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Sinister: Jonathon David et al.
by Jeremy Tweddle 21 May '01

21 May '01

Hello all, I'm currently at work and my day is becoming slowly more and more pointless. Excepting one point, and that is the knowledge that even mediocrity can sometimes contain genius. "What!? Has the poor fellow gone mad?" I see you ask... No, well not completely. Actually I was flicking through a copy of Captain Corelli's Mandolin (yes, the mediocre=popular book of the same name) during my lunch break and happened upon a piece of text that bore some resemblance to a B&S lyric. On page 31, in the second last paragraph is the line "Initially I did not have time to make anyone a Jonathon to my David." Personally I thought the concept of B&S finding inspiration in mediocrity an interesting one, then again I'm probably a bad gauge. Just thought you might like to know. Jeremy +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: another dull first post
by sdf26＠omega.med.yale.edu 21 May '01

21 May '01

Sinisterians - at least those of you who choose to read this post, I've just been informed by the powers that be that my Sinister chords have been connected. Naturally I'm thrilled and, I'll confess, a bit overwhelmed. Okay, so I may have a tendency to overstate things on occassion. In any case I am pleased to briefly introduce myself. Sam is my name and I live in the US of A. More specifically, I live in the capital of the cultural vaccuum that is Western PA: Pittsburgh. At one point in the not too distant past I was studying medicine (though at the time I was dodging bullets in New Haven, rather than collapsing industries in Pgh), intending to become a neurosurgeon or something ridiculous and self-destructive like that. One morning I heard my first B&S song. The song spoke to me of freedom, springtime, fresh air, and the pursuit of things less tangible but more valuable than fame and fortune. Can you guess which song it was? Anyway, I quit medical school to study philosophy, and am now happily pursuing the most intangible ends of all. Best of all, these suckers pay me to sleep late, think a little, and teach reluctant freshmen to think logically. See, B&S changes lives. Today, a funny conversation took place. I was there to enjoy it, so I'll share it with you. Do note that "TIJAMRS" was lilting behind us: A freckly-faced friend said to a hairy, Turkish peer of ours (who we call 'Cash Money' because he's cold and hard) "You know, it just occurred to me: you remind me of Melville's Captain Ahab. Aaarggh!" The Turkish fellow had been in a particularly ornery funk, earning the comparison; even in his best of moods, however, he is loathe to be likened to such characters. He replied to the freckled fellow, "Now, that's a coincidence, since I was just thinking: you remind me of Dostoevsky's Sgt. Shithead." Eerily, the two tokens of the name 'Dostoevsky' overlapped perfectly; I was too busy laughing to point it out to the others, who know the song less well than I. Well, perhaps you had to be -as they say- there. Any other Sinisterites live in Pittsburgh, PA? You're lucky if you don't, but if you're from here, I'd love to hear from you. --Sam +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: point reyes
by marikka 21 May '01

