November 2002 - Sinister

Sinister: a new girl
by . alex . 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Hello :) I guess I've been lurking here long enough..well about a month or so, but that's long enough. I'll introduce myself. My name is Alex, an eighteen year old girl in Brisbane, Australia. I saw someone asked if anyone was from Brisbane, and well I am. Brisbane is a good place to live - it's small and lots of people know each other. It's nice just to walk around and listen to pop songs on my discman and feel like dancing. I used to do that lots on the way to uni and at uni and on the way home from uni. I'm on holidays now so I suppose I'll be doing that in my spare time instead. 'Tigermilk' is my favourite album to do that to. It's my favourite Belle and Sebastian album, and sometimes I think my life is progressively becoming more and more like a Belle and Sebastian song. I'm reading 'The Catcher In The Rye' at the moment for the second time. I've liked reading Sinister so far. I hope winter isn't too cold for everyone up north! It's summertime weather here - not overly hot right now but the temptation to go swimming is always there. xox Alex ===================================== I took your advice and fixed my radio But I can't find anything that sounds good anymore http://www.geocities.com/veruca_salt_97/ http://darlingalex.diaryland.com/ _________________________________________________________________ Internet access plans that fit your lifestyle -- join MSN. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.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: There's a portrait.
by Sam Walton 03 Nov '02

03 Nov '02

Hello Sinister. Ive been quiet of late. I would say Ive had writers block, but that would involve me being classified as a writer. Ive just had *block*. A few weeks ago, Mark Casarotto asked for some of the list veterans to start posting again. Im sure he wasnt thinking of me, but I thought Id try and write a little something anyway. After all, I did recently celebrate my own personal 3rd Sinibirthday, so what the heck. ///AUTUMN\\\ I tend to find that B&S are far more of an end of winter/beginning of spring kinda band. Its more or less the same kind of weather, but when the ground is crunchy beneath your feet in late February, theres the anticipation of summer just around the corner, and that seems to suit. The Delgados (The Great Eastern and Hate) do autumn quite well, as do Lambchop (particularly Is A Woman); its all the warm melancholic orchestration and wistful lyrics that do it for me. Sorry. ///FEELINGS\\\ If theres one thing that autumn does do to me, it makes me feel strange. I cant put my finger on it, but I always feel a little stressed and highly strung, as if Im being watched and assessed and prodded and poked and checked for authenticity. I think it could be some sort of emotional hang-up related to autumn always marking the beginning of the school year, and anxiety about that. But I dont really know. Its just a seasonal thing though. ///THE YORK SINISTER MASSIVE RETURNS\\\ After more than a substantial absence from general list conversation, the start of term has prompted me to mention the burgeoning YSM. Last night, at the York University Indie Society (http://www.indiesociety.co.uk) club night, I had the pleasure to bump into James Thorniley, of this parish. He is now a York student, which takes the total number of people associated with York University and with Sinister nearly into double figures. Cmon kids York Uni is *obviously* the place to be. York sinipicnic details to be announced very soon. ///MÚM\\\ There was talk on the list a while back about the Múm LP, Finally We Are No One. Half of Múm are on the front cover to Fishyclap. The other half arent. I bought it the other day, and for what its worth, I think its a great record. In true lazy, wannabe journo style, think Bjork meets Boards of Canada in the rusty shack in Montreal where Godspeed! record their albums, and you might be there. Its a great record. Love, Asm.x ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" - Mary Cohen _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.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: now i'm in a million pieces
by juju fox 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

