January 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

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: Faggy but nice
by Lucy Alder 31 Jan '04

31 Jan '04

Dear Sinister I have come to the conclusion that there are only two games I will ever be any good at. One is Snapper, the Acorn Electron's crappy rip-off of Pacman. The other is GTA3, but only if I have a flatmate who is always a step ahead of me to tell me how to beat the SPANKED UP MADMEN! I will never be any good at the Cuckoo game. After several attempts, my highscore is 12,500. How will anyone ever beat Chu? And, more importantly, shouldn't he go out and do something less boring instead? Eh? I was listening to John Peel's other show this morning and there was a lady who had given her son the name of Kevan. I was hanging on to see if she was a Missus Cooke but she wasn't. It was a bit of a disappointment. It's snowing again in Glasgow this morning, but it's a highly unsatisfactory half-sleet kind of thing. I have my thoughts set firmly on spring, though. This afternoon I will sow my sweet peas and possibly book tickets to New York to go to a Sinister Wedding! Wow. How many sini-weddings have there been so far? I wonder what Miss Honey's recommended apparel is for spring in Central Park. All the shops seem to be full of babygirl pink at the moment, but it's also the nedgirls' couleur du jour. Of course, I wouldn't be wearing a pink trackie jacket with BEAR emblazened on the front, but it's still a shade with... connotations, you know? I can't think of anything else to say. Juicy Lucy ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ BT Yahoo! Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://btyahoo.yahoo.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B & S Mailing List - Cuckoo Competition addendum!! (fwd)
by Linda Kerr 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:58:33 -0000 From: band(a)banchory.net To: list(a)banchory.net Subject: B & S Mailing List - Cuckoo Competition addendum!! Hello, We've just been made aware that one of the dates we mentioned in the last message was incorrect! So please note that competition entries for the trip to Barcelona will be accepted up until 12 noon GMT on Monday March 1st 2004. Join in now at http://www.imacuckoo.com Cheers, Katrina @ Banchory. http://www.imacuckoo.com http://www.belleandsebastian.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank email to list-off(a)banchory.net +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B & S Mailing List - "I'm A Cuckoo" competition! (fwd)
by Linda Kerr 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 15:26:02 -0000 From: band(a)banchory.net To: list(a)banchory.net Subject: B & S Mailing List - "I'm A Cuckoo" competition! Hello all, First up, our friends at smalloranges.com have created a fabulous new game for "I'm A Cuckoo" which you can play online at http://www.imacuckoo.com The first prize is a trip for two to see Belle & Sebastian play in Barcelona on March 13th 2004, and there are 15 randomly chosen second prizes of signed records and various other goodies. The winner of the first prize will be the highest scoring eligible entry for the game and will receive two return flights FROM THE UK to Barcelona, two nights accommodation, tickets for the show and £200 spending money. The competition is running from NOW until 12 noon GMT on Monday 30th February 2004. Even though it is pretty likely that the winner will be from the UK (unless you can get yourself here at your own cost) please don't let that put you off entering the competition as everyone is eligible to win in the random second prize draw. Continuing with the "I'm A Cuckoo" single, we've reached number 7 on the MTV2/NME chart in the UK, thanks to everyone who's been voting for the Cuckoo video. Please continue to vote online at http://www.mtv2europe.com/nmechart2.jhtml to keep it in the Top 10! Further to the last Mailing List message, the "I'm A Cuckoo" will be released by Rough Trade America on enhanced CD single and (imported UK) 7" on February 24th. There won't be an NTSC version of the DVD single as previously mentioned at present, sorry, but we are working on remedying this situation soon. The enhanced CD single will also be released in Japan by Labels JP on February 18th and in Australia by Spunk Records on March 1st. Lastly, we'll have two new t-shirts in the online shop tomorrow, one for the "...Cuckoo" single and the other an old poster design from the past, which we think looks rather groovy on a t-shirt. Take a look tomorrow at http://www.banchoryshop.net to see what we're talking about. Good luck to you all in the competition! Cheers, Katrina @ Banchory. http://www.imacuckoo.com http://www.belleandsebastian.com http://www.banchoryshop.net To unsubscribe from this list send a blank email to list-off(a)banchory.net +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'm too cuckoo for school
by kenneth.chu＠uclh.org 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Hey there sinistees, Hope you're all doing well. How's everybody's January been? It can be quite dull sometimes couldn't it, when everybody seems to be recouperating from the damages done in December. International Bowling Day was only a month ago - seems like ages now. It doesn't help either that it is freezing, of course, it's snowing and everything and if you are like, twee, or something, or just have a knack of reciting lyrics of vague relevance you might go "aww, fox in the snow", except then you realise that you live in London and if there are indeed any foxes in this Max Surban Urban city, they're likely to be flat after being run over by cars, which then estate agents will pick up and sell to you for £923,893 ono and you get all depressed about house prices. Fortunately, the boredom of January is finally over! Firstly in two days it won't be January anymore, but instead February, it's a great month because it only lasts for 29 days! So it's over more quickly. And ALSO - It's a month for playing the I'M A CUCKOO game!!!!! Never had there been (yes there has, but still) a flash game you can play that ACTUALLY WINS YOU THINGS. And I'm on the leaderboard! Yay! I was in 2nd place at some stage until some rascals got higher scores - but I'm still 7th. I don't know why they bother though, since I so obviously am going to win this. The game is pretty easy in a hard kind of way - it's like super mario bros - you can win but try and play a PERFECT GAME it becomes colossal. And if you're like, twee or something you'd even go "aww the cuckoo thing goes 'cuckoo' when it lands an egg", except then you get reminded of the polystyrene containers for eggs in Safeways, and you start cringing as you imagine the sound when you touch polystyrene things.. EEP i just imagined it ARRRRRRRRRRRGH. Added bonus of this game is it has a KARAOKE version of I'm a cuckoo (the song without the main vocal) playing in the background.. I wonder if it's a hint that there'll be a KARAOKE MODE on the DVD single?!?!??!?!?! *salivates* Now back to playing game er *ahem* work ********************************************************************** 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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Sinister: it's not as if they're paying you, it's not as if it's fun
by Ben Apps 30 Jan '04

