August 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Yer maw's Greetin'! Croon like a ragged angel and be adored by millions.
by Gordon 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

Actually, I was striding up from the village centre in my black suit jacket and, bypassing a pair of lovers and their dogs, I imagined that, in red chalk lines some 6" long was scrawled upon my back: "this tink doesn't even have time to look out for himself; let alone you". I'd say the 'o's were 3" diameter but more 3" major axis and 2" minor axis. Ovaline, and not the work of your average thug. I infiltrated a private party at nice'n' sleazy's. I know this because the words 'private party' were prominently displayed on the door, and the charming hostess of said do introduced herself with a big smile and invited me to leave. Nothing much going on at the garage either, so I was kinda stuck. So I had a chat with a well dressed urchin-psychopath and we discussed mental health issues. I promised that, if I did get to meet the titan of Edinburgh publishing, a Mr. John Calder, at the book festival on Tuesday evening, I'd put in a sly pitch along the lines: 'two blokes, same age, intelligence, looks... one saves the other's £20 for a hostel and they go into sleazys for a pint and get talking'. Nobody's written anything on my black suit jacket, by the way: I just checked, and there was no sweat lost over hostesses in store-rooms piled high with ageing Marshall's Amps either, covered in that wrinkly vinyl and more's the pity. No rejoining Harry &Co. either, because I lost the mobile number. Still, the 13th note was a nice new place I've never been before. I shall return. Grouch St. Judes was white russian country and I chose to loose there one poem using lots of words beginning with the letter 'p' and one copy of the 'spectator' magazine. Somewhere else I was sitting by myself and thought to hell with this so went to talk to some girls. I sat on the floor and we started a conversation. But Mr. big bouncy man had other plans. So did several others of his ilk in various establishments untill it was actually quite late at night. So I caught the train home to this Sunday afternoon, listening to Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker and some wartime woman singing 'Stardust' over Glenn Miller's big band. Content? Storm in a teacup: like the gulf of Corryvreckan in the Powell-Pressburger film 'I know Where I'm Going'. I suspect the latter is more project than fact, and that more stories begin before the end is designed. Gordon ;p +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I told them I was the EDITOR of a famous etiquette book
by David Moore 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

Hi All, UNHALFBRICKING A prize for anyone who can tell me what that heading should have been. So, the week before last we spent a week in Barcelona. What an amazing place! So many sights to see so we tried to see all of them, following the red rosettes in the pavement to every Modernista building we could. Each landmark then anchored in the memory by a personal recollection, whether it was the eyes of the captivatingly playful grey tabby kitten at the Sagrada Familia or the ferocious arguments of the green parrots in the Park Güell. Then on the last day another tour, following the footsteps of Rag, Tag & Bobtail and the depraved cherubs on the old city walls along the B&S BCN 9/97 route: pre-gig courtyard, the stage was here, the hotel there. Our guide Peter Miller, with whom we went for a drink, did lunch and went for a drink. And passed a (an?) hugely enjoyable afternoon. Its great when you finally get to meet a listee in person - they're always different to how you imagine them from their posts but on rare occasions they turn out to be even nicer. Mrs Sister Disco is really lovely too. Oh, and yeah, we did talk about YOU, but nothing bad (unless you deserved it.) Sadly due to a little accident we didn't get to see Belle and Sebastian play Benicassim despite a very kind listee (thank you Maria!) who even gave me her ticket. I'm glad for everyone that had so much fun there though. Especially Mini-Beans. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION A lot of people at the Karaoke on Friday night were disappointed that I hadn't taken a photo of Mixmaster Miller. They prevailed on me to sketch a picture, but don't worry Peter, I can't draw so there was little interest in the result. I had thought of myself as sym- or even em-pathetic but yesterday I learned I just don't UNDERSTAND. So I will try harder: I can't bring myself to burn prints or negatives (t'would be like murder) but they are hidden from any public gaze and any scans have all been deleted. OK, Hon? Oh, I would like to second Dimitra's thanks to Princess Honey, who if she won't take credit for making the list should at least take credit (with Linda) for having nurtured the garden. WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Karaoke at The King Of Corsica featured usual suspects Mark (The Kaiser), Vicky, Ally96, (Blonde!) Lucy, Carsmile, Paul Field, Robbo, Sally, Le Troussé, P F, Elena99, Nick, and last but not least (apparently everybody's Coo Ca) Chu. I probably missed someone (as usual), so sorry to whoever you are. Also a new face: pookie59/jiffy_popper/Geneviève! Another rare occasion :) Joe put it much more beautifully than I ever could so I won't add anything to his description. Except that he in particular should have appreciated her foxiness more :) So after this last week there's only one listee left that I *really* want to meet in person. Its SO unfair that she's only toured the UK once. My old brain began to be befuddled early on, so only the haziest of recollections remain: Edna doing Morrissey doing Jarvis to Common People, Ken & Gen doing a number together (ooh, missus!), Mark as Colin Blunstone with Lucy & Geneviève on backing "oohs" & "aahs" to The Time Of The Season, in fact Mark and the impossibly slim Nick seeming to sing a lot of tunes each. I SHOOK HIS HAND* AND SAID GOODBYE Yesterday I assisted at the latter half of the second Lloyd Cole summit, held not in the James Joyce room of the Oriental Café but the terrace of a Thameside pub in Rotherhithe. Sausages were consumed, a Thames barge passed sedately by, but there was no yardarm, no watershed and maybe even drinking from noon until noon again. Shoulders featured, both Hard and soft, and arguments were tossed up without all opportunities for conflict being seized. A11 Well, M11 actually but we were forced to drive on the hard shoulder for part of the way. To the pavement of the terminal at Stansted, a pleasure tinged with a little pang of parting. Have a great week, you're in safe hands. I can't think of anything else to Report Back on, so Farewell, farewell David Moore Chelmsford, UK *Sorry boys, THEIR HANDS would have spoiled the quote +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Do You Know The Way To Sand A Floor?
by P F 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

