April 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: in every dream home a heartache
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

Long time no posting. Sorry for all the people who derive some satisfaction from my posts, and .... err .... sorry for all the people who hate my posts. (For opposite reasons, obviously) ***OH MY GOD*** (part one) ***NEW BELLE & SEBASTIAN SONG*** (Fact) ***OH MY GOD*** Hmmm. I was scanning through Napster today ... not something I do regularly, but whenever I do, I always check for B&S stuff. (I also do this at record stores. I mean, I *know* there won't be a new album I haven't heard of or anything, but I always check just in case). Anyway, what should I find but a new studio track called (I think) "Jeremy in Chicago" (sorry, I could have the first name wrong ... it file is at work, and I've been out and I'm tired ....) So, yeah, anyone heard of this song? It's really short ... about 2 and a half minutes, is *really* poppy and is sung by Stuart Murdoch. It's a bit of a story-song, which made me thing it could possibly be part of the film soundtrack or something. It's very very good, although I feel a certain shame in owning it. I mean, I had the opportunity to get tracks from "Peasant ..." before it came out, and held back ..... but this was just too exciting. Any info greatly appreciated. ***NEW B&S STUFF*** (Hearsay) So if Matador have info about the new single on their site, how come Jeepster hasn't sent out one of their once-regular-now-sporadic-to-say-the-least newsletters. I hate being out of the loop. I seem to remember someone saying "take your carrige clock" was an instrumental? True? False? ... and more B&S stuff ... Anyone know if the B&S soundtrack album will be split with the other guy? Of just B&S. Hopefully just B&S. Air's "The Virgin Suicides" album was brilliant .... and R.E.M. "and friends" soundtrack was a bit of a crock. More like the former, less like the latter, please. ***OH MY GOD*** (part two) I saw Johnny Marr play "There is a light that never goes out" a few weeks ago, with Neil Finn on vocals. I almost cried. It was so beautiful. One of those completely transcendant moments ...... All is forgiven Johnny, even that blues shite with The Healers. Other stuff. Hope everyone had a nice Easter. Vanessa (my ... err ... "woman") went away for three nights and stayed at a nice hotel, and arsed about, ate good food, went to an AMAZING "geothermal wonderland" in the middle of nowhere, and bought an Orange Juice 12" and a Roxy Music album. ("For Your Pleasure" ... genius) Just went and saw "The Fountainhead" .... great film. Other noteables are "Momento" and "Best In Show". Anyone know if Parker Posy is a B&S fan .... something makes me think she might be. Right, it's late and all ....... take care. Lawrence. PS - anyone who can tell me anything about that song I found ...... please let me know. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "We're in the city, city..."
by Lisa & Lee 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

Maybe it's the time of year (rebirth, lovely days, blah blah) or maybe it's just me being all nostalgic like, but I am constantly entertained by this list due to all of the mentionings of that most wonderful of cities...(wait for it) LONDON! I have been missing London something fierce (snap! snap! head waggle a la rupaul) lately, and this list with its LLovelly LLondonians makes that llonging all the more poignant and sweet... (nods to the ever LLuscious LLaura LLew, who btw, understands the inherent greatness of Virginia W. and will tell you about it if you ask really nicely).. I am -- (to namecheck a few): *w/ Ruvi and the Wispa of delight , eaten no doubt to the strains of a spinning Julie Andrews, while on some coloured line in that tangled web (we weave) in the underground *in tune with Mike W. , who delights in the dulcet tones of the Circle Line announcer girl *clearly the soulmate of Johnathan Howell, who brings us the amazingly offkilter and therefore sumptuous repast of an "opposites" game and a vision of red postboxes filled to the brim with lemonade... *thinking of Gordon, who worked out, fairly succinctly I might add, the larger and smaller postmodern issues and tangents related to "fold yer hands..." while on the speeding efficiency of the modern tube train... So, yes, ahem...right. I am a English person trapped in a Texan's body I sometimes think...(*just* an Anglophile? Surely it's much deeper than that!) I would love to read more current English authors (preferably ones who write extensively about London, ala Nick Horby and such) and am looking for some recommendations...something fun, thoughtful etc. to read whilst listening to Belle and Sebastian even (Oooh, that couldn't be content rearing it's head could it?) If you've read this far (congrats! Is my undying love the grand prize or merely the emotional equivalent of Turtle Wax?), and have some suggestions for London-oriented reading material , please email me off list and I shall be ... Ever in your debt, Lisa from Texas p.s. anybody like St. Etienne? They, along with our dear old twattybus, seem perfect for Spring. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Curmudgeonly homonculi.
by Ruvi Simmons 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

