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Dear Sinister,
How come that always when I think that being me really
sucks, everything turns around and - wohoo - life is
lovely again.
Lovely things:
a) A new nice e-mail from Stephen Chbosky yesterday
b) Getting an "Astrid +1" on the Spearmint gig at a
club which I'm three years too young to get into, to
see the lovely popsters, fronted by the amazing Shirley
Lee, a man as cool as his name. Check out
www.spearmint.net if you haven't heard them because
they are great and so nice and Shirley, or Shirl as he
calls himself, is super nice and wrote that he was
looking forward to meeting me and gave me a number to a
guy I should call if there are any problems. REALLY! It
is all too nice!
c) I've got standing... er.. seats or whatever it's
called in English for the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
gig which I might go to, but most of all we just wanted
to be able to choose. I haven't got any of their
records but I really want to see something and be blown
away. It was a long time since I went to a gig where I
didn't know all the songs already.
d) I've gotten, in total now, 2000 Swedish crowns to
spend on... clothes! From my grandma and grandpa and
I've bought such lovely things, so today after school
I'm coming over for tea to model a bit and show what
I've bought. And eat tremendous amounts of cookies, of
course.
Amanda is still THE BEST FRIEND EVER and we have so
much fun that it should almost be considered a crime.
She really is my best friend, and since her mum lives
with my dad since like ten years, i've seen her grow
up, and when she was maybe twelve or something and I
was fourteen or fifteen, I remember thinking "HURRAH!
She's a good kid, because now she's starting to like
good music". Nowadays, let the amounts of bizarre
insider-facts prove her eternal wisdom:
Me: Astrid
Amanda: OH MY GOD do you KNOW what I just found on the
internet?!
M: What?
A: I found these really cool photos of Julian
Casablancas in a phone box, taken by some Japanese
stalker or something
M: Wow
A: You don't sound interested. FINE. I'll go somewhere
else with my super exclusive facts then!
M: Oh stop it. But was it just pictures of him in a
phone box?
A: Well, YEAH. But he was so UNAWARE!
M: You are sick.
A: Thank you.
Now, I'm off to civics. I hate civics and it really is
boring and I can see the teacher and I must get my
stuff and OH how I am going to think of Shirley Lee and
Spearmint and that I'm going to meet them instead of
the EU. Take that! Er...
Love, Spearmint and Cookies
Astrid x
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I have had many of the bad mp3's. On most of them, there is a glitch which
causes a short pause, whihc is quite irritating, in addition to the oveall
bad quality issues.
Someone from Germany years ago sent me a live set from German radio, and he
tacked on a few extra songs. Lo and behold, it was a "Rhoda" I had never
heard before, as clean as could be. But there was a catch, there is
_always_ a catch - it is missing the beginning. I am not sure how much time
is lost, but enough to be irritated as I finally thought I found one of
extremely low generation. bah!
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G'day all.
KEN CHU
...came out of the woodwork, and said some stuff about boobs. All is right
in the world again.
MARK CASAROTTO
...chided me, saying:
"Can Vanilla Flavid Davoured really never have heard T-Rex? Hewitt Minor, go
and lock yourself in a cupboard with "I'm A Cuckoo" on repeate until the
spirit of Phil Lynott apparates in front of you and sets fire to your bum."
Yes, sir! (He's harsh, but fair. And devilishly handsome.) Phil Lynott
didn't appear, but then I wouldn't really know if he did, since I've no idea
who he is. The only person that appeared was the missus, wanting to know
what I was doing in the cupboard. I said that it was something to do with
you, Mark, and she just groaned, knowingly.
