July 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: The Magic of a kind word
by Alexander Bartilson 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Hi you'all, I came back to Sweden after 4 fantastic days in London. The B & S concert was, as mentioned earlier, magical. It was so great. I had never seen them live before and it was fantastic. Anyway, just wanted to say hi to all on the Greenwich picnic on Saturday. You were all so nice and kind and really did you best to make us (me and my friend Viktor) feel welcome. You were so nice. Thank you. And the soccer was fun :-) The Strange Fruit evening at the Spitz was great too. They played so much great music and quite a few B & S songs too. And Camera Obscura and Tacoma Radar were really great. Anyway, just wanted to thank all of you at the picnic. Hope to see you again some time. ///Alexander +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: how will I get one - I dunno!
by The Hodottir 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Hello you lovely gig and picnic go-oers. Having only just floated beneath the cloud that's numbered nine I thought I'd drop a quick (yet fully 15-minuted) post to ask a very big favour. Being that I was lucky enough to sing with B&S on Friday night, you probably all think I've had more than my fair share of good fortune - and you'd be right - but since nobody outside the RAH or the list will believe me, I'm desperately seeking a photo of the spectacle that was me, Joe and Florence poncing around the stage. If anyone has one, I'd be moved to tears if you'd email me off the list to arrange me having a copy or two made. Don't worry if you took one that was just a random shot with my ankle in it or simply Joe's beflared bottom - we'll still accept it gratefully. I'm not sure what I can offer in return, but it's always worth invoicing me and seeing what happens. To everyone who said nice things to us after the gig, at the picnic, and on posts, thank you. We were proud to represent the best bluddy fan list that ever existed. It was an honour in every way. Thankyouverymuchandgoodnight, Lorraine the Hodottir x _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Gigs, picnics, beach parties...
by Gardiner, Stuart 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Well quite a bit has been said about the last week's various shenanigans. But sod it, I'm going to add to it with my tuppenceworth. Well, actually it's quite long, maybe it's about threepence worth... SCARBOROUGH: Oh my God. Fabulous, fantastic, mind-blowing, awe-inspiring. But enough about my dancing already, what about the gig? Various people had picnics on the beach beforehand. Well actually, there were about 5 separate mini-picnics going on at once, so if you were at one of the other ones, hello. And we did try writing "Twee Roolz" in the sand, but it didn't work very well. The Futurist Theatre is literally over the road from the beach, and is one of those places which advertises shows and films above the doors. So the sign actually said "Tonight - Belle and Sebastian. Tomorrow - Get Over It"... Normally, I wouldn't expect a good atmosphere in an all-seated venue; but hey, this is Yorkshire now. After a storming Pastie to start with, before playing Too Much Love, Stuart asked if anyone wanted to come down the front and dance; naturally, about a hundred of us charged down the aisles, and tried to copy Stuart's pixie dancing. The management got a bit upset about fire risks (if it's a fire risk to have people in the aisles during songs, how the hell are you supposed to get out of the building in a fire?), so we all got sent back to our seats, and just danced there instead (so apologies to whoever was sitting behind me and Amy! Still, it serves you right for not getting up and dancing yourselves...). And by the end when they finished with Women's Realm followed by Legal Man (complete with about 500 people on percussion), we all just charged the stage. One ambition realised then - we actually managed to get a moshpit going at a B&S gig! And a seated one at that... For the cover version slot in the middle, Stuart came out into the audience to ask what we wanted. I did ask him for Scarborough Fair, but he said if they played that, there was a man at the back with a rifle who would shoot them for unoriginality... So they settled on Summer Holiday, mainly because Stevie played the opening chords just before asking what anyone wanted to hear... The band really seemed to be enjoying themselves, even when Stuart forgot the words to Dylan In The Movies (again!); and with Stevie's voice in a very fragile state, I'm sure he wasn't helped by having Stuart go down on one knee in front of him to put him off during Wrong Girl... Stuart finished the gig with the words "For a Tuesday night in Scarborough, you lot are fucking amazing", and we all felt exactly the same about them. After the gig finished, and a brief sojourn to a pub (during karaoke night, never a good plan...) we joined the party on the beach, attempted and failed to throw a frisbee in a straight line, had a wrestling match, spoke to various interesting people, dug ourselves deep holes in the sand to try to get down to the same height as Katrina, and tried to figure out how we can afford to get to Rio... So hellos to Jon and Liz who came in my car, and a big hello to the delightful Amy who was sitting next to me. PRESTON: I suppose after such a wonderful evening the day before, this was always going to be a bit of a disappointment. That's not to say that they weren't very good - just not quite as mind-blowing. It may have been partly due to the band's hangovers, but it was more that the atmosphere wasn't as friendly - more locals, more neds, less real fans. And there's absolutely nothing the band can do about that. It sounds like a real indie-snob thing to say, but a gig's just not as enjoyable when there's 3 or 4 blokes standing next to you with a bottle of vodka persistently singing along to the wrong bloody song. If they had taken a long walk off Scarborough pier, everyone would have been happier. As