October 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: did you ever hear about jimmy two flutes?
by Jonathan Skinner 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Dear All i hope this finds everyone well. I am very well and very very tired- till not recovered after a rather large weekend which whilst being large was rather enjoyible. I went to see Ben Folds and The divine comedy in Dublin which was quite good and by quite good i mean blindingly kick you in the crotch spit in your neck fantastic. It was a really entertaining gig despite the fact that ben folds can't play the piano without his mouth being open but i managed to look past that. i can keep my mouth open but i can't for the live of me play the piano so he is at least one up on me. Another purpose of the weekend was to go and watch an australian football match. this has been a rather sport filled summer for me i must confess first the world cup now this. It was quite enjoyible once i got used to rules .one of the best i thought was that you get 1 point for trying to score. I wonder how many points ken chu would have :), it felt a bit odd i was sat in a pub surrounded by australian voices ( it was an australian/ kiwi/ south african bar) drinking australian beer(good stuff actully bby the name of Boag or something) whilst being in the middle of dublin. It was a bit odd. Anywaay dublin gets better every time i go even though i am supposed to offically hate it and all. right content *fumbling around desk and shuffling papers to find some* ah yes ohh wait no i can't find any. OOOh wedding bitch number 3 coming up ( at last the last one) should be quite interesting though the bride and the maid of honour don't talk, the best man hates the bride and the maid of honour won't talk to him because he dumped her so he could stay in london meaning that another one of the brides maid also hate him , it gets better , another bridesmaid ( 5 at last count) hates the bride and is the grooms sister so i hopefor at least 2 bitch fights once the evening starts. However i wouldn't actully be going except for old times sake. the bride and i and her sister and my brother used to be unseperable (or is it inseperable) but mostly for convienience sake. We all grew up ( known each other since before we hit double figures ) but we all grew apart and now laura is fulfilling her lifetime ambition to get married- bear in mind she is 20 which is actully quite sad. she already has the house won't be long till the dog then the 2.4 kids ( she has already named them-those kids are going to get the shite kicked from them in school in the future) a few of us already have a pool of how long it will be till the pitter patter of tiny feet hits a newry house ( and no shoes on cats does not count) i am going for 12 months one of my friends is going for the more optimistic 9.5 months so we shall see. Funniest thing i saw today whilst watching frasier. An advert by Pele talking about the perils of erectile problems ( perhaps speaking from experience and being a new-man etc etc) then the very next advert was one for Gossard underwear- slightly ironic and piss taking if you ask me. Was it meant or was it just a funny mistake? Answers on a postcard to the usual address i apoligies to the normal parties that this mail hasn't been content laden but there isn't really much going on in the b+s world except for a breathtaking appearence on the weakest link DUM DUM DUM plague pestilence and love to all jonathan +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Songs for idiots (round 6)
by Kenneth P Y Chu 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

(Previously, on Belle and Sebastian on the Weakest link...) <Anne> Time's up, it's time to reveal who YOU think is the WEAKEST LINK! <Orchestra> DUM DUM DUM DUM... DUM DUM <Stuart> Isobel <Stevie> Richard <Richard> Stevie <Bob> Stevie <Isobel> Stevie <Orchestra> DUM! <Anne> Stuart, why Isobel? <Stuart> When I see her out, maybe crossing on the Street - she always crosses the road! <Anne> oh right.. Isobel, so you're rubbish at navigation as well as general knowledge! <Isobel> Yes Anne. <Anne> Why Stevie? <Isobel> To be honest Anne I didn't care too much who I voted for just then.. was I wicked? <Anne> No, just stupid. <Isobel> ... <Anne> Richard! <Richard> Yes Anne. <Anne> Why Stevie? <Richard> Well Anne I'm a big fan of the Mavericks, and I think ripping off one of their songs and pretend that it was his own was just not fair. <Anne> mm, well Stevie, statistically Stuart was the weakest link in that round but it seems that they Just Wanted To Vote The Dunce Away! And with three