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Sinister: the bluffers guide to sinister picnicking: final chapter
by Rachel Playforth 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

the day: wednesday 3 april the time: 2pm onwards the venue: green park, london, uk nearby the helpfully named GREEN PARK tube is a big gate which leads into GREEN PARK. this is, well, green. trees, daffodils, deckchairs etc. we will meet just inside this big gate at 2pm (in case the several tube exits confuse, the gate is next to a posh place called THE RITZ.) as the talked of bandstand is technically in st james' park and thus not that handy, i propose that we then congregate near the CANADIAN WAR MEMORIAL, which is a sort of water feature with maple leaves. from the gate by the ritz this is down the park to the right, towards buckingham palace. in case of rain: pubs not in large supply on that stretch of piccadilly, but get sinisterines together and we're bound to fnd one, so do call if we're not visible outdoors. mobile numbers as dimitra said. see you there i hope! reporting back stuff from pow! to the people to follow, which depending on your point of view is either more or less interesting than the above. luv archel xxx *************************************** Rachel Playforth buzzwords(a)bigfoot.com Visit www.buzzwords.ndo.co.uk for the best new writing on the web. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Bitterheart Won't Spare a Dime
by Tsong 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

So the Queen Mother died. I was quite shocked, but then I remembered that she was very, very, very old. Finally it's kind of like spring here in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Instead of napping in the corners, the homeless ones have started their active pursue in calling girls Sweethearts. They are on a mission to make girls with low self-esteem to feel more confident about themselves. However, girls like me feel a little embarrassed and uncomfortable. They don't have change in their pockets to give to the men on mission. They could only quietly walk by, pretending not to have heard anything. I wish I had a dime to spare. -Elsa +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ministry of Silly Hats.
by Richard Gassan 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Hello, all -- I am pleased to report that the week before I go see B&S in Boston and then New York (note the canny inclusion of list-related material before plunging into solipsism), I am defending my dissertation before The Committee. This affair is more intimidating than it sounds, since we've all had a healthy amount of communication (and by god that kept me off drugs - apologies to non-U.S. readers, who are not bombarded with family-oriented anti-drug(s) messages). But, more importantly: I get to buy a Silly Hat for my graduation (May 25th), and I just did that on the web. (Yes, there are sites where you can buy silly academic hats. I bought the six-sided one, for no apparent reason.) I've come to believe that one of the most important roles an academic can have is to wear his Silly Hat at least once a year. Cheers, Richard. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: gigs and all that jazz
by Zoe 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

hi there. i had decided not to write for sometime but hey things change.i have been very busy lately and going up an down infeelings. an emotional yo yo...unstaible people..you know how these things are.ANYWAY! first of all happy easter to all the people that yesterday was Easter. also, good luck to all the people that are starting a new life. tomorrow i am going to make a dream come true. i will see our favouite band live. by the way there was an interview of Stuart Murdoch in the Times on Saturday if I am not mistaken.i went to one of the coffee republics here in birmingham and i decided to look at the T2 since I don't buy the Times-too ight for me...- so anyway I stole the article.with my ninja moves i folded it in a small bundle, put it in my pocket and left the building. so tomorrow i will be in Manchester. i have been reading about all the plotting and planning BUT i cannot be part of it as i am also going to be visiting a really really good friend of mine whom i haven't seen for many months. i will be in Apollo though.OBVIOUSLY! so me has to go now. have fun today and tomorrow and on wed in all the pic-nics and meet ups.. love you all zoe +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Would you call me irresistible?
by MyMomSays＠aol.com 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Sinister, My parents just returned from their annual retirement practice vacation in Phoenix, Arizona... I now have a statue of Kokopelli, the little devil! So I turn to him this day, and ask him what's up: Me: Kokopelli, what are you all about? Kokopelli: The ladies. Me: But I thought you were a mystical figure who ran amok with his pan flute? Kokopelli: Exactly. You don't really think that's a pan flute, do you? Me: Would you be in my band? Kokopelli: Okay. So, the B&S breaking up rumors. Are you all just pulling our legwarmer with an April Fools Joke? Because man, that is bunk. Aren't you just supposed to fool us all with tales of your cat dying, or... I don't know, pretend to lose a limb? That's the old skool April Fool's I am thinking of, I guess. I like to celebrate holidays or festivities early, personally. I consumed candy from my Easter Plastic Cup (am too old to get a proper easter basket) weeks ago. My mind has already fast-forwarded to May Day. Actually, in 2000, I celebrated May Day in September. I prepared a may basket for my dearest friend, Darcy Ruesch. Oooh! The May Basket was an old, crusty easter basket (from 1986 I gather) filled to the brim with CROUTONS and sliced lunchmeat, oooh, and atop it all--a can of pork and beans! I bet she was so delighted when she opened her door and found that treat waiting for her. In a few weeks I will be mentally preparing for the 4th of July, which is my least favorite holiday. I want to get it over with quickly. I have actual photographic evidence of last July 4th, and it ain't pretty. A quick happy birthdays to a few people--Richard John Gillanders turned 21 on Friday. Woo, yay for Richard! Mark Casarotto (of DER KAISERSCHMARREN fame) had a birthday recently, too! Today, on April 1st, David Snyder straps on a birthday cap. Tomorrow, April 2- Juicy Lucy celebrates hers as well! Me and Lauren Oranges both share a birthday on April 25th. This year I will be turning old! Lauren is turning young, still. Allright then, I have nothing at all to say. I am getting really tired of myself. Over and out, Mandee m a y "inconsolably okay" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Sinster: Can anyone lend me a calendar?
by Caitlin Pigtails 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

