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Sinister: why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?
by Shelley Plummer 18 Nov '03

18 Nov '03

Hey Sinister-ites, After attending two amazing Belle and Sebastian concerts last week at Town Hall, I thought it was about time I delurk. I had seen the band in concert for the first time during the summer, but the seat was too far away from the stage for my liking. It wasn't until the Town Hall shows that I realized how truly charming the band is...with their impromptu song requests and witty banter...I think the evenings can best be summed up from a quotation from the great film 'The Manchurian Candidate': "You just cannot believe how lovable the whole damn thing was...The days were lovable. The nights were lovable. And everybody was lovable." They were so lovable, in fact, that I am currently undergoing B&S withdrawal. Sure I have the records, but nothing beats seeing a great band perform two nights in a row. Well, it's probably best to keep the first message short, but keep the emails coming as I do enjoy reading them... red balloons & ferris wheels, shelley ...have i eaten my sister's chocolate pudding? You see, she didn't want it at dinner, but apparently did want it saved so she could have it before she went to bed. Well, good Christ, how was I supposed to know all that, Hannah? Who looks into the fine points when he's hungry? I'm eight years old and chocolate pudding happens to get me hot. All I have to do is see that deep chocolatey surface gleaming out at me from the refrigerator, and my life isn't my own. --'Portnoy's Complaint,' Philip Roth _________________________________________________________________ Compare high-speed Internet plans, starting at $26.95. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hello!
by James Schneider 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

Hello all, I've been watching from afar for quite some time, but I've been a bit too timid to speak up. So before I say anything at all, you're all quite lovely and splendid. But anyway, I've got a story to tell. This past monday, I made the harrowing journey from northwestern New Jersey to New York City to observe everyone's favorite, Belle & Sebastian. It was my first time, so I was rediculously excited. The details of the show have already been posted, so I'll not bore you with that, but the truely happy part of this story follows the show. My friends and I, hoping for a glimpse of the band, wait outside of the venue for a bit after the show, when suddenly a small bee-line of people starts to file back into the venue (Town Hall). I walk in with my friends, fully expecting to be pushed away by security, but curiously enough, we get back into the hall, and simply file backstage. Still I expect not to make it to the band, when I look up, and standing before me is Stuart, just taking so! me time and talking with fans outside of the dressing room. I patiently wait my turn, then introduce myself to him, shake his hand, and make small talk about the show, then I spoke with him of my impending trip to Scotland to visit schools. He at least acted very interested, then offered to go into the dressing room and fetch us some beer. When he came back, he opened drinks for everyone, but one of my friends and I told him that we'd rather not, and that we don't drink. Rather than leaving it at that, he then offers to go find us a soft drink. We, of course, tell him that that wouldn't be necessary, and after saying goodbyes, he went into the dressing room, and we headed home. Needless to say, I was impressed and awestruck, and upon arriving at home, ordered up tickets for three nights ago (Friday) at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia. Another superb set (I'm sorry, I didn't get the chance to write down the set, I found myself without a pen, but hopefully someone else did write it down, or else it will be on the B&S official site sooner or later). Anyway, after the show a group of us wait outside. First, all of the band but Stuart come out, and they do a bit of a meet and greet, speak with us, sign thigns, etc. Then, quite some time later, stuart comes out of the side door, sees us, and invites us back in so that we can talk to him where it's warm. After many photos, I get to talking to him, and he immediatly recognises me from the show earlier in the week, and asked me if I had made the gig in northhampton, which I had not. Then, at my pathetic fanboy lowest, I asked him to sign my ticket. afterward, I thanked him and put it back in my wallet. I ! talked to him a bit about the alternate inserts for 3...6...9 seconds, and we both agreed that isobel is a loon for not choosing his first one. We talked a bit more, then I left with my friend. When I got into the car, I pulled out my ticket and looked at it, and he had signed it "To Jimmy". He had remembered my name from monday night! Needless to say, I was quite elated. That's all I've got for now, so thank you to anyone who made it through. I'm not sure if it displays my address, but if it doesnt, and you'd like to talk to me, I'm at schnej(a)blair.edu Love, James +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: How many of your favourite football teams include a member of So Solid Crew? Eh?
by Mark Casarotto 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

Hello, Gosh, the Christmas present exchange is a great idea! The only thing that can spoil it is not getting a thank you. I was lucky, I got one straight away from my giftee. But not everyone was so lucky. IT'S NOT TOO LATE to thank that generous personage, you know. I have recently mislaid a flatmate. I believe he's in Australia. Look after him, and please, no ginger lynching if we hammer your sorry antipodean arses next weekend :) I've started this week in rather a jolly mood, as you can tell by the fact that I'm writing to y'all. I've even just humiliated myself verbally in front of a very famous film director and I'm still all smiles. It may be because over the weekend I managed to perfect my boy-covering machine. I unwisely used quick-drying cement, so I have one or two legal wrangles to sort out before it becomes fully operational, but it works just as well with chocolate. So any boys (or girls - she's not picky, the Llew) who fancy a trip to the Carolinas in the hold of a cargo plane, drop me a line. Bring your own breathing tube. I was at a lunch party yesterday and I think every single person there had tickets for B&S in London, though pretty much everyone was going independently of the others. How about that? Enough already, Markelby xxx ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.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: it could have been a brilliant career. or. take your carriage clock and shove it.
by miss lou 17 Nov '03

