August 2001 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Don't ever say I never did anything nice for you
by Rinaldo Thatchez 29 Aug '01

29 Aug '01

In the words of Cheap Trick, "'Ello kiddies," Say, I wonder how the gigs are selling? The move to larger venues certainly seems to indicate some pretty tidy sellouts just as the initial booking of smaller theatres seems to indicate a bit of trepidation. I remember during the UK tour a lot of enthusiastic jumping up and down style posts, screaming "I GOT A TICKET!! I GOT A TICKET!" Decidedly less of those this time round. Cultural differences I suppose. Either that or the fact that us Western Americans don't know exactly what we're in for and would otherwise be much more excited. Though we are known for being "laidback" (man), so who knows. My point is (yes, as unlikely as it appears, I do have one) that it seems that everyone on this list willing and able to get to a gig has already secured him/herself a ticket. Ouí? Nôn? Well, if by chance you have been left out in the cold, and there are indeed no more tickets available through conventional means, there is still hope. If you're a decent songwriter that is. Read on and get scribblin': ********** Write a song (you can write songs, can't you?), win a pair of tickets to see Belle and Sebastian next week. Easy. Weve got a pair for each of the following shows: 9/6 Los Angeles, 9/8 San Francisco, 9/11 Portland, 9/13 Vancouver, 9/14 Seattle, 9/15 Olympia and wed like to see you there. Here are the rules: 1. Your song must include a line from a Belle and Sebastian song. The line may or may not be the basis for your song. 2. Your song must include a line or lines about the city or cities in which you hope to see the band. (Only one pair of tickets per winner, but if you want to enter for Seattle and Vancouver because youre willing to drive to whichever you win, you can.) 3. Your song doesnt necessarily have to be in the style of Belle & Sebastian. Write it, record it and send it in. Well accept mp3s, CD-Rs and cassettes. If youre entering an mp3 and have web space where you can post it, please do and send in the link instead. If you dont have access to fancy recording machinery, well also accept a submission of just lyrics, although youll have to be extra clever to make up for the lack of music... The best song in each market will win the tickets. If youre entering via email, please send your submission to matthew(a)matadorrecords.com with Belle Ticket Contest as the subject heading. Via regular mail (please make sure to include your email address): Belle & Sebastian Contest c/o Matt Ransford Matador Records 625 Broadway 12th FL New York, NY 10012 Youve got one weekthe LA show is next Thursday, and weve got to pick the winners by next Wednesday. Good luck! ***************** So, there ya go if you're interested. Is it just me, or does the idea of running a contest like the Gong Show seem a little unfair? Whatever happened to random drawing or obscure trivia so only a *real* fan can win? Or make people earn it through something that requires more guts than talent. For instance, here's my contest*: To win a pair of tickets to see Belle and Sebastian you and a friend must go to a very public place (such as a mall) naked save for terry underwear for girls and arab straps for boys (same sex pairs eligible, just pretend), with one name each painted the length of your body (Belle or Sebastian). Begin photographing each other with random strangers. The team in each market to get the most photographs before being arrested will win the tickets. Mail your undeveloped film directly from jail, to be eligible it must arrive with a county corrections postmark, and $15 check or money order for each roll. Entries containing pictures with police officers will receive special consideration. Money collected from unsuccessful entrants will not be refunded but may go towards bail for the winners. Photographs will also not be returned and are the sole property of the contest sponsors in perpetuity, all rights reserved. Now that's a contest! -Rinaldo *fictional, do not do this _________________________________________________________________ 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: There's nothing like the sunset here tonight
by steve peet 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