30 Jan '04

Aaaarghhh!!!! Who else is addicted to the I'm a cuckoo game, in a ...MUST.....GET.......ON........HIGHSCORE.......TABLE........DAMMIT!!! kind of way? It's just so gosh darn frustrating!!! I see the boy Chu is at number 3, oh wait a minute make the number 4 on the leaderboard. I haven't even made 100,000 yet, but you just keep an eye out over your shoulder Ken, cos I'm gonna get you!!!! Grrrrrrr love Ben http://www.imacuckoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Use MSN Messenger to send music and pics to your friends http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Tiger, Bunnies, Gnu: mammals. isn't that what we all are?
by Stefano [Steady-State] 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Dearest Sinisters It snowed this week last year in Lundun and people were trapped on the motorway and sort of skating on ice back home when the underground stopped. The weather forecast said is going to snow again and the roads are spread with salt. They are taking it seriously! Snow Puppets tomorrow and snowballs; Lovely! There must be a reason for all the looks we gave and for the weather as well! Must be because I have won my usual inertial laziness and updated the photographs from the last Tigermilking night in December. http://www.undermybed.org/tigermilking Talking about [Tigermilking] If you fancy like coming over for the next one... well it is the 14th of February: yes, My Bloody Valentine Day! It will be a special theme night, obviously, following the suggestion of Paul the Gingerfox... see him behind the wheels of fire together with other people on the list possibly including Myself and Jim Purpletrousers in a broken hearted session introduction: I´ll move myself to tears. Not such a hard task!... That of course before dance my shoes off, which, in turn, proves I´m clearly schizophrenic. Wondering if anyone would fancy bowling in the afternoon: Cheesy! But the main reason for the forecast snow prediction should be me playing a gig this Friday. I think I´ll bring glowing bunny on stage as well, and might be wearing a Simpson T-Shirt as Mark H. suggested my boss might have looked a bit as burns. Actually He looked a lot like Osama Bin Laden, which later caused him a few problems getting into work. But he was a very nice guy, though I can´t comment on Osama having never met him before. Upstairs at the garage is a nice venue, I think. Mostly because I have seen some nice band over there, and spent some lovely night at the Silver Rocket club, which I really recommend because is ace, and it damn rock. The first time I played there, I´ve been in England for only two days and it looked like a complete dream, supporting one of my favourite band and everyone being so friendly I could not even believe it. Forget about the things people says about Italian being friendly, is all b******s! Now is about two year exactly I´ve been playin! g there and I am a lot less disenchanted about things, but still feel extremely pleased I moved in this country. ...And again, one bloke in on of the band I am supporting was in the line up of my favourite Mogwai album, which is not Come on Die young! (it could have been though) but Young Team. But if you feel like going a lot more indie pop, he was in Teenage Funclub as well... Bandwagonesque tells you anything?... I´ve got quite a few reason to be excited... haven´t I? I´ve ownloaded some of their stuff... they sound a bit metal too me though, but, should I mind?* The first person I ever met in this country is called Ian. He is GREAT, and he plays in a few very nice bands One of his last creatures is HEY COLOSSUS. They rock. An awful lot. Self-defined, horrible kraut stoner rock: says everything. They have a got a record out, is on vinyl and comes for only 5 quid at the gig. And I think is good, very good, plus more fun that you can ask for at a concert. Can you ask for more? Today I feel rock´n´roll. I am sorry Have a great one Love Stefano *if you want to come over email me of line, I can put a few ppl on the guest list, saves some pounds! #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# 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 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: May I punch you?
by a.s.t.r.i.d＠nme.com 27 Jan '04

