May 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: at the round earth's imagined corners.....
by Jonathan Skinner 04 May '04

04 May '04

my dear dear sinister shall i compare thee to a virtual Byzantium. um no. SO anywaay how is everyone? i for one am not well, i have a cold my head is all stuffed up and i can't think straight- this is doing wonders for my uni exams at the moment, sat the first of two english papers today but then i have a week until my next set of exams which is means my head should be clearer by then. Damn it belle and sebastian playing glasgow and .01 cent flights from Dublin on the exact same day that i have organised my Parents 25th wedding anniversary party, why oh why belle and sebastian did you not organise this about 26 years ago so that i would have known to throw the party a week earlier/later or on their actual wedding day. nice to see political discussion taking place on here and although this makes light of the discussion , remember when the simpsons go to china town and Tibet town is inside a barbed wire fence and the tibetens being beaten up. anyway i digress have seen some great bands here recently, calexico two weeks ago , who through various circumstances i met , then there was rodrigo y gabriella (i think in gabriella i have found the woman i want to have my children with , which caught me off guard considering i don't particulary want children) but for her i'm willing if she is, but unfortunatly i think rodrigo has that angle covered. If they do come your way though , do go see them , fantasic guitar duo , mexican but based in Dublin the closest type of music i suppose is flamenco but it isn't really, there is elements of jazz , tango , and soul and during one particular solo rodrigo broke into the bassline of 7 nation army. the same night we were treated to a metallica cover as well. she uses her guitar more as precussion than a stringed instrument- *sigh* on the organised day of fun ie, "day of welcomes" on saturday saw a great little cork band called fred. they are corks closest thing to hipsters and are very very good. actually the whole european festival thing they had going on was great. In the english market ( food market with fresh fish and olives and breads etc) they had an international foodfair with the emphasis on slovakian dishes. One bar in town was giving free guinness to locals who could name all 25 countries and foreigners who could ask for a beer in irish- they had a helpful sign up which i thought was quite considerate of them and obviously profit margins were quite good. right i need someone to change the channel and pat my head godspeed one and all jonathan +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: After 4 years, it's prob'ly a bit different.
by Kim Girton 04 May '04

04 May '04

Holy Crap, it's the Sinister List, and here I am *not* lurking. Hell must be enjoying a nice cold spell... Actually, there is a reason I post and that is to say this: I need your help (in the form of advice, not anything you'd miss once given away). The last time I was in the UK was four earthly rotations ago, and by the grace of Whoever Oversees World Travel Opportunities, I get to go back! In just over a week, I will be on my way back to London, Edinburgh and Dublin. That wasn't a chronological list, but the story still applies. THE NEXT FEW DAYS I'M FREE AND THERE'S A TRAIN I WANT TO CATCH I'm so excited! The problem is... I'm not exactly sure what I'm excited about, specifically. I'm going into this trip having not really planned at all, because planning things too much can be dangerous and then vacation might be not so much a vacation as a pseudo-business trip. And what I DON'T need is a pseudo-business trip. So my question is obvious, of course: *can you please tell me what I have to see while I'm there?* I have approximately three days in each city, and even though I'm escorting my mother and meeting up with my father who is there on business, I will be on my own for most afternoons and the nightlife, which I've never seen in any of the three cities, so I'm open to all suggestions. London: I've already done Covent Gardens, Carnaby Street (which I've heard lately is going downhill -- your opinions on the subject are welcomed), and the usual touristy things like the Globe and Abbey Road. I've already been told that I have to see the British Museum, so what else should I definitely see in London? Dublin and Edinburgh: I've never been to either and don't even know where to start; not even with the touristy crap. These two couldn't be MORE open for suggestions. So any and all ideas would be GREATLY appreciated! You can email kg11053(a)yahoo.com, and since my junkmail filter is on, just put something B&S-related in the subject line so I don't accidentally delete you... Thanks for your help in advance! And for reciprocity's sake, if anyone is ever headed to the Washington DC area, I can let you know where/when to go where the insane number of other tourists WON'T be swarming and therefore piss you off, and I'll even invite you along on my weekly walk past the White House (on my way to weekend soccer games), where I've discovered you're allowed to throw up the finger in His Fraudulency's general direction, but you're just not allowed to SAY anything rude without getting cross looks from security... Thanks all, Kim __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Where is my home again?
by Stuart Gardiner 04 May '04

