July 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: If you want to destroy my sweater, hold this thread as I walk away
by James Thorniley 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Hey kids I didn't go to the RAH gig so I'm not going to go on about that. I did go to the Saturday picnic which was quite good however. I went to Camera Obscura afterwards too but I couldn't stay long as I had to get a train back a bit earlier than usual because they had messed them up a little. Guess who I went to see yesterday when so many of you* were in Bournemouth? Go on guess... Look at the subject line... WEEZER! They rocked. They were absolutely fantastic and I moshed my little twee heart out. I haven't moshed in *ages* because so much of the "loud" music you hear these days is so pants. There were people in Feeder t-shirts and stuff, grr, I hope they were taking the piss. Mmm they were very rock and roll. They had two support bands which was annoying, but they had a great big fuck off "W" hanging at the back of the stage which was covered with lights which flashed and stuff during the songs, which seemed pretty damn cool. So the picnic then. It was ace. I forced a Finnish girl in a B&S t-shirt to come along to the picnic instead of sit by the observatory on her own and I tried to be nice but wasn't very good at it. It was nice sitting with a better view outside of the garden - if further from the toilets. The toilets are certainly an advantage to Greenwich over Primrose hill... when it's a hot day and lots of people are in the park I worry about public indecency laws when unzipping my trousers by the bushes. Though it was worse in Glasgow where I couldn't find toilets or even very good bush cover anyway. I had to settle for somewhere slightly exposed and just hope no one walked past. But the Glagow picnic was better than any London one. Ally deserves big props for organising such a huge picnic especially when there were so many dumb tourists like me who didn't know where they were. My trip to galsgow last month was great. The picnic was better than the gig. And the gig was great. We walked round glasgow in the morning. We got a couple of Gouranga yo-yos. Daf bought pint size plastic cups for his wine. I bought socks. The stars of my Glasgow trip were... Amy Jackson for helping me and Dafyd get around. Ally96 for organising the picnic. Belle for being the coolest dog in the world. Gordon for ordering taxis and knowing the way round and generally being good company. Sweetie for having cool hair and looking generally quite rock and roll in quite a fantastic way. And for being a ned's worst nightmare. The guy with the bottle opener for being the guy with the bottle opener, everyone always likes you ;) Everyone else I met you were all fantastic :) Right I will stop my ranting now. Byebye everyone xx James. *Where are the gig reports? Christ I just remembered a whole extra rant to do that I didn't fit in. Ok quickly. The following band is ace/GRATE/swell: THE VIOLENT FEMMES Trust me. Buy their first album (simply called "Violent Femmes") and get very drunk and listen to it very loud it's fantastic. P.S. does anyone want to know how to play the game Limp Biscuit? You probably don't unless you're very smutty, actually. I think I'll spare you... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Untitled
by David Moore 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Hi All, (That was for all the Chestnut Mare fans) Don't worry, this is just a shortie. People who have been enquiring about the Reindeer Section could find out more at: http://www.brightstarrecordings.com/reindeersection/welcome.htm There's a couple of .mp3's to download as well as the usual biog, photos, etc. Thanks to Carsmile Steve for the photos. Clever of you to catch Princess Honey at the Picnic without her face covered :) I think the "Hello Boys" one featuring Greenwich Picnic Mum & Glasgow Mum is my favourite. When DJ Cazz.. , I mean Casarotto was playing after the Camera Obscura gig did anyone observe Stuart's reaction when he played one of the Peel session tracks? I looked for him but couldn't see him then. That really is it. Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "like a little condom"
by Miss Cressida Jane Darwin 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

i just remembered a couple of things i don't *think* other people mentioned about RAH!. struan gently chiding stevie for only turning up a couple of minutes after they were due onstage. (surely i wasn't the only one wondering if he had got lost backstage in a spinal tap style?) struan responding to screamed requests of "stars of track and field" with the quip "we've got an athletics team up there." stevie insisting he was "alright on the deep ones� i like it on the deep ones .. know what I mean" just before "the wrong girl". struan's comparing richard's high-tech glass surroundings to a "little condom". despite the acoustics, it was a great gig. so, a special vote of thanks has to go to mark cassarotto for selling his spare standing ticket to me. apologies for not making it to either picnic, but it was great to meet so many lovely people at both friday and saturday gigs. those turning up at strange fruit could have been treated to my uncanny impression of caroline aherne at an awards ceremony. apparently struan was watching us dance. i imagine that was with a look of abject terror. still, lets all be thankful that stevie hadn't mentioned at that point that he wanted babies. it could have been *much* worse. cress xox ----------------------------------- Cressida Darwin c.darwin(a)sghms.ac.uk St. Georges Hospital Medical School Opinions expressed those of the author and not the institution +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ipswich - YES!
by FreemanJ＠ebrd.com 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

