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Sinister: First audition to "I'm Waking... "(plus KARATE and answer to Daniela)
by arlequim＠osite.com.br 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

Ok, yesterday I sat in front of the stereo, turned it on softly and, while I was preparing my own dinner (my parents are travelling and I'm home alone), the "I'm waking up to us" audition began. I try not to make this first audition too solemn, because the more solemnity you allow things to have, more disappointing they get in the end - this is what usually happens with first dates and first working days. So, I tried to listen to single casually, as if it had been part of my collection for years and years. The result was just satisfying, what is terribly strange... I usually feel a perfect connection between B&S songs and my own life, but, this time, it was only satisfying. I listened in random mode, so started with "Marx and Engels". The song is pretty, undeniable... pretty, fluffy, adjusted. But was that enough? The second, in my random mode, was "I Love My Car", and I found it was excessively long and a little too monochordic. When I listened again this morning to this particular track, I liked it better, but I don't like the sensation of "assimilation" to songs. I didn't have to assimilate "Jonathan David", and either any track from "Fold Your Hands...". They all just slapped me in the face and mind, some a little more enthusastically, some a little less... but I didn't have to experiment "assimilation". Then "I'm Waking Up to Us" showed, and I considered, at first, the best. ok, I agree it may be because it's the "poppiest", the more easy-listening style. But that was the one that made me feel something real. Stuart sang in the beginning so dramatically I thought it was going to turn into a very corny song, but then things started to fit and I realized the track was really fine. The best, I guess... I don't discard the possibilty that I am going to say that "Waking..." is fabulous, until the end of the year. Impressions are mutable, and that's the reason for calling them "impressions" and not "convictions". But that's what I'm experiencing now. Beto P.S. : KARATE is a very nice band! Past year I ordered "In Place of Real Insight", but the guy never brought it. Complete frustration! I have to consolate with my subterranean mp3 files until a new opportunity appears. P.S.(2): Daniela, I bought my imported edition through a small store from Rio, but you can find the local edition in São Paulo, at FNAC Pinheiros. The price is R$10,90. If you want, you can order online from FNAC. Their shipping and handling service is ok! +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: I love his car, i must admit my life is quite bizarre.
by Alan Whyte 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

Sometimes a lot of strange things happen. Power doesn't work. You come close to death. You see Stuart Murdoch. You refuse to speak. You bleed a lot. Love triangles. Friends re-appear. Bizarre goings on last week... and today. Last week my friend Dré came home after 12 weeks in the army. Still his old self, perhaps a little more somber. He's not enjoying it though, he's a bit depressed and i worry about him. He's not suited to it at all, just too lazy to get a job. Strange. He shot someone in the leg... his friend. He'll survive though :) Found out that my two friends had split up. They keep phoning me for advice. I'm hopeless and i'm also caught in the middle. Oh well. I really like them both too. They're not right for each other though, but what can i say? "Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love." Losing control of a car is a bad idea. Don't ever do a 360 degree turn on a country road. Swerving onto the other side and spinning round in circles, while fun, can be quite frightening too. I laughed. Others didn't. Today i bled for no apparent reason. Nothing serious though, just my nose and lip. But it did run onto my clothes. It's stopped now, thankfully. I decided when i got up this morning, again for no apparent reason, that i wouldn't speak today. It lasted a while. Till 12.30 or so when my lecturer moaned at me and i had to reply. I relied on facial expressions as a response; a kind of social experiment :) I acted very strangely today; a mixture of tiredness and a cluttered mind. It got me thinking whether everyone sees me as strange, or whether my close friends are immune to it. I think i'm immune to them now, though they still have their little idiosyncrasies and bouts of senselessness. We all do from time to time i'm sure :) B&S were fantastic on Jools Holland. As i'm well known for my obsession with them at college i have been receiving phone calls all weekend from people who have berated me a lot in the past, to tell me that B&S are indeed superb. Why did they not listen to me before? Oh well, their loss. I'm now giving people a loan of some B&S stuff in an attempt to increase sales of IWUTU hehe :) It charted at 39 and the price has gone up £1 - a scandal! Anyway, i was very surprised/excited to see Mr Murdoch the following day. I didn't speak to him, didn't want to bother him really and i would have been really nervous. Instead i just watched him for about 2 hours, watched how he reacted to certain events. I also seen max (the car) in real life. He was parked two rows in front of my dads car. Stuart was with a very bearded man who i think was a roadie for the band at the barras. Thick black glasses, very cool/geeky look. I could explain further where it was but only a few people will know where it is anyway. Broadwood anyone? Over excited celebrations, including a raised fist in the air. Yes, a football match. I've seen him a few times now, maybe i'll pluck up the courage to say hello the next time :) Power failure today in Kilmarnock and surrounding area. It was meant to be till six, but it only lasted about 30 mins (about 2.30-3pm). I couldn't get a drink or food or anything. Damn. Lost my work on computer too. It made me realize how much we rely on electricity. People were running around in circles, all the shops closed and there was a general sense of panic. People jumping on buses, going anywhere in search of precious, precious electricity. Reminded me of a story from Generation X. It also reminded me to go to see the re-release of Apocalypse Now... You should too. Oh well, until next time (wee)Alan xxx PS - I read the diaries of Adam and Eve today on the bus. It's not mine, but a very kind lady sent it to my friend and i completely agree with the comments she made on the Post-it note on the front :) "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed." _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Something
by P F 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

