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Sinister: Ulysses, Cities of Gold, Bananaman...
by iles＠boreas.leeds.icnet.uk 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

>From: Mark Smith <mark.smith2(a)christ-church.oxford.ac.uk> > >On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, Mark Iles wrote: > >> I beg to differ. Ulysses 31 hardly used the novel as the basis for a linear >> derivative storyline. The characters were transposed into the 31st Century. >> Apart from having the same names and trying to get home, as >> Odysseus/Ulysses was, the storylines were good. And they certainly never >> gave the impression of being aimed at children. > >I don't really think it's relevant to compare (the superb) Ulysses '31 >with the likes of Dangermouse. Coming from different eras they catered >for different stages in my development. Dangermouse was broadcast 1981-83 I'm sure it was on when I was in infants school, which I would have left when I was about seven, in 1981. I remember seeing it for the first time round a friend's house and being very impressed by it. Are you sure these aren't the dates it was shown in the US, or something? >(according to that "cream.tv" thing - cheers whoever it was - Rod?) I must have missed this one. Could someone remind me of the URL... >Ulysses '31 catered for the typical 8-year-old desire for robots, monsters >and space-ships, and took itself much more seriously than Dangermouse, in >a similar vein to "Thundercats"... These (along with BOTP) were great at >the time, but due to their po-facedness just didn't leave as much of an >impression. No, I always thought that Ulysses was quite different to Thundercats. Thundercats were definitely in the He-Man style, although very good. While Ulysses seemed to pay a lot more attention to detail with the aforementioned backgrounds and music - very atmospheric. Shame about Nono, that stupid jokey robot. For smart plotting you can't beat The Mysterious Cities of Gold (one of my all-time fave cartoons). >Ultimately it's just down to how old you were when these things were >broadcast as to how strongly you feel about particular series... True, I was a bit older when Ulysses was on... >PS - "Their bodies will remain as lifeless... as stone" ... "father, oh >father" etc etc. Classic. I always found that dead spooky. I loved that programme. And weren't the Gods mean bastards? He may have killed the cyclops, but it was in self defence Your Honour! Ulysses, Ulyssee-ees, flying through all the galaxiee-ees, in search of Earth, flying into the suuuun. Ulysseee-eee-eee-eee-eees no one else can do the things you do.... >Bananaman yay! 13 Acacia Avenue! "When Eric eats a banana!" (etc etc) Cool! And the voices were by the Goodies, who I used to think were top when i was little. Anyone remember the name of the alien baddy who looked a bit like a Vogon? >If anyone's getting sick of this whole cartoon thang, stop me oh-ho-ho >stop me... No way. I'm enjoying this. Mark ___________________________________________________________________________ Mark Iles, Tel: +44 (0113) 2065042 Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Fax: +44 (0113) 2340183 Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Ashley Wing, Email: iles(a)boreas.leeds.icnet.uk St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, "Libraries gave us power" LS9 7TF Manic Street Preachers U.K. ____________________________________________________________________________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: G-Force!
by ELIZABETH DAPLYN 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

sezah wrote: > on the other topic that was introduced by the starry one, i used to watch > all those fab cartoons - dangermouse, bananaman, et.al. but i must say > G-Force were my favourites.... Flippin' eck, and here's me having spent half the day ensnared in the clutches of that tv.cream thing that Rodddd (a bad influence on _this_ cartoon nostalgic at the least) posted the URL for, and looking for stuff on G-Force (or Gatchaman, as I have learnt the original version was called, or Battle of the Planets as _another_ alternate identity) at the very moment when this email arrived. I only ever saw a couple of episodes of G-Force (the American version), because when my family were living in Nigeria our next-door neighbours had a video of the aforesaid, which we watched religiously, interspersed with viewings of Star Wars. Anyway, a top programme in the comedy-robot-also-included vein (see Ulysses 31 for another comedy robot sidekick). OK, who watched Round The Bend on ITV in the late 80s? It had nicely scatological spoofs of Thundercats ("Thunderpants", led by the mighty Y-Front-O and facing the deadly evil of Bum-Ra) and He-Man, amongst others. Oh, and "Jamie and the Magic Kilt" ("What shall I pull oot frae under ma kilt today, kids?") was also on it. Oh oh oh! I just found Look & Read! Ah, the joys of watching Dark Towers and Geordie Racer just after break at junior school... > these > past few days i have had stuartm counting "1,2,3,4.." (like at the > beginning > of mayfly) in my head, with the result that i have been marching around > town > everywhere in time to his counting!! and no matter how hard i try, i > cannot > break the rhythm. When "We Rule The School" gets into my head, it's impossible to get rid of (not that I'd really want to), and I find myself muttering "on a BEECH tree rudely CARVED, NC loved ME" to myself as I stride around to the rhythm thus engendered. Ho hum. > hasta la vista, > Liz. > > ***************************************** > Man is the only animal that blushes. > Or needs to. > > Mark Twain > ***************************************** > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: tapes
by Cory McClure 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

