June 2002 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Stars of Crackin' Deals
by ~ boywiththearabstrap 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

G'mornin'/evening, or whatever, First of all, hi to everyone we met at the gig last night,except for the guy in the green suit(you know who you are!).A PRIZE ARSEHOLE. I am being truly sincere when I say that that was one of the best performances I have seen from the band. The subject of conversation in the bar beforehand was to whether or not the loss of Isobelle C. would greatly affect the content of the show. Not so! They played a great set, coupled with a relatively sober audience (unusual for "hometown" gigs).(Musical)Highlight?-The extended version of "Scooby Driver". Spectacular. Personal highlight?-Bumping into an ex-girlfriend who I had not seen in absolutely ages.She was lookin' good, but alas, twas not to be. But T, if you are reading this, it was good to see you. I am still auditioning for your replacement. Fingers crossed, the BEEB will show something from the Glastonbury gig on the telly, but dont hold your breath. So, to the band. Thanks for a great night out(again!), and heres to many more. One last thing, if the girl who was asking us about the 13th Note gig gets in touch, we've got what you want. Have a great weekend, worldwide. sjm _________________________________________________________________ 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: Bernard Black vs. Lisa Simpson
by Vilkas . 28 Jun '02

28 Jun '02

Dear Sinister Kids, HIJINKS : Oh dear. This last weekend, I broke into my own house. Or rather my friend Dave picked the lock of my front door while I held the flashlight. See, I locked my house and car keys in my car. In the ignition. I was only 7 blocks from my house. I was gonna get my car in the morning. Tonight I was gonna stroll(stumble) home. See I was out and about before the birthday party of my friend Dickie and it was just easier to not have to go home first. So I went straight to the party. And partied. And drank. Australian Cabernet-Shiraz is damn good. Y'know what would have been funny? If after all, someone stole my sorry 1984 volvo station wagon cos the keys are in the ignition. They could've take a hammer to the windows. I was about to take a hammer to the back window; but my friends talked me out of it. Thank fuck it's impossible to break into with a slim jim. Oh, I say that now, now that I got back into in my house. It may not run; but it'll stay locked. Well, unless you take a hammer to the glass. I'm glad my friends are delinqeunts. I must send a shout-out to Miss Jenny Payne and her FAB sister for offering to help climb up the wall into the windows. I'm glad Dave knows how to pick locks cos drunk people and ladders sounds like painful danger to me. BILL VIOLA AND JANE & LOUISE WILSON: are the reason why I locked my keys in may car. They spoke at two lecture at the Virginia Museum. They were amazing. I still feel like a Warner Brothers cartoon character post-anvil with the birdies and butterflies circling my head. Plus Jane and Louise Wilson's Stasi City was installed and it was cool as shit. It's footage of the disused East German secret police jail-thing. The way it's shot and the way it's projected; it's like you're there almost. And Bill Viola showed some stuff I've never seen (some stuff that was in-fucking-credible) and there was a new piece of his the museum had just aquired that was in display. Yeah yeah art schmart. BUT... at the reception was this kid from the local coffee shop playing what was called experimental guitar. He was abusing his guitar and his mate was feeding that noise into his laptop and making pretty sounds from it. Aww yeah. HARD AS FUCK: Ok, wanna know what happens whan life gives me lemons? Here's my lemon story. Everyone's got a few herculean drinking stories and this is one of my best. This was when I was living with 3 other people in a big-ass house with 4 or 5 more people/boyfriends/girlfriends/friends staying over every night. Me, my roomate Maura and my friends Marshall and Holly were hanging out this one night. I had been to the health food store earlier and had brought home an organic lemon the size of a small grapefruit. Naw really. I brought it out for show and tell. Someone then went and got a *big-ass* bottle of tequila. Awww shit. We all sat down at the kitchen table with the lemon, the tequila and salt and did tequila shots until the bottle was empty. Tha whole thing. Daaaaaamm. Now that was a big-ass lemon. DUCK: Thanks for telling us about those ducks Liz Daplyn. Ducks are so cool. They're such intense little birds, booking around their area with very important things to do and letting out loud-ass QUACKS. FUTBOL: The World Cup is a sadistic mistress. Damn you World Cup Damn you to Hell! I have enough trouble sleeping already...and cos of the "whole world is all in different time zones" thing and the "rotation of the Earth" thing; the games are shown here in the middle of the night. Or the verrry early morning. Fuck It. That's nothing to whine about. I'm just a casual fan of a few sports. I like hockey and football (soccer). Baseball's ok if you're at an actual game, and it's fun to play cos you can hit things with a baseball bat. Teehee. Basketball at least moves along even if the scores are silly. Team A wins