In the news today: "TWEE SCOTTISH POPSTERS TO SPLIT Rumours are flying that top Scottish folk-pop band Belle and Sebastian are about to split. The Glasgow-based eight-piece have released four best-selling albumbs, and composed the soundtrack to the recent Todd Solendz film "Storytelling" According to unnamed sources (Stuart Murdoch's mum), the band have "had enough" of touring. "They didn't tour at all in 2000," she said, "and getting back on the road just reminded them what a slog it can be." In addition, several of the band have had solo or side projects for several years. Singer and cellist Isobel Campbell has released two albums as "The Gentle Waves" and is shortly to release another solo album. Songwriter Stuart Murdoch is reported as wanting to spend more time "loving his car", and it is rumoured that guitarist Stevie Jackson is having trouble paying child support for his large family of love-children, who are believed to live in Dundee." In other news, the Queen Mother died. At first, I thought she would be resurrected three days later, just to remind us that royalty are appointed by God. It hasn't happened yet, though. Does anyone else think that if she'd died today instead, noone would have actually believed it? More importantly, comedy writer and producer Barry Took died too. Without him, there would have been no Monty Python -- or, probably, The Goodies. Can we have state mourning for him instead? Also in the news lately -- and seriously, I'm not making this up -- the current issue of Cat World magazine describes Tompaulin as a "rock band". I burst out laughing in the middle of the bookstore. xx caitlin "Them's corduroys, and luscious purple articles they are, too" -- Flann O'Brian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: the dirty word game
by Aruni J 01 Apr '02

01 Apr '02

Another rainy Sunday draws to a close in the heart of Carolina. Easter--is that why the list has been so quiet of late? Easter affects me less than many other people since I'm a Buddhist and my school doesn't believe in days off. Nevertheless, there was one memorable year when Easter, Passover, and the Sinhalese New Year all fell on my birthday...'though that last probably doesn't affect any of you, either. Five points* to anyone who can figure out the year of the coincidence, and my birthday. (*cash value < 1/500 of 1 cent) I was talking yesterday to a fellow fan who was amused by the fact that B&S has a song entitled (My Girl's Got) Miraculous Technique. We proceeded to go through our albums, making salacious puns on song titles. Try it. I recommend it to you as a highly diverting activity. (and we didn't even start on _Storytelling_) ...which reminds me that I was playing the dirty word game with 20 high school students the other day (in health ed, people!). They had to come up with as many names for human private parts as possible, after which we taught them the proper names for those parts of the human anatomy. I know I haven't been 15 for several years, but wow. Slang changes. It's also a little scary that their extensive knowledge of, er, carnal matters is riddled with large gaps in understanding. Which is why we're teaching them, of course. Toy Stephen mentioned wanting to meet sinisterines in the flesh. (er...) Ditto here. Stop by for rice and curry if you're in the area. Don't worry--I'm not as bad a cook as my mother thinks I am. ~aruni _________________________________________________________________ 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: London Pre-gig Picnic Announcement (pt 1)
by Dimitra Daisy 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

