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Sinister: NME Brats
by Jemima the Jiving Jurrasic Jellybaby 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

B&S's positions in the NME Brat poll: Best Band: Position 18 (between Supergrass & Placebo!) Best New Band: Postion 13 (Between Natalie Imbrooglywoogly and Mansun <snigger>) Oh, and they're mentioned in the "Great Europops Hits We Have Loved" feature: NOT ACTUALLY, STRICLY, TECHNICALLY EUROPOP (ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT THINK SO): Whigfield (too weedy), `Macarena' (too old, disturbingly traditional sound), `Rock Me Amadeus' (Eurorock really, and acknoledges history, although seminal rapping involved), Belle & Sebastian (far too boring). Rod. (ON-TOPIC!!! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!) Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Acelloyellos: n. People who speed through caution lights ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands...
by poetry place2 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

In the immortal words of Mr Glitter, hello, hello, it's good to be back... This dream business is getting quite disturbing,,, On Tuesday night I dreamt that all bands, by law, had to include a B&S song in their sets every time they played live. Last night I dreamt that I met Richard the drummer. We shook hands and he told me I had the softest hands he had ever touched. What does it all mean? By the by, I think that Stewpot and co will be hard pushed to come up with a better title for the next record than "The Song Snake". It certainly has the right level of double entendre... Mr Prickman wrote: > difficulty of successfully realizing "Under Milk Wood" lying in the need > to create a "web of sound" with the voices, so that the rhythms and tones > of the speech culminate in an overall effect that envelopes the audience <snip!> > Somehow this *does* relate to the starting point of Dylan Thomas, but > probably in a way that doesn't come across well here...oh well, I tried. No, don't stop Greg! I was just getting into it! Here's to more practical criticism on the list! As long as it's not about Murray Lachlan Young. I don't suppose anybody out there wants to explain the Rabelasian subtexts of Gravity's Rainbow to me, do they? Mrs Tag said: > as the world turns...my poor Gargoyle (kitty) she is going crazy..Sausage is > beating her up..... As Eric Morecambe used to say, there's no answer to that is there? Megannewculteveryday wrote: > have you guys seen those beanie babies? i have a little brown kitty cat > toy named jane (for the obvious reasons). now every time i look in shop > windows, i start picking out more. i've found judy and jenny so far, and > both want come home with me. Genevieve, look what you've started! These kooky kidz are taking over the list! David's picnic sounds like a jolly good idea. In the meantime, for those of you in the London area, a few of us are meeting up at the Poetry Cafe on Betterton Street in Covent Garden on Friday after 7pm, if you fancy coming along. Even you, Northy! I'll try and get the twister board ready. Stevie Trousers xxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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by Claire Timmins 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

I'm exceedingly annoyed. Got called into work and made my flatmates promise to record alternative nation on MTV last night. Got in at 1am and they hadn't bothered. Does anyone want to tell me what was on/if it was good/ what the DOW's vid is like? I did however have a B&S dream where Stuart David was sitting opposite me in a school dining hall. However he looked like Howard Stern, (sorry Stuart!). Stuart Murdoch then walked past looking rather chubby. Sorry boys I don't mean all these things, its my subconcious I just can't control it........ Claire ( not as happy as previously, no bloody wonder really.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Two Sinister Lists
by Reid Dossinger 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

> perhaps this problem would be solved if we had two mailing lists. One > strictly for any Belle & Sebastian news, reviews, rumours etc and the other > to be used for the other stuff we seem to chat about here. Nah. That sounds like a good idea in theory, but think about it this way: EVERY ONE of the chats about non-B&S related stuff came (at one point or another) from a very B&S related conversation. You might be able to have a list dedicated to just news for a while, but it'd trail off eventually. The only good compromise to this I've seen is the "Radiohead announce" list, which is just a news flash about Radiohead every so often. But once you get people with free time and an email address and access to even the strictest "news" list, there's no taming it. In other news, I read a good article on B&S this weekend that may have been mentioned here before. It was in the magazine Puncture, and was written by Tsunami frontwoman Jenny Toomey. It was pretty wordy, but very praising of good ol' B&S. It brought up some interesting points about religion in Stuarts lyrics, and had this horribly written "review" of B&S's NYC show (not written by Jenny Toomey). Anyway, if anyone gets a chance to read it, do. BUT, I need an answer to something: at one point in the article, ol' Jenny claimed that Monica Queen is actually Isobel singing under an assumed name. But I thought I had read on this list that Monica Queen is an entirely different person from Isobel altogether, and that she's in other bands. So if anyone feels like responding to this oft-asked question, ooh, that'd be appreciated. Saw a man being arrested this morning, Reid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Et Cetera
by Thaian N Ton 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

