so swiftly, and with stealth, at that... Thanks for letting me correct myself... - Kim ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.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: Guthries and the Old Soviet Republic...
by Kim 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

It's been some time since my last post... though there's not much on which to update any of you, even if you did give a rat's petard... sometimes I wonder why I love this list so much, but then I remember that it's because everyone here cherishes Belle & Sebastian and uses words like "squidgy." Thus, despite the ever-present notion that more than half of you will only lightly skim this post, as it appears to say nothing and looks none too artistic and/or creative, I post anyway. I did find it odd that Marybeth mentioned Arlo Guthrie (well, not odd, really, because I certainly have no concrete reason as to WHY she WOULDN'T mention Arlo Guthrie, as most posts are generally random in that nature)... Still, it made me cock my head to one side like a confused spaniel, seeing as how I was thinking about relating my latest B&S plug to the list, and it happens to involve Woody Guthrie. See, I met this adorably dark-haired, artsy-pantsed boy wearing a red "CCCP" T-shirt at a party a while back, and watched in amusement as every drunken ass in the house came to him at some point, pointed at his shirt, and said, "What does, 'Kuh-kuh-kuh-puh' mean?" He finally sat on a futon in what seemed to be mildly inebriated frustration at the low level of brain activity going on around him, so I decided to lower the quotient even more by speaking to him... turns out I'm not so stupid, and he wasn't too frustrated to speak. His name is Nick. We waxed philosophy for some ! time, and ended up talking about music (most of my conversations turn that direction anyway), and when he told me he liked Wilco, I asked him if he knew Billy Bragg, and he said yes. Then I asked him if he know Woody Guthrie (I was thinking of the Billy-Bragg/Wilco tribute albums) and he actually knew who I was talking about - which in my "quaint" suburban American neighborhood is quite rare... And so I decided he was worthy of the Belle-and-Sebastian plug. I recommended Tigermilk, simply because of its chronological placement as #1. This was about five weeks ago, and I speak to him on the phone periodically just to chat (his adorable features and quick wit apparently make him out of my romantic-league, being that I am, comfortably, rather plain and unnoticeable). It turns out that Tigermilk was really beginning to grow on him, until a friend of his came along and said, "You can't listen to that one. That's one of their happy albums. You have to hear their sadder stuff t! o really know them..." Thankfully, Nick is too smart to completel l-thought-out judgements of musical material... Can any of you classify any of the B&S albumsin their entirety as either "happy" or "sad"? If you can't, I'd love to be let in on your path of logic... 'Cause I don't see it. Anyway, that's my story of how I made another B&S fan. The moral of the story, really, is that you should never approach someone at a party, point at their shirt, and say, "What does 'Kuh-kuh-kuh-puh' mean?" Hugs to you all, even the ones who don't feel like being hugged - Kim ----------------------------------------------- FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com Reserve your name now at http://www.email.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: i will now demonstrate my inabilities ...
by TeaandOctane＠aol.com 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

i am still new ... so i'll assume my emails will get little notice, a fact that allows me a certain amount of narcissistic freedom. i live in a bland city. i have a bland job with a cubicle of my very own. i sing for a band ... we like ourselves, but i'm not sure that anyone else does. my favorite belle and sebastian song is "the boy done wrong again". my favorite color is periwinkle, because the name is cute. i've not been known to wax poetic. i tell stupid stories. i enjoy reading art theory. i can't remember jokes. i drink too much coffee. my friends are more interesting then i am ... maybe i should have them write this for me. my two greatest talents are as follows: listening and not getting mad when people call and wake me up in the wee hours. i live in the land of country music and 10 gallon hats. and i really don't mind. -kim +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Electronic Penaissance
by Kenneth P Y Chu 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

