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Sinister: (Hot) Mail handling
by Michael Ashbridge 13 Aug '02

13 Aug '02

Miss Hottodir isn't the only one who has noticed Hotmail's curious ideas on what constitutes junk mail and what doesn't. In the OPTIONS screen under the heading of MAIL HANDLING there is an option to set up properties for MAILING LISTS. Once there you can enter sinister(a)missprint.org and your mail should be safe. Alternatively, if you're supremely and unabashedly nerdy like me, you can click on CUSTOM FILTERS and specify a rule stating that anything with the word SINISTER in the subject field should be sent to a folder named SINISTER, which also ensures that off-list replies to your missives don't get junked by mistake. Yours ever, - M. P.S. Miss Hottodir, I'm a Norn Irish listee, and I sent a little something to your hotmail regarding your impending visit. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We're Traaaaaash, you and me
by The Hodottir 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

It's been too long, hasn't it, Sinisters? In fact, it's been so long, that I can barely fit it in my trousers. It's been almost 9 months since I broke the sad news about being given the bastard fling from my dream job in recruitment advertising. But being the hardy rat-racer I am, I'm back on my 2 left feet, with a brand new job and many new pounds to play with - cha-ching! So you see, t'was a blessing in disguise. A bit like a vegas wedding, perhaps. Important Bit I Think List Parents Should Be Interested In: is that Hotmail recently introduced a junkmail filter, which can be set to various levels of stringency, and, unfortunately Sinister mails are classed as pestering even at the most lenient level. I'm sure I'm not alone in wanting to avoid those oh so helpful 'debt consolidation' sons of spam, but I REALLY, REALLY don't want to think of you all as junk - So is there anything List Folks can do save our reputation? That'd be smashing. Anyway, as far as content goes, I think my saving the list from trashdom is more important. After mine, Joe & Flo's 'performance' on stage at the RAH (don't like to talk about it, natch :o) I have been thinking of offering the band my services by way of replacement for Isobel. In fact, I've even been practicing eyeliner and scowling (hard enough individually, nigh on impossible simultaneously) in preparation. So if anyone's listening, I'm available, and I'll only ask for a copywriter's salary (probably more than Isobel was paid, but I won't cost the band so much in frocks and cello strings). So there. The list has been fished from the festering poubelle and my ass (from which I sing) has been hocked. My work here is done. Say 'Hi' to the family for me, Miss Ho PS - I'm in Belfast (not in Belfast Bob - that would be overfriendly) this weekend. Can any Norren Irish Sinister give me tips on where to go? T'anks _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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: It's like chicken soup for the stomach (RADIO-fest)
by Michael Ashbridge 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

Miss Theaker was asking about good (or new, at least) radio programmes. In my haste to fawn all over BBC Radio 3's Late Junction yet again, I almost didn't see that Mr Hewitt got there before me. Here it is on our interweb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/latejunction.shtml (Verity Sharp = Phwoar. If I had two, I'd certainly give her one.) And if you're not down the pub of a Sunday evening, the ever-excellent Mixing It is on the same station at 11:00 pm. It's on the interweb here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/world/mixingit.shtml And both sites let you listen to the previous week's programmes. Dear old Auntie, where'd we be without her, hm? AND, here on Northern Ireland's Radio Ulster we have an excellent nightly alternative (read: decent) music programme called Across The Line. Never mind the name; crap word-play concerning the terrorist nonsense here is de rigueur. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/atl/ Those of you in the British Isles should be able to receive Radio Ulster somewhere on medium wave (AM). Try 1341 kHz. I'd give it a miss on Thursday nights: the two presenters go across to Radio 1 for the Session in the Nations slot and ATL plays a lot of seriously off-putting dance stuff. (Across The Line deserves much more press than it gets. They were the first to play tracks by Snow Patrol, Reindeer Section, British Sea Power and Mogwai, amongst others.) Finally, every weekday evening at 7:15 pm Radio 4 has a programme called Front Row (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/frontrow/) General review of what's going on in the arts, television, cinema, books, theatre, etc. Excellent way to spend a half hour washing the dishes. Happy to be of service, - M. P.S. It's a long-shot, but if any of you kids are planning to go to Röyksopp's Belfast gig next Tuesday (20th August), drop me a line. I'm dangerously close to turning up myself, and not nearly this boring in person. Gamecube: Will the solution to the various treasure hunts be a matter for our children's generation of historians to unravel, or will some kindly soul at BANCHORY finally relent and deprive Mr Chu of his raison d'etre? Bum diddy bum bum: bum bum. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: She only likes me when she gets drunk. And it would be just my lu ck; lately she's been thinking of giving up drinking.
by ianwatsonuk＠btinternet.com 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

