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Sinister: It's all a question of me me me and you you you.
by Ruvi Simmons 24 Dec '01

24 Dec '01

I have never been carol singing. At 5am, that seems peculiarly significant. Occassionally, I sing Away in a Manger in the style of a Home Counties seven year old, but I don't think the two amount to the same. Of course, it is too late both in the day and my life to begin visiting houses, song book in cold-numbed hand, so I will have to accept that the experience has passed me by but, yes, its absence is a felt non-presence, as it were, in the pre-dawn of this Christmas Eve. One day, we'll all die. That's a sad notion, isn't it? It troubled me more when I was younger than it does now, probably because my brain has sand-bagged the sense of tragedy into a corner for my own safety. I should be more absurd, but I'm not. Recently, I have been listening to lots of music. I go in waves of interest and disinterest, but at the moment I have been spending as much non-existent money as I can muster on CDs and records. I bought a Serge Gainsbourgh CD. He's crap, isn't he? I fail to see how singing in a raspy French voice can in any way elevate his brand of music above the status of flaccid easy listening. Rod Stewart, on the other hand, isn't crap. Or Cat Stephens. Or Hope Sandoval. Or Johnny Cash. A little bit of somebody else's humanity enshrined on record. Music to invoke existence's magic strikes me as being the only stuff worth listening to, and the only art worth seeking. But then I'm always trying to recapture a state of childhood bliss, of a sort. In Tower Records yesterday, there was a young girl in front of me, about nine, and her face was covered in red blotches, while her voice had the rough tone of an adult. She could barely reach the counter, but her eyes glittered wisely, and sadly. Her shoes were dirty, and the laces had lost their little plastic caps, exposing the ends which had already begun to fray at the tips. I thought that if we could build ourselves on an untarnished child, gaining understanding and experience without destroying the wonder and spirit of joy that comes from times we don't remember, we would be doing alright. I have been spending lots of time in churches, because they are epic, and they're ours. I'd like to remember that sometimes, pitching human majesty against that of the stars. Think of all the heroes and the dignity and rage of the sea and our own lives. Nothing is eternal, but does that make our lives less grand? I'd like to see platforms dotted around the globe like a web of beacons, with people standing on them, shaking their fists and laughing and crying at the world stretching beneath their feet. Star-gazing not shoe-gazing. That would be nice. Which makes this splurge quite circular. From nothingness to being, and from transience to raging, raging. I'll be quiet now. Happy Christmas to one and all. Ruvi. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: *trembling nervously*
by Alyson 24 Dec '01

24 Dec '01

hi, you sinister people. my name is alyson, and i've been a lurker for quite some time now. i figured now was a good time for my first post. i am still stumped as to how, exactly, people make their first posts around here. even though i've read a few first posts from others, when it comes to introducing myself, i just want to close the "compose mail" window and put it off another day/week/month. =) ah, well. here i go. i am a terribly shy girl that lives in austin, texas. i first heard belle & sebastian a long time ago because a boy on the bis mailing list mentioned them and i thought i would give them a listen (how different they are from bis, i can't remember why he mentioned b&s... maybe some scottish band conversation). i think the boy's name was ferny. anyway, i loved b&s from the first song i heard... too bad my friends seem to think they are horrible. in fact, i only ever get to listen to them when i'm alone, in order to keep the others from griping about how bad my music is. so, b&s is a very private thing for me... but i suppose that's where you come in. =) some other things i like are sanrio, anime, video games (ddr!), drawing, and being a bad student. i am halfway through my first year of university. i take classes through the ut telecampus, which is a marvelous invention. other bands i like listening to are death cab for cutie, stereolab, pizzicato 5, bis, and grandaddy. i am 20 and my birthday is in july. i have an orange cat. i'd love an email from anyone sinister... and my aim name is xxkeroleenxx. happy holidays and stay warm! love, alyson p.s. i would have to agree with maryam-- i am definitely becoming quite jealous of those who are seeing b&s live... or those who have -ever- seen b&s live, as i fit into neither category. =) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: ho ho ho
by maryam! 24 Dec '01

