February 2002 - Sinister

Sinister: Procrastination, Paczki and Paranoia
by Stewie-Louie Ratatouille 26 Apr '02

26 Apr '02

Procrastination: So ... there is this big chalk board in my office that had some sort of (American) football-related diagram on it when i moved in. Today I decided to clean it and use it as my own larger-than-life to-do list. It looks like this: 1. Finish grading papers 2. Edit submissions to journal 3. Prepare speech for Toronto 4. Prepare article for publication 5. Post to Sinister OK, it doesn't look like that - it looks like a chalk board - but that is what's written on it. However, the fact that you have this post in front of you should not be taken as a sign that I finished the other four things - oh, no no no no no ... Polish Paczki: Have I mentioned that I lived in Poland for a year? Though it was only three years ago, it rarely comes up in conversation anymore. The only reason it comes up now is that - much to my surprise - people in North West Ohio celebrate Paczki Day. For those of you who don't know, this is a traditional Polish practice that is the same as Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday ... whatever you call it, wherever you are ... and to take part you just eat loads of jelly doughnuts (in polish: Paczki) on the Tuesday before Lent starts. When I was there, I ate about 15 of the things. This was not (only) due to my American eating habits but because every time I turned around, someone was handing me one. Of course, all my Polish friends gave something up for Lent on the following day, unlike me). I went out drinking - as usual - that Paczki Day night and the bartenders were even giving them out to the revelers. While beer and paczki may seem like Heaven Version 6.5 in theory, I found the practice to be less than agreeable. Paranoia of Provoked Privileges: I looked up twee on the internet and four of the links listed on my first page of results were B&S related. So ... I hope no one minds that I substituted twee-full content for B&S content (I am fairly certain that eating any pastry while drinking would be considered at least a bit twee ... hmm ... did I mention I was wearing a light blue cardigan sweater at the time?). I'm not sure if this substitution is officially sanctioned procedure but it does seem to be a fairly common practice. This Post has been brought to you by the letter P, Stewart [Amour Fou is always illegal, whether it's disguised as a marriage or a boyscout troop--always drunk, whether on the wine of its own secretions or the smoke of its own polymorphous virtues. It is not the derangement of the senses but rather their apotheosis--not the result of freedom but rather its precondition. - Hakim Bey] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Stuart Murdoch interview
by idleberry 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