halo sinister. some say, "if you're feeling like a minister, go off and write to sinister", so here i am. it's been so long. i don't really know you anymore. but there's a void in my life, and i need you by me now. there's something about driving at sunset in autumn in the last hour you have to yourself before you must clock in at work after you've just bought powder blue maryjanes and a skirt that resembles the boy's carpet that broke your heart, especially when you're listening to iyfs - the song, on repeat, as you're driving at sunset... that glorious peachy keen kind... something about the feeling of freedom when you set yourself loose in the womens shoe department, size 8 aisle, where you can try on a hundred kinds of shoes and feel like a hundred kinds of people just for a few seconds cos you've already checked the price and know you can never wear the matching shoe outside the shop, so you take off the one and find another to fantasize with for the remainder of the minute you hope will pass quickly... cos each moment you have to wait to take another breath is a moment you have to think about all the things that have happened to you lately... and wonder how many more breaths must go in and out before you're beyond it all. so you park when the prettiest part of the setting sun has passed. and you go into another shop to try on all sorts of clothes that look fantastic on you and match those blue maryjanes so perfectly that you could be a walking debate on why mums should never be allowed to purchase matching sets of tops and bottoms in department stores for anyone over the age of 4. and you leave the shop with more black skirts you don't really need, but you have a void now, and collecting maryjanes and black skirts sometimes is the only way you know how to neglect a hungry heart. and you race to work, change clothes in the car cos you hate clothes, and the ones you left the house in proved your curse of static cling, and only brand new ones can cure the ailment. and don't you feel better now that you look like you've taken up the boy's carpet and spread it all over your hips, wrapped it around your waist... cos he's never gonna wrap himself around you like that again. not cos he doesn't want to. cos his life is plagued, and he won't infect you. you play songs all night that don't really do anyone any bit of good. but you like to pretend your piano's a guitar like all the other girls, and pulling iyfs out of your hat in the middle of your set was the best idea you had all day. and you think about the boy some more. there's something about losing a best friend and housemate who also happens to be the other half of your band that you may or may not have broken up in the same week that the boy you love breaks up with you for nothing you did, and your label announced they can't afford to put out your next record anyway... something that makes you think you're grateful they only happen in three's... something that makes you suspect there's more than three this time. you start to obsess over the health of your cat and listen to every squeak of your car's brakes in wait for the next let down. you listen to the boy's sad songs and melt. and think about those miumiu maryjanes you couldn't afford. and hope the hug you last gave the boy was felt as it was meant. and curl up with your fat cat and think and think and think about who you could be and how you could change the world and make him listen if only you could afford different maryjanes. like the patent leather ones with the cut-outs and extra inch in front just to make you seem bigger than actual size, and more important to more people than just what you mean to that boy. but you still feel like such a regular, and the only hope you have left at the end of the day is that he believes what you say. something about november and my october withdrawals... something so dark in my thinking. but i haven't been able to help it lately. dumped three times in a row... clinging to my cat in case he gets any ideas, juju __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.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: the story is in the bag, keep your ear to the zip
by Ellebelle 02 Nov '02

02 Nov '02

So there I was, trying to be grown up and inflict some order into my life by the tried and tested and BBC2 recommended system of throwing things away (well actually, I think youre meant to do car boot sales and a crusher but theyre too wet and distressing) when I realised how much my accumulated stuff said about me. Well, I think it must give interesting and profound insights into my life, but I cant really work it out so I thought Id *share* with you because, well, just because. Anyway, what does owning four copies of Romeo and Juliet (the play, not the video or more advanced entertainment media) say? And what am I supposed to do with all the copies? I mean, the first one (Heinemann hb) was stolen from my Secondary school when I was a 3rd year and the best English teacher ever (Mrs Ellias) decided to *do* Shakespeare with us. Ok, so she started the whole thing by reading Across the Barricades and then playing Dire Straits (no prizes for guessing which song), but I loved it (the play, not Dire Straits) so much I stole the book. Each copy sort of relates to bits of my life, but why I ever felt the need to have more than one copy is beyond me. Unfortunately, the decision as to which to keep and which to crush is also beyond me. I also appear to have a need for tippex. Eight bottles/pens/micey things. How did they get into my flat? How come there is never one around when I need one? I think they sneak in when all my pens sneak out. Thats the only explanation. I should really try to bring this round to music at some point in a cool and subtle way, but as the amount of tippex indicates, subtlety isnt my forte. I now either have the choice of making some cleverish statement along the lines of putting the book(s) back on the shelf or just crashing into another topic. I choose crash, who wouldnt? Bright Eyes: Lifted (etc). As many superlatives as you like about the album BUT what is that first track about? Its enough to put you off the whole thing. In fact, the only reason I listened past it is because Im too lazy to get up and turn it off and Belle was asleep on my lap. But its perplexing (good word, that one), listen now, and listen past track one (or just press next). To anyone whos made it this far, well done. V. impressed. Now go and dance in the rain. Elle +Belle __________________________________________________ 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: a blustry day
by s. lord 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

