January 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: the long, dark teatime of the soul
by ian 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

(i hear we won a war. against people we don't know. they hurt us. well, not them exactly, one of their friends. but we can't find him, so we'll hurt them instead. they asked for it, simply by being starving and desperate. i hate everything the taliban were said to have stood for, but let's not pretend this was a humanitarian mission. you don't show your support for human rights by committing murder. whatever side you're on) everybody's playing a brand new game, now (come on baby, do the armageddon) stockpiling their weapons, apportioning blame, now (come on baby, do the armageddon) using racist rhetoric, fuelling unease its easier than learning your ABCs so come on, come on do the armageddon for me you gotta arm them ships, now c'mon georgie kabul iraq well you'll never bring them ba-ack woah oh woah oh now that you have started, events make a chain, now (cmon baby, do the armageddon) stigmatise the brown folk, call them insane, now (cmon baby, do the armageddon) pick a starving country, a nice sitting duck it'll make it easier to bomb it to fuck c'mon, c'mon do the armageddon for me just blow that mosque to bits, now cmon baby fly out fly back and destroy that peasant's sha-ack move around the floor in the armageddon (cmon baby, do the armageddon) there's not a muslim country we haven't dropped lead on (c'mon baby, do the armageddon) play it nice and easy now, don't lose control where once there was a city there's a gaping hole cmon cmon watch the armageddon with me. ----------------------------------------------- we don't talk about the war any more. it simply isn't newsworthy. a sad man lost a baby, and i could have cried for him. a prince smoked a special cigarette. a man who fell asleep woke up in prison. and we never found the Killer. right now, he hides and plots his revenge for their revenge for our revenge for his revenge (don't try and figure that out, it isn't meant to make sense) James Thorniley said spoke of ribena: >Also I think the >company that makes it is cruel to animals or something* so we should be >boycotting them anyway. that'd be smithkline-beecham, the drugs company. yes, they test on animals, but show me any medical supplier that hasn't done so and i'll show you someone who's just better at hiding it than everybody else. personally, i use their products because nobody else makes the pharmaceuticals it takes to fix my brain (yes, joe vester, that's a Chemical Imbalance, but i've never listened to system of a down in my life. not by choice, anyway) but there's no reason to buy their nasty syruppy sugar-filled crap. not when there's so much more corporate syruppy shit on the market. if you're really interested in boycotting products, you might find information on www.adbusters.org who i believe link to a list of such things. or they used to. failing that, there's lots of useful information and ideas there. beware of boycotting too many things, though. you'll either end up working on an organic farm or starving to death. archel said something interesting but i can't remember what it was. a boy talked of Time. i think his name was jules. he said time was syrupy. it isn't. i have licked Time, and can personally confirm that it tastes of coconut. but i like your style, kid.. i got a phone call from Saint Peter this morning. he said something about adopting a disguise to charm isobel campbell. i told him he should try and look like a hello kitty pencil-case. he didn't seem all that impressed by my suggestion. DILDOS! i have just watched vh1's 100 best albums of all time, and have to concurr with kieran's assessment of all such polls. they are EVIL. top 3 (in ascending order) oasis, michael jackson, u2. how anybody could compile such a list without mention of "so tough" is beyond me. i wanted to talk to you more, but its time i got away from you. vic reeves is singing about lesbians have nice nights ian _________________________ Tomorrow will bring happiness Or at least, another day Phil Ochs _________________________ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: April is a good month
by Jordi Trenzano 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