04 May '04

I heard B&S on the radio while I was having my breakfast yesterday morning. Not much special about that, you might think. But I was a bit surprised to hear an obscure album track - Family Tree - on daytime radio. But what's really surprising is that I was hearing it while having my breakfast in Lhasa, capital of Tibet. Truly, the band's reach is worldwide. Of course, one thing about travelling in Tibet is that you have to address 'The Tibet Question'. Namely, whether the Chinese occupation is a good or bad thing. Now if you listen to most people in the West, you wouldn't think there was a question. It's a simple answer, right? The Tibetan culture is being destroyed by the evil and oppresive Chinese government. Simple. Well, actually, no... It seems there's lots of well-meaning but ultimately ill-informed people in the West when it comes to Tibet. They view this place as some kind of paradise, ruined by the Chinese. It's simply not true. For starters, they conveniently forget that until the Chinese took over, Tibet was actually a dictatorship run by the Dalai Lamas and their advisors - just because they're religious doesn't make it any better. And that Tibet was actually only an independent country for about 40 years. And that before then, the Tibetan army regularly invaded China, at one point occupying and sacking the old Chinese capital of Xian. So much for a peaceful serene nation. These same Westerners seem to think it's a tragedy that Lhasa and the other towns have changed - well, hate to break it to you, but London's changed in the last 50 years too. The Chinese have brought (and paid for - Tibet wouldn't have them otherwise) electricity, running water, even paved roads. Do we really have the right todeprive the people of these things just because it would make a better photograph??? The people are much better off, much wealthier, better sanitation and living conditions etc. And they know it. To mis-quote Full Metal Jacket, it seems they would rather be alive than free... On the flipside, of course they don't have freedom of speech here. But then, nobody in China does. A lot of monasteries and religious items were destroyed in the cultural revolution 40 years ago. Same as in the rest of China. But they're being repaired and rebuilt at a startling rate; they're open to anyone again; and even the Chinese government officially regret the cultural revolution (the people behind it were executed years ago). So what's my point? That there are two sides to any story, and in this case in particular, what you hear in the West is horrendously biased. Personally, when I look at both sides, I conclude that Tibet is better off being ruled by China, it's just that (as with all of China) it would be even better off if the government changed. Independence would not be good for the people here. If you look at the facts and conclude differently, fair enough; the important thing is to consider both sides of the sotry first before jumping to conclusions. That's one of the biggest thing that all this backpacking has taught me - there's always two sides to the story. To Western eyes, it would make sense to prosecute the Khmer Rouge for what they did in Cambodia (killing one third of the country's population in just four years). But the Cambodians have decided not to dig up the past in the interests of reconciliation. Whatever you conclude, yoj have to take that opinion into account. Another example - in February I met a man in Vietnam who used to be a teacher, before he fought with the Americans for the South Vietnamese army. After the US left, he was forced to become a farmer; only twenty years later was he able to set himself up as a motorcycle guide. He said that he doesn't like America, because the US deserted them when they had enough money to keep on fighting and decided not to. Now, you might not agree with him - I don't myself - but it's a view you never hear in the West, that needs to be considered. Why am I saying all this? Why break the habit of several months by actually posting something, only to talk about politics? Because I think it's important. And because pretty much everyone I meet at home - and so probably most people on here - completely misunderstand what's happening in Tibet. And it causes resentment of the Chinese, which is unfair. And also, maybe some people back home put a little bit too much trust in the liberal media... You want some more content to go with the rant? Erm... Well I did have a picnic on the roof of the Potala Palace last week, does that count? I've not even seen the I'm A Cuckoo single yet, and I don't know if I'll be back in the UK in time to go to the gigs. Sorry... As if the politics in Tibet wasn't complicated enough, I'm headingback to Nepal in a few days time, where things are much worse... When I was there last month, there were people killed every day, up to 500 people in one battle, street protests, national strikes every week... Big Stu PS Let's see how easy it is to send an email which mentions politics out of China! _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get 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: remember you're a womble
by Dirty Vicar 03 May '04

