July 2004 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: wrapped up in hooks
by leyda campbell 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

hello all! here is just a quick post to say hello. I am still looking for ideas for a midwest meet up so if anyone lives or will be visiting in the next couple of months let me know. in other news... If anyone has yet to listen to the band The Arcade Fire do yourselves a favor. they are brilliant!!! and i don't toss around that word alot. I saw them in june with The Unicorns and they were so amazing that they blew the poor Unicorns away. I can't even exlplain their sound it is so complex and beautiful. they have a keyboard, an organ, xylophone, violin, guitars, bass, drums and tambourines. It is glorious!! they have an ep out that you might be able to get from their web site. The mix is not that great though and it does not do their sound justice. this september though they are releasing an album out on merge records. keep a look out. and if they come through your time make sure you check them out. ok, thats enough for me. farwell boys and girls. time for me to get some lunch. xoxo, leyda _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Camera Obscura in the US! Next week! Go!
by Emma Cooper 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Hello People I'm 19 and from england and happen to be in the us for a month and in chicago for a few days. I saw Ian's email and thought it would be exciting to go see this band I like. But for any gig in at least this state, I guess in bars, you have to have ID saying you're at least 21. So I got turned away. This just seems really outrageous to me. I can't see any rational really as theres lots of money to be made, it just seems oppressive. I don't have much to say except I was disappointed, american policy is stupid and if I ever tour the US I'll try and do a few gigs in cafes or somewhere younger people can get in, Emma >From: Ian Connelly <ian(a)pry.com> >Reply-To: Ian Connelly <ian(a)pry.com> >To: <sinister(a)missprint.org> >Subject: Sinister: Camera Obscura in the US! Next week! Go! >Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:27:36 -0700 (PDT) > >so, at long last the Cameras have ventured over to the states. first show >is monday in san diego, then they wend their way across purple-mounted >majesties to scenic new jersey over the next three weeks. check out tour >dates and go see them! > >http://mergerecords.com/tour.php > >ian, thrilled that his own band's show may be in jeopardy cuz it means he >can go dance to 'keep it clean' > > >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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! +-+ >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Hello People I'm 19 and from england and happen to be in the us for a month and in chicago for a few days. I saw Ian's email and thought it would be exciting to go see this band I like. But for any gig in at least this state, I guess in bars, you have to have ID saying you're at least 21. So I got turned away. This just seems really outrageous to me. I can't see any rational really as theres lots of money to be made, it just seems oppressive. I don't have much to say except I was disappointed, american policy is stupid and if I ever tour the US I'll try and do a few gigs in cafes or somewhere younger people can get in, Emma >From: Ian Connelly <ian(a)pry.com> >Reply-To: Ian Connelly <ian(a)pry.com> >To: <sinister(a)missprint.org> >Subject: Sinister: Camera Obscura in the US! Next week! Go! >Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:27:36 -0700 (PDT) > >so, at long last the Cameras have ventured over to the states. first show >is monday in san diego, then they wend their way across purple-mounted >majesties to scenic new jersey over the next three weeks. check out tour >dates and go see them! > >http://mergerecords.com/tour.php > >ian, thrilled that his own band's show may be in jeopardy cuz it means he >can go dance to 'keep it clean' > > >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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! +-+ >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ 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. 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RE: Sinister: Camera Obscura in the US! Next week! Go!
by Emma Cooper 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Hello People I'm 19 and from england and happen to be in the us for a month and in chicago for a few days. I saw Ian's email and thought it would be exciting to go see this band I like. But for any gig in at least this state, I guess in bars, you have to have ID saying you're at least 21. So I got turned away. This just seems really outrageous to me. I can't see any rational really as theres lots of money to be made, it just seems oppressive. I don't have much to say except I was disappointed, american policy is stupid and if I ever tour the US I'll try and do a few gigs in cafes or somewhere younger people can get in, Emma >From: Ian Connelly <ian(a)pry.com> >Reply-To: Ian Connelly <ian(a)pry.com> >To: <sinister(a)missprint.org> >Subject: Sinister: Camera Obscura in the US! Next week! Go! >Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 14:27:36 -0700 (PDT) > >so, at long last the Cameras have ventured over to the states. first show >is monday in san diego, then they wend their way across purple-mounted >majesties to scenic new jersey over the next three weeks. check out tour >dates and go see them! > >http://mergerecords.com/tour.php > >ian, thrilled that his own band's show may be in jeopardy cuz it means he >can go dance to 'keep it clean' > > >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ > +---+ 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! +-+ >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ 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: PussyKat Recordings
by Astrid Wiezell 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