votes you ARE the weakest link GOODBYE! * Stevie does the walk of shame, wandering down the aisle alone. (..Inside interview room) <Stevie> I kept thinking that I knew the answer, somewhere in the back of my mind, but when i found it, it was the wrong reply the wrong kind the wrong way of retorting, wrong time to talk through my behind, wrong brain to have in my mind! (..Back to studio) <Anne> Round six, we're down to 4 and so far you have banked £270 in the kitty out of the possible £5000, we're taking 10 more seconds off the clock and we'll start with the strongest link from the last round, and that's Bob. Let's PLAY.. THEWEAKESTLINK! <Orchestra> DUM DUM DUM DUM... <Anne> Start the clock <Orchestra> DUM DUM! <Anne> Bob, the ill-fated ship Titanic which sank in year 1912, was built in which city? <Bob> Belfast! <Anne> Correct! Isobel, in printing, the term Footer refers to textual information, such as a title, date, or page number that is positioned which margin of a page? Top or Bottom? <Isobel> Bottom! <Anne> Correct! Stuart, what are the answers to the clues to the treasure hunt? <Stuart> Not telling ya. <Anne> No that isn't the correct answer. Richard, in the popular BBC soap Eastenders, which character is played by the actress Jessie Wallace? <Richard> Cat! <Anne> That is the correct answer, Bob, the members of the band Snow Petrol were originally born in which city? <Bob> Belfast! <Anne> Correct! Isobel, idioms, something that is of the lowest standard in a group can be described as being at the what of the pile? <Isobel> Bottom! <Anne> Correct! Stuart! <Stuart> Bank! <Anne> What are the answers to the clues to the treasure hunt? <Stuart> Not telling ya. <Anne> No, that isn't the correct answer. <Orchestra> DUM... DUM... DUM DUM! <Anne> The time is up, and in that round you have banked £100, who's lightsabre ran out of battery? Who's derailed their train of thoughts? It's time to VOTE OFF, the WEAKEST LINK! <Jon Briggs> Bob was once again the Strongest Link having banked the most money overall, and Stuart was the weakest link for the second time, will he survive this round of votes? <Anne> Voting over, it's time to reveal who YOU think is the WEAKEST LINK! <Orchestra> DUM DUM DUM DUM... DUM DUM --- (..to be continued) Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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: Anonymity is difficult
by Caitlin Pigtails 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Music is wonderful. That's why we're all here, isn't it? Because music - selected music, at least - is wonderful. I can't listen to music at the moment. And that sucks. First, my CD player died a death and started refusing to do anything. It sulks, and that's all. Next, the CD drive in my computer started to do the same. At first it was fine with music but sulked at discs of data. Then, it was OK with well-produced tasteful indiepop but turned its nose up at anything it thought was a bit avant-garde. Now, it refuses to do anything at all. Occasionally, it goes *clunk* or *whirr* and makes the rest of my computer rather puzzled. It refuses to do anything constructive, other than print log messages like: "ATAPI unrecognised command. ide0 reset success." and so on. This is all a bit of a problem, because music - as I've probably said before - is wonderful. When I'm at home I have to make do with mp3s. These would be fine, but for my computer being rather old. It can cope with them fine, as long as I just sit swinging my head from side to side. If I try to do anything else simultaneously, it isn't happy. I click on a link in my browser window, or try to write a new email, and the music breaks up with crackles and fizzes. "If you want me, bzzzk you knnnnn [pause] ow wh [crackle] ere bzzzzzz I am, I saw your aaa aaarm bzzp crrrk sin a drrrr r r chhhrk eam" So, I was at work one day. The Boss says: "We're getting the builders in. There might be some noise." And they come, the incompetant lot, and they *do* make a lot of noise. "Aha!" thought I. "I have to have something to distract me from the drilling and hammering!" I told The Boss. "I need music!" So, now, I take a pile of CDs along to the office every day. Music is back again. Every day, whilst I busy myself with selling Scottish tat to idiots and people with no taste, I can listen to wonderful tunes and cheer myself up. When I'm along in the office, I can bop along and tap my feet between taps on the keyboard. I'm in the office on my alone a lot, because The Boss likes to go upstairs and plan his big break into the TV industry. I tap my feet, sing along and pretend I'm coding. And it's wonderful. Sinister