April 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: reporting back from the most fantastic show I've ever seen
by Imke Wiggerts 06 Apr '04

06 Apr '04

Dear Sinisters! Wow... Thats all I could say yesterday after the last song... I just didn't knew what to say! (and thats quite strange for me...) It was really really great! Stuart was terrific, Sarah too and the rest, wow! this was my forst show live and I didn't knew they were so good. In the train back we tried to remember all the songs they play but well... I always forget the titles, ecerything fades away and theres just me and the band... so I'll try to remember but... Mark- maybe you can help? here's a list of what I remember.. - I'm a cuckoo - step into my office (wow!) - if you find yourself caught in love(jeeej!) - baby girl - you don't send me - stay loose - dirty dream part 2 - asleep on a sunbeam well... It was just great. I don't know how to discribe it... they even got 5 fans on stage to play with them. I was standing front (only one guy for me..) but when they asked for some volunteers I was just so shy... oh and they did good vibrations from the beach boys! how good is that?! the audience was great. everyone was quite with the slow songs and just started dancing with the fast ones. well.. did I allready mentioned that it was fantastic? Too bad we didn't made it to the afterparty, we had to take the train. (mark, how was it??) (I finally met an other sinister, there are only two of us in holland...) and worst of all, I had an exam this morning... :S but that doesnt matter because... ...I think I'm in love... with belle & sebastian. thank you guys (and girls ;)) you are great!! with a lot of love, imke enjoy the sun that shines right upon your face! *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_, *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_, +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Snookering other people (Neil Robertson on TV! Plus more!)
by Kenneth P Y Chu 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hello 45 yr olds! How's life on the slow lane? Hope the zimmer frames are rusty as usual! MUSIC'S INFILTRATION OF SNOOKER Being old men, I'm sure you guys have all been watching the prestigious snooker "Daily record Players Championship" that is on SkySports 3? Or even LIVE at the SECCCCCC in Glasgow? STEVE DAVIS played today, you know, haha the old nugget. Did you know who he played??? The up and coming snooker talent.... you've guessed it... it was... NEIL ROBERTSON!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! He was unlucky to have lost out 5-3 today. And he didn't even swear!! Amazing. You think that's great?!? Wait til you hear tomorrow's match!! It's............. DAVID GRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! versus IAN McCOLLOCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahhaha holy crap! I'm rooting for David Gray I think. Babylonnn <insert annoying riff here> Babylonnnn <iarh>. urg. Check this site to keep track of the scores of this exciting tournament! http://worldsnooker.com/snooker_media_centre/players04/stats.asp ------ BRIGHTON PICNIC At this rate, this Brighton picnic is gonna be the most reported back picnic ever! Percentage-wise at least. It was so much fun - haha there was even two girls LEZZING UP action in the toilet on the train down (although probably that's not a first for sinister picnics, mind, hahaha). Plus there was the aforementioned RECREATION OF THE FA CUP SEMI-FINAL AND PREDICTION OF THE FA CUP FINAL RESULTS through the medium of AIR HOCKEY! The results table was a bit like this Semi Final -------------- MAN UTD 5 (chu 12,15,16,68,79) ARSENAL 7 (fadden 11, 24,37,69 chu o.g. 52,57, 59) MILLWALL 5 (santabarbara 12,15,27,36,69) SUNDERLAND 3 (playforth 34, 67, 89) Final ------ MILLWALL 5 (santabarbara 24,35,46,57,78) ARSENAL 4 (fadden 12,27,38,59) Winner: Millwall Those who've missed it I hope you can understand what you've missed out!!! This picnic also might win for the VARIETY of drinks consumed, yeah lager bitter guinness baileys tequila whiskey and pimms had all been consumed!! After the picnic some of the WIMPY ONES went to sleep early, in either London or Brighton. Whereas the HARD CORE ones went back to London for DANCING, and the REALLY HARD CORE ones caught the LAST TRAIN just in time back to London for DANCING after stupid amounts of Tequila. Yeah that was me I rock!!! Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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: Pic-er-nicking
