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Sinister: chanson
by Gordon 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

I've been reading sini posts. It's not good for one's health, really. I think Idle's one was quite sexy but 'the girl is in love with several others' and Will: yer not alone at all here: join the club, pal. I must also make a disclaimer. I am VERY drunk. So much that way that I'm drinking straight off a bottle of the Balmoral Hotel's so-so southern Scotland's blended whisky and lapping up the dulcet tones of 14th Century music: when these kids started to sing this shit their brothers were building the cathedrals of Europe. Which makes me rather in admiration of their hocketing tones. I'm not exactly sure how to do a 'crie de cour' but for sure they're generally embarassing: one puts one's life on the washing line. Therefore my reckoning was to not do it. But here I am, doing it. I can tell it'll take all day to write this. Sometimes it would be easier to draw pictures but one is after consistency of tone. The sun is shining through the staircase window. Madame est ... jooliest-so comme erste ci; madamo that, by the way, is not supposed to make sense in any language; it just sounds nice Call and response, call and response: that was the root of music: I say, you say... and then, once we got the tune, we sing in harmony. The golden octopus was used as a dress ornament. Octopuses were a frequent decorative device in Aegean art; this one is novel, however, in having ...only seven tentacles. Human beings are complex, huh? Maybe we just love one another in order to put aside our fear of each other. I'm not sure I have more to say here but I suppose it would be decent to offer an image of something; something dreamy... you are in a field in spring; a high alp where the flowers are blossoming. The air is clear, and the gods are calling down to you 'come hither, come hither'. You can see the blue, deep blue wantonness of the whole world waiting to take you up in its arms.... 'come hither, come hither' Gordon xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 have turned me into this..."
by Nathan Reader 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

Hello all you fine figures, There have been alot of posts pretty much concerning nothing of great importance lately, so I'll add to them. ****************** I just discovered today that a best friend of mine used to live next door to Mel Gibson...the REAL Mel. I don't know why I didn't find this out until today, I mean it's pretty big-exciting-hunkey-dorey news. Anyway, apparantly he worked really hard to get into acting, it didn't just fall into his lap like you hear about. His wife payed for him to go to NIDA (an acting college) and he went to audition ofter audition after crappy audition until he finally worked his way up the acting ladder. And now he's rich and famous with about 9 kids or something. It makes me wonder what I'll do with my life- definately not acting though. I've always wanted to do medicine, but now I think I could just settle for being a nurse or a paramedic. It will be cheaper and shorter study wise. I think I've had enough of studying for the moment. I'm in year 12 (final year) of school, and there is only two months of school left. I have come to the conclusion that although I was once good at maths, I now officially suck. I do think it is possible that I am the worst mathematician on this list. I probably shouldn't have chosen to do it in my final year... I don't dwell on what I don't enjoy though, there are many other good things in life to think about- such as music. Tommorrow night I am seeing a band perform. The band is a far out Australian band called 'Machine Gun Fellatio.' I have seen them twice before, and LOVED it both times. Here's a small list of the types of things you can expect at a 'Machine Gun Fellatio' concert: - a little Winnie The Pooh strapped on Chit Chat's peenie. A shaved penie at that. Thats all he wears. - a topless girls with tassles on her nipples roller-skating around the stage. - funny lyrics. - free condoms. Each with a little strawberry flavoured sachet of lubrication (it tastes like absolute crap. I didn't try it THAT way(not that there's anything wrong with that(but i'm not)), I just ate it straight from the sachet. for fun. - a solo with a hair clipper buzzer thingy. - band members to crowd surf, and deliberately piss off the security guards. - other cool stuff. As you can see, they are a super-dooper performance. But whats better is that I get to go to their shows for free! I have a connection, so whenever they play in sleepy ol' Adelaide, I get on the guest list. That means I can get there late, and then walk past the hundreds of people in the line and walk right in. Smashing hey? Well, if your still with me, I'll let you go. I'm sure there are many other 'slice of life' posts waiting in your inbox. I'm going to wait for Mum to bring home Indian food...Mmmmm. bye bye. Nathan RR-W ****** I couldn't think of a title for this post, so I'll just put Radiohead lyrics, because I'm listening to 'The Bends'. Song: Bulletproof Lyric: As displayed after 'Subject: Sinister........' at the top of this e-mail. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: just please slap the crap out of me!!
by bus stoppers 21 Sep '02

