May 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: under the stars -- reporting back from austin
by Alyson Snowball 02 May '02

02 May '02

hi sinister, a few reports have already been submitted, and i just have a few little things to mention, in no particular order... yes, indeed, last night was a magical night. the weather was nice, if a little warm, and the backyard was full of devoted fans. for those who are curious, the backyard is an outdoor venue out in the hill country of central texas, near a large lake. there are trees surrounding the place, and there are trees -in- the place, and you can see the stars above and the stage lights shine in the trees... it is a really beautiful venue, and i think it was the perfect one for b&s. someone yelled that they were a slave for stuart, and they'd do anything... and stuart said that he would hold her to it, and then called for someone to go and get the dogleash for the little "slutslave." such deviant behavior! sarah tried to dropkick the football into the audience and knocked over her microphone stand. it was really cute. the cover of "texarkana baby" was a wonderful suprise, and it was so good! we thought that they might do a willie nelson song for the local cover, oh how wrong we were! we didn't know what the first song was... "fuck this shit" sounds like a theme song to a 1970's or 80's sitcom, don't you think? stuart said "i'm waking up to us" was about the relationship between conan o'brien and david letterman... or something. and i saw a shooting star!! and i met some really lovely people from dallas, and some from right here in austin. hi to you all! i mean, howdy, y'all! i also took some great blurry photos! if you are interested in that sort of thing, you may email me for the link. warning: these photos may induce motion sickness. all in all, it was a fantastic night, even though instead of going out with the nice sini-people after the show, i had to go back to my apartment and move furniture (yes, i am settling into my new place nicely, thank you!). so i guess i missed the karaoke hijinx! ah well, maybe next time. love, alyson _________________________________________________________________ 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: what are you doing with my fingers
by paisley pants 02 May '02

02 May '02

Lazy Line Painter David wrote a question and I'm hoping that my hand will go up first! >Doesn't it ever rain in Austin? And does anyone know what's the deal >with >Isobel on this tour? Is she ill? Struan explained Isobel's absence by telling us that the tour schedule was hard on her, and she was resting up by skipping some dates. I was sorry not to get to see her. At first I wondered if Sarah was her, but she was smiling far too much, the cutie. B&S did get a moody cellist to replace Isobel though, who was very pretty in a tattered white dress and stylish blonde hair. She wandered off to sulk periodically, hee. Texas weather does whatever it pleases, but lately it's been busy getting hot. Enough rain, time for the flowers to bloom. It's Beltane today, kids, did you remember? Happy Beltane! I went camping with my Pagan Student Alliance friends (our official university organization, yes, we're registered and have elections and hold meetings and all that) to celebrate the season as it arrived. People from all across the state (and some even further away) gathered together on a woodsy piece of land owned by a pagan organization. Well, I came in the trunk because there was no room in the car. We were arriving a bit late to the campsite because I'd had to attend class. So I missed the crowning of the May King and Queen, as well as the Maypole. But I was laying there in the trunk, and it was like a spaceship with the taillights blinking, and then the trunk opened up and I was in the woods. The atmosphere was families, fires burning, workshops, green meditation groves, and lots of smiling. It was also clothing optional, so after three days some people had sunburn troubles, despite the copious amounts of sunscreen. If freckles are kisses, is sunburn like a big ole hickey? Too fierce! Now we all know where you've been. My ride to the B&S concert is a self-described "indie snob." He was very annoyed when a girl at the concert asked him about his Pedro the Lion shirt. She hadn't heard of them, the blasphemous heathen. He wore his black frames glasses specially to the show, the ones without a prescription because his eyesight is 20/20. One of my friends was camping with her family, so I went to meet her family. A handshakes just doesn't do for a pagan camp-out. As her bare breasted mother gave me a warm embrace, I thought about how people usually think of nudism as uncomfortably sexual. Women keeping their tits tucked away, flirtatiously popping out, or ashamed when they discover a button has accidentally come undone. Men walking as though they have a concealed weapon, hitching their clandestine pride as though it were a weighty theorem shifting in their jeans, or a subtle threat that might cause social humilation. Well, there's push-up bras and thongs, packing and binding. And then there's public showers. I was somewhat disappointed to see that nobody else had scars quite like mine, so I sudsed my face and hair first. By the time I got all the soap away from my eyes, everyone who'd wanted to have a look had politely finished it and merely wanted to borrow some of my shampoo. My ride couldn't believe that there was guy at the show wearing a baseball cap backwards on his head. "Baseball is an indie rock sport, at least. But BACKWARDS at a Belle and Sebastian show?!?" Football is not an indie rock sport, by the way. Golf is tolerable. My ride was undecided about whether or not Struan's soccer ball was appropriate. Pretty complicated to rule the school, ah scenesters. Speaking of football/soccer, when Mike Streets talks about "geezers," is he actually talk about old people, or is this Brit slang for "guys"? I kept myself covered up during the camp-out, until the last night. My friends crept back to our tents after the main ritual (which was Discordian and hilariously apt for a fertility festival). They were burnt to a crisp and thus needing rest. Because it was dark, my skin's marks weren't visible. In the woods, away from the city lights, the sky was so black you could see the stars and a huge halo around the moon. I changed into shorts and an undershirt. It was dawn when I finally left the fire dancers' camp, where they spun fire in the air and fought with flames, and one of them asked me for a kiss before I left. I was wondering he'd still have wanted that kiss if he'd seen my arms and legs in the clear honest light. I wonder why it was okay for those strangers in the shower to see me completely, but I wouldn't let my own friends see me in my shorts. Sometimes I think I am a born liar, but it's nice to meet people you'll never meet again. After the concert, I would have liked to have met the band, as charming and friendly and ordinary as they seemed to be. But my ride though we should follow the car with the Mogwai bumper sticker. To see what cool place they would be headed for. (Fredricksburg.) It's all good. DECEPTIVELY GOOD. ... You're nakey right now, aren't you? _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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Sinister: the bubbling of summer through her feet and up out the top of her head
by Bron 02 May '02

