June 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Re: Sinister: is it wicked not to care?
by Holly Trochet 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Hello Sinister, I never cared much for Isobel's voice or songs, either (though I do think she made a good back-up singer). God knows that I hate Beyond the Sunrise as much as anyone (she wrote that one, didn't she? I read somewhere she did). However, she's been there since the beginning so her leaving means that the band will change in one way or another. It might be a good change - who knows? - but it will change, and frankly, I'm deathly afraid of change, especially when it comes to something that I'm already happy with. Sure, there were times when I didn't want to listen to Is it Wicked not to Care? or The Gate, but there were also times when I didn't want to listen to Stars of Track and Field or Slow Graffiti, either. (Oh, who am I kidding? I always want to listen to Slow Graffiti) I could go on, but I think I've made my point: Isobel's departure will have an effect on the band, I hope it will be a good one, but you can never tell. You shouldn't be so quick to say good riddance until after you see what the band comes out with without her. -Holly P.S. The "huge arsed cello player" comment was a bit rude. It's okay to not like someone, but there's really no reason to make fun of physical characteristics over which they have no control, especially when it has nothing to do with why you don't like them in the first place. I can understand 'asthmatic hamster', because you don't like her voice (and as I said before, neither do I), but what on earth does her derrière have to do with it? > Hello there sinister, > > Where is all this reverence about Isobel coming from? Is everyone afraid to > speak ill of the recently departed? My god, is it just me who breathes a > (breathy) sigh of relief about the loss of the huge arsed cello player with > the 'asthmatic hamster' voice? What happened to the sinister bun-fight of old > with isobel fans vs non isobel fans lined up across the playground that is > sinister? Who is going to share my jubilation that at least on the next album > I will have less tracks to skip? As a friend of mine said.. 'The clock doesn't > mean much to Rabbits and Owls but I've been counting the days for that stupid > insipid daft cow to leave.... ' (hi jim). > > Okay okay, so a bit harsh, but frankly, I think its great that she has her own > side project where I can choose not to buy the albums and all those who like > her stuff can choose to, if they wish. I mean was it just me who was filled > with terror after the reports that she was going to release an album of Billie > Holiday covers (incidentaly did that ever come about?). Really.. > > Hmm, though I wonder who is going to play the cello parts now? Perhaps Mick or > Beans can learn. > > But more importantly, who in the band can be subject to constant ridicule now > that Isobel has left? I mean, Struan (with his 'arms of sex') and his lyrical > genius is definately out. Stevie, although garnering votes for 'Beyond the > Sunrise', seems too nice and (allegedly too good a dancer) to take the piss > out of. Beans is too cute, and he's called 'Beans' for fucks sake. Richard's > into Rock and Roll. And Mick's trumpet playing is too good to rubbish. And > even *I* have a soft spot for Sarah. Hmm, Bobby? No. Its just not cricket if > there isn't someone I can moan about in my favourite band. Why? Because its > fun, because I'm a whinger, and because I have to have someone I can blame for > some of the mediocre stuff they have put out. Its never Struan's fault, you > see.... > > So come back Isobel. Please. We need you. Either that or hire someone crap, > and then we can all be happy, as I have someone to moan about and Bel lovers > can say that it was better in the old days. Everybody loves to moan, right? Or > maybe thats just me. > > Lots of sinister love > > Helen > > P.S - To those who disagree, at least now bel's honour has been tarnished you > have the chance to defend it. See, I'm doing YOU a favour. > P.P.S - To those not aware of the endless debate that has raged for years on > the merits of Bel, just type in 'Isobel: arse' or alternatively 'hamster', > into the sinister archives and marvel at the number of hits. Or look at old > posts by starry(fluffy?) sarah. > P.P.P.S - Note the use of the word 'endless' in above postscript. perhaps i > shouldn't start things again. hmm, I'm sure Cliff would find this > interesting.. though not sure about the Dalai Lama. > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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: bring it all back to chu
by Patricia Brazil 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

well! shame on ken chu, that's all i can say: i have it on very good authority* that the lovely bel just couldn't take his incessant PS's, "when are the clues coming out?", "i wonder if the band will ever let us know..?" etc etc poor wee bel just couldn't cope that's even why they sent her home from america, her whimpering during performances ("why won't he stop, we've said we'll do it soon, please god just let him stop") was kind of distracting for the other members of the band so there you have it folks - remember, it always comes back to chu another world exclusive** brought to you by trish delish * which is to say, i completely made that up ** also known as tissue of lies PS I wonder if it's a little too soon to joke about isobel leaving the band? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 got back today and i'm never leaving you alone lot again
by Thomas Henderson 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