21 May '01

Well, there are things to say it seems...I shall miss dear Kenneth P Y Chu, but I certainly hope that the new Ken Chu might fill the void adequately, but then again, I was so full of life a year ago. Now, the only thing that really excites me is driving to San Francisco once a month for a show, which means that I need a good concert in a couple of weeks...Then there is teh "Some Kind of Wonderful" versus "Pretty in Pink" issue. As I recall, the original ending of "Pretty in Pink" was for Andie to end up with Duckie, but Molly Ringwald, reportedly did not like the ending and convinced John Hughes to have her end up making out with Andrew McCarthy in the parking lot. Of course, I too like Andrew McCarthy and would very much like to make out with said being in a parking lot, but all of this destroyed the friendship that Molly and John had developed and resulted in "Some Kind of Wonderful." John wanted to tell his story and Eric Stoltz and Mary Stuart Masterson were not really the sort of star Molly was, so even if they did want an ending where Amanda and Keith ended up making out in a parking lot, they wouldn't have won. I am sorry if this has spoiled anything for anyone, but really, if you didn't already know, you would know approximately ten minutes into each film. But I have decided that if prices in San Francisco do not go down in the next year, I might just have to move to Seattle, which is not cheap itself, but I really do like Seattle. I have no startling Belle & Sebastian news to offer, except that if you enter "Belle and Sebastian" in the little search box on cdnow, you only get the downloadable music, whereas if you enter "Belle & Sebastian" you get the album and ep listings. It is a mystery that I leave someone else to solve. And now, if no one will decide who is going to plan the picnic before Albert Hall, I might as well plan it. It might be a tad bit cohesive then, but then again, I really don't know London all that well. I know even less about Albert Hall, but people, we are intelligent enough, you should be able to decide. Which reminds me, whatever happened to a San Francisco picnic? I will settle for some other form of mad get-together, as long as there is a get-together. It is lonely in the valley when people ask what you listen to and you say, "Bands you probably haven't heard of." And the response is, "Like what?" "Oh, Belle and Sebastian is one." And the obligatory response is: "Who? Is that a duo or something." So, people in San Francisco, unless you want to get together in Stockton, Manteca, or Sacramento, please someone step forward. I would, but I much more knowledgeable when it comes to the valley. A fabulous plan would be something like Point Reyes. Anyway, I am off to finish the Simpsons and possibly consume the quesadilla that has been haunting my mind all day. Marikka. __________________________________________________ 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: no, i'm not from "town", but thank you for alienating me anyway
by m.e. curtin 21 May '01

21 May '01

Hello. I decided to make use of both upper and lowercase letters today. Let's see how this pans out. A certain Mr. S. Kado made mention of an all-consuming shoe finding compulsion. Oh my friend, if you only knew how I understand your pain. My case involved a life-defining mission for authentic Wallabees. Thanks to the dusty shelves of a certain Florsheim outlet store, I found them. A green pair and a brown pair - both for the price of one. Yes, the one benefit of having mallard-duck-like-sized-feet (I wasn't sure where to put the hypen so I put it everywhere) is that a girl like me can find herself some men's shoes. Not good for vanity, but for style it is crucial. Of course, that was several years ago, and now the stores are filled with cheap and unconvincing knockoffs. It really bothers me. To the point of desperation really. My newest find was a pair of bluegrey booties (think nouveau desert boots) at an odd little store in Kin-of-Cardine (in the heart of Huron County...or something like that). They make me happy. Anyway, this is not quite on-topic but is anyone else annoyed with the Moulawn pronunciation of Moulin Rouge? To say nothing of the fact that they say "Marmalawd" and not "marmalaid". Wow, funny the things that bother me. I actually spent a good fraction of my day wondering how long it took to scrape all that makeup off Christina Aguieleisiskdlealdjalara's face. On a lighter note, I was publicly called a freak by the girls behind me in the cinema (or the show, or the the-ay-tre). I was with my best friend (with whom i bear no personality resemblance - she's the blonde cheerleader type who judges potential boyfriends on how they look in a turtleneck sweater and I ... am not) and we were laughing uncontrollably at things no one else finds funny. Mind you, this was all well before the movie began. We forgot there weere other people around us, but during one lull in our mirthmaking, the girl behind me whispered "Oh my god, those two are such freaks!" Well, thanks a lot. You could tell she realized we heard it and was quite embarassed. Still, it hurt. Just because I was telling her about how my roommate and I had a sexchat racket going on doesn't give her the right to call me a freak. Speaking of sexchat rackets, I'd like to know who screens these things. My roommate was once clearly annoyed to find that one of her messages to the Grapevine (free for ladies anytime) was not admissable. In her words:"Fucking hell, I didn't even say cunt!" I hazarded a guess that her wanton use of pseudo-Christian references might have been the rationale for deleting the message. I just wonder who gets to decide what's too dirty for sex chat. I also wonder what the qualifications are for screening all those messages........hmmmm.......how positively gothic, but decidedly not freakish. Final thought. I keep automatically associating "take your carriage clock and shove it" with the marx brothers. I can't explain why. Two of my favourite things are perpetually intertwined. (ISn't intertwined slightly redundant?) Belle and Sebastian meet A Day at the Races. I know it's bizarre but it's the truth (man). You know, my inner spirituality calling out for a voice (man). Sorry, I just had to be snarky there. Truly and deeply yours (until you kick me out) Marybethhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh(i hope its not raining men)
by ewan ferguson 20 May '01