hello the 'bitterscene team' and the bittersceners will be there tomorrow night (3rd row) - we will be wearing our blue badges are any essex sinister people coming to see the Windmills tonight at the bassment in chelmsford ? the bitterscene djs are sorting out the originals of many b+s covers from the tour to play for you lovelies tonight. details at www.bitterscene.co.uk with love mrs bitterscene ps. i've just lost my sinister virginity ********************************************************************** EBRD SECURITY NOTICE This message has been Virus scanned ********************************************************************** +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ipswich Anyone?
by mummy i've grazed my knee 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Sorry for a rather short and unexciting post, you all know this is very unlike me. I'm still in a daze after meeting Struan and the others at Scarborough, so that's my excuse. Are any of you coming to Ipswich tomorrow? I know only of the family Moore. If you are, be sure to say a cheery hello to myself, Feather Boa and Mr. Hallifax. I will have a new haircut for the occasion which is more than I can say for Stuart who has not cut his since he started university. Strange boy. I will also have my upside down badges on to signify allegiance. We will be sitting in the fourth row back, hopefully that's close enough to collect some of Struan's bodily fluids to keep in my shrine. Nothing more to say really, just have a great time. 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: !R!A!H! photos!!!
by Hewitt, Stephen 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Yes, we have Albert Hall photos and also a couple from the following day/evening too. Due to doing the old "hold camera above head in order to avoid everyone else's head" stance there was quite a bit of cropping that had to be done, hence the slightly strange shape of some of them... Anyway they are at http://www.geocities.com/carsmilesteve as usual. Hope you like them :) and in case any of you find yourself in Oxford tomorrow nite with nothing to do, may i just remind you of our fantastic indie disco "sussed" at Club Latino, which finds us with THREE fantastic sinister djs and the cockfarmer. come on in, the sangria's lovely... xoxo CarsmileSteve +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: daisy chains are fun
by Grainne Lynch 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Dear Everybody, I know that I have neglected Sinsiter for too long when I start collecting musical anecdotes and writing posts in my head. Of course, when I actually sit down to write, I forget everything. But I will carry on regardless. So gigs - exciting huh? I wasn't going to go to any of them because of the cost of crossing the Irish Sea and the ludicous price of Sterling, but then you all came back babbling about what a wonderful time you had and how happy the band were on stage, and I decided I couldn't miss it, because who knows when they'll tour again, so today I'm flying to Stansted and going to the gig in Ispwich on Thursday. Woo! I am suitably excited. I also wanted to publicty state the fact that I like FISHYCLAP. it was my first B&S cd and I love it, and still do. I love the Model and The Wrong Girl, and I even have a certain fondness for Beyond the Sunrise. And to Big Stu, I also kinda like Nothing in the Silence. a whole heap of my friends have gone away to the states this summer. I am meant to be staying at home and earning some money for college next year. Instead I am running awat to see Belle and Sebastian. I think this is my way of avoiding reality. Until next time, Gr�inne. Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: atchooooooooooo! and murmurings from idles secret HQ
by idleberry 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

gah. hayfever. I WANT RAIN!!! Either that, or a bunch of sinister types to stand around my street and in my garden all day long with hose pipes, making it rain for me. I feel really ill right now with this blsted hayfever. My eyes feel all burny, like I got barbed wire for eyelashes. My nose has a split personality.. its blocked and runny at the same time. And those nasal sprays just make me sneeze more. And the drugs only work when they want to. I'm not happy about this. graduation next week and my tickets still haven't arrived. I'm in a whinging mood today. Why can't everything just sort itself out and not bother me at all? Job hunting on the internet. Work thing is garish, and slow. monster doesn't have anything for graduates. Was at the SECC graduate fair. Didn't get a job, but I got some gummi bears from IBM. They had chupa chups as well. These recruitment types.. they know students sooo well. Chupa chups is currency to buy friends with. I'm yours for a Kwenchy Kup and some fizzy cola bottle sweeties. either that or let me dip my finger into your sherbet dip and take a lick. Idleboyfriend sat listening to the charts on Sunday. He was hoping JD would have gone woosh!!! in the charts. I told him not to be silly. But heres a thing... right, legal man got to number 15, but JD only got to 30. So which ones of you so-called-hardcore-B+S-fans have been letting the side down and not digging (into your pockets) for (chart) victory? you're a disgrace! :) Only kidding. Laters, Idles __________________________________________________ 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: The Clientele reviewed in Magnet
by colin thornton 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

