February 2002 - Sinister

Sinister: The macaroniness of the middle Venice dinner
by Kenneth P Y Chu 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Hello sinistees, I followed Dahli Llama's example and become a boy racer last night. Well, kind of. But one thing that is definite is that my car is WORKING again! and it's GRATE! In excitement of the now fully functional automobile, while I was on a long, straight stretch of road on my excursion driving home from the garage, I FLOORED IT! And felt the wind blowing back my hair as it accelerated - 0..10..20..30..40..50..60..70..80..90!..100!..110 seconds later it was doing 60 miles per hour! In my mind tho, I was inside a rocket car, and have I mentioned that my car is great? So I drove it all the way home at break-neck speeds, feeling the wind blowing back my hair, then parked it outside my house, and turned off the fan and my hair stopped being blown back again. It was times like this that I am glad that The Smiths make me wanna dance, rather than cry - "The boy with a thorn in his side" was on the stereo at the time - how I wish I was in a proper boy racer car like an Escort XR3i, with all the aluminium cool bits like spoilers, spikes coming out of the wheel cap... etc. Then I can have "The boy-racer car with a spike on each side" pumping at full volume! mmmm love the yodel bit. woooo ohoooh oh ooooh oh oh oh. Fast cars and Red Bulls Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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: do not read this if you're not coming to brighton, as it will be quite boring
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

BRIGHTON THIS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9TH, 2.30PM ONWARDS ok, here it is again. i will meet the sinister express at brighton station at 14.27. i imagine we will dawdle there for about 15 minutes saying hello and waiting for latecomers from other directions (yes, you, peter). we will then adjourn to the george pub at the bottom of trafalgar street (sharp left downhill at station exit) where vegetarian food and lots of beer will be available. so if you are driving, coaching, flying, swimming or otherwise arriving later, find us there. free parking: pretty much non-existent. accommodation: one sofabed at mine (sleeps 3 skinny boys), plus enough floor for about 5 others with own sleeping bags. the last train back to london is the 23.02, although anyone who wants to stay for clubbing (i plan to go to POD - retro pop, punk and rock) could get the first sunday train at 4am. after friday afernoon use my archel(a)iname.com email, and for directions/further info/general reassurance on the day call me on 07944 074873. ok! see you then! luv archel xxx ****************** Visit www.buzzwords.ndo.co.uk for the best new writing on the web. Email submissions to buzzwords(a)bigfoot.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: Selfish promtion.
by Astrid Wiezell 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Um, hiya, yeah. I just thought I´d let you all know that our band nowadays have a new name and a new site. And three ugly pictures of me where I look like an arse! Who would like to miss that? No one, I hope. Or do I? Whatever, here´s the address: http://cookielove.has.it so check it out. Under press there´s a horrible picture from when I was in the local press with my friend Emelie. Too good you don´t know Swedish so you can read what I say, hehehe. Anyway, i just thought I´d make a bit of slefish promotion here. Sorry. I got tickets by the way, to B&S in Stockholm. Absolutely thrilled about it! Hurrah! This saturday, it´s Ryan Adams, the fourth of March it´s the Strokes... my concert future seems really good. Oh yes, the band, The Cookie Love, have our first gig this summer, at the Orminge Festival. It´ll be like 150-200 people but still, that´s enough for me :) I´ve got stragefright you know. Just made a big big big test. The national tests, uuh. Swedish, the essaypart. I wrote one on of the fime themes; Having the courage to be visible. It went alright I hope. Well, I should quit now, or else I´ll be late. I have quite a full schedule today, I´m off to eat nwo, then I have to stand in line for signing up to a skitrip with the school over a day, and then I´m going to go to a meeting with the festivalpeople. That´ll be really scary. This is probably my worst post *ever*, including my overexcited post about B&S coming to Sweden. Take care everyone, Love, Astrid x _________________________________________s_p_r_a_y_ Här börjar Internet! Skaffa gratis e-mail och gratis Internet på http://www.spray.se Skicka gratis SMS på http://mobil.spray.se +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: Its high tide again
by Stankin' Cooter 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