Helloooooooo sinista !!! It´s been ages since I last posted. Don´t make me say when.........ummmm...... Lots of things happened since then. I think I didn´t comment the Benicassim festival, with the football match with a couple of crappy thin scot players included. One of them appeared on his white t-shirt on a pic on the spanish edition of "Rolling Stone", with me appearing blurry on it. The best part of it was finding Mariah Carey on the sleeve. "IWUTS" (it sounds like some kind of african spell, doesn´t it ?) is the best B&S single in ages. I truly believe it. No gigs in Europe yet.......oh.....you lucky Londoners, I know it has no relation, but don´t miss the Yann Tiersen gig at the Royal Albert Hall on february the 5th. In his world, vinyl records are made like crêpes. Bloody exams that would prevent me from going there. But they won´t stop me from seeing Godspeed you Black Emperor! on saturday the 2nd. in Barcelona. Has anyone seen them live on this same tour ? I owe some apologies: to Helen and Rachel, I still have to send you your sinister christmas presents. Being almost broke at the end of the year took me to this long delay. But I truly promise that i´ll send them tomorrow or in wednesday. I hope Miss Laura Llew doesn´t kick me as a punish. Well, now I have some euros. I think they´re ugly. And I think they´ll become uglier now that miss Stacey Dahling is no longer using them :( Spain, Greece, the whole euro zone and the whole Europe should miss her terribly. Specially at #sinister The subject line. Designing a calendar is one of the GRATEST things I´ve done lately ;) I got an autograph from Andrew Weatherall. He says he´ll produce pop/rock bands again.´But i´m not making suggestions ! Love, truly Red Bulls (not those crappy energy drinks that some bars have here) and best wishes to all the sinister land. Jordiet +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: domestic bliss
by elise j. spry 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

Hello Everyone!! Long time, no post. But I suppose that's the same for almost everyone, what with the holidays and the foreign-boy romancin' and the kiss kiss kiss. I heard a funny song. It's called (something like) "I'm spending Christmas with the Daleks" and it's adorable. I'm going to rent a Doctor Who this very afternoon - starring Tom Baker, OF COURSE. So those of you who know me as somewhat of a wanton vibrator-happy, party girl sex goddess will be either pleased or disappointed to hear that I've officially Settled Down. The purple buzzy thing has been put away in my bottom drawer (NOT the bottom of my drawers), and James G and I have set up house. We've even gone so far as to purchase furniture together and create nooks round the apartment. We're nooking! Jimmy is cooking some turkey bacon at the moment, and come next week, he'll even be bringing it home - he's gone and got himself a job here in Madison!! That bacon smells heavenly! Are there Old Navy stores in the UK? (or elsewhere on the continent - but you guys have H&M, I'm terribly jealous!) They're like The Gap, only less expensive and the clothes are cuter (in my opinion). We went there yesterday to get Jimmy some "business casual" (he's got the casual part down pat, it's the business end he's got to work on) and there's a big ol' sale going on. I got a silk shirt for $1.99!! And some green shimmery eyeshadow for forty-nine cents. Whoo-hoo!! My point is - get thee to an Old Navy store and maketh thyself lovely in new garments. Rachie - did you get you pressie yet? I do so hope you like it!! Kirsten - email me!! I'm dying to hear from you darlin'. Ken Chu. Likes Japanese candy. And so do I. Sean - is moving to his very own apartment soon: wish the boy luck. And send him housewarming gifts or cards. Address on request (from me). I'll stop rambling on soon, but I'd like to finish by wishing everyone a wonderful 2002 - I hope you all get what you want this year. Love to everyone, kisses to Jimmy. Yours, Lisey __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: warlords of mars
by Dirty Vicar 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

