December 2004 - Sinister

Sinister: merry christmas
by Hugo Johan <12813249＠sun.ac.za> 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

dear all having once again had opportunity to marvel at the wonder that you all are, and the very very special community that you all help to make here (and you'll know why - some of you especially!), i just want to say: a very very happy christmas to you all, and a wonderful new year. may you always find loved ones near to cherish and to... erm,... love, i guess, now, but not only now, and for always. and lastly, whatever your views on (organised) religion in general, and christianity in particular, i hope you can all identify with the following wish, which is perfect, in my sentimental opinion: peace on earth, and goodwill to all. lots of love JohaN ps. anders: i got your prezzie today (and no, i haven't opened it yet!). i'm so excited - the wrapping already is just beautiful. and the timing - perfect! thank you very much (and you again, too, grainne, for organising!) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sugar cookies
by Katia913＠aol.com 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Dearest Sinister, How are you all doing in the dreary lime and blue air that pervades our lungs? Are you finding your joints aching or your hair freezing? Boy, I sure am. Its cold and I hate it. Its that the-long-underwear-isn’t-helping kind of cold. Chill you so you won’t thaw and shiver under the down comforter. Its beginning to look a lot like winter. To be truthful, I always say I’m a autumn person, but there is a soft, marshmallow spot for winter deep inside me. I love that crunch of frost on the grass as you run up to your parent’s front door. I love seeing my breath, visualizing what was just inside of me, feeding me. I love that the sun always seems whiter and wakes you easier in the winter. And there are thousands more stars to be had. Please, do not, my dearest, mistake winter with holidays. I hate that stuggle-to-tape-the-wrapping-paper stress of Christmas. The family fights, the religion, the cynics, the lights, the overdone not in a good way kitch, the trees….I could do without the holidays. I like giving homemade and well-thoughout gifts to people, but I hate getting generic presents or giving them. The lights hurt my head. What are your reasons for liking and disliking winter? The snow, the family, santa?? Reply back on or off list. xoxo...hoho kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: best-of-2004?
by Bruno Gomes 20 Dec '04

20 Dec '04

well hi there! caitlin tells us it's time to start playing all that music that reminds you of this time of year. and to that i say: fair enough! but what about the music that will remind us of 2004 in a couple of years? cutting to the chase: i'd like to hear about your "best-of-2004" lists, so please send them to this addy [*] with best-of-2004 as subject. please send lists with up to 20 albums. if you can sort the 20 lucky ones according to their "ranks", please format the list like this: 1 - xxx 2 - yyy 3 - zzz ... the 1st will get 20 pts, the 2nd will get 19 pts, etc. but if you can't decide if xxx is better or worse than yyy: - xxx - yyy - zzz ... each entry will get 10,5 pts (in a list of 20) and that's that for now! [*] and not to the list cos i think it would be fun to compile them and only then post the results in the first days of january, ok? +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Just push and glide
by robin stout 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Frosted cyclists, bookshop belles: Last night I was ice skating on the outdoor rink, wishing I was a Victorian with a hat and a cape. I was good at going fast, but also good at falling over. In that spirit, I'll deliver this news from belle and sebastian, then duck my head and skate away. Excuse me if I hold on to you, it's the only way I can stop. "" B&S (or members thereof) are taking part in Radio 1's "Keep it Peel" tribute (although we had no part in the naming of it!). The whole evening of Thursday December 16th is being given over to celebrating John's memory, with bands performing between 8pm and 11.30pm, and DJs taking over from 11.30pm 'til 1am. More details at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/johnpeel/keepitpeel.shtml "" Robin x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: LONDON ONLY: Murdoch dj-ing at 'how does it feel'
by jim taylor 14 Dec '04

14 Dec '04

We seem to be lacking a plug for our hero SM popping up in London town this Friday from parish member Watson. I seem to remember someone rather ridiculously rapping his knuckles for plugging said club once upon a time, seems more content-like than some posts if we are being strict, given there's a fair chance of hearing B&S in the loveliest of clubs (save the dormant tigermilking where sinisterines are the djs, of course ), it's run by one of us, and Sinisterines go there... etc etc... anyway: So who's popping out of the woodwork/getting away from work xmas dos early for this one then eh? Just two years ago everyone met up for the very same reasons and to sign Ben & Rachel's wedding card (ahhh! even his murdochness:) + to dance like loons of course. Bit of a busy week all in all, what with our Italian chum Stefano's birthday the following day too [prod prod], but I'm hoping maybe I'll make it along for the first time since I asked Ian to do me a membership card months ago and haven't blooming made it since :(sorry sir). peace & love from the short (nay spiky, now) haired hippy jim x from http://www.howdoesitfeel.co.uk/club.html "THIRD FRIDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE BUFFALO BAR Underneath the Famous Cock Tavern, right outside Highbury & Islington tube, 9pm-2am, £3 members, £5 non members. Membership is free! Register here Dec 17th - Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian). Stuart will be DJ-ing from 10.30 - midnight. Please note: the Buffalo Bar isn't a huge venue. The capacity is 150 and we expect to sell out pretty quickly. So if you want to be sure of getting in, please arrive either before half ten or after midnight. A lot of people leave after the guest DJ to get last tubes and so on, so you can usually get in after then. If you're travelling from outside London, get there s early as you can. I'd hate for you to not get in. See you on Friday!" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 hate the holidays thread
by leyda campbell 12 Dec '04