02 May '02

a young girl in her early twenties gray ever-reaching skies brooding for a storm groped for itself above her the purple flowers of bushes swayed her head swayed in the scent it forgave to her so she would not forget ah a head filled with zombie next to gather all it could about nietzsche cooled off by a steaming cup of cocoa or was it coffee? the professor said she looked sad the girl suddenly snapped out of her thought if there was a thought? quite the opposite she exclaimed ah a song streamed through her headphones a song of missing the one she loved China: her open dorm room window a lit Peony cigarette from Shanghai wondering will the thick stone shell ever crack to feel that way about anyone ever again? ah long-anticipated rain distracted the girl it bounced off the road it bounced into her head those purple flowers spring finally spoke a calm word for the first time since the trip south visions of running in forests with a brown-eyed boy of dreams the girl thought maybe sunday, yes, sunday they promised a thunderstorm we've conversed of thunderstorms we've conversed we've we ah ---your mountain mama sweetheart "The differences between what you hope for and what you end up receiving are part of what makes the outside, the hoped for, worthwhile...and beautiful." ---the Lovely Lou 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 BOSTON BOSTON
by stacey dahling 02 May '02

02 May '02

hey y'all long time no speak..mmm... i hate to admit this, but i haven't actually read the list for at least a month. not even selective laura llew or ken chu readings. disgraceful, i know. i've been too busy working two jobs and having dirty weekends in high-end hotels in ritsy new york suburbs. wooo! ANYHOO i emerge briefly to announce: oO0 BOSTON PICNIC DETAILS 0Oo i see i've already been thanked for taking on picnic mummy duties, before even dispensing with such duties properly. ha! thanks love. we'll see who's thanking whom come saturday. erm. yeah. so i've decided on a place (thanks to those who offered suggestions) and time (randomly... on my own... i hope it makes sense). 3 PM: at the fountain in BOSTON COMMON directly in front of the venue (the ORPHEUM). for those of you who are wont to getting hopelessly lost, i could arrange to meet you a little bit earlier at the boston common T station. if there is such a need, email me. .... from there, we can move along to the PUBLIC GARDENS, which are close by and pretty. we can then spend a few hours eating, preferably from FOOD WE HAVE BROUGHT (more likely, however, we can send groups out strategically to buy things, judging from prior picnic experience). or, we can just laze about and then go out to dinner together. or WHATEVER OUR LITTLE HEARTS DESIRE. yup. i am Ms. Go-with-the-flow Picnic Mummy. 5:30 PM or thereabouts: depending on the size of the group and its age make-up (i am aware we shall have some underagers among us), we may MOVE ON OVER TO FOLEYS PUB, also conveniently located closeby. This option is for those who arrive late, or consider themselves too cool to hang out at a picnic on the Commons. Or for those who are coming along with other friends who refuse to attend an outdoor gathering of sinister freaks and geeks but may be okay with going to a pub where you might happen to run into said freaks and geeks (my sister is one of these, for instance, and i shall likely be meeting her there). OK? SOUND GOOD? Doors open at 7:30 p.m., so I figured that 4.5 hours of pre-show hang-out is more than enough. Any more than that, and I'd be at a complete loss as to what to do. If you're running late or whatever, we will probably be easy to spot. But maybe not. In this case, I will provide you with my sister's cell phone number. (I was going to just post it here, but I think my sister would kill me if she found out i did that. So, email me for it.) Just give me a call and I'll guide you to where we're at. Also, in case some of you didn't know this, the secret sinister listee sign is to wear your b&s pins upside down (no, i don't know who thought this up, and yes, this insinuates you are near enough to notice). also also also if you want to know what i look like in order to ease recognition, go here: www.geocities.com/dahling007 or www.dreamwater.net/slithytoves/me.htm is that it? i think so. if anyone wants to come equipped with some sort of activity, be my guest. scrabble...inflatable toy...erm...whatever. i'll likely come equipped with my digital camera and maybe some cookies. so be warned (on both accounts). oh yeah if anyone is interested in post-show socializing, we may be able to arrange that. i might have a special activity lined up, but that's as of now still up in the air. thanks to those who gave me some input. further input is still welcome. see some of you on saturday! ta! -stacey _________________________________________________________________ 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: The Six Guns of Henry the Arse
by lazylinedavid＠netscape.net 01 May '02