the game with 436 points over Team B with a total of 434 points! And at least you can watch grown men fly. American football makes no sense and has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It is funny to snicker at most of homophobic America engaging in blatant admiration of queerness of big gay men being gay. To quote Nelson, HAha. Yeah pass the astroglide; we've gotta fit this oddly shaped ball up there. Oops, sorry that was rude. We're not gonna even mention nascar or wrestling. Nope. Right. The world cup though. Football is addictive and I don't really have any way to see it on a regular basis. I saw the Womens World Cup a few years ago when it was in Richmond. I got a free ticket even. But that's a whole different game. So I get no football (i.e. soccer) and then you get the frickin mothership? Ok fine. I was in Scotland for the last one. I was rooting for France cos they were geographically closer wheras if I weren't in Scotland, Brazil would be closer. So then I'd root for Brazil. All my flatmates and all the other kids in the rest of the halls of residence and myself went down the hill to the pub and watched it at I think it at Molly Malone's which sounds a fuck of a lot cheesier than it is. And I'm glad the United States made it so far, but I'm glad thay lost to Germany. Long reasoning involving anti-americanisation of the world. Better explained not by me; it's too hot outside to be articulate. Warning: Don't read this next sentence if you've not seen the last games. Germany vs. Brazil is gonna be a good game. Yessss. Brazil are straight-up righteous and Germany are a intricate, powerful, goal scoring, foot action machine. RAHHHHK! aka FUCKIN' ANORAK! Do you ever get amazed by a record you've owned for a bit? One that you've liked enough to not sell but not enough to listen to so much? I've had Leftfield's Rhythm and Stealth for a while. I've listened to it on and off but never had it on heavy rotation. I put it on yesterday and it was like a whole new record. Like a whole new sound. It was the exact sound for my mood. It was like I had never heard it before. It's effing amazing! How did I not hear this before? WOW. Z-U-L-U Thass the way you spell zu-lu! Same thing with Sinead O'Connor's Faith and Courage. It's really good. Naw really. Granted, I am a longtime fan...since age 14...that's 14 years now. If she released an album of renditions of the phone book, I would buy it. But this record fell flat except for a few songs. So I wanted to hear those few songs...put them on LOUD...left the rest of the record to play...was AMAZED. Dancing around the house? Oh yes. I think it's the few weeks of no neighbors until someone moves in downstairs. I can listen to music L-O-U-D without bothering anyone. Much louder than if someone lived below. It doesn't travel down to the street cos the stereo is in my sealed-off-air-conditioned bedroom. It just travels through the floor. Damn you floor. Content: Wouldn't it be fab if in concert, the end bit of You Made Me Forget My Dreams was played? The hard house bit? Hey Matthew Henderson. I like both Phish and the Clash. Because they both don't suck. To me, they sound more similar than not. Granted, I listen to the Clash much more; my friends are the ones with the Phish albums. BOOTYLICIOUS And to call in on a subject from a bit ago; what's wrong with booty for the sake of booty? Just so none of your partner's ahem...fluid touches any of your ahem...fluid. Act like you know: it's called a condom. Or an ahem, dental dam. From experience; the best way to do this is with someone who'll you'll never see again. Ever. Or at least for a long while. More beating a topic to death. I'd like a boyfriend. But I can't be bothered to go looking for one. I'm the worlds worst serial flirter. And despite the previous paragraph; I'm really not a whore. I love flirting but I can't be bothered to play the girly game and act like a girl and I'm too shy to ask anyone out. So I'm still single. Fuck It. More kicking a dead pig/clown: I think if I weren't shy, I might be married now. I mean I'm a near socialite and I love to talk to people. I don't care if I don't know them either. Fuck all that. Meeting people is easy. Teehee. But when it comes to l-o-v-e, I shrink back into my turtle shell. Why do i do this? It drives me up the fuckin wall! Gaaaah! Well fuck. MELLLLLTING Hey Jay Eckard. Well, speaking of the heat, in the exact middle of Virginia here, it's hot as fuck. I'm hiding in my air conditioned bedroom now. The rest of the house requires the same silver suits they use in foundrys so as to resist catching fire. Outside is unacceptably hot. You walk out the front door and it's like you just stuck your head in the oven...while it's set to broil. We're not gonna mention the humidity either. ROCK! The other day, the health food store, which usually plays some kind of lite-new age-faux jazz crap; was playing the Rolling Stones and the Supremes. Plus Brickhouse and a nice variety like that. Do grocery stores pick their music for the time they think a certain shopper demographic will be there? I heard Siouxsie and the Banshees in the drugstore and I heard The Smiths in the normal big-ass grocery store. The weirdest grocery store experience was when I was out in the country near my dad's. Huuuuge grocery store in a hick-town