The Stout was quite correct in what he said about the tumble-drier. Personally I have *always* liked McCutcheon. I don't see what's 'common' about it. He also talked about B&S films. Am I the first person, or merely the 522nd, to notice the name of Stuart Murdoch as sound engineer in the credits of The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy? Actually, here's another mystery for Mr Stout, brought to me by my editor: why did Michael Winterbottom thank Murdoch in the credits of WONDERLAND? George Knowall said: I might as well be talking to the wall, though I have always found that remark pointless given that walls have ears. I have acquired that Salman Rushdie book that Miller was on about. I'll report back in a couple of years, if I survive. I hope Honey has been giving that Lloyd Cole collection of his a spin. I was listening to a Bacharach collection these times, and came to feel one or two doubts. Yes, I like it and all like we all do. But - some of the song's dynamics (I think I mean 'structures') seem to me less than ideal. There is too much Soul - which I Would say, wouldn't I? And for all Hal David's reputation, some of the bleedin' lyrics!! A chair is not a house, indeed. Overrated: 'The Look Of Love', 'Walk On By', 'Always Sth There To Remind Me'. Good withal: 'Close To You', 'Do you Know The Way To San Jose?' (one of the best of all, I am surprised to announce - my editor was quite correct about this), 'I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself' (as ever - but Tommy Hunt's version is NOT the one we need), 'Anyone Who Had A Heart', 'Trains and Boats and Planes'. Notebooks out: 'What The World Needs Now Is Love'. Notable: 'Make It Easy On Yourself' - where the dynamics seem to be right for once, with chorus melodies reused with different words second time around etc etc. Underrated: 'Arthur's Theme'? Is it true that Peter Miller is into Emotional Authenticity and Keeping It Real? I rather hope not. He is hardly Real enough to justify such desiderata. Is it about a bicycle? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.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: I bet you're making shelves right now, or a sturdy mantelpiece
by Robin Stout 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