Stuart mentioning the West 54th sessions reminded me that I wanted to ask about them. Was that recording ever screened? Does anyone have a copy? I happened to be in town at the time and went along to see it recorded, so I'd like to get a copy, if only to see my own stupid face on American television. I went to a recording of the Jools Hootanany (New Year's Eve celebrations, for those in Paraguay - and yes I'm sure I've spelt the H word incorrectly), and it was very bizarre to be at a party at a friend's house on New Year and to see myself "live" on telly at the same time. At least I had a beer in my hand in both realities. The new Low album is excellent by the way. Thank you. x > from: "Gardiner, Stuart" <Stuart.Gardiner(a)ntu.ac.uk> > date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 13:54:06 > to: sinister(a)missprint.org > subject: Re: Sinister: She only likes me when she gets drunk. And it would be just my lu ck; lately she's been thinking of giving up drinking. > > In the spirit of the old-timers crawling out of the woodwork, shaking their > head, muttering "I remember when it was all trees round here" and crawling > off back to their hovels, I reckon it's about time I got round to writing > something. > > Hey, I've been busy you know. Spending the last week coaching / looking > after / getting annoyed with 40 kids at a korfball summer camp. So I'm now > knackered, and still probably a bit hungover from Friday night's final > party. There's nothing like setting kids a good example. And getting > blottoed, singing Bohemian Rhapsody at full blast and dressing up in each > other's clothes is nothing like setting kids a good example. After seeing me > in a tight girl's top some of them will be scarred for life. > > I'll leave you for a moment to savour that mental picture. > . > . > . > . > . > I think that's quite enough of that, don't you? > > > As has been pointed out, we're now nearing five years old. That's mental > age, obviously. A quick look back at the first page of the archives reveals > that the old days were just as full of irrelevant five line posts, and just > as lacking in content as now. It also leaves me wondering what happened to > the two people on that page who I desperately wanted to meet, for not > entirely un-carnal reasons. Oh well. > > Other early highlights include a certain Mr Miller being smutty (so no > surprises there then), whilst commenting that we would have to have more B&S > content and less random stuff now that there were a massive 174 people on > the list - http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199708/msg00166.html > > Most of the content consisted of whether Tigermilk would ever be re-released > (Yes!), whether the Sessions at West 54th would ever be broadcast (No!), > whether Loneliness of a Middle-Distance Runner would ever be released > (Yes!), and whether B&S would ever get off their arses and do a few more > gigs (Yes!). So you see, all the questions have now been answered. If only > the band would stop doing so many interviews and let us get back to random > gossiping about them instead, it would be much more fun. > > I'm another one who thinks, great as the music is, B&S fans are more > interesting. Let's face it, every time there's a gig, it's the audience that > gets reviewed not the band (particularly in the NME). So many people here > have spent the last five years getting new friends / new other halves / > random snogs, which has got to be a good thing. Not me, obviously, I'm far > too well behaved for that kind of thing. > > Speaking of which, the list has been seriously lacking in smut recently. > This may or may not be connected to the recent lack of Miller, Casarotto and > Playforth. Of course, if anyone fancies creating some smut, I'm single yet > again, after what promised to be requited love turned out not to be after > all. All offers considered. Unless they come from Ken. > > > Big Stu > > > PS Due to a recent computer failure, if anyone has mp3s of either the Steve > Lamacq session version of Sleep The Clock Around from '97, or the Legal Men > / I Am The Resurrection finale from Manchester at Easter, I'd love to hear > from you... > > PPS If you still can't hear the words 'Broccoli' or 'Cannelloni' without > thinking of the list and smiling, you've been here too long. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- 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! - > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: She only likes me when she gets drunk. And it would be just my lu ck; lately she's been thinking of giving up drinking.
by Gardiner, Stuart 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