01 May '02

Hello I've loved all the reporting back from Texas - sounds like a magical time was had by everyone. But the venue sounds peculiar: you were underneath the stars? Doesn't it ever rain in Austin? And does anyone know what's the deal with Isobel on this tour? Is she ill? Or does she just choose which shows she wishes to play these days? That seems a bit unfair on the rest of the band, and also on certain, fixated members of the paying crowd. I mean, I'm happy to pay $25 or whatever to see them play, but a good chunk of that is so that I can enjoy the sulky, moody, wonderful performances of young Ms Campbell. It just wouldn't be the same without her. It should be half-price for any show where she doesn't play. Anyhow, good to read on nme.com that plans for the next album are well underway. They should record it in 2 weeks instead of minging around for months like they did last time. And let Sarah do more stuff, that woman is potentially the greatest pop star of the 21st Century. Did anyone in New York see Joe Pernice at Brownies the other night? Oh, he was so good! Just Joe and his guitar, basically. Lovely. Take care, David __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.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: chiming in (with a Texas twang)
by Jeanette 01 May '02

01 May '02

Howdy, y'all!! I only have a few things to add to our Lovely Lisa's take on Tuesday night's show in Austin (which was as incredible as everyone has said!!). Numero uno: The first song -- an instrumental showcasing Stevie and his harmonica -- was apparently "Fuck This Shit" from the new soundtrack album. Numero two-o: "Texarkana Baby" is a Bob Wills chune, for anyone who may not know. It was really cool. Even though Stuart teased us that they were going to play a Butthole Surfers song. I guess Bob Wills is a good substitute for the Buttholes? And thricely: Stop pouting about encores, my little Texas buckaroos! I don't think B&S do encores. I've only seen them six other times, so I'm not an expert or anything, but I've never seen them do an encore. Can anyone out there tell us if they EVER do them? One highlight of the show last night was watching Sarah participate in the stage shenanigans! She seemed so relaxed and acted like she was really having fun. Hope all y'all enjoy the upcoming shows!! Hugs, Jeanette P.S. I love the "Don't Mess With B&S" badge, Lisa! THANKS!! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Me and my recto-sigmoid junction
by Caitlin Pigtails 01 May '02

