March 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: "I'm a Cuckoo" DVD single
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

Hi, Sorry for an impersonal and not very well thought out email. I'm trying desperately to get a copy of the "I'm a Cuckoo" DVD single, and pre-ordered one from Amazon more than a month ago now. My CD single came really quickly, but Amazon still hasn't been able to source the DVD for me. Can anyone (in the UK) tell me if the single is actually easily available. Has anyone else had issues getting a copy? And if so, any suggestions for somewhere I can order a copy who won't charge me an arm and a leg for shipping outside of the UK. Thanks, Lawrence in New Zealand +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: picnic redux
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 25 Mar '04

25 Mar '04

***Caution: boring picnic logistics to follow*** After some discussion and thought, I've decided that a better date for the Brighton picnic might be April 17th. If those who regretfully told me they couldn't come on the 3rd, COULD come on the 17th, please email me again! In fact, everyone email me if you can come. Thanks! OK, back to typing out bad poems. Archel 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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Fwd: RE: Sinister: B&S @ The Warfield, would like autograph..
by Lucy Alder 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

*de-lurk* > Bribe Neil Robertson with a warm half empty bottle of Becks. Better make it a full one or he will SWEAR at you. Does Virtual Neil on the band website also SWEAR? I haven't got the guts to try it out at work. I was thinking about what I'd do if I owned an original TM. Would I get new members of the band to sign it or would I go for the old school hard core and then try to track down Stu D and Isobel? And does Mick count? I think I'd rather get autographs on my fragrant decollete anyway. Mmm, permanent markers. Juicy Lucy --- Ben Apps <benapps(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > From: "Ben Apps" <benapps(a)hotmail.com> > To: sinister(a)missprint.org > Subject: RE: Sinister: B&S @ The Warfield, would like autograph.. > Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:14:52 +0000 > > Ben Lee wrote: > > >So friends, my question is: What do I have to do at the Warfield show > that > >night to get the band to sign my original Tigermilk LP? Who do I have > to > >bribe? Who do I have to kill? Who do I have to sleep with? > > The sensible answer to be to find out where band will be after the show. > > Chances are Beans will be DJing at some dodgy dive till the wee hours. > After > the last Berkeley show I think he did a spot somewhere in Oakland > (someone > correct me please!). Most of the band will probably go along to that, > and as > long as they have their ID and can actually get in, will I'm sure be > more > than happy to break off from boogie-ing to scrawl their name across some > > vinyl. > > Having said that, my advice is this: > > Run naked accross the stage whistling Pocketbook Angels (that'll get > their > attention). > Bribe Neil Robertson with a warm half empty bottle of Becks. > Sleep with the violinist who always wears the Hibernian shirt (Frazer or > > Alexander or something). > > Bapps > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself with cool new emoticons > http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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! > +-+ > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/download/index.html +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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RE: Sinister: B&S @ The Warfield, would like autograph..
by Ben Apps 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

Ben Lee wrote: >So friends, my question is: What do I have to do at the Warfield show that >night to get the band to sign my original Tigermilk LP? Who do I have to >bribe? Who do I have to kill? Who do I have to sleep with? The sensible answer to be to find out where band will be after the show. Chances are Beans will be DJing at some dodgy dive till the wee hours. After the last Berkeley show I think he did a spot somewhere in Oakland (someone correct me please!). Most of the band will probably go along to that, and as long as they have their ID and can actually get in, will I'm sure be more than happy to break off from boogie-ing to scrawl their name across some vinyl. Having said that, my advice is this: Run naked accross the stage whistling Pocketbook Angels (that'll get their attention). Bribe Neil Robertson with a warm half empty bottle of Becks. Sleep with the violinist who always wears the Hibernian shirt (Frazer or Alexander or something). Bapps _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 @ The Warfield, would like autograph..
by Ben Lee 24 Mar '04

24 Mar '04

*un-lurk* Hello folks, Usually I've not an autograph person. Autographed items never really did much for me so I've never chased it. Chasing skirts is much more fun. However, today it occurred to me that I have something I REALLY REALLY want to get the band to autograph for me at their SF show at the Warfield next month. For some reason this completely escaped my mind at the Berkeley show last year. I must be getting old. So friends, my question is: What do I have to do at the Warfield show that night to get the band to sign my original Tigermilk LP? Who do I have to bribe? Who do I have to kill? Who do I have to sleep with? I booked a trip to London the day of the show (stupid me), but if I can have my LP signed I'll have my ticket changed... Cheers, -B *back to lurking* +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 do like to be beside the seaside
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