21 Sep '02

dearest dears, so... well, first of all, here's a hug for ms. pigtails. i know exactly what you mean. last night i had (yes, yet another) epiphany. i think i actually, finally, like a nice boy. is the sky falling on my head? have all previous notions and/or ideals been knocked out of my head by that piece of the sky? i think i like him. i really do. we had plans to go out tomorrow, to an art show in santa monica. i thought i was going to be able to get someone to take my shift, but alas, no one could. i was actually super disappointed. i was upset, actually. and then i was talking with him last night and he was going to to his friends' birthday thing. with a friend that is a girl. and guess what. i actually got jealous. i have never been jealous before. this is just fucking scary. i have spent the greater part of the most recent past killing time falling for poop-head boys. that way, no one gets hurt. it's not like they were mean to me, it's just that nothing ever got serious. which i like. it works, you know? but this boy really kinda likes me. and i kinda like him back... that means this isn't going to work. or will it? isn't that the whole point of why i'm freaking out? sara is finally ready to confess! i'm a committment phobic. why can't i just 'go with the flow'? how come i have to think about it so much that i almost cry because i'm so scared? why am i even going on about this? fuck. i'm sooo sorry. sometimes i just wish that my life was different. that i was a different person who wasn't a fraidy-cat who insists that i want to take risks to be happy. oh man. just fucking stop. ......love, sara ===== all the people'd stare as if we were both quite insane someday my name and his are going to be the same __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Hey now it's the sun, and it makes me smiiiile, all around...
by Declan Haskins 20 Sep '02

20 Sep '02

bah dah dum bah dum, bah dah dum bah dum... Sorry that this email doesn't have anything to do with what's going on in my life or any of that kind of stuff... because frankly, I don't have much that's all that interesting to write about at the moment aside from a little bit of ocasional drama here and there(well, that and the fact that I mostly keep that kinda stuff to myself anyways, so sorry about that). Ok, back to my point, the main reason I'm writing is just to leave everyone out there with those wonderful lyrics printed above in my subject heading from a band I just heard for the first time the other day... I know many of you are familar with them, because it was here too that some of you mentioned them in your posts (thanks!). The band I'm refering to is a +25 member group from dallas, texas who dress up in full white robes, gospel revival garb and sing beautiful, powerful, and touching pop music (not to mention super uplifting and happy stuff), that sounds like a combination of the beatles, the flaming lips, b&s, spiritualized, and the langley school's music project all mixed up together... So to those of you out there that haven't heard of this band or don't recognize the lyrics... I would have to implore you to not let another day pass by without at the least checking out a couple of there mp3's... who know's it might be a life changing experience (if you can't tell I think it's having that affect on me) Maybe someday they'll share the same stage as B&S... now that would be an amazing show not to be missed!!! Oh, the band's name is 'the polyphonic spree' and I hope this isn't list abuse... 'cause I still think B&S are "the bomb" bah dah dum bah dum, bah dah dum bah dum... -Declan :) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: nyc, j.c., wfmu, ballboy
by Andrea Kittenmouse 20 Sep '02

