June 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: It's only time
by Amy Baggott 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hello Sinister, So, Ive been lurking around these parts a while. Ive not been away, I just havent had much to say. And thats not to say I do have something exciting to share with you now, in case anyone was getting their hopes up unduly there. Sorry. I just saw this little quote in the Times the other day and thought of you. My worst festival experience was travelling on an overnight rockers bus from Scotland to see Deep Purple at Knebworth in 1984. I was 15. The only seat was at the back with the stinking denim-and-leather brigade. I got to sleep, bolt upright, between two heavies. I woke up with one of their tongues in my ear Stuart Murdoch, of Belle & Sebastian. Eh? Anyway, Im not going to whinge about the fact that the free gig in Glasgow is two days before the scariest exams of my life so far and that I wont be able to go. Because if all goes to plan, I should be seeing them at Glastonbury instead. But still. A free gig! In Glasgow! With Camera Obscura too! How cruelly fate times these things sometimes. Ah well, at least the new single looks promising. Maybe Ill see some of you in Glastonbury Bye for now, Amy x P.S. The subject line is a truly lovely song off the new Magnetic Fields LP. Listen to it. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: 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. 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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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Re: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations
by Lucy Alder 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

> > > Hello Sinister > > > > The song features in the soundtrack to The Acid House, a film based on > > the > > book by Irvine Welsh and the lyrics relate very closely to what's been > > happening, plotwise. If you go here http://www.missprint.org/sinister > > and > > tappity tap 'acid house;slow graffiti' into the white box there, > you'll > > turn up a lot of discussion. > > > > Lucy x > > > > > > --- Rob Lorenson <rlorenson(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "The Hodottir" <hodottir(a)hotmail.com> > > > To: <rlorenson(a)sbcglobal.net>; <sinister(a)missprint.org> > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 1:05 AM > > > Subject: Re: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations > > > > > > > > > > I always thought this was loosely based on Oscar Wilde's 'A > picture > > of > > > > Dorien Gray'? > > > > > > > > "There's a portrait, in the back room..." > > > > > > It's odd, but I've never actually read that book, nor seen the > movie. > > > Out > > > of all the 100s of books I've read, I never read that one. I don't > > know > > > why. So, I just spoke from my own experience. Different people > have > > > different impressions, different interpretations, based on their own > > > experiences and knowledge. That's what makes art so great, whether > > it's > > > music or paintings or films etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > +---+ 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/ > > > > > > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > > Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself > > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > ===== > The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! > http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW > Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.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: Fwd: Belle and Sebastian News Message - Books EP released today!
by Lucy Alder 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