03 May '04

hello readers, I am writing to you from Dublin City Ireland, where we have been hosting some get together of important European fellows and welcoming our new friends from the East into our happy Euro-family. As part of this I went to a fair where some Portuguese fellow gave me a little bit of white port and some Irish guy who was working for the Cypriots gave me some sherry-like concoction. It was most enjoyable. I also caught some musical performances by people from around Europe. The best were some group of lovely ladies who are basically the Slavic world's answer to the Corrs. I think they will prove to be a great success, as they have all the elements that make people like the Corrs (lovely ladies, elements of folky music) only the lovely ladies are even more lovely & revealingly dressed than the Corr-women, and they jiggle around a lot more. Furthermore, the music seems like it is truer to the real spirit of folk music than the Corrs' pop-folk stylings. These all conquering sensations have great things ahead of them, but sadly I cannot recommend their name to you as I didn't catch it. I am excited about the way B&S are having a free concert in Glasgow on the very weekend I was going there for a meetup of another internet forum. This is an excellent development and one to be encouraged. I will look forward to seeing some of you there. meanwhile... didn't someone (Ian Watson?) bemoan the lack of ATP reporting back. Maybe no one went - apart from me. I was very impressed by the bands I expected to be impressed by: Sonic Youth, Le Tigre, & ESG. I realised that I had forgotten how good Bardo Pond and Tindersticks are. Vincent Gallo was a bit disappointing. Fursaxa seems to be endearingly artistic and destined for great things. That's about it really. Oh, except that the Chris Geddes DJ slot was surprisingly rub, especially when compared to the set that came before it. eh... that's it for now, hang loose, DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Obscure compilation CDs, love and rain.
by Astrid Wiezell 03 May '04

