May 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: a Trip to London town
by Jeff Burke 09 May '02

09 May '02

Hello, Sinister. I'm making another journey to london and edinburgh june 1 - june 9th. I'll be in edinburgh from the 4-7th... if someone knows of shows that are going on or other rad things I'd be greatly appreciated. I'm taking my girlfriend and it's her first trip abroad so it should be fun we like indie stuff mostly... Mogwai would be super I was lucky to see them at the liquid room last time I went over... any advice on what to do see would also be greatly appreciated. I'm at the point where i think I know waaaay more about those two cities than I do... jef. _________________________________________________________________ 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: A London Story
by Melmoz 09 May '02

09 May '02

So I'm dreaming...of a trip to London...my fave place in the world, well at least so far. That's right kiddos, Melmoz will be crashing your wonderful town the week of June 17-21! I can't wait to go, I am going on my own to meet up with some friends who live outside of London. I am looking forward to the days of sightseeing and whatnot, being that the last time I was there I missed out on a lot of things. Anyway, if any get-togethers or concerts are going on please let this ol' Texan Yank know! Went to see my first B&S show in Austin last week, man was it a wonderful experience! I never knew that so many people would be there, I guess since it was the only show in this part of the country that everyone from neighboring states drove down for it. Me and my pals met up with Alyson from the list, who was super nice! Vince told her to recognize our group by the dress I was wearing, and she did! I got some pics taken but have to get my film developed. The next day we stopped off at Waterloo Records in Austin for some tunes, man what a great shop that is. They are on the web, you guys should check them out www.waterloorecords.com, I believe that is the site. I picked up the new Promise Ring, the new Grandaddy, and Ben Kweller (all of which rocked, especially Ben Kweller). While walking into class yesterday, I actually saw a truck with stickers on the back for the Get Up Kids and for Promise Ring, and some other Emo bands. I couldn't believe it, an actual fan of good music lives by me. Need to meet them... ;) Stacey Dahling, loved the pictures from all your past Sinister parties! You are right, Ken Chu is a cutie :)! I need to get one of those 'I Love Ken Chu' badges, was it you Lisa who was making them? Don't you all think it is totally great that somewhere, maybe on the other side of the globe, someone is speaking your name and wearing badges that say that they love you? Breaking out in Linda-Rondstat mode singing 'Somewhere Out There'. The list is all powerful... Licky love, Melmoz +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S Covers
by Michael Ashbridge 09 May '02

09 May '02

Just to add to the pile: At the Belfast gig last December they covered Cool for Cats (Squeeze (Richie did it, reading/singing the lyrics written on the back page of our local evening paper)), Here Comes the Sun (Beatles (because Harrison had died very recently)), and The Boys are Back in Town (Thin Lizzy (because, y'know, they were in Ireland and *had* to do something local, although everyone was hoping for a take on the Undertones' Teenage Kicks)). God I love nested parentheses. I share an office with two other grad students here, and have just this very minute been instructed to "turn off that beepy bollocks, Michael." I've been listening to Hefner's Dead Media LP. And... And you know what it's been replaced with? David Gray. I'm not kidding. I think that's my cue to nip outside for a gauloise and pet the feral cats that run around this end of the campus. - M. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: b&s detroitafterparty!!!
by thom childers 09 May '02

09 May '02

Just wanted to let everyone know about the Belle & Sebastian afterparty = > that we're having! > > Friday May 10th > > Free You Ass V.1 > Special Guest DJ: Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian!!! > > This is the Belle & Sebastian afterarty!!! > > djs Chris Geddes (B&S) > and Dave Shettler (the Sights) > will be spinning funk, soul, 80s hip-hop, and rock 'n' roll to free your > ass... > All Night Long!!!! > > Starts:11pm > Ends: when the last person falls > Admission: $3 > > Address: Detroit Contemporary > 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd. > Detroit, MI 48208 > > 313.898.4ART > > See you there!!! > > Any questions please email me at thom(a)mechanicalboy.com > > Thom +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S detroit afterparty!!!
by thom childers 09 May '02

09 May '02

Just wanted to let everyone know about the Belle & Sebastian afterparty that we're having! Friday May 10th Free You Ass V.1 Special Guest DJ: Chris Geddes of Belle & Sebastian!!! This is the Belle & Sebastian afterarty!!! djs Chris Geddes (B&S) and Dave Shettler (the Sights) will be spinning funk, soul, 80s hip-hop, and rock 'n' roll to free your ass... All Night Long!!!! Starts:11pm Ends: when the last person falls Admission: $3 Address: Detroit Contemporary 5141 Rosa Parks Blvd. Detroit, MI 48208 313.898.4ART See you there!!! Any questions please email me at: thom(a)mechanicalboy.com Thom +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: oh, cover, you should have come over.
by Dean Gillon 09 May '02