My lovelies: Well, I generally try to limit myself to pestering you once every couple of weeks or so at the most, but I feel compelled to respond to Rachels post, so I will. I recently said that I have no nostalgia for childhood, and I dont. I dont want you to think, however, that Im some sort of grown-up. Things are getting better as Im growing older, but its not as if its because Im living more of a serious, adult life. Far from it. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. I completely agree with everything that Rachel so eloquently said she makes a compelling argument. I think one of the best things you can do for yourself is hang onto the child-like side of your nature, and really experience the world around you. Part of why things are getting better for me is that Im allowing myself more time to do exactly the sort of things shes talking about, and a great many of the resolutions Im making are to do with allowing myself even more of that. I went to the museum and the zoo the weekend before last with a group of my mates, and had an absolutely fantastic day. Some people I talk to look at me a little strangely when I say thats what Ive done with my weekend, but Im a regular at the zoo, particularly, and its always a whale of a time. (Actually, they dont have whales at the zoo. A hippopotamus of a time, anyone?) Admittedly, we spent much of our time giggling at different sorts of animals having sex (or attempting to have sex) with one another, or doing poos of varying sizes from varying heights, but its quite something to spend a free-feeling day with good friends just soaking up the world. Even if you do wind up paying perhaps a little too much attention to the smuttier bits of it. As for being able to fantasise and dream, Ive being doing plenty of that lately, and its had more influence on my recent decision making than any of the many practical concerns involved. Its rather exhilarating. The people in my life are the most important thing in the world to me, but when I have spare time thats not based around spending it with them, its all about reading and writing and listening and watching, and occasionally also ham-fistedly picking up a guitar or paintbrush. These sorts of pleasures let me know what the world is like, and occasionally let me know what Im like as well. Its absolutely key to allow yourself time for a walk through the park, a lap of the art gallery, or just to sit and do a drawing that your mother wouldnt even be proud of, if she did still take an interest in such things. I think that what Rachel calls the opportunity to be childish is exactly what was missing from my childhood, and exactly what Im only just discovering now. So your nostalgia is completely understood by me, even if I dont share it. I certainly wasnt criticising anyone for it, and I hope nobody (including Rachel) thought that I was. I was actually feeling slightly mopey and sorry for myself, which prompted the comment. I guess thats what a solid bout of navel-gazing will do for you. I dont want a house and a car just yet, and I dont want to invite contacts to dinner parties. I like to dress like I did when I was four years old. I have genuine, scruffy friends I can actually tell things to and learn things from, and Im more than happy to pay rent and walk to work. And every now and again I really do get to notice the colour of a leaf, if Im not in too much of a hurry to get there. Aunt Sadie keeps telling me that Im tired, and that I need to get out of the office and into the sunshine. Shes a wise old stick, that one, when shes not peddling lies and gossip. Or teabagging. /me shudders Now thats definitely more than enough out of me for the time being sorry to bother you two days on the trot. Ill pull my head in for a bit. Stay enhanced with added baking soda and peroxide for extra whiteness. Bulk love, -David. PS: I agree with everything that Rachel said in her post, and thank her for it. Youve certainly got no cause to hang your head in shame, mdear. But I was, however, shocked and dismayed at her list of tasty vegetarian sandwiches, when I noticed the glaringly conspicuous absence of my beloved Vegemite. Theres no better sarny, I promise you. If you cant get Vegemite in your part of the world, please email me your postal address, and Ill send you a jar. Youll thank me for it. >From: LilGrape25(a)aol.com >Reply-To: LilGrape25(a)aol.com >To: <sinister(a)missprint.org> >Subject: Sinister: Its high tide again >Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 09:23:06 EST > >Good Morning, > >First period free and I'm in the lab posting, trying to avoid the forced >company of a particular twit named Reva. Oh, the joys of routine! > >David posted to reprimand us all on our consistant and shameful list >abuse..and I couldn't tell whether or not I should hang my head in shame. >He also said: > >"I don^Òt think I share the nostalgia for childhood that seems to be a >common theme on this list. There have been ups and downs at every stage, of >course, but the overall trajectory of my life is still heading upwards. >Things, on the whole, get better every year. I^Òll be unstoppable at one >hundred and three." > >My nostalgia (though some would consiter me a child, I do not!) is mostly >for the opertunity to be childish, something that is discouraged past >childhood, but really does not have to be and should not be. Why does a 6 >year old have the priviledge of being creative and told everything that >they produce is wonderful and beautiful, and not a 15 year old? or a 30 >year old? or a 70 year old? Why are children encouraged to imagine, to >have fantasies and dreams, while the rest of us are told that we have to be >realistic? Children are treated the way all of us should be, that >everything they do- accept for things that are mean to others- is >worthwhile. They are praised for their basic abilities. They are encouraged >to listen and observe the world around them, and are taken to all sorts of >interesting places, for the reason that it is part of their world and they >should experience it. When was the last time you went to a firestation or >a police station or a post office or an aquar! >! >! >ium or a museum? when was the last time you really had time to look at >leaves or pumpkins or the color of everyone's clothing or number of pockets >in everyone's pants. We don't stop benefiting from these experiences once >we are able to handle more complicated ideas! I miss the opertunities of >childhood, I miss being told that I am wonderful just the way I am, I miss >being open minded enough to appreciate what everyone has to offer to the >world. > >Last night I had my mother's terrible vegetable soup and a fig paste >sandwich. It was one of the first truely painful vegetarian meals since I >stopped eating meat a few weeks ago. The rest of my family were having >turkey and roast beef sandwiches, and I wanted one too. I don't like >cheese so there aren't many sandwich options for me any more. I started >thinking of yummy sandwiches I could still eat to console myself, and here >is my list. Does anyone have anything to add? > >peanut butter and/or jelly >fig paste >lettuce and/or onion and/or tomato >bananna with or without chocolate sauce >peanut butter and wheat germ >mustard >roast vegetables > >oh dear, out of ideas and out of time! Hope this wasn't list abuse! > >I love you all, > >Rachel Grapenut > >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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! +-+ >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ 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: jeff has arrived what a super idea!
by miss maple 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