Hello, Easter break beckons but I still have lots of work to do but I now cannot find any kind of motivation to do them.. I think I'm just full of erm anticipation at the moment. Nick Horne said: >>Which is a fair point, and should I ever appear guilty of Luddism, I expect to be called to account.=20 However, the comparison doesn=92t convince me. We make a choice to turn the page. And, having done so, the page remains in existence. The page remains to haunt us. And, eventually, we relent and turn back to it.=20 Poetry by email? One click. No traces. A memory-free medium. Is a poetry-free medium.<< It is not strictly true, of course. Computers are designed to store information, just make sure you don't click on the "delete" button but instead put it in a "read mail" folder and you can read it again and again and again :) Here it is, a practical computer solution from Ken.. I think this kind of nerdy comments can be one reason why no girls ever take interests in me. And since sinister emails are archived, girls in years to come will be able to read this email i've just sent and carry on not taking interests in me.. maybe I shouldn't have clicked "send", afterall. Poetry and Red Bulls Ken =============================================================== If you work for much very longer, you'd be known as the boy who's always working - Belle & Sebastian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: lacking a subject
by FearOfPop7＠aol.com 22 Mar '01

22 Mar '01

yes hello all i thought i had something to write, and i do, but there is no overriding theme to it, so thus the subject line. i guess i can start off with some B&S stuff...i recently found my lost copy of tigermilk, which was a very pleasant surprise. i thought i had lost it along with 20 or so other cds when i lost my cd case in a some parking alot over the past summer. but i found it in my Ben folds five cd case (the last one that no one likes) behind the BFF cd. if it wasn't for some strange urge to listen to that cd, tigermilk would still be in my cds-turned-coaster pile. anywho, what ive discovered is that tigermilk is great to listen on saturday mornings while driving to work with coffee and a cigarette. ok, you don't need the coffee or the cig but it still works wonders in waking me up before work. ok what else...debating whether or not i should still write...i think ill talk about this party i went last weekend which featured many girls in black and short skirts that were mostly annoying and vacant (not the skirts, the girls). really not my type. though there was one girl who i knew from online chats, though i had never met her before. that was bad. i wasn't prepared for a meeting...it was awkward and i did my best to avoid her most of the night. ive done that once before, met someone that i talked to online, but i actually wanted to meet that person, so it was much more pleasant...it went surprisingly well considering how bad i am with....um, people, that's it. but then we stopped talking shortly after the meeting, so maybe it didn't go so well...but then i saw her in penn station at 1 am on a tuesday. we had both attended a gybe! show and were on our way home....we chatted and took the same train halfway home...it was nice and she looked great...but then we haven't talked since so....i think it's the whole thing of me not being very good at persuing...damn my apathy. ok id like to move onto something else...like going to see mogwai next week. that should be grand (grand? who uses grand anymore?) the morning after the show im leaving for florida...early...so that should be interesting. well then im in florida for four days. i come home and get all my college replies and then to top it all off, i get to see some more scottish folk in nyc. im talking about arab strap of course....i think this is the first week ive had to look forward to in a long time... ok im all out of words....not used to posting so much....ok goodnight all -chris +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Let's all meet up in the year 2000
by Will Porter 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

