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Sinister: Further to Risso and to Champion Casarotto
by minster＠fsmail.net 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

I find it only slightly ironic to be coming out of the woodwork after 3 weeks away to second the sentimentality of Mark and Risso. At least it felt a bit soppy to me. My own sense of history brings me to a place and time in life that there are certain things you could rely on. The fact that someone was ALWAYS feeling sinister was it, even if only slightly or briefly. It's what brought us here. To say 'old' is to imply history- and the cast of players in this little number have afforded the sinister story a rich plot, with an undeniably colourful and checkered history. In a word 'devotion'. Never in my life have I ever know people more devoted to an idea, emotion, or another. As a collective, I'll tell you this- you'll never find amongst people more swagger, sway and stumble all in good measure. Nor will you find more friction and fusion. Oddly it came bounding around in strong and strangely- but I'll remind those of you who can remember it truely is something to remember fondly and admire. And there was always something to talk about. In small but significant ways this lot has shaped and moved a bit of the path I walk now... I'm ever so thankful and bitter. It couldn't have happened to a more impressionable girl at the hands of an unforgivably right bunch of kids. Though I'm nearly 30 now... it doesn't feel old in sinister years- it just makes me feel experienced. So to Mark, and Trousers, To Pyth and even Swannie, to Risso and JJ, Rachel...to Beth and Andy and the Honey of a Mother. I'm keeping it close, I'm keeping it real. Devotion. Mark, you got your wish. __________________________________________________________________________ Join Freeserve http://www.freeserve.com/time/ Winner of the 2003 Internet Service Providers' Association awards for Best Unmetered ISP and Best Consumer Application. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: pumpkin
by stacey dahling 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Whoa. The Belles played a teeny gig in Glasgow? Where have I been??? Oh, right. Locked in my parents basement in wee Rhode Island, being force-fed Doritos and Hot Tamales and ginger ale until I puke. Goddamn figures. Anyway... I've actually been on holiday with my lovely sweet Belle boy, introducing him to the wonders of glutton consumerism... and my scary parents, who actually didn't get scary until he left and they tried to sneak broccoli into my system. Nothing like eating shit food and buying lots of cheap clothes to lift my spirits. And make me pine for Glasgow once again. Last night I went to the video shop and stared at lots of titles I had never heard of. I picked Pumpkin, a Christina Ricci film. Has anyone else seen this? If so, why didn't you mention that 'Stars of Track and Field' played a starring role? As did the Gentle Waves. Dude. What a pleasant surprise. Thanks to everyone who replied to my last pleading post. Sorry I haven't responded to y'all personally yet, but I shall. Eventually. Your reward will be a somewhat complete transcript of a special interview. (When I'm done typing it out.) So much to do. So little will to do it. I should be off preparing thesis interviews. Mmmm. See some of you soon. Not soon enough. Miss you. *mwah* -stacey _________________________________________________________________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Oh, Him. He's Just like the Music he listens to: Short, sweet and as twee as pos
by Jay Eckard 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Damn that little butterfly Boy from MSN. Damn him and his short subject lines. I am loquacious, by gad, even prolix. I need my space. Fortunately, I seem to have enough of that of late. I moved, you see. Across town to a proper little house in Durham. It's quite cheap and very nice. Even the cat likes it, he's all picking fights with the new tomcats. Probably losing, as he is my cat, and consequently well, short and pretty twee. For a kitty. He's been sporting a little badge on his collar -- along with a bell -- that has MERGE RECORDS on. Merge is the label than M Bond and Essex Green are on. Also the Magnetic Fields used to be, but they moved. Anyway, M Bond and the Essex Green rock. Or rather, they Pop. You should look into them. Alex went on about the new Lucksmiths. I think that's great. I'm in my "I Love the Lucksmiths" phase right now. I listen to "Off with his Cardigan" every day as I get ready for work. It makes me happy even before my 4 or 5 shots of espresso. I can't wait to hear new stuff. Speaking of Great and New and Australia, there's this band called Architecture in Helsinki. Two of their songs were sent to me by that noted World Traveller, Phil-two. They also pop quite hard. Go also and listen to them. I am currently preparing