November 2002 - Sinister

Sinister: unlike my brother who is freudian i am a jungian so there is no blaming mother today
by Jonathan Skinner 23 Nov '02

23 Nov '02

SO dear sinister how is every little thing? i have been until today in remarkably good form. A girl i went to school with died today of cystic fibrosos so now the whole deal of the removal takes place tomorrow and the funeral on monday etc etc The removal is always the strangest thing in the whole thing partly because i never know what to say. The whole deal of it is the coffin is laid out and the family sat on the front row and you go up and talk to them a normal one being- "sorry for your troubles" i never know what to say and i normally chicken out of saying anything and just silently shake hands. it mostly means go in talk to the family then stand talking to friends and in this case teachers then the rosary beads come out then the hearse will come and go to the church out in the country-a town land named Ovens of all things Irish society is so weird partly because in many ways it is normal and progressive like everywhere else but then you have they little traditions that have come from a different era. The suburb that i live in is semi rural. I live 10 minutes from Cork city but also 10 minutes from open country side with old church ruins and lakes and everything. So half of the people in my school were from the country so i have become more aware of partly because i had to if the different ways. The removal is a must, you have to go to it-it is considered bad form if you don't.Hell it is still tradition for all the shops to shut the doors and turn the lights off when a hearse goes by. I suppose i like it being slightly different and perhaps backward than other people-it gives us a bit of a difference. I suppose the past really does influence the present. You can't drive anywhere without reminders of the past. Old ruined cottages abbandoned since the famine , bars in the country where traditional music is played with or without tourists , ruins of monastries and catherdrals next to crannógs and fulachtai fias (from the stone age) or old battle grounds- you can't actully get away from it. i suppose it is oddly comforting to know at least that the place you live has been good enough for people for millenia and probably will be for ever. That is what i notice most when ever i am in the states. Driving though and with farms everywhere and no ruins from previous eras and towns all planned in grids and everything , it unsettles me slightly and i really don't know why i am writing any of this. Anyway so another thing i wanted to digress on. Love. does the maxim from high fidelity ring true " it is what you like , not what you are like" is compatibility say within music a must for a relationship- obviously i could never go out with a girl that likes bon jovi or what ever but do you think that it really matters what music you like or films or whether you are interested in art or photography. is full compatibility needed or could that get boring? i suppose i should really come out and say it. i won't say fallen for but a girl has come into my circle of friends and she is nice and is quite good looking and i sort of got a thing for her. But then we started chatting about music and stuff and it turns out that *gasp* horror of horrors that she does indeed like bon jovi. Long story short when i heard this is almost immedietly stopped liking her. What the hell is wrong with me? i got on fairly well with her and then suddenly i stopped liking her and started noticing other faults. which i won't list cos then i will probably seem more shallow than i actully am. It was like dominos or what ever one thing then they all collapsed. So has anyone else gone through the same thing? i hope to god at least someone else has. Um i suppose i should bring in that i am perhaps belately getting into apples in stereo and the mainstream part of me is listening and really really enjoying ben folds mostly because of the show i went to of his last month in dublin anyway i must go and do , ahh who am i kidding i have run out of things to say godspeed jonathan (oh yeah i think the ravonettes from denmark deserve and honourery mention and yes i am aware that i have spelled it wrong and various other things as well but i cannpt be bothered looking at the dictionary) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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Sinister: right or wrong
by Mr Nicholas Litzow 23 Nov '02

23 Nov '02

i just don't know if i'm right or if i'm wrong, but as i sit here in the early momements of morning, still half-drunk on cheap wine, head spinning, i have an intense desire to know the answer to that question. I leave for san francisco (for 3 months) in a week. I desperately want to see all the beautiful people i know in my life before i leave. Tonight I was invited to a housewarming party through some uni people, who are all beautiful, but at the same time wanted to see my other friends, in particular one girl, who i have just started seeing. I organised to meet the latter later on in the evening. However, the uni party dragged on, people came late, people changed plans and I had no one there to go out with (to where i was to meet said very cute and very special (VCAVS) girl). Furthermore, most other friends pulled out. Was waiting for the movement out that i was promised but stagnated and didn't organise much. Meanwhile VCAVS girl sends message saying she is going home. I reply that I wish I could see her and get a vitriolic message in response. "No, I'm not going to pretend that I don't care about this stuff anymore. No reply please." At which point my world crumbles and uni party around me seems insignificant and small and lifeless. Subsequent messages (in the hope of getting voice, or better still, actual interpersonal contact) proved fruitless and, seemingly, more abraisive to said VCAVS girl. Oh sinister, i have noone to discuss this with so drunkenly i turn to you. I am at fault partly, sure, but no deserving of this surely? I have done this before, admittedly, but never thinking of consequence. It can be so hard to balance, and I just end up hurting the wrong people. I just don't know.. 'Never gonna fall in love again' as gary lightfoot says. Maybe music will soothe this feeling, this internal grinding and clenching. I might as well try. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Boolean boolean boolean
by Lucy Alder 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