in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. And Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit is playing very loudly over the wide aisles. I swear they turned it up. It was trippy maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan. Riiiiiight. Rock on, Vilkas and the Vil-cassettes P.S. Yo, Glasgow Picnic goers; I want a full reporting back, complete with why the police were speaking with you. P.P.S. If you see a tiny sticker-photo of a siamese cat stuck up anywhere, please e-mail me at loueverywhere(a)yahoo.com. And if you'd like to distribute tiny sticker-photos of a siamese cat, please e-mail me and I will send you a few. Thing is, you'd have to tell me where you stuck them. Long story, I'll explain later. P.P.P.S Thomas Henderson, Gordon, and anyone else needing more profanity, this is for you, and I mean it in the friendliest way: Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt Cunt. _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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Sinister: :-(
by Gillian Kirby 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Arse! Yahoo are now charging for e-mail forwarding to pop3...meaning my e-mail usage is limited to once a week at the library rather than the comforts of home and Eudora. Grrr.Plus I've moved back from lovely manchester for the summer to the armpit of Lancashire ie. Blackburn. But never fear! I have the About a Boy soundtrack and a ticket for Flaming lips next weekend :-) -Gillian ps-sean, mail will come soon... ===== _________________________ Concrete Society Award winner 1968.. __________________________________________________ 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: McDonaldLand
by Jay Eckard 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

How could you forget your old McDonaldLand pals Fry Guys and Birdie? Jay -- "Knowing? That's easy. Everyone does that ad nasueum I just sort of hope." Dr. Who _________________________________________________________________ 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: fighting fire with fire is probably the stupidest thing you can do
by Kieran Devaney 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Dear Sinister, Duck. I quite like Storytelling actually. Much seems to have been made about the albums brevity, and a perceived value for money which the album doesnt have, but all of that seems at best peripheral to the appreciation of the music, which most people (not everyone), seem to agree is good or better. A lot of the people who have criticised the music itself seem to be criticising it because its film music, that the songs, especially the instrumentals are nice, but nothing more than nice. This is a fair enough criticism, but I think that as film music they work well (even if they werent included in the film). In fact I think if theyre so inclined Belle & Sebastian could have a decent career scoring films Ive read more than once about how the band want to make their next record sound more free which is interesting as well, because if they succeed then well have seen them operating at two extremes in as many records. The constraints put on them by electing to do the music for Storytelling i.e. having to evoke a certain atmosphere with the music dictated by a certain scene or idea within the film etc, have benefited the band I think because theyve had to change their methodology to fit those constraints. One of the main criticisms levelled at Fold Your Hands Child was that it sounded too much like Belle & Sebastian, that they were operating too much within their own hermetically sealed universe, a criticism Id certainly agree with, and while the album showcased the best and worst of the band, I think they realised that it was time to move on, that they had to draw a line under their first four albums and handful of EPs and do something different. Doing the music for Storytelling forced them to break out of that self-contained way of working, and while the sounds on the album are still recognisably Belle & Sebastian, I think the paradigm shift in the way they worked on the album is evident. This makes it sound like just a transitional record, but I dont think it is the only major flaw would seem to be the meagre amount of the music actually used in the film, which is a pity, and I cant help thinking that the album couldve been even better if there wouldve been a better relationship between the director and the band and perhaps future projects will prove more successful in that respect. All this in mind it will be interesting to see where to band go next, and while the notion of a free Belle & Sebastian album at first faintly ridiculous, perhaps it will lead them closer to the spirit of those early recordings which most of us seem keen for them to recapture. Duck. So, at this juncture, when the band have cast of the shackles of their past selves and are ready to embrace the future with relish (I bet you 10p that their next album sounds like a combination of Merzbow, Evan Parker, Lloyd Cole, Country Joe and The Fish, DJ Spooky, Captain Beefheart and Wham! and will feature guest appearances from the whole of Jurassic Five Hi, Im Sean Lennon and youre listening to Jurassic Five and Belle & Sebastian), it seems odd that one of the members would decide to leave. Very few people seem saddened by the loss of Isobel