June 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

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by Madeleine McNeil 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

Goodness. I pop out for the weekend and when I come home I have a mountain of email waiting for me. So I thought I should say thank you. Thank you. I have enjoyed hearing the gossip from assorted gigs and picnics and footie matches and such. And I wasn't even very jealous. My envy attack only lasted a few minutes, while I cursed my parents for not making a fortune as gold prospecters and making me a glamourous heiress who could be a part of the international jetset and swan around parks in Scotland with her Louis Vuitton luggage and Jackie O sunglasses. And if I was a glam heiress I'd have used my vanity case and hat box as goal posts and not have cared when they got muddy as I would just buy some more. Wouldn't that be grand? I also liked the reports of gigs as it makes me even more excited about what's in store for me when I get to Birmingham next week. By the way, does anyone actually like Birmingham? It seems to get terribly bad press and everyone hates it. Is it worse or better than Wolverhampton? Another thing I've been wondering about: as there is no pre-gig gathering in Birmingham (as far as I'm aware), how will sinisterians recognise each other? Will we look more twee than all the other people there? Will we all have ribena fangs round our mouths and be leaping up and down from excessive red bull consumption? This weekend I went to a RAWK club in town for someone's birthday. It was very funny and somewhat surreal. Some noisy nu-metal nonsense fades and on comes... Respect by Aretha. The dance floor is filled by the out-of-place people who have also been dragged out for someone's birthday. Then Wheatus comes on and the out-of-place people scuttle off again to the corner. Other dance floor stormers included A Town Called Malice, Don't Stop Till You Get Enough and some old crooner from a car advert, to which the loved one and I slow danced. I went to the mortgage place the other day and signed lots of bits of paper that will soon make me a home owner, which is, frankly, just ridiculous. I'm far too young for all that nonsense, but I am very much looking forward to living in a house that has stairs and everything, unlike the council flat I'm in at the moment. Real stairs, real coal fire and real gnomes in the yard and maybe even a real doorbell. Someone (i'm sorry but I can't remember who) said that they were very glad to join the list and I would like to echo that sentiment. It's nice here and I'm really rather fond of it. I will also echo James: Don't forget the Leicester picnic on Sunday July 1 at 2 pm. I know there are things going on in London that weekend, but if you can't go there, come here. There are many many pubs near the park. Listening to Billie Holliday and enjoying the sunshine, 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 +-+ +-+ "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: One spare RAH ticket
by James Ng 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

Hello, I have got one spare RAH ticket (stalls) going as my friend cannot make it. If anyones interested please reply to me privately. Cheers, James _________________________________________________________________________ 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: preston picnic
by Jules Markham 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

hey guys, well mike and myself are trundling off to preston for the B&S gig this week. Anyone else going who fancies meeting up for a pre-gig pint? Mail off list, yeah? Sorry for the e-silence of late. We've moved house, which is apparently one of the most traumatic things that happen in life. You'd think after 18 moves (including the disasterous Hucknell incident)I'd be an expert! Ah well, it'd be easy were it not for the solicitors, estate agents, gas/water/elecrtic/phone company, the council, the dodgy plumbing and the rotten wall! wishing for a proper bed (not just a mattress on the floor) jules _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Camera Obscura
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

sorry for this rather short and self centred post. I haven't been able to find a copy of the Camera Obscura "80's Fan" single on any of the online places I usually shop at. I was wondering if there was anyone who could either a) tell me somewhere where I could order it securely online. b) would like to actually buy the CD single for me, and post it to me, in exchange for either cold hard UK cash, or something in trade, or .... err .... my love. looking forward the hundreds of -mails that will no doubt come streaming into my inbox with *that* offer :) cheers, Lawrence Mikkelsen (geographically isolated by still trying hard to be cred ....) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: who wants a t-shirt that says "czech me out?"
by Kirsten Kenyon 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