I just wanted to share Magnet magazines excellent review of The Clientele's new album Suburban Light. By the way, I just bought the album, and I have to totally agree with the review. I also want to alert Sinister about a new group called the Shins. While I haven't heard the actual the album, National Public Radio described them as nostalgic summer indie pop (and they sounded like B&S meets the Beach Boys). Here is the review: "Someday soon, there's going to be a rebellion against the sort of quiet rock practiced by the Clientele. Drake-ian, tendeer folk rose to prominence with Belle And Sebastian and stirred a sea of imitators to a threatening high tide. But to lump the Clientele in with cut-rate impostors is to do the U.K. trio a tremendous disservice. The Clientele is clearly drawing from a deeper pool, melding Galaxie 500 with the Left Banke and Love to create irresistible pop gems. Guitarist Alasdair MacLean's breathy voice sweetly intones tales of sorrow and heartbreak, pleading "I want you so bad in my heart," abashedly confessing "I want you more than ever," sounding altogether earnest, fragile, endearing and true. It's a perfect fit for the band's decidedly retro posturing, the effortless, airy stylings in league with both B&S and Felt but stealing from neither. The music rises up slow and tender, delicate arpeggios, brushed percussion, tentative verses easing into cool, summery choruses like a swimmer slipping into the sea. Someday soon, there's going to be a rebellion against the sort of quiet rock practiced by the Clientele. But not today, baby. Not today." I like the ending, but I wonder...isn't there already a huge rebellion against quiet rock? Maybe someday people will actually appreciate our sense of taste, but not today baby. Not today. Colin _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.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: small introduction to sex
by jarkko frantila 04 Jul '01

04 Jul '01

Top of the morning to you poppers/rockers/players/playahaters. All this talk of B&S and their gigs is making me dizzy. Or then again, it might be that the five hours I slept last night wasn't enough. Who knows? But hey, something has happened... It's a miracle that I thought would never be possible. People talk about B&S gigs, about how good Isobel looked and how Stuart wanked himself off while playing that guitarsolo on "Mayfly"... and I feel nothing. Nothing. Because the sad (?) fact is that I don't care that much about B&S anymore. Why, I hear you ask? Hmmm... This is the point where it all goes complicated. But let me try to explain something to you. You might call it the facts of life according to ME, you might call it the gospel of truth according to ME, but here it comes. Now, my life revolves quite a lot around music. Although I haven't bought that many cd's in the past few months, I still tend to think my life as a movie, and every movie these days has a soundtrack. Me, I've never liked those "Music inspired by this stupid blockbuster"- collections that only _stupid_ people buy. No, every moment in life can be categorized through songs. And here's the part some of you might not like: Who can say they live their life like those characters on B&S- songs? It's all fine and dandy if you do actually ride your bicycle up and down the hill. There's nothing wrong with that. You can also hold your teddybear real tenderly on your chest and cry your life away. You have that right. But fooking hell, that's not me. Maybe it was a few years ago, but things happen and things especially change. Someone fucks you up the arse, tells you to sod off. You do. You feel bad for a while, then things start to happen. You sleep around. You sleep around some more. And it feels fucking great, to realize that you've still GOT it. Then you sleep around a bit more. Then you find this someone who you make an agreement with: "I'll be your vibrator, you can be my Dolly the Sheep." You go on for a while like that. And then you realize something. "This isn't great after all. i have this emotional vacuum inside of me. I still think of that one who left me behind and I still need her/him around me more than anything else. Am I doing all this because I try to get my thoughts away from him/her with the magical aid of alcohol and sex?" And the answer is: Yes. Now tell me: Where's the B&S in that? No, it's got Shellac (first part: anger from being left behind), it's got Marilyn Manson (krhm, won't go into details. Just don't do it, kids) and Hefner (erm, everything) written all over it. Ok, now you all think that this is all self-pity. It isn't. It's just a long, long explanation why I don't listen to B&S anymore. It can offer me nothing. It's like watching a film starring Meg Ryan where the ending is always happy and they get each other in the end. Life just isn't like that. Oh, I bought Jonathan and David yesterday. I think it's crap. Loneliness is great, though. Maybe I should end this with something a bit more different. I went to the library yesterday and got this strange, strange book: Rocks Elite- The Elite in Rock: Views on the Finnish rockscene. It's from 1989, and it's downright funny. You'd think 12 years isn't such a long time. It really is. -Jake/Jasu ps: The best part is that almost none of you know me, so I can say whatever the hell I want. _________________________________________________________________________ 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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