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Sinister: Been to circus lately?
by Anders 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Dear Sinister Have any of you been to circus lately. I guess not. But I have. About a week ago my sister invited me, she's a journalist you see, and she got some tickets for free. Well, she'll have to write about it, though. The circus was yesterday, and Im still amazed. Anyway, I was invited and the only thing I had to do was to be there, and maybe, if she couldn't find another child, she'd ask me some questions and maybe take some photos. She's journalist for a local newspaper you see, "Groruddalen Budstikke", and the circus has got nothing to do with Groruddalen at all. But I have. So if she couldn't find a little boy or girl from Groruddalen, she'd interview me. She didnt find any of those, she didn't even try. But she didn't interview me, I just said that as long as I'm in the newspaper I'll say anything, you just make up something. Whatever you like. She said it was OK. Still, I'm wondering about what my reactions to the circus will be... We took some pictures of me when I was standing inside The Ring, together with the man in charge. It was great fun. And tomorrow Ill be able to read about it in the paper, so will just about 500 000 others. (Maybe its more like 200 000, but anyway, its still more people than I will ever know.) I guess all of you will read Groruddalen budstikke, and because of that I will tell you what I really felt about it all. I dont want you to get a wrong impression of me, cause who knows what my sister will make up - Imagine yourself. Youre three years old and standing on a grass-grown field. Then imagine the circus tent behind you, all the trucks with animals from all over the world, the strange people and last but not least: the big bucket of popcorn in your arms (it is almost as tall as you are!). You think about all the places where these trucks and people have been, what have they seen there? Maybe a dragon? You also have a lollipop in you mouth, and for a second you just focus on the wonderful taste. Cause youre still able too stay focused on such a little and unimportant thing. You realise that popcorns better than lollipops and you put a handful of it in your mouth. Delicious! Youre dreaming about going all those places where these vehicles have been, but on the other hand you wouldnt be anywhere else than right where you are now. Holding your dads hand. Theres a clown coming over. What is that? youre thinking. Is it an animal? A wild African animal from the jungle? Whatever it is it looks scary. His white face reminds you of death, dead people. The clown is as pale as death. You scream. The clown gets scared, and you realise that youre not the one that should be afraid, cause youve got your dad standing by your side, but you cant see his dad... You ask him if hes some kind of an animal, he says that hes not, he says that hes just a clown and that he didnt intend to scare you, hes really sorry. Youre such a twee child,» he says (and you are) You feel pity for him. He looks stupid and has to go around looking stupid without holding his dads hand, while everyone else does. Poor clown. You can smell foreign countries and cultures. How does people look on the other side of the earth, what do they smell? Maybe they smell like this vehicle. You start walking toward one of them. Where are you going? Well miss the circus! Miss the show, the circus!? You hurry back. You dont know what you will see, what you will feel and smell, but you know itll be great fun. Youre so excited. Can you feel it? Maybe it wasnt like this, but can you feel the feeling you had the first time you ever went to a circus? I felt that way before I went into the tent yesterday. (I wasnt afraid of the clowns, though. Its true! And I was holding my sisters hand. No I wasn't afraid of the clowns!) I hadnt been to circus for ages and couldnt even remember the last time. But when I got inside I remembered it all. Funny thing, when you go inside the tent, you feel like you leave this planet and enter a totally different reality. Magic. The show was better then I could imagine. It was funny, impressing and thrilling. The best part was Mr. Dalmantiner and his amazing dogs and wee horses. They did the most unbelievable things. Youll have to see it to understand how incredible it was. For a wee while I thought the dogs were some programmed electronic robots. I thought that whoever programmed them is really clever. But whoever taught the dogs to do these tricks is a genius. The tweest one in the circus was the elephant girl. She was the daughter of one of the elephant men, and was about one year old. The elephant lifted her in his trunk. She was happy, wee and tubby. The elephants danced on small boxes. The clowns were disappointing. They tried to be funny, but couldnt speak a word of Norwegian. (They were Spanish) So when they tried it was like this: AAAAHHHHHHHEEEEEEHHHHHRRRRRRRR (OK. They were scary. I was afraid.) Nobody understood it. And the story wasnt funny either. I expected a laugh, but didnt get one. But the circus was great. (Sirkus Arnardo) and you should check it out. Or you could visit another circus next time one of them comes to your town. Im sure youll love it. Popcorn & Lollipops to everyone! Anders PS I wish there was some kind of correction program that would correct my mispsellings and grammatical mistakes Blame it on the fact that Im a teenager, a Norwegian teenager +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: one last thing about c*****s, then we're off to sleep