09 May '02

B&S covered "Summer Holiday" by the mighty Cliff last year at their scarborough gig. Honest. 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: lonlieness of a sprinting mod
by Andy Capps 09 May '02

09 May '02

all day my little etta knew something was up. i was dancing around getting ready and she knew. "it's belle & sebastian tonight isn't it?" "yes," i told her. "may i come?" she asked. "sorry my lovely, but it's not the place for little cats like you. it's for those 19 and older and you're merely two," i responded. she seemed to be content with this and started to lick something. well i've just got back from the toronto show, and i had a lot of fun. i won't add setlists as i don't remember all the details. one thing i'll say about the toronto audience, is they weren't dancing. the aislers set did a great set, the singer was a little off, but that might be due to this audience. a few hundred people just standing, staring and chatting during their entire performance. i was standing off to the side looking for people i knew. steven kado walked by me three times yawning looking for friends, i felt welcome. laura, who did the first b&s night i went to in toronto was there as well. i met my friend kelly, her boyfriend is in sully that just opened for the cranes, and stood away from the evil black light that plagued the whole venue. khaki flairs look like dirty white pants under those evil things. after aislers set we found a great place to watch b&s. (note to short people, don't complain about not being able to see past us tall people when we leave a lot of space infront of us for you to stand.) i was very happy seeing b&s, i had a lot of fun. to that person who had that apparatus that when he spun it around and it spelled out belle & sebastian in laser lights, you are awesome, and stuart commented on it. i had loads of fun but as the last song wound down i had to run for the last train out of toronto. it runs at 12.13am and i ran for it. i made it, and i'm back here with etta on my lap looking for a concert tshirt to sleep on. the storytelling shirts are nothing to look at and i already own an ampersand shirt, so she's sleeping on my jacket instead, looking quite content. see you in #sinister land... the angel blackwell... the early bird get's the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese... }:> _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.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: Montreal hijinks
by Cathy Fan 09 May '02

09 May '02

The Montreal show totally kicked my ass. And a big word up to Mick Cooke being one of the highlights and providing much viewing pleasure to everyone in our section. We couldn't see about half the stage (but still managed to see quite a bit, due to the sheer amount of people playing), but were fully entertained by his many talents. The Aislers Set were very good- I didn't know much about them, but I noticed that the keyboard player is from The Fairways. Unfortunately, the sound was not very good during their set...I think something was wrong with the mic and the overall mix was very quiet. The sound was corrected for B&S, but it's too bad that The Aislers Set didn't get their volume cranked to 11 as well. Here's the setlist, as I wrote it on a scrap of paper. I'm forgetting a lot of the talking parts, so I'm hoping that the other Montreal go-ers can fill in the blanks: Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie - I was in the bathroom when this started, and let me tell you: everything they've said about bathroom acoustics is true. I would've stayed in there if there was a Jumbotron in the sink area. I don't think they started out with Fuck This Shit since I didn't hear a harmonica among the crowd-screams, but I was in the can, so I'm not really sure. Dirty Dream #2 (no talky bits) Dunno (Magic of a Kind Word?) I'm Waking Up To Us I Love My Car Stevie Song from Storytelling (Consuelo Leaving?) - complete with suggestive Genie In A Bottle dance moves from said B&S member. The string section sounded excellent. Scooby Driver Stars of Track and Field - this one received one of the biggest cheers of the night. Stuart hesitated at the beginning, which prompted a short conference with Stevie. I think this was when a girl in the audience shouted "I can sing it!". Ten seconds later: "I mean it!". Heehee... The Model Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - !!!, with Sarah on vocals; Stevie, Mick, Bobby and Chris I Could Be Dreaming The Boy w/ the Arab Strap - included a Mick-led clapping frenzy. I ran out of clapping-steam about half way, but the rest of the crowd showed endurance and strength right to the finish line. Slow Graffiti Family Tree I Know Where the Summer Goes Dog On Wheels The Wrong Girl There's Too Much Love Put the Book Back on the Shelf Legal Man - all sorts of good crazy shit. Great closer, since we did not get an encore. Stories included an announcement of the Canadiens win over the Hurricanes (no comment as I'm from Ottawa), hockey fights, rats following Stuart around, and a questioning of whether they were considered prog due to Stuart's double bass/guitar combo. Sadly, no Yes covers were played, although the Leonard Cohen tune almost made up for it. The band seemed to be in a good mood: lots of crowd interaction, dancing, smiles, glasses slipping down noses. It was pretty wild. For those of you catching them on the rest of the tour: I hate you all! Have fun, --Cathy. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 1 Chicago ticket needed...please!
by Josef Novotny 09 May '02