The sunset here tonight was beautiful. I read a thing in the Q&A section of the Guardian travel section a couple of weeks back where people were responding to a question about where the best sunsets in the world were... I've seen some amazing sunsets in some amazing places and been lucky enough to appreciate some beautiful ones when I've been unlucky enough to find myself in some unbeautiful places, but there's something about the sunsets over Heathrow, with the planes soaring up in to the twilight and just the whisp of a cooler breeze... I think I'm looking forward to autumn in a misty, melancholy kind of a way. Autumn seems to suit these suburbs of London somehow; softens them. Thanks to all concerned for the picnic and Tigermkilking, everybody seemed happy and glad that they came. Hope you got your bag back Mark? There seemed to be quite a few people there who would be up for travelling to a Manchester picnic, and seeing as I'm down here and from there and there's been a few requests for one I kind of said I might do the whole mummy thing. More of an evening do so we could go to Smile afterwards which never seems to get going 'till after 10. Maybe if Peter Carter and Juicy Luicy and anyone else who might be interested mails me off list what Saturdays they could do I'll see what I can manage? No promises though, I've a hectic month or two ahead. Goodnight PeetSketchSteve "The effect of a blow is as proportionate to the texture of the object struck as to its own momentum; and she had such a superlative capacity for being wounded that little hits struck her hard." (Thomas Hardy, 'A Pair of Blue Eyes') _________________________________________________________________ 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: ATTN: ALL WEST COASTERS!!!
by Chris Horne 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Sorry for the caps on that intro, I just wanted to get folks attention (also sorry about such a short post, but...) Can people in the know in the S.F., Olympia and Seattle areas give me the details on your picnics? I'd be very appreciative. You can email them to me personally so as not to bog down the list. ALSO! Can any other Portlanders please help to rally support for a meeting here, too? It seems maybe that people with whom I've spoken are right about us Northwesterners and our nonchalant state of ennui about gatherings and such. So far I don't see much happening here in P-Town towards a meeting, and I've been trying...so now I need help! There have to be other interested people, aren't there? :D -Chris _________________________________________________________________ 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: I know where the summer goes.
by Timothy Meskers 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Hello friends, Things have been incredibly hectic these past few days, what with school starting back up again and myself getting into various interesting predicaments. Did anyone go to the Reggie and the Full Effect show on Sunday at the Troc? I saw a boy wearing a very cool red Explodingdog shirt. I should have said nice shirt, but instead I just sort of stared at it. Reggie were very nice, despite the fight that happened during the show in the audience to my left. A very bloody boy came over to me holding his nose, and some other boys punched and kicked at a boy who fell onto the ground. That was a bit scary. But the real end of my summer happened a few days earlier. I recently got a new car, well, a new used car. A 1971 Volkswagon Karmann Ghia to be precise. It's red. I'd been debating going to the party for some time, and I finally did, since I now didn't have to rely on others for transportation. I saw a lot of my old friends and had a generally fun time. I left early since I was going to be travelling to Philly the next day and as I was pulling out I was struck with what a beautiful night it was. The reddish moon hung halfway in the sky and a cool breeze blew in through the windows. The route home was particularly scenic and I could see the moon reflected in a creek to the left. A wave of contentment washed over me and I guess you could say it was a perfect moment, the forest truly did whisper to me. I finally came to the turn which would take me to my development, back home. I gradually became aware of the radio, I'd been listening to Tigermilk the whole ride and not even noticed it. I flicked on my right turn signal and looked up at the moon again as if to silently give it thanks for a pleasant evening when My Wandering Days Are Over began. I flicked off my right turn signal and smiled, consumed by an overpowering feeling of elation. My wandering days weren't over, they were just beginning. Tigermilk, the red moon, my old car and I were filled with optimism as we set out to do some exploring, responding to the whisper with unsaid thanks and a pinging engine. -Timothy _________________________________________________________________ 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: bustin out