Campbell in terms of the music, which most people (not everyone) seem to agree is average or worse, and with Sarah Martin sporting a likeable Moe Tucker-esque vocal (anyone else noticed that?) on whichever song it is on storytelling, it does seem female vocals do have a future in the band in spite of departing members. Being, as I am not dissimilar to said most people I am largely indifferent to the songs Isobel wrote for the band, but I do think its sad that shes gone, because Ms Campbell did seem to encapsulate the very essence of the band at once twee, affected, distant, but also at times engaging and capable of the momentary flights of artistic fancy that made Belle & Sebastian songs great, a backing vocal here, a cello lick there. Of course, Im only really considering her public persona here, but its hard to argue that she wasnt, isnt an iconic figure in certain circles, very enigmatic. Perhaps thats why she had to go. But its a pity anyway. I saw her new album in the jazz section in HMV on Monday, so she is at least moving up in the world in some respects. She is now officially jazz. Duck. Whats with all the England flags knocking around at the moment? I thought they went out of fashion some years ago, and yet as I type I can see three draped out of the upstairs windows, and a couple billowing from car radio aerials belonging some of my neighbours who have suddenly decided they like to wear their patriotism on the proverbial sleeve. I do find it slightly disconcerting to be honest, it probably has something to do with a combination of world cup and jubilee engendered feelings of nationalism, but arent both of those over as far as England are concerned? It seems like an odd way to celebrate your love for a country anyway, this rather outré show of what? Solidarity? Unity? Surely the pluralism of British (and English, Ive seen ten England flags for every union jack), culture (a good thing), has displaced the idea that we can all be brought together with one common interest (as symbolised by the flag)? Surely what we should be celebrating are our differences, because our similarities no longer seem all that important. And what exactly do these flags stand for anyway? If they, as I suspect, mean different things to different people (and Ive seen them up all over the place in predominantly Asian areas they are perhaps an outward show of love for a country that still feels like an adopted home, rather than just a home. Which makes it sound like tokenism, but its more complicated than that I think, if having an Indian flag (or whatever), in your window is defiance, a refusal to disengage with the values of what you see to be your real homeland, and a rejection of British (or wherever), culture then Asian families draping a union jack from their bedroom windows would be the opposite. Whereas I would say that something approximating a half way point between the two (i.e. no flag whatsoever), would be best a sense of giving as well as taking culturally, which is how cultures are enriched in the first place), then surely this just reinforces the point about the pluralism of cultures making symbols which represent just one culture defunct. In this respect, and its probably my disenfranchisement with the world cup and the jubilee and the rest of it which increases my annoyance with seeing so many flags all over the place, I fail to see what the point in all these flags is. Perhaps its just a wilful clinging onto of an idea of England, one that never really existed, except in a few books and paintings and symbols of identity, which we know never existed, but still want back. Goose. Another thing which has been puzzling me, and Im going to try not to be disparaging about it now (though past attempts have failed), is the continuing popularity of that Big Brother show. When the first series arrived on our shores I decided not to watch it on principle (the principle being that it sounded like crap TV), and I didnt bother watching any of it, avoided discussions about it and genuinely knew absolutely nothing about it. Same for the second series last year. But then as the hype for the new series rolled around, my interest was piqued why did so many people not just like, but adore this show? Why were so many people (for want of a better word) addicted to it? So one evening I decided to watch I wanted to try and focus solely on the show and prepared for it so I wouldnt be unnecessarily distracted whilst it was on, collecting a few bags of salt and vinegar square crisps, a big glass of water and various cushions and stuff for comfort and settled down to watch. What followed was honestly one of the most dull experiences of my existence, and Im including a nine month stint in a pitch-black womb in this estimation. Honestly, what on earth do people get out of watching? Its voyeurism (though the extent to which information is withheld from viewers they cut bits of dialogue deemed too risqué to broadcast etc does dampen said sense of voyeurism), which tells you that everyone is as boring as you its like hacking someones email account only to find the same bits of spam and unwanted chain letters thatve been lounging in your own account for months. The lives of the participants, the most minor nuances of their characters, their mundane troubles and everyday concerns are laid out in front of