09 May '02

I truly apologize to bother everyone with this, but I have to make a special request to anyone who can help me. My sister (her name is Cat) lives in Chicago and she has been unemployed until recently. She couldn't afford to buy a ticket to the gig at the Congress Theater (and I didn't think of buying her one until after it sold out). Now she finally got a job, and I want to give her a sort of "congratulations, you've done it" gift and she REALLY wants to go to the performance this Saturday. Can anyone with an extra ticket to the gig please e-mail me privately at JNovotny(a)hotmail.com? We can set something up. Again, I sincerely apologize for bothering all of you with this, but I'm fortunate enough to get to see the band here in DC and I would love my sister to be able to go, too. Thanks so much for your patience. Joe in Washington, DC _________________________________________________________________ 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: Everyone's dreaming of all they've got to live for
by Dimitra Daisy 09 May '02

09 May '02

Lately I remembered a night, sometime around the time I was fifteen lying in bed at night and listening to the radio in the silence and the darkness. I heard two girls, that couldnt have been much older than I am now, but then seemed to somehow belong to another world, read out something like Self-alienated, a man doesnt even communicate with himself. Deep inside him lives a scared child that he hides well, especially from other men. If however a woman discovers it then he has another mother and hes definitely lost. The second castrates what the first one has left. Only when men sing and drink together are they (temporarily) free. (Of course, I didnt remember that by heart for six years. The girl was reading it off a magazine that was reviewing the book it was written in, and the next day back at those days, I was patient enough to stay in bed and wait for the next day - I found the magazine in our living room, cut the pages out, glued them together and kept them. It surprises me that six years and five times of moving later I knew exactly where they were. If I have killed it in the process of translating it, forgive me. It was weird in the first place anyway.) Yesterday, or the day before at three am, its not today but its not tomorrow either- I went back to the flat I used to live. Its strange how much I know and remember that place, how the way the walls are painted and the view from the back windows and everything is familiar so familiar I can still walk in it in the dark. It is also strange how much the boy that lives there is familiar, everything down to the way he messes up his room and the way he piles up things. And its strange how even the things he never did when I used to live in the next room are familiar too, how he looks more and more like he always looked in my dreams. We sang along to Hefner together in the half-light, let me put it to you this way, you will get hit by a bus, you will fall from your bicycle, and for a while, it felt as, as will put it, it could alter the structure of reality itself. He asked me if the song said that youll get hit by a track if you do bad things, and I fell over giggling and couldnt stop for a while, it made him turn the volume up and look the other way. Apart from giggling, I felt like crying too, I was moved to tears by the fact that someone can say that. And by the fact that someone can be a part of you and at the same time keep surprising you. He asked me to imagine how the room would looked if you were standing at the window opposite, he said it would look like a movie, and I didnt know what to say first: youve always looked like a movie, or do you think I havent imagined that already? I used to live here remember? But it was innocence, not carelessness or something like that, and it made me make lists of the reasons I like boys. In my head, of course, and with a clarity and accuracy that for my dazzled mind was surprising. Their smell and theyre being different being made in a different way and the wonder of two differently made creatures coming near I suppose thats how far it went. I said I think the song is about how all the things you could have done but didnt do will mean nothing when youre dead, which could be anytime, so do something pretty while you can. I just like it for the way it says it. I had woken up that day with an urge to play It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career in the silent house, in a theatrical way. To make a mixtape starting with it. To tell the world something, anyway, starting with it. Which would be strange, if not inexplicable, had it not been for the feeling of loss thats been haunting me the last few days. Loss of what, you might ask. Ill probably say I dont know. I might be lying about it. Cause all that was only for a while, and then he had to go and do different things with different people, and me, I dont know what I had to do. I remembered that night, though. I remembered the silence and the darkness that made me more open to all feelings. And what the girl read out loud. In a way, I didnt understand it; and in another way, I understood everything or at least the feelings behind everything, which, for me, is everything. And it was weird. How it broke my fifteen-year-old heart at the time I had no expectations from any boy whatsoever, so I was free to feel the sadness of it. And how Ive lived the rest of my life with a vague knowledge of it. Whatever it actually is Im talking about. Why is falling love so difficult? And why does it scare people when they want to fall in love anyway? And why do people run away from things? And why do people do things that don't really make them happy? And why is letting go of your fears so hard? Oh, please, do something pretty while you can, Dimitra xxx _________________________________________________________________ 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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