for the band, Isobel had her hair in pigtails, which was a relief because the previous night she had looked alarmingly similar to Sarah. Richard was the centre of attention - he was really nervous because he'd always wanted to play Preston Guild Hall (admittedly he wanted to play in the snooker tournament there, which may excuse the jumper he was wearing). Quite why he always plays the drums with a face like he's giving birth is a mystery. Sarah's parents were there (she was chatting to them in the bar beforehand), so Stuart didn't sing the last few lines of Arab Strap. Aah, bless. Cover versions were the theme from BBC's Snooker coverage (played by Mick on the guitar, because Stevie didn't know it) and a Rolling Stones number which I can't remember the title of, sorry (I think he said it was off Sticky Fingers) which coincidentally was the first song played over the PA after the band left the stage. Stuart did try inviting someone onto the stage to dance, but when the bloke tried, a bouncer leapt out of nowhere and carried him off, much to the band's annoyance. Sightings of Chris and Sarah in the bar afterwards, as well as more old-school Sinister types than you could shake a stick at. LONDON: When I turned up at the pre-gig picnic, there was already a football game going on featuring Stuart M and Wee Chris, amongst others. And more to the point, there was lots of drinking going on (well, Ailsa was there, what do you expect?). We all went on a 5 mile hike to find a pub, had one drink, and then came back again, because Honey and Honeyetta had turned up, amongst others. Then came the moment of truth - entering RAH. I spent the next hour alternating between oh-my-god-i'm-in-the-Royal-Albert-Hall and oh-my-god-the-drinks-are-expensive-in-here. I ended up about 5 rows back, fighting off annoying Australian women, and looking round thinking oh-my-god-i'm-in-the-Royal-Albert-Hall. Needless to say, the gig was fabulous, almost up to the standard of Scarborough. At half-time, two blokes with microphones and comedy wigs on (I think one of them might have been Neil Robertson, but I was too far away to see), who were in a box at the back, started slagging off the band in a Muppets style (after later discussions, we think the two old blokes in the Muppets were called Waldorf and Statler?), and saying that the singer was rubbish, anyone could do better. So this was Stuart's cue to head off the stage round towards their box, where he asked if anyone from the audience had ever wanted to sing at the Royal Albert Hall; and he plucked three Sinister-types from their seats and brought them to the stage. After a few bars of The Final Countdown, Lorraine (and later Stuart as well) gave a stunning rendition of The State That I Am In. The setlist followed much the same as before, with just the three new songs; Magic Of A Kind Word and My Girl's Got Miraculous Technique in the first half and I Love My Car (described by Stuart in Scarborough as a Dexy's Midnight Runners sounding song) in the second half. After Legal Man (which sounds infinitely better live), the band left the stage, and the Muppets at the back started talking again; along the lines of "Boo", Hiss", "That Was Rubbish", "Actually it wasn't that bad", "There were parts of it I quite liked", "It was good", "It was great", "More!", "Encore!". At which point, the band re-emerged, complete with Monica Queen (who is much smaller than I imagined for someone with so strong a voice, and who spent most of the song flinging her arms behind her back like Shirley Bassey), singing LLPJ. Then the finished with a cover of Everyday People, which they had started the set with in Preston. At this point I would like to apologise to anyone who was behind me (as always!), to David Moore for my voice intruding onto his tape, to whoever's foot I landed on when I was dancing, to Archel for taking the piss out of her new haircut, to the people camping at the side of the hall queueing up for Cliff Richard tickets for laughing at them behind their backs, and to anyone who tried to speak to me afterwards because I was completely incoherent and babbling with excitement. Saturday saw a second picnic happening on top of a bloody big hill in Greenwich. I claim full credit for scoring the white shirts' first goal, and no credit at all for the fact that we still lost. Lorraine made us very jealous by talking about the after-show party back at the band's hotel, and Starry Sarah spent the afternoon torturing innocent young boys. Then we all trooped off to the DLR to get to the Camera Obscura gig at the Spitz. The support band sounded like Ride, which is not a good thing. But the main attraction were very impressive - I've not heard them before, but I was convinced to try and track down some of their material. There then followed dancing and drinking until the wee small hours, and the startling realisation of just how similar Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood's song Summer Wine is to the verse of Dog On Wheels - let's hope their lawyers don't find out, I wouldn't fancy taking on any of Frank Sinatra's connections. Those in attendance included (in random order, and forgetting many more than I remember) Carsmile Steve, Starry Sarah, Cresida, Ailsa, Honey, Honeyetta, Big Gay Mark, Miss Vicky, Lixi, Liz Daplyn, Martin, Wee Chris Geddes, Stevie Jackson, and Stuart Murdoch. And probably lots of other people who decided to avoid me because I spent the whole weekend going on about The Whitlams and how great Scarborough was. Fair enough really. Katrina asked me on the beach if my faith in B&S had been restored; I think it probably had been by the new EP (I don't care what anyone else thinks, I believe those three songs are as good as anything they've ever done), but they've certainly never been better live, and Scarborough was as good as any gig I've been to in my life. See you all in Birmingham tonight then... Big Stu +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: what did YOU make of the cool set in London?
by Apps Ben (Mr B) 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

