June 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: there's too much love ....
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 27 Jun '01

27 Jun '01

Hello folks, well, firstly ***JONATHAN DAVID*** I have it! It arrived on Monday morning, only one week after it's official release. Ummm ... it's genius, in fact, I'd go so far as to say that as an a-side, it is the best 'single' (as in, perfect 3 minute pop song) the band have ever released. Even if it does sound a lot like The Zombies, especially the "visions of love ...". (NB: Sounding a lot like the Zombies is no bad thing in Lawrence's books) "Loneliness ..." sounds pretty much as I expected, and "Carriage Clock", whist not setting this boy's world alight musically, is one of Stuart Murdoch's best very lyrics, and tells the story of how I "almost" quit a particularly hated job. (In the end I avoided confrontation by just not ever showing up again, and not returning their "where's Lawrence?" calls) I am *assuming* the new single will be "I Love My Car", on the basis that they've been playing it live, and that it wasn't played on the Peel Session the other week. err .... Neil Robertson. Any chance that that particular session will be released commercially on CD at any point? For the folks who live overseas, and for whom, with a 56k modem, "streaming audio" doesn't really stream. A compilation of BBC sessions would be a lovely stop gap, to replace those 8th generation tapes which sounded like they were recorded with a handheld mic through a toilet wall? Make an old man happy will you ...... ***THE LILAC TIME*** Fans of fey acoustic pop should look no further than the soon to be released Lilac Time best of. Entitled "The Lilac Time Compendium - The Fontana Trinity", this is a 2 CD compilation, disc one being a "best of" from the band's first three albums, and disc two containing virtually every b-side from the period. For those not in the know, The Lilac Time are a great folk-pop band who have made five albums, and are helmed by Stephen and Nick Duffy. This is a band who named their band after a Nick Drake lyric in 1986, a full 10 years before he was an essential name drop for any dull up-and-coming indie guitar band looking for credibility. Buy it, all of you. The world needs more Lilac Time CDs being played in people's front rooms on summer afternoons with the windows open. and now ..... (and sorry, everyone else) *** "NIK-O, NIK-O, LAMA SABACHTHANI" *** (trans: "NIK OVENDEN, NIK OVENDEN, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?") Has your e-mail address changed? Or are you avoiding me? Or have you cast me aside like some wanton harlot, satiated and cast aside like so much spent chaff? (or, if you're reading this, can you e-mail me please? cheers ....) ***A CASE TO BE MADE FOR MAGNUM P.I. AS THE BEST TV SHOW EVER MADE*** (alongside "The Prisoner" and "Blake's 7") One of our TV channels here has started rescreening "Magnum P.I." during the day, so I have been taping it and watching it every night. It is such a great show. I should point out here, too, that I am NOT SAYING THIS FOR ANY IRONIC OR "COOL" REASON. I genuinely believe this is the pinnacle of TV. Bear with me. I believe that Magnum P.I. was the first "self aware", or "post-modern" mainstream TV show. With Thomas Magnum's monologue, plus the sometimes Sienfeld like lack-of-plot storylines (like the time he was trapped under a plane and spent THE ENTIRE SHOW talking to a fly) I believe Magnum is an unrecognised classic. A Pantheon amongst the fibrelite pre-fabs of 80's TV. Well, *I* like it, anyway. (and I haven't been able to convince anyone else with this argument either.) ***THE BEST OF BELLE AND SEBASTIAN*** I made a 20 track compilation CD for a girl at work who I think *may* have the potential to become a B&S fan. it was a tough call, but in the end I settled for the following. Slow Graffiti Le Pastie De La Bourgeisie Women's Realm Dog On Wheels Dirty Dream Number Two Jonathan David Expectations Get Me Away From Here I'm Dying Lazy Line Painter Jane I Fought In A War Legal Man She's Losing It Seeing Other People Waiting For The Moon To Rise Sleep The Clock Around The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner The State I Am In The Boy With The Arab Strap The Stars Of Track And Field There's Too Much Love I think there is a good variety here, although sadly I had to miss out "Modern Rock Song", "The Model", "A Century Of Fakers" and "If You're Feeling Sinister" for time constraints.I think it's a great compilation, and *hopefully* it'll make her go out and buy some albums. But you didn't need to hear all that, did you? Well ... I've gone on far too long. Better go and watch Magnum ..... Lawrence Mikkelsen +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a plate, knife, and a napster
by Chris Butler 27 Jun '01

27 Jun '01

it seems the jeepster may have signed a deal with napster for digital rights on their upcoming subscription service... (?) maybe someone out there (katrina?) could clarify. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6379332.html + senor droolcup [ the answer is in the trees ] +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Take horses and the carriage. I need to wake up.
by Gordon 27 Jun '01