hello sinisterites i got the computer working again, it wasn't really broke i just wanted an excuse for being away all weekend to celebrate the jubilee. so wha' th' fu's going on? i must admit i'm not surprised, it's like she was doing it bor business men, it looked like a living hell, anyway who's seen b&s live w/ isobel recently will know what i'm on about, there just didn't seem to be much of an interest did there? but i suppose (in my humble opinion) stuart david was a more influential member and his leaving was coped with well (although the music was beeter wih stuart david, i think, anyway) i just hope storytelling doesn't become the last album they ever put out, that would be a shame anyway it's good to be back, life feels a lot more comfortable when you have an internet connection. big shouts go to gordon and his bathroom adventures/ gender confusion. apologies for my poor spelling (i'm sure there is some) and my crappy email format. luv and stuff thomas xxx ps: did any sini-folk win the competition at npl on friday? __________________________________________________ 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: she grew up and she left the rest of us
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

ah isobel, what are the boys going to look at now that your pouting face and shaking eggs will be absent from b&s shows? still, with solo and collaborative projects planned etc, maybe they will get to see you Sans Pout, which could well have been just a reflection of your discomfort at international touring/recording/tv/interviews and all those things that happen to you when your modest beat combo steps up a gear on the success machine. may you find your new directions more inspiring and less exhausting. so, i hope y'all who had jubilee bank holidays enjoyed them. my fun started on saturday when i got very very sunburned (mad dogs and englishmen is right), and came home to find a copy of storytelling inexplicably balanced on a can of air freshener (though in fact it wasn't inexplicable for long as there was a message on the answerphone from matt saying 'there is a copy of storytelling for you on top of that can of air freshener'.) through my sun-addled haze it seemed quite lovely, especially 'scooby driver' which is POPtastic. (it was particularly impressive that matt got back from japan so quickly after scoring that cracking goal against cameroon, too. i hope the rest of the irish team didn't miss him while he went back to his alter-ego as record shop manager and archel's boyfriend.) i didn't do much for the rest of the jubilee weekend because i am a lazy arse who has no money, but my playstation skills are now as finely tuned as they're ever likely to get... i am very stressed about moving in a couple of weeks, so if any brawny sinister men or women fancy driving a van/humping sofas around/making me cups of tea you would be very welcome. ok, so that's not an invitation i expect anyone to take up, but here's a better one: i have taken care to sandwich the trauma of moving in between two lovely gigs in brighton - looper on 16th june and moldy peaches on 21st, so if anyone wants to join me for either, let me know. i have a newly acquired 'fuck peacock johnson' t-shirt and everything. luv archel xxx ps. hm, it seems to be my BIRTHDAY the day after i move, too :) ****************** 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: Lovely Peaches
by Matilda Liljedahl 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Yihah I forced a friend to follow me to the Moldy Peaches concert. Thanks anyway to the ones who offered me company, although wanted me to go to Stockholm (as if I should go to my city’s enemycity number one when I can see the lovely peaches in Göteborg, the best place in the world :)) I loved the concert and actually my friend loved it too. Not only Moldy Peaches were wonderful, David Kitt was it too. But still the kings and queens (although they’ve lost one) of these days are, of course, Belle and Sebastian. The storytelling album is addictive-good. I can’t stop listening. The good thing Is that the songs are fantastic, the bad thing is I know I’ll keep listening even when I’ve overdosed. I use to have problems with instrumental music with no singing, but not this times. This music is making pictures in my head and it sticks to my mind even more than the non-instrumental songs. I like especially Consuelo and Fuck This Shit. And I like that I can listen to I don’t want to play football when I’m getting too tired of the football games on the telly. Back to Moldy peaches again. People always ask me what kind of music Moldy peaches is, and I can’t explain it. Maybe that’s why ‘I was having a hard time making my friends want to go the concert. Can you help me with some kind of description so I can persuade people to like them. (I don’t want to let them borrow my records all the time). Take care all of you! Hugs from Matilda _________________________________________________________________ Skicka och ta emot Hotmail-meddelanden på din mobilenhet: 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: Monica Queen @ King Tuts This Friday
by Brian McNeill 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