us, packaged as if they were entertainment, but in what sense is this entertainment? What does this tell us about humanity? The main complaint of the contestants is, according to my brother who watches the show a fair bit, boredom. Why would I want to watch people being bored? I can eavesdrop on more interesting conversations on the bus, just wandering through town, and then at least I only get fragments and I can fabricate a much more interesting background for the snippets of information I hear, but with Big Brother I get the whole thing, the beginning middle and end of the whole boring story without any room for imagination. And the contestants themselves seem deliberately chosen for their non threatening characteristics, all picked from the same, ugh, demographic to be attractive but vain, outgoing but inarticulate, flirtatious but uncommitted etc etc. The only reason my brother could give for his continual enjoyment of the show (for he has watched all the series I believe), is that it is engrossing. Gladly though, I myself was not engrossed and I dont intend to watch again the square crisps were nice though. Anyone who does watch and could enlighten me on the shows merits, about how its a fascinating social experiment or a conceptual art happening or just why they find it entertaining would be more than welcome to email me with their views. Did I say I was going to try not to be disparaging? Im really in the mood for a good game of duck, duck goose at the moment. Anyone up for that? Cheers. - Kieran _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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Sinister: every night she kisses someone new-never you
by Jonathan Skinner 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Dear All i hope this finds everyone in a fine state of fettleness- almost in as good state of fettleness as i am in. I am just back from my two week foray into the world of Italy which may be my most favourite world of all. I really can't describe my freelings for that country even though this is my second visit in as many years. This year we was in Rome ( stayed near termini- via principe amedeo) and then to Airola near Caserta in Campania which was nice-the only english speaking people ( native) in the entire area. It was incredible and it gave us the oppertunity to go around pompeii and the amalfi which was delightful. what i hate though is when you come back from a trip and you sort of feel you have learned something from it and then you talk to your friends and nothing has changed and you want to tell them things you learnt even though they politely ask about the holiday when they really don't want to hear about it and you don't want to boast- this is the nice thing i can bore you to death and you can just click delete...................................................................... ....................................now One thing i will say was that i went to a brothel- my parents thought it was the right time seeing as i am 18 and all. well actully it was a brothel yes BUT it was buried under layers of volcanic ash for nigh on 2000 years- it did however proove a highly educational day (Well 10 minutes considering there was the rest of pompeii to see) it had the names ofwhores who had vd and the ones who *ahem* gave the best pleasure and drawings on the wall what the audio guide stated as being that days version of the kama sultra with interesting diagrams none of which had the words "requires practice" or what ever at the end of it- the childrens audioguide that one of us ended up with was hilarious though. "this is a house where prostitutes worked, notice it has 5 rooms with stone beds- the paintings on the wall cannot be made out now as we move out of the house and back onto what was a bustling end of pompeii" - i bet it was. anyway enough about whores and self indulgent tirades on my holidays ( which were ace by the way i'm not sure i mentioned that). An interesting array of events have taken place in the whole B+S world since i stopped living and started studying. Isobel left *gasp* how unexpected considering the foul form she was on. I think though this may be a good thing for the band- i don't know why. It must be highly insulting for them if they do infact read this list to see how people are weeping and whaling ( and in some cases giving personal insults about the girl endowed with *the hamster voice*) she and the band are human beings who happen to be lucky enough be talented in a certain direction and actully have some direction which is more than can be said about most on this list ( including my self at the top of the list who officially has not a clue about what he wants from life) The band will go on- if she had stayed the band may have collapsed from the pressure of someone being unhappy and so i think it is a good thing. I wish her well and the band of course ( who i think should play ireland) Also it was nice to see Neil back on form after so many polite emails ( hee hee i liked the ones on the jeepster forum but mostly because i hate that forum and i think they hate us) i should really get back to being idle for the first time in while so i bid you all goodday and godspeed. plague and pestilence with some lollipops for all j +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: So it appears time to grow up...
