April 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: There's Chu Much Love
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 12 Apr '02

12 Apr '02

i always get terribly bored on fridays 'waiting for something to start' as it were. that is no excuse for what follows, but i hope you will forgive me for my ennui... as the ken chu craze reaches critical mass: There's Chu Much Love We could hang about and chat to #sinister We've been hanging out here waiting for some decent smut Chu thinks we're faultless to a tee Our manners puntastic and twee But underneath we're not as good as Chu. He could dance all night at Tigermilking But we know he'd rather fly himself across the ocean He feels like DDR and puns Where everyone knows him, and where he Can cause a cult just by the way he looks. <northern soul booty-shaking> And when he comes to flirt When he is looking up our skirts Just hope that Chu is on your side my dear. But it's best to be a Girl With Glasses With a can of Red Bull staring at the screen for hours It's safe to swing your cock around Can't hide our feelings from Chu now There's Chu much love to go around these days. Chu says he's fond of Isobel It's not his fault but we're in hell We're cardie-wearing and in love with CHU! <repeat to fade, ritual pinning on of ken chu badges> and let that be an end to it! (as if.) 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: im not a pheasant plucker ,im the pheasant pluckers daughter.....
by scooby doo 12 Apr '02

12 Apr '02

thank u dirty vicar.... its the thoughts that count scooby x _________________________________________________________________ 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: public service: baseball metaphors clarified
by Emily Wilska 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Hullo, dears. First off, although I'm sure someone will have beat me to the punch by the time this reaches you, I'd like to do my duty as an American and answer Madeleine's question about using baseball scoring to indicate sexual progress. Below, a handy guide. You can even print it out for future reference! First base= kissing (generally with tongue, if I recall correctly) Second base= hands up shirt Third base= hands down pants and/or trousers (because, really, it's both) Home run= Going All the Way (there's no fourth base) I hope this proves useful. I wish I had some interesting background or insight as to how all of this came to be in the first place, but I leave that up to one of my fellow countrypeople. While I'm envious of everyone who has gone or will go to see B&S (although I saw them here in SF last September and therefore can't whinge too much), I'm particularly envious of JDS, whose concertgoing also entails significant European travel. Wouldn't *I* like to be puttering about in the UK and Italy, pausing only long enough to attend gigs? (Rhetorical question; I would indeed.) I suppose I shall content myself with a trip to Phoenix this weekend, which, while wildly Not the Same Thing, will at least allow me to fetch myself something of a tan. Priorities. The last gig I saw was the New Pornographers last month as part of Noise Pop. It was fantastic, and made me love Canadians even more than I do already. You, there--go check out tNP right now. I can almost promise you won't be sorry. http://www.thenewpornographers.com/ So, inspired by (or totally copying, depending on your perspective) the bf's recent foray into this realm, I've given in and have created a little blog-type thing. I'm sure you have many, many more important things to do, but in one of those late-night moments in which you find yourself willing to waste time on absolutely anything, perhaps you'd like to investigate http://divert.blogspot.com. Or perhaps not. I've probably bored Chu enough by this point, so I'll bid you adieu and a bientot. xo Emily +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: MILAN - CHANGE OF VENUE
by Neil Robertson 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

The gig in Milan on April 16th will now be held at ALCATRAZ, rather than Propaganda. Spread the word. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: No, but I've got a dark brown overcoat
by robin stout 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