by Sam Walton 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hello Sinister. <<de-lurk>> Well I was thinking about pic-er-nics, and about York, and then Tripney beat me to it - it was a fine idea, young fellow/fellowess (who are you, btw? Reveal yourself!). SO! I propose a Sinister Northern Picnic, York being the ideal spot to hold such an event. And, even though I've been a lurker even within the York Sinister Massiv of late (for which I sincerely apologise), I'll be your mummy, if you like that kinda thing. Here's the plan. Feel free to tell me to change date/time etc - I'm a suggestible character. WHERE: outside the front of the Minster, York (then moving onto Museum Gardens). I reckon this is good because it's easy for non-Uni people to get to (hint: non/ex-York people very much welcome), and is in the close proximity of Nice Pubs in case it rains. WHEN: 2pm, Saturday 24th April (or Saturday wk 1 for the Uni contingent) ME: tall, lanky, glasses, a feast of delights inside my bag. Mobile 07793711306 YOU: laden with boooooze and other picnic accessories, wearing upside-down badge for ID purposes. Sound like a sound plan? Let me know. I can't really think of much to report on really. I guess we all run out of things to say eventually. I went to see Lambchop on Saturday night. They were rather gorgeous. Support was in the form of Camera Obscura, who were pretty good. Not as good as the 'chop though, for sure. I take it that a small section of this listen would have heard the last ever Mark & Lard on Friday? Belle & Sebastian were on it, singing a pastiche of Seymour Stein. I went Mark and Lard Oh how we'll miss you On Radio 1 You say you've got a promotion Our thoughts are far away We remembered the day You first played our tune And now we are minted Mark and Lard (repeat to fade) It warmed my heart, because M&L was the first place I heard B&S. The final show was generally a sad event though - I might have cried if I wasn't a) apparently incapable of doing so (nothing seems to make me cry, even when I want to, rather annoyingly) b) laughing incontrollably for the most part. Inspired by Vilkas' post, I listened to Beck's Midnite Vultures yesterday, and I was forced to conclude that it is one of my favourite records of all time. And that thought inspired me to make a list of all the records I own that would warrant five stars in the fictitious Asm Magazine. Unsurprisingly, I came up with about 80 of the little blighters. After much pointless pontificating, I managed to narrow it down to about 20, but realised what an inconsequential task I'd set myself so I gave up. Still, 20 is fair enough though, doncha think? Anyway, let me know about the picnic. love Asm.x <<re-lurk>> ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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 weather? pt.1
by Stefano [Steady-State] 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Dear Sinisters and Sinistrines I pointed the alarm clock just in time to get down to Victorian train station and meet the winner of sinister bowler of the last decade, at least for consistency, Mr. Kenneth P. Chu. He probably did the same, but had realised about one week before myself the fact that clocks has been shifted to the summer time. I did set my watch to the right time, but that one only, and only a few days later. But I did check the forecast and the always says showers as it should be in a real British spring. To cut a long story short, ken was already half way trough his way to the seaside when I dropped into the station and queued in at a personal loan consultancy desk before talking to a rather sweet bloke, wearing a suit which was at least one size bigger and a tie, which definitely didnt matched with the suit, and I honestly doubt could have matched with any other suit really, but who gave me, as a surprise bargain a free return train ticket to Brighton, thing that I found absolutely app! ropriate. So I stepped into the first convoy heading south and, holding my telescope in one hand, a map on the other, pointing at the horizon in the Ahab fashion with a steady look to the Providence. That wasnt before the compass, in very sinister way, decided to invert its polarity, that finally the Express met the Providence, and Capt. Archel and PiKeyChu, took control of the operations. After the bar was in safer hands then mine, I could stop thinking that of many whalers Ive been in my life, and they are not many to be honest, in just a few had the remarkable habit of serving beers, but in a lot less, mariners were travelling around with electric scooters drink vodka shot. But that must have been a practice imported from some sort of Russian icebreaker. Even strangest than that, there were horse running on the main bridge, and jumping here and there, they call it the Grand National, and you are supposed to bet, but frisky whisky, or something similar, the horse I fancied, didnt even show up at the starting line. Then the wise captains led the ship to the pier, trough the thunderstorm, where lovely Rrrrrrrrobyn was waiting, for the reduced sinister massive