--- Belle and Sebastian <mailinglist(a)belleandsebastian.com> wrote: > From: Belle and Sebastian <mailinglist(a)belleandsebastian.com> > To: "lucyalder(a)yahoo.com" <lucyalder(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Belle and Sebastian News Message - Books EP released today! > Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:48:01 +0000 > > Hello, > > Just a quick reminder to you all that the Books EP is released today in > the UK and Europe. The three formats are:- > > Enhanced CD single featuring "Your Cover's Blown", "Wrapped Up In > Books", "Your Secrets" and "Cover (Version)", as well as the video to > "Wrapped Up In Books" and a Books computer game. > > DVD single containing "Your Cover's Blown" with cartoon gallery by Marc > Baines, the video to "Wrapped Up In Books", plus "Your Secrets" and > "Cover (Version)". > > 7" single featuring "Your Cover's Blown (edit)" and "Wrapped Up In > Books". > > Get yours in your local record shop now! > > As previously mentioned, a very special version of the Books EP will be > released in North America by Rough Trade on June 29th at your favourite > local indie store only. For a list of the retailers who will stock the > record, please visit the special webpage created for the record at > http://www.previewnewmusic.com/belleandsebastian/ > > Lastly, we've updated the online store to feature all the new > merchandise, including the B&S Rain Macs, Profiles t-shirt, Bookworms > t-shirt, bookmarks, Books EP poster amd a School's Out / Stay Loose > t-shirts to commemorate the concert in the Glasgow Botanic Gardens last > weekend. Visit the Banchory Shop at http://www.banchoryshop.net to see > the whole range of merchandise for B&S and some other Scottish bands > too. > > That's it for now ... > B&S and Banchory. > > http://www.belleandsebastian.com > http://www.wrappedupinbooks.com > > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit > http://www.belleandsebastian.com/mailing_list.php > ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.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: Tiny cucumber sandwiches, made by Emily
by Mark Hester 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Hello everyone, There have been murmurs recently of how sinister is a lot quieter than it used to be. I, too have noticed this. I am saddened by it, although I think I appreciate some of the reasons for it. I don't think it has anything to do with Belle and Sebastian's records or gigs. They are as great as ever. I think it has more to do with the fact that the novelty of the internet has worn off. All the people who used to post to sinister are now getting calluses on their thumbs from repeatedly texting each other. One day soon, people will be complaining that no-one ever sends them text messages anymore, and that it's all been superseded by this new-fangled ESP messaging transmitted directly from brain to brain. I will be going to the Somerset House gig on the Sunday, so would very much like to know who else will be. We must arrange a meet-up. Possibly we can just copy the people who arrange the (possibly bigger) meet-up on the Saturday, or we could be original. I believe that some of the pubs in that area close in the evenings at weekends, as no-one much lives round there, so we must be careful. Anyway, I received a postcard a couple of days ago to say that the start time for both gigs has been brought forward from 8 until 7. It apologised for any inconvenience this may cause, which was nice. I shall be braving the worst that a tube strike can bring and heading off to the Freaky Trigger club nite tonight at the Chapel, Islington and then (what bad planning is this?) going back to London tomorrow for work related stuff. Before I leave Oxford tomorrow, I am going on a course at our other office (i.e., the one I don't work in) which is on the corner of a street called Marston Street. Are you familiar with the song "Escort Crash on Marston Street" by Heavenly? Well, it's the same Marston Street. Are there any songs about streets in your home town? If so, why don't you post about them? I'd like to know.... I have to admit to being a bit of a philistine - I am far more familiar with the song "Picture of Dorian Gray" by Television Personalities than I am with the book. I don't think "Slow Graffiti" was influenced by the song tho. Mark. _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger 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: Slough Graffiti
by Kenneth P Y Chu 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

Dudes! Listen to the lyrics! THIS SONG IS ABOUT CONDOMS INNIT!! Slow Graffiti (Lyrics) There's a portrait In a back room, Which I keep for days upon, which I relent And gaze for hours on the muscle skin and bone of some Imaginary friend. (i.e. At the back of the condom packet, there is an erotic picture of two people making out. Gazing upon the muscle, er skin, and er..bone, turns adolescent stuart on, as he imagines making out 4reelz) So how about it? Show me please how I will look in twenty years And let me please, Interpret history in every line and scar that's painted There in front of me. (i.e. Looking at the pictures of the muscular copulating couple, sturan looks at his slightly wrinkly mini-sturan and wonders what it will look like in 20 years, whether it'd be more or less wrinkly than it is now) It doesn't matter what I'm thinking What I tell myself to do I'll end up calling. (i.e. now aroused, Sturan phones up 0891-HOT-CHIX) I stay in to defrost the fridge Now the kid has gone to bed A feeling of dread. (i.e. but the weather's too cold, and mini-sturan turns to ultra-mini-sturan...) At least when she's around the troubles there, It's worse to wake up with her falling round the room. (...and the live webcam website didn't help to wake up mini-struan) Listen Johnny; you're like a mother To the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling. Listen Johnny; You're like a mother to the girl you've fallen for, And you're still falling, (i.e. Stuart admires the way condoms protect girls against the dirty rain, like the way a mother hen protects her chicks) And if they come tonight You'll roll up tight and take whatever's coming to you next. (self explanatory) Ken p.s. i actually posted this this morning before david hewitt but it didn't fucking get through, now it looks like i've just copied him! ah well! _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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: my 2c on Slow Graffiti, and other loose change
by David Hewitt 30 Jun '04

