November 2003 - Sinister

Sinister: with your newfound love of neu and pad thai
by rrrrobyn 22 Nov '04

22 Nov '04

periodically, elements: since last we spoke, sinister, i have not managed to unlearn how to read. in fact, i have learned whole bunches of new words, some of which may or may not be made up. of letters or non-letters. i also found a pink raincoat, 60s style. that totally goes with my pink mini-skirt suit, 60s style. totally. goes. reporting back (now with informative sub-headings): between 'responsibilities', 'unresponsibilities', and growing my hair, i've been to see shows, entertainments, flashing lights and on-stage sweating. - the dirtbombs: wow! whoa! yes! two drumkits (and two drummers)! spasmodical robotic dancing girl guitarist! mick collins! leg kicking to punctuate guitar riffing! it hurt me, how real and good it was. - julie doiron/damien jurado/rosie thomas: this was lovely. i love julie. she makes you love things. everything seems warmer when she sings. the world is a nicer place. i'm cheesy, but it fits. and it was a cold night. everyone seemed to be wearing nice scarves. - le tigre/lesbians on ectasy/les georges leningrad: let me begin with this: check out my awesome green les georges leningrad t-shirt! it fits like a glove, is soft like fake-fur kittens, and on it is a white drawing of a bat carrying a severed head! *and* it's a non-musical material representation of one of the most bizarre and entertaining (in a watching-your-8th-grade-math-teacher-get-attacked-by-bees kind of way) bands around. so, y'know, t-shirt! lesbians on ectasy is a montreal band as well, with a definite e-energy vibe goin' awn - dance-y, electro-y, fun-y. and le tigre, well, i mean, LE TIGRE. matching outfits, motown style (y'know, same fabric, but kathleen's got a strapless minidress, johanna's got a dress with sleeves and an a-line, and jd's got a button-up shirt and pants. rad.) old songs, a few new songs (which were goood), synchronized dance moves, and a fancy way of following a set list (computers! graphic interfaces! etc.) i was happy. (for 5 minutes early on i was unhappy b/c a crew of goonish indie men began to 'mosh' near the front, causing some annoyance. especially when some pulled out, i kid you not, digicams. i'm just, like, er, do you not listen to lyrics? please put away your collector/capturer personas for an hour and be decent. i'm an asshole. no. i'm decidely not. i just hold le tigre near and dear.) so: always good to see le tigre, feel like you can do anything you set your mind to (it's true-oooo!), and dance like a maniac to 'deceptacon'. when buses strike back: holy crap, there's a bus/metro strike on in montreal. how am i supposed to achieve a nice, protective layer of fat for the winter months when i have to do all this walking and cycling everywhere? criminal. i guess i need to drink more beer. while walking and cycling. just all the time really. oh, and eat chocolate. see, i know my fat-making abilities and those two things will do it for sure. remember back when thespark.com had a 'gain x number of pounds in x number of days' contest? i would have kicked ass in that by eating beer and candy alone. and not walking or cycling anywhere. when i see hot pink graffiti, i say that's the graffiti for me: before the bus strike, i saw some pink graffiti in a metro stn on a billboard. it was in that graffiti language i'm not cool enough to understand, but i think it was along the lines of 'rraaarr, we write graffiti! now go and write an essay about it somewhere you silly little academic wad!' haha, aw, pink graffiti. visit montreal, i will try not to be too weird: helen of australia rocks right back. i saw her in the summertime and we walked around montreal and looked at things and i babbled about stuff and i'm sure was awkwardly quiet at times too, yet she still thinks i'm O.K. And she's a world traveller and therefore *knows*. one day i will go to australia and be a world traveller too. but mostly i will go to the beach and drink beer and eat candy. you were always on my mind, you were always on my mind: i bought a new walkman for $15.97 plus gst and pst b/c my old walkman broke a while ago and i am too cheap (ppoorr) to go for a discman and too damn *smart* to go for an mp3 player just quite yet. ipod ipod ipod. want. not going to get. unless it's $15.97. which, nope, it isn't. anyway, so i'm back listening to my tapes again, enjoying mixes made pre-2000, featuring the pet shop boys, the pixies, b&s, mag fields, you know the drill... the only downside to the walkman is that it's ultra sensitive (read 'cheap', not 'lubricated thin latex') to radio waves and things, so that every time i walk by a big construction site or a taxi it buzzes and sometimes even clicks. it's like the city is remixing my tunes yo. and damaging my cochlea. ow, my cochlea! hahahaha. love and bits, robyn p.s. despite having a pink raincoat, 60s style, i still want loralai's pink coat, the one she was wearing last gilmore girls episode with the awesome black and pink dress which i also want. p.p.s. thinking about tv has just reminded me that rupert got kicked off survivor last night. it was sad. both b/c it was a sad event and b/c i yelled at the tv and then at the heavens and then at myself. but really: why? rupert was the best thing to happen to reality tv since do-it-yourself liposuction on the home and garden network. yeah, so that never happened except on the TV Screen in My Head (8 p.m. Wednesdays, CTV), but man, Rupert gone? i'm writing him a letter. (yes, just like the windchill factor, reality is but a feeling too. a FEELING.) ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden(a)yahoo.com Montreal, QC __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.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. 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Sinister: please speak into the microphone
by laurel lemming 12 Aug '04