12 Dec '04

hello all. working in retail is the surest way to suck all the joy out of the holidays. ive already been yelled at, embarressed, demeaned and all around shit upon. sigh. and all i want to do is sell books, say have a nice day and collect a pay check every two weeks. is that too much to ask. well, im sure that others have far worse holiday woe stories than dealing with the aggressive customers in a bookstore. and i would like to hear them. lets share our greatest holiday 'i hate christmas' stories. make me laugh and make me cry. xoxo leyda +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: god's eating fire and the devil's inside
by s.santabarbara＠qmul.ac.uk 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

And one day I realised I was dimensionless. Lost my features, face, arms legs, not even a section or a plane, nor the one-dimensional marcusian man, or a dot, an adimensional entity. Or the imaginary part of a complex number? Do you know that the refractive index is an imaginary quantity? It had always amused me, is what creates all the colours and the images we see, and despite being real, is not Real. Sure the heart still pumping gallons of blood trough my veins and arteries and the circulation seems to be in a fairly good shape, the lungs are blowing the air in out mechanically, like a perfect clockwork, all this effort through an non existing body. Cruelty is mechanical. Like any mathematician would tell you. Is cold, colder then walking through the frozen lakes in night without moon and starts in the sky, is sharp, as a well tempered razor blade, is precise, as meticulous springs and gears in a machine, is methodical, as an exercise book of linear algebra. Walking in the fresh air, I did suddenly realise that most of all is worthless. And yes, I am a living thing too with a heart pumping blood trough veins and arteries and lungs are blowing the air in and out all but mechanically. I can even think, talk, write, discuss, iron, wash, cook, run, walk, work, love and for Christs sake, suffer. Do I taste like nothing? Do I poison like nothing? Black chocolate, and brandy, and lets go to the massacre of sentiments. For I havent got anything to lose anymore. Love hate whatever you want stefano +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 in love....
by idleberry 11 Dec '04

11 Dec '04

.. I'm listening at the moment to "ice dance" from the Edward Scissorhands soundtrack. I'd forgotten all about it, until I was watching television briefly a few weeks ago. They had used a song from the Amelie soundtrack as music for something in a TV show (I forget which or what), and then they had this song. And I'd forgotten how beautiful it was. It just puts me in a dreamy mood, almost perfect. I swear it's the perfect song for wintertime. Love idles xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: You know Theyre out to get you
by Katia913＠aol.com 09 Dec '04

09 Dec '04

Sinister, love of my life. What do you do when you know someone is cheating you?? A good friend of mine lives in the same house as I. We moved in a week before classes started and read in the sun, went for long walks, listened to music and everything in between. One afternoon I was telling this chick about Nick Drake and Sleater Kinney. We talked about it for a long while; the conversation ended with me handing her a few of my favorite CDs. She listened to then and I began making her mix tapes to listen to. Anyways, for my birthday I bought myself the coveted I-pod and went through the painstaking task of backing up every CD I own so that I could listen to it on the go. It took hours upon hours and a long time for me to realize that at least two of my cds were missing. I knew these were loaned to someone....who?? after a while, I recalled it was Jen who had some nick drake, some sleater kinney and even my favorite ep, I'm waking up to us. Last week, I brought this up to her..."Hey Jen Pen, do you remember back in summer.....i loaned you a few albums..." "No you didn't" "Actually I think I did, but regardless, I'm missing some. Could you look through yours as a favor?" "No, I didn't steal your CDs" She refuses to look. I know its only a few albums and she is a good friend, but i can't get it out of my head. What should I do, sinistereens?? xox kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: do you remember the first time?
by idleberry 08 Dec '04

08 Dec '04

I was pondering the other day on my relationship with Sinister. I remember when I first discovered it, in a cold basement flat in Ipswich, with my then-boyfriend, Mark. His flat was always cold, and strange slug trails would appear on the carpet in the middle of the night, like someone had taken a slimy glitter pen and drawn a random squiggle on the floor. So I think I was freezing cold, and his TV was on silent, and we had a few table lamps on. His computer sat on a table with a folding leaf, and I sat peering over his shoulder, while he gave me a sharp look because he didn't like me reading over his shoulder. I think I was feeling restless, and bored, and wanted his attention. I guess Sinister seemed strange and mysterious. All that pink, all those names I never knew, and how they all had this mysterious interaction that I wasn't part of, with my boyfriend. Random girls and boys emailing my boyfriend out of the blue, with no agenda, except to share something. And as the saying goes, if you can't beat it (technically, that could be classified as GBH) then join it. So I did. I never quite got the hold of the sinister mystique. I never discovered what it was. It just remained, something a little bit special, and like a good Christmas present, it never really aged. It never lost its sparkle, or that "smell" of newness. It aged a bit, it faded in places, some bits are starting to look doggeared and worn, but it remained the same thing. And I guess I still look at it in the same way I did one night, in that basement flat in Ipswich. Only, without the shoulder in the way. I think what I remember most about that period of time, was wandering round shops in Norwich in the winter, just as it got dusky at 4pm, and the streets were heaving with people. I liked this one shop, which sold things like throws for sofas, and cushions, and candle holders, and incense sticks. I wanted to buy so much from there, but equally, I didn't want the clutter and I couldn't afford it. Now its around the same time of year as when I first discovered Sinister. I think I made a post around Christmas time, after sitting in the nursery for a fortnight. That was around 2000. Four years on, and I'm still here. Some names look familiar, some names even have faces now. I was always intregued by Sinister posts. By the level of intelligence displayed in most of them. By the knowledge that was given, by the words of wisdom. By Ken Chu's ability to always make me laugh or smile, because he used his humour with such intelligence, it made me think "I wish I'd thought of that". I don't know why I decided to share this. I just did. idles xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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