December 2002 - Sinister

Sinister: God Bless Us, Every One
by robin stout 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

Dear All Every year, on Christmas Eve, my friends and I go to the local pub and eat a special "Santa Pie". It's the biggest pie you've ever seen, honest, and very tasty, although the beard can be a bit chewy. No, not really! It's not really Santa *in* a pie! It's mostly sprouts, actually. Sprouts and a sausage if you're lucky. Well, I'm sitting here, at home, trying to get through the post-pie lull and considering whether I may as well simply curl up here on this bed and go to sleep. But every time I close my eyes I have terrifying visions of the Blue Peter Christmas Special's Bollywood Finale... So instead, I decided to write this. And I thought that I'd begin with a song: "He came down to Earth from Heaven. Who is God and Lord of all..." No, I'm not singing about the Pinefox, I'm actually, like our tender armed brother Struan, singing about Our Lord: The Christ Baby. Oh yes. I'm filled with the joy of the season alright. Well, it's either that or the sherry. I love singing carols, and I actually went carol singing on Friday. This is another little tradition that I keep every year. I go singing with the local church, who send groups of carol singers around the town to visit the homes of the old, deaf and barmy. I have to sing extra loud so they won't guess that I am in fact a Sinner and an Unbeliever. Well, after the Peel carol concert on Wednesday I was feeling pumped up, like Grandad's belly on Boxing Day morning, and, while I couldn't persuade them to sing "He Come From Da Glorious King Dom" I did manage to wrangle a solo for "We Three Kings". Usually I play Gaspar, the shape-shifting king, but today I was chosen to be Balthazar, the hip-hop king. I intended to play my part with gravitas and pathos. I was going to make Old Betty weep. I was going to make Old Albert's false teeth fall out in open mouthed wonder. But, instead, after Melchior and Gaspar had finished and I launched into my Wise Words about Myhrr, I realised that although I knew the tune perfectly well I'd begun to sing something entirely different. I panicked, and began looking desperately for the right notes. Now, as I said, Balthazar - the King from Da Hood - is a tricky role to play. It requires perfect concentration, something of which, as I grasped blindly for the notes, I didn't have very much. So, instead of singing "Sorrowful, sighing, bleeding, dying, sealed in a stone cold tomb", informing The Christ of his unhappy future, I got a little carried away with the alliteration and sang "Sorrowful, sighing, seeding (?!), lying..", then gave up. They forgave me, of course. If there's one thing Christians have in spades it's forgiveness. But I'm a little worried that the Big Fella won't be too pleased, and instead of enjoying myself tonight as I should I'm going to be spending most of my time checking the sky for thunderclouds in case I'm unexpectedly smote. I thought B+S were very good, actually. Far better than me, anyway, although I think the verdict's still out on some of the new songs. It's a wonder Stuart finds any time to put on Carol Concerts what with his dairy and everything. I'd better be off down the boozer soon. I think that I'll just say hello to Melanie before I go. It's good to have you with us Melanie. I like to see a girl who knows where to stick an umlaut. So, I'm afraid I can't give you a Bollywood ending, but I can wish you all a Merie Christmas and if we screw up our eyes and all make a wish, maybe the Christmas Angel Llew might come and pay us a festive visit. r o b i n x ps: I must say that the Christmas angels who have visited us already this year have been very eloquent, and Vel and PF's words on Strummer were just perfect. I feel i should mention Mary from Sterolab, too, who died a few weeks ago. Like Nico, she died on a bicycle. I think it's a good way to go. That's rock n roll. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=7474&… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_virusprote… +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Last Christmas
by Reggie Whitecastle 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

