February 2004 - 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. 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: 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: no you don't travel light..
by jule doggy dog 29 Feb '04

29 Feb '04

hello, i'm going to paris for a few days starting from saturday march 6th.. there is a belle and sebastian concert on the monday after and i really hope to meet a couple of yous.. i'm a little scared of paris so if you read this and live in the paris area please don't hesitate to contact me.. plize guette in teutche.. On Sat, 24 Jan 2004, Mark Hester wrote : > I'm going to Belgium at the end of next month. I'm visiting > Brussels and Bruges having obtained a very cheap > Eurostar ticket. According to Honey's > list-everyone-by-domain-type list, there are 5 of you there, > so maybe we could have a little sinister meet-up, though it'll > prolly be too cold for a picnic..... sorry mark hester, i was not able to take part in saturday's meet-up in brussels because that snowman contest kept me busy all day.. nevertheless, as b&s related content is always appreciated, i will just lazily share with you the echo i've just received from a fellow listee.. i hope he doesn't mind.. On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, olivier wrote : > hey jule, > > yesterday's meet-up went pretty well.. three belgians > plus two special guests from the uk.. too bad you > couldn't make it to brussels.. we first had dinner > in an asian - was it vietnamese? - restaurant that > played daft dance music.. then we headed to the ABclub > to see the veils (pleasant tunes, neat indie attitude, > a little loud maybe) and the fiery furnaces (funny > keyboards, enthusiastic lead-singer, summer clothes > in mid-winter).. mark was nice enough to bring me a > copy of the cuckoo and i really like it.. > > yesterday was definitely a good day.. i also got a > fantastic calimero resin figurine which certainly > is my best birthday gift so far.. well ok my birthday > is in june so the classification is far from final > but try to beat calimero!.. i must say i quite like the new single.. the remix is lovely, the accordion bits especially.. stop look and listen is another nice rip-off..i just wish the song was 3 minutes shorter.. "travelling light" is sweet but certainly not as good as the tindersticks song, even if the latter lacks the laser beam sounds.. reviewing records or concerts is pointless isn't it.. time for a nap now.. *waves* jule +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 B&S-influenced Band
by Thetcsreturn＠aol.com 28 Feb '04

28 Feb '04

Sorry to self-promote and take away from the focus of B&S, but my band recently launched its web site and I'd love for all of you to give us your opinion. I'm a big B&S fan and and as the singer songwriter my music style has been influenced by them to some degree. Let me know what you think of our music and don't be afraid to be brutally honest. The web site is: www.sundaystop.com Take care, Matt Biber +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 dont't know a subject that is great enough for you
by Imke Wiggerts 27 Feb '04

27 Feb '04

Dear everyone, It's been a while since my last post so I thougt that it would be a good time to post again. I'm a little scared because last week a got this email from my dad with my sinisterposts in it! AAH! He just typed my name at google and there they were... bit scary don't you think? So, I won;t write about all my hangovers and so because of my dad watching over me ;) Yesterday I went to Rotterdam to the Arthall where was a exposition of Mucha. He was a Jugendstill/art nouveau painter and made these really great things... There were also 4 other expositions (photos, smoking in the art, etcetera) so for less than 5 euros we saw five expositions! It was really great... The day before yesterday I did something really stupid. Thats why I won't tell it anybody. But I can't tell it no one so I tell it to you, but promiss that you won't tell it to anyone, okay?! Well, I went shoppin, just by my self, I bought 5 great cd's (air, pulp fiction, paul simon, lamb, paul mc cartney...) and just walked trough the people smiling... It felt great! So when I was at the station again to get the train I realized that the boy I really really liked (that's also something you must not tell to anyone! I don't wanna fall in love again...) was maybe just taking the same train is me. BUT... there are 2 trains going to my place. the first is just going straight to my home and that takes 15 minutes or so, the second is stopping at all the stations and is really slow... that boy I was talking about had to take the second train so I did to... I was sitting in the train, just watching cows and listening to screaming children with my new cds really close to me (I felt like a little kid..) and, well, he wasn't there... but hey, maybe he wasn't even in the place I went shopping... so, it was just a stupid thing and I wanted to tell it because I think that if I tell it to anyone else they just smile and look at me and think I'm just a really strange girly... well I am! So, this morning the beautifull sound of Isobel Campbell woke me... what a great cd!!! Franz Ferdinand is sold out... but now we are going to bauer... I think I'm gonna quit. I need a cigaret (jep, I'm an addict..) wish me luck with not falling in love, all men are bastards! (oops. sorry guys, not you, and not you, but the boys who didn't treat me well... understand?) love and a hug, imke did you know you can't drive trough a wall?? (I have a new mobile phone and got a xbox with it for free so now I;m addicted to midtown madness..) *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_, +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The birds in your garden
by Jaye Conner 25 Feb '04