i have decided that if i could stay in prague forever, i just might be happy. we took the night train from budapest the two nights ago and arrived here in the morning, just in time to snag two beds at the clown and bard. last night all these kids were having a good time playing the piano and singing and drinking absinthe, and then i came along and played a few sad songs and nobody knew the words and everyone was angry, so i think they all hate me now. maybe i should learn some more pop hits. i am not sure where i am right now...i just saw a sign that said "internet," and now i think i might be in someone's house. it is better than easy everything, though. boys boys boys...we spent four rainy nights in a tent in munich, and a boy from england keeps sending me emails. he says he likes my nose, which is nice of him. last night another boy told aimee that she has beautiful ears, so i think if we take my nose and aimee's ears, we should be able to make a nice-looking head...if anyone is willing to donate two eyes and a pouty pair of lips. mr. potato head is brilliant. i am having a difficult time accepting the fact that i am going home in six days. back to the milwaukee bus system and the fourth of july... there is nothing scarier in the world than being on a train rolling through slovakia in the middle of the night and having armed guards bang on your door, looking to confiscate your hungarian cigarettes. we are going to the park now. love kirsten "cigarettes! alcohol!" 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 +-+ +-+ "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: postcards from the beach
by Dimitra 24 Jun '01

24 Jun '01

the beach is imaginary -today; but tomorrow it may be real... you have belle and sebastian concerts but i have the sea! i was meaning to write a post about the meaning of life and being happy... but i feel very sad... summer isn't nice when you have to spend it nearly alone... and it's worse when this happens for the third time... i'm tired of doing things on my own... i've done everything i could: i've been reading and writing and listening to music almost ceaselessly since i was fifteen! i'm twenty and i need people! there has been some talk lately, on whether belle and sebastian are any good any more... you know it has to do with getting older, or rather with the intensity of the first time - not that much with the actual quality of the songs... i was introduced to belle and sebastian with tbwtas, then i was given the four eps, then iyfs, and a few months later tigermilk came out on cd so i got that too. and i didn't like it as much! and my (ex)boyfriend first heard of them last June and fyhcywlap is his favourite! although iyfs is so innocent, erm, so twee - well it's like it has fallen from the sky, like it has nothing to do with this world and thus probably nothing can ever sound better... you know what i mean... don't you? that must be the meaning of life... think about it... when we were little our impressions and feelings were stronger, we felt more alive - because the world was new... or rather we were new to the world... i long to return in that state of innocence and bliss... and strangely enough my two best friend also long for that - strangely, because these days we don't seem to have much else in common... we should just find a way to feel excited most of the time, like when we were wee... stop thinking of ourselves and stop worrying... and start being involved in what's happening around us... maybe we will manage this on the beach... if we ever stop fighting and get there! wishing tehn we'll remember how much we love each other... love,and keep the faith, Dimitra ps " We should love a band that writes a song about the go-betweens!" not because i'm that big a go-between fun but because it sounds great.and powerful! ps if i could be a song i would be something that would snake ito your room and be with you the whole night long +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Pop Books Up
by P F 23 Jun '01

23 Jun '01

A book that is quite bad is BACHELOR KISSES. The thing is, you see the book and think - oh, that must be a well-known phrase, then. But then you read the book and the narrator talks about listening to the Go-Betweens; and the author is from Brisbane. And you think - oh. The relative badness of the book does not affect the excellence of the record, of course. I wanted to buy the book for the Cookie, to encourage him to read. A bit like Actor Ross Kemp doing his bit for literacy. But the book was only available as part of a set of other bad books. Sorry, Cookie. This reminds me: does the B&S Go-Betweens song really exist, or did someone make it up to get Cookie all excited? A book that is quite good is Paul Muldoon's POEMS 1968-1998. The reason it is quite good is to be found on pp. 370 and 414. On p.370 we find the lines "she was now deeply into Lloyd Cole [...] Lloyd 'King' Cole, she'd dubbed him...". And on p.414, amidst a series of references to pop music, we find a reference to LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS: EASY PIECES. My editor doesn't care for Muldoon. I daresay that that's understandable. But we can forgive him something, I think, for these Lloyd Cole references. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.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 +-+ +-+ "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: Hey Freaklips
by Something sinister 23 Jun '01