20 Sep '02

hello, i'm visiting nyc. trying to decide whether i want to move here or not (and go to f.i.t. for further career-minded education). i'm at a hostel and someone behind me is talking about having sex with someone she broke up with last summer and her diarrhea. it's a little distracting, so i'm sorry if this seems short and nonsensical, and not very full of pertinent facts. argh, can't concentrate. i saw a great radio station that i might try to get a show on if i move here, wfmu in jersey city. their studios are soooo nice. so i haven't done my show for a week, won't be back til the 30th of september, whichever monday is closest to that. and i think ballboy of scotland is going to be on my show that day, so maybe if you like them you should check it out in realaudio if you aren't in portland, oregon. maybe i'll ask them the current glasgow gossip. hehe. your friend, andrea kittenmouse radio (mondays 9.00-10.00 pm PST) kpsu 1450 am portland, oregon kittenmouse(a)hotmail.com www.kpsu.org http://web.pdx.edu/~andreay _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: abstract thoughts
by idleberry 20 Sep '02

20 Sep '02

I lay on the bench, and she pulled the bow of the cord of the lace up panel of my skirt. I wriggled a bit, and pulled my skirt down to my hips. She pushed her fingers, her middle finger and index finger, over my belly. Somehow when she did it, it felt soft, my belly. Cool, and soft. She pressed down, and tapped her fingers. "Is this ok? does this hurt" "no. its ok". Behind the curtain, I could hear the sound of a lawnmower, being driven up and dow outside on a strip of grass next to the footpath. She kept the curtain drawn until I had time to pull my skirt back up again. She gave me a script anyway, in case everything was normal. I could just start again. *************************************************** I haven't cared. I haven't cared about anyone really. Thats a lie. I have cared. Just on a smaller capacity than usual. *************************************************** I viewed the world differently. Four weeks. Each day, was different. The level of paranoia would rise or fall, depending on circumstances. I tormented myself sometimes. I tried to avoid confrontations. I avoided talking, for a lot of time. Other times, I picked fights. Look at *everything* around you - take off the blinkers - music isn't important - arguments aren't important - art is not important - its the joy of a society with too much time on its hands to have the luxury to be selfish in its thoughts. I withdrew. I pushed out. I was alone. I was lonely. I was strong. I didn't need people. I didn't need the trivia of every day flutterings. I had something. A stone in my life as solid as I have ever felt, with fuzzy edges of uncertainty. If this was real. If it is real. Its the biggest deal in my life, and I didn't have time to listen to people. I didn't have time to be compassionate if they had bickering arguements and wanted me to listen and tell them they were right, so-and-so is a bad person, you were misunderstood and hard done by and you have your cross to bear and I don't blame you. Stuff that. I needed someone. Some reacted with compassion. Others without. I know who they all are now. ********************************************* At first, I told nobody. I put it to the back of my mind. Ah well, I thought. A few days is ok. It gives me a few days to relax before it arrives. I don't need to suffer just now. It can wait. I don't mind. In fact, I'm a bit glad its not here. Gives me more time. More time before the outbreak of spots, and pains, and aches, and tears and emotions going haywire. *********************************************** A week passes. I'm getting a bit concerned, but i put it down to one of those things. I'm on the pill afterall. Maybe, this is just one of those things. So its late. It'll be here soon, right? Stay off the pill for a few days more. Let my body catch up. ************************************************ Two weeks. It really should be here by now. Thats when it starts. And I tell someone. I tell someone else. Dare I buy a test? No. I can't. Theres too much against buying one. It'll be here soon, maybe. ******************************************* Options. Choices. Do I believe I can handle this, and if so, how much can I handle? ******************************************* Week three. I call the doctors and make my appointment. I live in a daze for days. I snap at people. I cry. I feel trapped. I panic. I worry. I cry. I snap at people. I forget things at work. I sleep. I sleep. I sleep. I don't care about other peoples situations right now. Who said what to whom, who hates who, nip nip nip. I see women with kids. Oh god no. I don't want to be a Pauline Quirk typecast character. Save me from a BBC stereotype. I imagine her. I give her a name. She falls asleep to certain music. She cries. Her nappy smells. I can't buy a test kit. Too much... too much surrounding me. I need privacy. I had to make the doctors appointment through a cunning cloak and dagger manouver. They always ask, at the recepiton what its for. The prospect, of sitting there at work, or at home, saying "Oh, my period is late, so yeah can I find out if I'm pregnant" really doesn't appeal. I hate the receptionists at the doctors. They do it on purpose. They have no thought, no consideration. *************************************************** I like the name Sofia. *************************************************** Week Four. Days to wait til my doctors appointment. I won't take a self test kit. How would I dispose of the evidence? just throw it in the bin? What happens, my folks spot it when they go to throw out something else? At work? ********************************************* The doctor spoke to me. I told her I wasn't worried. I was. Of course I was. The odds were against it, but the chances are always there. She told me to get a tube from the reception, and gives me a note. I need to take the sample first thing in the morning, after I've been asleep, and its all concentrated. If I was to do it now, she says,. i might get a false negative result. Bring it in during the morning, she says. And then they can give me the results in the afternoon. I hadn't been in a blur, not for a week. Post appointment, I walk past the chemists, and newsagents, stuffing my little clear bag with the tube in it, deep inside my handbag. I listen to music, and find myself drifting in thought. I can't imagine.. the reality. The worst scenario, of course, in three years time, and thats ok. But the immediate worst case scenario, in the short term. ************************************************* I'll wait until the weekend, I decide. Less suspicious then. Two doctors appointments in a week? People will wonder. No wondering until I know. ************************************************* I was going to ask if you knew anything, had any ideas. *********************************************** I feel the same. My body doesn't feel bigger. I've not been throwing up. My belly is soft. *********************************************** Theres a woman and a tiny baby in the foyer. I watch them. ********************************************* I smile. I grin. I want to sing. I skip out. Almost five weeks. But eventually, like Norman's bus in the film Ghost World, it arrived. I grin. I smile, I laugh, I email my friends. I text others. ********************************************* Sofia, I'll be your mother when I'm ready. ******************************************** Love Idles x ===== http://groups.yahoo.com/group/corduroysmoke/ starting playground gossip and passing notes __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: More whine, vicar?
by Caitlin Pigtails 19 Sep '02