to berth. The piers, these days, when not affected by arsonists, which by the way, I though was quite a brilliant name for band, offers quite amusing entertainments from the past and the future, including a thing called space hockey. I think was capt. PiKeyChu who suggested to associate each of us with the teams that had reached the F.A. cup semi-finals, and to play a rematch, or a pre-match, or whatever it turned out that MILLWALL won the cup, which made me laugh hurrah for Dell boy! It was just after the final whistle that, gracious Liz & Robster and Ian joined the crew amazed (?) by fellows dancing (?) on something called, I believe, DDR, which I though only was the so called ex-east-Germany acronym, but I later understood was sort of a dancing device. Few more drinks were shed on the docks. Id love to say a few more pints, but apparently in some north-American country there is the very depreciable tradition of serving glass only half full well, might be not half, but a few sips out of it that reminded me of too things in the southern Mediterranean see, but also in the lakes land country of Italy have got the same, totally disputable manner, and that, in the senior common room, where alcoholic scientific official the Queen Mary crew meet, they actually adopted the very cheerful manner of filling to the top glass which are bigger then an actual pint. So it is an extra gain for our, well sweated, pennies, sir. That prompted me to the reflection that, being the typical glass not really cylindrical but rather a truncated cone section, the upper bit, of a larger-then-a-pint pint glass, contains quite a bit of precious drinking material, being the part of the glass with the larger diameter, and taken as difference with the! smaller-then-a-pint glasses, it made the comparison even more evenhence, do we possibly drink 3 beers for 2 over there. Big emporiums called supermarkets does the same offer as well, I heard, but nothing better then a pint of Pimms. In a jug. It is quite well known that there are not many chances to play a good cricket game under showery weather and anyway after the tea time, so what better place to retire then the comfort of the pub? Thinks quite a few better opportunities, really, including your captain bring you tequilas and then you can embark in talks about semi-obscure, but definitely lovely, bands and wreckage in the southern seas of love. Then the time came, to head home, but that was not before, trying to convince capt. Pikeychu not to get back to the capital and to share a slice of, very delicious, onion pie, in the rather sinister company of myself, Ian, and capt. Archel, that Mr. (note the gender! Is not a typo for once) Archel prepared with his own hands: blimey! Of course the plan was to get back in the capital, as well but can anyone apart from the EVIL Mr. Chu resist a slice of home baked onion pie ion sinister company well suppose so really not me tho! [End of day one] To be continued, Im gong to be chocked off the office, if I dont do any job during an entire day it wont be the first time though Take care Love, your, rather steady Stefano #~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~# 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: brighton roxxor
by Robert Brennan 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Sadly, the clouds failed to part over Sussex for the umpteenth Sinister Brighton Beach & Booze Fest but that didn't stop us having FUN. Liz and I arrived fashionably late due to Other Commitments. No-one, however, is as fashionable as the lovely Ian, who arrived immedately after us and began stalking us down the hill from the station. He didn't have CHEESE SCONES though. A brief pause in the pub with picnic mum Archel, Ken, Stefano and RobynFromCanada was followed by a drizzly trip to the pier where we sadly concluded that we're all too grown up for fairground rides - especially rub ones that you get on piers. On the other hand, there was a pub with a big screen that showed the same 5 pop videos in a loop and KARAOKE next door that you could hear in the bogs. And PIMMS in JUGS. As night fell, we retreated inland, via the chip shop, to the more pleasant environs of THE CRICKETERS PUB. Luckily, there were no actual cricketers present, leaving people free to drink, talk about the Captain Caveman and do unwise things with tequila (ie drink it). With tiredness and illness working at our systems we left fashionably early. waving goodbye to the south coast, we returned, on a soopah-fast train, to the smelly capital and the remainder of the scones. Robster ________________________________________________________________________ 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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Sinister: Kobenhavn, Kobenhavn er en sted ud pa landet!