Although it is hardly philosophical, I can't help thinking that there are two sorts of days. One where nothing can go wrong, and the other where everything falls apart in one's hands. Perhaps it is just the result of complacency that it seems as if these diurnal patterns are irreversible. Once the trend is there for the day, nothing can be done. Or maybe there is some whimsical homonculus bestowing good days and bad days on people, keeping his little accounts sheets like a demonised accountant. A week good. A week bad. This person has had far too long feeling bad. Today the sun will seem to shine even if it is overcast. No, not very philosophical at all. I should be ashamed really. But would it have been more interesting if I had of written that it was all down to chemicals and that we're really organic machines? Since it seems the style of the 21st century to sacrifice beauty for economics, I prefer to sacrifice philosophy to being interesting. The point of this, however, was that it seemed as if today was a bad one for me. Everything started off badly. But it has all been reversed, not least because, in the same day, people have mentioned Iron Maiden and Confessions... films. I have had a bit of a fondness for Robin Askwith ever since I saw one of his film on Channel 5 at some ungodly hour of the night when I no doubt should have been doing something more productive than watching saucy British comedies. Nevertheless, I can't help but smile when I recall all those scenes when his pale arse is bobbing up and down on top of some buxom English wench, only to be interrupted by some old biddy barging in, setting off a fire extinguisher or any number of other hilarious calamities. And as for Iron Maiden, well, I can't help but raise a smile about them, too. Especially the trousers. And the screeching. I think, if I were to do karoake again (which is unlikely after the rendition of Jailhouse Rock I gave in Las Vegas), I think I would do Run to the Hills. Just to try and scream like Bruce Dickinson. My voice would probably give up and crack, though. I could always try and cover up by saying I was really singing it in the style of Emily Dickinson. In addition to these joys, I bought a record of the Sound of Music today, for 50 pence. I feel a little bit of glee at how I managed to come away so cheaply with something so wonderful. It is as if a little bit of joy slipped through the net of capitalism, directly into my hands. I even had money left over to buy a Wispa in the Underground. And, since everything is going so well, I should stop to bask a while. Then I can sleep and, with all the luck in the world, when I wake up it will be a sunny Spring day and not this cold weather which seems to be doggedly clinging on, quite disinterested in the time of the month or the fact that I am sick to death of grey skies and tedious, soporific rain. I wish everyone well, and hope that the aforementioned homonculus is kind to them. 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: poda
by Carmel Petra Wright 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

<<B&S touring? If those suckers don't come to Canada I'll be offended. We're not rude and heartless like our American neighbours! We're nice, sweet, and call "soda", "pop". How adorable!>> Those of us in the NW area of the US call "soda" "pop" also, but my friend and I have decided to use the middle of the line term--"poda"...it's nice, it's right in the middle--like me most of the time! Carmel ===== "Wouldn't you like to get away give yourself up to the allure of Catcher in the Rye the future's swathed in stars & stripes" ***Belle & Sebastian*** __________________________________________________ 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: the peabrained manifesto
by Rachel Playforth 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