Dearest sinister, I always write you when I am giggly and not very serious. I am considering writing another one of those but I am not sure whether to. I think not, for a change. I am right now sitting at my boyfriend's computer in his hometown, which is three hours north of Stockholm. I came here yesterday evening and I'll be going home midday on Saturday, when he has started working again. Me? Oh... I don't "do" working in the summer. No, I always rely on getting by anyways because I'm always too late when I'm looking for a summer job and all the good ones are taken. Telemarketing, can you really imagine it? "Yeah? You don't like me calling? AH! SOD OFF to you TOO you rude annoying person!GoodBYE! ". No, I don't think I'll be good with that kind of stuff. And so I survive on the heaps of money I recieved from various relatives on my birthday. AH, it's good to be me in those situations. On Monday, my sister Hedvig, myself and Amanda had a sister night in her apartment, which meant buying many assorted snacks and sweets and renting a total of like 4,5 hours of sex and the city, and it was a nice evening indeed. The day after, my sister took a whole 36-picture roll of film on me and Amanda in black and white. The weather was SO lovely, non-stop! Seeing as we here in Sweden are expersiencing are coldest summer in about 70 years or something, I say: YAY! I wore my new skirt with dots in lots of colours, it is quite nice if I may say so myself. After that, my sister and my mum and I went to IKEA (yes, i realise irony in this as I am Swedish and this is one of the things we are mostly known for) and I bought a nice full-lenght mirror and some stuff to repair my bedside lamp. I felt pretty responsible, most of the times spent there I just end up with a tiny stuffed animal that costed 10 SEK, which is like 70 p or about $1, just because I feel so bad for them. Anyways, I'm seeing the pictures on Saturday, it'll be so much fun, we really tried to get some arty poses and variation. We'll use them for our demo, website etc. etc. Ok, I know I said I'd be serious but I just thought of the BEST pictures we took, a ha ha ha ha, they were so stupid. We went to this wee patch of green grass, supposedly some sort of "park", beside the big road with buses and all. We saw two buffalo statues (logical motif since in Sweden, there are no buffalos. maybe reindeers in the north but that's about it), one big chasing a small. Don't you think we had to climb up on them? Indeed we did! I had to sit on the pervy one with yucky stone buffalo private parts, which Amanda just stood and pointed at, laughing hysterically at for quite some time afterwards. It was one of those moments that just feels so bizarre and great. And thank you Richard for the nice compliment about Hit it, Raoul! That's just the crappy version, there is a much better one so you're just getting STARTED my friend! Myself and Amanda have also decided to have a nice name for the collective of duos and solo projects that surround us. SO, people, now we are PussyKat Recordings, the home of successful* duo Kat, my own solo project Good Scout Promise and our sort-of-instrumental laid-back band Look, it's a squirrel!. Yes, it does feel good to have a name to summarize it. And isn't it just so CHEEKY, dear readers? PussyKat, because the main band is Kat, and we're chyx only (not on purpose, er, in the bands that is not generally in life, we're very happy about our womanhood) and so... ha ha... geddit? geddit? huh? huh? You'd THINK it's kinky but it's NOT really, so the person reading it ends up feeling like a PERV! Funny, eh? Eh? ... what can I write after that paragraph? I feel drained. I am hungry and without serious thoughts. Uh, I even bore myself sometimes. Well now, my dears, I shall socialize with my boyfriend, he gave me great gifts for my birthday, tons of nice 7" singles, including one B&S, two spearmint, two interpol, one adam green... etc. etc. and a spoken word record with my favourite comic drawer, teitur's album and I am kloot, his favourite band. Ahh. Bless. So, thank you and goodbye, please send me a li'l somethin' just so I know what you are all up too. Sadly, or just nicely, I really am wondering. Astrid x *according to author in various posts, see archives of sinister _________________________________________________________________ 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: Sydney show
by shellie gw 22 Jul '04