27 Jun '01

It yanks my clockwork backwards and you eventually, inevitably end up with a useless tumble of twisted metal. I don't look like humph bogarde; I look like a boy "Hell, kid: you don't even look like Chandler" well you could be Montserrat Caballe and it would make no difference except in the volume department. "So what's the evidence?" No evidence, pal, and there'd be no point if there was: clowing around for kicks was never anyone's idea of fun if you want it. It's a brutal truth. Evidence? are you kidding me? Gimme two fingers... it's past 6am after all "What's the story? What are you talking about?" Just life; you know; or maybe you don't; the way things aren't right. The way things have a habit of making you cozy then screwing you over; the way the drama would be great if you had time for breaks to absorb it all; the way thick people always have the upper hand and don't even know that smile of theirs equals 'smug'... that kinda thing. "Therapy?" No thanks... I don't think some two bit pseudo-Freud-Jungian is about to solve the world's problems nor mine... but they have these series of tedious and time-wasting attempts when I'd rather be drinking spritzer and looking at the fluffy clouds. Call it prevarication or a denial of responsibility and I'll call it love. Gordon I get lost in it. Loosing things makes me happy to the extent that other people can have them. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: this adds nothing to the 'dog or hot-dog' debate
by hyde kevin michael 27 Jun '01

27 Jun '01

Irregardless, which is the same as regardless, I just wanted to pass along my congrats and thanks to those of you who posted stuff about the gigs, and the meetings with the band in secret beach-floored rendezvous. Has anyone on the list read any Zadie Smith? she's delightfully funny, and, judging by her backflap photo, insanely attractive as well. Londoners: she is teaching at the Institute for Contemporary Arts soon (or now)- go and see her. impress her. what says 'success and confidence' like dating a young novelist celebre? Under "Odd things that happen to people that, given the right stimulus, Dave Barry might write about" file the fact that one of my closer friends from college is now a drug dealer. Also, she is disturbingly proud of the fact, as if she were selected from an applicant pool of other, less talented, bleached blond deviants. chalk it up to the MYSTERIOUS FORCE THAT MAKES THINGS HAPPEN. less of a surprise and more of a warning. well.. starting a new magazine on campus is more work than it should be. what say you all- bind it in felt, or wood? sent into XXXXXXpoltioXXXcet, and censored, 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I love Struan and Scarborough!
by mummy i've grazed my knee 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

I have just got back from the most amazing night of my life. i am typing away at 12:40 in my college computer room with Feather Boa and Stuart Hallifax. I'm tired and so won't write too much now. I hired a bus to take everyone from York uni to the seaside. It was the happy bus and it was the happiest of time, driving through the countryside with B&S playing and lots of sun and lambs. When we got to Scarborough, it was amazing. So many indie kids! I saw every Belle And Sebastian t-shirt ever made and everyone looked so cool! the theatre was all nice and proper with "Playing today: Belle & Sebastian" written in Vegas style at the top. Jo got a photo. We were seated in row J and watched Brian Appleton/John Shuttleworth. He was amuzing, but after a while I found yself going "Where is Struan? I want to see Struan!" There was a small interval in which we could buy ice cream from the ice cream lady. Earlier I had seen two boys who lived in the sea and one little boy who was lost. Then they all came on, one after the other and I nearly fainted. I think I broke Jo's hand i squeezed it so hard. i couldn't stop beaming, but evrery time my smile got bigger I started to cry with hapiness. This was the best night of my life. They were amazing! I have never seen anything like it before. belfast Bob fitted in well, Struan was looking smart all in black, Stevie played guitar round his nipples and danced funkily as did Mick with his tartan pants. Isobel smiled a lot with a big butterfly bracelet on, Sarah sat down a lot and wore Green Flash, Beans was just cool and Richard looked in constant pain. The set list was similar to the Scottish gigs but with I Know Where The Summer Goes, Don't Leave the Light On Baby and a few others I don't remember seeing on the past set lists. All songs were great, the set rocked and Struan kept jumping about and saying lots. the second song was 'Theres Too Much Love' and Struan asked us all to come to the front and dance which i duly did until security made us go back. We clapped lots and I smiled very much. In the interval, they got people on stage to sing along to Summer Holiday! Lots of people came up and danced to some songs as well which was really funny. Everyone was going mad and kept dancing lots. Legal Man absolutely rocked, Sinister sounded gate, We Rule the School had strange new words "Skating a pyramid on ice is triangular" and everything was just fab! At the end I wanted more, but there was no encore. We all went outside to decide what to do next because our bus was not due for another hour. I waited around rather than go to the pub and it was a good thing I did! I MET THE BAND! I saw Beans packing up his stuff and went and asked for his autograph. he obliged and talked nicely to me. I was so chuffed, but when i next turned around, Struan was there. Me and Jo and Gina asked if we could have our photo taken and he told us we could and that he was going to the beach, would we like to go with him! We followed of course, as did a whole hoard of disciples as they realised who we were with. The poor man was overwhelmed, but smiled lots and told good stories and I got my photo taken twice! Later I saw Isobel and asked to have my photo taken. She said Yes. Next, Stevie came onto the beach with Bob and Richard. Tara and Stuart chatted to him and i listened for a bit until I saw Mick looking lonely. I went to talk to him and he was very chatty, lovely man. I am still in a daze, it was just grate fantastic amazing! Well, I'm sure there was other stuff i meant to say, but I'll put it tomorrow when I'm less tired and have calmed down! I met Struan I met Struan I met Struan I met Struan! Chris Jones. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: beer on the beach with a certain mr jackson (scarborough gig)
by Feather Boa 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