LOST A WEEKEND, FOUND A SIXPACK i am genuinely not sure if i've slept at all this easter. oh my it was a good weekend, even if watching huge amounts of crap on tv and video at strange times of the day and night was a big part of it. atp? pah, direct experience is *so* last week, dahling. bbc learning zone has become a true friend in the wee small drunken hours, and i now know how to discuss exams in spanish and how to carry off a mullet in italian. i do feel very odd now - cold cooked mushrooms were a positive breakfast delight yesterday, although it could have just as easily been lunch or dinner as far as i knew. staying up all night, just cos i can, has become a statement - working with teenagers as i am doing at the minute puts a big strain on the responsible adult muscles. speaking of which, welcome to list motherhood, linda :) we'll try to be good children for you... PEACOCKS AND RHINESTONES i read the peacock manifesto on sunday, and must say i was slightly disappointed with the sketchy characterisation, though obviously impressed by the truly prodigious swearing. who'd have thought 'fuck' would still have meaning after the 150th repeat? someone who would have been wrong... oh well, i'm sure it will be a more interesting experience 'live' tomorrow. glen campbell obviously has significance for b&s musicians both past and present. i've got a soft spot for rhinestone cowboy myself as it formed part of my parents' eccentric collection of 7" singles when i was growing up. i suspect it went the way of other gems such as 'i am woman' and 'the birdy song' when my parents split up though - ie. nobody knows where it is and nobody can be bothered to start a messy custody battle by asking. ELECTRELANE yay! that's my bestest pre-school buddy's band, that is. she plays the drums. as she started practising the moody frown and the hooliganism aged 3, i guess it was inevitable she'd end up in a rock band. we once covered the entire bathroom floor with cold cream in order to simulate an ice rink. it worked a treat. what i wouldn't give to have those powers of invention today. BUZZWORDSMITHS as miller said, buzzwords is very much open for business and particularly receptive to sinister stories and poems, as ally cook, the narrow wizard, the boy greg, the other greg, jan imgrund and pete ramsdale (amongst others) will testify. thanks guys, you're all great. more please! now i've got to wake up properly and write to the inland revenue, which isn't half as nice as writing to sinister. round eye blues, archel xxx ps: ok, i give up. will someone please tell me what DDR is before my cultural inadequacy complex goes any further. how have i missed this? pps: i hope jenowl and ian enjoyed meeting mr archel at the weekend and that he didn't tell you too many of his lengthy stories :) *************************************** Rachel Playforth 'She may not be famous, but she's right' - Homer Simpson For the best in new writing on the web, visit www.buzzwords.org.uk Contact us on buzzwords(a)bigfoot.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: ~The opposite of Mobile Phone.
by Jonathan Howell 18 Apr '01

18 Apr '01

So many things and where to start??? Gordon: Brought up the issue of folded hands... "...whilst us *sophisticates* clench our fists in a grown-up manner? ". I thought that the hands were not folded in on themselvs, but folded into your other hand... either infront of or behind the body. Behind probably works better. Perhaps there they can happily bounce against your arse in an aristocratic manner... hmm maybe not... that doesn't sound aristocratic at all to me... oh I don't know. Gneiss: mentioned disused tube stations and getting ficticiously stuck at them. I had a dream about this once, Whne I emerged from it (the station not the dream) I was trapped in war torn Sarajevo... obviously I'm a little insecure about London... though I do love the buzz it has. Right then. I don't know if any other sinisterians were at the Rocket/Cockpit in Leeds tonight for the Clearlake gig.. I did keep an eye out for anyone looking remotely... There was a girl wearing a rather fetching jumper-coat thing, I liked it, but I don't think that necessarily made her a list member. I've met quit a few non-list members with good fashion taste. Anyway, despite the dodgy sound quailty (the shape of the room doesn't help) they played a fantastic set. I really liked that the band sang along (to themselves not the mics) it showed they were enjoying themselves. Grrr... The York picnic would be in term time, when I'll be back in Aberystwyth, and no-where near York... indeed there will be exams and I will be merrily stressing (merriment available only while stocks last). I shall have my very own Aberystwyth sinister picnic to comemorate the event, this will probably just be me, although anyone else who'd like to come is very welcome to drop me an email. If I don't hear from anyone then I might restrict the picnic to a bag of crisps while my friends are about as I'm not a big fan of eating on my own. Does a bag of crisps count as a picnic? Salt and vinegar I think... yes. Hmmm... I spotted that channel four were looking for their fave TV music monets the other day... they had some number we're supposed to ring and vote. I'd very much like to vote for Belle and Sebastian at the brits... sdo I'll look out for the number. Heh, maybe we should rig the vote... As for my subject line for today... This is something to try only when you are very bored, very bored indeed... that is how this game was born. What you do is to think of an everyday item, and work out what the opposite of it is, and then justify your choice. It works even better with two people... 1: What's the opposite of post boxes? 2: A glass of Lemonade. 1: Why? 2: Well, A glass is singular, post boxes are plural. Lemonade is fizzy and liquid, you put it in glasses and drink it, and you can mix it with vodka, or ribena. You don't put letters in lemonade unless you want them very soggy. It's not red, and you don't see it standing on street corners. It doesn't have delivery times printed on it. So A glass of lemonade is obviously the oppsoite of post boxes. My sister and I played this in the car on a LONG journey. We were told off as it might confuse our little brother (11 bless him) who apparently has some opposites section in his SATs or something... still could be good to give the markers a laugh. Right then... that's quite enough of that for now. Love and such. Jonny. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: like anthea turner? i hope not!
by steve peet 17 Apr '01