SINISTERIANS!!!!!!! HOW ARE ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL SUPER COOL HIPSTERS DOIN' TODAY? TO jeff has arrived, highschool final flunky here! i think your idea rocks...i'll read yours if you read mine...oh yeah... i didnt FULLY fail my finals after all. Math...C-...English...A!...Art...A! and all the rest im too ashamed to say...BUT...hey! it's highschool right? and anyways my school's guidance/college prep. counselor has high hopes for me to go to some hippy school in Idaho...so im quite excited Things are looking up fellow Sinisterians...a brand new semester, and hey! maybe i'll be studious and smart and all those cool good super things...anyways i heard belle and sebastian are totally into eduacation! "She gave herself to books and learning" Matea... (Miss Maple) _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Hello....?
by LilyWhite 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Anybody in there...there...there...there...there...? (just the right amount of fading echo/delay) It's gone eerily quiet in here and it's making me nervous. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: You May Needs Sweets to Swallow This
by LilyWhite 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

----- Original Message ----- From: LilyWhite <lilywhite(a)adelphia.net> To: Sinister <sinister(a)missprint.org> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:03 PM Subject: You May Needs Sweets to Swallow This Allow me to apologise in advance for anyone who recieves this as a cross-post, though I don't reckon it will be many... Just a post from another list that I thought was particularly well put. To put a fine point on it... errr... ------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject:Open Mouth, Insert Elitist Arse > > To:droneon@lists.no-fi.com > > > Firstly- allow me to raise my glass to kicking a dead dog, you lot do > it better than any. In fact, you almost make me wish I'd never joined > the list. I might have known that allowing me to subscribe without > being subjected to any severe hazing or beer ritual would be a clue in. > I think being a member is punishment enough most days (I say this with > love). > Am I to understand that, whether it's U2 playing the SuperHole or The > Ramones with Nissan it's generally accepted that it's taboo for > professional musicians to get paid a wage (that constitutes a living)? > If this is the sort of truth you maintain I beg you to take note of > exactly how daft you look, you silly nay sayer you. > At last glance the entire point of becoming a professional in any given > endeavour is to make a living at it(granted some more substantial than > others). Otherwise, we'd all just be the bloke sitting behind a laptop, > tinkering that 37 minute loop to perfection with Pro Tools. I wouldn't > like the world as much then. > I more get the feeling that it's the level of integrity with which one > accepts said payment that is of particular concern. > In the event that I am right, I'd like all of you wee cogs, trapped > behind desks, performing menial, mundane tasks- having the same exact > phone conversation SEVERAL times a day, to the point of tedium, to > stand up. Stand up before the direct deposit of your wage comes through > and declare that this is the sum total of your life force and what was > destined to become of you OR protest every task, every phone call, > every sheet of paper or moment of your day that you feel was a > wasteful, insignificant or in vain. > Go on, put down your staplers, shove your mouse aside, put that call on > hold and demand what your worth(and see if there's anyone in the world > who agrees with you) or keep mouthing down every handful of shite that > comes your way and be thankful that it keeps you fed, fuckwit. > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Heheheh.
by Jason Andreas 06 Feb '02

