August 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

(Fwd) (Fwd) Sinister: hello world, my but what big feet you ha
by JohaN HUGO 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

ooh! ooh! ooh! can i, can i, can i? me me me, i want to contribute too! well... actually i have, but, well, at least i tried to, but it turns out i'm a bit of a klutz who should pay more attention to the little line that says "send reply to", so first things having this nasty tendency to come first, i should probably apologise to johan nilsson, who will now be getting this rather undeserving mail a record second time. and THEN, i finally did send it BUT found out i was still stuck in the nursery. that aside, here's what i TRIED to say the first time (SLIGHTLY edited): "hi everyone, i'm new around here, so just thought i'd breeze in and announce me-little-self: not that i expect anyone to care, but when you've wasted many hours talking endlessly to... you get the picture. (anyway, just felt excited to see another johan on the list - how often does that happen!) well to tell it straight and to the point, i'm from south africa, and if you want to hear all about a moribund indie-scene, well boy (and all you other funny creatures) am i the one to tell you. if you think b&s are a long way from your town - well, as far as i'm aware, they haven't even been played on radio in this country. ANY radio. not ONCE. (the closest that they came was once when barney simon - a horrible ex- "punk" - think billy idol, not johnny rotten or joe strummer - who invented something i sincerely hope is a local disease only - sorry, this parenthesis seems to be developing a life on its own - anyway, who invented "modern rock" which is just horrible i tell you, horrible, at least i hope he invented it and it doesn't exist EVERYWHERE (or is the whole world that boring?) anyway, while reading out the brit indie charts while fold your hands child was tops, he referred to b&s as ... well, it hurts me to say: "well, that just goes to show, the brits will buy anything". stupid sod. anyway, so you see what i'm up against. slight silver lining: at least i know 2 other people here who like b&s, so i'm not all alone, although the tindersticks crusade is still on.) so, enough sharing of the crap for one day, but to conclude: all this talk of picnics have sent me hankering for a little check blanket and goodie-laden basket of my own. any chance of an other south africans here or hereabouts? i am in the cape, and picnic weather's coming round again, so let me know, and we'll graze the grass and chew the cud (hope that didn't come out all wrong!) well, it's been swell, but have to go: laundry should be almost done. (PS. of course it wasn't - ed. ) love JohaN ps. has anyone else heard about the sad fate of the tolkienites in kazakhstan? (the bizarre news we sometimes get around here!) there seems to be some sort of organised hobbiting going on (people meeting up in the forest AND in costume and then re-enacting scenes from the book. now THAT isn't (necessarily) sad, BUT: they're getting thrown in JAIL for it. as in REAL jail with solitary confinement and torture and stuff: it seems hobbiting "promotes the bohemian life" or something. now there's something to get your red knickers in a knot about! how about a protest picnic, all you lucky close-together people (or should i be more serious and sensitive?) pps. what would you call someone who is twee? is there a name? i propose tweet. and how twee is tweed? ppps/ i've only been on for a few days now, but am loving it: keep up the crazy chatter! pppps sorry for the long post, especially from a first-comer who should have more respect for decorum. thanks to all who slogged through it this far! ppppps dimitra is the loveliest person ever, for replying to my post off- list. thank you again. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Listen to your crazy laugh, before you hang a right.......
by Apps Ben (Mr B) 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

......and disappear from sight, like the 50 odd sinister peeps who have vanished in the last week or so. A week ago the list had just nudged over 1500, now it stands at 1455. so 3.3% of sinister has magically de-materialised. Were they taken in the night? what emotional support is there for their families? Seriously tho, hope everyone's OK - if you live with or near to anyone on Sinister please look after them, and teather them to a tree if necessary. Second thoughts, maybe it was it a mass walkout by east coast Americans? (but let's not get into that again) I was a corporate whore at the weekend at the V2001 festival in London England's fashionable suburb of Chelmsford. Highlights: Shed Seven, Divine Comedy, Placebo and a big message wall where somebody had painted 'Belle' and a flower with four petals so it looked like a plus sign. I was unable to resist queueing for an hour to paint 'Sebastian' with 'sinister' underneath in the next brick along in the inverted blue/red style of the little badge. See you all (well, those who are left) at the Sinister picnic masquerading as a white stripes convention on Saturday. Eagerly anticipating details of the much publicised postpicnicdancing. Ben xxx **bored of trade since 1978** +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S California Support
by Neil Robertson 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

B&S are extremely chuffed to announce that Mr Jonathan Richman will be appearing as the opening act at our shows in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Support for the North West dates will be announced in the next couple of days. Rock on! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Get back on that horse, you great whingeing sod!