01 May '02

Connections. Connections are important. We wouldn't be human if we couldn't make connections between things and derive results. Or if we couldn't make connections between things and derive beauty. Some connections are straightforward -- connect Badly Drawn Boy to St. Etienne via daytime television. Others are a little harder to grasp immediately. IF I WAS A SEAGULL I had a strange dream the other night. I dreamt that I was creating a TV series, adapted from a book. When I woke up, I remembered what book it was: "Foucault's Pendulum", by Umberto Eco. A bunch of men, working at a publishers, are fed up with conspiracy theorists sending stuff in to their slush pile, so they create their own conspiracy theory based on all the best bits they get sent. It's easy to do. If two things look like coincidence, it's because they're related. If two things look similar, they must be the same. You go from there. Coincidences are the times when you didn't spot half what's going on. THE CENTRE OF YOUR SO-CALLED PENIS Spotted on TV recently: "The Truth About Gay Sex". A wonderful programme, if only for the nature-study aspect of it. After showing us round all his favourite public toilets, a man takes us onto Hampstead Heath at night, prowling with a torch in the best David Attenborough fashion. Whispering all about the nocturnal mating habits of the gay man, he suddenly says: "Shh! Listen!" We go quiet, on the edge of our seats, and hear: TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP! TAP! "Someone's having a spanking session!" he says. I fell off my chair giggling. THOUGH IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE BABY Incidentally, that TV programme is where the topic line came from. They wheeled on a doctor. He must know what he's talking about, because he has a nice diagram, a cross section of the male abdomen, in colour. "There's definitely a risk that a penis could damage the recto-sigmoid junction." Other tips picked up: the best lubricant for anal fisting seems to be a type of lard. It looked like it was intended for pastry-making. Yum. I hope you understand, I wasn't trying to suggest that David Attenborough likes to go cruising on Hampstead Heath. I'd never suggest a thing like that. He might try to sue. PAY THE GUARD TO SWITCH THE SIGN "So, how do I get from Grimsby to Leeds?" "Oh, it's easy. Get the Manchester train, and change at Recto-Sigmoid Junction" TAKE THE SAME TRAIN INTO WORK Of course, in the dream my adaptation fitted perfectly to the book and all made sense. It even did for a few minutes after I woke up. It was only after my brain started to run smoothly that I realised I'd missed out huge parts of everything, completely changed all the characters and locations, scrapped all the dialogue, and written an entirely different ending. All in all, then, it was a typical TV adaptation. If you don't want to know what happens near the end at all, spank me now. TEN BIGGEST WANKS The whole point of the TV show seemed to be: men can never get enough sex, even if they're gay. This is the real one I'm talking about, not the one from the dream. If you're gay and bored in your lunch break -- it implied -- you can just pop down to your local public loo, stick your dick through a hole in the partition, get some stranger to give you a tug and be back at your desk five minutes later. Lesbians (there was an earlier programme in the series) spend hours in bed together per session. Gay men, on the other hand, take five minutes out of every day and aren't choosy. Don't blame me if you disagree with this, because I know it's a broad sweeping generalisation which is entirely untrue. But it was just the feeling that the programme put across. CARAVAN IN HULL By the end of the book, of course, the men have fallen into the trap of believing that their theory is true, because it fits history so well. It fits history so well because they have picked the bits they want to fit, and misinterpreted their starting point. But it takes the narrator's girlfriend to point this out. In fact, the only rounded-out female character in the book is the one who is sane, sensible, and tells everyone that conspiracy theories are all a load of bobbins. As Dimitra would say, "Stupid Boys!" THIS IS NOT WHO WE WERE Last night, on the other hand, I dreamt I was travelling to Mull. Maybe if you give me a few hours I'll be able to connect that to Brookside, and female smoking as a symbol of women's rights. It's all a big conspiracy, I tell you. love xx caitlin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. 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Sinister: B&S in Toronto
by Red Geisha 01 May '02

01 May '02

I know they're trying to get Belle & Sebastian on the Wedge, Muchmusic, which airs Friday evenings. This week I believe it's the Super Furry Animals. Anyhow, if you don't already know - here's something else B&S are doing while in town... Just wanted to announce to those who haven't heard that there will be Belle and Sebastian after party for their Toronto Show. Title: On Your Bike a belle and sebastian after party. Spinning: Chris beans Geddes (keyboardist of B&S) 'funk & soul, party hip hop, disco breaks' and DJ Daniel Vista (popscene) When: Wed, May 8th of course, at 10:30pm/after the show Where: B-Side - above Fez Batik, Peter & Richmond. Cover: a fiver @ the door info: currentfav(a)yahoo.com <mailto:currentfav@yahoo.com> Thanks everyone and hope you can make it out. _________________________________________________________________ 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: I've got everything to gain cause I'm a fat guy with 2 tix!
by LOCANDA2＠aol.com 01 May '02

01 May '02

Hello Peoples Ive been lurking for a few months but thought I'd chime in to say hello and express my glee that B&S played The Loneliness Of A Middle Distance Runner last night in Texas. Its probably my favorite tune by them at the moment besides Le Pastie De La Bourgeouisie which I've also seen on a setlist for this tour. I'll be the guy with the tears rolling down his face in Philly and NYC (Sunday) if these beautiful (only slightly mental) songs are played. Can anyone confirm any rumors about B&S performances on Canadian TV next week? Locanda +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Don't Mess with B&S (Austin show elation!) Warning: long!
by Lee & Lisa 01 May '02