27 Jan '04

Sometimes I wonder what's wrong with people. In the computer room, there are four good computers that you can play mp3s on. I'm on one of them. I was here first. I, for once, started playing MY music, first some Josh Ritter and now, because of my wrath, Interpol. Quite obviously, you don't start playing on one of the other computers when someone else is already playing. But someone is. I am in this moment getting Interpol's PDA ruined by background sounds from crap 70s cockrock. AH! SOD OFF EVIL PERSON PLAYING CRAP MUSIC! I WAS HERE FIRST! DON'T YOU KNOW THE UNWRITTEN LAWS?! I am in quite a mood today, you see. I missed my bus first, so I was too late to actually attend my organisation and leadership class, when I got here I realized I had forgot my keys at home. This was also the day that I brought the seven books with me that I have to go to the library with. Good things: I listened to B&S on my way here, and that made me feel good and twee and happy. I am buying a nice sweater on sale today. I end at like 12:30. Last night I made a life improvement list. It included things as sleep more, read more, clean more often, exercise more and some rules for shopping. I don't know what good this list will do me but it was at least something to do. I dreamt really weirdly, I danced a "naked dance" (it was called that but when I danced it in my dream it felt more like some sort of rain dance) for people in my school, fully dressed. It sounds like it'd be a pervy thing but it wasn't. I was wearing a gorgeous sort of 50s dress though. And Posh n Becks were getting married (again?) in the school gym. They were wearing something that seemed like some sort of scuba gear, but Becks had holes made along the side, so you could almost see his arse. It was strange. Speaking of arses, this weekend I had a disturbing experience that will scar me for life. I had had a nice evening with Amanda at my dad's. We had danced around in Caled Followill and Justin Hawkins-masks that we got with the Xmas NME. We had been singing and playing some and rehearsed a bit. We had even played some very hilarious Mickey Mouse's Racing or whatever it's called, it's a video game. We had had a GOOD TIME. And then. We put on the tv. Amanda starts sulking when I don't want to watch what she wants to watch, so I change to the "Open Channel" where people can do whatever they want, sort of. It's just local. This guy, i think he was from Kenya, stood there, against a cheesy background, with a synthesizer and sang and played piano to a pre-done background with crap drums. it was quite funny. We like that. Innocent. But then we switched to another channel. And there was Bruce Willis, just finding a rattle snake in his mailbox and we said to each other "Ah yes, haha, must be that erotic thriller they've shown commercials for all week" and kept watching because it was the best thing on. And then. THEN. the lurrrrve-making in the pool! AH! BRUCE WILLIS' PRIVATES! FILMED UNDERWATER! AHHHH! We laughed so hard we had to keep watching because it was so terribly awful and made us CRINGE, and,ah, yes, Bruce Willis' arse pressed against the shower glass wall, thanks a lot. Disgusting man. They showed this movie at prime time on probably the biggest channel in Sweden. STRANGE. And gross, gross, gross beyond words. I've given up on competing with the EVIL EVIL EVIL person playing crap music on her computer. Play Queen or whatever, I don't care. Argh. By the way, mine and Amanda's band have changed our name now. From The Phoners via The Delays (we had it for about a week, until we realized it was taken by a really great new band signed on Rough Trade) via The Vanities (no, a LA band had that name it turned out after browsing through the five first pages of google results) via our new name: Kit. It might be shite, it might be nice, but we like the feel of it so this one is a keeper. Yesterday I felt like fighting someone all day. My friend Sanna did as well. I was walking around saying things such as "I might just punch someone, just because I feel evil" and I still do. Maybe it's because i've never hit someone or recieved a punch from someone else. It would just be interesting to see how it'd feel. But I'm so weak, I know I'd be a lost cause in a fight. But still. Oh well. The demo is coming out well for us, we have still "just" done Hit it, Raoul! but we are trying to get back in the studio ASAP. In the meantime, we have done some background vocals on Martin Gordon's (ex-Sparks) new record. Take care people, and please say hello once in a while. My inbox is lonely. 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Sinister: Righty tighty, lefty loosy
by Mark Ollerenshaw 26 Jan '04