by Kevin Hyde 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Hey Sinister, So this isn't even close to the requisite 15 mins. (and about that- is it time thinking about your post, or the physical typing act? I had always wondered.), but I figured there were some pressing questions and comments indeed re cankles. So, to answer S. Lord, I'd say that cankles can be genetic, but that you can definitely get rid of them in no time flat. An exercise of choice? When I played soccer for high school, we were encouraged to do our calf-conditioning by standing on our toes in the shower, and then relaxing, for about 100 or so iterations each day. So they're not irreparable or anything like that. But the reverse can be true, i.e. you can earn yourself some mean cankles if you work at it through a system of ruthless atrophication. I suppose you could always interpret cankles as a sort of Rubenesque trait- that they are ostensive of a lifestyle which does not require heavy walking or even standing. Nice. And w/r/t Laura Llew's comments, or more as a corollary I guess, I forgot to mention that tons of guys I know have tube-legs or cankles, without an inch of definition on them. Plus their legs are starting to be denuded from wearing pants all the time, which is creepy in and of itself. Also mentioned (or hinted at): Sapphic churches(!), ahem. Sign me up to be an altar boy. Anyway. I did want to put in a small amount of envy in this email. Of the Sinister picnics and -ers in the U.K. I always imagine them as gatherings full of sunshine and sudden joy. Perfect beyond comprehension. With like animals coming out of the woods and asking if they can join in on the soccer games, and then politely scarfing down beer along with anyone else. In case you're wondering, this is what it's like to O.D. on C.S. Lewis (little brother was sick, asked me to read, et-cet.) That's it. Kevin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: sleeping in class is only a hobby
by s. lord 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

its been so long since i have posted - but i had some free time today - and a pretty interesting morning - so here it is - the sun is out today - and it is actually quit warm - i was very surprised - last week the sun was out a lot - but it wasn't very warm - i was thinking the same thing today so i dressed in my favorite argyle sweater* and shirt and went to school - from now on i will be checking the weather before i go - but that is iowa - the weather can change from 23 to 70 in one day - eh - bother - but anyways i went to class and the most peculiar thing happened to me - i was tired to of course i sat in the back - this way i can sleep or listen to music (badly drawn boy today) if i so feel like it - so i found a nice little spot in the back of the class at the top of the auditorium - and usually it is pretty dead up there - only a couple of us sleepers or dreamers - wasting class - well it is a waste of a class anyway - but so i am sitting there and this girl comes and sits by me - she is a little waife of a thing - dainty and skinny and just oh so perfect looking - but oh well - i was gonna sleep and she can't do much to bother me - if she wants to sit there - let her - so class begins and i decided to instead write a letter - sadly enough i was not very sleepy because of my clothing choice (mentioned above) i was extremely hot - so i just couldn't sleep - anyway skip ahead like 30 minutes - and i was kinda paying attention to the teacher but i notice something - the girl next to me has two notebooks out - one is her notes and the other she had written her phone number on - now i was not really snooping at what she was doing - the way the class is set up the chairs are at an angle and i could she her things very well - so i am completely intrigued by this - why did she write her phone number there - so i decided to act - so i yawn and stretch and murmur to quietly 'i am so bored' - just to see if she would maybe turn to me and say anything - well she didn't turn around - but she did then write her name under the phone number - BRITTNEY - hahaha - oh my god - then after that she proceeds to draw little stars and hearts all over the page - - - - but seriously what was that? - was i delirious - did that really happen - was she giving me her phone number in class? - hahah - oh what could have been a penthouse letter in the making for a straight boy was wasted on me - hehe - oh too much fun - - all this talk of cankles has brought about a question in my mind - are cankles made or are you born with them? i mean - are they purely genetic - is someone who has cankles doomed to live with them for the rest of their lives? or can one work out with cankle exercises and get rid of them? not that i have them - i was just wondering - and then lastly i need to shamelessly plug a wonderful cd i got just awhile ago - everyone needs to go out and buy the new cat power record - you are free - it is great - her voice is just amazing the way it floats over the minimal guitar - it is just great - i completely recommend it - ti does sound like her past records - but that is good - she doesn't go out and experiment much with any new sounds - just what has worked before - and it is simply wonderful - this is all for now - thanks for reading - hope i haven't bored you to much - --s.lord *if you are really bored you can see the blog that has a photo of me in the argyle sweater - well there is a link there to take you there anyway - under stolen souls - http://www.theparadiselost.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------ what we place most hopes upon, generally proves most fatal - vicar of wakefield _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 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: She can have a tummy and still be yummy!
