July 2005 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: I had a holiday
by Joanne Hill 05 Jul '05

05 Jul '05

Dear Sinister, > I went away for a while, but now I am back, on a different address. My > only thing of note to say right now is that I have moved to Brighton, > and thought I'd tell you all, even though in every place I have lived > so far (Toronto, Coventry, Macclesfield and Boston MA) I have > distinctly failed to meet up with any Sinisterette not known to me in > other capacities. I assume, Brighton being the magnet of cultured > people that it is, that there are a few of you here. It would be nice > to say hello. In a flurry of activity I have been writing songs (in a > sort of Kristin Hersh or Mirah style) and building a website, which > I'll tell you about soon, when it's done. Moving from a boring town like Macclesfield (where I've been since December) I'm hoping to make the most of this exciting city and find some open > mic things to show off at, after all the main reason I moved here was > to make my fame and fortune. But as for finding a place to DJ (which I > was quite good at in Coventry and Toronto) I fear I'm just another > small fish in a big ocean down here, everyone is a DJ *subtle plea to > contacts in Brighton clubs and pubs*. I might have to 'settle' for my > own clubnight instead...I've grown up and away from indiepop towards a > northern soul-funk-beat mix. > It's all me me me isn't it. That will do for now. There are all these > on my email because I tried to send this once before, unknowingly in html format, and owner-sinister didn't like that. I am sorry for it. Joanne +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Has He Ever Seen Dundee? Yes, He Has.
by Krister Bladh 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

