May 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: on canvassing random passersby in regards to the Prozac-ish nature of the Sinister mailing list
by kmhyde＠wm.edu 07 May '01

07 May '01

Scene: the last day of classes at the college dramatis personae: me, my friend who may or may not have also been drunk. we were on a bench in the center of campus. I decided, after quite a few vodka tonics, that Sinister, on the whole, makes me quite happy. It's not like I often think about the emotionally affective tendencies of mailing lists, but as implied before, I was drunk. I took action. I was sitting on a bench with my friend, and i started (politely) asking passing students if they would answer some questions. here are some of the exchanges I initiated, pretty much verbatim: me: Hi, what do you think of Sinister? cute girl: ummm, the band? me: no, it's a mailing list. about belle and sebastian. cute girl: who? i thought you meant twisted sister, and were just abbreviating the name. me: no, I would never do that. abbreviate, or listen to that band I mean cute girl: oh. I liked them. (turns and walks away. insouciant coquetry forever ruptured) second group me: hey, what about that Sinister, huh? group of burly frat-boy types: what? are you hitting on us? me: (hurriedly, so as not to be beaten fiercely) no, not at all. i just thought i'd ask your opinion. you know, free and open discussion. group: weird. you're sure you're not gay? cos, the only people we know who do that kind of thing are. me: do what? ask questions? group: (mumbled swears, veiled threats, nervous laughter) whatever. freak. it was a great day. i felt mildly alive. i exhort all of you to try it, but i would advise against doing so without becoming entirely inebriated. as in, if I were to slit your wrists, I could easily pour the sluicing blood into a glass and enjoy a Hemoglobin Mary. yes, that drunk. Kevin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 us all raise our glasses to the pancreas, it has never been an organ of distinction
by ArtsyDeco＠aol.com 07 May '01

07 May '01

Though it functions day by day, in a most convenient way, it has never had the glory that the liver gets. It hasn't you know. Well, it seems my darling listcrush, Peter Carter, made an impression at the picnics as there have been many mentions of him. Hehe, the little charmer. I am eternally jealous of you lucky brits and your picnics so I organized an impromptu picnic with all my friends. The picnic turned to hiking, which lead us to daring eachother to get close to the edge of cliffs then yelling illogical sentences simply to hear them echo back. The boys proceeded to amuse themselves by throwing progressively larger rocks/food items/bits of shrubbery over the cliff for about an hour. The event devolved further as we disregarded all trail markings and hid within the greenery, generally scaring the crap out of eachother and passersby. I tried to get some B&S played, but someone else brought gwar or something and I lost. Phooey. Well, my picnic may not have been Sinister, but at least it was sinister. Now a gargantuan thank you to everyone who sent me ideas for my painting. I haven't decided on anything yet...it could take me years. A particularly astute friend of mine suggested that I paint some pirates as I tend to get excited at the mention of them and never shut up about how cool they were, Errol Flynn included. Maybe I'll paint a pirate reading one of the literary works that was mentioned to me. Love and pleasant echos, 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: Hold your breath child you smell like a peasant
by Kenneth P Y Chu 06 May '01

06 May '01

Hello smelly people, I am actually quite smelly now as well after a couple of days of fun and joy. A much needed break from this very stressful two weeks. I arrived to London on Friday night in time for a lil' sinister pub karaoke fun, sang along with pretty good, great or even terrific tunes such as up town girl, mustang sally, paranoid android amongst others. Saturday night woke up a bit jaded, but the promise of a picnic spurred me on to wake up, the promise of climing primrose spurred me on to, um, going to the gym every day from now on to build up enough leg muscles for next year. I was a bit unsocialable I think for a while but I did manage to talk to some lovely people after a bit of liquid courage. Then played football and showed off my amazing goal keeping talents that maybe even Alan Shearer would be proud of. Some dude was then drunk and drove his puke over a bridge and then fell asleep. Nice to see a healthy amount of presence from the Nottingham massiv', not to mention the slightly tinier Milton Keynes massiv'! Then we all went away and danced with lovely people at Tigermilking, I think I shouted at one of the DJs to play Terrorvision or something, sorry. :) Big waves to everyone I danced/talked silly things with! Sunday woke up feeling not well and 'king tired, but eventaully got up and had hearty lunch with sweet people, some even tasted of honey. Stevie Trousers was "spared" (har har) from an inevitable defeat at bowling cos the bowling alley was full and so we couldn't play. Then went to a pub with everyone, before reluctantly having to head home at the end. I almost cried when I was waiting for the bus home cos I had such a good time but it was the end (back to Milton Keynes..), but I didn't cos it was a bit too cold for crying, and the fact that I'm not a big girl (Just a small one). Really can't wait until June B&S Gigs, but for now it's back to the dissertation. (Miss Rad btw a dissertation about Sinister et al for academic purposes is indeed quite sad, but take relief in that "Software Simulated Robotic Football" is *way* more sad.. and guess who is doing that?) Grrr... why can't I just study "BSc Red Bull Tasting"? Beer and Wine and Vodka and Red Bulls (and god knows what else) Ken ====================================================================== And with the chance I missed, I feel remiss, It's days and months before I'll see you again. - 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: im so happy cos your so happy, SO SMILE
by ewan ferguson 06 May '01