In the spirit of the old-timers crawling out of the woodwork, shaking their head, muttering "I remember when it was all trees round here" and crawling off back to their hovels, I reckon it's about time I got round to writing something. Hey, I've been busy you know. Spending the last week coaching / looking after / getting annoyed with 40 kids at a korfball summer camp. So I'm now knackered, and still probably a bit hungover from Friday night's final party. There's nothing like setting kids a good example. And getting blottoed, singing Bohemian Rhapsody at full blast and dressing up in each other's clothes is nothing like setting kids a good example. After seeing me in a tight girl's top some of them will be scarred for life. I'll leave you for a moment to savour that mental picture. . . . . . I think that's quite enough of that, don't you? As has been pointed out, we're now nearing five years old. That's mental age, obviously. A quick look back at the first page of the archives reveals that the old days were just as full of irrelevant five line posts, and just as lacking in content as now. It also leaves me wondering what happened to the two people on that page who I desperately wanted to meet, for not entirely un-carnal reasons. Oh well. Other early highlights include a certain Mr Miller being smutty (so no surprises there then), whilst commenting that we would have to have more B&S content and less random stuff now that there were a massive 174 people on the list - http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199708/msg00166.html Most of the content consisted of whether Tigermilk would ever be re-released (Yes!), whether the Sessions at West 54th would ever be broadcast (No!), whether Loneliness of a Middle-Distance Runner would ever be released (Yes!), and whether B&S would ever get off their arses and do a few more gigs (Yes!). So you see, all the questions have now been answered. If only the band would stop doing so many interviews and let us get back to random gossiping about them instead, it would be much more fun. I'm another one who thinks, great as the music is, B&S fans are more interesting. Let's face it, every time there's a gig, it's the audience that gets reviewed not the band (particularly in the NME). So many people here have spent the last five years getting new friends / new other halves / random snogs, which has got to be a good thing. Not me, obviously, I'm far too well behaved for that kind of thing. Speaking of which, the list has been seriously lacking in smut recently. This may or may not be connected to the recent lack of Miller, Casarotto and Playforth. Of course, if anyone fancies creating some smut, I'm single yet again, after what promised to be requited love turned out not to be after all. All offers considered. Unless they come from Ken. Big Stu PS Due to a recent computer failure, if anyone has mp3s of either the Steve Lamacq session version of Sleep The Clock Around from '97, or the Legal Men / I Am The Resurrection finale from Manchester at Easter, I'd love to hear from you... PPS If you still can't hear the words 'Broccoli' or 'Cannelloni' without thinking of the list and smiling, you've been here too long. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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's more important? My great dilemma.
by Nathan Reader 12 Aug '02

12 Aug '02

Hey there all. Now I have been deliberating for a few weeks whether or not to write this post, but obviously the greater good got hold of me (or boredom). Please feel free to not read this as I am warning you now that it has to do with love and all that stuff. As it does in most cases, love, or attractions are only important to those immediately concerned (and all their friends of course), so this concerns me greatly. I am a male, and I feel natural feelings of admiration, respect etc. towards females. This is the question I propose to you all. Is friendship (nothing more) or lustship and dating more important? Of couse I by no means intend by the (nothing more) that what we have is insignificant. What we have (Me and..say, Mrs. X) is fun. Movies, walks in the park, tickle fights etc.. I do really like her, and have for a long time. If you are still with me, consider these options I have: 1. Do and say nothing, and enjoy what we have now. 2. Say something along the lines of "I love you", and expect a desired response. 3.Ditto (as above) but expect no desired response. Keep in mind that I only have about three months of school (and therefore everyday contact) left. And another thing, I currently have a girlfriend (who I do also like: I should make a choice shouldn't I?) Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. And the Rupert music tip: I have been listening to Sublime Acoustic alot lately (and TRYING to learn some songs on the guitar) and loving it. Get into it. Toodles. Nathan R.R-W "The die is God" - Lucius Rhinehart. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.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: Don't Go Near The Water. . .
by Brian McNeill 11 Aug '02

11 Aug '02

Well I am starting to feel a little like my old oafish self, after spending the last week chained to the porcelain thanks to those marvellous people at West Scottish Water. Not really a lot that one can do when you're guts are running a marathon on you, so I've been reading a lot and being pretty bored I guess. So if anyone in Glasgow wants to meet up for a damn good moan and several alcoholic bevereages at teh weeknd let me know. Hmmm someone will be thinking 'God He's Tarting On The List again. . ' to that i say 'nyer nyer nyer nyer nah' and go 'mwah'! she knows who she is and its luverly to ave her back. . . salutations brian _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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: Lovesick on a Sunny Afternoon
by Flad＠aol.com 11 Aug '02