Hello Sinister! I have been away for a while--as an early Christmas present, my sister helped fund me a trip to Madagascar this holiday season for a Lizard expedition--wow, I don't think I can even begin to describe how amazing this experience was. I had my walkman on the entire time listening to "The Boy with the Arab Strap" as I observed my favorite lizards in their NATURAL HABITAT!! A little bird told me that there has been doubt circling around the Sinister community as to my existence. Wow, how flattering!! More specifically, Robyn Fadden and Caitlin Pigtails don't really believe that I exist. I still hope that Marianna Longmire believes in me, because she's my future wife. (Marianna--will you?) Actually, I shouldn't joke around because I have a girlfriend now! Yeah, remember Denise the seductive waitress at the Gunther Toody's? One night, after a few too many O'Douls at Mr. Bojangles, she and I went home together; it was a night to remember. Strangely, though, ever since then I keep trying to call her and I keep getting her answering machine. She must be busy with the holidays or something. But, it was a night of passion indeed, even though when I woke up the next morning she was gone. I figured that she didn't want me to see her with racoon eyes, or something. She's usually pretty dolled up, so she must be self-conscious about her appearance. But sigh, isn't love great? Once Christmas is over, I'll be focusing my attention on February 14th, which is usually the most depressing day of the year for me. But I think it will be okay this year, despite the fact that I turn 40 soon. Okay, well Yoko and John are pawing around at me, which either means they want to watch Eddie Murphy stand-up comedy with me, or they're hungry. Merry X-mas Sinister! Toodles! Reggie __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.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 ragga drops the Hitsville UK...
by Samiam Green Eggs And Ham 24 Dec '02