my little new place for the arrival of one Laura Llew. The cat will be decked out in all his finery and waiting to stare at her. They're close like that. She's coming to see the Delgados. Well, she says that, but I think she's here to stock up on booze and boys. Or at least hang out in bars and look at boys. Like Gordon the Bartender or Damon Who Never Looks at Me. Speaking of not looking at me, there's this boy who comes into my shop who is hott, hott, hott and I finally realized why. He's a dead ringer for Jeff Buckley. AND he has a twin brother (who doesn't look quite as much like Jeff -- it's the hair, I think). I am of course quite in love. Though THAT always turns out badly. Except for Mark Cassaratto (Which is similar to the actual spelling if not the actual spelling) who sent me BUS PORN! That's right, actually adult pictures of the No 22 Bus to Putney Common. It was so much I had to stop blogging for days. Days, I tell you. Well, this has gone on quite long enough and it is very late. Today's payday, so I have booze to drink and debts to pay. Later, yo l'Autre (Gay) Jay This post brought to you by New Order, "Bizarre Love Triangle" from their new Retro comp., "Poor Boy, Minor Key" by M Bond from his Transfiguration of Vincent album, Lazy Line Painter Jane, "By the Sea" by the Essex Green from their album The Long Goodbye and "Brittle Women" by Glass Candy from their disc "Love Love Love". PS: Whoever did something inappropriate with me and Miss Crush better 'fess up quick-like. That ain't decent, yo. PPS: Speaking of "yo", be very careful of the sites you visit at work. I went to the blog of a certain person on the list who frequently says "yo" and the boss walked in. "Um, no boss, I SWEAR it isn't porn!" I said when he chastised me for looking at adult sites. "Then why is there a picture of a boy in dishabille?" he rather reasonably enquired. "Umm." I said. "I know that's your thing, Jay" he said sternly "But NOT AT WORK!" Now I'm all confused if by "my thing" he means being gay, gay porn, gay porn at work, or gay porn at work of Sinister Boys. -- "The Posby falls into a Trance In which it does a little Dance." Edward Gorey _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: thank-you note
by laurel lemming 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

thanks to caitlin and lucy and all the reporters-back. this is why we're on sinister; thanks for sharing for all the people who couldn't be there. it sounds like it was magical. lem __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.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: holidays in the sun
by Alex Goffey 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Oh hello again Sinister! It's Good Friday and the obligatory Good Friday midday movie is on TV. It's all old hollywood cinematic melodrama, as the religious films always seem to be. Normally it's The Ten Commandments or Ben-Hur, but this year they've opted for other films. Richard Burton's in this one, I think, looking young and, I must say, quite fetching hehe. Holidays bring so many good things. LOTS of creme eggs, lots of exhausting my bank account to as little as possible whilst trying to maintain an appearance of "no really, i AM saving for my holiday" (but in the end just failing dismally), and, sadly, lots of trying to catch up on crappy uni work. Ugh. It's only a week holiday, but it's a break nonetheless. And I have better things to look forward to in my next break... For those of you in London, I'm requesting your assistance! I shall be making an antipodean jaunt to London and to Sweden in June/July and I'd really like to know good places to go, recommendations, whatever. Oh, and if anyone wants to show me around, then that would be great too. I'm staying in Kilburn so even directions for the tube would be appreciated hehe :) Holidays also give me a chance to listen to my new cds that I've amassed in the past few weeks. I finally bought myself a copy of 'Fold Your Hands Child, You Walk Like A Peasant' at last and I'm disappointed that nobody ever put 'Family Tree' on a mixtape for me. Oh I love that song - hell, I like it all. Listening to it driving down the highway was perfect. The same day I bought new lucksmiths, which you should all go out and buy because a. it is lucksmiths, and b. it is good. Argh the advertisements just came on really loudly! Happy Easter everyone :) alex xx ========================================= The best looking boys are taken The best looking girls are staying inside http://www.geocities.com/veruca_salt_97/ http://darlingalex.diaryland.com/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Instant Messenger now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/hotmail_messenger.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 from the other side
by Retro^Sec 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

