The other day I was trying to remember which one of my friends had bought
her boyfriend a copy of Zen and The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance only to be
shown up by one of her friends buying the boyfriend something a yillion
times more expensive and grand. Then I realized it wasn't a friend - it was
an episode of Will & Grace.
Due to illness my cognitive processes aren't all they're cracked up to be
(or rather they are all they've cracked up to be) so I won't try and make
this a long post. However, I did want to send out public birthday greetings
to Sinister's Beloved Minx - Miss Maddie who turns 24 today. Since I can't
use my memory or good nature (what good nature?) as a resource I shall turn
to my Wonder Woman Miss Maddie Minx quote book to find reasons wisdom from
our own MMM.
Church:
"Oh, you shouldn't be going to Church. THere's no telling what kind of
people you'll meet there."
Christmas:
"Why can't these people see that Christmas is not about gifts, it's about
drinking and insulting one's blood relations?"
Parents:
"My mother is OK. She looks like my dad beat her up, but he would never do a
thing like that... he's too busy working.
Facial Features:
"I'm so asymetrical I look like Phil Oakley's hair do."
This is just an introduction because one day I plan to complete my
collection, publish it, and make you all pay full price for it. However,
don't worry because it will come with a free Minx Doll which will make the
entire effort worthwhile.
In other news: I didn't protest, I didn't see the Go Betweens, and I didn't
see Camera Obscura while dancing beside Stuart Murdoch trying to slip a
"valentines" in his pocket. However, I have been moping around being sickly
while listening to Casiotones For The Painfully Alone wishing it was Belle &
Sebastian's Rollercoaster Ride on but too lazy to change the CD so that must
count for something.
Love & birthday kisses,
Laura
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Hello all,
It's taken me three attempts to get to this compose window, and I'm missing
the keys, and pressing two at a time and it's taking ages, all because I
have flu.
There are people a lot worse off than me all over the worldd, but I'm not
going down that political path, oh no. I am just here begging for sympathy.
I do get a little bit from my girlfriend (still haven't asked her to marry
me yet - check out an old message, dunno which one, but it's stored
somewhere in this magical sinister internetty world)), but I can see it's
beginning to grate, with me tossing and turning and sweating and coughing
and sneezing and wheezing.
So, anyone out there in innernet land want to stroke me with their sympathy,
feel free.
I am a sympathy craving useless with a sore nose and an unshaven face. Go
on, give me an "Ahh, never mind, you'll get well soon, you poor thing"
Thanks
Paulo
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Caity Pig, have you been at the Buckfast again? Stewpot Mudcock himself
talks of marching. Look, itÂ’s right here at the top of the News page:
http://www.belleandsebastian.co.uk/home/ I put it to you, then, that
talking about marching on this list is C*O*N*T*E*N*T, innit? So, anyway,
for the first time since the heady days of the Criminal Justice Act (nee
Bill), I dragged myself out of bed for a spot of protesting. Well, it was
such a nice day, wasnÂ’t it? Jim will be pleased to hear that we managed a
sinigroup of five: Nick Dastoor, Paul Field, Sally Moore, Ally Cook and
myself. There may have been more, but it was hard to spot people you knew
amongst the thousands - half way along we looked up the hill and all we
could see was people, then down the hill and all we could see was people.
I hope Rachel found some company – I didn’t read her email until this
morning.
The previous night, we went to see the lovely Camera Obscura at Hyndland
Church Hall. I will now attempt a list of people who were there. I will
inevitably miss somebody so if itÂ’s you, I apologise in advance. Here
goes: Lily Cook, Miss Sally Moore, Mr Paul Gingerfox, NumNal, Patrick
Municipool, Ms Stacymite, Richard of Beckingham, IdleSecy, Quiff Richard,
Mobile Matt, Starfire Dave, Michael G, Big Stu, Katrina, Sarah D,
Mistopher Chris and Mrs Julia and, of course, the lovely Miss Carey
Lander, who has miraculously transformed from the shy wee thing in this
picture (http://www.missprint.org/sinister/people/CareySmile.html) into
a vixtrel of stunnery in her red pencil skirt, lacy knee-highs and pointy
polka dot shoes, wrinkling her forehead at us from behind her keyboards.
