January 2005 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: A cemetary of Quakers
by ken chu 20 Jan '05

20 Jan '05

Dear Sinistees, How are things? I was involved in a traffic accident the other day. When I phrase it that way maybe it sounded way more serious than it was. I mean, I was on a bus, that hit a motorbike. Actually that's still pretty bad.. although it happened at around the speed of 2 mph. For those who aren't very good with speed measurement this is about the speed of burgers sliding down the chutes from the kitchen at McDonald's. See.. I just kind of walked down the stairwell, and heard this CLUNK sound, and looked to the front and there was this bike that was in front of the bus, and the rider was banging manically at the windscreen of the bus, shouting "fuckink hell!" repeatedly. This is the worst bit, because this was the point when I started laughing really hard. I felt really bad because I really didn't mean to do this, I didn't think that bikes being hit by busses are funny at all, however the bike rider had a REALLY SQUEAKY VOICE, in cockney. "FUCKIN ELL!" he shouted, desperately, "ARRRRGH!" "REVERSE THE BUS!!!" "WAIT WAIT DON'T REVERSE!! ARRRRGH ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH". Those were his exact words, with those exact number of letter Rs. I had to get off the bus soon after. When I looked back they both seemed okay, but his bike was a bit scratched cos bits of it got trapped with the bus's bodywork. And I imagined that this bike may have been fairly new, and I thought about how sad I would be if my new bike got scratched by a bus, and some guy on the bus laughed at my squeaky cockney voice. This was when I vowed to never own a brand new bike, or to ever talk in a squeaky, cockney voice. -- So speaking of pwning, and thus the pwning pre-pwned items. I had a look at the eBay thing and I couldn't figure out how to look at those Belle and Sebastian items since the auctions are over. However, I manage to find some older items through the feedbacks, and I just cannot believe that the Dido RARE Demo Tape only went for £8.03!???!!!? Eight Pounds and Three Pence. I'm outraged. -- Krister Bladh wrote: > Btw, don't you find it strange that nowadays Struan's so 'busy' he > doesn't even have time to talk to people like you or me? How busy can > you be when you don't have to get up at 6 am to go to work? Is Sturan really too busy to speak to us now?? Wait.. Is this true? I just went to the Diary thing on the B+S website and I end up reading about how Stuart sometimes thinks about Beans when he's naked in the shower, and now I wish he's more busy so that such information isn't quite so regularly disclosed.. I don't remember there being any more or less communications than in the past... maybe he thinks about us when he's in the nude too you know. I'm not one to talk about being busy of course I mean I get up at 8:40am to go to work.. And I'm sending emails to the internet just now.. -- I'm sorry if I got you guys all worried when I said I was in a traffic accident. There WAS that time when I got knocked down by a motorcycle, but that's another story. And also the story of me singing a really really bad rendition of The Final Countdown in front of 400 people and not hitting a singing note, too. Anyways. Drive safe, guys, never stop. Ken +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The Elusive Nature of Ageing
by Krister Bladh 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