I heard about George Harrison's death in that odd, halfway way - someone was talking about a George, and the film industry, in the past tense. And you put it together, and think you know what it has to mean: and it did. Sadness at this death: sadness in the life too? Maybe it was just the way his eyes came to look. Or the way that a presumed superstar, who should have had anything and everything, looked shifty and reluctant. Tiredness; silence. Absences: where is he? You'd remember, every five years or so, that we'd all heard nothing from him: and sigh. But this could be a mere projection: maybe he found the life he wanted. Gardening, playing music with friends, making lazy jokes? In a snippet of quotation on his involvement with the Natural Law Party - who seem the most foolish of follies - he talks of how if the party won, they might really be able to "take on MI5 or whoever runs this country" - and this kind of fighting talk is good to see: suggests that he hadn't quite forgotten the lessons, or the beliefs, of the decade for which he invented some of the shorthand. I didn't, don't, know his music well enough. At least I can say that my attitude to it and him haven't suddenly changed with his death: the distant interest and sympathy I feel now (as you do for the dead) is (for once) what I felt about his records when he was alive. At least, thanks to a sinister comrade, I got to hear All Things Must Pass, on rotation for weeks as washing-up music, before he went. The extraordinary Spectortastickisms, the tumbling cracker-barrel, of 'Awaiting On You All'. The slow acoustic burn of 'My Sweet Lord' - which is beautifully crafted and arranged despite its silly lyrical coda. More distantly, in childhood - the 1980 (?) LP with 'Faster', about the racing driver. The sort of song that a child would like. And great craftsmanship, real musical skill, runs through his work. I always did think of him as a great songwriter in his way. He had his own trademarks (in chords and melodies), which I've wished before that I could identify; and almost everything he wrote was musically subtle. One reason, perhaps, why it also feels frail - weak, in need of protection, or of a hug. Nicky D, who unlike me knows the entire back catalogue extremely well, has had harsh things to say about him, but writes eloquently of crying at his death - crying for himself: for the passing of time, for a (cross-)generational loss: for our childhoods, that were really gone long ago but of whose vanishing we're occasionally reminded, by vanishing acts like this. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Buy the perfect holiday gifts at Yahoo! Shopping. http://shopping.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: avert your eyes children, he may take on other forms ....
by Lawrence Mikkelsen 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