22 Jul '04

if anyone is planning to go to the sydney show and hasn't bought tickets yet........... please drop me a line. I have two tickets that need a home. shelliegw(a)hotmail.com im sorry about the post :( _________________________________________________________________ Feeling spent? Apply here for emergency plastic surgery: http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;9577691;9687279;r?http://www.promo.com.au/vir… +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Handbags and gladrags
by Simon Fallaha 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hello everyone. My last post was merely a link, so I thought I'd do a longer one. I actually began writing this last night under a different title, but gave up. The title change comes as a result of the song I am listening to at the minute - alas, it's the Stereophonics' version. It's not that it's bad - in fact, it's quite good - but I've grown to prefer the version you hear in The Office (or even Ricky Gervais's version, because you know you'll get a good laugh out of it). Speaking of The Office, I can't believe I didn't realise how good it was until it was almost over. Ah well, I have the DVD of Season 1 now, so that's more than a bonus. "It's like the early part of this decade all over again", said the Dirty Vicar once he saw my last post - which was my first since before Xmas, as a matter of fact. Since then, student life has been and gone (yes, you can now call me a graduate) and I'm trying to find a job. And I've seen countless films, and become a regular contributor to a "Teachers" fansite (To any "Teachers" fans on this list, who are you? There's a lot to like about the show on top of The Boy with the Arab Strap) and...been to three more concerts/festivals. The first one of these was the One Big Weekend here in Derry, and it was fantastic. Got to hear Keane for the first time, and see Franz Ferdinand and Ash at their best. Avril Lavigne wasn't quite at her best, but was still good. (Kelis doesn't do much for me, unfortunately.) Then came the Future Kings of Spain, and then Graham Coxon (both in Belfast's Limelight.) And then...Oxegen. You knew with the line-up that you were going to have a great time if you went there - unfortunately David Bowie's injury made the Darkness headliners by default. (You'll have already guessed, I'm sure, that I'm not a fan of theirs.) Never mind - for me The Divine Comedy, Ash, Franz Ferdinand (come on, Peter Miller, they are not bad), Keane, PJ Harvey, and lesser known acts such as Cathy Davey and Saucy Monky (have any of you heard of them? I hadn't until they supported Tim Burgess last year.) made the weekend memorable. But Belle & Sebastian's set was ahead of them all. I'd no idea they were playing, even, until very close to the festival itself. Since I'm feeling quite lazy now, how this gig was for me can be summed up in a paragraph from the article about Oxegen that I wrote for a magazine: "As I relocated to the Green Room at about 11.30 p.m. for Belle & Sebastian, I had no idea what a reception the band was in for. It appears that there are more Belle & Sebastian fans in Ireland than I thought. Changing record labels, along with apparently securing the service of some talented new violinists who Id previously never seen, has really made a difference. That difference was visible in this extremely lively and even friendly set, demonstrated when leading man Stuart Murdoch invited a girl from the audience to dance to two of the songs on stage. The band gave great performances of songs such as The Boy with the Arab Strap (also known as the theme from the popular TV show Teachers), Legal Man, Sleep the Clock Around, Step Into my Office, Baby, Im A Cuckoo, and more. Stuart was a real livewire, and Sarah Martin just showed what a versatile musical performer she is. How she has compensated for the loss of Isobel Campbell." Other songs that I remember they performed were: I Fought in a War The Model You Don't Send Me I'm sure there's more, but honestly, I can't remember. Simply talking about this reminds me of what DV posted about earlier - "the early part of this decade". And in a way, seeing B & S at Oxegen brought me back to December 2001 (yes, I remember the month) and that fantastic B & S gig at the Mandela Hall, which wasn't long before that Xmas. Makes me wish they'd do something like that again in these parts, later in the year... Now, I hope those of you that were able to see them in London (and that includes James, plus Sam Walton and a few others who posted recently) had just as great a time. What I also didn't mention was just how good an album DCW is. Actually, it's close to great. It took time to grow on me, but don't all albums? Big shouts to Amy Skelton, DV, James and any of the Irish Sinister posse that I haven't mentioned. And although I defended Franz Ferdinand earlier, rest assured that I don't intend to vote for them regarding the Mercury Music Prize. Take care all Psi ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! 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Sinister: Sha La La
by David Moore 21 Jul '04