25 Feb '04

fun gathering with Potter. hope your morning went well...or as well as that can go or be expected. i did get some sleep but still needing an evening off to repair circuits. might just shut the phone off. also, may have successfully switched jobs at the U, heading over to hardin health sci. lib. it's better than jail. cheerio. [nice email from this person named Robin Stout who writes to this sinister (belle and sebastian) list a lot. Scottish twist and it's even got a recipe] [i do not know her personally or much else about her] My father used to be a bird watcher. A twitcher. He met my mother, a farmer's daughter, at Scottish dancing classes and they fell in love. When I was born several years later, I was named Robin after the robin my dad used to put food out for every morning. When I was born I had my umbilical cord wrapped round my neck and was quite blue, and my dad reckons I'm lucky I wasn't named after a Blue Tit. So, when I bought I'm A Cuckoo at the weekend the lad behind the counter gave me a handful of badges and suggested that I could cover up the word "Cuckoo", to make it any bird or animal I want. "I'm a Robin" would be quite appropriate. And when I went home on Sunday I gave a badge to my dad and he was very pleased with it, attaching it to his gardening coat so he could wear it outside and maybe fool a few blackbirds. Well, today is Shrove Tuesday, and once again we think of that rarest bird of all, the shrove. Shroves used to roam all over this green and pleasant land, their feet big and floppy and their beaks long and thin. But now the lesser striped shrove is no more, and the greater spotted shrove, although alive and well in some remote parts of the Highlands, is rarely seen outside the zoo. Now the ancient tradition of Shrove Hunting has been banned, and making the traditional Shrove Pie could get you arrested, the most popular food on Shrove Tuesday is the pancake. I've already got my flour and eggs together, and I'll be making some as soon as I get home. And after I've sprinkled on the lemon and the sugar I'll say a little prayer for the poor old shrove. ++++++++ pancakes ++++++++ Ingredients 120g/4oz plain flour pinch of salt 2 eggs 210ml/7fl oz milk 90ml/3fl oz water 1 tbsp vegetable oil Method 1. Put the flour and the salt in a bowl and mix. 2. Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs. 3. In a separate bowl mix together the milk and the water. 4. Beat the eggs into the flour with a wooden spoon and gradually beat in the milk and water mixture to get a smooth liquid the consistency of cream. 5. Stir in the oil and allow to stand for 30 minutes before using. +++++++++ Pour the mixture into a hot frying pan with a knob of butter until the base of the pan is covered. Always toss the pancake in the air to turn it over. Don't cook them for too long. I remember a woman called Huckle from the local youth club got us to burn our pancakes one year cos she was worried we'd all get salmonella. They weren't good. Don't do it. Robin _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The birds in your garden
by robin stout 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