meta-discussion is, of course, banned. Don't Do It, Kids. If you want to discuss anything that you think I'm meta-discussing, do it in private. There are often a lot of meta-discussion things I want to say, but don't, because of this ban. I often want to say "For the gods' sake, shut up about politics already," but I hold my tongue. In any case, I'm never sure of the etiquette on that sort of thing. If someone writes something you don't like, is it OK to write them a polite note and say so? Surely it's just better to try and write about The Right Sort Of Thing yourself instead. And what if they're doing it anonymously? What if they're trying to do it anonymously, but it's really easy to work out who it is - do you admit to them that you've found out? Or what if someone who is normally really lovely, who writes wonderful things, writes something occasionally that you find irritating? What's the etiquette then? If it was someone lovely trying to write anonymously but failing and being irritating too, I hate to think what all the possible permutations would be. It would be far too complicated for me to work out, certainly. That's probably why meta-discussion is frowned on, so we don't all tie our brains into knots every week. (of course, sometimes it's easy. When someone posts a badly written, badly spelled, badly punctuated rant, full of cliquey phrases like "my friends, who i'm not going to reveal the name of because it makes me sound more popular", then you know they're a twat. And if you knew they were a twat in advance anyway, it's even simpler.) Incidentally, the builders at work are *so* incompetant that one of them nearly managed to make the building fall down yesterday. Fortunately, we noticed the cracks appearing in the walls just in time. I'm not going to post the whole long story here, but it's on my website if you're really bothered. http://www.joannou.net/topofthestairs/ The etiquette thing is a bit similar to friends in bad relationships, now that I think about it. What do you do when someone lovely, who you want to have the bestest of lives, starts going out with someone who is an absolute twat? I mean, what do you *do*? Do you drop subtle hints in the hope that they will notice? Do you tell them outright in the hope that even if they don't talk to you afterwards they might at least listen and save themselves a lot of pain? Or do you just stand back and try not to cringe too visibly? My brain is melting again. The etiquette on people who plug their website in the middle of Sinister posts is obvious, of course. You give them a good spanking. No, please, I *insist* ;-) In other news, a girl I went to school with has just been sent to prison. She's been sent down for 30 months for heroin dealing. I didn't get on with her especially well - she came from a different village to me, anyway - but we shared a few classes and I knew her after a fashion. I remember when she got her naval pierced; it was going septic, but she was lifting up her blouse in German class and showing it to everybody, incredibly proud. I think of that, then I think of her now, in prison and trying to survive on her methadone prescription. After that, I want to listen to music again. Music can take my mind off of all that. Music's wonderful. xx caitlin -- http://www.joannou.net/topofthestairs/ "When life gives us lemons, we just sit there and sulk about it, in the corner of the room, in a fetal position." - Matthew Henderson, on the Sinister mailing list. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: cocks in the tow
by Kenneth P Y Chu 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Jolly good. Tesco never ceases to amaze me, I was having an absolutely terrible day yesterday and then I went to Tesco and I was happy again all because I got myself a bargain on Chicken Thigh. Is today really Laura Llew's birthday? I thought it would have been something like that, in London we celebrated today by giving all the Underground train drivers a day off, I personally walked several miles to go to work this morning in honour of Laura Llew. Because I'm nice like that. Is there anyone on this list whose job is a train driver for the London Underground? I sincerely hope that you are enjoying your day off today. How do I apply for the job? I've looked on the website and there was absolutely no information on a career as a Tube Driver.. did I just not dig deep enough? They should play B&S on London Underground trains, it'll make it a better place. It was nice the last time they were on the Tube. Although really the trains are just a pale imitation of a can of tuna, with someone