>Hello out there!
>
>I've just joined the elite list of B&S fans and was wondering if any of you
>came from Edinburgh where I believe the list began. I'm going to
Edinburgh
>Uni in October and wanted to find out if anyone knows any cool venues or
music
>shops etc.
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>Rob
Hello I live in Edinburgh, come and meet up with us sometime. Perhaps we'll
arrange a going to the pub thing soon, maybe even Dave (Roddney) will come.
I'm sure Mr.Laird will be the first to point out that you should come to the
Egg (that of course would be if I hadn't just said it there). Plenty of
music shops, venues, well I'm sure you'll get to see the new improved
Potterrow union when it opens for freshers week.
Unfortunately however I'm not sure that the new potterrow will allows
student involvment quite as much as before, however this is as maybe, so if
you're interested in this sort of thing you may want to join and you'll get
involved with the clubs that are run and the bands that are put on and
stuff. In the past we've had such incredible charttopping bands as the Paris
Angels, the Fieldmice, Catherine Wheel etc. As you can see, the bands are
mainly shit, but that's about to change as they get an outside promoter in
to do stuff, as per the QM in Glasgow, and hopefully the improved size of
venue ought to help that.
Incidentally, when the original Potterrow building (amusingly called,
the Nelson Mandela centre - we refused a motion to change it to the Jimi
Hendrix centre a few years ago) was knocked up in the early 70's it was
envisaged that it would be an amazing concert venue (part of it's under a
huge dome), however, they made to dome of some weird perspex material which
melts in the event of a fire showering everyone with molten plastic and
plying them with carcinogenic fumes, so as a result, the fire limit under
the dome turned out to be 3. Hence not much in the way of gigs.
Cheers,
Keith.
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Hello out there!
I've just joined the elite list of B&S fans and was wondering if any of you
came from Edinburgh where I believe the list began. I'm going to Edinburgh
Uni in October and wanted to find out if anyone knows any cool venues or music
shops etc.
Cheers,
Rob
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Matthe wrot :
>In the wide travels of my temp job, I have moved from one side of >the office
>building to the other. There, I have to pull files for lots of people >who are
>too important to do so themselves. One of these people is named >Tim Hopkin,
>as opposed to Sinister's own Tim Hopkins. This remarkable >occurence has lead
>me to wonder if this new Tim is part of an alternate Sinister reality >where
>the last letter of one's name is left off. If I start meeting people >named
>Keit Watso, th Duk o Harringa, or Ta, then I will know that >something odd is
>happening in the universe. Or just more odd than usual. . .
H, H, H, Ye ther i a paralle Siniste univers wher peopl leav th las lette of thei nam of, bu a yo ca se i i no jus restricte t name.
Th univers i questio i rule b th empore Hone Grrrrr (r?) wh run a visciou campaig agains peopl wh pos cra t th lis....
I'll get me coat.
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Nothing to do with the band, well maybe theres a connection somewhere ?
Anyway, my mate chad reckons he got engaged at the weekend in a graveyard where
the aforementioned Mr Doyle is burried and he reckons its near Bournemouth in
the New Forrest, so I thought that some of you clever sinister folk could
confirm the existance of grave and graveyard.
I thought of trying The Conan Doyle in Picardy Place but I dont think its a very
good pub and I bet they wouldnt know anyway.
Thank you in anticipation for your help - I dont want the little rat to pull one
over on me as is often the case.
Mark
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Rory wrote:
> P.S. Anyone like Haruki Murakami?
>
Yes indeed! (in a Ben Elton kind of voice). Bizarre, interesting and quite
funny. Damn fine cherry pie (the delicious confectionery item in question
being a slightly strained metaphor for literature, if you hadn't guessed).
Now _that's_ a good idea: I shall take "The Hard-Boiled Wonderland
and the End of the World" with me to Paris next week so I can look
intellectual reading on le metro and in cafes. Oh joy.
ByeBye,
Liz.
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So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly
Singing about her head, as she rode by.
Robert Graves
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Hello Playmates,
That sitcom idea of Mark's has inspired me, and so I've come up with
some fine ideas for the Sinister sitcom. I toyed with "Carry on
romping" (starring Kenneth Williams as Stu Murdo, Charles Hawtrey as
Stu D, with Bernard Bresslaw fitting the Fatty Hopkins role - maybe
"fitting" isn't the right word, filling is probably more appropriate)
but once I'd cast Hattie Jacques as Honey and Babs Windsor as
Katrina, I ran out of ideas. Then I thought of those wonderful gentle
Sunday evening comedies that Julian says I love so much. I was
seriously considering "Oh! Doctor Mitchell", before I realised that it
was, in fact, bollocks.
I rejected "Are you being Sinister" (though Keith shouting "I'm free"
did have a certain appeal). "Allo, allo" got a look in too, but
Genevieve in a French maid's uniform and my great plan for the part of
Herr Flick got rejected as being...err, dodgy.