- it has been a while since i have been able to post - not that i really do much posting anyway - but i finally have some time so i decided this is as good a time as any - i have been quite busy as of late fighting with my as of late boyfriend - it has been a rather interesting week - i am now surely rethinking that decision i made to move in with him - it has been fun for the most part - but as of late - well it is just getting unplesant - but at least there is someone else living with us to break the tension - and he is more my friend then the xboyfriend - so i believe i have the upper hand there - if there really is anything to gain - - honestly - - i really am not sure yet to why we were fighting so much - it seems there is a bit of miscommunication somewhere cause he is always accusing me of something i did not do and me likewise - from now on i have decided that when i speak with him i will draw out a flow chat of what i am meaning to say that way there is to be no confusion for him to later yell at me for - but then again perhaps what i say is really mean and he is reacting in a way that is justified - i do not believe that though - a friend brought to my attention that what i think is not always right - to which i responded that i am always right - and i usually am - well mostly - but that is not the case - what is - is that i am at a loss for what is happening - case in point - the most recent dialogue went like this... - - - - - start dialogue - - - - - me - how long have you been at the bar, you seem dirty him - why, are you calling me a whore - - - - - end dialogue - - - - - was that necessary - seriously - i really was not implying that he was a whore because he was at the bar for a long time - i was merely implying that upon returning he was carrying a heavy stench of bad cigarettes and worse smelling booze - to which he responded in a quite irrational way - i believe i am right about this - i guess it could have been the way i said dirty - but i doubt that - there was no secret connotation to the word that i was trying to get across - unless he had been doing something - in which case i switch my self around and go with the calling him a whore thing - - - - - - mmm - - - - so confusing - - - - - - - - - - this whole things is really a bother - i am beginning to believe dating is so overrated - sure there are somethings that i can't do by myself - and then i have my friends - not implying i will date them of course - just saying that who needs boyfriends and girlfriends - i just want my friends - that is all i need - they are the most accessible - and they are more fun - plus you don't have to go through the torture of dating people with friends - shit - friends are better any day - - quickly - - before i leave and let you all discus what a nut i am - i need to quickly give a nice little thank you to the best girl laura - you were perfect - you knew what to say and said it - quick and to the point - you are amazing - so love to you dear - and thank you for listening to me - i should have listened to you sooner - - -- love to everyone -- -- scott -- _________________________________________________________________ Unlimited Internet access for only $21.95/month. Try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.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: dorky confession to make
by Paul Mossinger 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

I live in Washington DC, but I was in Amsterdam on holiday last week. It was a bit colder than I had anticipated, and I thought I should get some gloves to keep warm. I wandered through the streets, looking for a place to buy some gloves, and I eventually settled on a C&A. I chose them solely based on the fact that they are mentioned in a Belle & Sebastian song. I think that is pretty weird. They were nice gloves though. Thank you for listening. -chris more about me: http://choas2.tripod.com/superluminal/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.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: Dialogue: Halloween - Early Guy Fawkes Day
by Kenneth P Y Chu 01 Nov '02

01 Nov '02

Hello weeners! (haha) I have a lot of fun and excitement to tell you. This is in fact going to be better than anything you've ever read on sinister. Not really. I am just going to tell you a story about a fox: Once upon a time there was a quick brown fox, the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog, the end. It all happened whilst some guy (or maybe some gal, or some sexually ambiguous person, or maybe not a person at all) was trying to think of a sentance that uses every letter in the alphabet, and he came up with "A quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog". Clever, eh? The russian version is even cleverer, cos they have to incorporate those backwards letters as well, I don't have a russian keyboard so I can't type it out, but it basically tells the tale of how a quick brown fox ran over a lazy dog in his/her car, and then hit the reverse gear and ran it over again backwards, whilst playing Tetris. Enough demonstration of my digression skills. Incidentally, it's very cruel that "demo" is the short hand for demonstration because I always end up spelling the long word for demostration, and end up looking like a prick, but then I guess shortening it to a DEMON wouldn't be very nice. Office person: I'm holding a Demon tomorrow. Colleague: What, in your arms? Office person: Go to hell. Colleague: You're the one holding hands with a demon. Which brings me back to HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I am sadly lacking in Halloween costumes today, a couple of people in the office came in with fake devil horns (I think they're fake.. are real devil horns made of plastic?), and one girls even had a pair of wings! AND MY BOSS HAD BEATEN ME TO THE ... Boss: Have you been drinking Red Bull? Girl: What the hell? Boss: RED BULL GIVES YOU WINGS! ...joke! Goodness. Despite the lack of Costumes, I made a lovely BANZAI PUMPKIN using a clementine, and a marker pen, it's got a really scary face, but it's tiny! It's a little squidgy monster and it's so cute. I'm taking it home. Maybe next year I can start a business in miniature halloween pumpkin making. What other things, oh yeah! SHIT! THE TREASURE HUNT RESULTS ARE OUT and we found out that our treasure hunt team TEAM ENZYME had it right all along! We guess that the London Trophie was at Rough Trade via a, um, rough, estimate, but wasn't sure enough to go and ask. Ok ok excuses/we are a bunch of wusses I know but grr. No one will believe me. Ok end of post. I guess it wasn't the best post sinister has ever seen afterall, sorry. It wasn't terrible though. Ken P.S.: Now that the treasure hunt clues have been found, are we ready for another BOWLING WEEKENDER? BOWLING WEEKENDER People from other Islands can come too, you know. Let me know if you're interested, and what is the best date for you. I'm thinking maybe in 1-2 week's time, which is either the weekend of 9th November, or the 16th November. (probably the first) You might even get to see the dazzling bowling styles of Dafyd (if he turns up), and Cay (if she turns up), and try in vain to beat the score of Nal (if she turns up), we're full of Bowling talents here. E-mail me if you're interested! And tell me what date's best (aside from a date with me) _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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