by Laura Llew 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

"If you dont wear daring clothes because you worry about your cattier girlfriends snickering, I suggest you lose those particular girlfriends and replace them with a buttery pair of understanding leather pants." --Margaret Berry No leather pants in my small circle of knowledge has ever been "understanding." However, we all know that whenever anyone states having a problem with leather pants it's usually code for having a problem with - not the pants - but their fat ass. The Three Cs: Cankles As Kevin explicated, cankle is a word formed from "ankle" and "calf" for those who seem to have no differentiation between the two. I tried to develop my own "cankle gallery" of sorts by taking my digital camera with me to one of my mother's church services in hopes that many of the dumpling of a woman which attend had such an affliction. Or better yet had a THANKLE! (no thigh to calf to ankle definition: tree trunk legs). However, all of them had quite shapely legs and they don't even genuflect! Maybe there are some curative points to green bean casserole afterall. Of course, all of them also do things like hold my hand and trace up my arm with their fingertips while talking to me or do one of those one sided hugs as they run their hand up and down my back slowly. I've been groped more times in church than on any date. There's no telling what kind of exercise these women's legs are getting on the side. When I first heard about this cankle phenomenon (approximately around 3 in the morning), I frantically ran around trying to find someone still awake to look at my legs to tell me if I was indeed cursed with this. However, unlike my moral values and principles, my ankles are quite well defined. Now my worry has moved on to: Carb Face According to Auntsadie, carb face is a real problem facing the modern metrosexual male. I am neither a metrosexual nor a male, yet I like carbs. Down with Atkins! The best example of such puffy faced horror is Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Remember the early seasons when he wore speedos? After carb face hit, he'd wear em just to keep people from staring at his face. Cloche While I'm on fashion and the such, I think I should devote some time to this little bell of a hat which has been more or less neglected since the 1920s, except for that foxy Kelly Macdonald in Gosford Park. They're darling and there's nothing more useful for avoiding eye contact with others while trying to read in a public place - except for a helmet with a visor perhaps. But where's the fashion sense in that? As the aforequoted Margaret Berry said, "Flappers never had bad-hair days. They lopped off their tresses, tugged on a cloche, and headed out for an evening of Charleston and bootleg gin. Whats more, flappers wore comfy dresses shaped like potato sacks. They could wear whatever they liked; who the hell notices when you have that darling bell of a hat on? And so, you see, hats make life easier and loads more fun." I don't really have any April Fools jokes for you. Not even the geeky librarian kind about Laura Bush having been named the new librarian of congress and her first duty was to remove all french books from the collection and rename it the "Ronald Reagan Library of Congress." However, I do want to send birthday shouts out to songles Dave whose birthday is today and to ZoziePop and RICHARD JOHN GILLANDERS who both had ones last week. xo, Ll PS - Also shouts out to Marianna my London Shoe Shopper Extraordinairre, the ever so darling Robin Stout, my own personal photoshop Ken Chu who I promised to declare my love to, and my sinister sinister crush Miss Ullastrator _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The Robin Cook Fanclub
by Gardiner, Stuart 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Well, it appears I'm not going to Glastonbury this year after all. I've been mulling it over in my mind, trying to decide whether I can afford it or not, and now all the tickets have sold out within 24 hours. Oh well, fate I suppose. All that talk last week about how sunny it was seems to have cursed the weather. Nottingham's been under a cloud all day. It looks like rain. It's wet, it's falling from the sky, and it's collecting in puddles. Yes, it's rain alright. Meanwhile on the Sinister webpage, it's still snowing, and has been continuously since before Christmas. No wonder we've not heard from Honey recently, she must be snowed in. Maybe Aunt Sadie has taken her sledging. Just watch out for the evil Casarotto throwing snowballs. Discussion from the weekend: Lost Classics. Songs