20 May '01

ooooooooops i just made the mistake of not checking my e-mails for about a week and a haf so im very sorry but i have just had to delete about 150 sinister mails sorry ____________________________________________________________ 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: Good Golly, Miss Molly
by Madeleine McNeil 20 May '01

20 May '01

I feel I must explain my Molly Ringwald comment that seemed to rather upset Rachel Playforth and Jay. I sais 'What a truly marvellous woman she is (well, was)' simply because I don't know whether she is anymore or not. I know she was in some sci-fi thing on Sky One ages back but I never saw it so i don't know if she's wonderful, mediocre or aging badly. Thanks to Julie I now know she is a bitch and stuck in a timewarp of limos (white ones, at that). I always thought she looked like a bit of a sulker, but in a good, sassy way. Hugo Shannon asked if Some Kind of Wonderful is a remake of Pretty in Pink. This confused me and I had to spend some time constructing a complicated series of charts and diagrams trying to figure out the gender of the good kid from the wrong side of the tracks, the gender of the stuck up, rich love-object, and the gender of the pluckly best pal who harbours a secret love in both films. My charts are not fully conclusive, but I think SKOW is a remake but with the genders back to front. Sort of thing. If you see what I mean. All I properly know is that when I saw SKOW I had not yet had my first kiss, and I spent a long hot summer dreaming of my first kiss being just like when Keith kisses Watts in the garage. Of course, my hopes were dashed spectacularly, as hopes tend to be. Love Madeleine xxx _________________________________________________________________________ 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: suggestions for picnic & drinking before RAH gig...
by Flanagan, William 20 May '01

20 May '01

to avoid starting revision today, i've been giving the picnic & drinking before the RAH gig some thought... first we need somewhere to meet up... the simplest place i can think of is the Albert Memorial... this is an extremely large statue of Albert, which is impossible to miss because it's covered entirely in gold leaf. it's about a 4 min walk from south kensington tube station. it's in the south-east corner of kensington gardens (almost in hyde park). it's also across the road from the RAH. kensington gardens & hyde park are huge, so we should have plenty of space for a 723 a-side game of football and a picnic. small problem is that the best place for a picnic is probably on the north side of the serpentine, whereas the place set aside for football is on the south side. but this argument could be resolved on the day depending on how many people turn up. just before the gig (or in case the weather's poo), we need somewhere to drink.... 3 options: 1) Imperial College students union... next door to the RAH and v.cheap (for london). 2) the queen's arms... 2 min from the RAH, cheapish. bit small & pokey though. 3) the builder's arms... 8 min from the RAH. again reasonably cheap. 'nice' little pub. big advantage is that is does 20 different shooters (lethal cocktails in a shot glass) for a £1 each. my vote goes for my union or the builder's arms. although an indication of numbers would be helpful, because the builders arms would struggle if 50+ thirsty b&s fans descended on it on a friday afternoon. i don't have any decent suggestions for indie clubs after the gig. anyone? times... not sure... 1330 at the Albert Memorial? accommodation... if it wasn't term time, people could have stayed in the student halls which are just around the corner, but the IC students don't move out till the 1st july. therefore i suggest looking in the bayswater area which is just north of hyde park (about 15-20 min walk) and has lots of youth hostels. enough procrastination... quantum mechanics awaits... will. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: family tree
by Kirsten Kenyon 20 May '01