by lucasjames＠bolt.com 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

In my 20th year I discovered I was everywhere I wanted to be and apparently that was nowhere by greater standards. I studied film for a few years becuase everything else was bullshit and I decided at least I could watch movies, only to then become a philosophy major. So here I am, next year I will graduate and be thusly thrust into a world that apparently doesn't care for my type, a songwriter by nature since I was a boy, early on I realized not that that would take me nowhere but that the majority of the people that it does take anywhere are completely false, made of fake parts with "images" and what not. No one really cares for the trueness of a songwriter, one who doesn't care if you like it but hopes the more you listen that maybe, just maybe you will connect with that human aspect that seems to be far lost in much of todays, art, music, whatever, no one wants reality and truth, we'd rather look at someone we could never be and if we were, we would most likely hate being. So I took to philosophy, big deal, no chance I can help the world as it is too far gone, I just want to prepare myself for whatever is next but in the meantime I can't tell if I'm wasting my time or not? Many seem to think I am but I feel released from so many of the standard rules of the world that I must've gotten somewhere, nonetheless it hasn't much helped my work ethics. So I ask of you all a favour, if there is any of you that is happy, or even satisfied, doing something you love or respect or anything of that sort, please send me some advice. Unlike everything I've been told I know there must be careers, jobs, whatever out there that are skewed from the center so that people like me who can't accept the big 15 (business, marketing, etc...(Cog in a machine work)), can continue our searching and not be too miserable or bored along the way. I guess I'm asking the little guy, the minority to tell me what he does for a living, because to some degree we all have to do something to eat, so there must be some other options, I would love to hear any of these options at all, Give me some ideas because the 15 that have been presented to me leave me little hope. All I need are some ideas of what I could do that wouldn't kill me. Lucas James Lucasjames(a)bolt.com ------------------------------------------------------- Bolt. Everything you need to speak your mind, hang out, hook up ... whatever. Tagbooks , Bolt Notes , message boards, personality quizzes, photos, free stuff and lots more! http://www.bolt.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: Yes, it could have been a brilliant Korea
by Simon Fallaha 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

Hello again everyone. Clever phrase you used Ben, I saw fit to use it as my title. Well, everything's pretty quiet on the Psi-front. I'm still looking for a placement for next year (I have until October) and whilst doing so, am keeping myself occupied in many ways. One is of course searching for a holiday, but there are more. For all you literature addicts, I've started reading Cold Comfort Farm. It wasn't long ago that I realised it was the inspiration to the famous Divine Comedy song Something For The Weekend (one of my all-time favourite DC songs). Neil Hannon claimed it was inspired by Kate Beckinsale's lovely face, and then I discovered she was the star of the film version of Cold Comfort Farm. Thought I'd try the book out first though, and so far, it's very good (I'm some 70 pages into it). Sat through Live And Let Die last night. It was one of the few Bond films I hadn't seen, and it was good. Speaking of films, I'm assuming most of you have already seen Spider-Man (which, if you haven't, I'd definitely recommend). However I was recently reminded of the blantant product placement in the film (Carlsberg, Macy Gray). Did anyone spot it? Mind you, at least it wasn't as obvious as in Josie and the Pussycats. I also saw the Final Fantasy film recently, which I know a number of people have avoided cos of the "all animation, no plot" rumours that most critics have been spreading. Actually, the plot's not too bad, even if it is overly familiar. What struck me was how real the characters in the film looked sometimes. I remember in my "Stuff" post earlier this month, I talked about how exciting the World Cup was. Now I'm beginning to wonder if the critics were right about regretting the loss of France, Argentina and Portugal (of course when they wrote those