19 Sep '02

Sinister, I'm disappointed in you. When I joined you, all those years ago, I knew that it was easy to divide the world up. There are many ways to divide people. For example, everybody falls into one of three groups: those who can do maths, and those that can't. Similarly, I assumed the world could be divided into the people who were on Sinister and those who weren't. I was having a chat with The Boss the other day. The Boss used to be an anthropologist, and we talked about how anthropologists and computer people are similar in that both vocations tend to attract outsiders. Anthropology attracts outsiders because it legitimises the whole idea of being an outsider; you're hard at work studying and analysing all the normal people. Don't ask me about computing. When I joined, I assumed Sinister was a natural place where outsiders would congregate. And, primarily, it seemed to be. There are lots of reasons why I'm not normal, but the one I want to concentrate on here is relationships. Normal people have relationships like they drink water. They meet someone, and suddenly, bang, they're going out. They know what to do to get from Point A to Point B. It all happens naturally; they don't need to think about it. It's in their blood. I'm one of those people who can't do that. It doesn't happen. The bridge between my mind and another's never appears. And I kind of assumed that most of Sinister was like that too. Recently, though, I've found that I got it all wrong. All B&S fans except me are deep in "loving relationships". Nearly everyone on #sinister, it turns out, is seeing someone. They can just chat to each other a couple of times and suddenly know that they love each other, that they are made for each other, that everyhing will be all right. That just doesn't make sense. I've even seen people being all romantic and couply at sinister picnics. It's a horrific, awful sight. Holding hands and looking at each other starry-eyed and everything; it makes me shudder. What am I missing, that stops me from being with someone? Why can't I form any sort of contact with the normal people out there? So now, I think I'm the only single person left, and with no hope of that ever changing. It's a lonely place. xx caitlin -- More whinging like this at: http://www.joannou.net/topofthestairs/ The Sinister Recipe Tree Archives, at: http://www.joannou.net/topofthestairs/sinifood/ "When life gives us lemons, we just sit there and sulk about it, in the corner of the room, in a fetal position." - Matthew Henderson, on the Sinister mailing list. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: But i like girls who drop cups in cafes
by Jonathan Skinner 19 Sep '02