12 Aug '04

dear Sinister, all of you are always talking about lots of other bands that people who listen to B+S also listen to. the only band I listen to in that sort of 'category' is Belle and Sebastian. oh, I listen to lots of other stuff, mostly in completely different genres; a lot of bluegrass, a lot of emo-ish rock, some 80s pop, and stuff my parents like to listen to. and someone once gave me a mix CD of stuff that was supposed to be "B&S-like," by which I guess they meant t*ee-pop, not that B+S are, but whatever. *stumbles away hoping not to provoke another discussion of "t*ee."* and nothing there really struck my fancy. so I guess my question is, are camera obscura and the hidden cameras the same band? I mean...I don't know. I'm so confused. and is it wicked not to care about all these other bands? not cool enough for you, lem __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 my hands in so many dykes and i can't get them out
by Jonathan Skinner 29 Nov '03

29 Nov '03

Dear Sinister i hope this finds people well etc etc and so forth. the subject was taken from our dear taoseach ( irish equivilant of prime minister/president Blair) Another one i thought was quite humourous was "through government funding we have managed to turn temple bar ( "cultural" quarter of dublin) into Irelands west bank. Squire Gardiner mentioned about meet ups in London. I am travelling all the way over the irish sea for this gig and wouldn't mind a meet up/piss up of sorts. I am going to the wednesday gig if that aids matters any. I can't wait , even though my window for getting to london is thin , if we don't get that flight in the early morning our plans are basically sunk which would be a shame. going to england last week i was meant to fly out on friday morning , due to weather our flight was cancelled and we had to drive to Kerry Airport to fly out 12 hours after we intended. This is the eqivilant to wanting to fly out of Newark and driving to the tiniest municiple airport with no longterm carpark and damn expensive guinness . the dvd i must say i like. i am not in any way an anorak of it but it is getting there, i noticed at least one example of gurning which funnily enough is a word i never new existed until this very day. Drew Barrymore? i tried once and came to the conclusion that my remaining leg was being pulled. i got ms campbells album the other day and must say i quite like it. ok i felt like a bit of a idiot going up to the counter with a pink cd case and lining up behind a guy with the buffy box set but anyway i pulled through and after i tore the sticker off say "ex belle and sebastian cellist" and had a moment silence i put the album on and it was rather goo d. something in me wasn't expecting to be. i think cats pajamas is my fave thus far. some of it does sound slightly like b+s when she was with them which makes sense. Also i noticed in the liner notes that she thanks Mr Stuart David ( i wonder how wee Karn is , since he hasn't done anything of particular importance since i feel i have lost touch with what wee karn has said/done/shat) and she doesn't even mention anyone in belle and sebastian. i think we have an opposition camp setting up. Anyway i can't really remember what else i was going to write about so i will just end on this note. meetup? regards Jonathan +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: confessions
by clairk＠carleton.edu 29 Nov '03

