hello lovelies,
it's been ages, I know, but I am again compelled to post, so here you go!
I once again got to see Belle and Sebastian this past October in Washington,
DC, and while it's a bit late for reporting back, I had a wonderful time,
and the performance was lovely. Quite a good mixture of songs both old and
new, and the band seemed to be into it. Lisa also managed to get me
backstage with her afterwards, which was lovely of her, and ended up being a
great time, despite the fact that I ended up with one of the 5 worst
hangovers of my entire life, and a very long taxi ride, as I had missed the
last metro train by hours. The only further thing I will say about that is
how encouraging it is to meet the members of a band you have loved for years
and find out that they are actually nice people.
The most exciting thing in my life recently has been planning for an
upcoming trip to Glasgow and London....in fact this trip is almost nearly
upon me, as I leave tomorrow at 8pm and arrive in Glasgow at 9:30am on
Tuesday. I don't really have too many concrete plans for the next few
weeks, just to head around town, try to meet people, and see where that
takes me. Anyone who would like to meet up for coffee or a drink would be
fantastic! Any general advice, as far as places to check out (or anything
else for that matter) would be wonderful as well. I'll be flying from
Glasgow to London on the 6th, which should also be loads of fun! Not a bad
way to ring in the new year eh? Come to think of it, I probably should have
written this post earlier, so there would be more time for people to
respond....but well, that's procrastination for you!
Ta,
Sean Graham
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Hello,
this is one of those selfish posts where I just write about something I
want!
It's Lawrence (and his lovely wife Vanessa) from New Zealand.
On a whim, we've just decided to come to Melbourne for New Year, arriving
on Tuesday, flying out early Saturday morning. Are any Sinister people
around? And does anyone have any suggestions as to if there's anything good
in the way of twee-indie, be it clubs or gigs?
Any help appreciated ...
Lawrence
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Dear Sinisters,
This is my first post and actually Im a bit ashamed of that as the Belles have been my favourite group for quite a while no, I think Ill skip the this-is-my-first-post-and-Im-oh-so-excited-stuff and go straight to the point. It feels like Ive waited for a lifetime to see the Band live, and now Ive found theyre coming Sweden next year. As a matter of fact they played in my city only last year, but I was unable to se them then due to several unfavourable factors. There are now two shows scheduled and I booked one of them, but I never went to buy the ticket cause I misjudged how much of an indie-country Sweden is. A few days later both shows were sold out I was in a state of utter distress! I just couldnt picture myself alive after having missed the possibly last chance I would ever get to see Stuart and the others. (Lets face it; theyve been around for a while already.) But just then I discovered a newly scheduled gig in Copenhagen, Denmark (which is only like 15 !
minutes away, by train). I dont know by whose saving grace, but my life had just been spared! So I sunk back in my chair, overcome with relief, thinking about how it would be at the glorious moment when Stevies guitar enters in Beautiful
Maybe you would like to know a little something about me, except that Im from Sweden? I think Im one of the younger Sinisters. Some of you ought to be almost middle-aged, if I figure correctly not that theres anything bad in that hey, even Stuart & co are growing elderly. I wonder how many Sinisters there are in Sweden though. I only know of one except me. I mean, is there any way to find out? Its especially interesting in case any of them are going to same gig as me And I almost forgot, whats happened to the official newsletter? I havent received anything for months! Well thats all for now.
Love
Chris
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well, i've definitely passed my self-imposed deadline
for an acceptable 'contemplation' time prior to
putting finger to keyboard for my first 'spontaneous'
and what was obviously intended to be 'memorable'
first post to the sinister world...
ah well, a poor waste of a highly sought after
christmas eve slot as well..jeez
so will settle for a simple hello to everyone and wish
you all a snowy and hopefully happy christmas...
top tips for christmas day survival in no particular
order:
1) insist that you are making and testing the mulled
wine at 9 in the morning because it takes 'time' for
it to infuse..all the herbs and stuff you know, it
needs to be monitored..
2) accept that with time, and the passing of the
years, in case these are different for anyone,
stocking fillers will shift from the edible chocolate
variety to the electronic tooth cleaning variety..
be nice to the reindeers
seeya :)
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Hello sinister,
What a year it has been, since the last year. For me it has been, anyway.
Does anybody here ever keep stock of what's happened in their years?
Looking at my balance, there have certainly been a lot of transactions, some
good, some bad, some really good, some really bad, some rotten, some
angelic, etc.
I wish I were better at adding up though, it's hard to tell whether this
year has been a good year or not. It probably was, but I'm not feeling so
great right now. I may have wasted far too many credits, and not earning
enough. And there's certainly not much left in reserve. I've tried hiring
economists to keep my balances on the up, which may have worked to an
extent, but I wasn't earning hardly enough to pay the fees.
But thankfully I don't work on financial years, and this year is almost
over.