So if any Sinister memebers in Glasgow who are going wanan meet up for a wee beer please feel free to contact me (I shall prob be a wee bitty refreshed as I'm meeting an schollmate for the 1st time in years for a drink in the afternoon) but please let me know it would be nice to meet everyone regards brian _________________________________________________________________ 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: mourning hamsters everywhere
by Caitlin Pigtails 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Good Morning Sinister! Patrick Doyle said: > I just wanted to wish Isobel the best of luck in whatever she does, > blah blah wibble. Good Luck Isobel. And the man-hunk Rob Brennan said: > Sorry to hear about Isobel - best of lick to her in whatever she > chooses to do. (actually, he didn't. But I can't be bothered to correct my own typos today) You people, you know, you're all too nice. You should be all fuming with rage at foaming at the mouth at Miss Campbell's storming off and leaving the band. Or, on the other hand, you should be jumping up and down and cheering and shouting "yay, they can go get a cellist who's actually CHEERFUL on stage now" -- well, I know a few of you are. We shouldn't be just sitting back and saying "aw, sorry you're gone, hope the future is wonderful and sunny and full of little sluffy bunnies." How insipid is that? We'll get a reputation as a mad crowd of incredibly twee little fuckers. And I know none of you would want that to happen. Was there anyone at all who was genuinely surprised at the news? I mean, after she pulled out of the US tour, and after it was revealed (by Mick, wasn't it? my memory is foggy) that IWUTU really is about her and Struan. I bet nobody had told her; she must have been thinking "bah, it can't be about me, he wouldn't do *that*" Maybe it isn't, and it's just that everybody thinks it is. Incidentally, I've been working on all the replies people sent in to the Sinister Questionnaire. When the results are all finished and online I'll let you all know about it. Feel free to send more answers in, though. Yesterday, I got all inspired courtesy of Miss Popnoodle Idleberry. She invited me to go shopping with her in Glasgow, and we wondered round Buchanan Street and Queen Street for an afternoon. We saw the David Mach exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art, which was rather good. Lots of collages, larger-than-life sculptures made from coat-hangers (looking like velcro people), and teddy bears (with big long sharp teeth) aggressively wielding household appliences (all of which had 3-inch power cords, bizarrely). After going round the gallery, we went round the art supplies store over the road, and it was nearly as good. Long racks of paint and pencils all arranged in a big rainbow. Idleberry came up with a rather good plan for some guerrilla art, but sadly (sob) we couldn't find all the stuff we needed to do it just yet. It's a damn good plan, though. All this art and shopping made me all fired up to make and create and just generally do stuff. I want to get some canvas and make my own handbag. I want to plant art around the city without warning anyone. I'm going to go now, and make a collage of the risen Christ being worshipped by Kirsten Kenyon's parents. xx caitlin http://www.btinternet.com/~wpsalt/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 tonnes of isobel's arse
by robin stout 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Return Ticket The train dashes between trees, ducking roads and leaping rivers. The ticket collector stands with hands in pockets at the door to the first class compartments. His buttons have been polished one by one, and glimmer in the creamy morning sun. He doesnt notice, or doesnt care, that Ive put my feet up on the plush blue velvet seats. I dont draw attention to myself. I look at the scene flickering past; grass, fences and trees stretched out at speed like bubblegum about to snap. My bed at home is more comfortable than the one back here, but I had to leave, and Im lucky to have taken some of that comfort with me. The railway rattles past a zoo and the children always gasp as their parents point upward at the giraffes. If youre lucky you can see deer and llamas too, or possibly even an elephant. The children lose count of the giraffes as we steam on past the tall trees. I look up at the shadows on the ceiling. Its so good to have a holiday. Telling Two Stories I think the Storytelling album works well. It works better than a film of the same name I saw a few months ago. It seems that Belle and Sebastian have ended up writing the soundtrack to a film which doesnt exist. Whereas Solondz builds up character and emotion for the purpose of tearing them down, Belle and Sebastian paint characters simply to show what they think and feel, and not to put them through the gnashers of a plot. As a consequence the characters in the songs have more humanity than I remember them having in the film. I was a little worried about the dialogue sections, as they make the songs inescapable from the film, but theyre some of the best lines from the film, and they fit well. Without them this would be a good little mini-album rather than a soundtrack album, but they arent painful and barely prick the skin. I saw the Dr Seuss film The 5000 Fingers of Dr T a few weeks ago. Apart from being a great film, its also a film which, like Storytelling, was ripped about by the studios and its director. As a result, whats supposed to be a musical has most of its songs missing, props appear and disappear, storylines seem bizarre or nonsensical, and creaky beginning and end sequences are clamped about the middle of the film to show that gee whiz, it was all just a dream!. Like I said, its a good film - you should see it if you ever get the chance - but I think its a dreadful shame all the extra songs and scenes were lost. The Storytelling album reminds me of how those offcuts must be; trampled and scuffed on the cutting room floor. They tell half a story, and make the film a different film. Theyre disjointed and some a little strange. But Im glad they were collected together and straightened out for us to hear. Jamboree! Ive had a few troubles recently, and at work weve been under a ban on excessive internet use, so I havent posted for a while. Even this ones being written at home looking out at a whitewashed house with a red-brick chimney. Ill have to smuggle it into the office in my lunchbox, I think. I apologise in advance for the pickle stains. So belated hellos to all those folks I spoke to at ATP and hey heys to those I met on a windswept Brighton beach last week. It was a very eventful seaside jamboree, with the explosive combination of an entire mixtape team, ddr, pork and chips, and a big gay sailor called Mark who ran about by the waters edge with his ball blowing in the breeze. Brighton, eh! I also met a girl with the same name as me and was worried that we might be so alike that we could explode if I got too close. Luckily, though, we were wearing different socks, and, well, she was a girl, so disaster was avoided. Did everyone enjoy the Jubilee? I stayed in bed all morning and watched the football. Even the Queen wasnt allowed to do that! Instead, strangely, she went to Slough. It isnt easy being a Queen, you know. AND shes legally obliged to wave like shes got a wooden hand and to wear a crown which weighs as much as a bulldogs belly. Bye! Robin x PS: Vote for Alison, because she urinated in the shower, which I think is DISGUSTING! Alex is so funny! He has to STAY! PPS: Mr Moore said : "Now that the new B&S album has been released I wonder if the band will find some news to tell us any time soon?" A quite important piece of B+S news new album, new songs etc. - seems to have passed some of you by. Here it is: http://www.nme.com/news/101602.htm _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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Sinister: what do you mean you don't want to play football?!
by terry underwear 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