OK, brace yourself ... this is going to be a long one. **STUFF ABOUT WEDDINGS** Well, in case anyone is interested, I've just returned home from my honeymoon, having been married a few weeks ago here in Auckland. Anyone interested in the days proceeding read on .. Feel free to skip to the next post, or at least the stuff at the end of this post which is about pop, and not about me getting married. OK. Well, yeah, it all went well. I'd been freaking out, mainly because the whole day turned out to be quite a big event, which is not what I wanted/expected. My idea wedding would have had about 50 people - close friends, family etc., whereas we ended up having close on 200. Anyway, Vanessa and I had both been pretty stressed out . sniping at each other for the last few months etc. (Shawn .. You remember, right?) So when the day came along it all went rather smoothly. The service was at a Catholic Church, with an instrumental version of "You Still Believe In Me" from the 'Pet Sounds' box set, courtesy of Sinister listee Scott Mannion. I can't really remember much of the service, suffice to say I walked out of the church (to an instrumental version of "Wouldn't it be Nice") a married man. My best man, who was a bit of a pain in the arse the few days before the wedding, turned out to be really great, and he, Vanessa, her bridesmaid and I had a lot of fun being photographed at various hip locations around Auckland for the next few hours. (I'll be putting some photos up for anyone interested . URL coming soon.) The best thing about the day, though, was two of my best friends secretly arriving from the UK without telling me. Andrew,, who was originally going to be my best man, but then couldn't make it, turned up on Friday morning wrapped in a blanket. Which made me so happy and then. At the wedding service I spotted another fried, Dave, in the audience. Dave (also an ex-pay NZer) also said he couldn't make it, and then decided to come home at the last moment. Which, again, was amazing, and made the day that much sweeter for me. The reception was nice . good food, and I managed to make my speech without either freaking out, bursting into tears etc. The aformentiond Scott Mannion provided kick-ass DJing, with an eclectic mix of Phil Spector pop, Blondie, B&S, The Modern Lovers, 60's pop and Motown/Northern Soul. It was all great until Vanessa's mother hijacked the decks towards the end of the night and made him play Croatian dance music. (sigh) So that's it really. After a days layover here in Auckland Vanessa and I flew to Hawaii, for five nights in Waikiki and a week on Kauai. It is at this point that I must APPOLOGISE TO AMERICANS. I used to think you were a little dull when you came to New Zealand. Anyway, I spent most of my time on Kauai feeling a little retarded, and very embarrassed. Simple things like filling the car up with petrol, driving on the other side of the road etc. were just different enough to be a little confusing, and I felt like some dumb hick, or some savage who just crawled out of the jungle. I'm very sorry. Still, it was great. We hired a car, and I careered madly around the island on the "wrong side of the road", saw waterfalls, drove through a small river, ate good seafood etc. etc. Arrived back a couple of days ago, and have just been catching up with family, unpacking my stuff etc. Anyway, that's probably enough about all that wedding stuff. **STUFF ABOUT POP MUSIC** **B&S** When I arrived back there was a copy of the new B&S single in my mailbox. It 's brilliant . the last two singles have just sounded so amazing. "I Love My Car" would be my (current) favourite B&S song of all time. The horn section is genius. And the artwork ... Sarah Martin, if I weren't a married man I'd be sending you flowers everyday. Does anyone know anything about the "Storytelling" soundtrack. Reading that interview with Stuart, he sounded a little pissed off about the whole thing. Is the s/t album still coming out? It sounds like the band were working on the LP long after the film was finished. Does this mean with will morph into a new LP proper? Oh please let it ... **CAMERA OBSCURA** Also came home to their debut album. It's excellent .. Highly recommended to B&S fans, especially the brilliant "Eighties Fan" produced by Stuart Murdoch. **SODASTREAM** How come no one has ever told me about them? I discovered them about a month ago and have become obsessed. Any other fans? Their new album " A Different Lifetime" is a work of genius, if only for the song "Scottish Pop" which namechecks both Stuart Murdoch and Edwyn Collins. They remind me of Orange Juice in a way, along with a bit of Hefner and Cinerama and "His'n'Hers" era Pulp thrown into the mix. Anyway, this has gone on far too long, and isn't quite as coherent as I could have hoped. Still, hope all is well in Sinister-land. Will try to post sometime more interesting, and shorted, soon. Lawrence +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Well hello there...
by David White 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