sitting on the front of it getting paid a lot of money for pushing a little stick. Speaking of bland B&S copy bands, have anyone seen a band called the Red Bull Dozers? They ripped off B&S from top to bottom, and that's a very big bottom. They used to have a website too, but it's closed at the moment due to lack of canbebotheredness, but they're actually quite good, despite being a pale imitation of B&S. To be honest I'd much rather want to see a B&S imitation of Pele. Apparently riding on city buses for a hobby is sad, well it's even sadder when you want to get on a bus and none of the bus drivers will fucking let you on because 50 people jumped your queue. Tonight if I can get home quickly - which I won't - I'm going to Tesco again, because today is shit already, and look you're reading this. Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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: TIGERMILKING plus other snippets, part two
by Mark Casarotto 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

well duh. I forgot the URL for the map to Tigermilking: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=530134&y=181288&z=1&sv=530250,18125… Sorry about that. See you on Saturday!! M xxx __________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: TIGERMILKING plus other snippets
by Mark Casarotto 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

TIGERMILKING Will be happening this Saturday 5th October, downstairs at Bar Oporto, Covent Garden. There is one important change to my last email, though - things with be starting at SIX PM, and finishing, a la your local, at ELEVEN PM. This is due to an unfortunate problem with licencing laws. However, all it means is you can have F!U!N! earlier, then move on to your second-favourite club du choix afterwards. Hope that's okay! Anyway, Bar Oporto is a helpfully unnamed (but, I believe, black in colour) bar on the corner of Endell Street and High Holborn in Covent Garden. This map roughly points to it: Fun and dancin' will be happening downstairs, which you get to by going down the flight at the right hand end of the bar. It'll cost £4, or £3 concs and flyers. There'll be a selection of fantastic DJs, many of whom are much loved of this ol' mailing list. And the lovely Daf has organised a picnic beforehand too! Aren't you the lucky ones! Newcomers are more welcome than ever, and if anyone needs info or help, please email me at this address. It'll be a great laugh, so do come along. Thanks to Ian and others for props :) See y'all there, Mark xxx **************************************** belle & sebastian ~ le tigre ~ beach boys ~ destiny's child ~ the white stripes ~ the smiths ~ madonna ~ looper ~ dressy bessy ~ moldy peaches ~ orange juice ~ s club 7 ~ aislers set ~ stereolab ~ magnetic fields ~ serge gainsbourg ~ st etienne ~ strokes ~ miss dynamite ~ camera obscura ~ mis-teeq ~ and many more ~ **************************************** __________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: milking the tiger dry
by Haynes, Chris 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

'i heard a rumour about tigermilking i marvelled at what it could be and what to bring images of drinking and dancing enter my mind and i begin to think of what i might find so i decided to post on this sinister list to see if some kind person could give me some information' and it was going so well too... nevermind. so can anyone fill me in? thanks, chris. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: edinburgh and me
by adevens＠antioch-college.edu 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

hi all warmy and fuzzies all around, so.... i'm in SCOTLAND! i got in a few hours ago and i'm at an internet cafe typing this. i'm in edinburgh and i've nothing at all to do soooo, i was wondering if there are any sinister type people who would want to meet a lonely nice lion boy from seattle, i'm here till saturday (then i go to glasgow) and i have nothing at all planned for tonight, tomorrow, or friday. please? :-) arik +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Happy Birthday Ll
by Madeleine McNeil 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