hola Sinister Well, last night was the gig of the Belle and Sebastians, raising money to help fund the Sunbed Alliance advertising costs for a month. Following from a haircut with which I am perfectly pleased (bob, with undercut, and short cutsie fringe that goes against the grain of this seasons long rock-chick eye-skimming fringes. Hey, I don't follow trends, I do my own thing), I went through to Glasgow to meet with the friends, and the fans of the belle and sebastian. I would say shouts to the people I saw, but I had to shout anyway cos it was really busy, and I pretty much said Hi to them all, so no point in doing it again. The pre-gig atmosphere was pretty cool, just hanging out chatting to folks. The band apparently weren't due on til 10:30, so I headed off, got a bite to eat and enjoyed a glass of wine that made me deliciously tipsy, then headed back to the venue. The setlist of the jukebox was pretty darn cool, often one of those little side effects from being in a pub half full with Belle and Sebastian fans. Then everyone headed down to the gig. But that was when it was time for yours trully to head homewards. I'd had enough to drink, it was the last train home. I didn't go to the gig. Hell, I'm seeing them next month. I'd rather save them for special occasions. I remember the joy of the first gig, and the second. The third was pretty good, but the first time.. well, it was the best. And now? its easter holidays! yay! Am looking forward to the pastels gig next weekend though. This will be a first: not seen the pastels before. Thank you idleberry ===== <a href="http://retrosec.blogspot.com/">http://retrosec.blogspot.com/</a> thoughts __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: i hope i live to relive the days gone by
by jvic＠ig.com.br 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

I found Shallow Hal a pretty good film. Maybe not all pretty people are bastards, and not all ugly people are nice, but this is a comedy movie, so it stereotypes some kinds of people. It's not a portrait of real life. But still, makes us think about some issues we live in real life. Victor. Em 15 Apr 2003, Christine Irene escreveu: >greetings to the sinister posse. it is a rather balmy >85 degrees in chicagoish today. our attempts to play >outside were foiled by the fact that the youngest of >my charges is afraid of the outdoors. well, not the >entire outdoors, just wind, leaves, and birds. you >can imagine how this might impair an outing. maybe you >can't. > >the weekened was odd. i woke up saturday morning with >the most exhilerating sense of optimism. "this is my >day i thought." i honestly felt i was going to win >the lottery or something. so i went to get the post >from my PO BOX. i got a letter from my bank saying >that the balance in my checking account was -281.64. >there went my lucky streak. >a chance encounter led me to meeting my cousin >colleen, whom i never see. she and i, and her 2 kids, >went to grab some lunch and had a nice visit. on >saturday night i saw "Bend It Like Beckham." I love >that movie! i was going to see it in oxford when i >was there last year....i couldn't find the movie >theatre though :o) my cousin, who is newly 14, and >his best friend tyler, asked if they could go to the >cinema with me....they're pretty cool, as 14 year olds >go, so i said ya. they hated it. i told patch (my >cousin) that i didn't really care...he owed me a movie >he disliked as he made me take him to see "Zoolander" >last year. what a shite movie. sept the fountain >that sprayed gasoline :o) > >speaking of movies. have you seen that movie "Shallow >Hal?" i dunno. it just seems offensive to every >group of people. all of the aesthetically pretty >people have ugly souls, all of the unattractive people >have this gorgeous inner beauty...very sterotyped i >think. the overweirght girl orders 98 cheeseburgers >and breaks a chair. i dunno. i like to think that >pretty people can be nice and that un-pretty people >can be bastards. also, i dont think that people with >wieght problems necessarily eat all of the time. >weird. ah well. i have seen it a couple of times >and, honestly, i don't know that they are trying to >pigeon hole people like that, i think it is just >supposed to be about this shallow guy who finds true >love in a less than perfect package. i dunno. i >really don't like gwynyth paltrow though. i think she >is a pretty awful actress. it surprises me how many >british people i know think she does well using a faux >british accent...i think she sounds awful! ah well. >who cares. she gets to shag chris martin, which is >more than i get to do. > >i have a couple of new sinister friends...jinnifer >(who needs to post more) and rachel fruitloop >*blushes* > >i sent an off list email to someone yesterday. it got >me to thinking about us lot and our personalitites. i >was thinking that most of us are probably pretty >similar. sort of shy, a little bit "quirky", more >likely to hide in a corner than barge