My father used to be a bird watcher. A twitcher. He met my mother, a farmer's daughter, at Scottish dancing classes and they fell in love. When I was born several years later, I was named Robin after the robin my dad used to put food out for every morning. When I was born I had my umbilical cord wrapped round my neck and was quite blue, and my dad reckons I'm lucky I wasn't named after a Blue Tit. So, when I bought I'm A Cuckoo at the weekend the lad behind the counter gave me a handful of badges and suggested that I could cover up the word "Cuckoo", to make it any bird or animal I want. "I'm a Robin" would be quite appropriate. And when I went home on Sunday I gave a badge to my dad and he was very pleased with it, attaching it to his gardening coat so he could wear it outside and maybe fool a few blackbirds. Well, today is Shrove Tuesday, and once again we think of that rarest bird of all, the shrove. Shroves used to roam all over this green and pleasant land, their feet big and floppy and their beaks long and thin. But now the lesser striped shrove is no more, and the greater spotted shrove, although alive and well in some remote parts of the Highlands, is rarely seen outside the zoo. Now the ancient tradition of Shrove Hunting has been banned, and making the traditional Shrove Pie could get you arrested, the most popular food on Shrove Tuesday is the pancake. I've already got my flour and eggs together, and I'll be making some as soon as I get home. And after I've sprinkled on the lemon and the sugar I'll say a little prayer for the poor old shrove. ++++++++ pancakes ++++++++ Ingredients 120g/4oz plain flour pinch of salt 2 eggs 210ml/7fl oz milk 90ml/3fl oz water 1 tbsp vegetable oil Method 1. Put the flour and the salt in a bowl and mix. 2. Make a well in the centre and crack in the eggs. 3. In a separate bowl mix together the milk and the water. 4. Beat the eggs into the flour with a wooden spoon and gradually beat in the milk and water mixture to get a smooth liquid the consistency of cream. 5. Stir in the oil and allow to stand for 30 minutes before using. +++++++++ Pour the mixture into a hot frying pan with a knob of butter until the base of the pan is covered. Always toss the pancake in the air to turn it over. Don't cook them for too long. I remember a woman called Huckle from the local youth club got us to burn our pancakes one year cos she was worried we'd all get salmonella. They weren't good. Don't do it. Robin _________________________________________________________________ Tired of 56k? Get a FREE BT Broadband connection http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: SXSW and other things....oh, hello again
by Sebert26＠aol.com 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Hello from oklahoma About four years ago I was on the sinister list. i met some interesting people, and some of them sent me mix tapes w/o wanting some back. I always thought that was nice. There was a lot of Clientele, and some Left Banke or something on them. Fun. Now I return b/c I only have class 6 hours a week, and work 20 hours a week. Lots and lots of free time, folks. I am not complaining. I am very grateful. Anyway. Where I work, at the coffee shop equivalent of a certain nation of mine which practices neo-imperialism....guess...they have begun to include four or five tracks off DCW in regular rotation. As far as i know, which isn't that much b/c that requires more care than i really want to care about, these songs are being played at every damn coffee shop belonging to this mega corp. I wonder how the band feels about the spreading around of their music like this. My hometown kids, the Flaming Lips, have a song or two on Mitsubishi ads on tv. Wayne still drives his old green Taurus, as far as I know, tho. So, um, well. That's all. Nothing momentous to say. Enjoy whatever weather you are having. It's balmy here. That means somewhere in the 50s or something, with wind (as always) and sun. Or moon, as it's 8:30 pm. If anyone is going to SXSW to see the Trash Can Sinatras play next month, lemme know, cuz i am. (P.S. Does anyone want to offer some special insight into Joyce's Ullyses? If one composed a paper on the subject, and felt that the effort might be worth something some day....well, here is your long awaited chance...perhaps specifically regarding the corrolation to Homer?) --Susan-- "Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry" - Spanish proverb +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: love, group hugs, and A BABY FOR SINISTER!
by The Hodottir 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Darling sinisters I have to admit, Ive been withholding information. I know, its disappointing and just when you think you know someone Im sorry, really, but I spent January holed-up with conjunctivitis (seriously, I only just pulled through), and since I turned 26 everyone expects me to work like a grown-up. Psht. Anyway, excuses excuses. To the news: *Just a baby, baby girl?* Now Im not sure if itll be the first (correct me), but theres a sinister baby on the way. That is to say, two people who were brought together by this very list are breeding the next generation of listees. And no, its not mine, as Im about as maternal as a mince pie. Besides, Im barely even having sex at the moment, let alone reproducing. No, this bump is the work of our very own Joe and Florence Sinister, ex of London, now of Bristol. (For those who dont know, these two first flashed eyes across another sinisters bedroom the rest, as they say, is all a bit of a blur.) Technically the kids already been to its first gig (Bath Pavilion), and its Mum and Dad intend to brainwash it with the entire back-catalogue from an early age, mwah mwahahaha. In fact, Im even hoping it might get a Belle and Sebastian name. Like Belle. Or Sebastian. Or Judy, Anthony, Lisa, Dylan, Mary Jo, Nancy, Emma, Laura, Joe, Phil, Jane, Jenny, Jonathan, or, indeed, David. Not Seymour though that would just be stupid. On New Years Eve we were discussing how marvellous it would be if there could be a Sinister Christening, with Struan in a smart suit giving blessings, Wee Sarah serving tea and the band doing a cover of Baby Love. Now that would be worth being born for. So there. All being well, itll be here in the summer cant remember the exact date (Flo, set me straight), and Im hoping we can feed it stewed apples at a picnic near you. More on those later though. *Nice surprises* >From kleine kindern to Kinder Surprise those chocolatey eggs with toys inside. I cant get enough of these at the moment. So far Ive gotten a mini fish magnifying glass, a coyote on a motorbike and a glow-in-the-dark lamppost. Oh, and about 4 pounds heavier. Anyway, thats not really news, so *Stuart Murdochs Home Movies* Do you remember a while back I posted about Stuart M making a star appearance in my friend Daves kitchen? Of course you do. Well, it turns out Daves flatmate Melanie is the Melanie in the Im A Cuckoo video! She and her friend Isabelle are the poor girls who get dunted by a running Struan. (Tsk, who does he think he is; Richard Bluddy Ashcroft?!) Well, according to Dave, Melanies in the next video too, and its a collection of shots, filmed by Stu on his handycam, of random friends of the band doing random things (this is as much as I could get out of Dave). Melanie will be drumming, apparently, in Daves flat. Does anyone know what song its going to be? Dave had forgotten he really is quite a fecking useless source. Ive told him if his flats in the video Im gonna organise open-days, so Sinisters can hang out there and relive the moment. And Im gonna sell his kitchen chairs for silly money on ebay. So that was the news. And now for the weather. *Session and List Neglect* When I read the upset about not enough people posting or reviewing radio sessions and the suchlike, I felt quite choked, really. And so should you. This is how it feels to be loved and missed when youre away, and it doesnt happen to just anyone. Are you welling up yet? Jolly good. But Im sensing there are perfectly good reasons why youre keeping yourselves to yourselves. Some of you have got busy jobs or fallen in love or found other distractions that stop you from speaking up. For me though, and surely I cant be the only one, its simply because Belle & Sebastian are born now. The longest gestation period ever is finally up, and after pushing and straining and puffing ourselves half-daft, the labours paid off. Weve handed them over to the authorities. Trever Horn is Daddy Warbucks and were, well were just, er (sorry, this metaphor is falling apart). The point is, now B&S have made it, I can finally catch up on all music Ive been neglecting over the past 8 years; devoting more time and energy to sourcing obscure EPs by bands that were just a twinkle in a someones eye when B&S cut their teeth. Its very rewarding. I was there when Franz Ferdinand needed me, and how proud I am of those boys now. And I frequently have Lampchop clenched to my breast, while carrying U.N.P.O.C. on one hip and The New Pornographers on the other. These bands need the kind of nurturing people like us can offer. Aww, I mean, just look at their cute wee faces. It doesnt mean I dont love B&S any more: I do. I love them as though they were my own. And judging by the warmth in Stuarts simply beautiful online diary, he still loves us too. Maybe what we all need is a group hug, with mini scotch eggs and swiss rolls. First sniff of sunshine and we should all get into groups, get drunkish and remind each other what this was all about in the first place. Oh, and anyone who remembers what that was, please let us all know in advance. Much love and a fiver on your birthday, Auntie Lorraine _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons - download MSN Messenger today! 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. 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Sinister: a play in four acts
by kevin jackflaps 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