Hello kittens. I've been on holiday, although due to critical fundlessness, this entailed sitting in my parents' house while they went to Scotland for a week. I did manage to go for one nice long walk, but the rest of time I was strangely put off by the gale force winds, hailstorms, and towering waves crashing over the garden wall... I did get a bus to Eastbourne on Friday though, and let me tell you, you have not experienced seediness until you've sat in a deserted Curzon cinema in Eastbourne on a Friday afternoon. The concept of carpet hadn't reached them, let alone comfortable seats. I also played pool on the pier (again no carpet) but can report back that Brighton is a rather more congenial venue for such activities. Speaking of which, the sparkling Miss Robyn jogged my memory about the proposed Brighton picnic in April. And yes, indeed, it is going ahead with all water pistols blazing: ********************** Date: Saturday 3 April Time: ooh, about 2pm Place: Brighton Station for meeting the usual Sinister Express from London I suspect, then The George pub just down the road on Trafalgar Street, then probably the BEACH ********************** So if you want to come and you need more info, email me. I will even give out my mobile phone number if you agree to bring me sweets. And if you are coming from London, get your arses coordinated as per usual I suppose. Hoorah! Love Archel 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: hall� allir saman(hello everybody)
by Edda Yrr Einarsdottir 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

yes yes yes! London baby! I'm going to visit London over the Easter, to be more specific, from the 9th till the 14th. I would love to meet up with the London peeps, I've only been there once, so I basically don't anything about where to meet up. Please let me know if you want to organize a get together while I'm there. hugs and kisses edda _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Bye bye love.
by a.s.t.r.i.d＠nme.com 22 Mar '04

22 Mar '04

People, people, I, and Mark Hester as well, are suffering from stupid NME.com-syndrome since they're erasing all accounts and i've changed mine. Now, my new one is: dearpaperclip(a)hotmail.com I've already subscribed on that mail to sinister, but i have to wait my two weeks before i can speak again. So. My last post from here. Aww, how sad. I'm unsibscribing after sending this. Amanda said the funniest thing the other day: "Wow, we really ARE like the golden girls, only that we haven't started living our lives yet!" 11 days til Miami!! Boring mail, sorry. Just wanted to say an official bye from here. Take care, and please mail me on my new address, the inbox is very empty! love and headache Astrid xxx --------------------------------------------------- Who would you rather be - Ted Danson or Kevin Costner? Fab: Who the fuck is Ted Dancer? Ted Danson. Fab: Oh, Danson. Nick: I think Ted Danson wears a toupee. ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: take my place on Eurostar, take my money and guitars
by Mark Hester 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