hello, well, we just got back from scarborough, and what a night we've had! first of all, what a gig. (our) Stuart keeps saying that they must have been practicing, because they're really really good live now. but what was funny was that stevie's voice was going so in the request section, they got members of the audience to sing a song (summer holiday) instead of them. oh and there was a mental american woman, who danced on stage with them, who actually asked if struan's name was simon, not sure if it was a joke or not. and struan slagged off limp bizkit, which is fair enough, because they're shite. and everyone was literally dancing in the aisles. but the best bit about the whole night came after the gig had finished, when we were hanging around outside the futurist waiting for our coach back home. some silly people had gone to the pub, but we stuck around, just in case. it all started when Chris spotted beanz and went and got his autograph. there was a group of people singing get me away from here outside, and then struan was standing just outside the venue listening to them. Chris, Jo and Gina swoopped in for the kill, and then we all followed struan onto the beach, where he was mobbed by hundreds of (well quite a few) fans, some of whom were surprisingly wet. he was *lovely* to everyone, even the girl who brought her entire family with her. and then we saw isobel, and then the rest of the band. but really the highlight of the night (other than meeting struan of course) was when stevie, richard and bob were sitting by the sea preparing to get drunk and bob offered me and stuart a beer (which we accepted) and then stevie told us to sit down, and so we sat on the sand drinking beer and making light conversation with members of our all time favourite band. and they were really nice too, although stevie was a bit quiet. stevie says: soundtrack album more like a mini album/ep, tour of europe likely end of this year/next year, confusion about what single will be, whether it will happen. i also told him to tell struan to look out for foxes at the albert hall, because i saw one there once. he said it was a pity it wasn't winter. we thought you'd like to know, pip pip, Stuart & Feather Boa _________________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Ribena is twee...
by Tom Pettinger 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Because it's so sticky-sweet. Hello, fellow corduroy wearers, That's right, isn't it? Ribena is the nicest, most sugary drink around. No self respecting hard guy would be seen dead sipping from a trademark stripey straw. When I die I want to be dosed with painkillers then put on a ribena drip. (I've already done a vodka drip. No, really, we didn't put a needle in or anything but we drilled a hole in the lid of a bottle of ABSOLUT and carried it round on a pole, drinking it from a genuine hospital drip set. Nice, but not particularly twee.) >From reading many posts I get the impression that most sinisterees still spend money on sweets. This is a good thing. It's nice to see that although some of you (esp. idles) are being forced by modern society to be "grown-ups" you are not denying yourselves. I was well chuffed to see a mention of Reeces peanut butter cups, and a local sinisterbite even invited me round for a star wars lollipop. Quick, while honey's back is turned, does anyone know where I can buy B&S posters online? The merchadise page on the official B&S site doesn't have them, and as previously lamented i'm not going to any gigs. Many people seem to reckon B&S is indie music. is it? i reckon not, as i generally don't like indie music. i prefer the label, "alternative". I wasn't going to post tonight, but when I saw the total lack of posts i thought, why not? and I couldn't think of an answer. I'm going to make a bbc radio sheffield show tomorrow, i'm to be doing it with some other guys but between the walls of sinisterdom most of them are dull dull dull. lots of sugary love, Corduroy boy Tom P.S. Ken Chu: a B&S sticker book with an arse centrefold, wow! i bet they would make one if we said please. they could make it super twee, with little foxes in the snow borders! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: tainted love vs. white horses
by Kevan Cooke 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