I think for introductions I'll just get right to what I want to say. ACT I. I got Fans Only in the mail the other day, only like a month after I ordered it. They were going to wait until the Shins album I ordered with it got back in stock but I was all like "no, I think you should mail it to me now!" and they were all "well, okay," and so I've been watching it all week. I think my favourite parts are the bits with Beans at Celtic Park, and the Lazy Line Painter Jane video; now it's even more of my favourite song, if that makes sense. I haven't had the chance to see the whole thing at once yet because I've been writing this BA thesis, but hopefully when it's all done I'll have the chance to see it in full. There are a lot of things I'd like to do after I finish my thesis, like interacting with others and seeing the outdoors again. ACT II. There will be plenty of seeing the outdoors for me when I am AT COACHELLA! I just spent way more money than I probably should have on buying the two-day pass, but I figure it's the last insane thing I can do before I graduate from college and have to join the real world. (That being the real world of graduate school, of course, but library school just seems so much different from what I've been doing.) It will be the second time I've seen Belle and Sebastian this school year, which I think is a pretty good track record and makes up for the fact that I didn't see them last year. I mean, I guess. At any rate, I think it would be fantastic if there were some sort of coordination among the Sinisters who will be there. I only know in person like one of us, and I've been on the list for something like a year and a half now so I feel out of some sort of loop. Unfortunate! ACT III. I really like this Camera Obscura record a lot, and it might be the best new record I've heard this year. (I know strictly speaking it's not new, but I didn't get to hear it until this month.) I played about half of it on my radio show last week, which I felt was my duty since no one else on our station is playing it at all. Philistines! I think I'll have to play the hell out of it again this Wednesday, as some sort of wonderful retribution. ACT IV. I should probably get the new single but the way I am I think my friend will get it first and then laugh at me because I spend all my money on Ireland football jerseys instead. But Roy Keane might come back! I am a-twitter. -kevin jackflaps http://www.jackflaps.net - a product of rural america "You should never wear your best trousers while going out to fight for truth and freedom." -- Henrik Ibsen +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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