29 Nov '03

Bless me, sinisters, for I have sinned. It's been about a month or so since my last confession. I _meant_ to write a good report of the show I saw in St. Paul, but then I had to write a paper about it and it never occurred to me until the other day to just copy and paste that, and now it's 450 miles away with the rest of my stuff since I'm home for the holidays now. Sad! I'll try and give a brief rundown of the good costumes which the band was wearing on account of it having been Halloween and all. Actually I only remember three of them doing anything out of the ordinary so this will be pretty quick. Stuart came out dressed in one of those full-body skeleton outfits you can buy at Wal-Mart for like $5 (but don't buy them from Wal-Mart, they suck). He played the ribs on it like a xylophone, and then that was the end of that and he had some other outfit on underneath that which he wore for the rest of the night. Mick had his face painted all in white and had put fake blood all over the front of his shirt, which rocked all of us like the real thing. Sarah had one of those little plastic devil's pitchforks and a pair of devil horns which she was wearing as a headband. I think that about covers it. Also they played some songs, and they were all pretty good. Did I mention I was sitting in an opera box seat at the show? I think I did in the last e-mail I tried to send, before the internet devoured it alive. Well, I did. I wish I'd had opera glasses to view the concert with but I think it would have been at odds with my singing along to basically every song and shouting "Celtic!" when someone down below shouted "Partick Thistle" first. I don't think people in box seats do that sort of thing. Anyway, so I'm in Illinois right now so I watch a lot of TV. I don't get to see Belle and Sebastian on it, though, so I can't report back on anything like that, though. The video for "Hey Ya!" is totally awesome, though. Hello to the #sinister people I know. I should be back around soon enough. shaking it like a polaroid picture, -kevin (jackflaps) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: chutes too narrow
by Ethan Gold 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

Hi Sinistrettes and Sinistrons, I just bought the new Shins record and it's really great. James Mercer's melodic sense and phrasing reminds me of Stuart's. It's less controlled though... Maybe you all knew the Shins already but any B&S fans who don't, and need something new to chew on between B&S releases, I think you'll like it. It was a great discovery for me, even if I'm way behind the times. The song "Gone for Good" was the closest thing to my life at the moment I've heard in a long time. If anyone knows that song, you'll know what my life looks like right now. (I've noticed some of you 'tell all' on the list.... I prefer to speak in musical code...) -Ethan ethan(a)ethangold.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 the fortuneteller said.
by Stefano [Steady-State] 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

I wasn´t paying any attention when the fortuneteller took my hand. It was a warm day of August, and the sun was still high over the line horizon, reflecting on river surface, just broken by a million little floating waves. Like blinding colours from the mirror. She was telling things about my life. I wasn´t listening. The present. The future. And the past. Rather starring at her. And her fingers were subtle when she was following the lines and the paths on my palm. The paths which are supposed to have a story written in it. She said my life would be long. I looked at her and smiled. I wasn´t listening. Sometimes I don´t listen to what the people talk to me. But was the point of having a hand read, when you are not interested in the tale. I don´t know. I can´t really answer. But she kept on talking. I´ve always wondered if in this implies that everything is already written on our hands, or if we are the writer. Might be there is just a sketch of story, a few lines, and we have to complete them. Might be there is even an entire scenario, and still have to take our role in the play. And say our line, at the right clap of the hands. That someone else will read one day. I always tough we write the story. Most of it, at least. But there are things, we can´t write. And word we can´t say. And words we shouldn´t listen, or wouldn´t listen. Or that we should. She said my hands were nice. She said things. I though she said things to anyone. Probably the same ones. Or might be not. Who can say. She was talking to me, telling me stories I wouldn´t have believed, and she knew. At she said life would be painless. I´m sorry but, that´s not what I found. I kissed the fortuneteller. Goodbye the fortuneteller. Yours, Stefano #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~##~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# When you sleep do you see an angel in dying light Or can you see someone standing outside trying to set you alight Or maybe you've seen someone somewhere before that I might have loved if i'd never loved you but you only see me in bad dreams (R.P-S) #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~##~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 the fortuneteller said.
by Stefano [Steady-State] 28 Nov '03