by Jeremy Tweddle 21 Aug '01

21 Aug '01

Dearest Sinister, I'm sorry I haven't written to you for such a long time. It wasn't my fault, I promise! Ummm...I was busy, er...I had a long sleep, I had a liver transplant, I was dead! Actually none of you (well maybe four of you) can actually verify that I wasn't any of these things, so for now I'll stand by them. I feel like I have been asleep in class during a group exercise. You've all been asked questions and answered with flying colours and now the teacher has picked on me and I've no idea what the topic is. All I can say is "er...ah...hmmm?" <repeat to fade> In truth, I was just off in the listee wilderness known as #sinister and misplaced my courage on the way. So I had to wait for a passing traveller to lick my wounds and bandage my large and rancid gashes. In the role of traveller tonight, we have Miss Llaura Llew. <crowd goes wild> So, many thanks to the llovelly Laura for kicking me in the arse and leading me by the hand, depending on which was required. To all of you #sinisterians, shame on you for making me so welcome. Oh and I'd like to pass my fanclub onto Ken as a sign of respect. <hands over a list, barren, except for the name "Johnsheep"> I was listening to Revolver this morning (it seems all of my posts originate from the shower for some reason) and was pondering the Chemical Brothers. I figured I can't really hate them because they're a direct descendant from Lennon/McCartney. Though I'm not sure what would've happened if they'd been inspired by Maxwell's Silver Hammer instead. Maybe they'd have become a twee breakbeat duo. For the best example try play Kings Of Convenience with a casio keyboard drumbeat behind it. After consulting my personal archive of knowledge, I found two things: 1) Not much time had passed 2) I knew very little 3) I knew too many old phone numbers and not enough pointless lyrics So, I figured I'd consult the archives of sinister for my past knowledge instead and found two things: 1) I knew very little 2) When you're unemployed, jigsaws are the way to go "So saying he ran off to find an all black puzzle of the Phantom Of The Opera with 1,999 too many pieces" Jeremy ps. I just wanted to put some random names down here to make it look like I've got friends. Mandee, Rich, Sweetie, Madeleine and <mumbles>. Did that work? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: To beard or not to beard? (Minus gibberish this time..I'm sorry)
by Photojenni27＠aol.com 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Hello dear Sinisterettes and Sinisterines, I hope you're all sitting comfortably, and have a nice glass of Ribena, or Red Bull, or Rootbear, or whatever takes your fancy by your side. Miss Jenni has a nice little story to tell you all. She didn't want to tell you it when she came back from the sunny lovely place they call Benicassim, as she got back to England and found everybody fighting and sticking tongues out at each other and passing notes under desks and throwing little paper balls at each other. But now you've all settled down and become friends again, I'll begin. Once upon a time, a girl called Miss Jenni and her band of friends called The Dufflecoat Mafia all went to a sunny, lovely place in Spain called Benicassim. Here, everybody was happy, alcohol was plentiful and for some bizarre reason, they deemed Miss Jenni to be worthy of being interviewed for MTV with her best friend the Popkitten, as well as being a model for a style magazine in her stripy tee and Audrey Hepburn sunglasses. Benicassim was a wonderful place. Miss Jenni and the boy in the tree went to see Belle and Sebastian and they jumped up and down and danced a lot and giggled and sang along to all the songs they knew. (We apologise now to anyone who saw us being all loud and jumping up and down and daring Struan to play football with us the next day.) Miss Jenni liked all the new songs they played and all the handclaps in "Wandering Alone.." and Isobel's amazingly lovely Bob Dylan dress. Struan made her giggle with his bad Spanish and sheer cuteness. But Miss Jenni was s! ! ad because she knew in her heart she would never be able to meet him and dance with him. The boy in the tree cheered her up by taking her hand and running to the stall which sold Sixties dresses and badges and they watched the moon turn pink and made wishes on it. You should always be careful what you wish for, because it may just come true. After Miss Jenni had swooned over Jarvis