You know, I've heard of many of these bands being mentioned around these
parts recently (T-Rex, Thin Lizzy, 10cc, etc), but I'm not sure I'd be able
to pick them out of a line-up or anything. I was raised on a strict diet of
Beatles and Stones (mm, delish!), and when it was time for me to start
buying records, The Smiths and (gulp!) The Cure were the thing, it being the
mid-80s and all. There's a big space in between those eras, that's filled
only with the likes of ELO, Hall and Oates and Barry Manilow, mostly
courtesy of my mother. Most of the other stuff that was immediately before
my time is a bit of a mystery to me, I'm afraid. I was under the impression
that I hadn't missed much, but maybe I'll have to revise that.
I must say, though, that "I'm A Cuckoo" has grown on my considerably over
the last few days. I think it's the sheer ambition of the thing that
impresses me now. I might have come to it colder than many of you who 'get'
the pastiche, but it's actually a pretty swell song in its own right, once
you get your head around how it sounds. I'll stand by pretty much everything
else I said in my lengthy and incoherent review on the weekend, except
perhaps to add that "If She Wants Me" just gets even better, if that's
possible. "Roy Walker" still stinks, and "Stay Loose" still puzzles. It
doesn't necessarily annoy, but I don't think it quite beguiles the way it's
meant to, either. Everything else, I'm pretty pleased with, in the main.
Also, Mark: I can't recommend a game show for you to go on, as I don't
really know anything about pommy television (except that there doesn't seem
to be very much of it). I reckon you should definitely go on SOMETHING,
though - I've seen your pub-quiz skillz first hand, and I reckon you'd do
just fine. I've been trying to get on "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" for
ages, but so far with no success. If I get on, you can be one of my
'phone-a-friends'. Even if I can't take them for the full million, we'll
sting 'em with some international call charges, eh?
SAM WALTON
...praised the new record for its audacity. And I guess I'll go along with
that. I shy away from words like 'best', but this record certainly has its
place alongside the others. I'd say I like it better than the soundtrack,
but to say that it's better than the other ones, that've rubbed up against
various important bits of my life, would be madness at this stage. It's a
genuinely interesting, challenging, diverse and thoroughly new record,
though, and an eminently listenable one at that. I don't think that anything
new I've heard this year can touch it, and what else can you compare it to,
really? I don't know if I'll figure out its position amongst the other
albums until the next one's due to come out. It depends on how deeply it
manages to bore into me, I suppose, and that takes time.
Oh, and I signed your petition, by the way. I also dusted off an old mp3 of
Rhoda, and it really is a marvellous little number, despite the awfulness of
the recording. While I was at it, I heard a few other old live bits and
pieces. I've recently defended the studio version of TLOAMDR, but the guitar
on that live one is really out of this world, isn't it? It makes me go all
squishy inside, somehow. The whistling is shit, though.
I'm not joining a tape tree, because I don't have the means to record either
CDs or tapes anymore. Pathetic, eh? Besides, I'm completely unreliable. Ask
anyone.
ROBIN STOUT
...made some very good points, and I won't do him the disservice of
attempting to summarize them here. I reckon he hit the nail on the head
pretty much, though, especially in regard to the heritage of some of DCW's
more diverse songs. I too adored I'm Waking Up To Us (although again I'm
reluctant to use words like 'best' and even 'favourite'), and I really do
feel that the recent album is a further step in the same direction
established by that EP. Which is pretty much what I wanted, actually.
It hasn't got the consistency of the first two LPs (though he rightly
mentions 'Electronic Renaissance', which is surely as jarringly inconsistent
and out of place on Tigermilk as anything on DCW), it seems to take place in
a larger world than the wonderful, secret, cosy one that the albums used to
describe, and its certainly a bit wonky in parts. It's also varied, new and
ambitious, though, and entirely eccentric. I guess it risks not being quite
so specifically relevant to the people into whose ears the earlier records
so seductively whispered, but of the directions the band could have gone in,
I think sideways is far from the worst choice they could have made.
Also, what's DMAFOM? Or am I just being dense?
ME
Nah, I've got nothin'.
Bulk love,
- Vanilla Flavoured David.