28 Nov '03

I wasn´t paying any attention when the fortuneteller took my hand. It was a warm day of August, and the sun was still high over the line horizon, reflecting on river surface, just broken by a million little floating waves. Like blinding colours from the mirror. She was telling things about my life. I wasn´t listening. The present. The future. And the past. Rather starring at her. And her fingers were subtle when she was following the lines and the paths on my palm. The paths which are supposed to have a story written in it. She said my life would be long. I looked at her and smiled. I wasn´t listening. Sometimes I don´t listen to what the people talk to me. But was the point of having a hand read, when you are not interested in the tale. I don´t know. I can´t really answer. But she kept on talking. I´ve always wondered if in this implies that everything is already written on our hands, or if we are the writer. Might be there is just a sketch of story, a few lines, and we have to complete them. Might be there is even an entire scenario, and still have to take our role in the play. And say our line, at the right clap of the hands. That someone else will read one day. I always tough we write the story. Most of it, at least. But there are things, we can´t write. And word we can´t say. And words we shouldn´t listen, or wouldn´t listen. Or that we should. She said my hands were nice. She said things. I though she said things to anyone. Probably the same ones. Or might be not. Who can say. She was talking to me, telling me stories I wouldn´t have believed, and she knew. At she said life would be painless. I´m sorry but, that´s not what I found. or sauer, I kissed the fortuneteller. Goodbye the fortuneteller. Yours, Stefano #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~##~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# When you sleep do you see an angel in dying light Or can you see someone standing outside trying to set you alight Or maybe you've seen someone somewhere before that I might have loved if i'd never loved you but you only see me in bad dreams (R.P-S) #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~##~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Fwd: B & S Mailing List - Friday December 5th - It's Indie Karaoke at The London Astoria!
by Lucy Alder 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

--- band(a)banchory.net wrote: > To: <list(a)banchory.net> > From: <band(a)banchory.net> > Subject: B & S Mailing List - Friday December 5th - It's Indie Karaoke > at The London Astoria! > Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 21:51:47 -0000 > > To all of you who made it to the Glasgow Album Launch, you'll know the > drill already, however, for those who don't, the support band for the > Friday London show is going to be an interactive karaoke affair! The > Johnny 7 are going to be the band, and we need you, yes, that's YOU!, to > choose from the delectable list of indie karaoke delights below and > volunteer to get up on the stage at The Astoria and belt it at - simple > really! > > If you have tickets and wanna display your vocal prowess, please email > "karaoke(a)banchory.net" and tell us which song you want to sing. We'll > then contact you to discuss meet-up points for the night. > > **Please note, if you haven't already got tickets, we're not going to be > able to get you into the show, despite how much you want to participate, > sorry.** > > Stuart Murdoch will be your compere for the slot and there'll probably > be > a prize for the best performance too, so even if you're not up for > singing, please come along early to join in the fun and shout loud for > your fave. > > Here's the list of Johnny 7 approved songs! > > Aztec Camera : oblivious > Baccara : yes sir i can boogie > Burt Bacharach : this guy's in love with you > Shirley Bassey : goldfinger (or almost any bond theme) > Belle & Sebastian : legal man > Blondie : heart of glass / denis / sunday girl > David Bowie : the man who sold the world > Camper Van Beethoven : take the skinheads bowling > The Carpenters : close to you > Edwyn Collins : a girl like you > Doris Day : perhaps, perhaps, perhaps > The Delgados : pull the wires from the wall > Dexy's Midnight Runners : geno > The Doors : light my fire > Franz Ferdinand : darts of pleasure > Astrud Gilberto : the girl from ipanema > Mary Hopkins : those were the days > Jacky : white horses > Daniel Johnston : speeding motorcycle > Tom Jones : it's not unusual > Kylie : can't get you out of my head > Julie London : cry me a river > Madness : baggy trousers > Maaonna : like a virgin / material girl / borderline > The Mamas and The Papas : california dreaming > Kelly Marie : feels like i'm in love > The Monkees : last train to clarksville / i'm a believer > The Pastels : nothing to be done > Freda Payne : band of gold > Elvis Presley : bossa nova baby > Pulp : babies > Santana : black magic woman > Dusty Springfield : the look of love > The Strokes : last nite > Supergrass : alright > The Supremes : baby love > Teenage Fanclub : the concept > Thin Lizzy : the boys are back in town > Tight Fit : the lion sleeps tonight > Velvet Underground : sunday morning > Bobby Vinton : blue velvet > Dionne Warwick : say a little prayer > White Stripes : you're pretty good looking > Andy Williams : music to watch girls by > > And almost anything vintage by Elvis, The Beatles, The Stones etc. > > Go on, get in the spirit! > > Cheers, > Katrina @ Banchory. > > http://www.belleandsebastian.com > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank email to > list-off(a)banchory.net > ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ________________________________________________________________________ Download Yahoo! Messenger now for a chance to win Live At Knebworth DVDs http://www.yahoo.co.uk/robbiewilliams +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: waiting for the moon to RI:SE
by robin stout 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hullo, I almost phoned up RI:SE to ask Richard if b&s have ever considered writing a song about snooker, which could be played at the end of the World Championships when they show a compilation of all the funny mishaps that have occurred, like the time when a pigeon flew onto the baize just when Ian Botham was about to hit the ball. You see, if I'd got a B for music GCSE instead of a C, I would write a song like this myself. It's a surefire way to pop stardom. It'd be played on telly at least once a year, guaranteed. I'd write a song all about Michaela, the beautiful World Championship referee... I position my cue, She polishes my balls, Then I shoot into the hole. Michaela my dear, Won't you come round for tea? I'll give you a bacon roll. It's a missed opportunity, for sure. Richard's bound to be up for it, too. I've often seen him wistfully chalking the ends of his drumsticks, a tear in his eye for what might have been. I reckon someone should start an internet petition to "Write a song about snooker - do it for Richard!" Did I ever tell you how great Desperation Made a Fool of Me is? Did anyone take part in the I'm A Cuckoo video shoot? Report back, people! r o b i n x x x _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail messages direct to your mobile phone http://www.msn.co.uk/msnmobile +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: waiting for the moon to RI:SE
by kenneth.chu＠uclh.org 27 Nov '03

