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Sinister: Sukie in the Kailyard
by P F 17 Jan '06

17 Jan '06

I remember walking through Glasgow's stone canyons of air and light, one January day. It feels like it was morning, but in Glasgow that means afternoon. I was talking to Cookie and RJG about the history of Scottish pop. Who were the best, the top 10, the forgotten favourites? We named many names - JAMC, Altered Images, Rod Stewart, the Commotions. I was reminded of that day, that hour, a little, when I read, just now, on paper, this review. -- Belle And Sebastian, ABC, Glasgow The wonderful wizards of odd By David Pollock Published: 17 January 2006 Almost exactly a year ago, a phone poll conducted by the Scottish entertainments magazine The List established that Scotland's favourite band ever was Belle and Sebastian. This tells us one of two things: either that, in the face of stiff competition from Simple Minds, the Bay City Rollers, Primal Scream and Franz Ferdinand, the national consensus is that the Belles are on a pedestal of admiration all of their own, or, perhaps more cynically (but certainly more credibly), they simply possess a fanbase whose kamikaze commitment to the cause outweighs all others. In much the same way as The Smiths before them (even though the two bands are largely incomparable, musically), Belle and Sebastian draw a crowd of fans who are bookish and polite, and who measure their general ordinariness against a healthy sense of mild disaffection. In Glasgow, and particularly in the studenty nexus of Byres Road and Great Western Road, for example, these acolytes may be identified by their devotion to the retro style of bandleader Stuart Murdoch and his long-departed cellist and muse, Isobel Campbell. Thick-rimmed glasses, hand-knitted scarves and well-thumbed second-hand copies of novels mentioned by Murdoch on his online blog are vital ingredients of this West End coffee-shop look. It's a fact that Murdoch must recognise only too well. Towards the end of this show, he asked for the house lights to be put on, only to remark that the reflection from so many pairs of spectacles was dazzling him. Could all the boys kneel down out of sight, he wondered, to afford him a nicer view? Not wishing to offend, of course, they consented. There's something about watching a Belle and Sebastian gig that feels like being let in on a big in-joke. So non-exclusive are the band that anyone may join in, yet the fact that most people just don't get the gag is conversely what keeps only those of a certain sensitive, leftfield taste interested. Still, that amounts to a lot of people: this was the first of three fully subscribed nights in this large venue. There was a little something for everyone involved, but Murdoch, his co- vocalist and guitarist, Stevie Jackson, and the coterie of musicians, sometime backing vocalists and occasional string-section players who form the rest of the band (seven full-time members, five part-time players) were largely preaching to the converted. In their six-album history (seven, if you count the soundtrack to Todd Solondz's film Storytelling), they have had many stand-out songs, yet to focus on more obscure album tracks and unheard songs from the forthcoming album, The Life Pursuit, didn't invite new ears to listen. Still, many of these new songs were the more memorable, like the tight stomp of "White Collar Boy" or the winsome "Sukie in the Graveyard" , about a student who was so poor that she had to stay in the attic of the nearby School of Art. Despite the customary lack of volume in their live sound (a good or a bad thing, depending on the track), the between-song asides from the softly- spoken Murdoch and the more laddish Jackson reveal them to be as amusingly odd a couple as ever. Informing us that we could download The Life Pursuit to help us sing along, Murdoch produces a vinyl copy of the record to check the lyrics, while Jackson half-sings, half-mutters his own version of "I Belong tae Glasgae" to fill the dead air. Indeed, the pair's dancing to the wonderful "Electronic Renaissance" was an uncategorisable highlight. The airing of the more well-known "I'm a Cuckoo" and "The Wrong Girl" may be interpreted as sops to the less hardcore fans. But a single encore of "Judy and the Dream of Horses", which saw Murdoch invite a fan to sing onstage only to find himself upstaged by a word-perfect rendition, rather poignantly summed up how much more this band mean to anyone who's actively devoted to them. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.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. 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Sinister: Scotlands Finest on Tour
by davie kerr 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

alrighty folks the gig up in the big smoke(glasgow) was pretty damn fantastic last night. i thought the set they played was fanfuckintabulous!!! Choice ChoOOons included(in no particular order): loneliness of the middle distance runner your covers blown im a cuckoo the wrong girl sukie in the graveyard funny little frog another sunny day be myself completely fox in the snow the state i am in dog on wheels my wandering days are over electronic renaissaince judy and the dream of horses - stuart asked if anyone knew the words well enough to come up and sing. so congrats and well don to Vinnie if your on the list. there's probably a few tunes i missed out but remembering the ones listed above is a phenomenal feat for my weak and feeble brain!!! the only thing that let it down was the crowd. there didnt seem to be many folks feelin 'Up for it' so to speak. there were plenty of whistles and healthy applauses for their tunes but not a lot of crowd participation in singing along or the popular hand claps to tunes. we all seemed to relaxed and laid back. being a sunday night and all it was probably just the effects of everybody struggling through their come downs from the previous nights. i know i was. if any of you sinister hardcore are venturing along tonight or tomorrow make sure to go fuckin nuts and take the rest of the crowd with you! take care, take it easy and have good un!! davie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: US Tour
by Angela M. Smith 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