by Guðmundur Jóhannsson 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Hi all! Came back on monday from a five day trip from Copenhagen. The B&S concert was brilliant, just amazing. Better the the previous ones I have seen. The Copenhagen trip in general was great. What stands out is the nude 70 year old guy that streaked past me in the middle of the night. Me and my friends, drunk and all laughed our asses of until the next day. We had to poke ourselves to realize that this was true. A 70 year old man, completely naked strolling around the street. :) Chris from Sweden posted the setlist and his comments a few days ago so I wont bore you with mine but I saw alot of peeps around with their fancy digital cameras and I was wondering if some Sinister ppl had theirs with them because I really would like to have pictures from the show. I forgot mine at my mates place and just didnt want to go back in fear of missing the first songs of the concert! take care, Gummi, > iceland > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: wrapped up in booze
by R.Playforth＠sussex.ac.uk 05 Apr '04

05 Apr '04

Despite all my confident predictions, the weather in Brighton on Saturday was RUBBISH. But it didn't stop us from having a lovely time (who needs sun when you have PUBS?) And as if Monday mornings weren't painful enough, I have immortalised the experience in song: Wrapped Up In Booze It was not that bright, up on Brighton Pier tonight I could see out of the window of Horatio's bar No one on the bumper cars Beside four boys, I just don't know if they are up for What I have in mind If they are up for what I have in mind Pimms is on the cards, but 'pork on chips' will be hard But I never want to leave here We've had an ice cube fight Liz and Rob and Stefano Ian, Ken and Robyn too I wish I had nothing to do tomorrow I'd drink tequila without any sorrow I will drink some beer, just while we are sitting here I will wrap my hands around it I know it will be fine We've got a karaoke bar We didn't get wet, we didn't dare Our aspirations, are wrapped up in booze Our inclinations are guided by Chu Summer's hastening on I'm trying to get weather that isn't so shitty But I've been incapable I've been playing air hockey We won on Millionaire We didn't get wet, we didn't dare Our aspirations, are wrapped up in booze Our inclinations are guided by Chu [repeat] Er yeah. It might have been better if I'd actually remembered how the tune went. But anyway, any Sinister picnic where you win £6, eat Liz's scones, and have a Canadian for a whole afternoon goes down as a success in my book. It was also a bonus to have the lovely Ian and Stefano as guests, since it gave me an excuse to go shopping all day on Sunday and prove that we do SOMETIMES get sunshine in Brighton. I'm coming up to London next time though, where there's not so much chance of being swept out to sea. 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: Oops
by honey＠missprint.org 02 Apr '04

02 Apr '04

My Dearest Sinistereens, Myself and your surrogate list mum had the temerity to take a break in deepest Yorkshire, and so the server at Miss Print's printing house decided to throw a hissy fit and break in protest during my absence. Thus the loss of Sinister web pages and probably your ability to post to the list for a few days. Sorry! Should be all fixed now; well, if this mail gets thru, it is. At least it made me pipe up. If you sent something, it might turn up in the next few hours/days as it recovers, or it might not. The list bounces so many offers from Nigerian businessmen to invest in offshore diamond deposits these days (mmm tempting) that I'd never be able to spot the genuine mails amongst all the rest. Wait a bit and resend, maybe. Content: we watched the B&S DVD on holiday (for the first time) and noticed that this very list is thanked by name in the video Lance Bangs did for Dirty Dream #2. I see this was mentioned before but it was nice to see: aw. For some reason this made me suddenly realise that the list exists somewhere outside my own mind as well as inside it, which is odd, like when you see a member of your family on TV, waving and grinning and pulling faces behind a TV reporter's head who's describing a horrific disaster. We came back from hols to a dead goldfish (poor Kylie, anyone know any good fish eulogies?) and an ill cat getting iller, bless her little black socks. No connection between the two events. If anyone knows how to pray for cats, say a little one for Shirley: she's named after a Billy Bragg song, after all. She won't last forever, but it would be nice to know she had a bit longer. The vet says she has an enlarged heart: when I first heard that, it sounded like a compliment. No-one needs to tell me Shirl has a big heart, but I didn't know it was fatal. Honey 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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