which should have become all-time favourites, but for some reason, never did, and have been largely forgotten by the populace. Our chart included: Sparky's Dream - Teenage Fanclub After All - The Frank And Walters Girl At The Bus Stop - BMX Bandits Monday Morning 5.19 - Rialto The Crystal Lake - Grandaddy Agolo - Angelique Kidjo I Want An Alien For Christmas - Fountains Of Wayne Kung Fu - Ash The Man With The Red Face - Laurent Garnier Oblivion - Terrorvision In other news, it's picnic time! The weather forecast is, well, undecided as to whether it'll be hot and sunny or not; but hey, there's always the pub just in case... All you need is yourself, some food, some beers, and a smile (how cheesy is that?) And because I'm such a helpful fellow, I'll even help you out by sharing my favourite picnic food recipe: PRIMROSE CAKE Ingredients: 4oz plain flour 4oz attractive flour 5oz healthy alternative butter substitute 2 pinches of self-raising salt 4 eggs (scotch) 3 tbsps cocoa powder (preferably from the Tbspsina region of Hungary) 1 sultana, diced 142-145 hundreds and thousands Instructions: Whip the ingredients together (or if you're using your whip for other purposes (Archel?), use a whisk instead). Pour into a microwavable bucket. Cook in a medium oven (or cook twice in a small oven), stirring every 35-40 seconds. Remove when cold all the way through. Shrink-wrap in polythene. Offer to others before you eat any yourself (after all, it's only polite). Serve with custard. Failing that, you could always go to Sainsbury's. In other news, I've got to stop using the phrase "In other news", it's getting out of hand... After that, I'll be able to concentrate on stopping using three dots at the end of every sentence... Big Stu PS Since I started writing this, the sun has come out. Typical. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 and further bowling info
by Hewitt, Stephen 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

ello babies So I went to see THE SINISTERS on Saturday and they were a very perky, 60s garage !p!o!p! kind of thing and they all had exciting 60s style clothing on. I went up to the singer afterwards and asked where they got their name from and apparently two of them are left-handed "and sinister means left-handed, you know" she said helpfully. "Oh, *i* know" I replied. RICKY SPONTANE (theyplayedatmyweddingyouknow) were also v good, but NOUGHT from oxford were v scary in a freeimprovnoiseprog kind of way. Also, somewhat randomly, EVAN DANDO was there, but I was a bit confused by that point (guinness is a confusing thing, you know) so wasn't exactly sure which person he was. This is because I was talking to all my old mates from cheltenham, several of whom I hadn't seen for aaaaaaaaages, and who are now in exciting rock bands in london (rather than exciting rock bands in cheltenham) with names like THE BEATINGS and BLACK MADONNA. Ken said (because he is a different, helpful xXxer): Did you know there is a yahoo group for sinister glasto meetups? (set up by Carsmile Steve?) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siniglasto/ Which is possibly the first time anyone but me has plugged it which is nice. I noticed some sort of pezzypop joining up the other day, hello pezzypops ;) Needless to say, my ticket is booked like a big book shaped thing. Further to Ken's large mine of bowling info for Saturday. When you arrive at Finsbury Park, if you look on the "continuing your journey from finsbury park" map, ROWANS is handily marked on said map. Also they have a !D!D!R! machine as well as the easiest grabber in the world. We watched one young lady retrieve half a dozen stuffed toys from it in almost as few goes the other week. Saturday will be the third time in three weeks I have been to Rowans, I feel this is nothing to be proud of... I've seen that other b&s interweb hobby, they don't look like they could beat mighty sinister fc at tiddlywinks, never mind footy ;) (hold on, who is mighty sinister fc these days??? With 96 at atp and bapps in ameriky are we relying on the kaiser to break some bones???) See you at the weekend (and you, but not you, obviously, I mean you live on the other side of the planet, innit, not that it wouldn't be delightful if you just turned up) xoxo CarsmileSteve +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: you shanked my Jengaship
by Kevin Hyde 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