24 Dec '01

Hi there. I'm new. I live in Washington D.C. My name is maryam. Nice to meet you all! Happy Holiday festivities! Brits have been spoiled with very nice B+S shows and I'm quite jealous. *In a forest pitch-dark Glowed the tiniest spark It burst into flame Like me* *~http://tempestinateacup.cjb.net~* aim: tempestinateacup +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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by Tim Banning 24 Dec '01

24 Dec '01

Hello, currently, I'm struggling to get a mix CD done for my uncle. It's been a slightly joyus and frustrating process, taking many hours...but It must be done in an hour and a half for the girl is coming over. It has been a couple months (I think) since I last posted, not that a whole lot of people have noticed. I wish everyone a very merry christmas. This year, more than any other year, I actually feel the christmas spirit. I actualy told my mom who was feeling rather bah-humbugish early this month that I did not need anything as far as presents go this year and if she'd like she could give whatever she did get me to someone who never gets anything...we'll see if this actually happens. Either way, I still find myself looking under the tree for presents with my name. It makes me happy to find and give presents this year. I'm also in a position where I can buy nice things for people and not just the usual Led Zepplin CD. I LOVE the new B.S. Ep. I made a Belle and Sebastian mix cd for my parents' boss. He loved it. I havn't been reading a whole lot of Sinister Mails lateley. I've been getting about 20-40 shit mails everyday and It's really frustrating, especially when I'm waiting from emails from long lost friends. I bet the belfast gig was amazing. I got a bootleg of some shows a while ago and it just fuels one's silly obsession with this band. damn. oh well, pretty worthless email, have a nice Christmas everyone. tim _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: is there gas in the car? yes, there's gas in the car.
by Richard Gillanders 24 Dec '01

24 Dec '01

there has, yes, has indeed, yes, been a lack of your Reporting Back from thursday in glasgow. I don't want to deprive anyone of a lacking. as if I could. someone said they heard I had thrown up in the toilets. I hate inaccurate rumours. I don't think 'these things happen' is as annoying as I have. before. but that's okay. those things don't happen . to me often at all. not to such a degree. uch. I guess they don't. happen. 'happen'. addition of '...for a reason'. might help or not. I wrote that bit before david moore did proper actual Reporting Back. he made you not lack. properly. thank him. well. since then. I have enjoyed further nights out. well. I won't try to convince that I enjoyed them. but I did. I just don't always look like it. or I always look like I just don't. I have heard many people called 'chief'. I have had some fun with cueing. I have worked on my arrogant nature. or had my arrogant nature worked over. it's only natural. I have learned how to use the source. look. but there's no reason for a demonstrate of that just yet. or just here. but. yeah. sure were-are lovely people around. people that you can like a lot. oh. and startled by dancedancerevolution skills. and mused over street cleaning machining theiving. and guitaring. and cliffs. and appropriate tunes. fun. um. a wise choice of venue on saturday. with gifts for all. ceramics. grudgingly gilded glasses. LUXURY christmas pudding. with cider and liquor whisky [like glayva? like. um. someone else does liquor whisky. I was going to pretend I can listen.]. a cookie jar for cookie's cookies. crystal ducks for... that could be developed into the title of a play. but I haven't done much developing since high school. lack of facilities. I GUESS PETER FRAMPTON'S WAS JUST CALLED A 'TALK-BOX'. do you know otherwise? visiting. and more. soon enough. I think. enough. soon. that was in that recent past. before that. I went to amsterdam for a few days. and I nearly didn't get back. on the last evening. lured to the red light district. allowed to get drunken. abandoned. abandoned without. abandoned without a complete idea of how to not be in the red light district. and without any chance of being not drunken. I got to the airport. had a doughnut. and a can of lager. and bought four hundred cigarettes. seems I didn't remember that I was stopping. but now. I can't forget. on the first evening. it felt like more than one. episodical. lost gloves. steep stairs. a feeling of violation mixed with plain old peculiar. ness. my life seems. oh. forget it. love, richard. __________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Are You Festive? (I)
by David Moore 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

