December 2003 - Sinister

Sinister: out of the nursery and into the fire
by leyda campbell 02 Dec '03

02 Dec '03

hello loves!! so nice to finally have a voice. its felt like an eternity waiting to get my ok to play. but here i am and i am so happy so let me tell you a story..... i just broke up with a no good boyfriend who disliked B&S and all things twee (why i was with him i'm not quite sure) and was having a great time as a single gal. i had forgoton how nice it was to have loads of free time with out answering questions or divulging motives. he, the ex we shall call dull paul, was always asking me a million questions about everything and never let me alone for a moment. so on the 5th of december, newly free and happy, i went to see belle and sebastian. it was wonderful. i danced and had a few cocktails and i was having so much fun and then out of the corner of my eye i saw him, dull paul chatting up some indie girl. grrrr.... i went undercover, and moved towards him at the bar keeping out of site which was easy because im small and it was dark. and i listened to him tell this poor, unsuspecting girl what a fan he was of B&S. surley i had heard wrong!! but no, as i stood there groaning whilst 'the state i am in' hummned in the background, he proceded to tell her his favorite B&S song, (judy and the dream of horses, he said. thats my favorite!! bastard...) how he was so into the new album and on and on. and then i laughed. loud and drunk and happy. i laughed at him. at the absurdity of the situation. was he trying to make me jelous by trying to pull at the show?? who knows. but when i laughed he saw me and turned bright pink. i smiled and gave a little wave, and skipped off with my cocktail just as the opening of 'slow graffiti' began, leaving him feeling like quite the fool. does life get any better than this??? without regard for anything, young*swan _________________________________________________________________ Gift-shop online from the comfort of home at MSN Shopping! No crowds, free parking. http://shopping.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: It was a Sundae, and all my friends Desserted me
by Ben Apps 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

A couple of days ago at work it was nearing the end of the day, and our receptionist, Vanessa, puts a call through to me. It's some crazy guy in New York City who's trying to get hold of one of the products that the company I work for makes. (FRENZY - Bulked Up texture, by Short Sexy Hair, if you're interested). So I start to give him the number for our New York distributor, when he asks me where I'm from. Now I get that quite a bit, what with my foreign accent and everything, so I tell him I'm English, and he seems pretty impressed with that and says "Wow! Like the Beatles huh?" he asks rhetorically. "Well, they're from Liverpool, which isn't too far from where I'm from", I tell him. He then starts to go through a list of firly well known British rock bands The Stones, Coldplay, Travis, The Charlatans (UK)! Elbow, Oasis, Doves, Stone Roses...etc. Then he stops and asks me who my all time favorite group is? I told him "I would have to say Belle and Sebastian", to which he replies "but aren't they Gay?". Maybe he's only heard the opening bit of The State I'm In, maybe he's just some dumbfuck homophobe, either way he's implying that a red blooded male like me shouldn't be into them. "Um I don't think so, but there are seven of them...", he clarifies "What I mean is you aren't gonna get any girls listening to Belle and Sebastian are ya?". I explain to him that it's quite the contrary and he mumbles something about not wanting to get me fired and hangs up. He probably reckoned I was some kind of internet mentalist or sumfing. Eric Brasure: No, I haven't been able to get hold of SIMOB in the states either yet. When I do it'd better have all 8 pages or there'll be hell to pay!!! Christine Irene: It's sweet you're dreaming about my as yet unborn children, but Rayma? What kind of a name is that? :) Let's have lots of reporting back from the UK shows pleeeeeease! I think that'll do for now, don't you? Bapps _________________________________________________________________ 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: 2 spare tickets for Friday's gig
by elle 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

i'll cut to the chase: two of my friends can't make it to the gig on Friday. does anyone want to buy the tickets? i'd prefer to sell to a sinister bod rather than put them on ebay. mail me now! L x ________________________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: A twangy guitar
by Amy Baggott 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