hello everyone, it's me again with the latest news from the Vicarage. I've been listening to Kate Bush's first album "The Kick Inside" a lot lately. It's a big bag of fun. We always do expressive dances to the opening bars of the first track, which shows how artistic we are. Does anyone know what other Kate Bush albums are worth listening to? I don't know if any of you frequent the Jeepster messageboards (er, they're not officially called the Jeepster messageboards anymore but the official names don't trip off the tongue so readily). Lately all out war has broken out there as it turned out that almost all of the registered users were pseudonyms for two people. It makes any Sinister flamewar look very tame by comparison. Once again friendly Sinister triumphs. I've been reading one of the books I got for Christmas, "Dance of Days" about the Washington DC punk scene. An amusing thing is I don't know the music of that city at all, and have the vague idea it's all a bit turgid. But the scene is interesting to read about. The people in it all sound incredibly earnest... with their hardline straight-edge anti-drink anti-drugs and anti-sex ideology they sound like they would be no fun at all to hang out with. And they all take themselves incredibly seriously, and don't allow any room for, well, *entertainment* in their music - it all has to be about communicating some serious political message. Like, yawn. And they hate disco music. The Dirty Vicar likes disco music. There's nothing he likes more than organising discos for the young people to shake their stuff at in the vicarage. He likes when the young people shake their stuff. I don't know if any of you live vaguely in the Dublin metropolitan area, but a possible date for your calendar is March 23rd when there is going to a be a Northern soul all-nighter in the TCD rowing club on Coyningham Road. Northern Soul all-nighters sound like my cup of tea. That "Careless Talks Costs Lives" magazine has been mentioned a few times. I'll say one thing for it, it has a snappy title and that's going to help it in destroying the traditional music press. Someone else mentioned that Everett True writes for it (and possibly edits it, and stuff). They even claimed that True was one of the best writers of the old Melody Maker before it became rubbish. Marxist Science and true exegesis of the Book of Tobit do not support this proposition. Mr True tended to write about good bands, but he tended to write about them in an annoying self-glorifying manner where his articles where all about him, how great he was, and how people in popular bands were his best friends. You would never pick up any useful information of or impressions about the bands he wrote about, just the vague impression that if True was writing about them they were probably good. I never worked out whether True's journalism was all some kind of complicated unfunny joke or whether he actually was a sad self-aggrandizing loser who hasn't registered that music journos are less interesting than musicians. But nevertheless, credit where it's due, he did write about some good bands, and his "turn the train around" article about The Dirty Three was one of the most (possibly unintentionally) funny things I have ever read. The actually good writers from the Melody Maker - Chris Roberts, Simon Reynolds etc. are mostly writing for Uncut these days. Reynolds also writes boring articles for The Wire. In final news, I think the Church of Tobit is spreading its wings. A recent issue of popular comic "Promethea" mentioned the Book of Tobit, and only the other day I saw a novel in Waterstones based on Tobist themes. Sadly I don't remember its title. Or author. But trust me, I'm not making it up. It's set in Venice. So I say unto ye - cleave unto Tobit and beware women beloved of demons. Your pal, The Dirty Vicar PS oh and welcome to new friend Toy Stephen. The Dirty Vicar approves of those who namecheck him. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Drunk on the streets of Chicago
by Jennifer Phillips-Bacher 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

Mes fleurs! I greet you! It's been ages since I last posted, perhaps even last millennium. Hello to all the new kids, hello to the old. This post, as my posts have typically been in the past, is double-fold (and don't even get me started on that Nicholson Baker book of that title). In the lingo of the Modern Work-place, I like to "multitask". In fact, right now, not only am I typing away at my keyboard, I am also washing up and doing elaborate beadwork on a bodice. Bodice! As very few of you know, I was in Olde London Towne between Christmas and New Year's. It was a great pleasure to bowl amongst the Great Enzymes on Lane 4 during the Great Sinister Bowlathon. I was pleasantly surprised by the finesse with which my teammates lobbed the ball. My meager 87 point game only slightly contributed to the lead earned by Ken, Ben, and Sarah Garrett Sonner (and two boys I didn't officially meet...bah!), and it was a great honor to play with such luminaries. My hostess during the holiday was the aforementioned SGS, whose company I have cherished in Chicago in the past. We sampled many carrot cakes of the UK, especially in museum cafes, with the British Library ranking tops. Or perhaps it was just the atmosphere? In my case, anything tastes good sitting in the company of rare books. Thus concludes my first task: to give mad props to those of you I met, and to those of you I did not, I extend my regrets. Parte secondo: I will be in Seattle from Feb.9-14 for some work training hoo-ha, and if anyone would care to meet me for coffee or drinks, please let me know! My nights are free, and I'm always eager to meet Sinisterians in distant locales. Maybe we could even bowl? Wasn't there a song about that, something like "Take the Sinisterians Bowling"? It's good to be back in your loving arms, o Sinister. It's been too long. as always, Jenn P-B encoded message: SGSYOUARETHEBEST! and also a pleasant hello to Ms. Edna Welthorpe. I think I owe you a drink. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Lamacq Live - Monday
by David Moore 13 Jan '02

