May 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Sinister fitba - Sunday May 19th, Primrose Hill, London
by Mark Casarotto 14 May '02

14 May '02

Hello Sinister! I think last time I promised that I'd write a proper post, having singularly failed to do so, but this isn't it. Sorry. However, this is an open invitation to all London-based (or nearby) sinisterines to join the sinisterfitba mailing list, which has transformed this spring into an impressively active, get-up-and-go kinda thing. Basically, all we do is arrange football matches on weekends, just among ourselves, but it's a great laugh and (gasp) good exercise. As I haven't mentioned it in a while, this will hopefully act as a reminder for some and a source of info for newcomers. We also tend to end up having a pint at the Spreadeagle in Camden afterwards, as all good Sinister folk should :-) Details of how to join the sinisterfitba group can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sinisterfitba/ - as can details of the next game, on Sunday afternoon at 3pm on Primrose Hill! We play on the flat area to the left of the summit of the hill as you approach from Chalk Farm or Camden, just down from the brow. This is where we always play if you've ever been to a picnic. We also never seem to have enough girls playing, so if you fancy yourself (or, indeed, if we would fancy you :-)) come along and show us how it's done. Hope to see you there! Mark xxx p.s. Ken Chu is a regular attendee. Rowr. p.p.s. the core of the team who WON the ATP 5-a-side tournament plays sinisterfitba. If that isn't the most impressive thing in the world, I don't know what is. __________________________________________________ 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: klepto the happy starfish
by Dean Gillon 14 May '02

14 May '02

ayup me duck (as they say round our way) I'm at work with nothing to do. Boss is away and I've been trying to keep myself amused. unforunately they monitor your internet history so I can't go on popbitch or nottinghamforest.co.uk (you can get away with e-mail) and I've run out of things to read. Not even anyone else in my office to flirt with (grrr). I've just been going through the CV's of the people to replace me when I go in the Autumn. One of them is this guy from Bangladesh who's received 12 awards, presented 12 papers, wrote 4 books (plus 1 chapter in another), 7 scientific article journals, 39 non-scientific and 4 government reports. His CV (resume' you americans (as if anybodies reading this!)) runs to eight pages. And he wants my crappy job? I don't know. I feel sorry for the rest of them. I feel sorry for my skinny, "i've not done hardly any of this" CV too. Oh well. Ho hum. Best go Dean XX __________________________________________________ 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: Cheers but..
by Neil Robertson 14 May '02

14 May '02

Thanks for the messages of congratulation. But it's Tour Manager Neil Reeves (AKA Scouse Neil) who's had a kid, not me (Neil Robertson AKA Ultimate Fucking Gaffer). I fire blanks. Cheers, Neil +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 am okay. i am not being starved, beaten or unnecessarily frightened.
by sophia katrina 14 May '02

14 May '02

these things have happened. i listened to some of the songs on storytelling and wasn't as excited as i expected to be. i found and lost a job. i went out of the house and came back again, many times. i rode on trams and looked out the window, my eyes focused on the middle distance. i booked tickets to sydney and new york and london and wondered if i should go. i flirted for hours with a computer programmer and because i have not flirted in a while i felt uncomfortably alive. i ate tibetan white tara cakes, which my sister made. white tara cakes are supposed to be made by monks wearing white, meditating on absolute purity. everything in them is white except for the honey. the cakes should be blessed with all the qualities of tara, peace and benevolence and compassion. but ours weren't blessed. we sat around the kitchen table and ate them with chocolate spread. there's a david shrigley cartoon which has 2 columns: one labelled "things i should have paid attention to," the other "things i actually paid attention too." (again, paraphrasing). when i should have been paying attention to Big Things, Important Things, decisions which, if botched, would fundamentally alter the course of my life, these are the things i paid attention to: the sour pollution smell which came in the window a couple of days ago, took up residence in the house and wouldn't leave slo-motion shots of skiing accidents on tv - bodies drifting through the air with balletic grace and slow cold clouds of powder snow rising up behind them two birds following each other across the darkening sky. love to all sophia x _________________________________________________________________ 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: Search archives,cover songs and other things
by lulou 14 May '02