Dear Sinister, For a long time now Ive wondered just how it comes to pass that one grey morning youll wake up and suddenly youre all growed up. I never could and still cant picture myself as some middle-aged old guy. They just seem so indifferent about everything. Like they dont FEEL or CARE about things. Like theyve given up and just let the days come and go, slipping through their fingers. I cant see myself alive after thirty, especially if things carry on as they are now. But maybe now Ive found that its possible I could turn into such a person. Ive found the missing link. Studying at a university you obviously encounter quite a lot of people, perhaps one too many. Today on the train I overheard some guys talking, when it suddenly struck me. They were just sitting there, all apathetic, maybe a bit down cause of the weather. But the things they were talking about! Work and essays and exams and how this other guy failed his last exam or how another guy had to nail his next to pa! ss the course, or whatever. Despite the occasional half-hearted smile they really didnt seem to care one way or the other. You see, this is the kind of thing you turn to when you dont have anything to talk about. You dont because you dont really know each other. Recently Ive done pretty much the same thing myself. Ive met many people, but you just talk and smile at each other. Youll consider it being friends, and some people I really, really enjoy the company of. But there seems to be this invisible line that is very hard to cross. Its hard to get to know the person beneath the surface, and surfaces are always kind of the same. Perhaps this is why relationships with other people seem so much smother now than they were when you were younger and in school. You wont get hurt anymore, but simultaneously the really close friends dont grow on trees. People feel and think so much when theyre young. I mean, I could sit on bus for an hour just pondering my life, without a! care for all the time wasted on doing nothing. But nowadays I f! ind mys tting my thoughts show. And then after twenty years or so more, youve gotten so used to it you just put your mind on standby. Thats when youre as good as dead, I spose. Well, thats enough of me ranting on about the same thing. Btw, dont you find it strange that nowadays Struans so busy he doesnt even have time to talk to people like you or me? How busy can you be when you dont have to get up at 6 am to go to work? love, Chris xx -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Licking stamps is not much fun
by robin stout 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Dear all of you lovely people, I am afraid I have been out of the loop for a while. During Christmas I was at my parents, and they have moved to a big house in the country and put the computer in a room in a cold dark turret full of ghosts, so I was too scared to use it. Since I've been back in civilisation I have been distracted by other mailing lists. Of course there's always Milko (http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/milko/) but recently I have discovered a great mailing list where you can write humourous articles about buses. Here it is: http://www.cardiffbus.com/company/feedback_ops.htm . If you write a funny story about how your bus caught on fire one morning, or how you had to wait for one for ONE AND A HALF HOURS you will often recieve an interesting reply. Sometimes they pretend to be angry with you for "wasting their time". Ha ha! Crazy guys! Two Lucys teased us all: >Goodies being sold include Stuart Murdoch's hat (think "Dog on Wheels" >video - also check out the photo!!), Lord Anthony demo sessions from >1998 (would ye credit it?! as Paw Broon might say), rare posters and >other cd and vinyl promos and stuff!! Many include a lovely signed >certificate from the lovelier still Mr Murdoch. Gosh! I had a look, and Lord Anthony was at 78 quid! You people are nuts! Hmm, I might buy I Love My Car though. Heavens! Lucy A also said >The Bay City Rollers and Goth Favourites The Jesus And Mary Chain. And I thought how great it would be if someone made a TV series called "Jesus and Mary Chan", about the adventures of a Mexican bandito and his Chinese detective wife. A funny thing happened the other day. I consider myself a quite honest person, although I occasionally embellish stories for added effect, but I rarely lie outright. At the bus stop I ran into someone I knew. Someone who is not so bad, but is a bit annoying. He has a constant slathering grin, and he gurgles and his arms leap about like he has rabies. Apart from this he is quite normal. We were chatting on the bus about what we got for Christmas (I got some pannier bags for my bike, Clarence) and I said how I had thought of getting an iPod, but figured I would probably regret it. He said, "You know, you have to be careful with iPods, too, because people see the white earphones and mug you for it." And I said, "Yes, I know, in fact it happened to my sister, what a terrible thing that was." And he looked quite shocked. Almost sad. But I had to go and buy a sandwich so I scarpered. Thing is, it was a complete lie. My sister doesn't even have an iPod. And, while I stood in the queue, waiting for someone to butter my sandwich, I couldn't work out why I'd just totally made something up for no reason and decided I must just be a bad person. In fact, I don't know anyone who has an iPod, and certainly not my sister or me. If I want to hear a tune when I'm walking down the street, I just whistle. What else was I going to say? Hmm. I heard someone from Belle and Sebastian on the radio the other night, Mick I think, saying about how they're getting on well with their new songs, but I can't remember anything else he said. That wasn't very interesting was it? Next time I promise to DO BETTER. Robin 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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Sinister: scots, seahorses, and them brits too
by Bruno Gomes 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

> From: Lucy Alder <lucyalder(a)yahoo.com> > This is the news, from the BBC. Belle & Sebastian have been named the > best Scottish band of all time after a three month-long public poll, > beating other greats such as The Bay City Rollers and Goth Favourites The > Jesus And Mary Chain. goth favourites!? imho: wtf???? and cocteau twins almost out of the top 50!? kinda weird, ain't it? in other news: www.projectseahorse.org i suppose it's for a "noble cause", and i suppose it's kinda twee too, so! and to wrap things up, what do you think of these nominees: BRITs25 - The Best Song Award Two round voting - top five and winner chosen by Radio 2 listeners Joy Division Love - Will Tear Us Apart Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights Queen - We Are The Champions Robbie Williams - Angels Will Young - Leave Right Now who should be there instead of... erm... some of those? ttfn +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Buy a hat, save starving people
by Lucy Alder 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear Sinister That delightful foxtrel Miss Lucy Brown, also of Glasgow, Scotland, has asked me to alert you to a rare, nay, unique opportunity to purchase Stupot's hat, a demo of some song called Lord Anthony (1998) which you have probably downloaded illegally so now is your chance to get your mitts on the world's only legit copy and other assorted STUFF. Anyway, I'll hand you over to her now. Yours Lucy (A) > ++++++++++START OF MESSAGE++++++++++ > > > > > A note to all you generous and wealthy Belle and Sebastian fans! > > ---- Oxfam Music eBay auctions --- > > Oxfam Music, on Byres Road, Glasgow are currently auctioning some > FANTASTIC and RARE and EXCITING Belle and Sebastian related items on > eBay!! You can view our auctions here: > http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZoxfamQ5ff6029Q5fglasgowQQsor… > (if that doesn't work, search for seller: oxfam_f6029_glasgow). > > Goodies being sold include Stuart Murdoch's hat (think "Dog on Wheels" > video - also check out the photo!!), Lord Anthony demo sessions from > 1998 (would ye credit it?! as Paw Broon might say), rare posters and > other cd and vinyl promos and stuff!! Many include a lovely signed > certificate from the lovelier still Mr Murdoch. > > I hope you don't mind this wee advertisement! Remember all proceeds go > to Oxfam - you will know that in light of the current situation funds > are desperately needed, so please bid generously. > > Also, if you're a local - why not pop into our shop for a look? We just > got a whole load of indie 7"s (literally boxfulls!)...for example > Boyracer/Comet Gain/Belly/stuff on SubPop/4AD/KRS/K Records etc. I'm > sure you'd love it. > > Finally, this month's Superfly at the Woodside Social Club is being held > in aid of, and in association with, Oxfam Music. There's talk of > holding a vinyl auction or something fun like that. You should come > along and see us shake our respective booties. Saturday 16th January, > 10pm-2am. > > > Thank you Lucy A for forwarding this :o) > > Love > > Lucy B xxx > > ++++++++++END OF MESSAGE++++++++++ ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! 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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by Lucy Alder 14 Jan '05