13 Jan '02

Hi All, Excuse me. According to Steve Lamacq's page http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/lamacq.shtml the headline set on BBC Radio 1's Lamacq Live on Monday 14 Jan - 20:00-00:00 (GMT) will be from Belle & Sebastian. You can listen er, live, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/realaudio/index.html I think I will be going to a gig on Monday evening (support Sinisterines! http://www.skratt.net/jinx/flyers/2001-01-14.html) & will have to get son James to tape it for me. Anyone know roughly what time they will be on, please? MTIA. Some people may find their loyalties tested. On the same evening BBC Radio Scotland will broadcast a session from Camera Obscura. The next bit nicked from the very quiet andmoresound mailing list: "Camera Obscura will be live on BBC Radio Scotland's Air this coming Monday. The programme is on from 7-9pm, hosted by DJ Vic Galloway. The band will play 3 songs and might have a wee chat with Vic in between records. If you would like to find out more, visit the show's web site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/air/ If you can't tune in, check the web site later in the week, because they often post MP3 from the sessions" /me looks at last couple of days' Sinister posts. I like poetry. That'll be it then. Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Hello from an American kid in London
by Andrew Barton 12 Jan '02

12 Jan '02

Hello, I am that American kid in London, and my name is Andrew Barton. This is my first post, as I only joined the list a month ago. I have to say that I don't know what the hell I'm doing here and writing this, but alas, here I am. As you can imagine, being an American high school student, there aren't many B & S fans around. My best friend and I are rather alone on this front, so it's quite nice to see this many people who love the same music. I got into Belle & Sebastian quite late I'm afraid. Carey, my best friend, picked up "Fold you hands child..." by chance because he had recently become a Donovan fanatic, and had read something about B&S. He called me imediately after getting home and had listened to the album. "I Fought In A War" came over the phone. During the first 30 seconds of Stuart singing with the faint guitar in the background, my mouth dropped open. When he took away the phone I asked him to put it back again. So I listened the the rest of the song, and spent the next days, weeks, and months listening to the other albums and e.p.'s. I didn't have a favorite band before then, and it came along at just the right time. We drove from Southern Oregon to Olypia Washington to see the gig this September, and it was one of the best days I've had. I remeber on the way back I was listening to "If You're Feeling Sinister" on my walkman, falling in and out of sleep. When "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying" came on I woke up and bobbed my head to it looking out the window at the moon. When it was over I drifted off to sleep again, hearing the songs played that night over and over in my head as I slept. All of my memories of Belle & Sebastian songs are like that. Hazy but also clear. I can never get sick of those songs, and don't think I ever will. I feel like a twit for asking this- but I'll ask it anyway. I have a theatre engagment on Monday that was planned months ago. As you all know, Monday the 14th is the day Radio 1 is broadcasting the Belfast gig. Obviously, I won't be there to tape it. If anyone could possibly dub an extra tape or burn an extra cd for me, I would be exceedingly greatful. I don't have anything special to offer in return, other than a tape of the radio broadcast of Bowlie, if someone doesn't have that. And of course money for the tape and other expenses rendered. If this is possible for anyone, please contact me personally. I really didn't want to include something like this in my introduction to everyone, asking a favor of people I don't even know. But I would have given anything to have been there. Please don't think I posted just to ask for the above, I didn't. I wanted to introduce myself to everyone, and say something about why I like the band. So, in conclusion- I love Belle & Sebastian (as if all of you didn't), and I love reading your posts. I look forward to the clever thoughts and stories every day. After blabbering for this long, I will say thank you for your time. All the best, Andrew _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Our sames go right down to the bone
by ArtsyDeco＠aol.com 12 Jan '02