articles I totally disagreed with them). I mean, I was happy so long as England, Ireland, South Korea and Japan were still in. Now they're all gone, what's left? A Brazil team that's nowhere near as good as their predecessors versus the "robotic" Germans. Someone wrote yesterday that it'd have been ridiculous if Korea had made the final - I don't think so. They were exciting to watch in nearly all of their games, even if they don't have players as gifted as the so-called "big" countries. Yes, they were lucky to get past Spain, but it's always a welcome sight to see a "small" country reach the final. Let's just say I really don't think the final will be that entertaining... I'm off to listen to the Gemma Hayes album again. All of you who are off to Glastonbury, enjoy yourselves. Take care, Psi __________________________________________________ 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: a stupid soap-opera
by hannah brown 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

I haven't been writing lately, mainly in fear of list abuse, dullness or general unreadability but today i don't care, i've got to talk or i might just cry. I went to my college bar on friday in the intention of seducing a particularly cute bloke buy the name of alec. All was going fine, i was drunk on champagne and he was chatting to me about things and smiling as he did. Knowing that he was going to leave the country for two months i decided to just to do something about it. I led him outside and tried to kiss him, he just froze and wouldn't look at me, it was raining hard so i had to squint through my wet glasses (hardly and attractive look). I tried to talk to him but he just said, "sorry, i am a bit weird", he didnt even want to see the tindersticks and said he would be "busy packing",i told him i thought he was lovely and i he just ignored it. so i did that thing where you go home and you cry and you want to die, coz i have liked him for sooooo long and i just want to make him smile. But my flat mate was great to me, i was a blubbering mess so he gave me a tape and told me to listen to it in bed and try and cry lots coz it will help, and it did. I went to the tindersticks and it was truely beautiful, the weather was perfect and although it would have been great to have someone to squeeze when the excitement of the opening chords to "she's gone" came on, i was glad i was there with my friend. they played "jism" too, a fine, fine song I have seen alec today and i wanted to apologise but i couldn't breath very well, he was wearing a very cute jumper, i think he may have run away now that he has seen me. i am sorry about the self-depressing shite of that but i just had to talk, and i won't mention it again, it has just made feel stupid and a bit sad. Hello to everyone who i saw on saturday, i hope breams got home ok too. I am going to make the effort to come to a scotland picnic coz it would be good to see some more of you all and i won't post again until i've got lots of musical/b&s related stories to amaze you with. love and stuff hannah b _________________________________________________________________ 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 want to be the girl who sings the Lotto song..
by laurel lemming 27 Jun '02

27 Jun '02

hey, sinister, I saw Stu(cute nice voice great arms and lovely chest)art last night. really. only he was 14 and I was about 12, and he had red hair and we were tripping through a gravelly parking lot together. and he was trying to convince me that I liked him better than my boy, and we went on an escalator and he kissed me on the cheek, and then he whispered to me conspiratorililily in an American accent that he "wasn't really Irish" and ran away. Irish? what!? but there were blue veins, blue, blue veins. hey, sinister, there were two cute kids at the Chicago show who were getting married. they know who they are. I have pictures of them, and meant to mail them, but I was among those who waited hours talking in the rain outside, and my pen was water-soluble. mail me. I'll send you your cutie pictures. hey, sinister, I've been painting my room pistachio-coloured. today I went to the store for more painty-rollers, and picked up a car with a painting technique on it described as 'frottage.' this made me laugh. lovelovelovelovelove lazy lime-painter lemming (bra-sil! boom-boom-boom) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.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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