Dear sinister, I came back after spending two weeks in my favourite country Scotland a week ago. I was going to tell you all about it sooner but Ive been kind of busy settling in since I got back to Sweden. Sorry. Anyway, me and my family took the ferry from Gothenburg to Newcastle (so we could bring the car). Driving to Edinburgh we stopped in Kelso on the way up. I was mostly interested in seeing Edinburgh and Glasgow, but my parents dont care for big cities. So unfortunately I only got 2 ½ days per city In Edinburgh I managed to get away from the family and met up with Niko from a long-forgotten b&s-related mailing list called Sinister. You mightve heard of it. I thought there would be lots of sinister folks in Edinburgh, but as I said I only met one. He was really nice though. Showed me around and provided me with me loads of mp3s and chocolate. He also took me to some record stores, a café (with a suspiciously Swedish name) and the uni buildings. The latter kind of disappointed me grey looming concrete structures from the 60s seeing as the rest of the city is one of Europes finest architecture-wise. And I was thinking about studying in either Edinburgh or Glasgow next ! autumn you can see which its leaning towards. I picked up some great records at the Avalanches This Poison!, Jesse Garon & the Desperadoes, Boyracer and a Shop Assistants/Chesterfields flexi from 1985. Impossible to find in Sweden. Oh, I looked up the flexi when I got home turns out its called The Legendary Golden Subway Flexi (impressive, huh?). Then we headed over to Glasgow, where I was going to see b&s at the The Arches. That day will be hard to beat! I started out talking the bus from Dennistoun where we were staying. Not a nice part of the city I met up with Stacey who was kind enough to give me a proper b&s tour of the city. So, we were mostly in the West End, which I just loved. Sights included Stuarts street, the former Grosvenor Café and suchlike. And I got to hear some gossip about Stu, who everyone seems to know around here. Judging from what I heard, I guess Im glad I dont and he can remain a somewhat mystical legend. We also went to Kelvingrove Park (which was almost as beautiful as the botanic gardens in Edinburgh) and the university. Of course we went to Avanlanche as well and I was bit surprised that this was the record store were Gavin had seen Tracyanne put up a poster asking for a bass player and Camera Obscura had come into being. We talked to Gav for a bit and he almost promised the band wou! ld do a proper tour of Sweden later this year! And I got my records a lot cheaper so I can see why they dont want him working there anymore After lunch at Mono, Stacey went to work and I went into Monorail and had a chat with Stephen Pastel. He DID talk that slow in reality as well! I was going to meet up with some more people before the gig but I had some time to kill so I went over to The Arches to see if I could somehow get in to meet the band. I asked the guy at the reception and pretended I was going to see Stuart. I dont know if it worked but he told me sit down and wait. After a while I got tired of waiting and Id noticed this door which was marked no entry. But people were walking in and out so I thought I might as well go ahead. It soon turned out the other guys walking in and out were the support band (The Flying Matchstick Men) and I was probably NOT supposed to be inside. Anyway, no one complained and I got to see most of the soundcheck. I was a bit distra! cted though as my camera had run out of film and refused to rewi! nd itse photographs Id taken that day. Well, after the soundcheck most of the band went backstage but Stu stayed and was rummaging around in his bag. I was really nervous, but I managed to walk up to him and talk a bit. He seemed very nice and even let me give him a hug! So, then I walked round the corner to Crystal Palace to meet up with the lovely Tara who had just come to Glasgow from Australia via Barcelona. After a while some other sinsters/bowlies turned up as well including idleberry and another chris. It was kind of strange going to the gig with people whod seen b&s countless times. Both Tara and I had only seen them once before so we were really excited at least. It was a benefit show for G8 Alternatives so they didnt play a full set. And it was all new songs, except for a few requests (Dog On Wheels, The Wrong Girl, Judy and Dream of Horses and Sleep the Clock Around theres a full setlist on bowlie). They were all good and I got to hear them twice since they had played all of them at the soundcheck! Kind of in the vein of DCW. Then we went north and saw Loch Lomond and the Trossachs on the way to Isle of Skye. We were actually there on the exact days of the music festival, which featured Mylo and Idlewild among others. Should have known about that beforehand... The funny thing is, on the way to Skye I spotted a pink plastic sign by the side of the road in the middle of nowhere, which read Mylo. Perhaps he had stopped to relieve himself and felt he had to mark out the spot? If you see it dont approach it! On the way back we stopped at Loch Ness and Inverness. Inverness seemed like a nice town but we only spent one night there, too bad. We also went to some whisky distilleries including Edradour where you got a dram for free! And I got two because brother doesnt fancy whisky. The next stop was Fife and St Andrews (driving through Perth and Dundee on the way). St Andrews was very pretty, though it seemed a bit posh. People were graduating from the university just that day, so that could be why everyone was so dressed up. It made me look forward to studying in Scotland, seeing all those people in their funny capes and everything. Marisa had recommended the East Neuk and a village called Elie by the coast. But due to wasting too much time in another village called Crail (parents can be stupid sometimes) we were only in Elie for a few minutes. The beach was lovely though. The last place of interest that we visited was Dunfermline, the old capital of Scotland (as you might know if! youre Scottish), and then it was back to Sweden for me. As I said Ive been really busy since I came home. Only the day after I went to a one-day festival called Perfect From Now On and saw Calvin Johnson and International Airport but not Television Personalities as they cancelled two days before. To be expected, I suppose. Tomorrow Im going to see Sonic Youth, Smog and Teenage Fanclub. Now I have to go to bed because Im getting up at 2.30 am to distribute the morning papers. see you and goodnight chris -- _______________________________________________ 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: reporting back on everything that has happened in the last 10 years (or last month at least)
by Rachel 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