Cocker and PJ Harvey the next day (whilst also feeling jealous because PJ would always look better than her in a black bra, PVC skirt, 4" Heels and nothing else.) She decided to go and see Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey DJ in the dance tent. She was feeling happy because a lovely band called Piano Magic had signed her new CD for her and she had had a waffle smothered with chocolate and she was wearing her nice new Sixties dress. Jarvis and Steve were excellent DJs and Miss Jenni really found herself getting into the music. Before she knew it, she was doing an ace little dance with a Scandinavian girl, an Icelandic boy and an English boy. She noticed another boy dancing with them too, although he wasn't doing their jumpy dance very well. He had blonde hair, and was wearing a stripy T-shirt and black shorts and sounded Scottish and had the sweetest smile. Miss ! ! Jenni looked up and claps her ha nd to her mouth and shouts "Cor Blimey!" Miss Jenni was dancing with none other than Stuart Murdoch. There was a small problem though. Miss Jenni was wearing her very nice dress that made her look very pretty. But she looked down and noticed in shock that a button had fallen off. She was flashing her cleavage at Struan. She looks at Struan. Struan looks at her and goes "Ooooh" Miss Jenni blushes and hurriedly grabs a badge to fasten her dress. Apart from this, he was very nice. He gave her beer and a hug and they danced together for about an hour. When he left, he gave her a very big hug and put his arm around her for a photograph. I'd like to say I lived happily ever after, but I don't know that yet. However, if you met me at Benicassim, I'd like to say Hello again (especially to the nice people I met dancing at the Jarvis Cocker DJ set on Sunday night-even more so if you let me drink your beer) and also if there are any Sinisterines here who saw a girl wandering around the campsite after the Avalanches on the Friday night swearing loudly in English who had lost her tent...mmmm...that was me. Your offers of alcohol, a place to sleep, a helping hand and more drugs then I could ever take over the whole weekend were much appreciated. Wow, this is a long email. I should probably wave bye-bye. However, I've noticed that there has been a lot of talk on here about so-called "Indie kids" on here. I don't know what to think really. In some sense I would consider myself to be an Indie kid per se. I wear vintage clothes and flares, like wearing original Sixties mod gear and the suchlike. I find it a bit unfair to point the finger and jeer though. Surely in a sense we're mocking ourselves. I happen to like a hell of a lot of wide-ranging styles of music, from Destiny's Child, to Pulp, to Tortoise, to Belle and Sebastian. My two favourite bands in the world are Belle and Sebastian and Mogwai. I don't know, I don't like teasing other people about something like that I know in a sense that I am. (Although I would never judge a person on how vintage their clothes are-just tell them to buy a pair of flares because I know they would look good in them.) Congratulations to everybody like the lovely and purple obsessed JenOwl for getting straight 1s in her Standard Grades, and the adorable John-John for doing really quite well in his highers too. Everybody who did exams deserves a nice big pat on the back regardless of how they did. As for myself, I got three As (English Lit, Politics and History) and a C (General Studies) in my A-Levels. So at the moment, it's safe to say I'm feeling quite proud of myself. Anyway, this is long enough already. To all the boys on here who say they like girls in glasses, thank you. If any of you fancy saying Hello to a girl in glasses and a Brownies T-shirt who is currently in Manchester but will be hovering around her new home in Camden next month, you're more than welcome. Love and Lollipops, Cay xXx P.S. About the title. My friend, the boy in the tree has started growing a beard, but I say it's evil. So we're having a referendum about it. To beard, or not to beard? P.P.S I still haven't found a way to make Sinister posts work on AOL 6.0. Anyone else found out the secret behind AOL's evil ways yet? P.P.P.S. I'm soooo sorry for all the gibberish before. I told you AOL was evil incarnate. "Girlfriends? Boyfriends? They come and go But Pickled Onion Monster Munch? Now they're eternal..." http://photojenni.diaryland.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: To beard or not to beard?