06 May '01

hello, hello i am very happy today because i bought my ticket to go and see a little known band called..hhm..Belle and Sebastian? anybody ever heard of them? i am also very happy because i have, as of tuesday(beacuse i get monday off), only 4 days of school left EVER. i am also very happy because i feel for the first time ever that i just might pass an exam. well thats me happy goodbye ____________________________________________________________ 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: pavement
by Spiticuss＠aol.com 06 May '01

06 May '01

malkmus is great. i went to one if his shows. good fun. in comparison to seeing him with pavement, he looks like hes having much more fun, and i'm happy for him becuase of that i'd say, start off with wowee zowee. i love that cd. so much fun. the new malkmus cd i think seems to be all like ...and carrot rope. all silly and fun and ingenious. get it. every one. its great -sophie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: To do
by Histrianic＠aol.com 06 May '01

06 May '01

I looked on my "To do" list and it said "write to Sinister". So here I am, writing. Writing to Sinister, on top of that. Some songs are very good played loud. Really loud. The kind of loud that would make Aerosmith go "Will you turn that down, please? It's hurting my ears.", A Nanny in Manhattan and Summer Babe being the famous examples of the need-to-be-played-really-loud songs. I shall end this shortly, because I have to go read Julius Caesar. However, those new skittles things that come in lime green packages and have sweetish-sour sugary things sprinkled on top are quite good, along with string cheese. Love and kisses Hye Min +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 Art of Happiness on a Saturday Nite.....
by Pixiepoet11＠aol.com 06 May '01

06 May '01

'allo, sinisterlites!! brief sightings in the city of cleveland: U2 at metropolitan cafe having dinner across from the bar where we were sitting. last thursday they put on a show here and decided to stay a few extra days in the city. photos were taken *discreetly, of course* and will be sent to the album in a few days. my friend matthew and i were torn between giving them their privy or being total teenagers. we opted for the former as the executive chef (a friend of his) told us they wanted to be alone. right then! but their mere presence and my long-time love affair with them put me in a euphoric mood for the rest of the nite as i sipped cosmopolitans and red bull & vodka! ahhhhh.... ya gotta love the irish!! cheers, evie :) "And the East Wind Kissed Him full on the Mouth and said <Be Strong. For we shall meet again in a Hundred years, Farewell!>" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hogshead Revisited
by Mark Hester 06 May '01