So New Pornographers are the support on the tour, which is super! Anyone else in cities other than Chicago perplexed by the venue choice? I don't mind paying $32.50 a ticket, the quality of the band is obviously worth it, but the venue is not. This is mostly mindless bitching, I will gladly pay, and gladly go, and more than likely enjoy myself immensely. -Angela +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Belle & Sebastian News Message - Change To Instore Dates (fwd)
by Linda Kerr 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:56:21 +0000 From: Belle and Sebastian <mailinglist(a)belleandsebastian.com> Reply-To: "listmanager(a)banchory.net" <listmanager(a)banchory.net> To: "lulou(a)crockery.org" <lulou(a)crockery.org> Subject: Belle & Sebastian News Message - Change To Instore Dates The Glasgow and Edinburgh instores mentioned in previous dispatches have now been moved to Tuesday 17th January due to an unforeseen televisual invitation. All the timings are the same. Did I mention you can vote for the "Funny Little Frog" video at http://www.mtv2europe.com/nmeVote.jhtml Oh well, it won't do any harm to mention it again... To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit http://www.belleandsebastian.com/mailing_list.php +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 tickets for Dublin
by Richard Skinner 12 Jan '06

12 Jan '06

hey folks, this is a quick one. i have two B&S tickets for the dublin show on the 6th of febuary. That is the monday. Selling at face value as i cant make it. I know there was a sinister person looking for some but that fell through. Anyone else want these? richard _________________________________________________________________ Fast. Simple. Personal. Visit the all-new MSN. http://ie.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: Curtain rods
by Matilda Liljedahl 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Hi, I felt I wanted to tell the world about how I've finally managed to put my curtain rods in place. It's been a four month long process filled with discouraging failures. I don't think anyone can understand how happy it makes me feel that I've finally succeed. I think maybe it was worth the wait, cuz the relief now is so great. Today I'm going to add the curtains, which are, of course, more important than the curtain rods, but not the least as tricky to put in place, althought it's neccesary to get the curtain rods properly in place first, which I've done now. Until this day I've had a blanket covering my window, attached to the wall with drawing pins, so that pulling the it to the side have been impossible. The thing is my apartment is on ground level so living without any kind of curtain is not an option. The only thing my neighbours have seen of my apartment is my Star Wars box, which is placed in the window frame, in front of that blanket that is never pulled aside. I can imagine what kind of picture they have of me. Lately I've also been buying a lot of records (again). I think it's almost scaring how music can make me feel quite good and actually bring some meaning to life, as can poetry and art. I guess what scares me is that I might not appreciate real life as much as made-up stories and music. But then I think fantasy is necesarily a part of real life and vice verce and maybe I'm not fleeing at all. And I've got another thing to say: I love my job. Maybe bacause it's only five hours every second week, but I thought I'd still consider it a disaster. I've found out that I actually like running stairs up and down, and bycykling around, giving people their local newspaper. The paper itself happens to be crap, heavily sponsored by local companies. Most of the articles are about how the customers of some company in town are totaly ovejoyed about the good service and high-quality products. Despite of this, people seem to like recieving the paper, but I don't think that is the most important reason of why I' m loving my job. Maybe it's the running whilst listening to music in my sheep headphones which adds crackling sound to every song, and how I'm dead tired when I'm finished. I feel like I'm a hard working girl. I guess it's the perfect complement to my mainocuaption, poetrywriting and abstract thinking. I recorded Crazy Little Frog from the radio some weeks ago, but I could only listen to it one single time, then the recorder ate the tape up. Since I've only heard the song once I can't really decide wether that was a compliment or a diss. But let's hope it was a good omen. The new record will be swell and we will all be very very happy. Love/Matilda +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond
by Geoff Sheridan 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Because I came across an old email exchange while searching for my John Lewis website login, this is dedicated to the girl 'never knowingly underdressed'. *** somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond any experience, your eyes have their silence: in your most frail gesture are things which enclose me, or which i cannot touch because they are too near your slightest look easily will unclose me though i have closed myself as fingers, you open always petal by petal myself as Spring opens (touching skillfully, mysteriously) her first rose or if your wish be to close me, i and my life will shut very beautifully, suddenly, as when the heart of this flower imagines the snow carefully everywhere descending; nothing which we are to perceive in this world equals the power of your intense fragility: whose texture compels me with the colour of its countries, rendering death and forever with each breathing (i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands e.e.cummings +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Funny Little Frog kind of released tomorrow
by honey＠missprint.org 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