17 Nov '03

hello sinister. i've always written self-indulgent posts. every time i come back to sinister, i know it's for the self-indulgence, really. and i don't know if this is good or bad for me, the writer, or you, the casual reader. but today. i get to be self-indulgent, i think. just this one. this one post. and then i promise to try to be better. *** so. i lost my job. i'm still in shock, really. thinking that, come december, i will have no main source of income unless i leave the cozy confines of the campus and trudge into outer lincoln. of course, it's not like the basement office of the newspaper has been exactly cozy lately. no. i'm not popular here. i haven't been for a while. and when you hear about the things people say about you, for the better part of a year, it's easy not to care. it's easy not to care that they make fun of your disabilities. or poor choices. or whatever. the music you listen to -- any laundry list of shit that doesn't mean much. really. but then i heard it. in person. and i said something about it to the proper people. and a week later, i was out. so now i sit here in this cubicle. and i know they talk before i get here and after i leave. but i sit here anyway, taking the pictures off the walls. lining the push pins up in a neat row. making sure it looks orderly for the person who comes next, knowing that person will learn the order of the newsroom, and that it is anything but one neat, straight line of colors. *** so now i have to find something new to do. and it isn't that i am entirely sad. i did decide to break up with journalism in may. it's just...now i am moving out. and i hate moving. *** i'm thinking i might be in the mood for obits, then. so tomorrow, i call the other paper. the one i swore i'd never set foot in. and i will ask if they need another girl. it seems proper at this point in time. to show up for work. take off my scarf. sit down. turn the computer on. adjust my papers, pictures, can of soda. and then. catalogue death. every day. and come home at night to my pregnant roommate. the list of daily phone calls. homework. life. yes. it might just be time for a new one. one more brilliant than this one i have led and known for too long. xo.lou. ===== www.somewhereinbetween.net __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: searchign for a boy in corduroy
by Gillian Kirby 16 Nov '03

16 Nov '03

hi sinisters, well, i'm broke, had to move back home and am doing a crappy job to stop the bank sending me nasty letters 9it was always my ambition to work in a credit card call centre after graduating, *really*...what a come down after being yoiung and pretentious to find I'm in a worlds where everyone reads the sun and says 'you're quiet today' if I don't have an opinion on corrie...nnngh..grrr...must stiop rant./.) Anyhow, it will be Alright, because I've taken up knitting. It's the In Thing, don'tcha know, and besides, I can't afford proper christmas presents this year, so everyone will get a piece of my love instead...or something. Trouble is, I'm not quite past that stage of taking half an hour to do a row, finding out my tea has gone cold and watching seinfeld instead, so tips appreciated...I can embroider like a caffiene addled Arachne, so I was expecting to be graduating onto patterns by now and crafting twee little wooly hats, with pom-poms on the end. I can make pom-poms, though. -gillian ps-this is nothing about B+S, but then I'm waiting for DCW to turn up from Ebay. pps-if there's a Christopher from the YSM out there, have you got the tape yet? ===== _________________________ "Obscurism: The Practice of peppering daily life with obscure references (forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries, etc.)as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and one's wish to diassociate from the world of mass culture" ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.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: searchign for a boy in corduroy
by Gillian Kirby 16 Nov '03

16 Nov '03

hi sinisters, well, i'm broke, had to move back home and am doing a crappy job to stop the bank sending me nasty letters 9it was always my ambition to work in a credit card call centre after graduating, *really*...what a come down after being yoiung and pretentious to find I'm in a worlds where everyone reads the sun and says 'you're quiet today' if I don't have an opinion on corrie...nnngh..grrr...must stiop rant./.) Anyhow, it will be Alright, because I've taken up knitting. It's the In Thing, don'tcha know, and besides, I can't afford proper christmas presents this year, so everyone will get a piece of my love instead...or something. Trouble is, I'm not quite past that stage of taking half an hour to do a row, finding out my tea has gone cold and watching seinfeld instead, so tips appreciated...I can embroider like a caffiene addled Arachne, so I was expecting to be graduating onto patterns by now and crafting twee little wooly hats, with pom-poms on the end. I can make pom-poms, though. -gillian ps-this is nothing about B+S, but then I'm waiting for DCW to turn up from Ebay. pps-if there's a Christopher from the YSM out there, have you got the tape yet? ===== _________________________ "Obscurism: The Practice of peppering daily life with obscure references (forgotten films, dead TV stars, unpopular books, defunct countries, etc.)as a subliminal means of showcasing both one's education and one's wish to diassociate from the world of mass culture" ________________________________________________________________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.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: blue bombers
by Dirty Vicar 16 Nov '03