14 May '02

Hi everybody The archives are now working again - they are hosted by a kind friend with a huge computer, (they are very big now and can't be hosted by us) and were temporarily out of order, which we could do nothing about Some of you may have had a virus message, which seems to come from sinister. There is NO WAY you can catch a virus from the list - this message has come from someone who has both sinister and you in their address book. It randomly picks one address to send the virus from and another to send it to. Very friendly. Mails from the sinister list will not contain attachments, so be very wary of any which do. There are some very nasty viruses around at the moment - better make sure your virus checker is up to date. Kin asked about covers and other unreleased songs- the lovely ShawnandEmily listed some here: http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200110/msg00355.html In case the archive is down, they said.. "Anyway, in 2001, I'm aware of our very clever friends covering the following songs (or bits thereof) in concert: Sympathy For The Devil (Glasgow: 28 Feb) *a batch of songs at the Scottish Socialist Party...er, party (Glasgow: April?/May?) Sex Pistols, Pink Panther Theme and probably a few more that I can't remember) Smooth Operator...Sade (Dunoon: 9 June) Suspicious Minds...Elvis (Dunoon: 9 June) The Sun Has Got His Hat On (?)...Elvis Costello (Perth: 10 June) Time Of The Season...The Zombies (Dunfermline: 11 June and again several times since....It might have been done at the SSP party before the proper tour started though, but I can't remember for certain) I Fell In Love At First Sight...Chick Robertson, father of Neil Robertson (Aberdeen: 14 June) The Boy With The Thorn In His Side...The Smiths (Glasgow: 15 June + San Francisco: 8 Sept) Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?...Rod Stewart (Glasgow: 16 June) Letter From America...The Proclaimers (Glasgow: 16 June) Everyday People...Sly and The Family Stone (London: 29 June and again several times since) Je T'Aime...Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin (Cardiff: 1 July) Come And Get It...Badfinger (Cardiff: 1 July) Jilted John...Jilted John (Ipswich: 5 July) Don't Stop Me Now...Queen (Ipswich: 5 July) Alone Again Or...Love (Los Angeles: 5 Sept) Creeque Alley...Mamas and Papas (Los Angeles: 6 Sept) The Leader Of The Pack...The Shangri-La's ?...I'm blanking here (San Francisco: 8 Sept) San Francisco (Wear A Flower In Your Hair)...Scott MacKenzie (San Francisco: 9 Sept) Billie Jean...Michael Jackson (San Francisco: 9 Sept) Turn Turn Turn...The Byrds (Portland: 11 Sept + Seattle: 14 Sept....also done in NYC 1998) a Left Banke song (Vancouver: 13 Sept) Crosstown Traffic...Jimi Hendrix (Seattle: 14 Sept) Don't Fear The Reaper...Blue Oyster Cult (Olympia: 15 June) Fool's Gold...The Stone Roses (Olympia: 15 June) Baby...Caetano Veloso / Os Mutantes (Brazil, both nights?) Minha Menina...Jorge Ben / Os Mutantes (Brazil, both nights?) They didn't do this sort of thing as regularly in the previous years, but I think these have all been done before: The Kids Are Alright...The Who (Bowlie 1999) It's Hard to be a Jew on Christmas...from South Park (Washington DC 98) More Than A Feeling...Boston (Boston 98) Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son...France Gall (many times in 1998) Matchstick Men and Machstick Cats And Dogs...? (Manchester: 28 Dec 97) In A Nutshell...Orange Juice (Manchester: 28 Dec 97) What Goes On...Velvet Underground (NYC: 6 Sept 97) I'll Be Your Mirror...VU (NYC: 5 Sept 97) Reel Around The Fountain...The Smiths (Oxford 97 and another time more)" Maybe someone can bring this up-to-date? Linda xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ...putting the posters up...
by Salako * 14 May '02

14 May '02

Alright... I do not have a cool report on any gigs, but rather a comment. I LOVE the posters!!!!!!!! Especially the Philly one! Does anyone have pictures of all of them? Anyone have any that are for sale? Yes, I know there's a NYC and a Philly one on Ebay, but they are $26-$29(?) bucks! The whole idea of a modern rock group (I use that term loosely) using a set of 1920s style fairy pictures to advertise their concerts... no big, neon colored pictures of them... just gorgeous drawings. Damn I love this group... they know my taste so well :P Sorry if this is blatant list abuse, and a dumb cluttering up of valuable inbox space. Have fun, Ann _________________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 22:32:59 -0000
by Guðmundur Jóhannsson 13 May '02

13 May '02

Allo Allo! I decided to skip a subject because I didnt have anything clever to say. :) I dont know if this info has been posted but you lot can download the Conan O´ Brian show that B&S played in here: http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~guybrush/ Enjoy! Gummi ps. the weather is shit here in iceland. Sun and no clouds but windy as hell! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Go looking for the enemy
by Ben Apps 13 May '02