26 Jan '04

Hey hey hey, Well doesn't time fly - looks like it's time for my regular bi-centennial post! Since you last heard from me I'm all grown up, with a degree, a big old flat to myself, and the somehow inevitable tedious office job, which for the sake of my mental well-being I'd really like to escape from - if anyone fancies joining me in my plans for an international disco ice-cream van operation (possibly involving airborne acrobats and dancing dinosaurs) then I'm looking for a partner... Actually, I was considering a trip to Sweden recently, and a friend told me that there's a disco train, with an actual dancefloor and everything, to while away the long tedious dark train-journeys. Can this be true? If it is then it may well be The Coolest Thing I Ever Heard Of. Really looking forward to Glastonbury again this year. It's going to ROCK. Imagine QUEEN, selling sticks of ROCK on Brighton pier. To GEOLOGISTS. In the middle of a FLAMING METEORITE STORM. While sucking on PEBBLES. About that much ROCK, I reckon. It was great meeting people last year (Hi Amy, Hello Carsmile, Hey Robin, Greetings DV) and finally putting faces to names, and I hope lots of you make it there this year too... Although I was disappointed that I somehow managed to miss Mr Chu, and hence still believe he's nothing more than a figment of our collective imagination. I was very sad to have missed the latest tour. The nearest concert was Bath, and all my friends are too stupid to both own a car AND want to drive me all the way to a B&S concert. And back. Curses. Although, with an album AND a DVD out this past 12 months, it'd be rude for them not to appear at Glasto, wouldn't it? Wouldn't it? Hmmm... I'm personally looking forward to seeing James Brown stepping into Monica Queen's shoes for a surprise sexy funk rendition of LLPJ... I've STILL not made up my mind about DCW. Every time I put it on I really start getting into it, and then of course the next day I hear Tigermilk and all my hard work's ruined. Although Stay Loose is obviously a work of monumental genius from which I fear the band may never recover :) And it has most definitely the cutest of all the B&S covergirls yet. The DVD is pure condensed circular wonderfulness, too. Who'd have thought South American TV was so much crazy crazy fun? By the by, if there are any San Franciscan sinisterines that are looking to put off their annual address-book rationalisation/silverware polishing session/root-canal surgery in late April and fancy joining a lost-looking British listee and his mate for a drink or two, then I'd love to hear from you. It'd be great to have a friendly face to keep us company for an afternoon :) </list abuse> One final thing: as a serial lurker I thought I'd remind you all that you're wonderful people, each and every one of you, and touch me, or cheer me up, or both, without fail whenever I check my email. Yay for Sinister! Keep up the good work. The safety of the universe depends on it... That and superman of course. Anyway, must dash - I've kept you long enough. Look forward to my next post in 2204 - it'll be a corker, I promise :) Bye for now, Mark O +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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