16 Nov '03

it's been gig central here in Dublin. On Friday I saw local band Estel for the first time. They turned out to be an art-rock outfit, with the emphasis on the ROCK. They even had two drummer for some songs. I feel this kind of thing is to be encouraged. After them noted Australian band Ninety Nine were on. The most notable thing about them was that they featured a mentalist on drums who looked like the spit of the Pinefox (back when he had his new wave hairstyle). Does anyone know where the Pinefox was on Friday night? could he have been playing drums in Dublin? Apart from their mentalist drummer, Ninety Nine were two women who sang and played a variety of instruments. For all that I love xylophones, the best songs were the ones where they rocked out, which is the kind of thing you should do if you have the mentalist Pinefox on drums. Last night I saw Dexy's Midnight Runners. The crowd were very up for it, in contrast to what I've heard about some of the UK audiences. Kevin Rowland (in his French gangster suit) seemed genuinely touched to be playing in Ireland, although he did not take the opportunity to sing 'My national pride'. Still, he did wow us with tunes from many eras of his band, finishing with a cover version of a Commodores track called 'Night Shift' which older readers may remember. I'll be going to more gigs next week, as I'm over to fucking London for the Strange Fruit festival and things like that. I'm going wednesday, thursday, and friday. I might see some of you at these, although I may not recognise you if we have never been introduced. later, 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: If you work for much very longer, you'll be known as the boy who's always working
by owen lowery 16 Nov '03

16 Nov '03

Forgive me Sinister for I have lurked It’s been two years since my last post Hello Sini-kids, remember me? No? I thought not. Well I thought I’d break the monotony of Sunday afternoon overtime by firing off a post as I’m in a bit of a B&S sort of mood. So much so that I’ve got Tigermilk playing over the computer’s speakers (one of the advantages of being the only one stuck here today). I’m sat here wishing that time would pass quicker, not just so that I can get out of here but also so that B&S will be playing my own shitty City soon. Somehow the musical wilderness that is Newcastle has been deemed suitable for a visit by the great ones, naturally I’ve got the day of the gig off work as well as the day following it, time for some bad behaviour I think. Anyway If anybody is going to the Newcastle gig and needs some friends then get in touch and meet up with me and the rest of the dancing fools. Speaking of gigs in Newcastle, nearly 2 years ago I went to one by a band called Flynn. Now Flynn was Chris ‘Pez’ Perriman’s band (is he still on the list? He doesn’t seem to have posted recently) and they were quite good and I told him I’d say so in my next post, which I just have so er… I guess that’s that. Anyway I better get back to work I’ve only spent £41,533.69 of the company’s cash this afternoon so I better go waste some more. Well they waste my life so it’s only fair. Love, hugs and Jaffa Cakes Owen Help the planet each day! It's free and easy: http://www.Care2.com/dailyaction/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: PS
by Jay Eckard 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

So yo: You people should head on over to #sinister, the Sinister chatroom on the Undernet. It's been dead in there for weeks. I go in and all I see are Aunt Sadie and Aunt Wendy and they're no fun. Where are the Australians? Where are the Drunk Scots? Yours, GayJay -- "The Posby falls into a Trance In which it does a little Dance." Edward Gorey _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account is over limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We Want More Cheesybun
by Jay Eckard 14 Nov '03

14 Nov '03

My left handed ones: As far as I can figure, what with Cheesybun Eric and Miss Laura Llew posting today, I had better as well. Keeping up with the Joneses, you see. *Looks about. Well it's nice to see everyone's doing so well. What have I been doing? Well, my car decided to take a walk on its own. That was exciting. Till a tree stopped it. That was less exciting. I saw the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. That was exciting. Actually, it was terribly exciting. K Hanna my ass, Karen O is where it's at! I saw Belle and Sebastian. That was even more exciting. But then again, I was there with the above-mentioned "You have to stop singing 'Judy and the Dream of Horses' or the angry Hipster above you will smack you" Laura. I wasn't even that loud. And unlike the guy who attempted (and yet still failed) to sing Like Dylan in the Movies, I was on key. I also got to interview Richard Colburn, though I'm sure many of you will have heard this. I tend to repeat my little events ad nauseum. You can read the exciting, uncensored version at the Friends of the Heroes magazine (www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk) the world's bestest (tm) electronic magazine. Actually, it was in last week's issue, so youmight have to dig around for it, but it's worth it. It talks about their up-coming single, new tours, masturbation and the state of the UK Music Industry. It's all very exciting. It evens mentions a certain "Big International cult," but I won't say any more about that. You can also send a request to requests(a)www.wxdu.org and demand to hear the edited version on-air at www.wxdu.org/listen. Umm. I can't think of too much more to say. So I'll go. Bye! GayJay -- "The Posby falls into a Trance In which it does a little Dance." Edward Gorey _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger with backgrounds, emoticons and more. http://www.msnmessenger-download.com/tracking/cdp_customize +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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