The general plan goes as follows: For those coming from exotic places all over the country/continent, and anyone else not working on that day: The picnic is at Green Park. Meet at the park entrance opposite the tube exit under the same name -it seems easy even to me- at (around) 2 pm, which means sometime between 2 and half 2. We'll try not to be late this time. Very hard. Then we'll walk to some place in the park (currently the plan is to walk to the bandstand), and have a picnic till about 5ish. Anyone wanting to join us between half two and five, phone me (+30 932 757685), Rachel Sunnyset (07836 788928), Greg (07903 097867), or Archel (07944 074873), and we'll give you directions/come and pick you up. If it's raining I guess we'll meet at the tube station itself, then probably walk to the nearest pub. Which is what we'll do after five or so, so if you want to join us then just call/text us. Then sometime (quite early seeing as some among us are obsessed -not me) we'll leave that pub/other place we might be in and take a wee ride on the tube to Brixton, find Brixton Academy and wait patiently for Belle and Sebastian to go on stage. (Maybe wait impatiently for Life Without Building to go offstage too). Picnic Mummy Archel told me she might look around the area tomorrow and come up with a more definite plan, so wait for part 2. Bye from me, see you soon, Dimitra Ps Green Park was chosen after much thinking, because: a) it's central, b) it seems easy to find c) it's on Victoria line, where Brixton is too d) it's said to be nice e) it might be the park from Martha meet Lawrence Frank and Daniel that me and Rachel were dreaming of having a picnic in, though it probably is the one next to it. _________________________________________________________________ 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: A Cockroach on the Wheel (l. cohen)
by toy stephen 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

Infidel and Hope on the Meat Wheel ----------------------------------- At work on Easter Sunday (which is unholy enough), I think I'll fill out my tax forms. As I poured coffee into my mug, I saw the dead cockroach belly-up on the floor and had an epiphany: if I dare to do my taxes on Easter Sunday, I'll either be reincarnated as this beastie here, or suffer being cast as the evil one ejected by Jesus from the synagogue when history replays itself. I'll post to Sinister. That's holy, that'll help my soul progress on the quivering meat wheel, won't it? sex sex sex ----------- I don't observe Easter Sunday really. It's an important day, I think; it might be one of those few days left that inspires --gasp -- reverence in people. The ritual of spring affects me more now than the memories of Sunday school Easter bible stories. the resurrection of the wine god. youthful stirrings. and everywhere you look in Nature, sex sex sex (unless youre lookin into my bedroom window which, by the way, if you are, why not come in? I've been watching the mating dance closely and I've got the steps down: I shake my rump feather, and flit away, you chase me, I squawk and chirp, you don't give a damn, and you try some more, with a persistence that's not ashamed of itself -- Nature gives you license). Belle and Sebastian Anonymous -- Can I see some flesh? ------------------------------------------------------ Apart from my one friend Rachel I don't know any blood-and-flesh B&S fans. I mean, I'm sure you all really have blood-and-flesh, but none I can see. Rachel tries her hardest, last night she made impressive use of a broom, a jug of laundry detergent, the plastic softening ball for the washer, and a cutting board for melody while we danced to Sinister. As I walked her home, I resorted to an amplified squawking of Sinister songs, hoping to see the head-jerk reaction of a stranger who recognised such a foreign language. It feels like that sometimes: running off a few lyrics as if they were words of your native tongue that no one seems to understand in this oasis. Sigh. Does anyone else strategically drop lines, like say, when passing a girl walking in the opposite direction? Well-wishes for the lucky concert-goers -------------------------------------- Buon divertente to the Edinburgh Sinisterines seeing the show tomorrow. I'm sure with Monica Queen you'll get a perfect version of Lazy Line Painter Jane. Remember too April Fools Day. Maybe you should dress Goth-like, long black trenchcoats and loadser dark mascara, and give the Belles a start by chanting 'Nine Inch Nails! Nine Inch Nails! before they come on. Just to take the piss like. Like Ken enthused, it's good practise for the release of Storytelling. Tony Blair as Jesus Christ? --------------------------- Sad to hear the Queen Mother died. I cynically thought for a moment that they faked the death, so PM Blair could stage some kind of Lazarus resurrection in time for Easter Sunday, and rescue the faltering PR machine of New Labour. I'm definitely going to end up as that cockroach. I know it. resurrections and pease, t.s. p.s.: your haiku dose: A combo: mud and Snow -- the young girl is perplexed. Memory. Desire. p.p.s.: has anyone read Niall Griffiths? I finished _Grits_ yesterday and loved it. Very much like The Perks of Being a Wallflower. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.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: Tickets for Edinburgh
by crockery.org 31 Mar '02

31 Mar '02

Hi there I have two standing tickets for Edinburgh tommorow. Due to ill health, I would like to try to swap them for seated tickets. Especially if Stuart does another raffle, which seemed to take half an hour last time. Might be too much for someone in delicate health. Anyone interested, can you mail me off the list? Cheers Linda +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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