13 May '02

Hello to one and all, That sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-journos at the New Musical Express just won't leave us alone. Here's the recent evidence....... 4th May issue, page 10: "NME remembers fondly the olden days, when ATP was known as Bowlie and presented an opportunity for socially inexperienced Belle & Sebastian fans to leave home - many for the first time - and meet like minded youngsters." (they conveniently ommited the 'and stuff us at football' bit) 4th May issue, page 41: (Review of The Chemistry Experiment single 'Round The Corner Dutch Zebra') "Claiming on the press release to be a cross between the Sugarbabes and The Magnetic Fields, this is in fact so schmindie it makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Jay-Z." 11th May issue, page 14: (Coachella Review) "Belle & Sebastian, Outdoor Theatre, Sunday. Until Slipknot record an acoustic version of Lionel Ritchie's 'Hello' there'll be nothing - nothing - odder than the sight of these pale wastrels performing in the blazing California sunshine framed by palm trees. With Stuart Murdoch joking and kicking a football around, the atmosphere is so relaxed and chatty that it's in danger of resembling a church fete, but the sheer quality of Murdoch's perfomance annihilates the idea that this is mere community service. Although Isobel Campbell's gossamer warble is absent, tonight B&S reaffirm their position as standard beareres for the self-consciously dispossessed. Or indeed anyone with a heart." Ah, there's nothing quite like content, 'specially when it's nicked. Tune in same time next week, or sooner, or later, for your next bulletin. Or don't. Take care folks Ben xXx "Westward bound" _________________________________________________________________ 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: no subject ...ner neer ner neer ner..
by Zoe Charaktinou 13 May '02

13 May '02

Hello mon petite sinistriets... This is one of those posts that I guess breaks all the rules but I have been thinking of the fair sinister land and I couldn't help but saying hello! At this very moment I am listening on Lamacq Live The Hives gig that I had tickets to go to but I didn't, the one in Brixton...at least I am listening to it but you know how it is being there and shaking da bootie. In 2 weeks I will have finished university. That feels weird I say. I remember when I first cam hear and all of you in Sinister were the receivers of all of my loneliness. A stranger in a strange place I was. What a weird year my first year in tropical Dudley-don't laugh!- was. Two years and I have moved to Birmingham-does that count as an upgrade? I am two weeks from completing my academic dream and I have reached that point where after you have finished all the linguistic analyses in the world and have seen many films and thought about them a lot, then you kind of sit quietly in the corner and think:" who the &*£% cares?". I don't...I just want to go on holiday!!! The Hives have so much energy! My god...I am sad I have missed them along with Jon Spencer and International Noise Conspiray. Now, I heard about this new band called the Yeah yeah yeahs...anyone knows anything? I mean you can always get stuff on the net etc but I would appreciate an opinion... So anyway, 2 weeks. Then on June 2 Mr.Scruff and June 3 between 1-1:30pm I will be singing All You Need Is Love very loudly. For more info on that , you British listees , go to the BBC site- I haven't talked about this before, have I ? If yes well, hoot me!ahoy! mkay over and out z. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ce nest pas rigolo d�rtre gigolo
by Liz Daplyn 13 May '02

13 May '02

Cripes, fatherhood for Mr Neil. Well done that chap. Beware, the child will probably grow up to venerate Marilyn Manson, who by that time will be a grand old man(thing) of rock. Or at least a talk show host. Jeez, I wish the subjunctive mood was easier to spot in English. The southern US shows seem to have been a riot (in the nicest sense). Nice reportings back, you lucky ducks. Not to say that getting down with the Brixton masseev wasnt all that, because it was, steel drums and all. Ooh, when my plot to marry an elderly millionaire with a severe heart complaint comes to fruition, in my extensively stocked music room there will be a full steel band as well as a harpsichord. And THEN the mice will play. So, did anyone else spend the weekend buying sandals and feverishly reading Emily Dickinson? She has nothing in particular to say on the subject of summery footwear, but heres something interesting: If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire ever can warm me I know _that_ is poetry. If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know _that_ is poetry. There ain't nothing like a literary junkie just ask William Burroughs. Not to mention a musical one, of which fraternity Im certainly a card-carrying member. Songs, built like temporary shelters, contain music and words. Ian McMillan Whether it be the urge to partake in a good bout of cathartic schadenfreude or a simple wish to wrap up feelings in a blanket of other peoples creative output, it is true that a song is like a stout hat. Preferably one in a nice loud tweed. Speaking of which, this week I have been mostly wearing a nice herringbone skirt over my pinstripe trews. Overkill on the garment front? I think not. Archel very kindly referred to me as luscious, a term that while flattering does make me feel akin to an overripe peach. Which is fair enough. Is there anyone enforcing the body parts rule at present? To be on the safe side, shy people never mention any of your own flesh to avoid having to place a picture of the named item in Princess Honeys slightly persipiration-slick hands. Although web promulgation wouldnt follow at the moment due to unhappiness at nodata.org? Gah. Adieu and farewell to you sweet Spanish ladies. Tara a bit. Liz :x *** Maturity To combine public altruism with private hypocrisy is quite a trick, but I think I have it now. Ivor Cutler *** _________________________________________________________________ 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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