It sounds like I missed out on something... >Martine McCutcheon, it was later agreed, >was cherubically lovely. Oh, she is! Her make-up lady spends a whole imperial hour polishing her cheeks before performances. Actually, I'm often poked at for being so common, but I *do* think she's lovely, like an angel who might work at the laundrette. She is, indeed, heavenly; I can imagine her appearing in a vision, in a celestial mist, as she opens the door of the tumble drier. >The Carsmile had fulfilled a Lamacq >role, singing Carter USM covers, while looking like a >cross between the usual Mark E. Smith and the unusual >Robert Redford. ...and all this time I was standing in the rain. Dimitra's post ("I know this is far too long") was far too short. It sounds like a quite magical adventure. Actually, this wasn't what I was supposed to be writing about at all. Those last few posts, though, were very good, and not too long. It is Sunday, after all. In a further effort to produce *content*, and so, hopefully, *contentment*, I've been thinking about Great Unsolved Belle and Sebastian Mysteries. I was going to make a list but I could only think of two, so they'll have to be a pair. 1. Shane Meadows, probably Nottingham's greatest (only) film director, was said to be making a short (ten minute?) film called The Stars of Track and Field. Wasn't he? Does anyone know anything else about this? I guess he could have given up on the idea, but it's only a short film after all. By the time the titles have faded and before the credits arrive there's not much time for anyone to even tie their shoelaces, let alone find a track or some field and become a star. So I imagine it's been filmed. So what's happened to it? 2. The Belle and Sebastian Songbook. Where is it? It exists, I know, and almost a year ago I asked if there were trumpet parts so I could play them on my trombone and the answer was 'yes'. So they knew that much then. It must be very difficult to put together, it's true, but I reckon they're all made and sitting in a box somewhere. Probably in the box that's propping up Stuart's bed after the leg fell off. Come on Stuart! Buy a new leg! 3. Yes, well then I couldn't think of anymore and I was a bit bored by then anyway, and my thoughts had already been hijacked by the Amazing Toaster Bag. The Amazing Toaster Bag is something I saw on telly that is a sort of teflon pouch that sits in a toaster that you can cook *anything* in. Honestly, ANYTHING! On the telly I saw a man put an egg and some flour and some chopped apple into a Toaster Bag and toasted it for 5 minutes and it came out as a lovely, steaming apple pie. So ever since I've been thinking of the Toaster Bag - if you've seen it it's hard not to - but they don't exist anywhere. So that's Mystery Number Three -where is the Toaster Bag? It's not B+S related at all, I know, but it's a mystery anyway. I'd sleep more easily if I knew. And on the subject of inventions, I have found myself a job. It's at the Patent Office in Wales so I will be living in or near Cardiff quite soon. Does anyone on this list live in Cardiff? It would be good to hear from you if you do, so I won't have to be a) bored or b) lonely when I get there. I might have to vanish from the list again for a while, while I do important things like buy a fridge and some new shoes. But I hope I can make a Clark Kent disappearance and reappear magically when I've sorted myself out. God, I used to write such short emails, what's happening to me? Well, if you've read this far well done, thanks for not falling asleep. Put on the kettle.It'll be time for Songs of Praise soon. Robin x _________________________________________________________________ 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:, A, Nice, Idea...
by Sunset . 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

It all started on a Friday night getting a little drunk. It then continued by a visit to #sinister. I met zozie-dimitra who said to me: "wouldn't it be a nice idea if I came and visited you in Scotland and then we travelled down to Spain on a train to see Belle and Sebastian? " I thought it did seem a nice idea so said: "ok" I bought an inter-rail pass, ticket for the Benicassim festival, and a new Walkman. When I bought the ticket for the festival. I wondered if the trip would really happen but it felt a nice thing to do. The ticket added extra depth to an impossible dream. A couple of weeks later I skived of work a little early to catch a train to London in order to meet Zozie. We walked for a day and half, collecting blisters, before finding a train to Dundee and after much convincing (gun pointed to head) I convinced Zozie that it is a great place to live. She then went on to visit Glasgow and Edinburgh and decided Glasgow was much nicer (not that Im bitter or anything!) I had promised my dog that we would go to a picnic I think she is infatuated with several people and had been going on about how she would kiss them all when we got there. Unfortunately she decided to go swimming and nobody wanted to kiss her back. Around this time I fell of the same chair twice. This has nothing to do with the rest of the story But when your legs are black and blue its time to take a holiday So we started our journey, stopping off at Milton Keynes along the way. Well wouldnt you? In case you dont know Milton Keynes has two big attractions: 1) A club where you can play twister on stage 2) KEN! After managing to visit both of these things in one night we caught a train to Paris. There, our plans of taking an overnight train to the north of Spain were disrupted. Instead we managed to get one to Bordeaux even though it was totally in the wrong direction. I stood in front of an open window outside my cabin and watched Paris at night while wind blew in my face... things like that made me glad I didn't just fly. Somehow or other we reached Barcelona early the following evening and in between rushing around buying tickets for the next train and buying food I heard someone shout my name... I looked around and it was Vanessa from sinister... I had never seen her before in my life...weird huh?? And the next day we met more sinister people with whom we to harassed in order to share experiences such as standing at for 4 and half hours in the heat waiting for Belle and Sebastian or sleeping on the street in Valencia with. And whom we somehow managed not to be with when they did things like play football or teach Stuart Murdoch how to dance. The last few weeks have been amazing, unforgettable and totally impossible without certain people. So thanks to: Zozie for coming up with such a nice idea for a trip Will and Gordon for satisfying my dogs desires with another picnic Ken for being such a brilliant host Belle and Sebastian for being such a brilliant band And the biggest thanks of all to Honey for setting up this list and making all these things possible. Rachel _________________________________________________________________ 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: Oh No.. Its late and I have to think of a Subject Line.... Hmmmm
by Moon Child 12 Aug '01