And the King of Partick was magisterial. Those of you who like some
content to fill out your sinisandwich might be interested to know that the
following members of your favourite band were present: Sarah, Stuart,
Stevie, Bob and Chris. Whoops, I just typed Christ by mistake. The music
was great with lots of new songs and, as far as I know, nobody recording
the loveliness (!!!) The restriction on the number of people was
ridiculous but gave the thing a feel of exclusivity to those of us on the
inside and there was crazy dancing in the aisles which I think was due to
the Church HallÂ’s BYO rule, a sure-fire way to drink rather a lot, eh?
In other news, what a surprise to see Steve Kado back! He remains the
only Sinisterine I have ever dreamt about.
I think this is the namedroppiest post I have ever written.
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I'm not sure that I've ever wished myself in Perth before, but I would
have loved to see the Go-Betweens at the weekend. If any band can take
a mind off impending war then it might be the Go-Betweens. Like Belle &
Sebastian, it's music that can stir hearts and soothe souls.
On Friday I walked home listening to B&S. The sun was shining, I was
going to make risotto. The small pleasures seem so important these
days. The sound of that sweet voice going 'laa lalala lalala
lalalaalala' was enough to make me cry.
I feel entirely entitled to mention this unwanted, terrifying war,
incidentally - did anyone complain about 'list abuse' on Spetember 11th
2001? No. There are some things which - even here - are more important
than B&S, for one day at least. 1.5 million people marched through
London, along with many thousands more across the world, in the name of
peace - why the hell should that go unmentioned? It's not just
politics, it's our lives.
Celebrating Valentine's Day felt slightly self-indulgent, considering.
So the best tune for the day seemed to be Doris singing 'Did you give
the world some love today baby'...
I'm reading Hidden Agendas by John Pilger at the moment, a book to make
you sad, angry, shocked at how little of the truth about the world we
really get from our 'free' media. Read it.
And, ok, I still fret about putting on weight and having no money, I
still hanker after nice shoes and Belgian buns. I'm not scared that I
won't see tomorrow. I feel happy and lucky most of the time and can,
rightly or wrongly, forget.
So I'm still remaking websites and still writing poetry and wanting
other people to write too (see below). AND I'm still having a picnic in
Brighton on Saturday 1st March, and you're still all invited to get
pissed and eat fish and chips and paddle in the sea and inspect the
collapsed remains of the West Pier. Please come!
'Love goes on anyway.'
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hi,
As Jeremy mentioned The Go-Betweens played in Perth on the weekend. They were simply stunning. Grant was looking as cute and charming as ever, and Robert is pure charisma and has the sexiest eyebrows in rock. They played a nice spread of songs from all of their old albums, and a few new ones too (the new album promises to be fantastic). Here is a jumbled up setlist with at least 5 songs missing:
Caroline and I
Ms Morgan
Magic in Here
Surfing Magazines
Bye Bye Pride
The Clock
Was There Anything I Could Do?
Spring Rain
German Farmhouse
The House the Jack Kerouac Built
Head Full of Steam
Cattle and Cane
Love is a Sign
And good news for all you Glaswegians, The GoBetweens are nexy playing in Glasgow on April 25. Go and see them!
Thanks to my one true love's Amy and Alex, and to Jay for organising things. You are all dreamy. As is Gina (late presents are always the best!).
take care,
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Hey Sinister. I thought I'd write more. I like getting and reading
everyone else's so much I thought I'd contribute a little myself.
I've been following the cricket world cup, even though I'm from Illinois
where everyone is too busy following the Cubs to care about cricket too
much. I played it once last fall. There are some pretty good cricket
players at my school; we get quite a few students from India and they've a
lot of them played before. Anyway, I was pretty happy that Canada won
their first game. I'm not really pulling for anyone in particular (south
africa) but I guess I'm partial to the Canadians, since nobody expected
them to win anything and Minnesota is really South Canada at heart. It's
still hockey country, though.
The music department here got a new professor who specializes in studying
popular music, and so next term there's going to be a class completely
dedicated to it. He taught a class called "Music of the 1960s" this term
where John Cage and the Beatles and such like were all over the syllabus; I
expect much of the same from this class only more hardcore, since it's
apparently a "research seminar" and he uses words like "semiotics" in the
course description, and I don't even know what that is. But I like music!