by Photojenni27＠aol.com 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Hello dear Sinisterettes and Sinisterines, I hope you’re all sitting comfortably, and have a nice glass of Ribena, or Red Bull, or Rootbear, or whatever takes your fancy by your side. Miss Jenni has a nice little story to tell you all. She didn’t want to tell you it when she came back from the sunny lovely place they call Benicassim, as she got back to England and found everybody fighting and sticking tongues out at each other and passing notes under desks and throwing little paper balls at each other. But now you’ve all settled down and become friends again, I’ll begin. Once upon a time, a girl called Miss Jenni and her band of friends called The Dufflecoat Mafia all went to a sunny, lovely place in Spain called Benicassim. Here, everybody was happy, alcohol was plentiful and for some bizarre reason, they deemed Miss Jenni to be worthy of being interviewed for MTV with her best friend the Popkitten, as well as being a model for a style magazine in her stripy tee and Audrey Hepburn sunglasses. Benicassim was a wonderful place. Miss Jenni and the boy in the tree went to see Belle and Sebastian and they jumped up and down and danced a lot and giggled and sang along to all the songs they knew. (We apologise now to anyone who saw us being all loud and jumping up and down and daring Struan to play football with us the next day.) Miss Jenni liked all the new songs they played and all the handclaps in “Wandering Alone..” and Isobel’s amazingly lovely Bob Dylan dress. Struan made her giggle with his bad Spanish and sheer cuteness. Bu! ! t Miss Jenni was sad because she knew in her heart she would never be able to meet him and dance with him. The boy in the tree cheered her up by taking her hand and running to the stall which sold Sixties dresses and badges and they watched the moon turn pink and made wishes on it. You should always be careful what you wish for, because it may just come true. After Miss Jenni had swooned over Jarvis Cocker and PJ Harvey the next day (whilst also feeling jealous because PJ would always look better than her in a black bra, PVC skirt, 4” Heels and nothing else.) She decided to go and see Jarvis Cocker and Steve Mackey DJ in the dance tent. She was feeling happy because a lovely band called Piano Magic had signed her new CD for her and she had had a waffle smothered with chocolate and she was wearing her nice new Sixties dress. Jarvis and Steve were excellent DJ’s and Miss Jenni really found herself getting into the music. Before she knew it, she was doing an ace little dance with a Scandinavian girl, an Icelandic boy and an English boy. She noticed another boy dancing with them too, although he wasn’t doing their jumpy dance very well. He had blonde hair, and was wearing a stripy T-shirt and black shorts and sounded Scottish and had the sw! ! eetest smile…Miss Jenni lo oked up and claps her hand to her mouth and shouts “Cor Blimey!” Miss Jenni was dancing with none other than Stuart Murdoch. There was a small problem though. Miss Jenni was wearing her very nice dress that made her look very pretty. But she looked down and noticed in shock that a button had fallen off. She was flashing her cleavage at Struan. She looks at Struan. Struan looks at her and goes “Ooooh” Miss Jenni blushes and hurriedly grabs a badge to fasten her dress. Apart from this, he was very nice. He gave her beer and a hug and they danced together for about an hour. When he left, he gave her a very big hug and put his arm around her for a photograph. I’d like to say I lived happily ever after….but I don’t know that yet. However, if you met me at Benicassim, I’d like to say Hello again (especially to the nice people I met dancing at the Jarvis Cocker DJ set on Sunday night-even more so if you let me drink your beer) and also if there are any Sinisterines here who saw a girl wandering around the campsite after the Avalanches on the Friday night swearing loudly in English who had lost her tent…mmmm….that was me. Your offers of alcohol, a place to sleep, a helping hand and more drugs then I could ever take over the whole weekend were much appreciated  Wow, this is a long email. I should probably wave bye-bye. However, I’ve noticed that there has been a lot of talk on here about so-called “Indie kids” on here. I don’t know what to think really. In some sense I would consider myself to be an Indie kid per se. I wear vintage clothes and flares, like wearing original Sixties mod gear and the suchlike. I find it a bit unfair to point the finger and jeer though. Surely in a sense we’re mocking ourselves. I happen to like a hell of a lot of wide-ranging styles of music, from Destiny’s Child, to Pulp, to Tortoise, to Belle and Sebastian. My two favourite bands in the world are Belle and Sebastian and Mogwai. I don’t