12 Aug '01

Dear Sinister, Its getting quite late, and I'm waiting for the Graduate to finish on TV, so I thought I'd write you a letter. So here it is. I'm not quite sure what to write about though. Oh that's nice.. they've just got on the bus (at the end of the film). I like Simon and Garfunkel. I was put off at first by Garfunkel's name, but I managed to get over that after repeated listenings of "The Definitive....". I remember, I took the tape down to the National Youth Arts Festival '98, and lay down on the grass outside of the caravan, with tears in my eyes and midgie bites on my arms. I'm looking for some advice, by the way. If anyone has got an insight into the following matter, or simply has a bit of free time, how about helping me out? A year from now I'll be going to university. The problem is I don't have the faintest idea which course to take... maybe someone can offer some suggestions. Im taking Art, Music and Religious Studies for A-level, but I dont think im very good at music. Thanks everyone. Has anyone got the Raindeer Section album yet? I was thinking of getting it but all the reviews have put me off :-( Oh yeah, and someone a while ago was talking about The Strokes! I wasn't sure wether I should like them or not, what with all the praise, and then the backlash, and then the backlash to the backlash.... but I got their first EP and I love it to bits... especially Track 2. Makes me feel like dancing ( I wanna dance the night way)... Whats happening about the Newcastle picnic? I'd like to go, but I'm not sure if it's still on... So, sorry for wasting your time. I really am, ive just read back my post and ive decided i hate it. But im still going to send it. Sorry. Hugs and Kisses Owen P.S. Im still in a state of shock after my 3 hens got stolen by a cat with glowing eyes, so if you could just blame this terrible post on that? Thank you :-) ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: often ending up in each others underwear too
by dimitra 11 Aug '01