20 May '01

Last night I played piano for a pretty wedding, and my brother played guitar and my sweet sister sang with my cousins, and people said it was beautiful. I thought 'my, I am blessed to have such a lovely family.' Then everyone started on the wine, and soon I found myself being dragged onto the dancefloor to 'urban polka' with David. My mother is small and darling and doesn't hold alcohol well. After lingering near the bar for a time, she informed me that I am going to Europe next week. Then she gave me a kiss and made me dance to the Beach Boys. Before supper, a minister said a prayer. After everyone said "Amen," there was an awkward silence...nobody wanted to be the first person to start eating, I suppose. Aunt Barb took a gulp of gin and said "alright, Jesus!" Mom kept laughing and saying "alright, Jesus" for the remainder of the evening, often within earshot of the minister. My fourteen-year-old sister was drinking what looked like margaritas all night, and she insisted that they were 'non- alcoholic,' but you never know with a crazy kid like that. By the end of the night, she had teamed up with a little friend and choreographed (and performed) a four-minute interpretive dance to a song I've forgotten. My father just kept buying me gin and tonic and laughing. The only other thing I remember him doing last night is jumping up on a table for an acapella rendition of "All You Need is Love." Now it's ten o'clock in the morning and no one is awake yet, which is odd for my family. If one good thing came from last night's shameful drunkenness, it was my mother deciding that I can indeed use the money in my college fund to leave the States this summer. I have quite a bit to do, seeing as I am leaving in a week. Maybe I will get to meet some of you, depending on where I go. I have blubbered too much rubbish now, so I will go see if I can wake the family. Bye Care2 make the world greener! http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: first post....
by Ken Chu 20 May '01

20 May '01

Hello, This is the compulsory first post.. I'm a bit nervous. Let me introduce myself, my name is Ken and I'm a retired Computer Science lecturer, specialising in boolean algebra. My favourite hobbies include Skiing during winter time, chicken farming and playing chess. I think the new Radiohead song "The Pyramid Song" is really ground breaking, what with Thom Yorke yodelling, and stuff. That's why I like Radiohead and have a ticket to see them in Oxford in July, I really hope they won't play the Bends then, cos that song is rubbish (like it's got guitar in it for a start, and it has time signatures yeeeeeeeeeeerk... is it even a real song?). Talking of gigs, I'm going to see Belle & Sebastian soon! I hope they will play Beyond the Sunrise then. Did anyone know, that song has a hidden meaning which is Isobel and Sturan having sex! Well before the gig I hope to meet some sinister people at picnic, but there seems to be absolutely nobody TAKING CONTROL here, there's only 28 days left to find somewhere to drink wine and play footie! Sarah Clarke of the European Union said: >> however! I am sure with the time honoured tactic of wrapping a vodka bottle in a condom, swallowing it and carrying it "mule like" through the ticket office would again be a valid solution! << Hmmm.. smuggling vodka bottles into gigs, I can't really remember when was the last time someone's done that and what the results were, but it was quite funny wasn't it Sarah? :) I am a big fan of Molly Ringwald, however much her name reminds me of Ringworms she is still rather nice. Who I'm not a big fan of, is Kenneth P Y Chu, I am very glad to see the back of him. Although he does have an exquisite taste in Energy Drinks, shame about his lack of girls. Right, I think I've reached my 15 minutes limit now. Bye. Ken ========================================= Red Bull Dozers http://www.cockscrew.com/rbd +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 sinister posting days are over
by Kenneth P Y Chu 20 May '01

20 May '01

Hello, Well, my university is going to withdraw my account fairly soon, so I guess it is a logical time to bid farewell to sinister. It's been a wonderful year on here talking rubbish all the time and showing my lack of musical knowledge. Still lazy as ever, still jobless, still single, still, life goes on. Ah well. No more emails from Kenneth P Y Chu at last yippie! Love and Red Bulls Ken ====================================================================== My bip bopping days are over, I hung my boots up and then retired from the disco floor - 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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