So, I was concerned about the Poetry Parrot. Is that a crime? I know he's an annoying little fuckwit, but that doesn't mean I don't look out for him. And if he disappears for any considerable length of time, I get in touch with the Missing Parrots Bureau. As it turns out, Daplyn's email is up the swanny at the moment. Or, at least, her tappity light box doesn't seem to like dialling S-I-N-I-S-T-E-R. So, she asked me to forward that which she wrote. And here it is. --- Daplyn Elizabeth <Elizabeth.Daplyn(a)haringey.gov.uk> wrote: > Subject: Boolean boolean boolean > > > ATTENTION ADULTS > > Ooh! Ken was organised and organised some bowling: this was a good > thing. > And Rowan's is dead dead close to my house, hurrah. Unfortunately, I > failed > to feed people tea and cake, but just went to the pub and played rubbish > pool after being rubbish at bowling. Also, the Red Bull Dozers had > their > live debut in the form of Ken and Stefano performing a song close to our > hearts. > > MON AMOUR TOKYO > > Anyway, a couple of weeks ago I heard the vague whisper of a rumour > about > a certain fantastical fowl being sent my way. I do hope it wasn't true. > > But what's this? No sooner do I come back from lunch and get stuck > into > some nice satisfying shredding, standing gazing vaguely into space and > thinking fondly about the rainy train journey to Portsmouth I'll be > undertaking this evening, than there's an almighty crash at the > stationery > room window. I peek through the blinds to find an infuriated and wet, > but > still gaudy, parrot clinging just barely to the inadequate windowsill. > > "Ach, ye dozy hen, let us in then! Ah'm bluidy freezin' ma feathurs > off > oot here." I flip the latch and let the bedraggled bird in. > > "Aye, aboot time too. Ah tell ye whut, yr lady burrds are fancy doon > here, but they don't pay any attention to a puir auld gentleman parrot. > It's no' easy bein' green. And ah had a veeeery narrow escape frum that > nuttur Stout Robin. He kept wantin' me to visit his Dairy or somesuch. > Ah'm nae fool, ah stay weel aswa' frae coos. And that Miss Madeleine, > she'll catch her deeth sitting oot on the fire escape wi' a wee guitar, > the > great hussy. Nice knickers though." > > "But when did you develop such an awfully common Glaswegian twang, oh > Poetry Parrot my old friend? Have you been hanging around with those > squirrels again?" > > "Och, ah dud that to make me sim exotic when ah wis in Australia. > Besides, they're all convicts' weans there, they appreciate a guid jock > lad > awright. Especially the lassies. OHO THE LASSIES!" > > "Quiet!" I hiss, shoving him in a cupboard with lever arch files and > post-it notes in it. "I'll get fired if they find you here." > > To pacify the beastie, I quickly typed up and printed out a couple of > nice > brief verses to feed him with. > > ----- > Perfect (On the Western Seaboard of South Uist) > > I found a pigeon's skull on the machair, > All the bones pure white and dry, and chalky, > But perfect, > Without a crack or a flaw anywhere. > > At the back, rising out of the beak, > Were domes like bubbles of thin bone, > Almost transparent, where the brains had been > That fixed the tilt of the wings. > > Hugh MacDiarmid > ----- > > And to follow, more or less after the work of Hans Holbein (Elder and > Younger): > > ----- > Portraits of Tudor Statesmen > > Surviving is keeping your eyes open, > Controlling the twitchy apparatus > Of iris, white cornea, lash and lid. > > So, the literal painter set it down - > The sharp raptorial look; strained eyeball; > And mail, ruff, bands, beard, anything, to hide > The violently vulnerable neck. > > U. A. Fanthorpe > ----- > > With that for it to chew over, I'll tape that blinkin' parrot's beak > shut > with parcel tape and package it up to forward via sneaky use of the > office > postal service to: > > Gordon > A Very Small Swimming Pool > Somewhere in Scotland > (probably) > > Don't let the parrot drink too much, he gets lairy. You should take > him > to the next Winchester Club, though, which I believe is quite soon. 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Sinister: My wandering days will soon be over!!!!!
by Javier Garcia 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