* as a member of the E.E. Cummings literary society, all this talk of his poetry got me hot and bothered enough to post on here as a newbie; perhaps not much b&s content but it seems that conversation has gravitated towards the literature corner. amh wrote "ok, so he has to be held responsible for the fact that everyone and her cat now uses lower case letters, even tho that wasn't the point: cummings did use upper-case (as you'll know, having read the stuff: i guess i'm talking here to people who haven't) .." well, yes, i have read cummings & realized that even his name is officially capitalized. i just thought i'd put my two cents worth that i think that eec is a wonderfully overlooked poet of the 20th century & everyone should try him out, if but once (i must say that his complete works are my bookshelf's pride & joy) try out his 6 nonlectures if you're not into poetry, or if you get very ambitious, try out his biography 'dreams in the mirror' . xaipe (rejoice) -thai-an **** somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond any experience,your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens (touching skilfully,mysteriously)her first rose or if your wish be to close me,i and my life will shut very beautifully,suddenly, as when the heart of this flower imagines the snow carefully everywhere descending; nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of your intense fragility: whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries, rendering death and forever with each breathing (i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens;only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody,not even the rain, has such small hands e.e.cummings *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Who writes the songs that make the happy bunnies hum.
by Johnston, John CT 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

or why I love this list.... 1. I've just got 'meat' samosa all over the computer screen after laughing so much at Tag's last mail while having my lunch. I'm still giggling now and I've started on my Ribena, by thunder I could short circuit the whole place if I'm not carefull. But anything that can do that to me at work has got to be A Good Thing. 2. It makes me listen to other people 3. It makes me listen to more B&S and more than B&S. On a B&S point, I can't stop listening to Photo Jenny and Century of Elvis. I've just made a tape that runs those two into Speed of Light by the Fannies and I listen to it on the way home quite overwhelmed by opportunites for loveliness and beauty that our humble lives afford us. But I never used to be keen on either of those two songs, just one day I was listening and they struck something new inside me. it reminds me of my love of e.e.cummings. I have two little books of his poems and I adore his stuff. Not all of it; I reckon it's like life - most of it doesn't make sense, some of it is rubbish but then come bits that are so beautiful that it makes up for everything else. And whenever I flick through those books I find new bits. Poems I've looked at a hundred times may suddenly 'speak' to me. I read one that made me cry last week that has never meant anything to me before. It starts "in time's a noble mercy of proportion" and I ought to stick it up on my website at my earliest. B&S are like that for me, I'm still finding new treasures in an admittedly still small pool; long may it continue. the faith? I'm keeping it. john xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: skinhead
by bradford 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

well. i purchased today what is the first bad album from a go-betweens offshoot that i've heard. i've bought all the albums (except for 16 lovers lane...does anyone know why i'm having such a hard time finding this one when the others were relatively easy to come by?). and i got some of the solo stuffs by mclennan and forster.... but today i purchased jack frost. i like mclennan solo stuff and i used to like the church even though the only really good album they had was starfish, but jack frost doesn't cut it for me. they ain't my flava. i got snowjob, the album not the action. funny name for an album. is their other album any better or more of the same? and kicking it on a b&s tip homeboy, word.....i turned on a skinhead today....wait, that doesn't sound right already. i turned a skinhead on to b&s. well, he isn't much of a skinhead but he reckons himself to be one. anyway, his listening pleasures can be found in m.o.d. or d.r.i. or the foreskins.....really shitty hard stuff. but he thought b&s were pretty nice. he wants me to tape some for him. spreading the gospel, brad ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: daydreams
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

well, i haven't had any dreams about snakes in the cupboard or visiting the band. unfortunately, the band is as maddeningly elusive in my dreams as they are in life. i keep kicking myself for missing them when they came to new york the first time, though really i know that there was nothing i could do otherwise. and somehow, i never realized how long it would be until my chance would come again. but it will, i know. even if i have to beat up every other belle and sebastian fan in new york, although that scenario would probably be a lose/lose situation as i would end up broken, bloodied, and without a ticket. so in the meantime, i've been listening to a few other things. lately i've decided that i must get more music by the cat's miaow. their cover of "i fall to pieces" makes me do the same. i don't know how many of you have heard them, i had thought that they were fairly popular, but have never seen one of their cds in a record store. i won't ask questions about it, i have the mail order addresses somewhere. but i'd recommend that everyone listen to them, because i know i won't need to say anything more. have you guys seen those beanie babies? i have a little brown kitty cat toy named jane (for the obvious reasons). now every time i look in shop windows, i start picking out more. i've found judy and jenny so far, and both want come home with me. however, i believe my roommates think i'm cracking under the stress with all the time i spend with my kitty. but she is my computer mascot after all! okay, i'm reaching completely irrelevant territory. xox megan mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu visit the magnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: Brotherly abuse & Harvey Wlliams
by steve genge 04 Feb '98

04 Feb '98

> > I used to go on family picnics to the Copper Horse in > > Windsor Great Park. We used to play hide and seek and I played > > football with my brother. Surely a ball would be a better alternative? Um I had a B&S dream which involved me turning up in Manchester with B&S playing in a scout hut, me having no ticket & being befreiended by Harvey Williams from top Sarah band Another Sunny Day. Needless to say I woke up in a cold sweat. Which was weird as I went to sleep in my bed. Goodnight & godbless you've been beautiful. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Sinister: The Quest for the Truth - what exacty is a cutie?
by Yaz 03 Feb '98

03 Feb '98

>What exacty is a cutie? O dear, i feel this might be due to me using it as my siggy too many times. Well, a cutie is a common abbreviation for "cutiepie" - a growing species, and one that is closely related to the "honeypies", often found in their native Brummyland and distant cousins of the "Happy Bunnies". Distinguishing features include a vast display of technical computer knowledge and a propensity towards paedophilia. Hence, the species can be defined by the prime example of one Mr. Paul S. Mitchell, otherwise known as Honeypie Choo Choo Paulie Poos, father of Sebastiean, aged 15, and Belle, 7-8 years old........ And while I'm here, what the bollox does $& or something D mean? Sorry, just had to ask, Au revoir mes cuties, Yaz xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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