Belle and Sebastian: Scots of the arch antics Forget Travis: Belle and Sebastian are your real sensitive indie band - they just aren't quite as famous. As Stuart Murdoch tells Fiona Sturges, it wasn't all about the limelight 30 November 2001 When Belle and Sebastian released their first album, Tigermilk, in 1996, Travis were still trawling London's toilet venues, Coldplay were at university and Starsailor didn't exist. Since then, sad, sensitive bands have become hard to avoid. Yet Belle and Sebastian, who are probably the saddest and most sensitive of them all, have yet to reach the dizzying commercial heights of their peers. I meet Stuart Murdoch, the band's singer and chief songwriter, fresh off the plane from Japan, where they've been on tour. When I say "fresh", I mean just that. Tidily dressed in a black polo neck, he looks unfeasibly alert. He's full of stories from Japan � about how he stood in the street during an earth tremor, watching people go about their business as if nothing was happening, and how, with true Japanese hospitality, the band were treated like kings. He's a serious-minded and circumspect individual � he doesn't laugh much � but he's still good company. When I ask if he feels Belle and Sebastian have anything in common with Travis and Coldplay, he replies: "Well, we all have a crack at a tune." He pauses for a while, then continues: "I feel very lucky; I'm quite happy with my group. In fact right at this minute I've never been happier and I think we'll give them all a run for their money now. We'll give anybody a run for their money with the way we're playing." You have to admire his optimism. The fact is that Belle and Sebastian have always been better, avoiding the empty emoting and formal rock structures of Travis in favour of a more subtle and pastoral sound. Songs such as "Fox in the Snow" and "The Boy with the Arab Strap" set flutes and shimmering strings alongside Murdoch's fragile vocals and splashes of acoustic guitar. The band, who come from Glasgow, have eight members, none of whom is called Belle or Sebastian. When they go on tour, the numbers can reach 13 with the extra fiddlers and flautists. Murdoch is brimming with confidence about their live performances: "Playing live's been a bit of a pain in the past. I know we've sounded awful. But we're very organised now. We're learning all the time, but it's going like a dream." Still, it seems the recording process hasn't become any easier. Murdoch says he came "close to a nervous breakdown" last year while trying to finish their fourth album, Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like a Peasant. The recording of their latest single, "I'm Waking up to Us" � a fabulously embittered song about a dissolving relationship � didn't exactly go off without a hitch either. They hired Mike Hurst, whose previous credits include Petula Clark and Cat Stevens, as producer. "He's a great guy but he didn't deliver the finished product," Murdoch explains. "We had to work very hard afterwards to polish it up. We really need a catalyst, someone who can harness the creative chaos of the group. I suppose we're dreaming of a George Martin figure, but it's not going to happen." If Belle and Sebastian were ever to reach the levels of fame that Travis have achieved, you wonder whether they would cope. In their early days, the band were pathologically publicity-shy. For a long time they wouldn't have their photographs taken, going so far as to stick pictures of their friends on their albums' sleeves, instead of their own. Murdoch avoided giving interviews, leaving the talking to other members of the band. "We didn't quite push away the limelight, as that suggests we weren't looking for it in the first place," he states. "But we weren't interested in that side of things either. There were other things to be getting on with. The band was developing, and for a lot of the time we were in a real mess." Does he feel like an outsider? "Yes � but then it's very easy to be on the outside where British music is concerned. If you're just yourself and you don't bow to the demands of the press and the music industry, then you're bound to be seen as an outsider." They're certainly a hard-working lot. They've made four albums in five years, as well as a handful of EPs, and there are any number of Belle and Sebastian side-projects � the Gentle Waves, Snow Patrol and V-Twin, to name just a few. The band were also the brains behind the Bowlie Weekender, the springtime festival held at Pontin's Holiday Camp in Camber Sands, which later spawned All Tomorrow's Parties. More recently, there's their somewhat controversial contribution to Todd Solondz's latest film, Storytelling. At the mention of Solondz, Murdoch becomes visibly irritated. "To tell you the truth, it almost isn't worth it, what we did. We had lots of ideas, and Todd used very little at the end. I know he was having a really hard time finishing the film, but it was very disappointing for us. I'd really think hard about getting involved in something like that again." Murdoch's musical aspirations arrived late in life. Whereas most musicians spend their adolescence listening to John Peel in their bedrooms, Murdoch preferred being outdoors and, for a while, harboured dreams of being a runner. In the end, he says, he just wasn't good enough. After school, he tried a variety of jobs: as a caretaker, a farm-hand and � this one's hard to imagine � a barman at Butlins. He didn't even start writing songs until he was 23. Murdoch and Stuart David, the band's bass-player, met on a youth opportunity scheme. "It was something the Tories cooked up to get you off the unemployed list," recalls Murdoch. "We were learning to be musical engineers or something like that." The pair then moved on to do a media business course at Glasgow's Stow college, set up by the part-time producer Alan Rankine. Every year he helped a group of students to make a record, usually a single, and put it out on the college label, Electric Honey. On recognising Murdoch and David's talent, he made an exception and allowed them to make a whole album. "We had to do it quickly," Murdoch remembers. "In three months we had to get a full band together and make a proper record. We ended up recording it in just a few days. Obviously, we had luck on our side." That record was Tigermilk. A thousand copies were released at the time � original copies now change hands for up to �400 � though, two years ago, because of popular demand, the record was re-released. It was with "3.. 6.. 9.. Seconds of Light", the third in a trio of EPs released in 1997, that Belle and Sebastian finally troubled the charts, albeit at No 31. Greater success came with their 1998 album The Boy with the Arab Strap, which reached No 12. Just last year they played on Top of the Pops and performed a show at the Albert Hall. Those are landmark events in the lives of most bands, although Murdoch, as usual, is underwhelmed. Then, of course, there was the notorious Brit award. Belle and Sebastian bagged the best newcomer prize in 1998, to the outrage of the other nominees. Rumour has it that Pete Waterman, the man behind Steps, called for a re-count. "I didn't pay much attention," says Murdoch. "I certainly didn't know what a big deal it was until after we had got it. But I remember, we were recording in the studio the day after. All these television crews were coming in and out � the BBC, ITV, the lot. After we'd finished in the studio we bought a newspaper. Suddenly we were front-page news in the tabloids � one of them said "Scots Band Cheat At Brits" or something like that. At first we were really angry but later we saw the funny side." Then he adds, with a sly smile: "Let's face it, it's probably the first and last time we'll ever be on the front page of a newspaper." 'I'm Waking up to Us' is out now on Jeepster. Belle and Sebastian appear tonight on 'Later... with Jools Holland' at 11.35pm (BBC 2). The band play Queen Margaret Union, Glasgow University, on 20 December and Mandela Hall, Belfast, on 21 December http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/music/interviews/story.jsp?story=107508 ===== http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/corduroysmoke and the world did get covered in a thick haze of corduroy smoke. And it felt good. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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Sinister: a short piece of theatre for stereolab fans
by Kieran Devaney 01 Mar '02