03 May '04

Dear Sinister (oh look, formal!) How are you all? I am very happy and content right now, since I guess I've gotten myself, well... a boyfriend! ME! I know. And it's not like I hide my sicko sense of humour, my pervy jokes or my inexplicable need for taking in chocolate of some form every day. It's just nice, and we kiss and have fun and he's probably like the best person in the world. Mmm. LOVELY, and everyone likes him, which is always nice because it's hard when you hang out together with your friends and they don't like him, but they DO. Yay! Enough about that, though, because I'm sure it's the least interesting thing to read about. I recieved a CD last Monday, yes a week ago, from our old Sinisterbite Tom, a.k.a. corduroy boy, yay! It was nice, I had hardly heard any of the bands which is nice because you're bound to at least like something. it had lots of great stuff on it, like bearsuit, franz ferdinand (that i of course had heard before), joy zippers and tons of stuff i can't remember. oh yes, someone called half man half biscuit, but i was warned that it might be too english for me. I think not! I like The Streets by the way, Mike Skinner seems very nice. Plus he's got this really cool bracelet, silver and it's... oh what's it called, like the crap Pamela Anderson movie, er, oh yes! Barbed wire! I got Original Pirate Material when it came out and I still love it! I am waiting for my history class to begin, i am sure it will not be very much fun since i'm not really a fan of having history. It starts in 30 minutes. I have ice cream at home, and right now all i want to do is to go home and eat it, now, now, NOW!! Sorry. It's just who I am. Love it or leave it. Kat have updated the website a bit, still no photos and the worst design ever since there isn't any, but if you still want to take a peek: www.katsite.tk Should work, but if not, go via the unfancy address: www.geocities.com/yelp_of_pain and PLEASE write in the guestbook! It is empty beyond words. I don't know why, but myself and Amanda, the nowadays blonde since her toni & guy hair fashion show (she got an offer of modelling when we were out walking about in Stockholm) are getting really nostalgic about Miami, we just want to go back! It was hellacious some days, especially since the evenings were so hot we thought we'd die, but we want to go to New York now, and live our lives. Stockholm sucks, it is boring and horrible, except sometimes, like when i think about me and said boyfriend. because he plays in a band and he is really active with playing and they know other bands in stockholm, and we met one guy whilst out on town who was really nice (not a trademark for Swedes) and cool (he could've been in the strokes!) and who was a one man band. it made me feel like it's ok to do stuff the nonconventional way. You see people, there are a lot of crap bands consisting of about 4 - 5 teenage boys, who always give you that bemused look when you say you only play your music with a guitar and two voices, it's that "Oh, I thought you meant a BAND!" look. Just because I don't play shite evanescence-alike music. Sod off. Also my project work for my three year, which we will be getting as much time for as if we had that subject for a whole year, has to be done with other people! Other people?! What happened to individuality? I hate working with others (sorry supposed team spirit). I have to get my way with these things, especially something as big as this! I am going to make some sort of weirdo music project where i'll probably record a little something and maybe put up a show in school with those songs. But i might get one of my best friends Sanna to do that with me, and that feels better. My fingers are starting to hurt, I better end. Oh. And by the way. I showed my B&S tape with videos for The Boy last night, he thought most videos were nice, although i must admit i'm giving him a hard time for liking Isobel. Haha. Thanks Paul Arathoon for giving that tape to me, it was probably the nicest thing anyone ever did for me! Take care people, and still: I like getting e-mails. Hear from you soon, hopefully, love Astrid xx _________________________________________________________________ Hitta rätt på nätet med MSN Sök http://search.msn.se/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Extra twp tickets to 2nd Day of Coachella
by Laura Llew 02 May '04

02 May '04

I have an extra two tickets to the second day of Coachella (when B&S plays!) if anyone would like them. If you're interested, please contact me. My apologies for any list abuse. In my five years on Sinister I've been a good little girl but now that I've hit my adolescence on the list I'm spurting into rebellion. It will be wine coolers and making out behind the bleachers from here on out. xo, Ll _________________________________________________________________ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/dir… +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Botanically Glaswegian
by Mark Hester 01 May '04

01 May '04

Grrr...so this is the Bank Holiday weekend and it's wet. There was supposed to be a little local mini-festival type thing taking place on Ham's Piece, a field a short distance from my house, but I suspect it'll be a washout. Mind you, one of the bands playing is called Gimpsuit so maybe it's best avoided anyway! I'm going to see Franz Ferdinand at Brookes uni student union tonight though, and it has to clear up for Fun in the Parks (funfair! band tent! soundsystem tent! Japanese noodle bar!) on Monday - doesn't it? With any luck I shall also make it up to Needles Wine Bar, Clipstone St. for this too: SETTLEFISH (rare uk visit from italian deep elm records bruisers specialising in powerful melodic heaviness) THAT FUCKING TANK (baritone guitar and drum terror duo from members of kill yourself - duck and cover!) PRAGUE (london indie-rock three - or is it four? - piece in denial that its not '94 anymore) MY DEAR KILLER (nick drake meets gastr del sol) SUNDAY MAY 2nd - doors 19.30, first band 20.00 One of the bands here meant the original e-mail didn't make it through my work e-mail's Inappropriate Content filter - no prizes for guessing which. Great news Linda about June 12th. I this is the definitely opportunity to *finally* visit Glasgow on that weekend....it is really rubbish that i haven't been before, I know, any offers of floorspace greatly appreciated.... Listening to the Wendys version of Can's Yoo Do Right at the moment, a brave choice of cover if ever there was one! Mark. _________________________________________________________________ Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you. http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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