So it seems like a good trade-off. Also, there's going to be a music
interest house next year, or at least some folks are planning it. I like
how Carleton is suddenly Indie Rock University now.
So I have been listening to the college radio station, and not just having
a show on it. It's gotten me really excited about new music from Cat Power
and the notwist, and I'll have to buy new records all over the place when
they come out finally. I really wish someone had told me about Cat Power
sooner, although I suppose if I listened to more college radio they would.
I guess that's all I have to say. I wish we'd get more snow, but the word
is it's supposed to be warm next week, which I guess isn't too bad.
Incense and peppermints,
Kevin
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Hello kidzzzzzz,
Haha, when I said kidzzzzzz I didn't imply that you guys are boring.
Although it's nice that there is so much Talking About The List On The List
activity going on here, which is what the list is all about~ (notice the
presence of a Northy Snake just there).
Hope the anti-war marches went well, I unfortunately was only able to join a
small part of this march due to the need to watch the FA Cup 5th Round
matches. I was also hoping to make B&S Anti-War Banners for the marching
troopers e.g.
"Innocence of the Middle-Eastern commoner"
"Get Bush away from here, he's lying"
"Fold your hands George, you talk like an ignoramus"
"Is it wicked not to Blair?"
"The Blair done wrong again"
"Bushy's losing it."
etc.
But I didn't cos the ones I came up with (see above) were pretty shit.
I have listened to Dog and Wheels EP today, it was like kissing a long lost
lover but without the Glandular Fever.
I love you guys.
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I, for one, agree. Being in America, I've found it hard to discuss
politics/current events with some of my friends, especially my
ultra-conservative family. I was under the assumption that this was a
mailing list for b&s fans and whatever they may have to say. I'm interested
in hearing comments on current events from all over the world. Otherwise I'm
just another sheltered, ignorant American who wants to stay in the dark so
they can go on with their daily lives.....or the other extreme, which is
running out to buy canned food, gallons of water, and duct tape because they
believe everything they hear on CNN. I don't think this should turn into a
forum for budding politicians and the like, i still want to hear about
everyone's new favorite band, who they have a crush on that they're still
trying to get the nerve to talk to(me included), and i would cry if i didn't
get a ken chu or laura llew post at least once a week cos they make me
smile.
i obviously don't post that much, but it's something i feel really strongly
about, and i wanted to show support for anne.
xoxo
angela
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Yes, yes, I know I shouldn't do this.
In the past, people have started talking politics on Sinister. It has
started flamewars. People got very heated over things, which isn't
very nice.
If you want to post about politics, there are lots of places you can go
to. Find a mailing list for that sort of thing. Start your own
website and write about it there. Reread the Sinister FAQ. This isn't
- it says - a list for writing pages and pages of politics *even if*
every sane person in the civilised world agrees with you. It's also
not a list for saying "will anyone else be at [blah blah blah]"
tomorrow. Even if you're one of those deluded people who thinks they
can change the world by waving a banner about: this still isn't the
right place for it.
xx
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goodness me. has it been so long? it hasn't been long at all, really.
to be truthful, i'm looking for sinisters from alabama or somewhere close.
i'm planning a picnic and everyone knows picnics are best with music playing
and dogs running and nice people so i'd love it if any of you that are
within a car ride away from Mobile, Alabama would join myself and a few of
my friends in having a picnic on some beautiful day. it will be in a few
weeks and we'll definitely have to plan something. any of you from
pensacola, fl (i need to make friends from there as i might be moving there
this summer!) willing to make the trip or if there is even anyone from
mississippi that would like to join us should e-mail me. i'll update anyone
that is interested via e-mail outside of sinister.
there will be triangle-shaped finger sandwhiches (pb&j, ham, and maybe
turkey) made by yours truly, capri suns (unless any of you would like
something different), swinging on swings, a nice cd player playing any music
i have or any that you would like to bring, and maybe even some frisbee
throwing.
anyone interested e-mail me at bettybelles(a)hotmail.com.
i hope to have a few replies!
xoxo,
elizabeth
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