Dear sinisters: it seems like I have something to tell you about. This is my second post, but my life has been completely empty these last months, so I have followed that rule that says: "shut up, unless you have something to say that is more beautiful than silence". But now my wondering days seem to be almost over....I FINALLY FOUND A JOB!!! I won't probably be that excited in a month, waking up early in the morning, with a lot of things to do...but dole makes me feel as a part of the furniture, d'you know what I mean? ;-) Well, the thing is that I will soon be doing interesting things, and will earn some money. And that's fine! Some weeks ago I read a many posts about the weather. I didn't write then because I hought it could be unpolite: weather was sunny and warm in Sevilla, instead of rainy and cold as in many of your places. But now I can see some clouds, and I feel a cold breeze coming through my window. Ok, 19 degrees is not cold, but we want to believe it is. I enjoy a lot these days at home, listening to bands like Bo Kaspers Orkester (try them, simply delicious) or Kent, that remind me of my time in Sweden (snif, snif...jag saknar Sverige!!!) I also wanted to tell you about Camera Obscura. What a nice band it is! I got the CD a month ago, and I really like it. Yesterday night I was watching TeleMadrid, and they were interviewing a girl and a bout. I fell in love with her eyes, and the sweetness of her voice. And he was a bit strange, he dressed a bit like Jarvis Cocker, and I thought he was speaking german. Well, he wasn't, but his accent was strong and I could hardly understand him. They were two members of Camera Obscura, and they played a couple of songs live afterwards. The sound was very good, I enjoyed a lot. But they were extremely quiet on stage. None of them moved at all, they seemed to have lost their souls. It was strange, warm music, cold people (apparently). But I liked them, and I think you all would. Well, now I have to leave you for a while. It's raining, and, as we say, "La lluvia en Sevilla / es una maravilla", so I don't want to miss it. Take care, be nice to everyone, enjoy every second of your time, and fill it with music. Of course, listen to at least a B&S song everyday. It's healthy!!! Regards, //Javier _________________________________________________________________ Charla con tus amigos en línea mediante MSN Messenger: http://messenger.microsoft.com/es +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: paul burrel, j-lo and amelie
by jk151 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

Hi I'm feeling a bit guilty today, I seem to have been messing up when I really should know better. You know how it is, you are trying to do the right thing, and it turns out you have just created a right royal mess (not on a Paul Burrel Vs the Queen scale of things, obviously, but not far off). This applies not only to my new-found friends at uni (I'm a first year at york university a member of the seemingly ubiquitous york sinister massive) but also to my course, as although I enjoy it, I appear to have contracted some sort of terminal laziness when it comes to doing "proper" essays. However, at least two hours a week of my course involves watching a small man make bizarre clicking noises and generally talking with his fingers in his mouth, so I'm going to stick it out for a while longer. Er, I don't think that I'm making quite the impression I was aiming for here, I'lll try a different tack. Recently I have been: listening to a lot of pop music (if j-lo and justin timberlake can be counted as pop these days), trying to persuade 2 friends from home that they are going to be alright after both of them got dumped by their long term partners in the same week, and missing my copies of amelie and mallrats. Anyway, I think now is the time to confess my secret; my name is Jen and I like Belle and Sebastian. Yep, thats right, this is my first post, I'm sorry to trick you into reading the whole thing by adding this at the end but I couldn't take the pressure otherwise. If anyone has got this far, I thank you kindly, and I promise not to post again too soon. Jen xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Just so long
by ArtsyDeco＠aol.com 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

I'm going to go. But then I'm going to come back. Here's the thing. I'm a very different girl from the one you knew. I even look different. I'm afraid I just can't be ArtsyDeco anymore. She's not really who I am. I don't think I'll even try to get the name switched. I like the idea of being reinitiated by some time in the nursery. I was away for so long before that I think it made it strange for me to come back. And then there was the whole Peter mess. Anyways, I'm off so that I may return anew, like the effing phoenix or something. Or maybe more like a person who just needs a change. Squawk* Kara +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: friday morning wake up knowing that you've got to go to school.
by Sam Walton 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