01 Mar '02

A SHORT PIECE OF THEATRE FOR TWO PLAYERS (It is a Thursday, after school in Birmingham City Centre. General bustle. Enter stage left a boy dressed in winter apparel, he looks scruffy and unhurried, gazing absently left and right as he slowly crosses the stage) (Enter Stage left a young man, also dressed for winter, looking a little unsure of himself - his movements are jerky and lack confidence, he too continually gazes all about him, but unlike the boy it is with a slightly paranoid air, he keeps looking behind him, as if he were being followed. He approaches the boy). MAN: 'Scuse me mate, you couldn't help me could you? (The boy stares at him, stopping in his tracks) BOY: Sorry? MAN: I need some help... (the boy keeps staring) BOY: (slowly) Yeah? MAN: Well you see my car broke down here, and I haven't got any money to buy a train ticket to Leicester, and I have to get back there before tonight. BOY: Oh (he starts to look annoyed) I haven't got any money I could give you mate, sorry... (he starts to walk off) MAN: Well how much have you got? (the boy stares at him and thinks for a moment) BOY: Nothing MAN: Have you got a phone? I have to make a call... BOY: No. Didn't you come out with any money? MAN: No... I haven't got any mate, so if you could... BOY: So you drove all the way from Leicester without any money? Why? MAN: Er, yeah... (he looks listless and uninterested and starts to walk away himself) BOY: You know... (the man turns back) If you go up to the police station, I'm sure they'll be able to help you - it's only down the road. (he grins) (the man exits stage left) (the boy exits stage right) STEREOLAB FANS Not long before Christmas, I went to see Stereolab play live at the Birmingham Academy. I left the house early, because I had to get to the cashpoint nearby for some tshirt money, the halifax one, the one thats closed at the moment. I left excited, making sure I had my ticket, some change for the phone in case I needed to use it (I don't believe in mobiles) and my coat and everything. It wasn't till I got on the bus (the #97 from Bordesley Green East, the stop just outside the Richmond Pub), that I realised I'd forgotten my bus pas. It was too late to go back, if I did that I might miss something, and the buses are usually slow into town during winter evenings, so I paid with some of the change I was carrying and resigned myself to the fact that I wouldn't be able to buy either a tshirt or the stereolab exclusive tour single (which isn't that good, but everyone a sucker for exclusive 7" singles aren't they?), because I keep my halifax cashcard inside my bus pass. Damn. But still, I wasn't going to let something like that ruin a good gig, so I sat and waited for the bus to get into town. The bus was indeed slow and laborious, there was some sort of delay right on the outskirts of Town, so that by the time we actually got to the last bus stop, it was gone 7:00, and they would be letting people in already. I had done a quick scan of the people on the bus, and despite the presence of several shady looking characters, I deduced that none of my fellow passengers were destined for the gig that night - far more sinister pursuits undoubtedly awaited them in town. We all got off, and I started walking leisurely towards the Academy, it's probably worth pointing out that I was going to the gig completely on my own - while some of my friends have quite good musical taste, when it comes to Stereolab they all fall into one of two categories, either 'heard of but not heard' or 'not heard of', the philistines. But I actually quite like going to gigs on my own - and for Stereolab, anything. As I approached the venue, past the halifax I was supposed to get tshirt money from, past the McDonalds which was still open, patronised by slack-jawed sportswear sporting types, further down, across the road etc, I noticed a few people were still queing up outside, I knew it was past door opening time, so I assumed they were waiting for other people or something. I wandered past them and up to the fetching brown metal doors of the academy, which were, oddly, only very slightly open. I glanced back at the people in the queue, they were looking at me, but nobody said anything. I poked my head around the door to see two of the orange and black clad security staff chatting outside the ticket booth, "Yes?" said the larger of the two, a slightly imposing skinhead type, they both looked at me. "Er, Stereolab are on tonight aren't they?" I said, getting my grammar wrong in the fluster. "Yeah mate, they're still practising so you'll have to wait," said the security guard, "shouldn't be long now though." he looked at his watch. "Ok, thanks" I said bemusedly, and turned back outside. As I walked to the back of the tiny queue I glanced at the people in it - why hadn't they told me what was going on? I put my hands in my pockets and waited, it was quite cold, but not too bad, and I thought that since there were only a few people already here, I could easily get a good place near the front. That would make up for not getting a tshirt I thought. As I was thinking this a girl wandered across the road - from just outside Toys 'R' Us (Can you do backwards r's on computers? It isn't on my character map), she was attired in a manner befitting to a Stereolab fan, and indeed seemed to be making for the gig. My suspicions were confirmed when she walked past me, down the queue and towards the doors. I wondered if I should say anything, since she was bound to get the same response as I did, but I held back, partly because of my own inherent shyness and also because I thought it was a good chance for the people ahead of me to do the right thing and tell her. But the didn't. So she went up to the door, poked her head round and undoubtedly had the same conversation with the skinhead security guard. She glared at us a minute or so later as she walked back to take her place behind me in the queue and I looked away. About five minutes later the small queue of us were let in, and I couldn't help wondering if what had happened was an exclusive trait of people in shy bands like Stereolab, or if the incident said something about us on a wider scale. I don't know. The gig was fantastic by the way, about as good as you imagine Stereolab live being, there was dancing and merrymaking for all. I used the last of my change to phone home (from the phonebox outside adam's), and ask for a lift back since I didn't have enough for the bus. I got home to find that I had missed all but the last Hefner John Peel Session song, which was mildly annoying. Though I do think, having since heard the whole session, thanks to the wonder of techonology that is audiogalaxy.com that the song I did get to hear 'Anne and Bill' is the best of the bunch. I have an insatiable desire to leave this feeling unfinished and go an pop some bubble wrap. I just know I left it lying around here somewhere... Bye - Kieran _________________________________________________________________ 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: there's chu much love to go around these days
by Robyn Fadden 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