So, it's going to be the Terry and Joooooon option, I'm afraid. It's
set in leafy suburbia, a cul de sac populated by seemingly normal
Daily Mail readers, but closer imspection reveals that them to be ...
strange.
So here's the cast:
Mr Trousers: the earnest commuter, married to Susannah, a buxom young
woman with a sexual appetite to make one blush. She's always
suggesting he takes time out of his busy schedule or "can't you have
it off for once in your life?" as she puts it. Every episode revolves
around his attempts to avoid sex. However, this does not mean he
isn't interested, and his attentions are drawn frequently drawn to:
Honey, the dazzling young blonde from next door. But Honey has a
strange secret tucked away. Can you guess what it is viewers?
Needless to say, Honey works at a fruit and veg shop, and Trousers is
very partial to ripe, firm melons.
Esme, the mousy librarian always turning up at inoppurtune moments.
Anne has offered her services and suggested she has telekinetic
powers, which she is amusingly unaware of. As far as I'm concerned
this means she can make people's trousers fall down with the blink of
an eye. Anne also suggested that Esme is constantly referring to her
imaginary husband, who I shall call Mr Flopp. She is completely
bonkers.
Mr Dandycock (played by Keith), a camp hairdresser, who lives with his
"brother" Rodney. Mr Dandycock fancies Mr Trousers rotten, and is
forever suggesting he "pops round the back". For a cup of tea.
Inspector Ramsbottom, the local policeman, played by Peter Miller.
Ramsbottom is a jovial old lech, forever being called the scene of
Trousers compromising predicaments. Often he will call round to the
Trousers residence and will knock at the door and comment on
Susannah's "magnificent knockers".
Until next time...shake your booty,
Love Tag x
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..will score against Brazil. I've just got this feeling.
So that's my last post to the list before unsubscribing - what a way to
go. I'm leaving my job today and although I'll get on to the digest at
my earliest it feels like something is really changing. I can't remember
when I subscribed to the list first but ever since, sinister has been a
major part of my working day adding a touch of everything that's missing
from the working life of a 28 year old analyst programmer.
Thanks very much to everybody and it's been really nice to meet so many
of you at manchester or the picnics or the social. I love the list. :)
But I'm looking forward to comming atcha once again soon and the good
news is I won't be Johnston, John CT ever again!
xx
john crace trewin johnston
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The subject refers to me, myself and I.
For lo, on Sunday I took part in an attempt to break the record for the
world's largest orchestra:
So I drove down to Ashford with some other intrepid musicians,
waited in a queue for parking for aaaaages, got sorted with some sheet music
and sat down to await the call to arms.
Christ, how many 5-year old recorder players and mini violinists can
there _be_ in Kent? All confused about where to stand and needing their
music rescued from the evil clutches of the wild Kentish wind every 10
seconds.
Due to the bizarre weather, I got a sunburnt nose and then
simultaneously drowned and whiplashed by the wind and rain.
Anyway, after an hour or so of rehearsing, we actually played the
piece (specially composed for the occasion and not much cop, frankly.
"Music for Multitudes"? Sheesh...). 9 minutes long, and the heroic
conductor managed to keep everyone together by way of being 20ft up in the
air on a scaffold and waving his arms in increasingly large circles for beat
indications.
We did it! Yay! 2212 players (beating the record of 2049). I've
got a nice certificate and everything...
Ecch, and then I had to hang around for another hour to play with my
windband in the VIP tent. Never mind, it was a good day.
I just thought you should know, see...
ByeBye,
Liz.
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Swept off his tall hat to the Squire's own daughter,
So let the imprisoned larks escape and fly
Singing about her head, as she rode by.
Robert Graves
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>Date: Sat, 6 Jun 1998 10:10:31 EDT
>From: EmitEcaps(a)aol.com
>Subject: Sinister: Rufus Wainwright
>
> I just want to know if anybody's heard the Rufus Wainwright >album? I
listened to most of it yesterday and REALLY liked it. Kind >of a moer
folksy Radiohead meets the Divine Comedy (the strings) and >Ben Folds
Five (the piano playing). I just thought I'd spread the >word...
Oh my dear! i have been smitten with this CD since february (and it
didn't come out until May) when I first heard him on KCRW's Morning
Becomes Eclectic. He did an in studio performance that I happend to
catch half of. (amazing since i'm not usually up early enough to hear
it).
And now that I have the CD, it's barely left my player since the day I
bought it.
I've been playing it in the car a lot...and my dad likes him. He's also
decided that he likes Pulp, as I was playing bits of This Is Hardcore in
the car as well.
My dad is so hip.
And if you would like to hear a sampling of fair Rufus' mucis, check out
his KCRW appearance in the KCRW archives at www.liveconcerts.com. check
out the february one as it is longer and better than his May appearance.
Get the hence. There will be a quiz, so pay attention:)
~Courtney
The Sultraness of Swing
"Go to all the poshest places, with their familiar faces...."
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