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hello sinister.
well, here i am just fourteen short hours before i
will enter the record shop tomorrow to buy the new
album.
i must say, after reading all these reviews i don't
know what i will make of it. i suspect i'll like it
just fine enough, now that i have accepted the band is
just different. mr. hewitt's review left me quite
insatiably curious, though, at least until tomorrow.
but...legal man? if legal man is your favored bit you
will love dcw?
i don't know about this at all.
***
so i joined friendster. after hearing about it for
ages from the kids at work.
it's an interesting social experiement, i think. and i
am just vain enough to admit i like reading my
testimonials. as though people need to talk about me
as they would a miracle stain remover on a late-night
infomercial.
one friendster described me in one word.
twee.
and i haven't even talked about my deep-seated love
for my little pony barrettes.
***
i suggest that if ken chu is on the lookout for album
covers/cases that offer tactile happiness he pick up
the new seal.
i received a copy in the mail as payment for one of my
many jobs these days, and i am happy to report the
classy, heavy paper case features seal's face in
RELIEF form.
imagine the scene:
i, in the late afternoon of a very lazy saturday, sit
next to my roommate on the couch, holding an envelope
(we are still in pajamas). i open the envelope.
we see the seal cd, both simultaneously gasp with
delight. upon unwrapping, we discover seal's LIPS are
RAISED, waiting for us to kiss them.
we do. again and again and again until we are spent.
now you see. this album will sell by the THOUSANDS.
***
i am certain i have admitted my love for steve burns,
former host of blues clues, at an earlier time. late
have i loved him especially; so much so that i wrote
him a tiny email asking him to perform in my area.
(note: the above clause was meant in no way to be
dirty.)
at any rate, i spent a good deal of time talking about
steve at a party friday night, culminating with my
frighteningly sober declaration that i MUST have
steve's new album (songs for dustmites) for either
christmas or my birthday.
you can imagine my surprise and wondrous joy, then,
when i heard mr. burns himself on npr yesterday.
really, i think he is a brilliant man.
xo.lou.
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Wow! Thanks Sam!
This is a serious thing - as many of you know, "Rhoda"
is a work of staggering gorgeousness and it's a
terrible crime that even those of us who do have it
only have a 25th generation copy with stops and starts
and dreadful interference. So go on, sign the petition
- it takes 20 seconds and it might, just might, work.
http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html
They'll *have* to listen to 1,300 voices (plus more if
the Bowlie boards are also asked to sign, hint hint
anyone with dual loyalties). Think how fucking cool
we'll feel if this actually works :)
Yours, sheep-worryingly (eh?),
Mark xxx
p.s. if anyone who received a Sinister Xmas gift
hasn't thanked the person who sent it to them it's NOT
TOO LATE to do so.
p.p.s. http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html
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Dear Sinister,
You know, with all of these posts about the new album, I'm reminded, as I
occasionally am, that even in this small pink corner of the world called
Sinister we all seem to regard Belle and Sebastian in very different ways. I
suppose this is a good thing, but it makes me feel I have to explain what I
love about this band before I say all the other stuff I'm going to say.
Stuart Murdoch once said:
<< I sincerely think all great music comes from lyrics. I'd love it if
something British knocked me off my feet tomorrow, but the last British
music to really knock me down was the Smiths. >>
And sometimes I feel a little sorry for Stuart that he is who he is, because
the last British music to really knock me down was Belle and Sebastian, and
I'm sure it would be the same for him if he *wasn't* Belle and Sebastian, if
you see what I mean. But the reason I thought of that quote is because of
the first sentence. All the music I truly love comes from lyrics. There are
very few songs that manage to describe certain feelings, situations, certain
things about the world as well as Stuart's do. I think this is part of the
reason I've never subscribed to the idea that b+s are twee. I listen to
their songs and they describe the world around me, they wake me up to things
I hadn't seen before. Unlike the narrowness and artificiality the label
"twee" implies, I actually think his lyrics have both lyrical breadth and
truth. He writes about the beauty of the world surrounding him, with an air
of curiosity.