Hi All, Sorry for delay in Reporting Back. Obviously the people who went to the Glasgow gig are just SO uncool. Or possibly they only got near a computer this evening. And they may have been too busy spending the last four days getting pished with videostars & popstars to think about posting. You know, You Have To Stop Living To Start Writing. Did someone ask for a setlist? if so, here comes a scan: Here Comes The Sun Theres Too Much Love Magic Of A Kind Word Turn, Turn, Turn Alone Again Or Creeque Alley Baby Judy & The Dream Of Horses Dirty Dream Number 2 * Cool For Cats Orangutang Space Oddity The Boy With The Arab Strap The Fox In The Snow O Come O Come Emmanuel Dylan In The Movies Time Of The Season The Wrong Girl Sleep The Clock Around The Boys Are Back In Town Go off. Wait for lots of applause. Come back and do ..... + Merry Xmas (War Is Over) Legal Man * Lazy Line Painter Jane Everyday People * (* They didn't actually get around to playing these. The last two probably got deleted due to the lengthy raffle drawing/prize distributing process) (+ cheeky Orang-utans!) No songs by Free. This unnecessary for most listees I'm sure but anyway: Here Comes The Sun = The Beatles, Turn, Turn, Turn = The Byrds (or Pete Seeger before that), Alone Again Or = Love, Creeque Alley = The Mamas & Papas, Baby = Gal Costa, Cool For Cats = Squeeze, Orangutang = Serge Gainsbourg, Space Oddity = David Bowie, O Come, O Come, Emmanuel = a rather complex provenance according to my copy of Hymns Ancient & Modern!, Time Of The Season = The Zombies, The Boys Are Back In Town = Thin Lizzy, Merry Xmas (War Is Over) = John Lennon. A fantastic gig - not sure yet if the best of the 9? I have attended but nonetheless everso very special, because of the choice of songs played/covered, the atmosphere, the party pieces, the good cause it was all for. I think a more detailed description may have to wait for later, for now I'll just say that I spent a fantastic (or should that be fandabidozie (sp?) seeing as its the panto season) few days in the city of Glasgow due in no small part to lovely Belle And Sebastian but also to the lovely residents who looked after me & the other people visiting from down South. Carey Lander is as wonderful & kind as she is gorgeous. Love & Christmas wishes to all, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Re: dunno
by Hannah Louise Brown 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

oh dear, It really has gone horribly quiet round here. I suppose everyone is busy doing family stuff. I am also doing family stuff as my uncle and grandad are here, however, i have had enough already. My parents got pissed and were arguing with my uncle earlier.My darling grandad is a sweetie but is very deaf. This means: a, having the tv on at about level 16>IIIIIIIIIIIIIII b, grandad not hearing us because of the loud tv c, us not hearing grandad e, everyone having to shout very loudly and repeating themselves several times before being understood. The tree looks nice and full this year though. It suddenly feels like i am in a dark little room posting to myself,snif. Everyone has gone to bed and the only amusement i have is radio 1 and the internet, maybe i will look at some porn later. PF mentioned washing up music. A great washing up album is "leisure" by Blur and ANY smiths album, but be careful not to dance too hard or those plates might just slide right out of your hand. hhmmmmmmmm, it really is quiet here. Seeing as i have nothing really to do i might set myself a stupid task. Maybe to stay on the internet all night and send lots of irritating, pointless mails. yes, i feel inspired. love hannah ps) sorry about the "maybe's" and the "i's" _________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: it's coming on christmas, they're cuttin' down trees, they're puttin' up reindeer and singing songs of joy and peace
by toadie291＠attbi.com 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