Hellloooo Sinister, I finished reading Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" the other day, at 7 in the morning. It was amazing. I was absolutely reminded of something that Michael Chabon said about Gabriel Garcia-Marquez and Love in the Time of Cholera, "that book almost made it so that I would never have to write again. It was so close to perfect." Or something like that. Oh, but I kid. I had the super-urge to write after seeing Idles' post which featured a mysteriously null-setted section on Cankles, which, yeah, I can totally fill you in on, since you're all probably dying to know: Cankles, according to my younger brother, are a rarely seen phenomenon in certain females. The word cankle comes from combining 'calf' and 'ankle', and the actual physical thing is a similar deal- when a girl's calf muscle looks like it goes straight down into her shoe, then she has cankles. I think it's kind of a pejorative term, as it goes that the more slender-type (or muscular at least) ladies usually have a nice sort of reverse circumflex curve that shows where the calf ends and the ankle begins. Anyway, besides that, I have been lately watching the Homestar Runner cartoons, which are hilarious, and on the same reference-per-frame level as maybe Mystery Science Theater 3000, or even the Simpsons (well, not quite, but they are funny). I'm not sure if many of you have heard of it, but it's gaining a wider following here in the states at least, and, uh, they're just great. (www.homestarrunner.com) I had more (and more interesting) things to say, but I'm at work right now, and I get the creepy feeling sometimes that the office is insulated in some kind of synapse-deadening material. Anyway, hope you're all well, Kevin +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: The mission statement was abandoned
by Retro^Sec 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

This following post, has been created from suggested topics by members of the list, who were too busy analyising what makes a good post, to actually post. Still, with other people suggesting the topics of posting, it means therefore, that there must be interest in the topics, and this isn't just going to be ignored by the whole list, just most of it. Appealing to the few is ok too. MARILYN MANSON I think Marilyn Manson is actually pretty normal. All this nonsense about him being demonic and whatever else have you. There is nothing alternative about having long hair and wearing make up. I find him less freakish than Robbie Williams. But what is let to rebel against, when you're so popular? The man needs to get over his angsty 15 year old hang ups, and get himself a nice job as an accountant somewhere in Northampton. ICE CREAM VANS Ice Cream Vans = thriller soundtrack style creepy jingles; duty free fags; bad drawings of mikey mouse with "Mind that Child!!" written on them, which as a child I never understood, especially as I ran out from behind the van, never in front of it, so it would be the cars coming towards it that never saw me. Ten pence mix-ups; memories of watching that show with the bloke who was off of Phoenix Nights as a porn loving ice cream van owner. HOT FLAN SEX Now available from the usual outlets in Keith (as in, the place, not the person). CLOTHES I need more. i also need to lose weight, so i can fit into the old ones, and therefore have more clothes that I can wear. I want a new suit. I have this problem with clothes, that when someone else buys something new - usually someone I Know - then I want to buy something new too. Especially for going out in. CANKLES I have no idea what cankles are. There wasn't that the best post you ever read? Cheers idles xx ===== <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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Sinister: a summer wine tasting
by Kenneth P Y Chu 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

Hey sinister! Wassup. I'm just drinking a bud watchin' the game. True. British Summer Time is the best idea in the world ever. Yes you have to wake up an EXTRA HOUR EARLY for work, but the DAYLIGHT when you leave work more than makes up for it! And what's more, I've just booked my tickets for GLASTONBURY 2003! Oh my god Radiohead REM Dolly Parton all playing... I wonder if B&S will play again. I can't wait. Did you know there is a yahoo group for sinister glasto meetups? (set up by Carsmile Steve?) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/siniglasto/ and that's after B&S + DELGADOS LIVE IN GLASGOW! Glasgow then Glasto, fantastico mucho! Si señor. ------------ Wow, I've been popular once again lately on this Sinister List it seems... my name got dropped in various places there's now a crack where the capital "K" is. And apparently lately I've been....... 1) HELPFUL! Terry Underwear wrote: >>Ken (2003) is a helpful chap isn't he?