27 Nov '03

Hello kiddies.. and adults alike. RI:SE ===== Hmm.. B&S WENT ON TV the other day, and nobody has mentioned it yet. Strange. It's enough to make you wonder if maybe people only review interviews because they want to show off about the fact that they were doing the interviews!!! :-) Well I watched it anyway, on RI:SE, I actually ro:se for it (with help from a txt msg reminder), and wow wasn't it great. I turned on the TV, and saw a row of celebrities: MC Harvey, some girl i don't know, some dude I don't know. Star studded line-up, but WHERE WERE BELLE AND SEBASTIAN!!! Or have various B&S members undergone sex and race change operations?!? Later on it was revealed that Stevie and Richard were actually on the show!!! But either because there weren't enough seats in the studio, or other reasons, the token Scots were relegated to sitting BEHIND THE BAR!!! And every now and then (less often than not) the presenter would reach his head back and say hi. So it went on like this for ages, we found out that MC Harvey's favourite album is a Michael Jacksons one. Some girl I don't know's favourite album "has got to be Abba", and Stevie likes Rubber Soul by the Fab Four. And then later on there was a brief discussion on the Electric Honey label of Stow College, where Tigermilk was made, before swiftly moving onto a lengthy discussion of MC Harvey's love affair with Alesha Dixon, of Dixons fame. Another half an hour of gruelling RI:SE later we got to the good bit!! FANS CAN PHONE IN and ask the artists questions!! First we had an old granny who had once met MC Harvey in a holiday resort, and had since become a huge fan. (He gave her a hug!! Aw). Pretty interesting. THEN, it was a BELLE AND SEBASTIAN FAN!!! YAY! Some guy whose name was "Barington" I think.. and asked the killer question... "You know you guys formed the band in an all night café... do you still go back there for nostalgic reasons?" At which point the presenter went - "How do you know this?? Are you some kind of obsessive mentalist fan or somm'in??" Well, seeing that almost every piece of B&S review goes on about this fact, it can't be that surprising that he knows. A REAL obsessive would have called up and maybe said something like "I saw you once on Sauciehall Street taking out just £10 from the cash machine, were you quite skint or something??" And none of us would have done that now would we? Anyway yeah, apparently that cafe had since closed (it was called the "Grovesjlkfsnlnor" or something). or something. And then I went to work and i was 5 minutes late. Ken P.S.: Remember 27th Dec - INTERNATION SINISTER BOWLING DAY sinisters in the world go bowling. ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this email was not intended for you please notify the UCLH Mail Administrator at mail.administrator(a)uclh.org. This footnote confirms that the email and attachments contained no viruses when they left UCLH. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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