Dear Sinister Since, Grainne wanted reporting back and since she was so kind to organise the Christmas present exchange last year I feel that it would be wrong to disappoint her and I have decided to delurk for a while and do as she says. So her goes... WEDNESDAY 15th OF JUNE - B&S AT THE ARCHES, GLASGOW On Wednesday 15th June I went to the arches to watch B&S in Glasgow. This was a very long time ago and my memory is not what it once was my recollection of what happened on this date is a little fuzzy so forgive me if I miss out anything important. I arrived at the Arches which is a pretty flash looking venue I must say, with an upside down badge pinned to bag, and dutifully waited for the band to appear on stage. First though I stood and watched a serious of films and talks put on by the G8 alternatives. In case you don't know these are a group of people who have been organising protests and demos (which are also protests and not first drafts of songs)and other public meetings to raise the awareness of issue being discussed at the G8 summit. These were met with mixed response. There were a few grumblings from people stood near me saying they had come to watch a band not listen to political rants but overall the audience seemed to empathise with the sentiment of the night. After that the B&S stumbled on stage exuding the air of a group of people who are a little bit surprised to find that they are not playing in their bedroom and began to play in a the manner of a group of people who suddenly remeber they are actually very talented. They played a lot of new songs, which were good and nice to dance to, but like I said my memory is not up to much and i couldn't tell you much about them. I do remember that Stuart played a song which I thought was about pineapples but he told us afterwards it was about why you should buy fair trade produce. Nobody seemed to grumble at this. Also Sarah and Mick had a competition to see who could play the most musical instruments. Sarah won by playing melodica, recorder, egg, violin and flute. Stevie played "the wrong girl" but his memory must have been as bad as mine because someone had to hold up a sign saying "the wrong girl" so he could remember the words. Belfast Bob, looked like a mean moody rock star and Chris Beans Geddes looked as happy as ever. Unfortunately Richard had been made to sit a million miles away and I couldn't laugh at the funny expressions he pulls while drums. There was a kind of raffle so people could choose their favourite old songs that they wanted hear being to played. The band then looked through the suggestions until they found the ones the wanted to play and the gig ended with "Sleep the Clock Around" and "Judy and the Dream of Horses". By this time all grumbles had been replaced by big smiles. I left feeling happy and excited and only slightly disappointment throughout the whole evening nobody glanced twice at my upside down badge. 24th-26th JUNE- GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL- GLASTONBURY I watched Glastonbury from the comfort of my sofa. I think I may have missed out on some of the atmosphere but my viewing method did allow me to visit Hadrian's Wall in-between bands. SATURDAY 2nd JULY- MAKE POVERTY HISTORY RALLY-EDINBURGH At 11am I found myself wandering the meadows signing various petitions and looking at the helicopters chasing the clouds out of the sky. I waited in a line, for an hour, to march around the city. Then someone turned up and told me that I was in the wrong place and I eventually moved out of the meadows and into the city. For those who have not visited Edinburgh I should tell you that it is a very beautiful city and walking around slowly and peacefuly with a group of people who felt, for one day at least, they could change the world was a very moving experience. SATURDAY 2nd JULY- LIVE8 - ALL OVER THE PLACE! Having enjoyed my Glastonbury experience so much I decided to watch Live8 from the comfort of my sofa too. I think I may have missed out on some of the atmosphere but my viewing method did allow my poor feet to recover slightly before I was off to watch ballboy (a band who once read spell their name with a small b)... SATURDAY 2nd JULY- bALLBOY- EDINBURGH (an event Grainne obviously forgot to hear reporting back about) I arrived at Potterow, the students union for Edinburgh university at about 11pm. This was shocking for me as it was way past my bedtime and only the beginning of the evening rather than the end. ballboy do not have badges so I kept my upside down B&S badge pinned to my bag to conduct an experiment to see whether fans of ballboy are also fans of B&S. There was a song about lapdancers, and two songs with swear words*, and a slightly strange Queen type moment Gordon (lead singer) held out his mic when there was a chorus of "Gary (drummer) is a dobber**" from the audience. The evening finished with Olympic cyclist which is a great song and does not contains any rude or insulting words*** I left the venue feeling happy but tired and wondered whether seagulls always walk (rather than fly) across the road at night when they think nobody is watching. The results of my experiment were inconclusive as nobody glanced twice at my upside down badge. * which I won't repeat for anyone reading at work ** which I will repeat as it is crucial in the telling of the story, and because I'm English and had to ask what a dobber was. *** phew! 4th JULY -MONDAY EVENING- MY BEDROOM After writing post which is far to long I stopped and remembered to send congratulations to Archel and Matt along with my love and best wishes for Sinisterines old skool and new each occupying their own little corner of the world. I hope you are all well and life is treating you kindly. Take Care Rachel ************* If you're any sort of hero, you'll be fighting for what you believe in. You'll get tired, and worn down by the world. There's always somebody to tell you you're wrong....You can't always save the world. But you're a hero, so that won't stop you trying. http://www.friendsoftheheroes.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: Questions and Requests
by grainne lynch 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