Hello, Sinister. I'm still here, y'know. Hi. I've just been quiet. Well, quieter. I've had a funny couple of weeks, all in all. I won't go into detail though, because I don't do blogging. ///THE BEST-LOOKING GIRLS ARE STAYING INSIDE\\\ I had a *thing* with a girl. Perhaps that should read "I had a thing *for* a girl" instead, becuase nothing actually happened. A couple of dates, then silence, then confusion, then silence - you know how it is... ..."Friends?" she offered me, only this morning, and I accepted. It was the only way to be, doncha know. ///ON THE TELLY ASM SPEAKS TO YOU LIKE GOD\\\ I'm going to be on 15-1 (for those who don't know, go here: http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/0-9/15to1/index.html) I don't think I'm the only person who finds this hysterically funny, either. There were some auditions near me, and I went along for a laugh, and now I'm going to be on the telly. Of course, the crucial question regards what tee-shirt to wear. This might give you an impression about the state of my life at the moment. ///WHAT WAS IT I SAW IN OLD YORK? I'M NOT THE SAME NO MORE\\\ Introducing... the York Sinister Picnic, 2003. I propose the idea of a picnic (well, a pubnic to be precise, because it *will* rain) on 4th December. I know, I know, it's a Wednesday, but it appears that the majority of the York Sinister Massive are available that afternoon, and other people from the surrounding areas can come and join us after work. Details are as follows: we will start 2:30pm in Lendal Cellars pub (on Coney Street), and continue in Lendal Cellars pub until we run out of money. Sound good? ///WE'RE REALLY SORRY FOR ALL THE TROUBLE WE'VE CAUSED\\\ My next post will probably be similar to this one: http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/anylistsearch.cgi?query=asm%3B+top+10&list…, or this one: http://www.missprint.org/cgi-bin/anylistsearch.cgi?query=asm%3B+top+10&list…, because it's That Time Of Year Again. Be vigilant, people. I love you all. 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 _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "whos up, whos down and whos getting a jolly good telling off"
by chris_t_opher 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

hello sinister i dont know why im writing.. i think mainly because the word 'manchester' appeared twice in a digest and i thought, between all the phonies and scallies, there might be some other sinister mancunians out there. i pounced on such a person (hello chica alemana!) who wasnt (that) scared by my enthusiasm. if you too fit the criteria, email me. just so i know, nothing more. sinister has changed since ive been away. or rather, ive changed and sinister just looks different. back then, everyone was grown-up and i was a wee kid. this time, i guess im grown-up and other kids are posting stuff theyll be embarassed to read in the archive in four years time. since i was away: <warning: includes gratuitous b+s content> - i somehow won the manchester treasure hunt and mumbled incoherently at struan as a result. - ive been in love, which was a nice feeling. i would even go so far as to recommend it. - ive started reading books again (wooh!) and have gone from hating catcher in the first 30 pages to loving it with 18 left. - ive realised that beautiful music isnt light-years away like it used to be. Just a decade or two. - and finally, ive panicked, fretted and wondered about where my life is heading. still, im not sure. those people who know their purpose in life, that must be pretty useful. whilst the rest of us change direction every week, they know where they want to be and can plan ahead. i write to-do lists for tomorrow but these people can write them for their entire lives. neil halstead's album is great. i like mojave 3 but his solo effort is just better on every level. other music i am liking is some leonard cohen i bought 15 months ago and only played twice in the first 14 months. also, the nick drake set has somehow found its way back to me (one of those boomerang artists, i guess). a noisy neighbour last year meant i didnt need to ever play any nick drake, i just listened three times a day through the wall. i can probably hum the bass line to his whole discography just from memory. john martyn's 'london conversations' is also an excellent album. im starting a column in a magazine i write for. its called Things That Piss Me Off and number one is sparkling water. there were at least half a dozen things that pissed me off about sparkling water, with the final one being that it doesnt taste of water, nor does it taste of anything remotely recognisable and yet it still manages to leave a nasty aftertaste for hours. i want to get something about sodastream machines in before its finished though. my hope is that the guardian will pick it up and offer me a lucrative long-term contract. piggytails has informed me that their chief rock critic used to be sinister. who knows, he might even read sinister every so often! i remember there was some even more famous listee. i think she was a model. or an actress. or maybe just some attractive girl who looked particularly good in the sinister gallery and im just making this up. who knows? yknow, ive never had hatemail. c. __________________________________________________ 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: I'm Rollin' wit CHU
by Paul Healy 22 Nov '02

22 Nov '02

The 24th November is my 24th Birthday. I'm going to the Amused Moose comedy club, which is below barcode. Come if you can, meeting 7pm at the Red lion Soho pub on corner of gt. Windmill St. and Archer st. Paul Healy my mobile 07984579335 P.S. apathy is golden Ken said claiming that I was the greatest guitar player in the world (a claim which was to be disproved later). Ken + friend (Stafano) sang Judy and the dream of Horses and The State I am In at the Worlds End Open Mic acoustic session. They weren't brillant but more enjoyable than the other performers. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "they are days that catch the sun, days like diamonds..."
by ola szkudlapska 21 Nov '02