14 Jan '05

Dear Sinister That delightful foxtrel Miss Lucy Brown, also of Glasgow, Scotland, has asked me to alert you to a rare, nay, unique opportunity to purchase Stupot's hat, a demo of some song called Lord Anthony (1998) which you have probably downloaded illegally so now is your chance to get your mitts on the world's only legit copy and other assorted STUFF. Anyway, I'll hand you over to her now. Yours Lucy (A) > ++++++++++START OF MESSAGE++++++++++ > > > > > A note to all you generous and wealthy Belle and Sebastian fans! > > ---- Oxfam Music eBay auctions --- > > Oxfam Music, on Byres Road, Glasgow are currently auctioning some > FANTASTIC and RARE and EXCITING Belle and Sebastian related items on > eBay!! You can view our auctions here: > http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQgotopageZ1QQsassZoxfamQ5ff6029Q5fglasgowQQsor… > (if that doesn't work, search for seller: oxfam_f6029_glasgow). > > Goodies being sold include Stuart Murdoch's hat (think "Dog on Wheels" > video - also check out the photo!!), Lord Anthony demo sessions from > 1998 (would ye credit it?! as Paw Broon might say), rare posters and > other cd and vinyl promos and stuff!! Many include a lovely signed > certificate from the lovelier still Mr Murdoch. > > I hope you don't mind this wee advertisement! Remember all proceeds go > to Oxfam - you will know that in light of the current situation funds > are desperately needed, so please bid generously. > > Also, if you're a local - why not pop into our shop for a look? We just > got a whole load of indie 7"s (literally boxfulls!)...for example > Boyracer/Comet Gain/Belly/stuff on SubPop/4AD/KRS/K Records etc. I'm > sure you'd love it. > > Finally, this month's Superfly at the Woodside Social Club is being held > in aid of, and in association with, Oxfam Music. There's talk of > holding a vinyl auction or something fun like that. You should come > along and see us shake our respective booties. Saturday 16th January, > 10pm-2am. > > > Thank you Lucy A for forwarding this :o) > > Love > > Lucy B xxx > > ++++++++++END OF MESSAGE++++++++++ > ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! 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: News, content, Roddington Place
by Lucy Alder 13 Jan '05

13 Jan '05

Dear Sinister This is the news, from the BBC. Belle & Sebastian have been named the best Scottish band of all time after a three month-long public poll, beating other greats such as The Bay City Rollers and Goth Favourites The Jesus And Mary Chain. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4169075.stm Over and out Lucy ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! 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: the vibe for philo
by Dirty Vicar 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