Dear Sinister, Congratulations to Archel and Matt on tying the knot. I'm sure it was an excellent party if reports of Archel's Eurovision weekends are anything to go by! I'm curious why Robster supplied us with everyone's initialled surname except Ian's, when I can think of three Sinister Ians off the top of my head! Most mysterious! When I saw the title of Robster's post - "Old-Skool Sinister Reporting Back" - I thought he had come to tell us all about the Belle and Sebastian in The Arches last month. (It was June 15th actually; the same day I failed my 3rd driving test. Boooo! to failure, I say.) They played a few new songs, according to the set-list:- http://www.belleandsebastian.com/tour.php?view=event&event=201 Were they any good? Were any of you there? And, while I have you, does anyone know how much did the eBay auction raise? Grainne. PS Reporting back from Glastonbury, Live 8 or the march in Edinburgh on Saturday would also be greatly appreciated! -- _______________________________________________ NEW! Lycos Dating Search. The only place to search multiple dating sites at once. http://datingsearch.lycos.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: Old-Skool Sinister Reporting Back
by robster 04 Jul '05

04 Jul '05

An announcement... The wedding of lovely Sinister lady Archel to her lovely chap Matt took place on Saturday 2nd July. The ceremony was watched via Modern Interwebcast by a global audience of many teary-eyed viewers. The reception in Seaford was attended by Sinisters past and present including: Mark C., SGS, Liz D., Ian, Ken C., Robin S and myself. In a moving speech, the newly-minted marrieds thanked everyone involved before the traditional cake-cutting. Large quantities of the local brew were quaffed and enthusiastic dancing to P!O!P music ensued, followed by the traditional Sinister pastime of doing inadvisable things close to large bodies of water. In this case, attempting to 'surf' a pebble beach on a small plank of wood. Ian won, Mark C. sadly remained completely dry. At midnight, the happy couple dashed off to spend their honeymoon in Somerset, taking with them our best wishes and Ian's jacket. robster http://friedslice.blogspot.com ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.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: beyond good and evil
by Ian Moore 03 Jul '05

03 Jul '05

I was struck by Marisa Stroud's post about there being a secret Sinister in-crowd. I'm not one of the Sinister Illuminati, but I was hanging out with Stuart the other day, and he was playing me a rough cut of the album they are planning to release in early 2006. "We're moving in an increasingly Drum and Bass direction", he was saying, but the tracks sounded a bit more Jungle to me. I'm not sure what the Tigermilk kids will make of it, but Stuart says he doesn't care. I also was hanging out at the Glastonbury Festival. Because I fear the yellowface I was late to the meetup on Thursday, and didn't meet any Sinister types there bar those travelling as part of the ILX party. On Friday morning I hid from the thunder in my tent, and thanked Tobit for the wisdom to not camp at the bottom of hills beside toilets. My favourite acts at the festival were probably M.I.A. and Billy Bragg. And Goldie Looking Chain. I think there should be GLC/B&S joint record sometime. I'm listening to CDs I'm thinking of getting rid of. Thus far The Tyde and Miranda Sex Garden are down for relegation, while Moonshake are staying... for now. Where did I get all these records? I've also been reading the Simon Reynolds post-punk book, "Rip It Up And Start Again". It is very interesting, and I foresee that I will be listening to much in the way of angular, anti-rockist music in the immediate future. Oh, is that the time? I'd better get myself down to the chapel, they're waiting for their sermon. rock! 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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