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Sinister: London won´t let me down, I hope
by Jordi Trenzano 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hello: I have awakened from a certain lazyness. Can I have the list of known & unknown listees (for me, that´s it) who´ll attend the London gig ? I just want to know who will I meet there. See you all !!! Jordi +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: European Dates
by Neil Robertson 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

They're up on the band site now. I'm not really ready, but you've pressured me into it. Bastards. Neil +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I will Kenfess to Chu
by Rachel fruitloop 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hello Sinister! The Cat's PJs asked me why I tend to put Ken Chu in my subject lines and the answer is simple. Because Ken needs special attention and he's cute! Okay, my real reason is more self-serving. It's because it makes ME laugh. A lot. Twice now, I have compiled my favorite bits of your posts to comment on in my very own post, and it just seems to be stagnant, so I don't post anything. It's not because what you kitties are posting isn't good (in fact, it's been grate lately!), it's just that I am finding that my method is becoming a bit too "post-by-numbers" for my liking (although the number thing might excite you Kirsten, I still suck at math!) So, I'm just going to write... Stine thought about me when she heard "Beautiful" the other day and she wrote about crying when she read my post about how I assimilate my life on anti-depressant medication to that song. I cried when I read that Stine remembered mine, I was so touched. That was one of my first posts to the list, before I had adopted the name Fruitloop. Actually, that post was one of the reasons I took on the name... I didn't necessarily want to be known as "crazy" Rachel and it was a good way of referring to myself as crazy whilst strengthening the !Viva Rachels! movement in breakfast moniker solidarity with Rachel Cornflake and the other "breakfast" Rachels to follow. So, there's a bit of a refresher course in Sinister Rachels history. If you want to read my post (the rest of this might make more sense if you do), it's in the archives from September 21st and it's called Crazy "Beautiful" (I'd put a link in here but I'm too sexy!) This sort of relates to what Jimmy Gilmer had written about not owning your moods and what Kate had written about Zen ideas. I deal with it in a different way. I don't own my moods because I am on a drug. I accept the fact that I need medication. I see now that my fear of always being noticably medicated and having my feelings behind a barrier or wall was only an occurance that happened with the particular medication I was on (Zoloft, for those who wonder). Some members of my family still do not support my decision to be medicated, but I think it's mainly because these members of my family know that they probably need medication, too,(doctors have recommended it to them, even!) but they fear the stigma of it more than anything else. If it were anyone else but my family, I could say "screw them, I won't be ashamed for taking a drug that helps me function in all aspects of my life" but when it's my mother, especially... the shame is indescribable. But mostly I find myself feeling good because I know myself and like myself well enough to make my life better, and I know that this can be achieved with medication. Since I posted in mid-September, several things have happened that have changed me. They all directly relate to Sinister. A response to my Crazy "Beautiful" post was from Elise Spry who happens to work in a psych clinic and she suggested I try a different medication called Celexa, which I have been on since November. What a HUGE difference! I am no longer zombiefied by Zoloft and the side effects are so minimal that I don't even notice ANY! I am so much happier. And Elise became a very good friend from that first contact on. She is so sweet! Switching medication wasn't a hard transition physically, it's just that mentally I had a lot riding on this switch... I thought THIS was the answer to the fashion blues, and I just didn't know what I would do if it wasn't. But so far it has been wonderful. So I'm going to have to find a new song to assimilate with my life... I am not saying that everyone should go on medication because they're depressed. I am also not saying that I'm "unique" I'm actually "only slightly mental"... I have panic attacks that are crippling when I am not medicated and I'm under a lot of stress. The medication helps that. I also tend to be very pessimistic by nature, and I dwell on things I shouldn't. I don't do that so much now, the little things don't get to me anymore now that I am on medication. I don't get absorbed in that downward spiral of dwelling on misery. My uncle once said that even as a small child I was "plugged into the world" at a very young age and I can clearly recall being depressed and even angry a lot of the time at the injustices of being a child. This is just the way my mind works. I tend to analyse and dissect things and try to figure it all out. I can't help but view the world in terms of blacks and whites with very little grays. The medication helps me see the grays. And anyone who wishes to talk about medication and mental health with me more is welcome to e-mail me personally. I should also mention that my Crazy "Beautiful" post also got me my first list crush vote and it happened to be from Ben Apps. I credit that post, this list, and Belle & Sebastian for bringing the love of my life to me. So, you lonely kids who joined Jenny Payne's Sini-Valentine Exchange, watch out! You never know when the next legendary Sinister romance will be born! Have fun in Brighton, kitties! love to you all, Rachel fruitloop __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE Valentine eCards with Yahoo! Greetings! http://greetings.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: Memory from last night, it's coming back, it's coming back...
by Gardiner, Stuart 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