know, I don’t like teasing other people about something like that I know in a sense that I am. (Although I would never judge a person on how vintage their clothes are-just tell them to buy a pair of flares because I know they would look good in them.) Congratulations to everybody like the lovely and purple obsessed JenOwl for getting straight 1s in her Standard Grades, and the adorable John-John for doing really quite well in his highers too. Everybody who did exams deserves a nice big pat on the back regardless of how they did. As for myself, I got three As (English Lit, Politics and History) and a C (General Studies) in my A-Levels. So at the moment, it’s safe to say I’m feeling quite proud of myself. Anyway, this is long enough already. To all the boys on here who say they like girls in glasses…thank you. If any of you fancy saying Hello to a girl in glasses and a Brownies T-shirt who is currently in Manchester but will be hovering around her new home in Camden next month, you’re more than welcome. Love and Lollipops, Cay xXx P.S. About the title. My friend, the boy in the tree has started growing a beard, but I say it’s evil. So we’re having a referendum about it. To beard, or not to beard? P.P.S I still haven’t found a way to make Sinister posts work on AOL 6.0. Anyone else found out the secret behind AOL’s evil ways yet? "Girlfriends? Boyfriends? They come and go But Pickled Onion Monster Munch? Now they're eternal..." http://photojenni.diaryland.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: ask me, I won't say no
by Will Porter 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

One Madeleine McNeil spake: > I am currently working on my Librarian Chic > (TM) with the help of the fashion gurus in #sinister. SO far, I've > established that I need: pleated skirt, specs, hair in a bun, pursed lips > and a hankie tucked up my sleeve for constant sniffles. Dear god child, you've forgotten the cardie! It's the most important bit of the ensemble. And if you haven't got your glasses on some kind of thin silver chain, you might as well just pack up your AACR2(revised) and work at a bookstore or some other such abomination. You've got to want it! Speaking of librarians, I'm one of those and I haven't had much to say lately, which is why those of you who didn't frequent #sinister about a year ago don't have a clue who I am. Well, I'm Will and I'm a librarian and I live in New York City. I have just gotten new glasses. They are brown. They are bigger than my old ones. The old ones were silver and wire framed and teeny and these ones are plastic and brown and narrow (vertically) but broad (horizontally). I like them, but the other kids at the library tease me. In the time since I last posted, I have: ummm. Nothing to report. In related news, I still like Belle and Sebastian. OOh speaking of bands, do you all love Call and Response? You ought to. Today, a really very pretty woman who frequents my library passed me on the street walking the cutest spaniel I have ever seen. Unfortuately, said woman is married, which should come as no surprise because 1. she's really very pretty 2. she's interesting (foreign and always reading good books) and 3. because I have something of a crush on her. Which isn't so say I don't have something of a crush on about 45% of the women I meet. I'm a promiscuous crusher. Speaking of crushes, shockingly little attention seems to be paid to the list crush thingy anymore. Back in my day, list crushes were something we participated in, dammit! And Archel and Starry and Fiona had 'em all! and we liked it! And we had to walk 10 miles uphill in the snow to vote! Umm actually it was a little website that allowed for egregious ballot-box stuffing. And you could get to it from your chair. And I'm really not a list old-timer, as the list old-timers can attest. But list crushes are fun! Have fun! Be crushy! Yeah! xo Will Porter, who used to be the new Will, but isn't anymore. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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: fuck logic, rival to instinct
by Michelle R. 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