21 Nov '02

...and they sparkle in my memory, even though the actual sunny moments were few and far between. in fact, on most occasions it was the freezing wind that played the main part in the weather play. it was very excited about being the star of the performance, blowing with twice the usual vigour, so that we had to huddle together to keep warm, until the tram came, anyway... hello again dear Sinister, it seems like a while since i was last making you jaded with my ramblings, does it entitle me to do so again? mmm, hope so.. i've been thinking how the present is just the tiniest amount of 'now', the few moments that melt into the past, barely having time to actually HAPPEN. the speed at which the future turns into the present (and thus, the past!) is scary as well. especially when the present starts to seem like a set of actions you repeat without even sparing them much thought. it's really easy to get used to it, get into a rut and become bitter in the end. in a nutshell - i am not satisfied with studying politics ;) plus, i am stuck trying to make a decision what to do with my life. rant over. i was saved from thinking too much about all that by the visit of James the Star(!). although we didn't have a sinister picnic in the literal sense of the word (we would have probably frozen, had we tried ;) Miss Maja came over and it just seemed like holidays! yay. James alreasy said a lot about it, but I felt obliged to make a few corrections... :) -i am by no means a 'mega guide'. i could, however, be described as a 'mega disorganised guide', walking around the less-known-to-self parts of the city with a map(!) in hand and still managing to miss the street we were supposed to take a turn into. :) (actually, i think it had all been planned beforehand. the street temporarily disappeared, her aim being to discredit my qualifications as a guide. surely a well-devised conspiracy of some unknown forces) -you don't have to 'go see the palace of culture'. ;) in fact, it is practically impossible to find a spot in warsaw from which you CANNOT see the bloody concrete monster! to me it looks a bit like a gigantic rocket, but many warsaw people prefer to compare it to an enormous cream cake. i'm glad i don't see it like that, i would surely end up thinking about food all day long ;) *** apart from having a halloween party (the Reaper was quite prominent too, guarding the door with his huge scythe! that is until he got too hot and got rid of his costume ;) walking round the city freezing and drinking carambOLA in a club, we also saw the most hilarious film everr! i feel it's my duty to tell you about it (and James told me it's my duty to tell you about it), so now i'll just try to brainwash as many of you as i can into seeing it :) this wonderful piece of absurd cinema is 'leningrad cowboys meet moses' by Aki Kaurismäki. it's actually a sequel, but i couldn't find the first film in series in my video-rental-place (and Jim Jarmusch plays a part there!! bah) what you have to do first is strain your imagination a bit, and try to visualise a group of middle-aged men wearing colourful suits and (very ;) pointed shoes, their hair fixed into huge sort-of-spikes shooting out from their foreheads, each of them additionally equipped with a shock of a beard. yes, they are the Leningrad Cowboys, the worst rock band in the world! :-) having left their icy-cold home of siberia to get rich and famous in america, they fell victim to Tequila - a devilish drink that killed their manager Vladimir and left them strayed in a desert forgotten by mankind. when all hope seemed gone, Vladimir suddenly reappeared, claiming he was not Vladimir, but Moses - and offering to take the lost souls back to the Promised Land of home. or maybe 'offering' is not the right word. the Leningrad Cowboys were not too keen to go back to russia, they'd much rather have a second go at becoming music stars over the ocean. Vladimir, however, knew how to exert his will, so their journey back is the content of the film. the said journey is by no means monotonous, and includes events such as: -Vladimir stealing the nose of the Statue Of Liberty -ex-CIA agent joining the group, under the moniker of prophet Elijah -the group getting arested and getting out of prison (in an interesting way) -one of the Cowboys almost dying of Tequila overdose (again! naughty lads ;) and lots of similar attractions. however, it's the SONGS that made it for me. but they are quite indescribable :) honestly, the amount of pure quality nonsense in this film is so huge, that i'm quite positive Edward Lear would have enjoyed it, had he lived in the present day. i'll just add that all the actors are finnish, but they speak english with fantastically authentic russian accents, making the film all the more absurdly funny. conclusion: go see it!!! now!!! :) also, go see Múm, if you get the chance. these lovely people are sometimes described as 'the Belle and Sebastian of electronica' (content? ;) and their music is amazing in every aspect. besides, they drew pictures on my cd cover and smiled when i said 'thank you' in icelandic. so there :) love and cinnamon (and an invitation to warsaw :), ola lala +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. 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