It's probably because of this that I've rather enjoyed the diary Stuart has
been keeping over the last year or so. Some would say that the diary
somewhat scatters the mystique that the band have. I think that assumes that
the world in his songs was entirely made up, and reading about the real
world of belle and sebastian tarnishes the make-believe one. I think the two
are merely different sides of the same coin. Often his diary entries, like
his sleevenotes, come across as longhand versions of his songs.
My favourite b+s album is If You're Feeling Sinister, but, you know, I think
my favourite single (or ep) is I'm Waking Up To Us. They're very different
records, but I think they have equally strong lyrical voices. And, as with
the best of their output, strong lyrics and strong melody go hand in hand.
I'd also compare a lot of the better stuff on the new album to the songs on
their last single. This is where I think that Pitchfork review entirely
misses the mark. The heritage of the more diverse songs on this album lies
in songs like Electronic Renaissance, Simple Things, Shoot the Sexual
Athlete and I'm Waking Up to Us, and couldn't be more different to Legal
Man.
Ah, I've rambled on a bit too much. I don't think I'll be able to fit a
proper review into this envelope, so I'll send it separately.
Robin x
ps: at work today I wrote down this:
SIMOB
DCW
ISWM
PNYC
IAC
YDSM
WUIB
LA
DMAFOM
SL
Anyone else agree??
pps: If you want to save the hassle of reading my album review, just read
Richard Rask's and mine's the opposite.
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Hello Sinister.
Well, I *have* heard DCW a couple of times, and I reckon it's pretty good.
Maybe their best? Maybe, for it's sheer audacity. I enjoy a bold step (See
Kid A, or Lambchop's Nixon etc) even if it's not as strong in content as
previous forays. Certainly, it's not their best as far as tunes go, nor as
far as lyrics go either, in my opinion, although I reckon "Step...",
"If...", "Piazza..." and "I'm..." are among my favourite B&S choons.
I don't really have much to add to the cornucopia of opinion surrounding the
record. Simply, I concur completely with Archel
(http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200310/msg00000.html) about
the band not holding the same position in my life anymore, and also with The
Duke (http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200310/msg00015.html)
about DCW being so good because it's such F!U!N to listen to.
And now, some more threading... Chris mentioned Scrabble. I've been getting
highly addicted to it at the moment, leading to me learning all my
two-letter words and the like. My personal triumph of recent games was
"quashing" going through a triple word and a double letter somewhere, too,
which earnt me about a gazillion points.
He also spoke about tape trees, but I'll come to that later.
Ken then said:
>Or is it a scent thing that when you rub the plate of food you get the
>smell of the food coming out?
...which reminded me of my copy of Jollification, by The Lightning Seeds. I
had a limited edition release with strawberry-scented packaging, and I was
most surprised the other day when I dug it out that, 8 years (maybe 9?
Lightning Seeds officianados step forward now) down the line, I could still
distinctly smell synthetic strawberry. It was obviously potent stuff. I was
even more surprised to discover that Jollification is a far finer album than
I remembered, incorporating the same kind of joy as DCW, in fact. Go on,
have a listen to it again. "Perfect", "My Best Day" and "Punch & Judy" are
still up to the task, for sure.
And then Mark started banging on about Rhoda, and online petitions and the
like. I whole-heartedly agree Sinister's finest twee-baiter, and so here is
my attempt at non-violent, direct action:
http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html. Enjoy.
And now, tape trees.
(For those who don't know, tape trees are more like tape circles - everybody
makes a tape, and then sends it to the next person in the circle. A
fortnight later, you pass the tape you recieved on the person next to you.
Eventually, all the tapes go round the circle, and you hear everybody else's
tape. Everything ends when yours comes back to you).