As an American fan of Belle and Sebastian I am finding that it is very hard to locate certain items (i.e. tigermilk, and the recording sessions) so I come to you for help. Is there anyone who might be interested in making a trade. For my half of the bargain, I have live tapes from many shows (The Cannanes, Sonic Youth, the Make*Up, Modest Mouse,...) that I would be willing to send out. Cory McClure I make all of my own tapes so the recordings are quite good. Write me directly for more details. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE:Sinister: The goodbye makes the journey harder still
by sezah 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

the murray johnstone employee wrote: "Hold on this is utter nonsense. I've got email at home. And no-one knows what my home email is, so now I can pretend to be someone else. HAHAHAHAHA. Joy." ahhhh, i beg to differ - here is one person who *does* know what your home e-mail is, so you will have to behave!! otherwise, i'm dobbing. on the other topic that was introduced by the starry one, i used to watch all those fab cartoons - dangermouse, bananaman, et.al. but i must say G-Force were my favourites....and what about astroboy, hmm?? perhaps he is a given. and does anyone remember the beatles cartoon?? i think i must have learnt all my beatles lyrics from the lovely sing-a-longs at the end...and the snickering mutley?? oh! and speaking of dogs, what about hong kong phooey??!! and the brown hornet?? and jabba jaws?? and josie and the pussycats?? gee, i could go on all night...but i won't. 8) and my b&s content, i hear you cry?? unfortunately, i only have this - these past few days i have had stuartm counting "1,2,3,4.." (like at the beginning of mayfly) in my head, with the result that i have been marching around town everywhere in time to his counting!! and no matter how hard i try, i cannot break the rhythm. i fear i shall be reduced to those old tricks, when as a child, i would adopt a funny limp or walk in public to make people look at me. hmmm.... sezah xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The Kids on the street will never give in
by McTaggart, Robert 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

Hey You The Rock-Steady Crew, Unlike everyone else I take no pleasure in being in the top ten postees. It implies that I have no life. Nothing could be further from the truth - I have nine lives, like a cat, all of them vibrant and thrilling. So I haven't posted for a while in an attempt to let other people overtake me. So what are you lot talking about, eh - kid's TV. Again? Oh well, each to their own. And the Close Roosters, I mean, Lobsters as well. Where *do* they get those names from? And what is this 'ironic pop' of which someone spoke in relation to Saint Etienne? What the hell is ironic pop? Saint Etienne mean it, maaaan. Nick Dastoor wrote in response to Minskikorsikov's ink polaroid: >>this one is taken that evening, at the poetry cafe during the blue soda social. i am currently whupping >>nick dastoor's ass at operation." > >This is true. However, in my defence I would say: > >a) My hands were shakier than usual on account of being thrown into >the meeting-people-off-the-list-in-real-life thing all of a sudden. I >was expecting Megan to be a 76 year old hermaphrodite from Yemen and >was taken aback to find that was Tag and that Megan was instead a 19 >year old female from New York. Dastoor, you're a disgrace. Not only were you beaten by an American, but your excuses are fraudulent. You're thinking of Trousers, and he's only 75, from Qatar, and he's a eunuch, not a hermaphrodite. >b) I was too intent on getting myself out of a Francoise Hardy faux pas I had made with Tag. And I still haven't forgiven you. You have incurred to wrath of Tag, and that is a fearsome thing. No-one disses Francoise and lives. Actually I first read that as "a pass I made at Tag". That got me quite aroused, I must confess. Incidentally, the Serge Gainsbourg night on the Renfrew Ferry was a blast, highlights included Chris Leonard shagging Norman Fanclub, Anne drooling over Antoine de Caunes, Little Stevie Jackson's rendition of "Lolita go home", which brought a tear to my eye. The next night Keith, Anne, Elisabeth and I went to the 13th Note, where we drank like crazed fools, and discussed Mental As Anything. Later, we made the taxi driver turn up Bryan Adams on the radio to stop Elisabeth from getting homesick. Keef "I no longer rule, I merely govern, because I wussed out and went home to bed at 9.30 rather than going for a drink with The Kids like a true ruler would" Watson wrote: >Certainly not, in fact the more "new" people coming along the better, well, as new as anyone can be on >a list that's only run for 9 months. Indeed a few of us now know each other but that's absolutely nothing >to do with not wanting new people to come along. Please do. Isn't Keith a nice man? But I think it would so much better if him and Wodney could spend a little time alone together at the Edinburgh picnic so they can whisper stories from the Ronnie Corbett joke book in each others ears until the sun goes down. I'm sure none of you want to be accused of being a gooseberry. Actually ruling is so passe and now the word on the streets is "romp". Je rompe, tu rompe, il/elle rompe, nous rompons, vous rompez, ils/elles rompent. The verb takes the avoir form in the perfect tense, incidentally. As in, "ce weekend, nous avons rompé, et je voudrais romper avec toi encore, parce que c'etait genial, mon petit gateau au pate d'amandes". You don't know what I'm on about, do you? Love Tag xx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: Sinister: Sinister：トウキョウピクニック？Tokyo piku nikku]
by Kaori Laird 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