21 Jul '04

Hi All, Thanks to Spanish Tranny Sister Disco for drawing our attention to the BBCs Mercury Music Prize poll. I would like to think that I am a straightforward guy who wouldnt endorse cheating, vote fixing or anything underhand like that. So I was a little puzzled when someone who used to live here, & who is well-enough known in B&S circles to be mentioned by surname from the stage at B&Ss Somerset House show on Saturday posted this on his board: Click here to register a vote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-perl/polli...ok=ok&vote=Vote Note that once you have voted, it will place a cookie with details like these (the value will be unique to you): Domain: bbc.co.uk Cookie Name: BBC-UID Value: 54b06fedc3373c07926ad317814c8ff86cf2b2c0d0b0a0b21a 056aaa2f61e5d90Mozilla%2f5%2e0%20%28Windows%3b%20U %3b%20Windows%20NT%205%2e1%3b%20en%2dGB%3b%20rv%3a 1%2e7%29%20Gecko%2f20040707%20Firefox%2f0%2e9%2e2 Delete that cookie to vote again Note that you can't disable cookies, because you need it to vote with I am not quite sure what it all means but see what you lot can make of it. Minor Reporting Back from the weekend: 1) Whilst sat in a pub by Waterloo Station before Saturdays gig it occurred to me that it would be highly appropriate for the band to play The Kinks top tune Waterloo Sunset, so I txted someone in the band to request it, & blow me down, there it was later being sung by Our Stevie. Thanks a lot! 2) Whilst swanning around on the terrace of Somerset House at Saturdays aftershow I spotted Alison Newman!! (For those of you who are not aware of her, she plays a character called Hazel Bailey in favourite TV drama Footballers Wive$ (see http://www.footballerswives.tv/chs/chs_hb.html ) Nice to see so many Sinister people old and new both before & at Saturday's concert. (A lot of the older ones didn't go!) Love to all David Moore Chelmsford, 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: Intellectual and Perspiring
by robin stout 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Gosh, Sam's done a good job of describing most of Sunday's gig already, but here's a quick one, two, three from me... 1. This was the best Belle and Sebastian gig I have ever seen. 2. I danced for two whole hours and spilt someone's pint all over their face. 3. Whoever you were, I am very sorry. 4. Oddly, when I looked around myself, even during the most danceable numbers, very few people were dancing. I thought this a strange thing. 5. You Made Me Forget My Dreams and Belle and Sebastian were excellent, and much better than the EP versions. 6. All of the audience participation worked for once; the very scottish girl who sang to Dirty Dream knew her stuff, and Legal Man featured a tremendously enthusiastic Brazillian man who ran about onstage taking photos of everyone. He reminded me of Jordi. 7. The banter was great, especially all of the stuff about Chris being in a higher tax band. 8. Somerset House is lovely. 9. I think people hated me for dancing so much. 10. Stuart wore a bowler hat, and at one point he took his top off. 11. I didn't meet any Sinister people at the gig at all, even the ones who I thought I was bound to recognise. 12. Stuart seemed quite upset when he forgot the lyrics at the end of You Made Me Forget My Dreams. 13. After Stevie sang Family Tree, there was, as Sam so aptly puts it, "a moment of tension". 14. During the gig, a man was talking loudly to his mates about "batting averages, extraordinarily. When I was dancing I might have accidentally punched him. BYE, ROBIN _________________________________________________________________ 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: Vote Now, Or Forever Hold Your Mouse!
by Peter Miller 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