hello After several listens of Storytelling I think it is the best B&S record with two girls on the cover. Black and White Unite is like Belle and Garfunkel, or should that be Simon and Sebastian, or maybe Sell and Sebfunkel, ohh i'm confused now, it is a lovely song anyway. and i love the shuffley drums. Wandering Alone made me want to flamenco but i didn't have a partner. so i just tapped my feet. unstable mable, if you leave the uk feel free to come to perth and flamenco to wandering alone with me. Scooby driver is fast and exciting and makes me want to have a bit of a pogo. i don't want to play football, which is understandable because you must be very busy watching all the world cup matches. oh you don't understand the thrill of the game. well write a delightful little song about it then. oh you did. they are my favourite bits, but the rest is very good too. good luck isobel. terry _______________________________________________________ WIN a first class trip to Hawaii. Live like the King of Rock and Roll on the big Island. Enter Now! http://r.lycos.com/r/sagel_mail/http://www.elvis.lycos.com/sweepstakes +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: is it wicked not to care?
by Helen McLean 05 Jun '02

05 Jun '02

Hello there sinister, Where is all this reverence about Isobel coming from? Is everyone afraid to speak ill of the recently departed? My god, is it just me who breathes a (breathy) sigh of relief about the loss of the huge arsed cello player with the 'asthmatic hamster' voice? What happened to the sinister bun-fight of old with isobel fans vs non isobel fans lined up across the playground that is sinister? Who is going to share my jubilation that at least on the next album I will have less tracks to skip? As a friend of mine said.. 'The clock doesn't mean much to Rabbits and Owls but I've been counting the days for that stupid insipid daft cow to leave.... ' (hi jim). Okay okay, so a bit harsh, but frankly, I think its great that she has her own side project where I can choose not to buy the albums and all those who like her stuff can choose to, if they wish. I mean was it just me who was filled with terror after the reports that she was going to release an album of Billie Holiday covers (incidentaly did that ever come about?). Really.. Hmm, though I wonder who is going to play the cello parts now? Perhaps Mick or Beans can learn. But more importantly, who in the band can be subject to constant ridicule now that Isobel has left? I mean, Struan (with his 'arms of sex') and his lyrical genius is definately out. Stevie, although garnering votes for 'Beyond the Sunrise', seems too nice and (allegedly too good a dancer) to take the piss out of. Beans is too cute, and he's called 'Beans' for fucks sake. Richard's into Rock and Roll. And Mick's trumpet playing is too good to rubbish. And even *I* have a soft spot for Sarah. Hmm, Bobby? No. Its just not cricket if there isn't someone I can moan about in my favourite band. Why? Because its fun, because I'm a whinger, and because I have to have someone I can blame for some of the mediocre stuff they have put out. Its never Struan's fault, you see.... So come back Isobel. Please. We need you. Either that or hire someone crap, and then we can all be happy, as I have someone to moan about and Bel lovers can say that it was better in the old days. Everybody loves to moan, right? Or maybe thats just me. Lots of sinister love Helen P.S - To those who disagree, at least now bel's honour has been tarnished you have the chance to defend it. See, I'm doing YOU a favour. P.P.S - To those not aware of the endless debate that has raged for years on the merits of Bel, just type in 'Isobel: arse' or alternatively 'hamster', into the sinister archives and marvel at the number of hits. Or look at old posts by starry(fluffy?) sarah. P.P.P.S - Note the use of the word 'endless' in above postscript. perhaps i shouldn't start things again. hmm, I'm sure Cliff would find this interesting.. though not sure about the Dalai Lama. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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