Hello! First up, let me say that this will almost certainly be the last message you receive from me from nme.com. The folks at said music rag, in their infinite wisdom have decreed that they can no longer provide a free email service for the likes of you and me and so have decided to terminate all accounts from the end of this month, *sigh*. I, and indeed you, have been warned! So it looks like Ill have to sign in afresh, with a different email account and appear as a new member of sinister, perversely, for someone whos been about for donkeys years. Hello to Philippe Garnier btw, who has returned to the sinister fold after some years of absence. Hes right here in Oxford Town you know.I daresay there are other sinisterines here I dont know about. Time was when I knew all of the Oxon sinister crowd; allow me my misty eyed reminiscence if you please. My update on my trip to Belgium is well overdue, partly for reasons which will become clear later, but anyway, the first person I met in Brussels was Annie, right after I checked in to my hotel. We went to a very nice restaurant where she had the local delicacy which can best be described as sugar tart and I the more conventional lemon meringue pie. The proprietors of this establishment were doing their level best to ensure that as many people could enjoy it as possible, so the tables were really close to one another and it was pretty well impossible to avoid getting in someones way. Later on we made our way through a quaint arcade which had a sculpture of a cow being carried off by a dragon suspended from the ceiling and visited a bar called Morte Subite which means Sudden Death, not the only bar with a rather morbid name in Brussels (theres also one called the Coffin). I awoke the next morning to discover that the city had been coated in a blanket of snow, which was lovely and augmented the already entrancing spectacle of the Grand Place with its wonderful Gothic buildings. On the Saturday, I met two (twee) sinister people on the steps of the Beurs (stock exchange), these being Olivier (who gets around, just ask Nikos R, but Doesnt Look Quite As Much Like Stuart As He Used To) and Aton (who hads recently become a teacher - brave man!). We made our way to the Ancien Belgique and saw the Veils and the Fiery Furnaces. I was informed that the Veils featured the son of someone who used to be in XTC. The guitarist looked a little like Andy Partridge and the bassist resembled Colin Moulding, so which was it? It later transpired that Finn, the singer, was the son of Barry Andrews whod left XTC to form Shriekback. Anyway, the Veils started well but were ultimately uninspiring, unlike the Fiery Furnaces who were rather interesting, especially when they indulged in fairground music doodly keyboardsthe keyboard player concerned looking uncannily like someone I used to work with. We had been joined by this stage by Annie and her boyfriend Andy, who is in a band called Wintergreen who have a rather wonderful song called Clockwork Mice which I downloaded. So should you: http://www.iwantwintergreen.com The following day I took a train to Bruges which was very quiet and picturesque and has canals (woo I have great respect for anywhere with canals). The place was remarkably peaceful with the peace only occasionally punctuated by the clip-clop of hooves from the horse-drawn carriages laid on for the tourists it made me think about how cacophonous it must have been when *all* traffic took this form. Later on I partook of a beer called Kwak which is served in an hourglass shaped glass in a wooden frame. This fascinated me so I took a pic of itI might host my photos on the yahoo group corduroy smoke if I get round to it. I have some very sad news to report now. On Sunday evening, my father passed away in hospital. The last few days have been pretty hectic as Ive been rushing around from hospital to registrar to funeral directors, accompanying my mother and sister. I have also had the difficult task of informing friends and relatives over the phone. Although I saw Dad the day before he died, his health had obviously deteriorated enormously in a very short space of time. He looked very hunched and jaundiced and was utterly unable to communicate with us. The death certificate said pneumonia, prostate cancer and renal failure and I know he was afflicted with at least another three conditions, so if any comfort can be gained form this sorry situation, its that he has been freed from unimaginable suffering. So far, Ive been so frantically rushing around making arrangements and letting people know that I dont feel that Ive been able to grieve properly, but the funeral is on Tuesday, so any words of support would be much appreciated. Mark. ______________________________________________________________ For up-to-the-minute music news, reviews and specials visit http://www.nme.com Get free e-mail (anyname(a)nme.com) now at http://www.nmemail.com The sender of this e-mail is NOT an employee or associate of NME, nme.com or any other IPC magazine. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: we always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression that we exist?
by nikos r 17 Mar '04

17 Mar '04

"Belle et Sebastian a Paris" Belated reporting back from the Paris gig. Due to lack of organization skills I only managed to meet-up with only one fellow sinister before the gig. (Sorry Katrina but my mobile phone's battery was dead...) I've met with Olivier aka strawberry boy who got a few strange looks while waiting in the queue because of his resemblance with a certain mr stuart. Franz Ferdinard who were in support didn't show up because (i think) their singer had been ill. Instead there was a french guy singing... I wasn't exactly thrilled by his performance... B&S showed up with the usual line up. There is this girl now who is replacing Isobel on the cello. I don't remember if she was also in the London gigs in December... Can anyone help? They were really into a partying mood! They even did a small theatrical sketch during Dear Catastrophe Waitress, with the girl on the album cover participating!!! That was quite funny, her running on the stage with her "stressee, moi?" t-shirt, serving drinks to stuart and messing everything up... They also did 2 encores (first time this ever happens according to stuart) but they were a song each :( "Quiet is the new Loud" I bought this music magazine (x-ray feb/march issue) a while back. Accustomed to read magazines in the bathroom, an article under the 'what not to buy' section of the magazine caught my eye during a late night visit to the toilet. it said "you'll really need this Belle and Sebastian Hearing Aid (tm) when you go to see one of the scots funsters' shows and wonder just how so many people can make so little noise". Indeed, the toilet is the appropriate place for this mag. "get out of the office and into the spring time" Spring has finally reached london town! (well at least yesterday) hasta luego! nikos _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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