greetings sinisterees. i hope this finds you all well. im sure youve missed me, i havent posted in ages. i guess im just writing to reply to like 75 messages that ive been meaning to reply to for the past several months and also to vent as i am in a FOUL mood. things have been pretty bad of late. money troubles, sister/roommate troubles, family troubles, where am i going to live troubles. tis funny, i sit here typing at my posh computer faced with the prospect that i have to move out on my own....totally on my own, no roommate, and will very likely end up living in my car. in which case ill no longer be typing emails to y'all on my posh computer. nice. i suppose i could sell said computer and then id be fine...but a life without a computer is no life at all. profound, and not even slightly materialistic. perhaps thats my problem. i love having things. they dont mean more to me than people, but i love having nice things, its important to me. im sure all of you self-proclaimed indie kids hate me now....ironic as you sit at your respective posh computers. enough of that. someone said in a post awhile back that they hated christmas becuase its so insincere. i agree that there is a lot of bollocks that goes along with christmas.namely the fact that jesus was born in september time and we run around like chickens buying things with money we dont have for people to give them things they dont need. yesterday i went to the marshall fields department store in chicago....8 floors..i said "isnt it amazing how big a store full of nothing you need can be?" totaly true in a maslow's hierarchy of needs way, yet as i mentioned, i love things i dont need.....still sitting at posh computer....with dsl line no less. i digress. the way i figure it, if the person(s) wishing you a happy holiday season truly mean it, then you cant let your own bitterness prevail and convince you that EVERYONE who wishes one a happy holiday season is insincere. what else. oh yes. the state of "indie rock". well considering the fact that i absolutely HATE classification of music to begin with, this really annoyed me. so basically, per many listees, once a person is on the radio a lot they are no longer indie? hmm. interesting. you do realise that without album sales and radio airplay no one would be able to make music right? and i supppose that when the memebers, all 564 of them, of B&S and ________________(insert your favourite "indie" band here) set out to make an album they say "gee whiz, i hope no one buys this, then we arent indie anymore. we will have sold out and we wont have a mailing list of our very own any longer" i will never understand that logic. "well i liked them, then they got popular and now they suck" if im not mistaken i think that right after albert einstein worked out the E=MC2 thing.he discovered the equation POPULARITY = NO TALENT and SELL OUTS!!!!!!!! granted there are people on the radio constantly that do nothing to attain their notoriety, other than take off their blouses perhaps....then youve got peopel who genuinely pour their hearts and souls into their music and never get heard. then their are people who genuinly pour their hearts and souls into music and they DO get heard. personal audio aesthetics however, to not necessarily equal lack of talent. i mean, lets take Dave Matthews band...i cant stand them, i dont like how his voice sounds and i think hes a total pig...however, there is not denying that the memebers of DMB have real musical talent. its funny to me. im on i think 8 music related mailing lists and each of them have their respective snobs. on telly you always see the frasier crane-esque classical music snobs. the ones who think that anything not classical just isnt genuine music. i think every genre has them though. one of my mailing lists: if it doesnt have jangly guitars its just bad...another: if it isnt radiohead then its just crap. thom yorke knows the depths of my soul and no one else has anything of relevance to say (i love radiohead but someone needs to tell thom yorke that he is not michael stipe and to just shut up!).and another: this is the best yet..on one of my 2 sigur ros mailing lists someone actually said that music sung in english has no meaning. none of it. um.....need i remind said person that sigur ros sing in icelandic and a totally made up language called hopelandish..how the hell does she know what the words are saying? oi vey! my point is i guess that if we are passionate enough about a band and believe in them enough to invest ourselves in our mailing lists and meet ups and talking about them, then of course we will, more than likely, be passionate about them. that does not, however, mean that those whose opinions differ from ours have no talent and should be shot and killed on site. i know many of you hate travis, theyre one of my favourite bands. let me tell you why.....because they never say that they should be. they just make music that they like, they love playing it and are grateful that theyre able to do so. they write theyre own songs..ill admit that sing is pretty bad though.the sentiment is nice, just a lil redundent for me....they never slag off other bands or singers as being invalid or undeserving of their success. they dont tell their fans what they should believe in or what should be important to them. they havent changed anything about themselves or their music to conform to anything....they just play what they like. like them musically or not, how can you not at least repect them for that? i will never understand how people think they sound like radiohead..coldplay too. im not a fan of coldplay, but i dont think they even sound slightly like radiohead.even bends era radiohead. anyway. im going to shut up now. ive babbled enough. i realise that if i were to wish you a merry christmas that would offend some listees so i will just wish all of you a belated winter solstice..sincerely of course. love and corn pops ~~stine ps.....elise, how was your trip, jim, nikki, peter, everyone else....i love you guys!!!!!! talk to you soon i hope +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: sinister: hey there. you com here often?
by Histrianic＠aol.com 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