12 Jan '02

Ok, I'm going to give this a shot. I don't want to write the same post as last time. I suppose I could talk about new years. Wait, first I should say lots of thankyous to all the lovely people who sent me birthday greetings. They quite brightened my day. Ian I believe expressed confusion at my idea of sending in quotes and whatnot for my mixtape. Yes I would like them on a tape Ian. Please do not attempt to send yourself by mail and then jump out with something to say for me as this will anger the postal service. The last thing I need in my life is angry postal workers. Anyway, Ian is the only person who replied to this. If other people might be interested, they can email me for details. If not I shall have to pick out quotes and get my friends to read them. I appologize in advance for those of my friends who will probably insist on badly imitating the British accent. Now, back to New Years. The party started out okay and most people seemed very friendly. Then some glass in the door broke and some neanderthals apparently thought "hey, broken glass is so amazingly cool, I think I will make some more of it." And so the party became more hazardous. Then the sane people started leaving, someone put on iron maiden, some jerk kept taking his ass out, and then the put on porn. Peter wisely chose this as a time to go upstairs and try to sleep. I was a little afraid to sleep incase the neanderthals came in with mischief on their minds. Apparently an unlocked doorknob is too tricky an apparatus for your average neanderthal because they couldn't seem to open it and chose instead to repeatedly shoulder charge the door. Thankfully the door held up and eventually the house was quiet. The whole point of that story is that it was the best new year's I have ever had, simply on account of being with Peter. But now I'm home again. I've got a cold and seem to have developed an inability to go back to sleep once I wake up in the morning. I think maybe the bed is too lonely and those quiet minutes or hours before I fall asleep make me miss him too much so I have to get up and do something. On the way to England there were to other girls going to see their boyfriends. On the way back there were two different girls who had just had to say goodbye to their fiances as well. It made me feel better that other people were keeping up these long distance relationships. I have never come across an American boy with a British girlfriend though. Strange. I like the Rachel Fruitloop and Ben story because it reminds me of Peter and I. It will be our one year anniversary very soon. Throughout this year I have missed him alot, bawled like a baby when we've had to part, sometimes bawled just because I miss him so much, but I remind myself that he loves me and it's better. So Rachel, March, or whichever month you have to wait for, does come even when it seems it won't. It's a year and a half until he finishes school and then we can live together. That day will come too. Currently I am captivated by the idea of what I have taken to calling "the first day of our forever." The first day when we live together, knowing that we won't be apart for huge stretches of time anymore. I imagine the feeling being a combination of incredibly excitement and enormous relief. The idea of our wedding day also plays through my head alot. I console myself by reminding myself that someday not so far off I will be Kara Carter, and as the first sounds of my names join in the harmony of alliteration, so will Peter and I join in matrimony. Silliness aside though, I am waiting for these days with stifling impatience. I love Peter Carter. I love all of you too, just in a very different way, be exceptionally well, Kara Jean* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: a little rain never hurt no one
by Jules Markham 12 Jan '02