19 Sep '02

So how is every little thing. you probably won't have noticed my absence and i barely did. But apart from that how is every little thing with you? I am actully feeling in quite good fettle and am struggleing to settle into a post summer routine SO firstly- guided by voices were unreal- i really really really enjoyed that gig. They have such energy on stage and his voice (or memory) never gave up once despite the incredible amount of booze consumed even though the bassist looked like he was going to keel over at any moment. It was rather short though it was on 2 hrs and 45 mins and they only played 50 or so songs but i suppose begsy cannot be choosy. Anyway there is an incredible array of gigs coming to cork and the general vicinity. The frank and walters , teenage fanclub , supergrass ( to dublin but i can look past the money side and just enjoy them) and *Ahem* sugababes or however you spell it. AAAANNNNNNNNNYYYYWAY where was i. Ohh yeah i was just about to solve the last theorem but i forgot it. AHH yes onto the title. I had this huge conversation with someone i went to school with about girls in Cafes and the different types. 1 of them was like the soup nazi in seinfeld who could be and was in general a bitch. The second is the one that is just there to pay the bills and get by in life. This is the type i like , the type that drop cups and have a look verging on the embarrased side of *i really don't want to be here*. But speaking of Cafes it seems i am soon to be working in one. Since Java Joes (RIP) shut its doors and the Yumi Yuki club (Sushi bar) turned into a trattatoria we found that cork lacked a certain what is it the french say, i don't know. So one drunken evening a group of us decided that if we ever had the money we would open one in cork and make it a success. Well this was in a pub and there was plenty of beer taken but then the next morning in bistro over breakfast we spoke about it more and more and it has taken a hold over each of us, Separetly we have been scouring the shitty streets of cork for a nice enough venue. But the money was the all the important thing and we have a sniff of a silent backer so hopefully all will work out- keep as many extremities as possible crossed for us as we try to invigourate some cool into the crappy city ( think a cross between the cafe in so i married an axe murder and a normal cafe) it is a shame to see guy barker didn't win the mercury is it not and it is however (ooh content) it is nice to see an online blog by mr murdoch , speaking of blogs i should really get one together and put photos and stuff up considering i have a rather nice digital camera that is a lot better than the one i ordered even though it is a bit bulkier but what me worry? anyway i should really go. plays to go to. peoples asses to kiss plague and pestilence to you all jonathan +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: another boy and his dog
by angela _ 18 Sep '02

18 Sep '02

hey kids, i don't know why it is, but something about cute boys and their dogs make for some great inspiration for fabulous music. witch brings me to the subject of this post: ever wonder about what ever happened to steve from blues clues? well i did because i still haven't decided weather i like the new boy on the show "joe" and i knew i defiantly love steve. i wish there were more guys like him , he has a certain twee-ness about him. any way i found out he's is putting together an album (for grown ups, but my kid likes it too, but then again she likes all good music) witch is due out this january and not surprisingly it is really good. http://www.steveswebpage.com/ so i just thought i would pass this info on to those of us who haven't grown up yet. you can hear 3 of his songs on mp3 format. well its time for so long, but we'll sing one more song, thanks for doing your part, you sure are smart! Angela _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: What was the greatest thing before sliced bread was invented?
by Gardiner, Stuart 18 Sep '02