06 May '01

Assalaamu alaykoom! The Oxford Sinister Short-arse here, avec Picnic Report. Woo! The first picnic of 2001, and boy it was a corker! Not only because of the presence of Honey & Linda, not only because I met so many new people, but also because it was followed by the brilliant Tigermilking. What an amazing selection of music - I never expected all those TV themes (snooker, Scooby Doo, the A-Team) and I was surprised to discover that my Mum's favourite, David "Hutch" Soul's "Don't Give Up on Us Baby" had been treated so kindly by the passage of time. Well done Chris, Kevan, Mark, Lucy and (?) and sorry (?) for not knowing who you are. David Strange Strange showed an uncanny knack for knowing when the next b&s record would be played, too! Highlights of the day included: Peter Carter and Hannah Brown exchanging views on the merits (or otherwise) of the St****p****cs. Spotting Graham Coxon and Finley Quaye outside the Hogshead, together with some bloke with star quality but who Sold Hannah A T-shirt So He Couldn't Be That Famous Could He? Carey's whistle blowing. The Pinefox's colour-coordinated hat/jumper ensemble. The Robsta's dancing. Rip van Phil Two. Discovering that Robert Smith is a North London Lad who name-checked Barnet and Tottenham. It's not really that scary, Sophie. Honest. Apologies to: Mark C for saying I'd play football and then disappearing to the toilet. Never thought to use this ruse to get out of P.E. when I was a nipper, but then the school loos weren't one and half miles away at the bottom of a steep hill. Thanks to: David "Mogwai" Moore for the sweets - yum! Lucy "it's got to be Gordons" Alder for general organisation & motivation and for playing Mint Royale featuring Lauren Laverne - superb. Liz "not short" Daplyn for pointing out that it was *much* better to get the Blue Bus back to Oxford than the Red Bus coz More Night Buses Go To Trafalgar Square Than Victoria! If we have seen further, it is by Standing on the Shoulders of Big Stu. Ma assalaameh, mArk. _________________________________________________________________________ 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: None of this would have been possible without...
by Sam Walton 06 May '01

06 May '01

Hello one and all. Im just writing to say hello and say thank you to all the people at the picnic and at Tigermilking. I had a great time, and I was worried before that I might not, what with my knee being shagged and all. But the picnic/pub was fun, picturesque, and seeing famous people for the first time was genuinely exciting I mean, meeting KenPYC after all this time, and then (gasp) Honey! I was a bit of a groupie to Honey at the end of Tigermilking I went up to him and basically said thank you for setting up the list, and being mum to all of us, and I think he thought I was a drunken fool. Honey, I wasnt drunk, I was just trying to sound grateful. Oh well Oh yeah, and Coxon and Quaye were amusing too, even if P. Carter couldnt seem to utter either of their names below a volume of about a million decibels. Rumour has it that Steve Mason from the Beta Band and the Aphex Twin were spotted at Tigermilking, but left because there were too many i!n!d!i!e!p!o!p tunes, and not enough metal-feedback wankery*. Ho hum Anyway, thanks to all I spoke to, and whose DJ sets I had the pleasure to witness: Lucy Alder (WHAT A SET!), Cazza, Big Stu, Carter, Robert Smith, Eric from NY, **little** HannahB (wahey!), PF, davidstrangestrange (nice bix) and lots of other people who were there whose names escape me at this moment in time Right then, I shut up now because this is sounding like the fuckin Oscars Love to all, S.x *I love the Beta Band and Aphex Twin that was not a dig at either band. _________________________________________________________________________ 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 like Pepys
by eric the half a bee 06 May '01

06 May '01

hi sinister, I'm sitting in a hot computer lab trying to work on my essay, which isn't happening, so I thought I'd send off a nice little note to sinister. once I finish this essay, though, I'll be DONE! until september. so the london picnic was pretty ace; mostly it seemed to involve lots of drinking. and walking up large hills. I thought I was going to die. seriously. whose idea was it to put the toilet at the *bottom* of primrose hill, anyway? that shows blatent disregard for the needs of indie people on 5 may 2001, and really should have been thought of beforehand by the london town government people. I'm writing to my congressman or woman. after the picnic was tigermilking, which also involved lots of drinking. funny that. but mark casarotto did a wonderful thing, because I got to show off my keen dancing skills. did you see the guy in the red jumper and flares having a epileptic fit? that was me! now let's have a new york picnic, people... even though I was simply too lazy to go to the last one. I've also adopted a new persona: eric the half a bee. not very creative, I know, but after meeting people at the picnic who had no bleeding idea who I was, I decided I needed a catchier moniker than "eric". I will be taking suggestions for a keen nickname until 15 july. the prize is my undying love, or barring that, a peanut-butter sandwich. I'll be leaving london next week to go back to the land of proper peanut butter, must-see tv, and insanely underqualified heads of state... I'll give you three guesses. alright, it's america, silly. I don't want to go back; does any female-type listee wish to marry me so I can stay? it would make my triumphant return (with any luck) to do an MA that much easier, as well. I'll cook dinner three nights a week. no diapers though; it's just icky. starry-eyed, eric the half a bee ps I met honey! wow. I'm such a dork. ____________________________________________________________ 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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