Right then. I may live to regret this, but I'd be quite up for being a
tape-tree mummy. Here are my suggestions:
1) From previous experience, tape trees with pratrillions of people on them
inevitably crumble under their own weight, and your tape never gets the
whole way around, so I reckon an upper limit of 15 people would be a lot
more practical, and easier for me to manage too.
2) CDs are allowed, too.
3) No B&S songs, because we know about them already*
4) Non-UK residents are more than welcome.
Sound reasonable? Okay then, well email me your name and address, and say
whether you're willing to post abroad, and we'll go from there. Hurrah.
Hmm, a bit of an epic, I'm afraid.
love
Asm.x
*unless it's "Rhoda".
P.S. Don't forget: http://www.petitiononline.com/Rhoda/petition.html
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Ayup
As they say up north. Well today's the days the teddy
bears go into town and queue up to exchange their jars
of honey for the new album. I think the going rate is
about a jar and a half, except in HMV where it's
always a bit more expensive. To be fair though, bears
would have problems operating a cd player - lack of an
opposable thumb and all that.
I've got mine anyway - popped into town at lunch for
bread and leeks for my soup tonight needs, DCW and
series two of The Pheonix for my entertainment needs,
and a ham sarnie for my dinner oriented needs. Lovely
jubbly.
I'm a big fan of Max and Paddy in the Pheonix. Make
me piss they do - best bit was in series one when Max
programmed his car alarm to say "get back ya bastard -
I'll break your legs!" on a loop. Comedy genius.
I think someone mentioned it before too, but how good
was Derren Brown and his russian roulette "thingy"
last night? (Sorry non-UK residents). I thought he'd
completely lost it when he was sat staring into space
for about 3 minutes. Edge of your seat stuff rarely
seen on the box nowadays. He's a clever fucker and no
mistake. How does he do it please?
Um, nothing much to say - I was just a bit excited cos
my nice shiny new CD is sat next to me and I thought
of you dear Sinister. Capital S too if you noticed.
I've not heard any of the songs at all I don't think -
my internet connection is pitiful and I can never be
arsed downloading music.
I'll leave you with a rubbish joke.
Q. What's a shitsu?
A. A zoo with no animals.
Oh dear. See ya later fornicators.
Dean
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PITCHFORK REVIEW
Funny one, that Pitchfork review. I don't love legalman (despite the fact I
am a legal man and love nothing more than shouting about clauses 1, 2, 3 and
4) but I love the album and I can't see how legalman really relates to it.
But hey what do I know? (lots and lots actually).
As for bands being disappointing, it's an odd concept. I think six albums in
eight years is a good return and it's not like there are any mid 80's
Rolling Stones-esque embarrassments in the back catalogue.(I bet you Jagger
wishes he wrote Track 3 off FYHC).
I've been far more disappointed with other bands over the years.
Back to the LP...It's my favourite Belles album since Twattybus (so that
would be 1 and a soundtrack but still...)and it's probably better than
Twattybus.
KIDS IN AMERICA
Are the majority of B&S fans Kids in America? Interesting one that. I can't
answer it but if Sinister is taken as a sample the majority are UK based,
non?
SINISTER GOLD (Sky channel 268)
It's good to see Sinister Gold in action what with the re-emergence of old
posters. Which got me thinking- whatever happened to the sinister village?
For those too young to remember it was a virtual village which featured
members of Sinister. It was probably crap but at the time I was at
University and helped me to waste the day in the library so I have rose
tinted memories of it.
ON LORD ANTHONY
Incidentally, it was possibly around that time, (maybe a little earlier)
when the Big Rumour went round that Lord Anthony would be released on a
single with Middle Distance Runner and Paper Boat. So by my calculation
Paper Boat might see the light of day in 2005.
I prefer the live version of Lord A I've got where it was clearly Struan at
an open-mic night as you can hear pint glasses being smashed and collected
in the foreground. The DWC strings are very lush but you can't beat the
smokey, beery ambience the live version contains
PARANTHESES
Yes, I realise there are far too many in the above post.
P
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+-+ "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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