JOHNNY BALLS Well done, David Moore for posting that article. Quite the most revealing thing Ive read since Johnny Balls Reveals His Balls an, erm, educational pamphlet I once read. The review in the Indy made it sound as if the gig was almost empty. I dont suppose Stuart would mind, though - it means less tidying up afterwards. I WONT PLAY ANOTHER HEAVYWEIGHT, I WONT PLAY ANOTHER BIG JOHN SHAFT Mr Moore also asked; >Another question, to anyone who has seen the film "Tory Spelling": is there >anything in it >that would have inspired Sru-Anne to think of an >acupuncture theme for the soundtrack >album cover? Not that I can remember. However, I have been listening to my copy of Big John Shaft, which has been officially endorsed by Jeepster as a bit ropey, and the lyrics do make more sense in context. Itll work well as the last song on the album. I wont have a go at listing the lyrics here, because a lot of them are drowned in talk and dancing, but it wont be long now anyway, will it? <<KEN CHU IS NEARLY A CULT>> Yeah. Just one letter out, har har! FORESKIN <<ps. What do Ailsa Watson and Rumplestiltskin have in common?>> I once read that Rumplestiltskin actually means Wrinkled Foreskin in olde english. So when he story was written it was a bit of a joke that he was ugly and smelly and looked like a wrinkled foreskin. Not that this has anything to do with Ailsa, of course, let me hasten to add. BERTIE BASSETT We spent our lunchtime talking about Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts. I went out and bought a box. Heres my definitive ranking: 1. The pink or blue aniseed ones, that look like little sequined hat boxes 2. The pink or yellow coconut ones, that look a bit like an octopuses eyes 3. The chocolate layered ones 4. The regular layered ones 5. The liquorice torpedoes, or comfits - they look like grannys medicine 6. The black and white ones, that look like Felix the Cats fingers 7. Bertie sodding Basset I ate a whole box of them and now i feel ill. Goodbye Robin _________________________________________________________________ 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: All content, all the time...
by Stephen Hewitt 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Just a quick one, ex-listee (i think) Alex Tobin has an interview with Mick on KindaMuzik, with some nice arms of sex photos from rotterdam: http://www.kindamuzik.net/q_and_a/article.shtml?id=1452 sample quotes: "it's hard to avoid slight laddish elements" (refering to the band, not to groups of neds coming to beat them up) "Well, it was good. Everyone enjoyed it, and the end results eventually were OK. It took us a while to get the end result, and we didn't actually get to the end result with him. So I guess there wasn't satisfaction from that point of view, because Stuart had to remix the whole thing three or four times. It was a good experience, but I don't think he's right as a producer for the next album." (on working with mike hurst, I think Mick was taken over by the spirits of Stadtler and Waldorf...) and my favourite bit: Your fan base is very, very close to the goings-on of the band. Can it be a bother at times, having people follow the group so closely? "I never get hassled in a sinister way. People are generally pretty friendly." do you see, "sinister", do you? i'm not sure if it's mick or alex having the in-joke here... xoxo CarsmileSteve PS Kirsten, did you not think that the old ladies in the gallery might have been ART also... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: = Blank
by David Moore 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

Hi All, Not much for me to say, so we'll move swiftly on to the Linking Part (ho ho): There's a review (not much difference from what's been said previously) of the Brixton gig here at xfm: http://www.xfm.co.uk/webClient?guid=19635&site=xfm&rs=xfm Gracias a Maria, Segundosdeluz' Fairy Godmother, for this review of our heroes in Lille: http://www.popnews.com/popnews/bsconcert/ . Salivate over Vicar In A Tutu & Sunday Morning, bootleg fans. Are you going to Report Back on the Paris show, Elena or Chris? Welcome back Peter, & thanks for reminding us of Looper. Their own web presence remains desperately outdated & rigourously limited to selling copies of the Thoughts Of Captain Peacock, but there's talk over at Merge of a new album: info & samples here: http://www.mute.com/advance/looper.html & someone on una otra lista sent in this info about a single to be released soon: "Looper, el grupo de Stuart David de Belle & Sebastian, Karn David y Ronnie Black, editan nuevo single, "The Snare", en Mute el 13 de mayo. El álbum, del mismo título, se publicará el día 27. Es el tercer disco del grupo, y el primero en Mute (antes estaban en Jeepster). El single incluirá nuevos temas ("Peacock's Tail", "Peacock's Appeal" en el cd, y "The Arrow" y una demo de "Peacock Jonson" en el 7". " BTW Senor Miller, some at least of Belle And Sebastian are desperate to cover your favourite band. Mick trotted out the bassline to Dazed And Confused again at the Edinburgh gig. Steve also played the intro to a 60's number there a couple of times. I though it was Fleetwood Mac's Green Manalishi but it isn't - does anyone know what it really was? Monica Queen played most of her new lp before the Edinburgh gig. She sounded like Emmylou Harris (& so did some of the songs) Her mate on guitar increasingly metamorphosed into someone else, so much so that I was just about to shout out for Cortez The Killer before they sadly left the stage. (As another aside, Neil Young's new album isn't anything like as big a disappointment as I dreaded it being: I actually like most of the songs & have played it several times. And still wish to again.) Another question, to anyone who has seen the film "Tory Spelling": is there anything in it that would have inspired Sru-Anne to think of an acupuncture theme for the soundtrack album cover?. Blatant begging/list abuse (sorry ListMums - beat me to within an inch of my life next time I see you, please). Did anyone get a good recording of lovely Australian chaps Sodastream on their recent UK (or Italian) tour? If so, please get in touch. A mutually beneficial trade could result. Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: this is the definition of my life
by Kirsten Kenyon 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