23 Jun '01

sinister i lost something at the weekend but i found it again i started writing this in an internet café in glasgow ive never been in one of them before it was a bit scary. and awfully orange. but i didnt send this from there. no no. just felt the need to write from it. well i most definetly went by the 15 minute rule for this post- i have been writing it since monday! its the 21st of june when did that happen? there was a programme in the uk play channel yesterday on called 'state of independants' and it had about jeepster on it our house and home has been sold we need to be out by the 7th of september 19 days before my 18th :( and to be perfectly honest, and even though i hate talking about it, its killing me. i think im the only person on the list who hasnt bought jonathan david yet i could have. but i went into avalanche and they had the cooper temple clause ltd ed boxed 7" warfare ep so i bought that instead. all this talk of london and i have not a penny to my name left in the world well, maybe a few pennies, but only coppers and the occassional 5p and maybe even a 10p or two heard i monster-daydream in blue? you should its BRILLIANT, i love it i am very proud to be a 'sick fucked in the head psycho fan' by now you are probably thinking, if youve got this far of course, that i am not going to talk about glasgow i keep having strange dreams. at the weekend i had a sinister dream. started off in a bus, but the bit we were in wasnt like bus- it was more like a room, and everyone(ok maybe not *everyone*) was there on the bus and it kept stopping so gav could go in and get more booze. then everyone was out in this pool, with a bridge over it and they were all demons. and they had horns and stuff. and there was one in particular that i noticed, he was big and looked a bit like the demon/devil guy in legend-with the big horns and stuff, except he was grey/black and not red. and i dont think his face was so weird either. but they had to change back to their person form coz a normal person was coming along i seem to be suffering from lack of enthusiasm for anything its a bit depressing really i cant even muster up enough energy to be even a wee bit excited about jonathan david to the extent that i am not even bothered at all that i dont have it which is sad i remember when legal man came out and i got so excited and i had no money so my snowflake bought me it, and i hugged her to death almost and i danced and bounced all over falkirk like a mad looney nutcase u know that mockingbird song that people sing to their kids? that disturbs me that does i think its an evil dead thing wasnt belles post brilliant? i had you fooled didnt i? u thought i had forgot what i said and i wasnt going to even hint on mentioning glasgow again but guess what i am anyways yeah so glasgow this weekend. 4 days in glasgow. blah. blah is how i feel. thats not bad. its more just a bit non descript. and thats just absolutely spot on. right. started in the pub, finished in the pub. as so many good weekends do. but this one had in betweeny bits that involved meeting lots of new and wonderful and grate and super and lovely people. even though i wasnt exectly the most sociable of kids at the picnic. i was just. blah. nervous and stuff. probably. yeah. so for people i didnt talk to. im really sorry, i did want to. huge big hugs to every last one of you, even and especially the ones i didnt talk to and i saw my first ever sinister football game it was funny :) and i got added to Jenowls list of people to kill ;) but the gigs, were...eh....um...yeah. great. probably. youll be glad to know that i am not going to reveiw the gigs due to missing quite a bit of both spending much of friday in the bar and much of saturday flaked out on a seat at the first aid bit due to being ever so slightly completely exhausted but i was not actually asleep/unconscious, so i did at least hear the entire set but do you know what? thats all ok, coz i had such a grate time anyway and i was at dunfermline too, and i didnt miss any of that and there so much else but i will finish here and thats all i have to say except- i think i snogged the most people at the weekend ;p "cleanse yourself and bleed for free, retrograde your honesty, give me life or so you said, life means nothing when your dead!" unlike a lifeform youve ever met sweetie xox ICQ #42242252 MSN instant msngr: something_sinister(a)hotmail.com AOLim id: IIIsecondcreep *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Part of a multipack- Not to be sold seperately. _________________________________________________________________________ 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: She's got a ticket to RAH, and she don't care.
by steve peet 23 Jun '01

