May 2006 - Sinister - missprint.org

Sinister: Oh happy days!
by Guðmundur Jóhannsson 29 May '06

29 May '06

What a beautiful day up here in Iceland. The sun is shining after a really cold May and finally summer is upon us. I woke up rather sheepish after a long and hard weekend (the beer may be expensive here but it is good) and as I read the paper all my troubles went away. It´s finally confirmed although not on the official site but finally my dear Belle & Sebastian are coming to Iceland for two whole gigs which is just extra ordinary fun. On the 27th of July they will play Nasa (the only venue that comes to mind that suits them where people can dance and not sit) and two days later they will play on the other side of the country in a remote town. That my friends will be something else. Seeing my fav band playing in the middle of bloody nowhere will be a special moment for sure. So all you Sinister people that have longed for all this time to come to Iceland one day. The day is upon you. Why not come when B&S are playing here? I saw them the other day in Copenhagen. Finally I don't have to travel abroad to see our beloved band, finally they play on my own turf. Enjoy your summer and play safe. Gummi Iceland +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Get Some (Scandinavian) Reporting Back
by Krister Bladh 16 May '06

16 May '06

This feels like an almost incredible story anyway, as you may remember (well maybe not) I live in Malmö in Sweden and being the big b&s fan I am, me and some friends booked tickets for Copenhagen at first and THEN, the band was booked for Malmö AS WELL. This was really stupid, because it would cost an extra ten pounds just to travel to Copenhagen and back! Another friend of mine, Lisa (who's much more sensible), was going to see them yesterday in Malmö, and she agreed to go with me to the venue early and stalk our good Struan (and indeed the rest of the band). It was really cold outside and I was accustomed to 25 degrees Celsius and scorching sunlight (just coming back from half a week in Berlin), naturally, I wasn't dressed for it. Still, we met some nice people who were also there 'a bit early', like Nils who'd been waiting for five years or something just to manage the 18-year-old-limit. That must suck! They should have a matinee show with 18 as the maximum age (perhaps with the b&s children's program as the opener?). Well, after a long wait Struan and Stevie finally came out and talked to us for a bit. Struan actually remembered talking to me in Glasgow last year. Can you believe that! He heard of my precarious situation, took a note with my name and said 'I'll see what I can do' or suchlike. Then me and Lisa went to have dinner with some of her friends, me still not allowing myself to get all exalted, because I still might not get in. After what seemed like a right Last Supper we strolled down to the venue. With shaky legs I tried to sound confident and whimpered 'I'm on the guest list'. And then all in a flash I was inside! (please hold in mind this was only my third b&s gig...) We'd missed the support act, Swedish band Suburban Kids With Biblical Names, but no matter. B&S played a long and fabulous set. I got a set list but I wont trouble you with it you'll soon find it on the website either way. But some of the Goodies were: "The Stars of Track and Field" as the opener, Stevie singing "To Be Myself Completely" (one my Stevie-faves), finally hearing "Electronic Renaissance" (which they seem to play all time now...), "A Century of Fakers" (which almost made up for not hearing "Beautiful", which I always request), "Me and the Madge" (as the set list says) and "Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie". I woke up this morning and had almost forgotten about the whole thing. Maybe it was a dream. Maybe it will be more life-like in Copenhagen next week. Maybe not if they play Beautiful :) Until next time! Love, Chris This weeks listening: Desert Wolves, East Village, Friends, Hurrah! and - naturally - The Go-Betweens. This weeks quote: "We never even kissed, the girl she said I was truly horrific." -- _______________________________________________ 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: can you identify this song?
by Samiam Green Eggs And Ham 16 May '06

16 May '06

Admittedly this is not much to go on. But, i was in Reikavik last week and heard an amazing song on the video channel Sirkus, but I can't find out who it is (they do not list the names/titles of songs or artists). The video has english subtitles (even though it's sung in english) and the video basically shows the band playing after waking up from a hangover (the subtitles mention midgets and other stuff). The song itself is piano driven and upbeat, and I think there was a line that read something like "the golden rule becomes your friend" -- but i can't find it on the net, so it's not exactly right. It ends in a barrage of chorus where they sing "la la la la la". Oh, one of the band members was wearing a t-shirt that said "Hive", but it's not the band called Hive nor the other popular band The Hives. That's all i remember -- i know it's a bit cryptic but I'm sure someone on this list knows whom this is. Thanks for your help. PS. Thanks to Lawrence for that very nice note on Grant. I bought Before Hollywood about a year ago because I kept hearing about how good the band was. After a few listens, i was hooked -- their songs (particularly Grant's lyrics) really resonated with me. I highly recommend them if you have not heard them. So sad... Sam +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Isobel Campbell tour - help please (again!)
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 11 May '06

11 May '06

OK, sorry about the shattershot emails, but surely _someone_ on this list is going to one of Isobel's shows and would be able to pick me up a tour EP? Thanks again ... I'll go back to being quiet Lawrence +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Quiet Heart
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 09 May '06