i went down to the art museum for history class today. one thing i'd been enjoying about not being an art major was that i no longer had to write exhaustive essays about paintings i didn't even like. unfortunately, my university encourages students to become "well- rounded individuals," and while i might be rounded off by a nice botany study or a chemistry experiment, it seems that the history professor feels we could all do with a nice hearty dose of modern art. i have to write a paper about world war-era art in a historical context, which might not be as difficult as i'd imagined. i did seem to have an advantage, at least directionally, over most of my classmates, who were either wandering around the medieval galleries or gaping at the warhols, all quite nice but irrelevant to the assignment at hand. after taking a few pages of notes, i used my finely-honed art museum navigation skills to help a couple find the german expressionists, then took an extracurricular excursion to american neo-expressionism and twentieth century design. i wandered through room after room of sex and politics and ultra- mod outboard motors, following a booming echo to a bill viola piece: a neatly made double bed, dark under a giant screen flashing what looked like an open-heart surgery gone terribly wrong. it didn't do much for me, so i strolled over to examine a nice painting of what happens when you spill paint. two elderly women, the sorts who hold hands out of necessity rather than affection, were shuffling along, following the rhythmic heartbeat to the dark little room. i watched out the corner of my eye as the slightly sturdier of the two slowly stretched her neck, peering timidly around the partition to see what was making that terrible noise... "good god, shirley!" her head retracted with surprising speed, like the hand of a child who has touched a hot stove. "don't even peek at that!" but surely shirley had to have a look. she stepped into the doorway, gazing with a sort of fixed admiration at the great gory spectacle pulsing overhead. i stared at the two of them there, the one centered firmly before the door, the other tugging at her hand, shaking her powdery head, powder flying everywhere, hovering like a swarm of minute lavender-scented insects in the crystal blue sunlight reflecting off the lake. shirley's lips were parted slightly, so that she looked as if she might laugh, cry, or croak at any moment. the other just kept tugging, whining, surely you'd rather go see the stained glass now, shirley. surely this isn't art. shirley. i giggled and tried to see if there was a nice cursive "L" on her sweater (this is milwaukee, after all) but i couldn't tell. it was another beautiful day, so i skipped out a bit early and went down to the marina, carefully pressing down my skirt in the cool lake breeze and stepping over goose cigars. ahem. these early spring days are the best days that happen until early autumn, because people are so appreciative. they smile, flying their kites, pushing their shopping carts, sitting on their porches smoking cheap cigars and sipping beer out of dewy silver cans. it's like someone stood up at town hall and said "winter's over, let's have a picnic" and everyone agreed. a whistling garbage collector, a geriatric stone-skipping contest, a laughing russian girl whose pen won't write, muddy water blues in a room that's no longer the color of split-pea soup, but of comical baby poop or a charmingly hideous spring sweater. you crack open a window, spark up a lucky strike, and suddenly feel that things are okay. kirsten http://www.care2.com - Get your Free e-mail account that helps save Wildlife! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Boston
by Andrew Churchman 11 Apr '02

11 Apr '02

I might be up for stoping by a picnic in the Commons in the afternoon, though I always feel out of place walking up into downtown Boston. It's high class up there and kids go to real colleges. -- andrew __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.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: Point-counterpoint-countercounterpoint: Rimini
by sgazzetti 10 Apr '02

10 Apr '02

Point: This is now billionth-hand news, but I am finally able to post and so I must say that, as reported by Idleberry and so many others, the Usher Hall gig was nice. That is understatement. Just as nice (also understatement) was the meet-up ahead of time. It was my second B&S picnic (quotes because most picnics dont usually take place inside hundreds and hundreds of pubs or fail to include durians) but it was my first picnic-AND-gig suite, so it was all especially fabulous. I especially enjoyed my brief chats with everyone who was so nice as to not mock my accent TOO much: in particular, Sweetie, Will, Andy, Idles and Jeremy, briefly, and Gordon, a bit more extensively. I made up for the little time I spent with Jeremy by meeting up to see Sodastream with him and his crowd in London last Saturday, and that was great, too, though it was an early evening as I had to fly out the next morning, which I did. I first heard Waking Up To Us in Usher Hall, although I did buy the disc in Edinburgh, finally, it not being widely available in The Former Yugoslavia, but I didnt really get the words until driving down the M1 towards London last Friday. I am struck not only by how jaded the lyrics are, but by how accurate. This song basically describes my current relationship, yet rather than making me cry, it gives me strength. Okay, not very much, but still. The were a disaster part, like its a sudden revelation, is especially meaningful to me. In my case, the disaster is not helped by 10,000 km of distance. Too much information. And by the way, I love my car, too. Counterpoint: After ten days in the UK, returning to work is hell. Tempting it is to give details, but couldnt you all (those who are working, anyway) say the same? Forget it. All is grey. And yet Counter-counter-point: The threat of being deported has receded lo unto the horizon, if not beyond! My residence visa for Slovenia has been approved, and Ive been given Friday off to fetch it, in Trieste, about an hour away. Not coincidentally (okay, a little coincidentally, I suppose, but its a damn fine coincidentality), I have a ticket to see B&S play in Rimini, a few hours further down the Adriatic coast, this Saturday night. So I get to lie in a bit Friday, leave the country again, get legal, have a lovely drive down the coast and a long weekend, AND see our favorite band, all at once. Life is good. At least until Monday. Is anyone who has read this far going to the gig in Rimini? Please please please per piacere email me. We can have a little grappa-based picnic. Life can only get better. Cheers, and thanks again to all who made my UK jaunt so memorable and twee-- JDS 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. 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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