24 Dec '02

Yesterday was a sad day. I knew it was quite rotten when I found out that I couldn't be with my family for xmas. To make it worse, I heard that Joe Strummer passed away while I was on the way home. Although I was way too young to see them before they broke up, I'd always wanted to see Strummer. Yesterday was a sad day. Sam NP: NYC by Interpol _________________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: Straight To Heaven
by P F 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Yes, a great man is dead. The news shocked. So young - well, 50 is not quite young even now: but it needn't be a dying age in the millennial developed world. I don't know the details of his death - no matter. His life was important. There are those who'll tell you that the Clash were always worse than second-rate: that they lacked the epoch-defining quality of the Pistols. I listen to that case with respect, as long as it's respectfully made. Often it isn't. Still, my editor, for instance, will probably tell you that Lydon was like Presley or Martin Luther: an intuitive genius of the culture. And many, following this path, will find little to say for Strummer. The Clash are seen as derivative of the Pistols (but what's wrong with derivation?); as calculated and self-concsious rather than instinctive pixies of misrule; as men too addicted to their gender. There is something in all this. But the thing is, I don't really *like* the Pistols. When did you last listen to them? You did? No matter - I didn't. But the Clash: when did I last listen to the Clash? Not recently enough. But when I was a boy with a more innocent head, fewer tunes and clearer skin than today, I would gradually collect instances of their handiwork. A country fan, pop promoter and would-be nurse taped me, not just the LPs (he edited !SANDINISTA! specially) but the B-sides. Those were slightly emptier days in a way - I mean, if someone gave you a tape, you *listened* to it. Maybe I was just young. Anyway: 'First Night Back In London'. 'Jail Guitar Doors'. '1977'. And that one with which we'd greet each other in a pub or a kebab shop, 'Groovy Times'. "The housewives", he'd say, "are all singing it". Forget the band rivalries, the inter-punk competition clubs - though me, I backed the Clash for that title then and I do now; even the Buzzcocks trailed a ways behind. Think of the band's, and the man's, actual qualities. Some of them seeming negatives, things you had to make yourself kind of like: the raggedness, the sprawl, the endless dub versions. Some of them better from the start: the politics, they were always ambiguous, never quite up front enough for a lad who took Homage To Catalonia to provincial football matches; but they were more present than almost anywhere in the pop tradition. The wit - look at the scurrying scribbles of the lyrics on the London Calling LP. The rock thrills: think of the drum and the guitars at the start of 'Safe European Home'. The range, a rare thing for me to enjoy: the way they essayed gospel, ballroom dancing, electric guitar waltz, reggae, country, disco and the rest, cheek by jowl, like they were making 29 PROTEST SONGS without any mention of Busby Berkeley. And further back, it comes to me now: the visceral rush only childhood can instil, the mystery and drama of 'London Calling' itself, throbbing repeatedly into me before I was seven years old. That was the Clash. Strummer himself, remarkably, was more appealing than all that. Try to catch him on a documentary - I'm thinking of Don Letts' WESTWAY TO THE WORLD, which they'll surely repeat some day now. I watched that in wonder: not so much at the band's exploits, but at the man's latter-day presence, his astounding charisma when placed in front of a camera. He drawled, but he didn't mumble: he wanted to *talk*, like a dear old pal uncorking a bottle of wine. He talked as few pop stars could. I can't quite remember what he said. I know he talked about emotion and affection. It was all passion and wry glory - but it wasn't just dumb raw feeling, there was such intelligence too, somewhere, in the way he slowly wrapped phrases around the memories that started flying back at him once the cameras rolled and they asked him a question. Maybe it was the slow sincerity of his voice; maybe the cautious look in his eye. I don't know. I knew I had rarely seen a greater pop interviewee. Stronger, deeper fans will pay their tributes elsewhere. I can't be, don't want to be, one of them. The Clash are not my favourite band of all time; Joe Strummer was not my favourite pop star ever. But he was a lot - my favourite punk, the wryest rebel, a man whose chunky clang and rasp played in the background in times I'll never get back now. And a good man, surely, in a hard world. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.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. 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Sinister: upsetting news and exciting plans
by Sean Howell 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Good Morning Sinister, I'm sitting here in my office this morning, and since it's the last day of work before xmas, I suspect little work will be done in this office today, not that I'm complaining or anything. It gives me time to email you all! First the bad news, Joe Strummer of The Clash died. I found out this morning, and it's quite sad really. He was rather young as well, only 50....pretty much my father's age, which is a bit disturbing, as his health isn't really the greatest. At least he's doing loads of kung-fu these days in order to try to keep himself fit. Now onward to a far sunnier topic....INDIEPOP POKER NIGHT!!!! Yes, not to seem like I'm riding on Ken Chu's coat tails or anything, but I am organizing a poker night to utilize my newly aquired B&S playing cards to their fullest! Anyone is is welcome, and I'd love to have some sinister people come out to enjoy the evening. It's looking like it will take place during the first week of Janurary, and it will be happening at my house. I was thinking that instead of betting money (as I have none) we could bet records, cds, buttons, and any other memoribilia/random things that we may have and be willing to part with as the result of losing a card game. So anyone in the DC/Maryland/Virginia/Pennsylvania area, come out and try your hand. I'm sure there will be some sort of after game outing as well, all the more reason to come. Well, I suppose that's enough begging and pleading. If you happen to be interested, email me off list, and I'll furnish you with all the necessary details. Ahh, the wonders of modern technology. I listened to B&S on John Peel the other day, and was quite pleased by what I heard. I especially enjoyed the James Brown cover!! It certainly got me in the holiday spirit. Thank you darling internet for making it all possible. Well, some work just got dropped on my desk, and in the interest of keeping this job, I should probably do it, so I must take my leave now. I'd like to wish a happy holidays to every single one of you. Hopefully you are all happy and healthy. love and holiday cheer, Sean P.S. - Isn't this sinister present exchange business wonderful fun???? _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=74… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_smartspamp… +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ben Folds?
by Nathan Reader 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Hello all in computer-music land, Just a quickie. First up, Merry Christmas to you all. Make the most of the holiday by trying something new and exciting!! I have discovered HAVING FUN!! It's new and versatile. Try it! In reference to the subject, my Mum saw Ben Folds at the market today. That's all... And now the crunch for everyone on the sinister mailing list that has the name Kerstin Hammes: Hi Kersy, I have been trying to e-mail you directly but your or my mailbox has a 'quota' problem, so they bounce back. Hopefully you stillget these sinister messages. Can you e-mail me and tell me what you think about this kanundrum! Ps. Your tape is in the mail. The excitement never stops flowing from my computer... And now, we find out if was my mailbox having a problem or hers. 1... 2... 3... send!? __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.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: tRaiN iN vAiN .... R.I.P.
by velocity farewell 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Joe Strummer's DEAD!!!! What can I say about 1977 that hasn't been said before? When most people think of Punk, it's a cinch they will think of 1977... We ain't gonna be treated like trash We got one thing We are the Clash What? We are the Clash It's like a patch You can strike that match Back in 1976, a fledgling practice band asks a pub rock star at the unemployment line to join their outfit and a legend is born. What is not told is how this improbable outfit was the work of a crazed svengali, looking to rival his boss' band who were put together to sell blue jeans and bondage gear... Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Joe Strummer were three totally different people from one another and even from their fans and contemporaries... tommy gun you'll be dead when your war is won tommy gun but did you have to gun down everyone? i can see it's kill or be killed a nation of destiny has got to be fulfilled whatever you want, you're gonna get it! Joe Strummer was born in Ankara, Turkey, the son of a Scottish diplomat. /// "Punk legend Joe Strummer of "The Clash" has died, his record company said Monday. He was 50." \\\ They say that to see the Clash in 1977 was to see a band on fire... Very few bands have matched the pure catharsis the Clash embodied in their early days. They were a blur onstage, constantly in motion, fueled by their prodigous speed consumption. Strummer performed like the stage was electrified, spitting and shaking and convulsing. London calling to the underworld Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls London calling, now don't look at us All that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust London calling, see we ain't got no swing 'Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing /// "Punk legend Joe Strummer of "The Clash" has died, his record company said Monday. He was 50." \\\ The outrageous antics of the Punk movement attracted the attention of Her Majesty's police and the Clash continually found themselves in and out of the dock on a procession of petty charges. This harassment could not stop them... London's burning with boredom now... London's burning dial 99999 /// "Punk legend Joe Strummer of "The Clash" has died, his record company said Monday. He was 50." \\\ The Clash have been one of the most important political bands in Britain... one of the most coz there have been others too... not the Clash though... they hated and condemned drugs as another means to submission, they took part in riots... they said "evolve oR die"... Yankee detectives Are always on the TV 'Cos killers in America Work seven days a week Joe Strummer died at the age of 50... the cause of his death's still undentified... some say it was a heart attack... No matter what I say about him, about the Clash, will be just words unable to catch the significance, the infuence and the weight this band holds... Rest In Peace, Joe Strummer... We shall remember you... Vel "N' every gimmick hungry yob digging gold from rock 'n' roll Grabs the mike to tell us he'll die before he's sold But i believe in this-and it's been tested by research That he who fucks nun will later join the church" The Clash "Death oR GloRy" __________________________________________________ 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: tissues and competitions!
by Belle The Excited Dog 23 Dec '02