hello folks only me. gosh, its about a year since i last posted. then it was because the poetry parrot had called unexectedly, but now its to say goodbye, as i am going to have to unsubscribe due to chickmail shutting down. i daresay i'll resubscribe from another email address sometime soon, but in the meantime i can be contacted on splishsplosh(a)lostinmusic.co.uk so what have people been discussing? b&s not being as good as they used to be? well, no. obviously. but that is the natural order of things and as it should be. if i had gone on loving belle and sebastian as much as i did four years ago then how could i have found room in my heart for all the other great bands that have come along since? what is all this about ribena? and ribena being twee? how is ribena twee? surely it is mass-produced, corporate and non-twee. squeezing juice from fruit you yourself have picked in a field filled with butterflies and bunnies, now that is twee. writing a song about the go betweens is nice, but even better is releasing an entire album which sounds exactly like them, which is what indie types harper lee have just done. what else has been happening? free design released their first record in thirty years or so, and it was pants. oh, and talking of pants records, the kings of convenience took their rather good songs to a big expensive recording studio, pressed the big grey button labelled PANTS and hey presto, quiet is the new loud. don't do it kids, go to www.kindercore.com and buy the pre-pants version instead. will be at the picnic on friday, with a BUCKET of BOOZE if the weather is nice. bye, kevan *********************************************************************** FREE ANIMATED eCARDS! They're fun. They're cool. Send FREE animated ecards for any occasion, on ChickClick.com. Birthdays, friendship, love, holidays & more! http://snowball.blab.com/ecards/home?coid=chickclick *********************************************************************** +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: two rival gangs of foxes
by Nigel R. Townshend 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

This is going to sound so very twee... I was was walking home last night and on the way i got to the cross roads before my house and there were five foxes sat in the middel of the roads staring at each other even when i walked past they caried on starring at each other. Alramed i was it was if the two rival gangs of foxes in the neighbourhood were at arms. ive never been up close to a fox before. there was an owl too... it too wooed there was no twer it. which baffled me... prehaps ive been in the city to long. my excitement about seeeing belle and sebastain has yet to get off the ground i have a sneaking suspicion its gonna be rubbish. (June 27th look out for a kid with glases and a Kurt Angle its true its true t-shirt looking bored) So prove me wrong, but if the gig is anything on the standard of the last single it'll be chuffing rubbish. i am however looking forward to the upcoming Slipknot gigs i can't wait (and bleed) - sorry but this email was getting far to twee for some one who isnt that twee. right better get to the skatepark before its get to hot sorry this has been a right royal toss up of an email i had good intentions but its tooo damn hot. love Nigel Lovexxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: 10 Roddington Place
by Peter Miller 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Nice to see Lloyd Cole taking up his rightful place in the annals of poetry. Also nice to see the Go Betweens being used as emotional polyfilla in a Bad Book. I read a book recently called HUMAN PUNK which was full of that sort of thing, only with The Clash and 'The Pistols' instead of the Go Betweens. There are references to The Jam and later on, to the fact that, "Weller remained true to his Woking roots," during his solo career but the Style Council are conveniently airbrushed out of the picture. I like the Style Council. STUFF YOUR CABBAGE CLOCK reminds me of a Style Council 12 inch extra track. The one about fox hunting. I don't know what it's called. It contained the immortal line, "who gets a hard-on with blood on his hands?" and we all looked a bit sheepish. It's about time someone wrote the definitive Style Council novel, probably in CSE Grade 2 French. It would be GRATE. A teenage Mick Talbot lookalike re-enacts the Long Hot Summer video with his pet sea lion playing Paul Weller. An anonymous phonecall alerts the police, and just as they get to the homoerotic punting scene, Inspector Walrus turns up, blue lights flashing on the tips of his tusks, and bellows them out from his riverside vantage point. This is the start of a dramatic sequence of events... OK, so I was a bit harsh on JD, it's quite catchy, as befits a number 31 single. Those photos of the video shoot are BEYOND WEIRD, aren't they? Isobel looks lovely though. What's that thing behind her? It looks like something out of an Oliver Stone film. There was a big old stereo behind Anthony Hopkins in NIXON. All through the film. It stalked him. I wouldn't be surprised to find that someone was inside it, like a pantomime horse. It has just dawned on me that it might have been symbolic. Well I think Missy Elliott is GRATE. I was wondering whether the quiet guitar in MIDDLE DISTANCE was due to the notorious band democracy? I suppose the speaker shredding TV mix was put together by somebody else. I think my general disappointment comes from having expected the Mike Hurst Wall of Sound. I'll just have to wait. Sister Disco +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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