11 Aug '01

That, I found in the FAQ about the list.It reads: "It's a very special list - not a "resource for fans", but a community of people who love the music of Belle and Sebastian, and who usually love each other, often ending up in each others underwear too. " I used it to draw your attention; and because it seems funny and quite true; also because it says something about what I have to say. A few days ago, on the beach at Benicassim, I remembered the sunny May afternoon I joined the list. I decided to join when I came across the phrase "this is a mailing list about Belle and Sebastian, and about the lives of the people who like them" -or something like that. Where I come from, all May afternoons are sunny; this one, it was in the middle of rather grey and unhappy period of my life, when things seemed to be getting better but felt like they were getting worse (and actually were). I was missing Belle and Sebastian, the feeling about them...(the last album being eleven months ago and the next single a month ahead, not having anyone to share that feeling with -cause for my greek friends, Belle and Sebastian are "that band Dimitra is obsessed with"). So I thought the posts should feel like the songs, and i joined. I hadn't realised that would mean getting at least ten posts a day. I got quite excited. And more and more involved. I read all posts carefully. I had to beg my brother let me use the computer long enough to do that. I starting going on #sinister too -and had to beg for more time. There I started getting to know some people...and then crazy things started happening. As most things I considered important at the time was falling apart, I found myself on a train to a small (greek) town, then at its station, waiting for half an hour for a girl I'd never met before...and being sure all along she'd come. She did. And it was worth it. I had a great time. And it was just the beggining of it: it was the day things started changing for better. I had to re-invent myself in a way, to find new things to consider important. And I was so lucky as to have the chance to get on a plane and go do it elsewhere... and not just anywhere...a few days later I was travelling towards what I considered the magic land, home of the best band in the world and of Sinister... I found myself on a plane, then on some trains, then in a railway station in London, waiting for another girl I'd never met before. And it was okay -I just new there was something about it all that was right. I spend a day in London,where I tried in vain to track down a certain listee who had invited me to a party. I did manage to talk to him on the phone though, and it was a magical moment. Just because it was a sweet night and he picked it up after fifty times, when I least expected him to...well, maybe because he was nice too. Then, Sunday came, and I got a train to Scotland... where I spend what must have been the most happy days of my life. I mean it. I stayed with Belle the list puppy -and the people who live with her (and with a hamster and three guineapigs). I remember climbing up a hill with them and looking at Dundee from above... also running in a vast green field...also drinking and getting tipsy if not anything more,and walking in the rain...(hamster and giuneapigs not included). It was mostly sunny though. I spend a day in Edinburgh with Will... We wandered around,walked Princess street up and down about fifteen times, lied in three different parks, went to two different pubs...oh and climbed up the Walter Scott monument...Will thought he was useless (at least for a moment he did)- but I think he was great! We managed to get to the station on time, so I got a train back to Dundee. Next day I went to Glasgow. And it was so lovely I don't know what to say about it. Richard showed me a lot of things he could think of, but he forgot to show me Stuart's church. We sat in three different pubs but only lied down in a patch of grass by the river Clyde. We walked along many streets but not a the same one more than twice. We even drove around a little for some obscure reason. And we even found ourselves in the wrong lane opposite a bus -but it all felt so great (not the bus but everything else) that only the Smiths could have talked about it. I didn't get a train back to Dundee, I spend the night on some very kind people's sofa. The next day was Belle and Sebastian day, so we went to North Berwick to celebrate that. I won't say much cause what happened to the picnic is a secret (that most people know probably...anyway). Just imagine ten people looking quite strange and rather twee, and a dog, standing in a circle in the Edinburgh Waverley station, the people looking shy, trying not to catch each others eye and being really quiet, the dog looking bored cause she didn't get much attention. That's how it started. What I have to say is that I loved it, I had a great time, the best I can ever remember having, especially after the point it started to rain...near the end, i felt the urge to give my favourite tape to a beatiful boy... That night will be the one I will remember every time I feel miserable on a Saturday night (that is probably every seven days) and Edinburgh will be the place I will be wishing I were. After all that I went to Spain, stopping at Milton Keynes to meet everyone's favourite listee Ken Chu... who is as lovely and twee as one can be...(Kenny please get insulted by that). When we left there, I was missing him too along with everyone I had made friends with in Scotland. I remember jumping up and down when I read he found a job. I've been to Benicassim and I've seen Belle and Sebastian, but I won't bother you with that. I discovered I don't like festivals so I didn't enjoy it much. Apart from the time we saw a boy with Belle and Sebastian badges on a beach and run after him shouting "excuse me, are you on sinister?". It prooved he was -and it also prooved that's a nice way of making friends even in crazy places. We ended up getting drunk outside his tend the last day of the festival with people from eight different countries. And the next day, playing football after midnight outside the railway station in Valencia, then sleeping on the pavement. I know this is far too long, but please excuse me, I had to say this. All this. I had to, because since that night I've stopped feeling sad or scared: I feel happy just watching the world around me unravel, discovering it with the amazement and the joy of a four-year-old ;and also certain that it will all be okay. I had to, because I left a piece of my heart in Scotland: I've been missing it since the day I crossed the border (!) and it seems as I will be till the day I come back. I hope it won't be too far away. Me and Rachel, we were thinking we should thank Honey for creating the list and therefor making it possible for all these things to happen. So I did one of these days, and she said "I didn't make the list, you all did". So I thank you all. Everyone who invited me anywhere, or who put me up, or showed me around their city or helped me out; and also everyone who bought me a drink, or anything else -and Chris especially for giving me his badge. And everyone who's been lovely to me, especially those who shared their gelly beans with me. Finally, everyone out there who cares for the list and believes in it.And everyone who has read this so far. (Write me and I'll send you a present) Love,and keed the faith, Dimitra ps I was in a church the day before yesterday, and people where chanting and praying at it felt great, so I tried to pray too, and I realised the only words that were strong enough inside me were lyrics. I found myself singing Fox In The Snow. Someone said that I was singing it to god -and that if he was listening he must have loved it. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Αποκτήστε τη δωρεάν @yahoo.gr διεύθυνση σας στο http://www.otenet.gr +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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by john john 11 Aug '01