06 Feb '02

I found this link, which is faintly amusing, yet faintly insulting at the same time. Ach well, enjoy... http://www.splishsplosh.co.uk/belleandsebastian/song.html - Jase x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Teabag love
by Rebecca Wright 06 Feb '02

06 Feb '02

Hello, First off Brighton. Is there a particular hotel like in Peter's dream which is going to be graced with a Sinister collective over the weekend or are people just making their own plans, bunking round each others' homes? If the latter's the case then I need a place to stay!!, I'm quite skinny, you could just fold me up and tuck me in a corner somewhere! I've done what could be a foolish thing, lent my B&S CDs to someone who doesn't care. Within the hour TBWTAS was drunkenly swiped off the table to smash open on the grimy pub floor 'oopps!' Just about restrained from screeching like a banshee and diving to its aid whilst she rubbed it further into the grit-stridden carpet before getting a hold. Steven M Rhodes wrote: >Last week I was making a cup coffee and after pouring in the milk, I had >this momentary lapse of reason and instead of putting the milk back in the >fridge, I put it in the cupboard. Have you ever done this? I did a similar thing but with a cup of tea made from cold tap water rather than hot kettle water, stared at the milky white emulsion as it rose thinking 'why is this not brown?'. According to Jill this is a sure sign of infatuation, the morning after she thought herself first in love she spent five minutes trying to cram a box of Shreddies into her fridge, 5 minutes is quite a long time to be in a daze esp. when she starts removing blocks of cheese and the like from the fridge to make room for cereal. The same day she walks into school with a pepper pot lodged in a coat pocket. My friends are currently working hard on the equation teabag + cold water=? Despairingly their answers have nick-names like Hairy Baz "no don't meet him it'll put you off!" Brave face, brave face... Right, I'll admit it to 1,500 strangers instead of 4 close friends mainly 'cause I get the feeling you'd understand better when I say I think it is love but the guy is pale and gangly and shy and cares about nothing but music. At least I thought he was shy, that was one of the 'must be love' moments (don't really know as no prior experience) when along came the mortification of seeing him happy and comfy with a girl with pretty hair who you hate all the more because she seems so nice. So it wasn't shyness towards me so much as it was a kind of polite contempt. If this was a soap opera you'd be groaning at the old predictable plot, thankfully it took me an hour rather than several episodes to figure out she was his sister but it left me shaken at just how badly I'd reacted. Now all his actions round me are hesitant and ambiguous whilst mine to him are clumsy and make me cringe when making tea. Oh now look what I've gone and wrote, I'll send it now before I sleep on it and see it for the stupid, self-indulgent tripe it really is. Becky xx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: You May Needs Sweets to Swallow This
by LilyWhite 06 Feb '02

06 Feb '02

Allow me to apologise in advance for anyone who recieves this as a cross-post, though I don't reckon it will be many... Just a post from another list that I thought was particularly well put. To put a fine point on it... errr... ------------------------------------------------------------- Subject:Open Mouth, Insert Elitist Arse To:droneon@lists.no-fi.com Firstly- allow me to raise my glass to kicking a dead dog, you lot do it better than any. In fact, you almost make me wish I'd never joined the list. I might have known that allowing me to subscribe without being subjected to any severe hazing or beer ritual would be a clue in. I think being a member is punishment enough most days (I say this with love). Am I to understand that, whether it's U2 playing the SuperHole or The Ramones with Nissan it's generally accepted that it's taboo for professional musicians to get paid a wage (that constitutes a living)? If this is the sort of truth you maintain I beg you to take note of exactly how daft you look, you silly nay sayer you. At last glance the entire point of becoming a professional in any given endeavour is to make a living at it(granted some more substantial than others). Otherwise, we'd all just be the bloke sitting behind a laptop, tinkering that 37 minute loop to perfection with Pro Tools. I wouldn't like the world as much then. I more get the feeling that it's the level of integrity with which one accepts said payment that is of particular concern. In the event that I am right, I'd like all of you wee cogs, trapped behind desks, performing menial, mundane tasks- having the same exact phone conversation SEVERAL times a day, to the point of tedium, to stand up. Stand up before the direct deposit of your wage comes through and declare that this is the sum total of your life force and what was destined to become of you OR protest every task, every phone call, every sheet of paper or moment of your day that you feel was a wasteful, insignificant or in vain. Go on, put down your staplers, shove your mouse aside, put that call on hold and demand what your worth(and see if there's anyone in the world who agrees with you) or keep mouthing down every handful of shite that comes your way and be thankful that it keeps you fed, fuckwit. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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