*****27TH DEC******BOWLING******27TH DEC*****
BEFORE the year is over though. on the 27th DEC, 2003, there is going to be
INTERNATIONAL SINISTER BOWLING DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm happy to see already several bowling events being developed... so kids,
start contacting each other innit.
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Montreal/Ottawa, Canada (Em Ash)
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/latest/msg00043.html
Orlando/Suburban Central Florida, USA (Anna Higgins)
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/latest/msg00054.html
San Francisco, USA (Levette Fuller)
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/latest/msg00052.html
Holland (Imke Wiggerts)
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/latest/msg00048.html
Glasgow, UK (I heard this may be happening too - someone should TAKE
CONTROL)
Coventry, UK (Joanne Hill fancies showing some sinisters how it's done!)
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/latest/msg00046.html
London, UK (yay london!)
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/latest/msg00042.html
And people in other parts of the world should start TAKING CONTROL innit.
So for LONDON, remember
2pm, 27th Dec
Rowan's Bowling Place (not the official name)
Finsbury Park
London
(click on that link above for more details, innit, wahey, already loads of
people confirming their attendance! If you think you might be coming send
me an email, innit, or sommink)
Right, Back to being miserable for a while..
Ken
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hello Sinister!
I sent you a mail last week but I think it disappeared into the ether, so
you never got to read me talking about how I had been in London and met some
subscribers to this list, or that I was going to be attending a concert
featuring the fab Estel, WARLORDS OF PEZ, and The Chalets (with some Cork
band) yesterday.
As it happened, this concert turned out to be completely G*R*A*T*E, and not
just because it coincided with a meetup of the DUBLIN SINISTER POSSE (all
three of us, only two of whom live in Dublin). What made it actually
toptastic was the music - Estel really throwing down a credible claim for
the crown of Dublin's best band, The Chalets causing me to renounce my
flirtations with Chalets apostasy by further rockifying their sound and
unveiling a load of new songs that made this gig not just like every other
ones of theirs I've been to, and the band from Cork (Stanley Super 800)
being an amiable bunch of dueling-banjos meets hard rock merchants.
The best thing was probably the WARLORDS OF PEZ. These invaders from another
dimension performed a rock opera about how Baby John Candy had been left
home alone for Christmas and ended up being kidnapped and cruelly used by
Phallotron and the Evil Transformers. There was something for all the family
in this heartwarming tale.
I also met someone from Australia who thought I was a character from Viz
comic.
Moving along I must apologise to all the people waiting for Christmas
presents from me. They will be in the post before Christmas, I promise.
later!
DV
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Sinsietre,
I went to see Belle and Sebastian in Sheffield not so long ago. They were
entertaining, particularly when they got some of the locals to come on and
sing "Don't you want me baby". They had a boy and a girl up, the latter
looked terrified that the former was trying to "get it on" with her, and hid
with Sarah Martin. The boy did seem to enjoy himself and happy monday danced
as he belted out the lyrics, but the girl didn't know her words and couldn't
sing anyway. The whole thing was giggles all round.
Not nearly as fun as the ginormous train we saw on the way back of course. Or
the reaction of a certain individual to that, "the longest train in the
world". It went as far as you could see in both directions. It was night time
and foggy but honestly, it was still a big train.
To answer a question, there is a Christmas compilation album called "Its a
Cool Cool Christmas", which has Belle and Sebastian on it among many others.
Its on the Jeepster label. I was playing songs from this album in a bar when
a sizeable man fell through the window and onto a member of this
establishment. The man seemed slightly contemptuous of the fact that he had
just destroyed a window and only by a miracle failed to injure himself or the
person he fell onto. Shortly afterwards he came up to me and requested that I
play Frosty the Snowman.
"Ok," said I, "I'll play it after the next one since I've already got it cued
up."
"Yeah, sure," said he, "Only can you play it quick because I can't stay for
long - I fell through a window you see."
As Laura Llew would say:
Have a merry Christmas y'all,
James
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Dear Sinistersweeties,
Why is it always such a big deal with exboyfriends?? Why can't we just
be friends without feelings that doesn't matter anyway because he has an
other girlfriend now.. Okay, she is less cute than me en in fact really
boring but he's happy so?! I JUST DON"T WANT TO FEEL ANYTHING FOR HIM!!
He's such a loser... He doesn't like b&s and were, well, different. I
feel like the catastrophe girlfriend only without a boyfriend...
This week I got really drunk after my ex-boyfriend visit me. I dont feel
anything for him anymore (really!) but it was so strange and a friend
called me that there was this party and so I got on my bike, sick, and
went there. There played there really bad music but there was a lot of
beer and even more sigarettes... I really didn't thought that I were
drunk but that was when I were sitting... And then I went dancing...
Okay, I got drunk. I my eveningmeal didn''t survived the party..