I keep almost posting. That is, I keep thinking of oh!-so-clever things to say, and then I start to type it and it goes away or reveals itself to not be clever at all. Hmm. Someone said something about lurkers which, for reasons beyond the realm of my knowledge, made me feel guilty for not saying anything. Which in turn made me feel guilty for the arrogance of thinking that all 1400 of you would be remotely interested in what I might say in the first place. I live in New York now (I think I mentioned it before). One of the first things anyone told me about living here was "You'll be amazed at the kind of chicks you can pull here." Actually, I may have read that in an article. Anyway, I was thinking about it, and it occurred to me that in a city of nearly 9 million people, someone's /bound/ to like your stuff. Though so far, they're not doing a good job of making it obvious. Or obvious enough, anyway. I've been reading Go Ask Alice www.goaskalice.columbia.edu all day. It's such a great website. A year or two ago, the American Library Association got all sorts of flak for linking to it from their website for teens. I haven't been reading lately. This is (apparently) scandalous behavior for a librarian. The truth of the matter is this: I've never been a particularly voracious reader. This is due largely to my exceptionally short span of attention (got a short little span of attention and oh, my nights are so long), in tandem with an ever-present, nagging suspicion that I could be doing something more interesting. This latter affects more than just reading, but it is particularly taxing to such, because of reading's concentration-intensive nature. My library's clientele, my co-workers, my family, and damn near everyone I've ever told that I'm a librarian cannot reconcile that reality with my reluctance (not reluctance--reluctance comes loaded with mules on short ropes and children spitting mashed peas; rather, inability) to read for extended periods, as though somehow one has to incorporate the contents of every book in one's vicinity in order to be comforted by their presence. The state of my memory is such that I'd probably not remember much of them anyway. Laura Llew (isn't she swell?) said something or other about us boys who occupy the non-skinny category. Thanks, hon. We need the compliments. Strapping is an interesting adjective (and, in fact, also quite interesting as a verb, though awfully dull as a noun). I'm not sure I know what it means. You'd have to ask someone else if I'm strapping or not, but thanks for the good press all the same, LL. On that note, I gotta go. adieu will porter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Weeeeee Beena Berry
by mummy i've grazed my knee 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

For the benefit of those with not much time, I've written important words in BIG. FUNNY NEWS STORY THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE I have a POLITICS exam in five weeks and know nothing. I thought a good place to start would be the news, it's usually got some sort of political relevance and it's on when I eat so I can do two things at once. Today I was enjoying GEORGE ALAGAYA (sorry George, don't know how it's spelt. Is he on the list? Do we have any news readers or weather folk on the list?) presenting stories in his usual cheerful manner when I stumbled upon two examples of extreme rock and roll excess. Firstly, although actually secondly on the news, but firstly to me, was S CLUB 7 taking cannabis. I don't encourage drug taking of any kind, so younger people (Jen) I know you see me as a father figure/trend setter/role model but don't get any ideas. This is a top news story and hopefully it will confuse many kids as they realise that some pop stars don't still have the same mentality as them and have a less naive outlook on life than CARE BEARS. Better still though, someone broke into Geri Halliwell's house and poured RIBENA everywhere! I have my suspicions as to which list member it was, but I'm keeping stum. PICNIC May 5th is my 19th BIRTHDAY! Unfortunately it is in term time though and I live in YORK which means I can't come (student/no money/work etc.) There are currently 5 sinister people at York uni though and I'm sure we could find a few more who'd be willing to have a picnic amongst DUCK POO. CHUCKLE BROTHERS They're GRATE. IAN McCULOCH His birthday is May 5th as well, so as he's a JEEPSTER recording ARTISTE you could celebrate his birthday at the PICNIC. TIGER I found out the other day that the greatest British band other than BELLE AND SEBASTIAN is no more. I was sad. I think you might be getting bored by now as my PARAGRAPHS get shorter. Goodbye for now. Chris Jones. "We are computers... but we don't know how to operate computers" - STEPS +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sometimes i feel so happy
by matthew castelhano 21 Mar '01

21 Mar '01

well the first full day of spring and it is raining and cold, soo much for seasons. being alive is amazing. i was down and depressed because one pretty girl ignored me. it seemed horible for about 30 minuets, then another smiled at me and siad hello and all trouble was forgotten. it was a tainted hello because she was a cashier and i was buying something but in my mind it still counts. it always shockes me how quickly bad events can disapear when something good happens. parents and music: neither of my parents have ever comented on b&s, the closest i have is my mom telling me that the new gybe reminded her of yanni. she was teasing me so i did not take it too seriously. finnaly a while ago someone commented that they liked the for carnation. i love them. they are one of my favorite bands to listen too, after b&s of course, when i drift into sleep. i hope all everyone is well and happy matthew anthony _________________________________________________________________ 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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