11 Aug '02

Last night, In downtown MPLS, Minnesota, I saw a mini-musical based on the songs of Belle and Sebastian. The actors lip-synched the words, which had been worked into this 50 minute play for the "Fringe Festival." The Fringe Festival is a celebration of many theatre groups that get together and put on shows they normally wouldn't perform. It's a big deal here for the artists, and when I heard there was a musical based on the songs of B&S, I had to check it out. As soon as I found out about this mini-musical adventure I wanted to go; I assumed it would either be quite satisfying, or really really blah. So I called up <dunn dunn> my ex-boyfriend, now (post ME) a huge B&S fan, and persuaded him to come along with me and another one of my friends. We arrived at the theatre around 9:50, ticketless. The show began at Ten, and sold out just as the doors were closing. How grand that so many Minnesotans liked Belle and Sebastian enough to take this theatrical leap of faith! I really had no idea before last night that there were so many fans in the area. There were indie kids a-plenty, and my eyes were working overtime...I even ran into Mark Mallman, my local artist of choice. We exchanged hellos (I know him since he's a regular at the record CD store I work at...) and I mentally questioned why he was there. He had never told me he was a fan, and it is abundantly clear that I am. Once seated, the show began with a dialogue between "Sebastian" and "Sasha," two best friends at a Catholic HS The 50 minute play also incorporated "Jean" who later became "Belle," "Cecile Aubry," "Charlotte Campbell," "The Major," and multiple students at this HS I'm not quite sure what went wrong with it all, or when it turned into an experience where I found myself hoping my $8 entrance fee was going to a good cause...but it had something to do with the plot. I loved the idea that someone adored B&S enough to write a play using the songs and that these same people knew the songs well enough to write lines such as "Belle, we're seeing other people. At least that's what we said we were doing..." One could definitely pick a true fan out of the crowd. We laughed at all the lyrics used in dialogue, and it was not until my "other friend" turned to me and asked "why are you all laughing?" that I realized how truly addicted to B&S we all were...that part of the play was amusing, but it lost me in the storyline. Set in a Catholic HS, Jean was the older rebel child. Sebastian her adoring best friend. Along with Sasha, the three were quite a team. Sasha loved Sebastian: tried to convinced him he was gay. All Sebastian would admit to was loving Jean. Mme Campbell and Mme Aubry, both teachers at the school, are in risk of losing their jobs because the Major has found out about their love affair. And there was also something about a rape in the chalet and Mme Campbell. It was a cheap way of getting a certain song (we can all guess) into the production. Is it odd to anyone else they made everyone gay? Nothing against it, by any means, but they certainly did a fair bunch of alluding to Isobel being gay. In the end, Sebastian falls in love with Sasha, who dies while singing Fox in the Snow. Jean is found out to be the product of Mme Campbell's rape, and her real name is found to be Belle. The teachers blackmail the Major, saving their jobs. Then the show ends with Sebastian and Belle waiting for the bus to take them away from town, to find new lives, as they sing Lazy Line Painter Jane for their finale. And yet, this awkward production managed to get away with having a Major, but not singing Me and The Major. Props to them for getting around it, although I am quite a fan of that number. I guess this was one of those experiences I was glad to be a part of, yet look back on and go "did that just happen?" I fear I may have loved the idea of a B&S musical more than the actual thing (or at least the one I saw), but it proved to be entertaining and the grounds for much discussion on the ride home from the theatre. Salutations, -Kelsey P.S. Hello to everyone I met at the Chicago B&S show in May. I was standing to the right of the stage, about three "rows of people" back from the twins. I met many of you and was persuaded to finally post. So thank you for the push I needed, even if it took me three more months to finally do it. I was the small girl in braids, you guys were the giggly ones yelling at Mick Cook. <sigh> Although rainy, that was quite a memorable night. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Don't Worry Baby
by Sam Walton 10 Aug '02