18 Sep '02

As the tumbleweed rolls past the Sinister list, an autumnal feel seems to have descended on the world. September's always like this. Very little happens. Even time can't be bothered to get out of bed at this time of year. People are getting used to being back at work, or back at school, after the holidays; the weather's dull and grey, and only going to get worse; sports clubs are all in pre-season training, waiting for the fun bit to start; and no-one's going out because all the money was spent on holidays. There isn't even anything good on the telly yet. The only activities going on are planning work / events / etc for the coming months. It takes the start of the university terms for people to start appearing again, ready to have a good time. I've not even touched a drop of alcohol all month (probably the longest time I've gone without drinking since I was about 15). It feels like life's on hold. And all the while, a mad egotistical dictator, detested by the rest of the world and by most of his own country, continues to build up his armies of suppression and weapons of mass destruction, intent on destroying other people's lives. But enough about George Bush. Actually, not quite enough about him, since I notice Stuart Murdoch (collective gasp as an attempt at content is revealed...) talking about Iraq in his latest diary entry at http://www.banchory.net/belleandsebastian/. Yet another person to add to the list of people who think the inevitable attack on Iraq is ridiculous (as opposed to, erm, not a single person I've spoken to who thinks it's a good idea). Unfortunately, much of the media reporting has been very poor (with the usual exception of the excellent Robert Fisk in The Independent - his articles alone make the paper worth buying, or at least reading on the internet...). Some of the points which seem to have been ignored: 1. Twice as many people have been killed by the American-led actions in Afghanistan as were killed in the WTC attacks (but that doesn't matter, because they're not American, right?) 2. The USA and Britain both have shedloads of weapons of mass destruction (but we're allowed to, right?) 3. When the weapons inspectors were thrown out of Iraq for spying for Israel and the CIA, they were actually spying for Israel and the CIA, as subsequently admitted by the chief inspector (but the fact that the places the US bombed a couple of years ago all happened to have just been visited by the weapons inspectors was a coincidence, right?) 4. Israel has nuclear weapons, and has ignored just as many UN resolutions as Iraq, and persecutes people living in it, and is currently illegally occupying another country (but you're not allowed to criticise Israeli policies, because if you do, you must be anti-semitic, right? Just like anyone who disagrees with US government policies must hate all Americans and the whole notion of freedom and democracy, right???) I could go on all night, but I'd better stop before I start punching the keyboard in frustration... Of course, the fact that I'm criticising the US means that the American spy-bases in Britain will intercept and read this email to check it out. Probably at the base that we're not supposed to know about at Menwith Hill in North Yorkshire. In fact, just to make sure, I'll say "Do the world a favour, assassinate George Bush". And all that in an email which says Sinister in the title. I look forward to the CIA turning up at the next B&S gig with sub-machineguns to investigate our extremist cult. That'll be some interesting publicity... I can just imagine the band being interrogated: CIA - "Tell us all you know, we won't let you go until you admit to your plans to take over the world" Stuart Murdoch - "Och, I don't know what you're talking about, we're just a band, you know?" CIA - "You can't fool us. We've been monitering you for months. Your internet propaganda, the mysterious disappearance of the twee, peace-loving Isobel..." Stuart Murdoch - "She left of her own accord. We couldn't have someone in the band who didn't like travelling around America. Oops, shouldn't have said that..." CIA - "Ah! So you admit it then. And we know all about the coded messages in 'The Boy With The Arab Strap'. And we're sure 'Shoot The Sexual Athlete' is about a plot to kill Bill Clinton." Stuart David - "This is pish, I'm leaving." Of course, it's not always so easy to see the 'right path' to take. I'm currently giving serious consideration to doing some volunteer teaching in Nepal this time next year. But I can't decide which is morally more important: teaching the young to help them develop, so that they can get better jobs in the future; or preserving their traditional culture, which has lasted hundreds of years and is in many ways better than ours (such as its peacefulness and lack of emphasis on money), but is being destroyed by Western influences? If you educate, you are necessarily changing their culture and making it more similar to our own. But it alleviates poverty. But poverty only means a lack of money, when there is so much more to life than that. What is a free-thinking liberal to do? Big Stu +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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