12 Jan '02

hello all you cardie wearing tweefolk! It feels like forever since I last posted. There are lots of new vocal peepul making the posts most interesting. Things have been wierd in the land of Jules, Time is syrupy, an hour lasts forever, a year slips by like nothing. It's been a year since the Hucknall incident, and I guess I'm finally settled. I quit my vile job to sell pagan equipment on the internet and it's doing well. Not brilliant, but I've never needed much money anyway. People keep asking me about witchcraft, are you a white witch? What do you believe in? what do you do? why do you do it? do you have christmas? do you believe in god? do you curse people? do you cast love spells? how do you cast spells? does it work? all that sort of thing. and I say No,I guess I'm a hedgewitch. the earth below, the sky above. it's private. because. no, i have yule. no. no. no. private again. if it didnt, I wouldnt. I know I should be helpful and honest, but I feel like a freakshow. Just laid open and bare to be picked over by people who mean well but curiosity makes them rude. Still, I encourage the questions, more open-mindedness, and please dont burn me. Last year I got a house, a fiance I love, a mortgage, 2 cats (who were rescued and already had names. If they didn't we would have called them Withnail and Marwood) a garden, I saw B&S live for the first time and though of sitting by the stereo at 10 at night what seems like years ago hoping that Mark Radcliffe would play the song he had ended the show the previous night with, the one about giving yourself to providence. I had managed to tape it anyway, but it sounded somehow better in the dark. I remembered taping the sessions, and thought that those folk who download the tracks dont get the conversations between the songs, like when mark lamar got called a retro-minch, or mark radcliffe mock scolding wee stuart with 'we made you!' when he was being sulky. I still have the tapes. I listen to them for the talking, for isobels sweet voice...'you know who I am I told you!' as mike would say, the saucy wee minx! well, I'm skulking back to my foxhole, with a wave of the tail to the folks who know me, and the ones who dont. Jules 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: On Becoming a Toy
by Toy Stephen 11 Jan '02

11 Jan '02

Ive just come from the Nursery. Sinister Nursery is unlike any Ive ever been in. It's quiet. Babies contemplating, listening, & their toys -- wonderfully named things like Rachel Fruitloop and dirty vicar -- do all of the playing, & its OK to admit that the Toys rule this pen, and when you admit this, then you are given a voice, & become a Toy too. We have the quaintest chillun and toys in the wide world. do I give vitals? Toys dont come with vitals though, they smell like talcum powder, and look cheerfully weathered. Where do Toys live? latest homes Ive lived in: Galway London Chicago now a small twin city some 130 miles south of Chicago. plotting a return to Europe in the summer. Drawing maps to evade the Adults and their work visas. If anyone wants to draw me a passport or visa (crayons allowed) I would be EXTRAordinarily grateful. band content: I saw B&S in Chicago in the Autumn of 1998. Momus opened for them. Praisings and most tremendous memories from that night at the Metro. also saw Snow Patrol in the Roisin Dubh, Galway, early 2000. nice too. Most of the time, Ill listen to just the Eight of Them cross-legged on my cranberry floor. at times in bed. as monday latenight when a wee Ladybug crawled across my toes in bed. I thought, Its winter! how are you still alive. Ladybugs find me irresistible. They do. Every summer, half-a-dozen manage, on separate and uncoordinated occasions, to run flat into my forehead. Have you ever been forehead kisst by a 30mph love-sick Ladybug? Startling. This one was alive in the winter (with 18 black dots on a flawless cheery shell; divided nine on each side). how? I panicked. What do Ladybugs eat? I couldnt escort it into its natural world -- the frost would send it into reincarnation. I plunked onto the hardwood floor. Thereafter followed one of those stupid, meticulous arguments with oneself abt what's more 'natural', to let her go outside and probably freeze to death (as 'natural' cycles would dictate), or follow the inclinations of my heart and sustain life, this being most natural in an instinctive sense. Meanwhile I lowered her to the floor so my nightmare feet wouldnt crush her & render my philosophical inquiries useless. Why do we always think that insect, or reptiles, whose natural food we dont know, want leafy green vegetables? I decided to give the Ladybug some old collard greens. Ladybug Perpetua scurried (!) away before I returned. I havent seen her since. I fancy she's set up home somewhere in my room until Spring, but her diet concerns me. this is a long enough toy-rant for first postings. plus I have to catch my bus. Pass cornfields and all that. to see if Ladybug has discovered herself yet. happy weekend everyone. thanks for nursing me into Play-dom. Stephen. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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