09 May '06

I bought my first Go-Betweens album eight years ago. It must have been around this time of year, as I remember it was a chilly autumn Sunday afternoon. I'd just met my friend David Poppelwell for the first time at a cafe called Alleluya on K' Road in Auckland, where'd we'd awkwardly talked about Belle & Sebastian, Hal Hartley films, and skirted around the issue of whether meeting people on band chatrooms was really a good basis for a lasting friendship. (As it turns out, it was.) Afterwards I wandered down to the old Record Exchange where I picked up a tatty copy of the "1978 – 1990" compilation. I'd read an interview with Stuart Murdoch, where he'd extolled the virtues of The Go-Betweens and, despite my reservations (I assumed John Wilsteed to be the lead singer, based on his position in the main photo – you know – that one where they're all in a doorway – and, with his bleached hair and granny glasses, I was a little worried) Anyway, I paid the requisite $15 and took it home. On first listen the music was maddeningly stange. There were these slick, almost MOR pop songs like "Streets of your Town" and "Bachelor Kisses", but interspersed between them were these weird, angular songs like "Hammer The Hammer" and "The Clarke Sisters". It took a bit of perseverance to really get into that album, but over the next few months it became a regular companion on my bus rides into the city on those chilly mornings, and something of an obsession. "Streets of your Town", which usually arrived as the bus was climbing the Harbour Bridge, sounded perfect on those mornings where the air temperature is sharp with chill, and yet the sun shines down on near-cloudless water so it looks like you're suspended above a sea of diamonds. When that little Spanish guitar solo kicked in, I'd feel like getting out of my seat and dancing, like that final scene in "The Last Days of Disco". A few months later I found cheap second-hand CDs of "16 Lovers Lane" and "Liberty Belle & The Black Diamond Express" at Real Groovy Records. Hearing some of those already much-loved songs in the context of their parent albums made them sound even richer, and I started to get a feel for the differences in Robert and Grant's songwriting. Generally Roberts were the weird, odd ones, and Grant's were the more melodic, poppy and poetic ones. I guess Robert's image and style always appealed a little more to me, but Grant's songs were the ones I found myself singing along to. I quickly bought up the rest of the bands' 80s catalogue, and traded and begged to get my hands on as many rarites and b-sides as I could. The Go-Betweens were one of those bands with a small but perfectly formed back catalogue. A band who traded on the quality of their songs, not on any notions of hipster cool or indie cred. A band with a core duo of two men who looked like secondary school teachers, but who could melt your heart with a chord change or a casually tossed lyric like 'his father's watch, he left it in the shower'. A band that few of my friends cared that much about. A band I could clutch tightly to my chest and keep to myself for those times when no one else mattered. Since then, of course, there have been three new Go-Betweens albums. Unlike most reformations, each one has been worthy of the name and the legacy. There have been few moments or memories since 1998 that which haven't been soundtracked to a Go-Betweens song. And, of course, there was that unforgettable night at the St. James in 2002. I feel so fortunate to have seen Grant and Robert play live, and to have met and talked to Robert afterwards. I only wish I'd met Grant that night too, if only to tell him that "Love Goes On" is the greatest album opener of all time. Now there will be no more Go-Betweens albums, because Grant McLennan died in his sleep three days ago. I remember what I was doing and where I was the day Kurt Cobain died and the day Elliott Smith died. But those two men were troubled souls whose time on earth was always going to be cut. Nothing compares to this. Honestly, I still can't really believe it. Grant wrote some of my favourite lyrics of all time. "Dusty In Here", "Magic In Here", "Cattle and Cane", "Bye Bye Pride"… He wrote about Australia, and being Austrailian, in a way very few have ever matched. Farewell Grant McLennan. Lawrence +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: i'm a fan of the go-betweens
by gina titchener 08 May '06

08 May '06

Hi, I'm not very good at this kind of thing. I was expecting someone else to do it, to be the first to mention it. I don't want to be the bringer of gloom to your inbox. But, you should be told, I think. You may not be bothered, I suppose, but you probably will be. It's just to say that Grant McLennan's died unexpectedly, in his sleep, at the age of 48. It's really rubbish news. But I thought you'd want to know. See you at ATP? Now, let's see if I can remember how to post... gina 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: sexy vegetarians...
by David Giordanella 04 May '06

04 May '06

when i read stacey dahling's mention of "sexy vegetarians", i sincerely thought that she meant some people of the list, & not celebrities... *laughs* being a vegetarian myself, i'm not so inanely conceited to even begin to imagine that i should claim myself as remotely "sexy"... well, i'm looking forward to attending belle and sebastian's concert at le paris' bataclan next saturday, amost every two years they treat us by beginning their european tour by playing here... & let's forget that some french pop magazine recently decided that the group were "cool" again, when before they 'd slag every 45rpm for being too "twee" or proving a sub-Love" hoax... une autre "cover" de serge gainsbourg s'il vous plaît... "l'appareil à sous" par exemple? cheers- david 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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