The BBC would like to know who you think will win the Mercury Music Prize. I think it will be Belle and Sebastian, whose recent album 'Dear Catastrophe Waitress' has some intriguing lyrics and a lovely Legoland sheen. I think of it as a crucial by-election after the disappointment of being trounced by Will 'The Wolf Survive?' Young in the Ivor Novello Awards. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/3909513.stm Don't let those spiky angular guitar sad sack of arse bastards Franz Ferdinand win! I have been to two concerts at Somerset House, but I can't be bothered to Report Back yet. Cheers, Sister Disco +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Mercury Rising
by Sam Walton 20 Jul '04

20 Jul '04

Hello Sinister. I've been trying to post but it keeps on not working. I wrote something about the Slow Graffiti thread, but it never arrived, and now the moment's passed. Hope this one makes it, as it has CONTENT galore. So the weekend. The gigs. Somerset House. Fantastic stuff, it really was. I've seen the band a few times, and this was by far their best in front of me. Yes, better than the R!A!H. In the absence of David Moore, here's the set list from the Sunday night: - Fuck This Shit - La Pastie De La Bourgeousie - Step Into My Office, Baby - Wrapped Up In Books - Women's Realm - I Fought In A War - The Lonliness Of A Middle-Distance Runner - Travelling Light - The Boy Done Wrong Again - My Wandering Days Are Over - Embarrassment (by Madness) - Dog On Wheels - Dirty Dream Number 2 - You Made Me Forget My Dreams - Forget - If She Wants Me - Family Tree (this came after a heckle requesting it, and Stevie sang the opening verse in real asthmatic hampster voice, to the delight of the crowd) - Belle & Sebastian - Taxman (an impromptu cover after Stevie said "come on! we're at the tax office, everybody smash a window!") - Roy Walker - String Bean Jean - If You Find Yourself Caught In Love - Legal Man (encore) - Me & The Major - I'm A Cuckoo (interestingly, no Twattybus...) I felt such a paternal glow as the band rattled through their set, like finally they'd grown up and blossomed from their shyness into this confident, swaggering pop band - they were tight, professional, and actually at a decent volume too. Good crowd banter too. Struan breifly sported a Cliff Richard tee-shirt for the opening few songs, before *swoon* changing his top ON STAGE, and he also donned a bowler hat for the Madness cover. Of interest was Sarah's newfound stage confidence, and Struan's reply to the heckler who asked for Family Twee: "do *you* wanna sing it?", he asked back. At which point Stevie launched into his Isobel impression, which he later apologised for, saying he didn't mean to take the piss out of Bel. "Ah, but ya did really", countered Struan, and there was a moment of tension. 3 THINGS WE DIDN'T KNOW: 1) Beans had one year when he was in the top bracket of tax. 2) He is the only member of the band to enjoy such wealth. 3) The Greatest Hits Of Deep Purple is Deep Purple's best album. Did anybody else see that they've been nominated for a MERCURY PRIZE! I shouldn't think they'll win it though, and to be honest, probably best if they don't, although at 12/1 it's probably worth putting a bet on. My money's on Ty, at 10/1, in case anybody cares... Anyway, that's about all for now. love Asm.x ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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