I feel a bit like Olive right now (from Popeye, you know?) because I'm
doing my hair with henna and it smells like spinach and it looks like it
too... but it's really great for your hair and cheap!! After all, I have
to look nice with the holidays... I don't have the christmas spirit yet
and I dont think I get it this year... think I'm just going to listen a
lot to belle & sebastian and feel lonely and happy at the same time.
Merry christmas to you all!!
imke
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Hello again Sinister,
For some reason my first post to the list as a returnee has gone into a
black hole. I tried to send something similar this morning but that doesn't
seem to have worked either. Anyway, let's hope for third time lucky.
This was supposed to be my re-introduction post so that you weren't thrown
head first into my Bangladesh updates. It was supposed to ease you in gently
just like top quality vaseline. I'm now getting on the internet enough to
keep up with Sinister goings on without my inbox overloading and let's face
it I missed being here...
Anyway, for those of you who are new/forgot I'm volunteering in Bangladesh
for a year on VSO's Youth for Development scheme (see the archives). I
wanted to share some of my thoughts and experiences from Bangladesh with you
all - hope you don't mind! To those of you that I've been emailing
independently you will already know the juice from the missives I've posted
to sinister (and then some) so make like skippy the kangaroo by all means.
Any sinisterites that want to email me off-list with any
comments/questions/gossip or whatever are heartily encouraged.
It's good to be back in the fold. I've really been enjoying your tales of
gigs and your views on the new releases. My flatmate brought a copy of the
new album back from England recently so I've only listened to it a few times
when she's had it on in the living room (yes, Mark I now understand your
email subjects). When someone gets a new toy you have to wait a while before
you can ask nicely to borrow it. I'm one of these people that likes to
retreat to my own space when I want to listen to something properly for the
first time. She keeps dropping not so subtle hints that another copy might
wing my way next week. That way I can form a decision properly - but I liked
what I heard and I think it may be a grower.
I'm not getting exposed to much new music here so when I get back to the UK
I fear that I'm going to be stood in the middle of an indie disco wondering
what the hell is going on. Half an hour of John Peel on BBC world service is
good but not enough. I never get a connection decent enough to listen to
live digital radio but I can listen to recorded ones so long as I don't do
anything else on the computer. Some lovely UK people have been making me mix
CDs to listen to - it cheers me up to get these in the post (thank you again
to those Sinisterites that have done this). I went minimilistic when I flew
out here, just bringing one CD - a compilation with the Flaming Lips,
Violent Femmes - won in a competition. I'm gradually listening to more
Bangladeshi music and should be making some mixtapes/CDs of tunes from this
neck of the woods eventually.
It's my first time away from home for Christmas and I'm holding it together
well so far by getting in the festive spirit.
Take care peeps...
...Amy
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Hello everyone
For some reason I've gained the urge to post again,
after a few months away.
I'd be very pompous if I declared that the "King" in
the title of this message was myself, even though I am
returning to post after a while. No, the title doesn't
refer to what I said in the last sentence. It just
(predictably) refers to the film which I am going to
see tomorrow. The countless critical praise
surrounding it means that even those who know little
about the Lord of the Rings will find it difficult to
avoid. I have to admit it took time for me to fully
appreciate the first film, but I'm glad I did. The Two
Towers really got me into the whole saga, and now I am
really looking forward to seeing this film.
I've been browsing through some of my previous posts,
as well as some of your own, and a couple of the
things I said in a certain post a year and a half ago
are of a little interest:
"I'm not saying (Fold Your Hands Child) is a bad
album, it just hasn't stuck in my memory. Seems a bit
bland and dragged out."
It's funny I should say that. After repeated listens
to it I have suddenly grown to really like it,
especially Woman's Realm, The Model and There's Too
Much Love. As for Dear Catastrophe Waitress, from what
I've listened to of it so far, it sounds really good
(I especially like Piazza New York Catcher). In some
ways I still miss Isobel, though.
"It was inspirational to choose the title track of
(The Boy With The Arab Strap) as the theme to
Teachers, even though I never watch it."
How times change. These days, Teachers is one of the
few things I actually do watch. Furthermore, thanks to
the wonders of DVD, I've now seen every episode. And
even though the third series doesn't quite match up to
the first two, it's still very good.
I'll finish by naming a few terrific gigs I was at
recently - Ocean Colour Scene's acoustic set in Derry,
Paul Weller at the Waterfront in Belfast (you didn't
have to be a fan to appreciate it), the Future Kings
of Spain in Derry (are their any fans of theirs on the
list) and Feeder, back at the Waterfront. Now there's
a band I didn't get into until a little while ago (by
listening to Comfort In Sound, which is allegedly
their worst album). The highlight of this concert was
probably Buck Rogers.
Oh, and a big shout to Dirty Vicar and every other
Sinisterine I met at the Belfast B & S gig two years
ago (long time ago, I know, but I'm sure you know who
you are).
Take care, and Merry Xmas
Psi
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