First B&S single from the LP out soon "kind of". They forgot to mention that if you read the lyrics it's _clearly_ about me(*). Archives and me still offline. Sorry. Much love, Honey (*) in the sense that it's not really. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Belle and Sebastian <mailinglist(a)belleandsebastian.com> Subject: Belle & Sebastian News Message - Funny Little Frog kind of released tomorrow The new B&S single, "Funny Little Frog", is kind of released on January 10th. That is to say, the lead track is available from iTunes' store in the UK and very probably Europe too. Of course, the physical versions aren't released until next Monday, January 16th. The formats have already been announced, but there is one thing we forgot, which is the live version of "Funny Little Frog", recorded at last night's XFM show at the G2 in Glasgow. It's going to be available as a download only from this site, unencumbered by DRM (I think, although now I'm regretting typing that in case I've made a mistake). All being well, it should be available either on the 16th or 17th. Tony Doogan stayed up all night to mix it. Don't let it have been in vain. Back to those formats again. In case you need reminding, you can buy all three formats for 5 quid from here. I suggest you do so forthwith. Finally, if you're so inclined, please follow this link, just over here, and vote for the "Funny Little Frog" video in the NME chart. Go on. We go to all the trouble of making the things... they may as well get shown from time to time. ps Contrary to previous reports, The New Pornographers WILL be playing at the Austin show, and Pretty Girls Make Graves won't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Belle & Sebastian News Message - US and Canada Tour (fwd)
by Linda Kerr 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 21:00:21 +0000 From: Belle and Sebastian <mailinglist(a)belleandsebastian.com> Reply-To: "listmanager(a)banchory.net" <listmanager(a)banchory.net> To: "lulou(a)crockery.org" <lulou(a)crockery.org> Subject: Belle & Sebastian News Message - US and Canada Tour It is with great joy and excitement that we bring you news of Belle & Sebastian's biggest ever US and Canadian tour. 22 shows in 18 cities. We are going to be joined on amost all these dates by very special guests The New Pornographers. One exception is Vancouver. I can't remember why. The other exception is Austin, where we will be joined by Mogwai, Cat Power and Pretty Girls Make Graves. In fact, it's not really our show as such, it's a Matador SXSW show, and unfortunately that means very few of you are going to get in, as the vast majority of places are taken by SXSW pass holders. Sorry about that. There will be some tickets made available in a couple of weeks apparently, but for the moment there's nothing. You'll notice that not all the ticket information there is quite complete. Keep checking back and it'll appear soon enough. Also, if I may save you the time and bother it'll take to write in and complain about booking fees. We know! But we can't do anything about it! Almost all the venues have exclusive deals with the big ticket agencies, so either we just swallow it or we play places so small that a) we don't fit and b) only 150 people get in. At least this way you get the choice of whether to buy a ticket or not. Clearly it's not the cheapest ticket on the market either, but it costs what it costs and I think the addition of The New Pornographers makes it pretty decent value for money. Rest assured that nobody is laughing all the way to the bank. Except the ticket agencies... Anyway, the dates in full are below. Check www.belleandsebastian.com for details of where to get tickets. Feb 25th Toronto - The Docks Feb 26th Montreal - Metropolis Feb 27th Boston - Avalon Feb 28th Boston - Avalon March 2nd NYC - Nokia Theatre March 3rd NYC - Nokia Theatre March 4th Philadelphia - Electric Factory March 5th Washington - 9.30 Club March 6th Washington - 9.30 Club March 8th Nashville - Ryman Auditorium March 9th Louisville - Brown Theatre March 10th Chicago - Riviera March 11th Milwaukee - Riverside Theatre March 12th Minneapolis - Orpheum Theatre March 14th Dallas - Granada Theatre March 15th Austin - Stubbs (Matador SXSW Show) March 18th LA - Wiltern March 19th LA - Wiltern March 21st SF - Concourse @ The SF Design Center March 23rd Portland - Roseland Ballroom March 24th Vancouver - Commodore March 25th Seattle - Paramount Also, while you're online, if you could spare a second to vote for us here... http://www.mtv2europe.com/nmeVote.jhtml we'd be very grateful. We go to all the effort and expense of making these videos. It would be nice if they were to be seen from time to time. Thanks, B&S and Banchory To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit http://www.belleandsebastian.com/mailing_list.php +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 plea from a lurker
by Raymond Humphrey 06 Jan '06

06 Jan '06

Hello good morning and goodnight...I have a plea to anyone who will be going to the Dublin IE shows in march. we are going to be in dublin for those shows but we're having a helluva time getting tickets through ticketmaster UK. Anyone with an idea or a bit of help it would gladly be appreciated. i dont know...maybe purchase two tix for me and my gf and we can send you some cash or work something out. Any help would be much appreciated. > Cheers > ray me fail english..thats unpossible! "Thanks, but being a candidate for hip-replacement surgury does not make me a hipster" __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.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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