.... and sweet intuition hi there you I never thought it would come to the point where I'd go crazy with joy whenever a credit card commercial would come on. It's only because that 'Blue' credit card ad shows a clip of New Order's 'Crystal' and well, I get all happy...and dancing soon procedes that. Like many good things, though, it only lasts for a short time. This commercial joy happened to me before though, with an investing company! That old Merril Lynch ad had a grossly under-used snippet of Hooverphonic's 'Wardrope.' Still, it was a nice ad methinks. Commercials are getting cooler, so watch out! You could be dancing next. Rick Bayless. The man is a rock star when it comes to ethnic cooking shows! There was a marathon of his 'Mexico:One Plate at a time' shows the other day which were very informative mm hm. He's not even Mexican (I don't think) and he makes a kick ass ceviche with startling accuracy. Ohyes though mine would give him a run for his money though I digress. To me, he's taken the place of the Frugal (yay frugalness) Gourmet since Jeff Smith developed a fancy for little boys and hasn't been heard from since. I agree completely with Lauren. Those people who fall under the 100% indie 'do's' column are pretentious babies. They think their shit don't stink, frankly, as the saying goes. This reminds me of a comic stip from a university newspaper my friend sent me. ' HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AT *name of uni* : *little smiley face saying* 'I love Dave Matthews Band!' HOW TO MAKE ENEMIES: *angry face* I hate Dave Matthews Band!'' Oh for the love of God. I think the indie 'do's' people are just the same... HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS: I like Mogwai and Built to Spill HOW TO MAKE ENEMIES: I like No Doubt *and* I like Built to Spill bullshit :) You get the idea. I just noticed 'friends' and 'enemies' have the same amount of words. How nice. Well, on to things that are nice like Sinister's bday...Harry Potter! Awww what a nice book! No really, it is. I was avoiding it for the longest time but peer pressure won. Good read though. And I don't have to remind you about the lil' feller who plays him in the film, has the likeness of Chris Geddes do I?? (notice how I oh-so casually include B&S content in there) :) Songs with a mandolin in them are nice. xx me shell mitt hen xx pssst. the subject if from Bjork btw. She's grate-tastic. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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: P!O!P!
by Madeleine McNeil 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Goodness me. I've just found out that Posh Spice and Kylie and Dido and Nelly Whatshername who sang that song about the bird and Coldplay and some others will be coming to Leicester to mime to their new singles in a big park. And for free! It makes me feel right lucky, and if anyone fancies popping along for a corporate popfest, let me know, and we can have a beer together. It's Radio One's One Big Sunday on 2 September, which is, oddly enough, a Sunday. I have an interview on Thursday for a job as a high-powered and influential part time library assistant. I am currently working on my Librarian Chic (TM) with the help of the fashion gurus in #sinister. SO far, I've established that I need: pleated skirt, specs, hair in a bun, pursed lips and a hankie tucked up my sleeve for constant sniffles. So far I have: sniffles. I have been pootling about in the archives today, and found reference to The Poetry Parrot. Ken Chu sent me the parrot a while ago, and I did not understand it's significance, but now I do. So I offer you this: PRAYER Some days, although we cannot pray, a prayer utters itself. So, a woman will lift her head from the sieve and stare at the minims sung by a tree, a sudden gift. Some nights, although we are faithless, the truth enters our hearts, that small familiar pain; then a man will stand stock-still, hearing his youth in the distant Latin chanting of a train. Pray for us now. Grade I piano scales console the lodger looking out across a Midlands town. Then dusk, and someone calls a child's name as though they names their loss. Darkness outside. Inside, the radio's prayer - Rockall. Malin. Dogger. Finisterre. That's by Carol Ann Duffy and it makes my breathing a little easier when I get a panic on. Now, I set the parrot free and send him on his way across a million miles of ocean to Sir David of Stankin Cooter (apologies to slang-sensitive Americans out there). Sir D, the parrot is all yours. Stick him in a pie and eat him for all I care :) Much love, Madeleine xxx Props to Mark Cassarole for being nice about me. Happy Holidays to Mummies Linda and Honey. Oh, and Llovely Llaurrra, who the bleedin' hell in Bob Barker? **Mwah Mwah** _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Toronto Meet - Sun. Aug. 26th
by debbie spiers 20 Aug '01

20 Aug '01

Okay...we're going to meet by the ferries at one pm on Sunday. That day seemed to be better for people, so be it. Does that seem too early? Oh well, we'll set it at one for now, any complaints can be mailed to me. Please bring whatever you expect to enjoy while there...picnicy food, drinks, toys, etc. If the weather is crappy than we'll obviously head to a pub instead. We'll be there no matter what, so come join us if you feel like it. Write me with any other questions. Like what/who to look out for. byefornow, debbie _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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