I've been champing at the bit to use that subject line, and now I can. And the set was both *cool* and *ace*. Stuart said it was boring, but I think he was talking about something else. Well what a most momentous weekend! Literally, a weekend full of sublime moments. Please allow me to share a few with you: meeting list ma & pa (and the lovely Lucy *sigh* (oops I'm blushing)) outside RAH: Indulging in a rampant display of consumerism, i got *badges* *posters* *a mug*. My posters are now proudly displayed on my ceiling, my badges are proudly displayed on me and my mug sits proudly in ..um, my sink: Stevie's *Jonathan David*, triumph in the face of adversity, that song just gets better: The magical hush in the hall for *We Rule the School*, got me right there: Guitar hurling (really didn't think he was going to catch it): Fitba in Greenwich Park. Mr Pinefox with a swerving volleyed winner. Majestic. Camera Obscura's gig at the Spitz - doesn't the singer sound like the girl from *The Sunday's*? Spotted Stuart at the sound desk and got an autograph. *still beaming* THE Mr Ken P Chu's accusation that I was *a groupie* thoroughly justified. Also confirmed that no permanent damage was done by the aformentioned plummetting guitar. Phew! Overall fanbloodytastic. Big Hello to everyone I met, I hope you got home OK Tim. Cheerio A very happy Ben XXX +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wearing make-up on sunday is sad!
by Hannah Brown 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