01 May '02

OH. MY. GAWD. ::Lisa is 12, mentally:: Welcome to the one of the best nights of my life. I am tempted to send it all out play by play, in *excruciating* detail. (Do you really want to know? Really? Sure? Ok.) This is the first time I had ever seen the band (after being thwarted from taking a plane on Sept. 14th last year, to go to Seattle. ) I knew it would be one of the most amazing shows I'd ever seen, but I didn't know exactly HOW true that was to be. ::You could either be successful ....:: The setlist's been posted, so I won't repeat that, but wow!! Nearly *all* of my favourite songs!! I almost cried when they struck up "There's Too Much Love", my favourite ever. So many songs off of Sinister as well! I felt as though *you* were there with me. The band was jovial, banterous ( a word? I looked it up in my dicCHUnary) and bouncy (fun fun fun fun fun). Stevie joked that he was being "oh so demanding" by requesting that we clap on a few songs. Stuart put his leg up on a monitor but kinda fell a bit, and then said "I've only put my leg up on a monitor once or twice in my life. Guess I'm not good at it. Pathetic, really" He tossed his soccer ball out to the crowd and we all enjoyed playing w/ it. Someone yelled "Manchester United!!". It was too funny to hear that come out in a Texan twang! At one point, Stuart chastised Sarah for taking off her "Texas"emblazoned cowgirl hat, and I shouted out "Don't Mess with Texas". Stuart looked right at me, and said "Oh , I know! You don't!!" I gave Stevie the "Don't Mess with B&S" pins I had made, and he thanked me so politely. These Scottish boys fit in so well in Texas, someone's gone to the trouble of teaching them manners. They should move here! :) I can't describe how incredible it was to hear "Fox in the Snow", the most beautiful and consoling song. ever. Suffice it to say that a crowd of probably 3,000 was transfixed, in silence. Stuart remarked that he thought we were a good audience and that even though we were probably the biggest crowd they'd ever played to, we knew when to yell during the loud ones and to be quiet during the soft songs. Yes, Stuart, we've been waiting years and have travelled miles to see you, you think we're going to f*** it up now? Later on, Jeanette (another Texas listie, the only one I managed to find,and a wonderfully cool woman, in her own right!) and I wandered around and found Richard, Stuart, Stevie and Sarah all hanging out, talking to some friends and fans. I had my picture taken w/ Stuart and Richard, who were so sweet about it. Richard even went to the trouble of handing around my fishyclap booklet , so that various people could sign it. What a guy!! They said they'd be working on a new album the second half of this year, but that they have plans to tour again next year, and that they'll come back to Texas!! yay! Richard talked to us a bit about Storytelling as well. He asked me what I thought of the film, to which I replied "Well, I liked *your music* in it!" He smiled and said he could see what I was saying about how when someone tries to hard to shock one (in the film), it's a bit off putting. He said he really didn't know Todd Solondz's other work, so had no idea what he was getting into. He said that the film was originally supposed to be 2 1/2 hours long, so some of the songs they wrote for it, relate to parts of the film which didn't make the final cut. He was worried that because it's a soundtrack, people might not get into it. I said, "Oh, I don't think you'll have to worry about that!" ::Sing along with Stuart:: Start told us that he'd done kareoke the night before and that they were planning on going back that night. He said he thought it would be great fun to sing the BeeGees and treated us to a few lines "You can tell by the way I use my walk..." Hilarious! So, we didn't want to bug them anymore,so we said we'd try to come to the kareoke. We made it to the club a few minutes before the band arrived, and were treated to Stuart singing John Denver's "Annie's Song" (You fill up my senses) and to him doing a duet with the hostess of the night, "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Too F!U!N! Then, as the kareoke was over, the maestro (?) put on Ac/Dc's "You Shook Me All Night Long", to which Stuart shook his Scottish booty! FUN!!! There are more details, aren't there always? But I think that's more than sufficient for now. Write me if you would like to hear more, I guess. I don't have anywhere to post pictures, but once they come out, I will let you know. A very VERY happy woman, Much love to you all, Lisa from Texas (I really just used this name as a way to differentiate myself from possible other Lisas on the list. Now it seems SO appropo of last night!) p.s. 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