oh, sinister! joy! not only did i just book my ticket to london for may 8, *but* on the way there i'm stopping in toronto for the belle and sebastian show!!! whoo! i was just thinking, well, if i'm going to england in may, which i am definitely going to do, yes, then maybe i should try to see b&s. and the more i thought about it, the more i really really needed to see b&s. because once is not enough (i need not explain why to you understanding lot.) so, yes, good, rah! so perhaps there will have to be a May picnic in london or oxford? okay, i'm just excited. and am therefore not doing work at work, especially because, ooh, there are *so many* new photos up on http://www.missprint.org/sinister/people/ now. crazy! i don't quite know what to make of elise's tunnel picture, but i do like it and want one of myself and everyone i know (elise, please explain please.) and i love jordi's blue cat t-shirt! and melissa's picture includes struan! and (the) pickle prince is a character in 'waking life'! though i could go on, i won't. except to say that andre is dashing. or at least his photo is (he is probably getting much digital dating booty and perhaps a list crush or two?). etcetera etcetera. did i just use the word 'booty'? i guess that means the 'pride and prejudice' influence is over. good! i did enjoy reading it, yes, in a way, but felt it made me too polite. or maybe demure. whatever, it's over now. and really it's quite the fantasy novel isn't it? love *and* money?! oh my :) anyway, it's a bit confusing though b/c i'm reading a book about cyborgs now. cyborgs, yaay! london, yaay! belle and sebastian, yaay! yours, robyn p.s. new boards of canada, yaay! canada winning gold in men's & women's hockey, yaay! (i'm going to go check my blood pressure now.) ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden(a)yahoo.com Vancouver, BC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - Send FREE e-cards for every occasion! http://greetings.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: Philly isn't just a young pony
by Mark Meyerson 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

hi-hi sinsteries loftly likeable lurker me here I am preetttty weeelllll psyched that B&S are coming to the East Coast I am even more excited that they are coming to wash DC I wasn't sure they'd come to DC so I bought Philly tickets so here's my dilemma although I'd like to see them in Philly too, I am a little broke so that can't really happen so I have four tickets available at what I paid Ticketbastard BELLE AND SEBASTIAN TOWER THEATRE Friday, May 3 2002 8:00PM Seat Location (SECTION RGT OR, ROW H, SEATS 15 TO 21) Total Charge $136.50 So is there any one out there who'd like these tickets I'm not selling them for a penny more than I paid and the seats are pretty good from what I can tell they are about 22 rows back on the right side I've been to the Tower Theater and these are pretty choice seats so please e-mail me if you are interested or if you know someone who might be interested Mark MarkM(a)psmail.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: photos back online
by Robert Brennan 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