into a room full >of strangers and command attention. somehow, in the >confines of sinister, we are really social and >un-awkward. i love sinister. > >ah well. i sp'ose i have said my piece for the day. >love to you all. stay safe and happy. :o) > >ps...on a sad note...i heard that investigators in >california found a woman's body and that of a full >term fetus. they think it may be that woman who >disappeared on christmas eve. i hope not. i hope she >is in montana being happy and just left because her >husband was a knobhead. i really hope it isn't her >:o( > >love ~stine > >"i'm proud to have an udder like my father...no, my >mother!" hee hee...one of my favourite lyrics of all >time > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! 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Re: Sinister: i hope i live to relive the days gone by
by jvic＠ig.com.br 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

I found Shallow Hal a pretty good film. Maybe not all pretty people are bastards, and not all ugly people are nice, but this is a comedy movie, so it stereotypes some kinds of people. It's not a portrait of real life. But still, makes us think about some issues we live in real life. Victor. Em 15 Apr 2003, Christine Irene escreveu: >greetings to the sinister posse. it is a rather balmy >85 degrees in chicagoish today. our attempts to play >outside were foiled by the fact that the youngest of >my charges is afraid of the outdoors. well, not the >entire outdoors, just wind, leaves, and birds. you >can imagine how this might impair an outing. maybe you >can't. > >the weekened was odd. i woke up saturday morning with >the most exhilerating sense of optimism. "this is my >day i thought." i honestly felt i was going to win >the lottery or something. so i went to get the post >from my PO BOX. i got a letter from my bank saying >that the balance in my checking account was -281.64. >there went my lucky streak. >a chance encounter led me to meeting my cousin >colleen, whom i never see. she and i, and her 2 kids, >went to grab some lunch and had a nice visit. on >saturday night i saw "Bend It Like Beckham." I love >that movie! i was going to see it in oxford when i >was there last year....i couldn't find the movie >theatre though :o) my cousin, who is newly 14, and >his best friend tyler, asked if they could go to the >cinema with me....they're pretty cool, as 14 year olds >go, so i said ya. they hated it. i told patch (my >cousin) that i didn't really care...he owed me a movie >he disliked as he made me take him to see "Zoolander" >last year. what a shite movie. sept the fountain >that sprayed gasoline :o) > >speaking of movies. have you seen that movie "Shallow >Hal?" i dunno. it just seems offensive to every >group of people. all of the aesthetically pretty >people have ugly souls, all of the unattractive people >have this gorgeous inner beauty...very sterotyped i >think. the overweirght girl orders 98 cheeseburgers >and breaks a chair. i dunno. i like to think that >pretty people can be nice and that un-pretty people >can be bastards. also, i dont think that people with >wieght problems necessarily eat all of the time. >weird. ah well. i have seen it a couple of times >and, honestly, i don't know that they are trying to >pigeon hole people like that, i think it is just >supposed to be about this shallow guy who finds true >love in a less than perfect package. i dunno. i >really don't like gwynyth paltrow though. i think she >is a pretty awful actress. it surprises me how many >british people i know think she does well using a faux >british accent...i think she sounds awful! ah well. >who cares. she gets to shag chris martin, which is >more than i get to do. > >i have a couple of new sinister friends...jinnifer >(who needs to post more) and rachel fruitloop >*blushes* > >i sent an off list email to someone yesterday. it got >me to thinking about us lot and our personalitites. i >was thinking that most of us are probably pretty >similar. sort of shy, a little bit "quirky", more >likely to hide in a corner than barge into a room full >of strangers and command attention. somehow, in the >confines of sinister, we are really social and >un-awkward. i love sinister. > >ah well. i sp'ose i have said my piece for the day. >love to you all. stay safe and happy. :o) > >ps...on a sad note...i heard that investigators in >california found a woman's body and that of a full >term fetus. they think it may be that woman who >disappeared on christmas eve. i hope not. i hope she >is in montana being happy and just left because her >husband was a knobhead. i really hope it isn't her >:o( > >love ~stine > >"i'm proud to have an udder like my father...no, my >mother!" hee hee...one of my favourite lyrics of all >time > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! 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Sinister: the sun come up, up, up in the morning!