17 Apr '01

well hello there its been a while, a long while but here goes... first a big hello and thank you to all the lovely listees i met at pow! to the people 2 on sunday. the aislers set and the clientelle were just lovely, and the pot noodle incident which juicylucy alluded to was most amuzing... i feel much better as the new kid in london to have been spotted for what i am and to have found some kindred spirits. i think its something about feeling that you belong without losing your individuality, or something. i managed to stand next to the bass player from the aislers set and chat to her during one of the other sets, and she was very fetching in her stripy top and not at all like anthea turner. i'd be quite distressed if i thought i was attracted to anthea turner lookalikes. i'm gutted that i missed them on john peel, especially being a huge joy division fan and all... i can also now recommend a band called vermont too, they played one track that was a bit like i could be dreaming and another a bit like 23 minutes in brussels by luna. fab. i'm very glad that someone else has noticed the iron maiden references in b&s. maiden were my first real gig and though i've largely grown out of my rawk heritage i'm still rather partial to a drop of black sabbath. im having a sulk this evening as the lovely girl i met last wednesday *still* hasnt got in touch and i've had to bring work home. not fair! peetsketchsteve _________________________________________________________________________ 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: what I thought on the way to work... questions
by Gordon 17 Apr '01

17 Apr '01

'fold your hands child, you walk like a peasant' I wonder what it means: is vital information missing? Do peasants walk with their hands unfolded; innocent and open-palmed, whilst us *sophisticates* clench our fists in a grown-up manner? Is it the exposure of a mis-directed directive? On another level, I've heard of folded arms, but folded hands? How obscure. Is it a riddle? Nonsense? Rhetorical enigma or a quote from a book: an artful snippet? Relax, I suggest to myself. Just absorb what's there (I slurp coffee from a flask and gaze out of the window). Imagine the birchwoods described by Turgenev in *a Hunter's Sketches* or other landed Russians writing of the rural set-up and the peasantry. Play the woodland notion and Malaprop to 'pheasant': strutting ridiculous or resting under the fold of its wing. Think also of the word 'child' and the fondness of a parent as they walk side by side, the taller watching out for the smaller; raising to silly mores, well-meant: the improving artifice and progressive ideal. People like Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Scots writer) thought progress was bad... is this what B&S are on about? Fair enough: I wrote this in a speeding train with a plastic pen and a minidisc providing the Belle & Sebastian and now it's in E-mail format... I like progress! Does anyone know what the title means? I thought I'd get that in before any new stuff comes out. I looked up the whole phrase on sinister but there were no matches found: was it instantaneously abbreviated? Questions, questions, questions... and what's the photo of the almost-mirror and the eyeliner? and is the picture with musicians on the stairs all dressed-up a reference to that film that starred Klaus Kinski's daughter in a gorilla outfit in a big white clapboard house in, maybe...the Hamptons? Sincerely, Gordon http://members.netscapeonline.co.uk/gogron/Gordon's/index.html Once I have acquired manners and a cause, it is my aim to become a gentleman anarchist. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: lyrics quiz - 'i really don't like lobster!', artist and song please,
by chris perriman 17 Apr '01

17 Apr '01

grr i was going to mention the bass player from the aislers set in my post because she is incredibly cute, but dont worry llaura, she's only about 5' 2" and plays a short scale bass, you could easily take her (what an interesting mental picture). the guitarist looks like one of adam and joe, or a mixture of the two and he appeared to be really tall but thats prolly coz the rest of the band are so small. woo! celebs! lauren laverne (of kenickie) was in the audience and also her brother pete (also of kenickie) but that wasn't a surprize coz i'm sure he's stalking me, i see him everywhere. but the aislers set were fantastic and did the joy division cover (but i carnt remember which song it was) and i was particularly impressed w/ the singer playing guitar and trumpet at the same time! jenowl mentioned airportgirl who were supporting the 'set, if anybody else gets the chance to see them then take a peek at the keyboardist/tambourinist/air guitarist, he looks exactly like a young ringo starr going to a fancy dress party as a member of la resistance. it's true i tells ya. my friend works in hmv and on easter monday was paid TRIPLE time, and she gets 5 squid an hour anyway so she walked off with 120 pounds for 8 hours work. that's so not fair! but i'm applying for a job as an apprentice projectionist at a cinema so that'll be *fandabidozie*, if i get it. and i went to a music pub quiz and we only came 4th last, not bad really. but i did get vommed on. not badly mind you, just splatters but still, eurgh! . i found a fiver on the way home though so that made up for it. god, i wish the tour dates would be announced coz i've got people leaning on me for information , just coz i'll be the first to know coz i'm on sinister; hah what a priveledged situation i'm in. SILLUSTRATORS keep up the good work. absolutely hillarious i love it SUBJECT LINE the first correct answer to reach me will probbly be sent a mix tape for their troubles (hint: icelandic) love and sellotape pez* ps. mogwai session on lamacq tonight - yay! www.pez.com - the wonderful world of pez ;) ivorytowers.8m.com - ivory towers records www.drpez.com - Dr Pez, Spain's premier fish doctor (i think) _________________________________________________________________________ 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: I love stretched deadlines
by Lucy Alder 17 Apr '01