yes, B&S were far better than i thought, and i very much enjoyed myself. the picnic was fun and the football match looked a bit too serious. i was annoyed that there were no girls playing so i had a go but realised that i looked a fool, waving my arms about and giggling manically, so i quietly slipped away. Girl power-my arse! im not going to go into the whole band thing coz you all know they're good whether you've seen em live or not. the crowd were very interesting, um to the front of me was a very hard looking guy who was by himself. he was having a grate time and i wondered whether he was a closet fan who had told his mates he was going somewhere a lot harder. behind sam were an interesting couple who seemed to be shagging the daylights out of each other. nothing discreet just simple rutting and moaning, how very sweet. I couldnt help but stare in amazement, they were at it for quite a while you know. Female B&S fans are very attractive arn't they, they all have cute little noses, cool dresses and have an amazing ability to still look attractive with sweat dripping down them. And the dancing, well,if electricity could be generated by dancing, we would have created enough for the whole of britain, its true you know. I feel a bit unsettled now. did any one else feel slightly wrong on sunday. i know i did and i wasnt all that sure why? hello to everyone there, ken, steve, big stu, a bloke called sam, jo, girl in hat, bloke in cardigan, bla bla bla. love hannah +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Leicester Fiesta
by Madeleine McNeil 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

So, our little Leicester picnic took place this weekend. While all the rest of you were dancing like loons in London Town, a few of us met in the park and sedately ate sandwiches and drank ribena. In attendence were James, John, Tom, Danny, Helen, myself and two friends of Tom's (names forgotten, sorry). I felt terrible, having spent Saturday night drinking all sorts of rubbish and dancing to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack at a friend's barbeque. I was so drunk at the barbeque I even ended up drinking some dodgy liquor someone bought back from their holidays. Sometimes I am just so disappointed in myself. The picnic, after an awkward (we all got lost) and sticky (i kept dropping my fizzy drink and spraying it everywhere) start, was lovely. We watched the skate kids skating and the fitba kids playing fitba and Helen, Danny and James playing frisbee while I sat quietly and tried not to make any sudden movements. Then James produced some beer and even though my first thoughts were 'Urg, alcohol. How horrible', I soon got back into the swing of things and perked up. I'm not one to give in easily. I burbled quite a lot of nonsense, weebled off to the nasty toilets and said a cheery hello to a fellow boozer. We discussed our mission to Birmingham and looked at John's colourful map, and I got sidetracked by the amount of pubs near the Alexandra theatre. Goodness, there's alcohol everywhere these days. The only thing that would have made the picnic any better would have been the attendence of Mr Ken Chu, Sir, Geek God and all round Good Bloke. But as he sent me a parrot I'm sure I'll find it in my heart to forgive him. Nuff respec to the Leicester Massive. I'm sure some of us will bring you some gritty reportage of the Brum gig, too. Love Madeleine xxx And hooray to John for coming to join us in #sinister. It's ever so nice in there. _________________________________________________________________________ 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: happy mountain flowers in full bloom
by Kirsten Kenyon 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

yay, it is almost the fourth of july and i am so excited i can hardly keep from wetting myself. today my little brother david and his friend asked me to drive them out to the middle of nowhere so that i could buy illegal fireworks for them to play with in the backyard. i made them listen to belle and sebastian the entire way, and david seemed to like it...josh just kept yelling at me to "play some goddamn tool." we went to this place called uncle sam's, which was nearly enough to make me vomit on its own, and then we got there and it was a little grey trailer-like building off the freeway surrounded by american flags, full of people in cowboy hats and wcw t-shirts. the fireworks had silly names like "funzilla," "ass-kickin' bone- crunchin' fun," and my personal favorite, "bonnie and clyde." it was terrifying, but it was the least i could do seeing as david bought me a drum for my birthday, thus enabling me to raise a ruckus all over the house on three different instruments. four if you include the kazoo. sometimes there is nothing more satisfying than breathing through a harmonica. 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: Shoot the textual parakeet
by Ken Chu 02 Jul '01