23 Jun '01

Well actually she hasn't and she does. I have, but I still do of course. My non-sinister friend didn't mention this till yesterday, and I know its a very long shot, but if anyone is trying to off-load a RAH ticket please give me a yell. My mobile's 07946 622 678, and no krank calls! And speaking of tickets I've got one going spare for The Strokes/Moldy Peaches/MHS in Sheffield tonight if anyone's interested? I know it's short notice. (Same number). Right enough list abuse, I do have some genuine content... Did nobody else see the JD review in last week's Guardian Guide? (Not today's) they gave it a real slagging. Not my favourite tune either, but it didn't deserve that! On the Peel Session the day after the B&S one he said they were going to repeat the B&S session soon, and details will be put on the web, good news for all those like me who missed it. I just noticed yesterday that one of the consultants at work is called David Jonathan. That made me chuckle to myself from my cupboard and the others were scared for they knew not why I chuckleth. I've seen a lot of foxes lately. Mostly coming home late at night. Did anyone else hear about the family of foxes they've found living under one of the platforms at Paddington? And PF used the phrase "put his head over the parapet" which is how I opened one of my recent posts... I'm quite in awe of PF's posts, so for him to use the same phrase as me was an honour, though I'm sure he arrived at it quite independently. PF also mentioned James Joyce (I think). I think Joyce might have originated the 'ink polaroid' - he's even done one about getting the supplies in for a sinister picnic: "She got out of her tram and feretted her way quickly among the crowds. She went in to Downes's cake shop but the shop was so full of people that it was a long time before she could get herself attended to. She bought a dozen of mixed penny cakes, and at last came out of the shop laden with a big bag. Then she thought what else would she buy: she wanted to buy something really nice. They were sure to have plenty of apples and nuts. It was hard to know what to buy and all she could think of was cake. She decided to buy some plum cake, but Downes's plum cake had not enough almond icing on top of it, so she went over to a shop in Henry Street. Here she was a long time in suiting herself, and the stylish young lady behid the counter, who was evidently a little annoyed by her, asked her was it a wedding cake she wanted to buy. That made Maria blush and smile at the young lady; but the young lady took it all very seriously and finally cut a thick slice of plumcake, parcelled it up and said: "Two and four, please." Ahh. Hugs'n'Stuff PeetSketchSteve 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 +-+ +-+ "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: united states of calamity
by Amy Bancroft 22 Jun '01

22 Jun '01

hey yall, I'm out of the nursery & here's a brief intro: My name is amy. I'm living in Grand Rapids,MI (about two hrs from Chicago and 1/5 hr from the beach). I'm originally from Atlanta, but ended up here for a job. Anyhow, I feel like I've been living under a rock b/c I just got into B & S after hearing it in an used bookstore several months ago. Thinking back, I really could have used IYFS when it first came out, but I'm totally enjoying it (and all the others) now. Obviously, I'm envious of everyone going to the concerts. And all I have to say is that its time we Americans got our acts together (i.e. picnics, etc) to encourage B & S to tour over here. I'm even willing to try and learn a scottish accent to make them feel at home. :) I like the JD cd quite a bit. Although I think Peter Miller's right about the guitar in L of MDR - it should be more shattering, but otherwise no complaints. I try and fiddle with my stereo to make it as loud as possible, but it doesn't really work. I've been planning to get a tatoo for awhile. And I convinced myself to begin with something smaller than my original ideas. So next week I'll be getting "a star upon her shoulder." Just curious - does anyone else have one? Any recommendations as to actual look of the star are appreciated, I'm in the process of designing it right now. so thanks for letting me into sinister, i'm feeling a bit like a mayfly this week -amy alaine -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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