<< Only when I want people to come drinking with me.. So Helpful is probably not the word. 2) WRONG!! Caitlin Pigtails wrote: >>He got the details wrong, though! If you're going to Finsbury Park >>station, use the Victoria Line.<< I think the word Pigtails was looking for was "different", both ways would get you there innit. 3) VIN DIESEL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Christine Irene wrote: >>Ken Chu....our very own XXX<< I'm not bald yet! (Hello stene btw :)) Haha, just thought I'd clear things up.. don't want people thinking I'm some sort of untouchable celebrity now. Not YET, my band has yet to play a proper gig. It's just occured to me that Mr Casarotto would make a brilliant wine critic with his light but sure touches. :) Love and Red Bulls Ken _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: the green felt battlefield, amongst others (hello to sinister)
by Peter Harris 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

Dear Sinister, Gosh, a room full of faces. Most of them look friendly. many of them look quite pretty, too! I've been lurking for a couple of months, just to soak up the atmosphere, and now, with a deep breath... I'm afraid i'm here to bore you with yet another introduction. Hello, I'm peter harris, soon to be a non-teenager as i hit the 20. Unlike when i play darts... Rather than explain myself, i'll tell you my top ten albums. They probably speak volumes. Shack - HMS Fable (1999) Mr Briggs - Landscape And Liability (1999) Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) Pavement - Terror Twilight (1999) Belle And Sebastian - Tigermilk (1997) Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun (2000) Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992) Pink Floyd - The Division Bell (1994) REM - Automatic For The People (1992) Smashing Pumpkins - Adore (1998) They are only my favourites as I can genuinely say i love each song off them, many have come close, but these ten made it. I have been moved to post by some of your wonderful prose. Is it weird speaking about 1400-odd people as a single entity? So many fractions making up a whole must be almost unique. Anyway, Ken Chu said: 'Ahh, yes, a fellow late night poker enthusiast. The next question for Chris though, should be "Can you explain the dealer button to us?"' "Well, it's a disc which moves one seat round the table each hand. The player to the immediate left posts a compulsory bet known as the small blind, then the player to their left posts double that figure, the big blind. That's what gets the action going. Insofar as i have a profession outside of being a university student (Social Anthropology and Archaeology, sounds swish - isn't), my leading money-making venture is in the world of hold 'em poker (£60 this academic year). Anyone want copies of Late Night Poker series 3,4,5 and 6? (including Beans!)? email me! For those of you not so card-savvy, may i recommend the film 'Rounders', starring Matt Damon, Edward Norton and John Malkovich. Very enjoyable, even if you don't tickle the felt. In reference to the 'war', my grandad taught me that listening to people's opinions is enough. May i be so bold as to direct you to 'Amused to Death' by Roger Waters; he lost his father in world war 2 and i think the album speaks volumes about modern conflict and the nature of "civilised" humanity. I think all the problems in the world stems from one thing - unhappiness. So, i do as much as i can to make people happy - grass roots stuff, just smiling at people, giving unexpected presents, saying nice things at the right time. If you can make others happy, you are doing the most powerful thing possible. Incidentally, i think the happiest spice is cinnamon. I had it for all 3 meals the other day and was super-happy. Is there a greater spice?? Just before i go, i'll drum up some content. I am glad that the band are the reason for so many fine minds existing on sinister. I appreciate the causes that the band support; it says something about a band when they will headline a charity concert. Using music to increase social awareness. It works. Much to my chagrin, i am too poor to afford a concert ticket; i have seen them a couple of times before, so i may just put on a CD and dance around my bedroom that night. Anyway, that's all for now; sorry to those of you who hate these lack-of-content emails, but i suppose if this had been a blistering email, improvement would have been impossible. Much love, Peter x __________________________________________________ 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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