23 Dec '02

Hello! Today was lovely. The girl, who I thought had left me forever, wasn't lost at all. She was back! And if that wasn't enough the girl with the dark brown hair was here and the man and the woman were here too! They forgot to get excited this morning when they stumbled into the kitchen so of course I had to remind them...These people are so often forgetting to get excited about things. Its quite strange because they seem to always remember to get cross if I accidentally chew up a whole box of tissues. Having said that the girl has remembered to get excited about some strange things recently. When she eventually found her way back she bounced around telling me that the band that make me a little bit famous had been on the radio. And my name had been mentioned quite a few times! I felt pretty proud I can tell you! The nice thing about seeing people you havent seen for a long, long time is it makes you remember how much you love them. I was really pleased to see the girl again (even if I was more pleased to see the woman cooking the chicken this evening). Ill even forgive her for being a bit lazy, she was going to write and tell you about some competitions on that web-site of hers. It seems that not only can you write on a computer but you can draw on one too...and some people did... Look! http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/competitionresults/ The girl and her friends thought this competition was quite a fun thing to do and so decided to have another competition... and it is here! http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/competition/ I hope lot of people will enter because as the girl got very excited when people entered the last one and life is so much nicer when the girl is getting excited instead of getting angry because tissues have been torn up. In fact life is so much nicer when people are going around feeling happy and excited in general... Oh a box of tissues... I better go! Love and kisses, Belle xx ********** "good grief belle! Even your tongue has sand on it" I could tell she was impressed with my disguise. http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk *********** _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_addphotos_… +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 love your smile
by Mark Casarotto 22 Dec '02