02 Jul '01

Hello, I have reached a personal landmark in my life yesterday, erm, besides drinking the 10,000th ever can of Red Bull*, that is, I have absolutely run out of money. The bank machine gave me a very friendly message saying "Your request has been denied by your bank" when I tried to take out cash, which was nice. Of course, I was in the middle of London then (post-RAH) and had no money to get home. A very kind sinister person, after I busked with my freeform version of Wonderwall by Oasis, lent me 15 quid for a train across the ocean, um I meant the bit of grass in between London and Milton Keynes, so I'm home again and possibly not going out for a while before I find some way of replenishing the bank account, and I still owe another kind sinister person money for the RAH ticket itself arrrgh. RAH! tho, was like well good, on the top of RAH there was even a curtain thing with a logo on it which says... "RAH!", on it (I think it was without an exclamation mark tho). Which was funny, slightly lower than that all around are the stalls where people sit really high up. By the end of the evening a lot of them decided to stand up there anyway and dance, I feared for their safety cos I believe when they built the Royal Albert Hall they didn't anticipate people to want to dance up there so they didn't put in any barriers, and the people there dancing look quite drunk. Hmmmmm Monica Queen was there again for a Lazy Line Painter Jane encore and she was great and was live and kicking and boxing. The John Peel session was great, after a very kind sinister person lent it to me, and Sturan's girl probably does have a miraculous technique in order to make him to churn out this fountain of love, ahem, that's a metaphor for a good tune, of course. The pre- and post-RAH picnics were great fun too, drinking first vodka and Red Bull and then cheap wine, and playing footie in Greenwich and won woohoo, and getting expert babysitting tips from fellow sinisters, if I have a brother I will now know exactly how to look after him hehe :-). Then watched Camera Obscura at the Spitz and they were great, they played 80s Fan which was a great song so we celebrated at the end by doing "80's dancing" moves which involved pretending to hold a cigarette and chewing a piece of gum and bopping your head. I hope to see more list mummy dancing soon! Oh the poetry parrot has flown into my window, and started singing something about feeling happy for a day in 1975, scared the shit out of me but I'm okay now after brutalising it and shoved it in a cage, before you call the RSPB, I didn't really brutalise the parrot, I love birds, they taste lovely. Really I didn't do anything bad to it, apart from tying a string to its leg and then yanked it backwards, just so that I can tell people I just pulled a bird. Centre of Town by Karen E Norman ============================ The centre of this town really sucks It's concrete and smelly and full of muck yuck, just my luck, I stepped over a patch and now it's stuck The centre of this town really sucks it's just a load of roads and full of trucks cluck, the driver shrugs as one hits you like a hockey puck The centre of this town really sucks it's bland and it's dull and full of shmucks you duck, as stones are chucked they're starting a riot and running amuck. A stone is thrown towards the front of Starbucks as the anarchists got infiltrated by a ruck of thugs The town burns, but you don't quite give a fuck cos the centre of this town really sucks <The End> The parrot after I recited this poem to him had realised that Milton Keynes really sucks, and flew up the M1 to Leicester towards miss Madeleine McNeil. Poems and Red Bulls Ken * it probably wasn't the 10,000th can exactly but it was close, and it was kindly bought by another lovely sinister person. I am such a scrounger. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: With the parrot on your shoulder saying everything when you talk...
by steve peet 01 Jul '01

01 Jul '01

Hello and thanks to everyone I saw (again and for the first time) at the picnics and gigs over the w/end. Needless to say a fab time was had by all, but I'll leave detailed accounts to those with more eloquence and accurate set lists etc. Robster, you'll be pleased to know Fin did make it to the coach in the end, and we did make it back in time for Camera Obscura, despite getting a taxi to the *wrong* place... doh! (btw I did make it back for my train after leaving the gig early - just! I'll be supremely jealous if you all stayed a dancin' with celebs till the wee small hours.) Thanks for the poem, rather nice. I'm glad you sent the parrot on to Ken - he needs something else to sit on his shoulder now he's had all his hair lopped off. I've said this sort of thing before, but dashing through Liverpool St. station on my way home I was greeted by two listees who were stood at RAH with me (sorry names escape me) who were on their way home from Mardi Gras, and then another (I am really bad with names) whom I've met up in Sheffield a few times on her way rather belatedly to the Spitz... all purely by coincidence... *that*'s what I like about Sinister. Someone was asking about the first support act at RAH, "Jonny 7" I think they called themselves. Well, Cabbage and I (and a couple of others) were similarly enticed in by their comedy rendition of Legal Man, and after we managed to drag Cabbage away fom the usher from Barnsley who he was chatting up :), we were stood just a few rows back and we struggled to make out who they were through the comedy wigs and stuck on porn-star moustaches. Cabbaged reckoned the guy on bongos was from V-Twin, but beyond that I'm at a loss. Ah well, best consign (sp?) the weekend to memory and get ready for the reality of work again tomorrow. See y'all again soon. PeetSketchSteve _________________________________________________________________________ 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: Down by the sea?
by Will Salt 01 Jul '01

01 Jul '01

Ooh, everyone seems to be having picnics lately. And a few Sinister people have decided that it's time for an Edinburgh Picnic again. Instead of Just Another Picnic, though, we've decided to do things a little differently. So, Saturday July 28th 2001 will be the day of the Edinburgh Sinister Beach Barbecue! We'll meet up in Edinburgh in the early afternoon, and take a wee train ride down to the lovely seaside resort of North Berwick. There's a wonderful sandy beach where we can sit and barbecue things and eat then and get drunk, a few pubs where we can go if it rains, and in the evening we can all just get on the train back to Edinburgh and get drunk some more. You can even paddle and build sand castles if you want to. Lots of absolutely grate people from #sinister have already promised to come, so if you're interested, email me and let me know. I'll post more details in a couple of weeks when we're a bit more organised. See you soon, gneissy (who isn't the *only* conspirer organising this, honest) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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