by Hugo Johan <12813249＠sun.ac.za> 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

aha! dear sinister but life is good, and i've had this warm feeling of wanting to tell you all about it for a while now, and today i will indulge myself! (so if you would please bear with me...) life is good because: a) I HAVE A GIRLFRIEND!!! (finally, after 24 years of waiting and hoping and starting to feel rather sorry for myself). sure, she is in another city and i only really see her on weekends, but still, it IS the best feeling ever to love someone and know they love you back - and all the other things of course ;) i remember someone once posting a rather cynical interpretation of "there's too much love", about it being, well, about people being insincere and using the word love too much and too lightly and too insincerely, but for now i listen to it, and to those glorious strings and those glorious ah's in the coda, and there IS too much love to go around! b) it is autumn, and while most of you are rejoicing i spring, well, for me, autumn IS my spring! those long clear days with its endless powder-blue skies, the always-so-slight chill in the air which means even an african boy can jump into a cardigan or, well, a jumper, the nights which are finally cold enough so you pull thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssssss many blankets over you and literally sink to sleep beneath their weight [or cuddle up with someone ;) ] yet not cold enough that you don't feel like jumping up, refreshed and energised in the mornings, and... well, it's all just wonderful, the crunch of leaves under your feet, but still there are enough to rustle in the late-afternoon breezes, flocks of birds ganging up and swilring as they gather for their long flights north. i could go on, but probably shouldn't, right? in short: the feeling you get from listening to "nice day for a sulk" c) i was sorry to see ian watson feeling like he should apologise to the list. even though i live far far away and will in all likelihood never get to how does it feel, his mails about it have inspired to me to such a degree that i am now (as from monday last - a fitting birthday present, ian?) the host of my own, shamelessly derivative night at a small club in stellenbosch (the samll town where i study), called "is 'derby' pronounced 'dirby' or 'darby'?". not knowing of ANY indie nights/clubs in the WHOLE of south africa, a friend of mine and i decided to be pro-active rather than the usual whingeing, and organised. monday night saw a massive rent-a-crowd, BUT everyone seemed to have a great time, we kept on playing till an hour after the bar had closed, and to top it all, the owner was so impressed that instead of the voluntary monthly night we had initially envisaged (on monday nights, because they are usually the most quiet), we now are getting PAID to play every wednesd! ay (also known as "little saturday" in stellenbosch)! of course the biggest thrill was seeing people actually dancing for the whole extended version of fool's gold, then coming back to ask for more, interrupting conversations to dance to "electronic renaissance" and "string-bean jean" and swaying gently to mogwai and trembling blue stars. so, for a little while at least, indie is alive and kisking in s.a. again, and i for one would like to thank ian and all the other hosts of similar nights who have contributed to this. so, that's it for my life. then i've been thinking of a few ways of disseminating the gospel (in south africa, where no radio station has ever touched b&s, and you have to order even the albums especially on import as no record stores stock them, this is very important!) so here are a few tips, which have actually worked for me (i am proud to say that as a direct result of the following, at least 3 people i know of have actually gone out to buy albums!) 1.) make mix-tapes, and lots of, as birthday presents, congratulations on all kinds of things, when people are feeling down etc. load them HEAVILY with b&s numbers. not only will this introduce people to new music and make our heroes rich and popular, but is also a good way of showing friends you care with a personalised gift and give you the opportunity to spend housr sorting through your record collection and listening to your favourite songs, while being credibly able to maintain that you are "doing something useful" 2. whenever you go on a long road-trip with someone, make a special road-trip tape (see above) and then 'forget' in car at the end of the trip. i even did this once when using a rental car. of course i don't know how that turned out, but i can dream can't i? 3. take your by-now filthy b&s shopping-bag everywhere, being at all times careful to have the logo visible and on your outside, even when said bag is in a state of repose on the ground. wear your b&s ampersand (or, where applicable - which would probably mean you were lucky enough to be assigned the lovely katrinastrator as you xchangee - sinister xmas xchange custom-made t-shirt and/or badges obessively, and of course be ready to shoot your mouth off about the band the list etc at the slightest provocation (eg. discussions about the above, scotland, "7 steps to storytelling" etc) bear in mind the motto: "lose a friend but gain a fan"! soon, if you are in an isolated part of the world, and feel you cannot share your love of the band with anyone, you'll only have yourself to blame! (well, sort-of...) well, i shall retreat to my lazy lurkerdom now, to emerge when next i feel the need. stay well, sinister, and as always, thanks for brightening every day just a little! lotsa love JohaN +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The glass wall