22 Dec '02

A Sunday morning, a hangover. Both undeserved. My Christmas shopping took in a lot of bookish things this year. Waterstones 3 for 2 offer looked generous, and made me smug until I realised all three books were actually just for me. Thanks anyway, mind. I also now (briefly) own three copies of "The Basic Eight", and I'm in a good mind to keep them, lined up on my shelf in prime viewing position so that when I eventually get Laura Llew into my boudoir I shall render her stupefied. Not that this is a good thing - I wonder if we shall see an Xmas post from la Llew? One of the reasons for this hangover is the inability of the non-sinister British male to approach a public bar and order a shandy. My god, what has the world come to? Do these people not remember the days when a can of Shandy Bass was the most s'phisticated, grown up thing you could drink? A step onwards and upwards from the beer-flavoured floppy sweet. Mmm, floppy sweets. So anyway, some brylcreemed boy who I could tell had me marked down as some kind of poofter refused point blank to buy me a half-lemonade drinkie. So I had to have proper lager, etc. etc. Luckily I was able to sleep till 11.30, so at least part of my day hasn't been spoiled. Belle and Sebastian, on the radio. Nice. Especially Photo Jenny! Aww! Stuart and Traceyanne at HDIF? Even nicer. Though possibly the first and last time the Buffalo Bars will hear the Human League being segued into Madonna in Ian Watson's lifetime ;) Everyone sent your Sinister pressies? Hmm? Thanks to my kind benefactor, btw, though I have successfully resisted opening it until the big day. I hope none of you have been peeking... Laters y'all. There's a bacon butty with my name on it (in lard) out there somewhere... Mark 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: (my gurl's got) miraculous appeel
by Kenneth P Y Chu 21 Dec '02

21 Dec '02

On BBC Radio there was a John Peel session on which B&S Performed Christmas Carols and various songs, it was pretty good - despite having to listen to some godawful jungle tunes in between sets. I rather liked their rendition of that 12 days of Christmas (HOHO!) song and when they played "Get me away from here, I'm dying" I reminisced the time when I listened to that song (and indeed B&S) for the first time. Speaking of dying, I wasn't that far from it in the past two days from drinking far too heavily, I went to the "How does it feel to be loved" club on Thursday, where "Mr Pansy" himself made an appearance and DJed. Unfortunately by then I was too drunk to laugh at his Pansicity, nor pronounce "How does it feel to be loved" with any kind of Articulatediousness, nor get home without taking a detour to the end of the bus line, and back again oh yeah. I hope everyone who went enjoyed themselves, I did! I was also going to take photos, but see above paragraph for clues as to why I had failed to do so. On BBC TV there is a drama thing that's coming out soon called "Wit" and the adverts for it uses "FREAK" as the background music (The instrumental one that is the first track of Storytelling, as opposed to the ROCK number by Silverchair) It excited me and a hopped a little bit from my chair. Ken P.S.: So, B&S playing card poker night, anyone? When shall we go? P.S.2: I think James Thornily wants to go bowling, anyone? When shall we go? X-box: Answers on an e-mail to me please. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&DI=74… http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_advancedjm… +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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