Hi Aya-chan, Good to know you haven't left Japan for good. I could have asked Japanese listees for picknic, but I have been pregnant for some time so I felt I am not really the one to call for such a event. I love to join if there will be no pregnancy complication arise. But me and my husband are planning a trip in the first week of July to fly back home in Scotland and NYC for holiday if I can get a doctor's permission to travel........ At a moment, I will say "YES" but I won't be able to drink, smoke, sniff.......T-T I am interested in Fuji Rock Festival especially for Beck, but I don't think I can be there...... T-T Hve you finished your homework yet? love and kiss, Kaori Laird

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Sinister: Kiddie telly
by Marylka＠aol.com 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

Hellooo, I have just two words for you......PIGEON STREET. You can forget your Bananaman and your Dangermouse, Pigeon Street is the classiest programme in the history of the world. la la la ...er...la la down the street, here are some people you might meet....er...OK so I can't remember the theme tune. Well looks like my memory has gone down the toilet, but i have incredibly fond memories of Pigeon Street. I even have the LP somewhere...... lots and lots of love Milka xxx *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Boycott shampoo! Demand the REAL poo!! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Longest Day
by Keith Watson 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

Indeed the longest day is on June 20th. It turns out that the following bands are playing : Teenage Fannyclub, Toaster, Astrid, Speeder (is this the band or is it the club?), Ground control, Nimbus, The Bathers and Andy White. 2pm to 10pm and there's a club night in the QM later on with Andy Smith (Portishead) - this costs 8 quid though, from Fopp and Beat museum. Cheers, Keith.

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Sinister: The goodbye makes the journey harder still
by Chris Leonard 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

Dear Friends and Lovers, I have left you. Some of you may have noticed a rather silly little message this morning, requesting that any Murray Johnstone employee be taken off the list. Well that Murray Johnstone employee is me. Some mail went wrong, I owned up, I got told off for breaking the company policies/abusing company resources etcetra etcetra and was finally given the ultimatum - a career or a discussion about Dogtanian. So I'm afraid that's it. I've had a lovely time, thank you for having me. I miss all you crazy kitties already, and I've only been off the list for three hours. Oh my eyes are welling up. Now. Go on, leave me here. I'll be all right. love, light, peace forever, Chris xxx Hold on this is utter nonsense. I've got email at home. And no-one knows what my home email is, so now I can pretend to be someone else. HAHAHAHAHA. Joy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister(a)majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Bananaman!!
by Huw Jenkins 03 Jun '98

03 Jun '98

That's my particular favourite. Every fancy dress party I ever go to I dress up as Bananaman. I don't really know why, I guess that you can be pretty sure that no-one else is going to look the same as you, even though I do look a bit silly at Halloween but I make up for it by wearing a pair of fangs in me chompers. Huw. 'I don't know why I did it, I don't know why I enjoyed it and I don't know why I'll do it again' -Bart Simpson.

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