Hello to all. First things first. Does NO ONE want to meet me in new york? (Are people *that* busy? Am i *that* uninteresting? are *that* many people supportive of vegans???) So I'm slightly ticked. Obviously. Asides from that, you're all still lovely. :) I decided that I needed a new screen name tonight, and decided that I wanted it to be insanely pretty. I've been saying that often, and I like how it sounds. So I go off and type in insanely pretty, but some self conceited person probably far off in a new jersey suburban home with a large SUV. I hate large SUVs. Tonight I watched Vanilla Sky and Swordfish. Which probably are, in your artsy minds, both horrible, horrible films, very un-twee and obnxious and loud. But I'd like to say that Tom Cruise is really hot. The two hour sitting of the movie was made bearable, and maybe even enjoyable, by the fact that I could watch Tom Cruise on screen. And Hugh Jackman is yummy, too. :) I'm going to get stones thrown at me, aren't I? (But Tom Cruise is really sexy.) Does anyone else think Clem Snide's 'Your Favourite Music' sounds an awful lot like 'If You're Feeling Sinister' at times? (b&s content!) and I want you more than ever... So yes, I'm still ticked at you lot (at least the ones in new york) for not answering my last post. But I'll be off to bed now. cheers sethe xoxo my favorite is from long island television personalities make my favourite films the hives are my new favourite band and clem snide makes my favourite music +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: The Lonely Blinking
by P F 23 Dec '01

23 Dec '01

The geezer, Miller, talked about taping the top 40. I think we can all empathize with that. I think my editor used to tape it, until the Sunday when 'Bigmouth Strikes Again' came in at #28 and she gave up in dismay. She resolved that one day she would make a record with all the rapid acoustix thrills of the intro of 'Bigmouth Strikes Again'. And the thing is - she did. The geezer, Miller, also talked about washing up and pop. I should have him know, Tigermilk used to be my washing-up music, before the magical day when I heard it oan ma wee headphones oan a wee bus. After that I quite liked B&S, sometimes. But before that TM was distant music over the bubbles. The plates. The window. The bubbles. Other washing-up music of our time has included The Beatles Live at the BBC. I don't know the Harrison thing that the geezer was on about. I see where MyMomSays talked about an interesting park. It sounds like an out-take from a Marshall Berman video. But did he ever make videos? Youn talked about what to do with her hands. Probably it's best not to think about them too hard. She also talked about a 'laundromat' in the South-West. I wouldn't know about that, I've never been in that region. I did read Foucault in a 'laundromat' once, mind, in October long ago. I am starting to prefer this word 'laundromat' to the more sordid 'laundrette'. You wouldn't find a place in a picture like, let's say, THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE, being called a 'laundrette'. I have just realized that this theme connects with 'Marx & Engels'. No-one has mentioned the Wallasey connection yet, so I'd better do it. (Have I done it yet?) I see where the Vicar was talking bollix about the Bible. Remember, for listeners as old as me - Desmond Carrington at 1pm. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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