I've shifted the Sinister 'collection' to a yahoo album accessable at: http://uk.photos.yahoo.com/rob_brennan & open the folder 'sinister' Cheers to everyone who gave me tips on hosting services. You all deserve a big pat on the back and a cake. While the new incarnation takes shape, the old site is still available at http://robster75.tripod.com but it would be handy if the 1500 of you could organise a rota for the time being... Thanks also to everyone who's given me feedback in the short time it's been up. You're all fantastic. Robster __________________________________________________ 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: SillyLorn strikes again...
by Sillylorna＠aol.com 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

Hey howdy ho! My friend was sitting at the table above Russell Crowe at the baftas the other night. Wow! He’s in the bafta club, or whatever it's called. Makes games for eidos and got nominated for one, so therefore gets to go to these things. he's my favourite friend.. lol Anyway.. Tomorrow I’m going to start on a music video for b&s, involving my boyfriend running behind trees, and up paths. I’m taking my wee doggy Hamish too, we're going on the train, it's his first ever time! awwww. i went to the library today but it was closed, as a poorly laminated piece of paper smothered in running ink informed me, they only open for 3 hours on a Thursday. One of the many reasons I don’t like living in a small town. But there is light at the end of the tunnel we call Crieff.. a nice big university in Derby. Of which I’m so looking forward to. Haven't been accepted yet but the prof of film sent me an e-mail! Oh excited just thinking bout it! I'm going to get some poetry on sat, if anyone has any recommendations I’d be extremely grateful :o) ok I’m going to chat to my bafta friend some more. lol bye bye for now peeps +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 once failed spelling ... no joke.
by Stewie-Louie Ratatouille 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

Correction: I did not get my "on coy" of Legal man, but rather my "own copy." I can't believe they are going to let me get a Ph.D. In case it pained anyone to get two e-mails from me in one day, here is a quote to make you smile again: "I've heard that drink is the curse of the working class, but it seems to me that work is the curse of the drinking class." Yes, pint lifters of the world, unite and take over.(!) Cheers Stewart [Amour Fou is always illegal, whether it's disguised as a marriage or a boyscout troop--always drunk, whether on the wine of its own secretions or the smoke of its own polymorphous virtues. It is not the derangement of the senses but rather their apotheosis--not the result of freedom but rather its precondition. - Hakim Bey] _________________________________________________________________ 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: Getting married in a rush, to save myself from being deported
by sgazzetti 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