30 Jun '04

G'day all. Rob Lorenson said: > It's odd, but I've never actually read that book, nor seen the movie. Out > of all the 100s of books I've read, I never read that one. I don't know > why. So, I just spoke from my own experience. Different people have > different impressions, different interpretations, based on their own > experiences and knowledge. That's what makes art so great, whether it's > music or paintings or films etc. Bollocks. Whatever happened to "the great thing about art is that I know more about it than you do; I'm right and you're wrong, and you also smell funny and are gay"? This is the Internet, you weirdo. I get enough tolerance and understanding at home. Slow Graffiti is about a bloke who's a prisoner in his own house, shacked up with some miserable junkie who's abusive and basically a complete mess, and keeps waking him up with the screaming heebie jeebies. He tries to look after her, because he feels responsible, despite the fact that it's killing him inside. So he sneaks off and spends his private time in the back room with pornography and phone sex, despite repeatedly attempting to swear off it, because deep down he knows it's no good. It keeps him in when what he really has to do is escape, though he knows he hasnt got the balls to try. That's what I reckon. I feel like 'defrosting the fridge' ought to be some sort of euphemism, but if it is, it's too subtle for me. Oh, and A Picture of Dorian Grey seems like the best book ever for about the first third or so, and then degenerates into a tiresome bunch of old wank. Start it on a bus trip or something, and forget it on your seat before you hit the halfway point. You'll thank me. Some other things, just quickly: A Melbourne gig! Huzzah! Is anyone planning a picnic and/or get-together of some sort? The new song (Your Cover's Blown, I mean; I haven't heard the rest of the EP yet) is incredibly catchy, but I can't decide if I really like it or not. It's definitely a few minutes longer than it needs to be. The first few minutes. I don't like the funk thing, the speaky bits, or the part where it turns into "Paint It Black" in the middle, but I do quite like where it ends up, all the same. I think the problem with Belle and Sebastian is that Stuart thinks he's cool these days. I suppose I would too, if I was all hip and buff and spent most of my working hours standing in front of one of the best pop groups of all time. It doesn't really suit him, though - I liked him better when he was less sure of himself. Poor bugger. I want him to be happy and popular and successful and all that, and I lap up everything he puts out, and even attempt to foist it off onto others, but then it bugs me when he sounds like he's got too much of a strut in his step. I'm a horrible, selfish, tiny little man. The only cool one in the band is Stevie, really, but it seems like he's always known it, so he wears it quite well. Ah, what do I know? Actually, one thing I do know is that they've chosen completely the wrong support act for their Melbourne gig. Architecture in Helsinki are utterly tedious. Thankfully the seats are all numbered, so we don't have to stake out territory early on - I'll see you in the bar during their set. Bulk love, -Vanilla Flavoured David. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.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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Re: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations
by The Hodottir 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

I always thought this was loosely based on Oscar Wilde's 'A picture of Dorien Gray'? "There's a portrait, in the back room..." Dunno. Sorry about the short post. Miss Ho xxx From: "Rob Lorenson" <rlorenson(a)sbcglobal.net> Reply-To: "Rob Lorenson" <rlorenson(a)sbcglobal.net> To: <sinister(a)missprint.org> Subject: Re: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 23:31:55 -0700 ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Cat's Pajamas" <the_cats_pajamas(a)hotmail.com> To: <sinister(a)missprint.org> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 22:38 PM Subject: Sinister: Slow grafitti interpretations > Does > anybody have a clue as to what kind of tragedy this mag was referring to? > Obviously it's a sad song, but beyond that I couldn't figure anything out... I always thought it was inspired by Osamu Dazai's tragic novel "No Longer Human (Ningen Shikkaku)." Because the story in the song is very similar to parts of the book. At least, that's what I think when I hear the song. If anyone's curious, the book is about the protagonist's alienation from human society. He cannot connect with other people, and fears them. He has drug and alcohol problems, and cannot have normal relationships with women. The book is semi-autobiographical. The book was originally published in 1948, the same year Dazai committed suicide with his mistress in Tanagawa Canal (near Tokyo). +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Slow grafitti interpretations
by The Cat's Pajamas 29 Jun '04

29 Jun '04

Hi all, I have't posted in ages. For those of you who remember me, hello! For those of you who don't, rest assured I'm long self exiled Sinister Royalty. I was reading in some shit music magazine earlier this week about the "100 saddest songs of all time". One of the songs included was "Slow Grafitti" by none other than our beloved B+S. The article referred to the song as a subtle story or a domestic tragedy. I've never been able to make heads or tails of the lyrics besides realizing that the song is gorgeous. Does anybody have a clue as to what kind of tragedy this mag was referring to? Obviously it's a sad song, but beyond that I couldn't figure anything out... All right, back to the frozen wastes with me... Jason _________________________________________________________________ Make the most of your family vacation with tips from the MSN Family Travel Guide! http://dollar.msn.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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