It's been a while. Well, just under a month actually; but by my normal standards that's a while. I'm very sorry, I've been unfaithful. A mutual friend caught me emailing someone who wasn't on Sinister. So I thought I'd better come clean - it's better if you hear it from me, I think. Don't worry, it was nothing serious, you're still my one and only, and anyway, we were on a break. So what have I been doing, apart from prostituting myself with other friends (not half as much fun as it sounds, believe me...). Well, mostly getting drunk, to be honest. So, no surprises there, then. Highlights included one friend walking round the house during the mourning after the night before in Leeds saying "You, have a headache NOW!"; and the girl I was staying with in Edinburgh spending about a minute trying to get the key into the front door before turning round and saying "This isn't my house!" and moving a few doors down the road... But I won't be getting drunk this weekend. Well, unless you count Friday and Saturday nights, which I don't. Because at those times of the week I usually can't. Unfortunately I'll be in Sheffield on Saturday night, so I won't be able to report back on the Brighton pissup. So I thought I'd report forwards instead. The day will go something like this: people turn up in Brighton, at least one person turns up over an hour late, people get drunk, people gossip about other people, people get more drunk, Archel starts getting smutty, people get even more drunk, people go into the sea, people wish they hadn't got quite so drunk. All you need to take is a sleeping bag, some Alka-Seltzer, and a ruler for good measure (bad joke copyright Rory Bremner last week). Joy! A post from the lovely Genevieve. More joy! Another post from the lovely Genevieve. OK, so it was the same one twice, but you can't have too much of a good thing (unless it's vodka and red bull of course - have too much of that and you're walking on the ceiling for the rest of the evening) I believe this may have been mentioned before, but "Wandering Alone" from the Belfast gig really does sound suspiciously similar to "I Just Want To Dance The Night Away"... And every time I hear the opening of "Wrong Girl", I still wonder why Stevie is so obsessed about looking for Madonna... Has anyone thought about sorting out a meetup (or should that be a pissup?) before / after any of the UK gigs? Maybe Smile could be persuaded to open its doors again, as it did after the last Manchester gigs a few years ago? Come to that, at the moment I'm going to have to drive back from Manchester to Nottingham straight after the gig, unless someone kind offers me a floor in Manchester for the night (not that I'd drop hints or anything... Subtle as a hippopotamous on heat, me...) 8 paragraphs, and 4 of them are about alcohol. That figures. 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. 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: I'm moronic in essence
by Kenneth P Y Chu 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Sinistees, Just like Hannah Brown (except a very tiny bit taller, and more boy-like), I have been feeling rather bouncy in the past few day, no, not Ratha Bouncy the 36DD prostitute, but the feeling of wanting to bounce around. Maybe it's the time of the month. Or maybe it's just lack of sleep - this is a little known fact, but your brain produces a very minute amount of alcohol constantly, but (un)forutnately it also produces another chemical that neutralises it while you're awake. When you're asleep, however, the balancing chemical stops being produced and that's when you start to dream - you're getting mild intoxication from the alcohol being made. Incidentally that's also why you'd feel hungover when you wake up if you didn't have enough fluid inside you before you sleep the night before, even though you weren't drinking, and this is also why it is often difficult to remember what you were dreaming about when you wake up. When you haven't been sleeping for ages, the balancing chemical gets depleted of its supplies and you start getting more and more delusional, basically you're getting drunk. You either get more depressed, or more happy and your mind stops working rationally. This is when you start making up bullshit about how your brain produces alcohol all on its own - dream on! I should work for some medical research place, I can start a national scare and they will extend alcohol laws to makes it illegal for children under 18 to have less than 8 hours of sleep a day. I'm gonna drink some real alcohol tomorrow though! at Brighton! Yay, might drink some tonight too. Ooh I'm so hardcore. Go me! (ed: yes, ken, go, please, and don't come back until you sober up) OK. Drunkenness and Red Bulls Ken _________________________________________________________________ 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: Waaaaaaaalk to the station..
by Ben Apps 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

wont you follow me down? Ok, for all those going to Brighton tomorrow from London, who realised that there actually are two pubs in Victoria Station all I can say is SPOTTERS BADGE! So I did some research at lunchtime and suggest we meet in or just outside The Iron Duke which is between Burger King and Café Select, but also near to Boots. At 1PM. If you go in the front of the station, its on the LEFT. If you plan to come aboard then send me a note if you havent done already and then we can try not to leave anybody behind. Cool. My mobile number is 07765 102 990, and the good news is its actually working at the moment. Both for making AND receiving calls. I truly am blessed by the good lady fortune. Its gonna be ace!! Pip pip See you tomorrow or see you later Benapps (the phats n small controller) _________________________________________________________________ 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: the part of my brain that says "stop" doesn't seem to be working.
by Hannah Brown 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