...with any sort of luck, anyway. Hello again to you wonderful people. I have turned into the worst sort of lurker, and havent posted in a year, but lately many things many people have written have moved me, especially what Kirsten Kenyon said about milk and vodka and baker bakers scent of fresh bread and reflections on corpses and fear. Jenowls remarks about her crushing school, which made me both laugh and cringe. And Stacey Ds ability to remain calm and even-keeled and even funny in the face of what cant be a funny situation for her, really. And so now that all is beauty and insight and reflection and turmoil and uncertainty and impending deportation for me, I thought I would post. I saw that Stacey writes as if she has recently been deported from Greece; any tips she can offer on deportation and what is involved exactly where the rubber meets the road deportation-wise would be appreciated. Two weeks ago they told me that they would deport me last Tuesday, but so far, nothing. But this weekend I may have a date! (That is not a Smiths quote, exclamation point notwithstanding). May. Have. A. Date. This is exciting, since it has happened through no fault of my own, other than that, although the wider issues of the day continue to pass me by, I have recently stopped looking at the floor when people talk to me, and instead stare deeply into their beautiful pale green eyes and admire their glowing, rosy complexion when they are helping me talk to people who speak neither English nor Italian but only Slovene while I am trying to buy a car stereo, an event which would in any case be too difficult for me accomplish properly in English, let alone Italian. She saved me. Then sometimes this saving leads to a bumping-into later at a club and then an asking for my number and a promise to phone and then a date and then an offer to marry me, you know, strictly to keep me from being deported. (These last two are extrapolated). But I really need to find out more about this deportation thing, in case the projected wedding falls through. Have many of you been deported ever? The main thing is, I dont want any Slovenian police forcibly loading me onto a plane to the states. I would much prefer to load my car with salmon and CDs and my friend Peri, now that I have a stereo and dont have to listen to Peri prattle on, and slip across the alps. I like the idea of slipping across the alps in any case, in a sort of Von Trapp family way. Peri (who is also going to be deported, even more deported than me, if there are degrees to it, if she doesnt find someone to marry her soon) and I have tickets to the Edinburgh show thats just a month away, so obviously Slipping Across The Alps is choice #1. Peri is new to B&S but is training up nicely. She sings along with Stars of Track and Field. She comes to my apartment with interesting insights on Seeing Other People, which she shares over vodka. Lots of it, mostly. Speaking of the universal solvent, at the massive glittering palace of conspicuous consumption here in Nova Gorica, Slovenia, one cannot find Stolichnaya, for some reason, but *B&S Brand Vodka* can be had for a frighteningly small sum. A pittance, actually, which makes me not really want to try it. Maybe I will bring some for pre/post-gig excitement, if any (!?!), in Edinburgh. Anyway, in the non-deportation scenario (we have other irons in the fire besides our vain hopes of wedding the pretty ones who look at us for no apparent reason) is, we fly to London Stanstead two days before the show and rent a car and drive to Edinburgh, sans salmon. After that we will be in Scotland for a week or so before we have to be back in Slovenia, if allowed back. So I am hoping that many charitable souls will make suggestions for how we might/can/should spend the week--offers to help us do same also accepted happily. Peri is hoping that we can find some debauchery in Edinburgh and/or Glasgow, and I am pretty hopeful myself, provided I dont have a Slovenian wife by then. Also, since the Slovenian music scene just isnt the same since Laibach disappeared, we are hoping there might be other little musical goings-on in the area while were there, that is, if were not too busy debauching. Anyway, please invite us both to any planned reindeer games going on before/after the show. We are starved for native-speaker contact, not to mention like-minded folk. Is it all too pathetic? Thought so. If any southerners would like to ride to Edinburgh with us Saturday night or Sunday morning, let me know. The car-hire thing is not confirmed yet, but pretty damn likely. Michell Ruiz, as a seasoned Legoer of the first order, I recommend that you follow to the letter the suggestions of Ken regarding concentrating on a pet-textured Lego pet. Maintenance issues would be so much simpler, and really, pets made out of Legos, if properly constructed, are just as affectionate as pets made out of meat and hair. Zivljenje je sladko!* s. gazzetti *Yet another non-Smiths non-quote, but rather life is sweet in Slovene, which is a language, apparently. Conectate a Internet GRATIS con Yahoo! Conexión: http://conexion.yahoo.com.ar +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Only CHU KEN prevent forrest fires
by Stewie-Louie Ratatouille 28 Feb '02

28 Feb '02

After having read many of the Ken Chu thingys, I think I figured out the rules. If I have mucked it up (or offended Ken or Smokey), please forgive me. Even though I have never seen any of you (and known it anyway) you will all be among the first to hear that I got into my first choice for Ph.D. programs with full funding. (oh yeah ... booty dance!!!) The fact that I thought of posting this (before I thought of calling my parents or anyone else for that matter) could be taken two ways: 1) I feel a deep and powerful connection to all of you and love you dearly. or 2) My non-virtual existence is pathetically less exciting and emotionally intense than this (which is really indicative of a frightening level of pathetic-ness). Because I am in a good mood at the moment I will assume the former. Content Alert!!!! Just yesterday I got my very on coy of the Legal Man single. I am not sure whether I am disappointed or relieved that the song Judy Is a Dick Slap had no lyrics. I guess I was feeling particularly smutty last night but not so much this morning. Or it could be that my craptacular cd player isn't allowing me to hear the words. I have been listening to REM for about 15 years now and I only recently heard a guitar part on Murmur when I played the disc for a friend at his house (on his ultra flash player). I've just realized this was a waste of a post - please forgive me. I just wanted to share. Ph.Ds and Dick Slaps Stew-E Lou-E [Amour Fou is always illegal, whether it's disguised as a marriage or a boyscout troop--always drunk, whether on the wine of its own secretions or the smoke of its own polymorphous virtues. It is not the derangement of the senses but rather their apotheosis--not the result of freedom but rather its precondition. - Hakim Bey] _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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