So there I was, listening to The Mystery Train on the radio, when I hear John Kelly put some Thin Lizzy song on. I think it might have been called "The Wild One" or something, it was all about how the singer (Phil Lynott) was something of a wild one. Next thing the song had ended, and what should the DK play but... "I'm A Cuckoo". Winner. In many ways living in Ireland is a bit rubbish - the rationing, the curfews, the problems with mutant raiders, etc. - but the place does have its upside. Not least of which is John Kelly and his Mystery Train programme. I've heard pretty much every DJ in the world, and on balance I feel that Mr Kelly is the true heir to John Peel, what with his wilfull eclecticism and open-minded approach to music. In fairness, he perhaps does not do so much to seek out new music, and there is perhaps only so much Mrs Miller any one DJ should ever play, but he is a jolly fellow and I love listening to him. Moving along, surely it is time to address the fabulous Sinister Christmas gift exchange thing, which the lovely Grainne has organised. As something of a slackass I am in the embarrassing position of being two presents up, with one still on its way. I had hoped to have a wuvly present on its way to three very special people by now, but I haven't been able to master the magic of the CD-writer on Mrs Vicar's laptop. So I don't know, maybe it's back to tapes for me and you. I got some nice things from my Sinister schenkers, notably a compilation of mainly Swedish indie music from Krister Bladh (featuring a track from well-known Swedish band The Pines). Lots of sweets came my way from Stefano, nice, but nicer still was the CD - eschewing the compilation approach he recorded a load of tracks by some outfit called ONQ, who sing in foreign. I like it. Maybe now it is time for me to post this and move on. Bless you all! 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: New year, what shall we do now?
by Javi Sorribes 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

Ok, several things to do for 2005. I guess they say something about me, I don't really know... First of all, bye Paula! Paula is a girl I used to be in love with... well... I don't really know if I loved her or thought I loved her or what... Well, the thing is she never got to know that, and one of our common friends just told me she's got a new boyfriend, so I guess it's time to say goodbye! I feel it's more releasing than sad, so... bye Paula! Second, party less but more. I mean, I don't want to get that drunk anymore, specially when getting drunk is the only thing I do that Saturday night. But when I have parties or something, I want to have fun instead of thinking what people will see when they look at me (well, my hairdo is still stupidly important for me). Third one, stop being everyone's defender, specially for the ones who don't deserve it. I just decided the world that sorrounds me s adult and has no need of that. Fourth, buy MANY clothes. Well, I share bedroom with my older brother (Jorge, aged 26, I am 22) and if you look at his clothes and mine you'll get really depressed!!! Ah! And lose some weight! Ok, I gained 5-6 kg this summer, but it's been very long since that, it's time to get rid of them!! Sixth!! The most important of them all!! (why do they have to be first or last?) Be really happy and, when possible, make people around me happy too. I'm fed up of doing what "I think is right" and "having principles" and all that stuff. I'm not a teenager anymore, so I'm gonna stop trying to change the world! Oh! Listen to more classical music and, surprisingly, to more American bands, anything from Hank Williams to Wilco or Pernice Brothers or whatever comes in my hands. Ah! and get all B&S singles! 8 - I love getting involved with things, I am the one who always arranges the parties and all that stuff, so do that more... I love it.... Well, I also want to decide if I really want to have a girlfriend right now, and if I do, look for her (she must be out there). But I guess I ask for too much considering my physical aspect.... And finally... check that everyone does their things to do, as they check mine!!! -- ---------------------------------- Javi Sorribes javiersorribes(a)gmail.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: x marks the spot
by Bruno Gomes 10 Jan '05

10 Jan '05

> From: Javi Sorribes <javiersorribes(a)gmail.com> > And here I am, listening to the ronettes and wondering if any of my > new-year-things-to-do is gonna get done by itself, so I have some free > time to say hi to you all (you seem really nice people)... yes, what about those new year's resolutions? here's mine: stop buying books and cd's like a friggin' madman! (especially the books: at this moment there must be close to 100 of them waiting to be read... and considering the free time i'm having since my life changed a couple of months ago, i reckon i will need 5 years to read them all) and just one more thing about books: don't you find it a little odd that there are (will be?) 7 harry potter books, just like the 7 narnia books? > But they taught me at school that you have to resume the main points > of your speech at the end, so... HI. I really just wanted to say that don't believe everything they tell you! :-) > PS... Bruno I loved your best-of idea!!! thanks for the support! too bad so few other sini boys & gals bothered to participate in that poll... in other news, did you know about the following? The Origin of "Xmas" - http://www.cresourcei.org/cyxmas.html The abbreviation of "Xmas" for Christmas, long reviled by many conservative and Low Church Christians, is not nearly as blasphemous as many contend. Rather than a sacrilegious removal of "Christ" from Christmas and replacing him with an unknown, as some claim, the "Xmas" abbreviation has a long history in the church. In Greek, the language in which the New Testament was first written, "chi" (c or C), which is almost identical to the Roman alphabet "X," is the first letter of the word "Christ" (cristoV, or as it would be written in older manuscripts, CRISTOS). In fact, the symbol of the fish in the early church came from using the first letter of several titles used for Jesus (Jesus Christ Son of God Savior) that when combined spelled the Greek word for fish (icquV, ichthus). In the early days of printing when typesetting was done by hand and was very tedious and expensive, abbreviations were common. The church began to use the abbreviation C for the word "Christ" in religious publications. From there, the abbreviation moved into general use in newspapers and other publications, and "Xmas" became an accepted way of printing "Christmas." +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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