by andrew utter 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Hi everybody, Just got out of nursery, feeling the need to get out and express myself. I've enjoyed all the grate posts, stories, discussions, wit and tweeness. But of late the traffic has been pretty heavy. How do you all cope? Reading these posts is almost a fulltime job in itself, albeit an amusing one. Where are all the New York area sinsterites? I live in Jersey City and work in Manhattan. Why are we so underepresented? Does it have anything to do with the current tour? Someone alluded to a North American east coast walkout. Is that it? Let's have a picnic! We should all go up to the Cloisters in the fall. I think that must be the ultimate NYC twee destination. And who among us practice the sin the dare not speak its name? C'mon, we wrote the book on twee, I'm sure you must be out there. One of the most surprising things about the list for me is how thoroughly hetero it seems to be. Unless I just haven't learned to read the signs. There are no women in my office anymore so no one ever talks. The list helps me feel in touch during the day. I just hope I don't end up getting fired for spending all my time reading posts. I went out and bought some new bedding and a down comforter yesterday, only to discover in the middle of the night that I seem to have developed an allergy to down. I'll have to settle for something synthetic. What a drag. Down comforters are one of the great pleasures in life, sort of like the tactile equivalent of Morrisey singing "Last Night I Dreamt that Somebody Loved Me". And my time with down comforters is over. For good. Barring huge medical advances in eliminating allergies. It's almost like a little piece of my mortality. Looking forward to getting to know all about all of you, Andrew _________________________________________________________________ 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: Glasgow Indie
by Red Geisha 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Hello, I leave for Glasgow on Thursday and would love to know of any indie club nights that are worth going to. Or even recommendations for any club night. Please mail me off the list! Best Regards, Chrissy --Extraordinary how potent cheap music is-- ***Noel Coward*** _________________________________________________________________ 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: (no subject)
by Katia913＠aol.com 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Hmmm. Well Sinister, this is it. Summer is over for me. I go back to school tomorrow, and I am no loger excited. Who would have thought that being in school for eleven months straight would be so compelling and decieving that, all summer I wanted to go back. But then it decieved me and I thought, "Kate, what has this summer come to? We didn't do anything really worthwhile". Sure sure, I got Physics out of the way, but was it worth it to sacrifice everthing else? NOw I just want more time, and I'd waste it most assuredly so. How have all of your summers been? Filled with sinister happenings, I am quite sure. Thats unfortunate. I cant help but have a pinge of jealousy when I think of all of you. Now, dont get me wrong, my summer hasn't been a complete waste of time, I have added a lot of money to the music industry, and along with that 11 albums to my colection, and a list of ones to buy a page and a half long. Now I'm up to 35! Yea Yea! Since my last post I have been frequenting quite often on #sinister, and I am loving it. But I have to say I am not getting my daily fix of the neccisary amount of Ken Chu in my diet, something that has been lacking since I think he is trying to restrain his posting. Ken Chue where are you??? Tonight I am going to the Madonna concert, who plays a song with something to do with fabric, but I dont think I can remember what yet.. I know what everyone is saying about things changing when you get to be older. Life is already changing for me, but not so bad just yet. My best friend just moved away and I will never see her again and she says shes afraid of her house because there are lizzards jumping out of her mailbox...Oh well.. Much love everyone. kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: belle and sebastian in sweden..
by Astrid Wiezell 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Hey fellow sinisteree´s! belle and sebastian. are. coming. to. sweden. !. According to a rumour that´s been going on for a while now. At Mejeriet, in Lund, Sweden, they´re going to play sometime in november. Why don´t we all travel to Lund and watch them? I sure know I will. If it´s in one of those clubs that is from 18, I´ll figure out a way to get in then. I´ll get in using my super-charming-powers I guess. It hasn´t been confirmed by Jeepster or anything, but it has been in the paper. The same club are going to have D-12 as guests as well, that´s already settled, so, they KNOW how to get "big bans" there, right? Oh, I just HOPE It´s true.. If it isn´t, I´ll be standing in Lund sometime in November and crying in silence because the world´s greatest band never came. Oh, I don´t blame them or anything if they aren´t coming for real, no, I WILL feel stupid though about the money I will have spent on travelling down there. But hey, who knows. I might be looking into Stuart Murdoch´s eyes sooner that I think.. Kittenlove, Astrid xxx _________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ Här börjar Internet! Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet på http://www.spray.se Ring upp till 70% billigare med Spray Smart http://www.spray.se/smart/allman +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sweden - Sorry, but...
by Neil Robertson 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Sorry about this but..... We're not coming to Sweden this year. Sorry but we're not. I don't know how this was reported in a newspaper, because we have never confirmed a gig in Sweden. We were looking at the possibility a few weeks ago, but it wasn't possible. SORRY!!! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Vancouver - Change of Venue
by Neil Robertson 28 Aug '01

28 Aug '01

Sorry to butt in... The Vancouver gig has moved too. It is now at The Orpheum Theatre. Ticket details are the same as before. Check www.belleandsebastian.co.uk for details. Oh, and... Jonathan Richman will now be performing at all the shows. That's it! Neil +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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