17 Apr '01

>Though I keep getting told by > those who do know me that I look like the bass player from the Aislers > Set, > especially my smile. /me watches Laura Llew's crush votes go sky high. Oh dear, LLl, didn't you know that half the male population of London (Sinisterines, at least) have serious crusheroonies on that girl? Sally and I think she bears remarkable resemblance to 'British Television's Perkiest Presenter', Anthea Turner http://www.anthusiast.freeserve.co.uk/ but it doesn't seem to make any difference. The crusheroonies have struck and there's nothing to be done. LLl, do you look like Anthea Turner? I understand that if you do, this has no bearing on your character. AS bass girl does have a lovely smile though (as does Anthea, of course), as we witnessed at Pow to the People on Saturday afternoon. Also playing were The Tyde, who bear remarkable resemblance to 'Shit Dad Rockers', Ocean Colour Scene http://www.homestead.com/thewastedyouth/hate.html and a whole load of bands I was too busy drinking alkyhol and scoffing pot noodles to watch. Alkyhol and noodles... gosh, this weekend bore remarkable resemblance to ATP, 'Where Our Chalet ROCKED' (no url for this one, but it is true nonetheless) especially as I met Robin for the first time at ATP and Peetsketchsteve for the first time on Saturday. Wahey! This paragraph is long enough. Time to hit the return key... Robin's child/old man conversation reminded me of this: I was a terrible eavesdropper on Saturday. I went downstairs to relieve myself of the Stella that had somehow managed to collect in my stomach (how on earth did it get there?!) and was happily enthroned when I heard the following conversation emanating from the next cubicle: Girl One: I'm really not sure this is a good idea... Girl Two: But I want to prove to you that I can! Girl One: Listen, I'm ten years older than you, I don't think we should... Girl Two: But I can act ten years older, just let me show you! *****ten seconds of silence***** Girl Two: This really isn't a good idea... Girl One: But I want to... *****further ten seconds of silence***** &c. Well, as you can imagine, I got out of there sharpish, wanting to give the naughty pair some space and to save my blushes, obviously. Needless to say, the gentlemen I related this tale to upon my return to the bar were extremely interested, for purely anthropological reasons, of course. Yay, first picnic of the season! Steve, I think the first one is at Primrose Hill, so we can justify having the one in June for Martin's buffday in Greenwich. Is that right? Anyone? Anyone? D-O-O Economics &c. I'm getting all excited already, even though it's not for another two and a bit weeks. Mmm, bouze. I've been doing it a bit much lately and I thought of giving up for a while (now, that's a sign of ageing if ever I saw one) but I can't find a whole month without any picnics or parties going on so I'll just have to keep getting drunk. What a shame. Speaking of incorrigible drunks, I hear Scotland may be quite well represented at the picnic. York people, why don't you come too instead of having your own picnic. If people can come from Glasgow and Greece, can't you? Go on... Oh, I've just remembered another drunken tale of woe. At Sally's Best Sinister Party for Months, I displayed my unique (at least amongst the people I know) ability to stick out my tummy and make myself look pregnant. It's a difficult thing to pull off, as you mustn't arch your back in the process - that's the biggest giveaway to fake pregnancies, don't you think? Anyway, I think everyone was suitably impressed, so I then confessed that sometimes, when the train is particularly sardinish, I stick my tummy out to make myself look pregnant and wait for somebody to offer me their seat. Am I cruel, evil and bad? I don't let old folks or real pregnant women stand up for me though. That would just be too cruel, evil and bad. Juicy Lucy ===== We're going out! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/london-indie ____________________________________________________________ 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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