Happy Advent everybody, Gosh, all these posts about Sinister goings-on in Sheffield is enough to make a girl feel quite homesick. How very typical that the band wait until I leave my hometown before deigning to play there. I know of at least one Sinister lurker who will be there, Ruth, and I expect she will mail you off-list to organise some sort of meet-up, never fear. Somewhat bizarrely, my parents and little sister are also going to see the band there, though, much as I love them, I dont recommend you trying to arrange any sort of rendezvous with them. Does anyone else have parents who do this sort of thing, or am I really totally alone here? I think its great that my mum and dad appreciate the music I listen to, but find it sort of clunkingly wrong at the same time. Perhaps Im just being ageist, but I find it hard to imagine my parents seeing the band in the same way that I do, or relating to their songs in the same way. Indeed, I really rather hope that they dont relate to their songs in the same way as I do, otherwise I would have pretty emotionally screwed up parents. Anyway, enough of my ramblings. My real purpose for writing this post was to ask if any sort of Sinister meet-up was planned for the Edinburgh show. Ive not met any Sinisterines up here, despite having been resident for over two months now and wearing my little upside-down badge on a near permanent basis, but suspect that several of you must be planning on attending the gig. If anyone is interested in organising something, erm, that would be nice. I would volunteer to organise something myself, but am not really sufficiently with it at the moment to even aspire towards taking on such a responsibility. Very feeble, I know. Am just listening to the Christmas Peel Session now. Stevie is truly GRATE when he sings Nothing for Christmas, especially the line about a twangy guitar. Mmm. I really hope they play the odd festive tune on the fourteenth. That would really make my Christmas complete. Well, short of Stuart turning up on my doorstep singing carols. Anyway, have fun at the gig tomorrow and of course at the Offbeat after-show party, you lucky Sheffielders. Love and Marks and Spencers deep-filled luxury mince pies, Amy Xxx P.S. Chris- if one of the Sinisterines in Bangladesh you mention is Corduroy Boy Tom Pettinger, I think youll find he is actually in Calcutta (but just as likely to be at the gig in Sheffield, I guess.) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: re: sheffield
by Dr C Stride 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Well, I'll be going, (standing), will prob be in Weatherspoons by the venue before and will defninitely be at Offbeat afterwards (details below). Blue jacket, 'Stresse Moi T-Shirt I expect... Given that the 2 other Sheffield Sinisterines I know are both in Bangladesh at present I fear they won't be attending! * Offbeat * an indiepoppunk night Tuesday 2nd December, 10.30pm to 2am @ The Fez Club, Rockingham Street, Sheffield Ticket prices £2.50 advance, £3.00 on the night playing classic leftfield indie, pop-punk, C86, new indiepop underground and lo-fi sounds from the likes of ... </color><FontFamily><param>Book Antiqua</param>Delgados - Smiths - Belle and Sebastian - Pavement - Interpol - Sonic Youth - <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>Felt - Pixies - Bright Eyes - Mclusky - Polyphonic Spree - Franz Ferdinand - Ballboy - Wedding Present - Hefner - Raveonettes - Strokes - Felt - Dead Kennedys - Fall - Blur - Field Mice - Kenickie - Sleater Kinney - REM - <color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Grandaddy - Joy Division - Hives - Hidden Cameras - Stereolab - Nirvana - Pastels - Aislers Set - Gorky's Zygotic Mynci - Half Man Half Biscuit - White Stripes - Elastica - Super Furry Animals - Bis - Ash - Talulah Gosh - Futureheads - At the Drive-in - Helen Love - Idlewild - Dressy Bessy - British Sea Power - Moldy Peaches - Ride - ...Trail of Dead - Jesus and Mary Chain - My Bloody Valentine - Yummy Fur - Eels - Sebadoh - Buzzcocks - Urusei Yatsura - Rezillos - Dandy Warhols - Shop Assistants </color>and many more<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param> FULL DETAILS ON ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE AND DIRECTIONS TO THE VENUE AT http://www.shef.ac.uk/~offbeat/frames/afterfra.htm A poster for the night can be viewed at http://www.shef.ac.uk/~offbeat/scan/opos83.gif <nofill> C.B.Stride(a)Sheffield.ac.uk *** daytime: 0114 2223262 *** *** FAX: 0114 2727206 *** "Watford FC Supporters - South Yorkshire branch" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sheffield
by Ruth Allan 01 Dec '03

01 Dec '03

hello sinister... now having searched the archives like I've never searched them for a former boyfriend's nuggets of wisdom before I couldnt find any references to the forthcoming sheffield event. but I feel concrete sure that I'm making a fool of myself and you;ve al been discussing this for weeks, as to whos meeting who and when and where and the likes, anyhow.. (business at work and lack of suitable email acccess is hampering my sinster snooping.) I am going to sheffield tomorrow, the night before my birthday woo! and having never met any real life current sinisters I was wondering if anyone else is going or meeting there, and if so maybe I could say hello. so, yes. get in touch. hope you're all good. ruthx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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