This is because i have spent another £50 on records and will probably do the same in two weeks time. I am also feeling really weird but in a fab way. On thursday i had a surge of great excitement and since then i have wanted to do lots of things all at the same time. I feel as though i am on fast forward and am becoming suspicious that someone is putting speed in my tea. I also got a FIRST for my written proposal, and i just feel like screaming "wwwwwwoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" God, i'm sorry, i have been trying to write sensible posts all day but i keep deleting them because my fingers can't keep up with my head. I woke up at 7:30 this morning and jumped around to Lithium by Nivarna whilst pretending my umberella was a guitar. I also fell over by a tree and a small child laughed at me. I am going to see Ben Christian at Dingwalls on the 18th so if anyone fancy's coming along? I also want to get the electric soft parade album so if anyone who has it could give me a rough rundown of what it is like, that would be cool. Where the smeg has David Strange gone by the way?????? Oh dear mother of mercy what is wrong with me, i am usually quite calm, but right now i feel as though i've got a bag of jumping beans in my belly. I might lock myself in the toilet and jump up and down for a while. boing............... boing....................., love hannah Ps, there was absolutely No content here i just needed to move my fingers. Next time i post there will be a, b&s content b, an element of drowsiness c,some kind of cynicism about something +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: B&S in Belgium
by Aton Vanderwaeren 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hello... Still no word from Neil or Katrina, but it looks like the European tour is finally going to happen. If it isn't, I have just spent 18 Euros on a useless scrap of paper rather than a ticket for B&S's one and only Brussels gig. Get out your diaries and note: 7th April 2002: Belle & Sebastian @ AB-club If any Belgian listees out there are interested in having a pre-gig meet-up, then mail me off-list and we'll set something up. Bye, Aton Vanderwaeren. Sing the hymn: http://publish.uwo.ca/~charring/egypt/18nouemp.htm Buy the action figure: http://www.toymania.com/334archives/tomland/aton.htm Read the books: http://www.piers-anthony.com/aton.html +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Karaoke; Chicago; Seattle; Apology
by Jennifer Phillips-Bacher 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

hello delicious ones! it's 2 a.m. tonight (this morning?) i take on a diaristic tone, if only because it's late and i'm up past my bedtime. additionally, it seems less like list abuse if i write in a confessional style. I begin: Dear diary, tonight I did some karaoke. kicked it off with "these boots are made for walkin'" and finished with a terribly maudlin version of "love song" by the cure (could it really get any more maudlin?). people were weeping, i must confess. a group of attractive hecklers were seated nearby, and lo! one of them was wearing a B&S badge. we shook hands, and off he went. hello if you're out there. so i've been thinking about BOWLING yes BOWLING and I have determined that all of the CHICAGO PEOPLE on the list and I should meet up at Marigold Bowl on Grace & Broadway on Sunday Feb. 17, either in the late afternoon or evening, depending on which time seems the most popular amongst THOSE PEOPLE THAT REPLY! Secondly, on an entirely different, yet pop-related note, o diary, I was wondering if I could possibly be directed to any lovely soul in Seattle who might be interested in joining me on saturday night for Dub Narcotic Sound System & All Girl Summer Fun Band. i'll be in town for something resembling business, and may be lonely and bored. Food consumption: several pieces of toast, with peanut butter; 3 campari & sodas; 3 beers; 1 egg mayonnaise sandwich; several cubes of teriyaki tofu. i hope all of the londoners at Track & Field on Friday night buy my pal Sarah Garrett Sonner a drink or several. oh diary, i have polluted your pristine pages with my unruly penmanship. please forgive me, and allow me to clutter your pages more delicately the next time. and now, I sleep. Jennxo please contact me Seattle and Chicago people! _________________________________________________________________ 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: the end of our fakery
by MyMomSays＠aol.com 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

At approximately 11:30 a.m., February 2, 2002, History was made. An earthshattering decision took place in the backseat of one Nicole Holder's blue Nissan--oh yes, it's true, the legendary band Daniel Tiger decided to split up. The sad bit is, it was my idea. I was curled up against the window, my cheek growing hot from the sunshine, balancing a styrofoam box of scrambled eggs in my lap. Marissa, in the front, fed Nicole bits of pancakes as she drove. I brought it up tentatively, somewhat as a joke, actually. I got a positive response. But the funny part really, is, that Daniel Tiger never existed. What happens after the end of our fakery? The four of us decided on pursuing solo careers--myself recording under the assumed identity of Simone Turner. We kicked around the idea of forming another band called Swimbuddy. Then another one called The Corn Horns. But where's the real ambition? There only seems to be a real motivation to do something that will only amount to a load of more fakery. Around certain people, I am never serious. My friends, for one, my fellow fake band mates, I almost never really talk about what I'm thinking or feeling; I'm nearly always cracking jokes or putting on a silly face. So is this another part of this bizarre friendship where I feel as if I have to constantly be a funnystress? Hmmm. This post, so far, is a bit self-indulgent. But what happens with a fake band becomes real? Do things suddenly seem like they're being showered in fluorescent lighting and nothing really seems as interesting as it used to be? Certainly, being serious, not being fake, it all seems like a bit too much responsibility, wouldn't you agree? So what is it with this phenomenon of "fake" bands--of fictional bands? Why does this happen? Is it lack of musicianship? Some sort of post-modern mockery? Just as a side note: Dimitra and Gneissy's posts were lovely. I am sorry I did not tell you both that earlier. Oh, and, if any of you write fiction, e-mail me privately. We must chat. Toddling off, Mandee +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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