by Caitlin Ross 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

This one was taken before the band started playing. The compere is on-stage trying to fill in a gap in the show. Behind him, Stuart is sat by the keyboards, riffling through a sheaf of papers. He's drinking something from a white mug, with a teabag tag dangling from the side. Richard is stood at the edge of the stage, looking all beardy. It's nice to post something that's on-topic, instead of all th usual diary posts that just say "My parents think I'm a freak! My doctor wants me to move house and my landlord wants to evict me! My cat is upset!" It's even nicer to have something on-topic to ost about. Last night's gig was billed as an "oh no, it isn't really Belle and Sebastian, honest, so don't get your expectations up" gig; but as it turned out, the whole band were there (although Bob only just made it), and it all went rather well. I'm no good at remembering set-lists, and I didn't catch all of the song titles; but the set started with "Step Into My Office, Baby", "Wrapped Up In Books" and "Roy Walker". Later on, Stevie was in charge of covers of Johnny Cash and Pink Floyd songs, and their encore was a cover they've done before, "Alone Again Or". Some of the audience seemed disappointed that the band didn't play any songs they've already released; but they explained that they've spent so long in the studio recently working on new material, they've forgotten how to play all the old stuff. The new album that will hopefully come out of all this session time will be interesting, because it will be their first 'proper' album, discounting Storytelling, to be recorded before Stuart David left the band, never mind about Isobel. It may just be the effect of seeing the band perform on their own rather than with an additional string section, extra woodwind players and so on, but they now seem to be producing a closer, harmonic sound, very much in a 1960s pop style. Most songs have two or three guitars together, and two- or three-part vocal harmonies. There's no need to squeeze a 'cello part into as many songs as possible; Sarah's viola only came out for one of the band's own songs, and played pizzicato at that. In fact, Sarah seemed a little under-used: on several songs she did little but sit at the edge of the stage nodding her head along to the music. These new songs aren't really a 'new direction' for the band. In fact, they aren't at all. This is traditional B&S, albeit with slightly less variety in the songs. It's not as if these songs are fresh this week from Stuart and Stevie's notebooks; these are all well-formed and carefully worked-on. Two of them have already been performed for John Peel - including "Step Into My Office, Baby" with its bluesy flute riff - and it feels like Stevie's been performing "Travelling Light" for a couple of years now. This picture is of Stevie before the gig. He's sat cross-legged on the floor, quite near the front of the room, listening to a political rant from the stage. He's leaning forward with the light catching his face, his chin resting on his knuckles. He's nodding, and smiling. It was lovely to be able to see B&S playing in such a small venue. I've only ever seen them play in large venues or theatres before, like the Barrowlands or Carnegie Hall; this gig was a refreshing change. On their last tour the Guardian's reviewer (a former Sinisterine himself) said he thought their large-venue style with lots of added musicians was liable to alienate and disappoint their original fans. Last night's gig proved that it's still the core band that matters, not complex production or session artists. The glass wall between us and them was still there, but there was still a lot of intimacy. They weren't way up above the crowd; we could have reached out and touched them. We were close enough to see Sarah's trainers and Stuart's sensible shoes. When Sarah was spare and sat down, it was as if someone from the audience, sitting at the front, had managed to sneak onto the edge of the stage. I was quite surprised that the whole band fitted onto the stage, as it happened. Not only was there plenty of room for all seven of them, bt they even squeezed in a rather large glockenspiel, which some of the band took turns to play. Chris was upright and precise, treating it like a keyboard. Sarah was less sure of herself, and might have slipped a couple of wrong notes in. Stuart bent over it and hammered away like a dervish. This is my last Ink Polaroid from the gig, and it's the only one I have of the band performing. I can't remember which song it's from; but Stevie is on guitar and Stuart just has a tambourine in his hand. They are turned towards each other, and Stuart is pushing Stevie's glasses back up his sweaty nose whilst Stevie keeps on playing. They are both grinning, and there's a look of joyful intimacy in their eyes. xx caitlin -- http://www.joannou.net/topofthestairs/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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