10 Aug '02

Hello Sinister. Stevie Trouser's post really knocked my socks off. I mean, I know I'm a sucker for nostalgic writing and a nice ink polaroid, but his post really knocked my socks off. As the more keen-eyed may be able to tell, I've started reading Catcher In The Rye again, for about the millionth time, and I can't help but ape (albeit badly) Sallinger's style. But that's not what I came here to say. As the Pet Shop Boys once said, I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing, but please Sinister, I need an outlet. See, at the moment I should be frolicking in Brighton with the rest of the York Sinister Massive, but recent events have put me right out the mood for partying. My surrogate Uncle Philip (ie not really my blood uncle - actually my mum's best friend's husband - but a very close family friend and someone whom I care a lot about) died on Thursday very suddenly, of cancer of the back. Exactly. I didn't even know you could get cancer of the back. A couple of weeks ago he just had a bit of a stiff back, and then before you could say "what a fucking tragedy" he's in intensive care, his immune system's packed up and he's dead. Which is a real shitter, I can tell you. He was a great bloke, always with a witty comment or a great piece of advice, and he was only 58. It's a fucking tragedy of highest order, at least it is through my eyes. I'm not really sure why I'm doing this, telling 1500 people about someone none of them knew and now never will, but I guess it's an outlet of some description. I've developed a bit of an obsession with the Beach Boys of late, and "Don't Worry Baby" seems to comfort me and make me cry in equal measure - a good things at these times. Needless to say, it's been getting pretty heavy rotation at the moment. I'll sorry to moan. I'll feel better in time, of course. People tend to feel better, most of the time, and I can be quite resilient if I try. But at the moment I just feel like I've had my insides replaced with a load of negative space. I think I'll stop now and go and do something that'll make me laugh, or cheer me up at least. I see an Alan Partridge Marathon beckoning... ;-) love Asm.x ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy" - Mary Cohen _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.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: Hyphenating leads to bloody murder in provinical town bookshop
by Madeleine McNeil 10 Aug '02

10 Aug '02

My loves, Oh, loads of people said loads of stuff and it were dead interesting and thought-provoking and all that. So, good for them. I could have begun with "I haven't posted for ages...." and it would be true, because really I haven't. I've been doing all sorts of important, dull, inconsequential nonsense that isn't really like living, but living makes it necessary - paying bills, visiting parents, doing laundry and cleaning out the kitchen bin (I recall that Love God Casarotto once managed to fashion a post about cleaning out his kitchen bin. He's clearly more talented than I). There's been so many things that I have read and meant to comment on, like Linda's "Fox in the snow"/Virgina Woolf type thing (Oh, and by the way, if you had to sleep with either Virginia Woolf of Sylvia Plath, which one would you pick and why? Answers on an email to the non-list address, please, as we don't want 1600 people knowing that you find Sylvia's rampant outdoorsy American blondness more attractive than Virginia's stay-in-doors, repressed Englishness, do we?), all of Marianna's wonderful posts, Archel's almost-happening picnic, Paul Field's search for a housemate - I can recommend the flat. Very nice, with a roof terrace and a real coffee maker. No Nescafe for this boy - and so many other things. As you can tell by the above paragraph, I am currently very into hyphenating. This is mostly because of the DragonLady at work (those who read my blog know of her, those who don't will never know as, like G, I have my pride and refuse to link) who last week repremanded me for "hyphenating a word in the order book - it makes it very difficult to read, you know". So I killed her with a hardback book and then scattered pieces from the original Star Wars puzzle (1979, only one piece missing) all over her battered and bloody frame. And here's me thinking that bookshopgirlism is all listening to Belle and Sebastian, knitting cardies and pointing people in the direction of the James Joyce paperbacks. I took a small holiday last week with the Loved One, which involved cycling for hours around cabbage fields and going to Skegness, which was so tacky it nearly burnt my retinas. Bless all of you who live in Lincolnshire. It made me yearn for the bright lights big city of Leicester. But I got tanned and healthy, so much so that my mother was speechless on my return. Fear not, I shall return to the pale and pasty look - I'd like to say which year it had last been in fashion, but fear that my look never has, and never will, be all the rage on the Paris catwalks - very soon. So, RED KNICKER day is upon us. Hooray. Red pants currently in the wash, but will arrive in London on the 25th, hopefully with me in them, for dignified drunkeness. Is that a tautology or an oxymoron? I can never remember the difference. Huge props to Asm Walton, who not only burnt the last two Peel sessions onto a CD for me, but seemed to manage it all in one day. Thank you Sam, the gods are now smiling upon you. (Keep Feeling) Fascination Maddie Minx xxxxx _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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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