11 Aug '01

dear sinister, i went on a wee bus trip down south for a wee while, and had loads and heaps of fun. i met up with the fantabulastic miss jenowl, and amys magical boyfriend paul, who giggles & smiles at anything, and hes a fantastic hugger.. i think amys a lucky girl, but i suppose theyre equally lucky.. heee paul had to go, but me & jen still had a fab time. jen is so cute & lovely & ive never seen eyes like hers, and shes got an amazing boyfriend in the lovely ian hatcher, whos looking after her just now.. and hes got gorgeous sideburns =) anyway, we went to george square for lunch, and saw this telly reporter lady, and i wanted to go up to her and offer her some sweets, but she was being recorded, and i didnt think it would be good if it was live.. that day was fab, and jenowl took my love & hugs, because i took her glitter me & mr gneissypoo had a super day on thursday, because i learned how train levers work a locomotive, and we had a picnic in the botanic gardens. i was allowed a nibble on his big softy, and then he noticed that there was a cute squirrel watching us, so i fed him some of my sandwich, until he came close enough to eat off my hand. i think i was making all sort of embarrassing giggly noises by then, but the squirrel was so gorgeous. i think he was full afterwards, because he never came back for food when he had to go (a dog passed) and he just went up to his tree, and curled up, and slept the afternoon away. possibly, because will & i went shopping. it started raining heavy, and it was so unbelievably gorgeous. we stood at the doors of one of hmv/virgin, and and watched as the rain hit the ground constantly, with all the wee white splashes bouncing.. it was like waves on the beach, because every few moments, there would be this larger crest of white splashes moving along the concrete. we didnt really do too much after that, because of the weather & our buses & trains soon appearing, but thankyou mr gneiss for adopting me. yesterday i came home, but before i did, i fed some more squirrels. they werent quite as cute as the first one, but they did this amazing walk thing diagonal lines, so as to only come closer gradually, to make sure it was safe. at first, there was only one or two, but heaps came, and it turned into this grate squirrel dance, with them all gradually drawing nearer. i think i might have given the one with the gorgeous eyes a little more of the biscuit in the twix more than the rest.. oopsie im going to go byee johnjohn x _________________________________________________________________ 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: undermining the military-industrial complex...
by Jason Andreas 11 Aug '01

11 Aug '01

Hi all. I wonder if Angelina Jolie's breasts could substitute as bongos for the next B&S single? Would make for an interesting live experience, that's for sure. Ok, this has to be some sort of record - I've experienced writer's block within one paragraph. Niiiiiiiice. Umm, yeah. Save to drafts and come back later, methinks... ------------- Ok, back now. I think my managers in work are the biggest bunch of hypocrites alive. They leap with the vile evilness of a Velociraptor (Velocity-raptor?) upon folk who are slightly late back from their breaks, except for smokers. Smoking seems to get you an extra five mins. Perhaps I should look into it. I almost drank alcohol for the first time in my 20 year existence. It was by accident, though, so it doesn't count, right? Right? Audiogalaxy is rather cool. It seems to be even better than Napster, and, of course, nothing could be worse than the Gnutella networks unless you have a decent modem (ie, cable or faster). Why won't the damned council let cable be installed where I live? I wanna download porn!!! Umm. I didn't say that last part, okies? No, really, I didn't! Don't give me that look! I'm trying to decide whether the Sneaker Pimps sound better with male or female vocals, but I really can't decide. I *think* make is slightly better, but not by much. Still mondo groovy and coolness. I want to buy the jukebox-look CD player I saw in the cash and carry. Oh, wow! It looks sooooooooooooo cool! It's a seven-disk changer, I believe. It has all the old 50s trimmings, and is just walking coolosity! Except for the walking part. It's almost £300, but I'm very very very tempted. Only drawback to it is that it doesn't have Minidisc. Still, I could buy a stand-alone unit for those, but I haven't even used them since I got my CD writer. Arrgh! Dilemma!!! There's nothing more fun than making custom CDs for people. I think I'm gonna stay in today and do that - I need to make about 5 people a CD each. I also have label-printing stuff, so this shall indeed be funfunfunfunfun... My hard-disk wiped and I lost all my writing (cos I was stupid and hadn't backed it up) and then 24 hours later I was invited to submit a manuscript by a publisher who'd liked my samples. Isn't that the biggest scunner ever?!? Have I bored you yet? This is my first post in a long time, so I'm kinda blinking owlishly at the sunlight after having emerged from my burrow. - Jase http://www21.brinkster.com/jasonandreas +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: baby i'm-a want you, baby i'm-a need you
by angela _ 11 Aug '01

11 Aug '01

hey kids, well its been a while since i have posted, mainly cos i dont got much to say... exsept, that i have noticed how none of the good shows ever come to my town any more. my town being memphis... i know its hot and hummid and super ghetto-fly, but i mean that should not stop every band that i love from coming here. so anyway can any one tell me why this phenom has occoered? i'm also sad that depeche mode toured this year...david gahn is not looking himself these days...too many drugs?....not enough? and i really wanted to get to see them before its too late... i hate living here. oh well mabey i'll be hollerin at you all again.. angela _________________________________________________________________ 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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