Today is Llaura Llew's birthday and it is raining. And I haven't yet sent her a gift. Which, I suppose means I am not really her BEST FRIEND as someone once claimed, shortly before I threw him off Brighton pier. Today is also a day I will go to work at the bookshop to battle my nemesis, my arch enemy that is my fat arsed colleague. I can't decide the tactic I should use: rude; off-hand; or so nice she wishes I would just go away and leave her alone (which I would happily do). Either way, I will beat her! I will overcome! I have become an old lady who goes for long country walks on Sunday afternoons with sandwiches and a thermos of (decaf) coffee. And I heartily recommend it to everyone. Especially if you go home to play scrabble, then drift off into a little nap. I know that, as a young lady, I should be out causing trouble, drinking absinthe and indulging in casual sex, but it all just seems so.... troublesome. I'll leave others to do that instead. In fact, you can all do it on Saturday night at Tigermilking. Oh, on a tangent, has someone mentioned Tiger Milk wine on the list before? I saw some in the corner shop. It's "sweet wine", and at £5.99 for a litre, I hesitated. I don't think it would rock my world really. Just my guts, I think. I'll be Tigermilking, but shan't be picnicing, as I will be in combat at the bookshop until 5 o'clock. Then, and here is a measure of my dedication to Mark Cassarole and my dancing feet, I shall jump straight on a train and come down to London. I hope to find y'all in a pub with a gin and tonic waiting for me. I never reported back from Red Knicker day. It was great, we were great, our underwear was great. Oh, and it's all true what they say about Mandee May. Except for one thing: we are NOT the same person. Neck scarves never look that good on me. Love Madeleine _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: pale immitations for paul
by Ruth Jane 02 Oct '02

02 Oct '02

for a change if we are taking things along these lines, I will agree with you jo that there is no comparison to be made between the butterflies and b&s, but for all the reviews and the spell I fell under at the gig, I think they are average. for me they created a magical atmosphere with sub-pavement tunes and a lot of charming conversation. sorry. but listening again, there is little there to be proud of. I dont think this is the opinion of a smiths-style dreamer, just someone with an ear for a tune. Like all unique musical happenings, like the beatles or what have you, of course people compare new bands back to great bands like B and s , but I think this is cos when you hear something you cant quite expalin the easiest thing is to relate it to other things a la "b&s or divine comedy ish yet with a jarvis cocker-like singer and something like Tortoise clapping?" (the chemistry experiment.. ??? anyone)??) its also possibly because bands like B and S have influenced a lot of people since they rose to 'fame' and no dount more bands with a b& s edge will come to the fore with time as the influences filter up to the surface. I reckon it takes a few years to filter though , so jo you may yet have to deal with more of this - but rather than blind comparisons made by b&s lovers, I think they will probably be realistic. and when I think of various fan type groups B&s fans are seemingly extremely open to new music. Once into meandering jazz/ nu-metal / steeleye span, always... rx >From: Jo tomas <jo_is_18(a)yahoo.co.uk> >Reply-To: Jo tomas <jo_is_18(a)yahoo.co.uk> >To: sinister(a)missprint.org >Subject: Sinister: pale immitations for paul >Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 01:55:03 -0700 (PDT) > >Paul Healey saw Tompaulin and thought they were a pale >immitation of you know who. Who would that be Paul ? >The Jesus and marychain ? I love belle and sebastian >but I really don't see the comparison. You see I also >love Tompaulin and I love The Butterflies. I think >that you were at a different concert. > > >"tompaulin tonight are noisier and more assertive than >we remember them. From the Mary Chain bassline in >Carcrash to the drenching feedback at the end of Swing >Low Stuart, the band match sweet vocals with barbed >guitar noise and exchange confession for >confrontation." sounds sxp > >The Butterflies of Love were also magnificent. They >have also been tagged with the Belle And Sebastian >comparions, though not by you Paul! They are a noisy >feedback band. It made sense to see Tompaulin and The >Buterflies Of Love together. I wory that Belle and >Sebastian are becoming our Smiths. >By this I mean that new bands are stifled by imposible >comparisons they can't live up to and that there is no >room for any serious discussion on the merits of >recent work. > >anyway > >joxx > > >===== >small town night club over a pub/girls in make up thicken the blood > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! >http://sbc.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! +-+ >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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