Hello there, I haven't been on here for oooh ages. Over 6 months probably. I have to confess that due to having joined the rat-race and got myself a job I have been a bit too busy to keep up with Sinister but I try to read as many of the dozens of posts I get in my inbox every day. www.belleandsebastian.freeserve.co.uk Don't know how many of you check out my site on a regular basis (maybe none of you do) but if you don't why not do it now and take part in the second (annual?) B&S fan's survey. Go to the site, click on Votes and then Best of 2001 and fill in the form. I hope to get the results up by the beginning of February, which is not long so I'm probably being a bit optimistic what with having a million and one other things to do. The voting will definitely (maybe) close at the start of January. Eh, what else have I got to say... (scratches head for a minute) I bought the new Beta Band album the other week. It's great, highly recommended. I like the new B&S EP a lot (no 39 in the charts though, do the "kids" have no taste these days?) and have since discovered that I also like Jonathan David a lot more than I first thought. Waking Up sounds reminiscant of the War of the Worlds song that I saw mention of on Sinister the other day. I Love My Car is class, but it is basically Itchycoo Park, but hey that's not a bad thing is it? Marx and whatsit is alright, but probably the least interesting of the 3 but it's B&S so it's alright though. The band were good on the telly the other night too. Shit, you wait ages to write a letter and then can't think of anything to say... David White david(a)djwhite47.freeserve.co.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: Is Fred still on the list?
by matt＠spitefulrecords.fsnet.co.uk 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

I'm looking for Fred. You sent me a copy of Belle and Sebastian on video tape for trade. I never sent you the copy the B&S show at Ipswich this year. My computer broke and I now have a new one. I've lost your e-mail address and you didn't put a copy of it in with the video. All I know is that you signed the yellow post-it note with Fred. Hear from you soon I hope, Matt (PS: this goes to all those other people who sent me a message about trading the show, I don't have any of you e-mail addresses anymore, sorry. E-mail me directly) _______________________________________________________________________ Never pay another Internet phone bill! Freeserve AnyTime, for all the Internet access you want, day and night, only £12.99 per month. Sign-up at http://www.freeserve.com/time/anytime +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Logic of a blind herd
by Kenneth P Y Chu 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

Dearest everyone, It appears that I'm the only person who likes Christmas so I'll stop bloating now about how I'm going to have a great fun time with 9 days off work and watching Belle & Sebastian live. max said: >I hope some of you can empathize for one reason or another, with this >mutual pain and exhiliration you receive when there's someone out there >you love, and just doesn't love you back. I have never felt that before, everyone I loved have always loved me back. They always have a funny way of showing me that tho, like for example snogging other boys. Right, there's the girlie moan out of the way, time for Reporting Back. (Reporting Back is great, it has the same initials as Red Bull) Not much to report back, actually, apart from STUART SAID "WANK". Rock On. Poor Isobel had another asthma attack, and had trouble playing the recorder, but then I saw her smiling when she was dancing around clapping to Ben Dover (that's my new dirty pet name for "the boy with the arab strap") and I realised that I still want to have her baby, heh. I think I messed that expression up again. Idles talked about Jools Holland's face thing, actaully I noticed that too, but I'd just dismissed it as him being a weirdo. He always had those weird face things, actually, and talked weird. But he so obviously didn't like B&S, there were no interviews, and he didn't say "great" or "brilliant" or "fantastic" once when B&S played - when he doesn't know how to say any other words! Didn't they take the piss out of him at the fast show about that? Anyway, I am shocked to notice that none of you have mentioned the real star of the "Later..." show, not Stuart Murdoch, not Stevie Jackson, not Mick Cooke, not even Tom Jones, but Souad Massi! I want to have her babies too. I was a clever boy who used two VCRs to record "Later...", because I knew that I am a clumsy idiot who would mess up at least one of the recordings, and I did. I set one of the VCRs to record Channel 5 by accident and instead of Stuart singing about wanking with an Arab Strap I got footages of people actually playing with Arab Straps instead, okay actaully it was just soft porn but that's rather less dramatic. Are there any girls who wants to play the Flirt Over The List Game with me? Basically you can tell me how good I am publically on the list and then I can write back something about how wonderful you are? Or are you all just going to snog other boys too? Praises and Red Bulls Ken P.S.: Right, that mix tape challenge thing, are you still playing? Who's playing? From my "database" i have Chriss, Wills and Rachels, is that still right? What about Rob/ins? Can someone from each namegroup send me an e-mail so I can give you my address? _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: keys & psychobabble
by Chris Butler 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

this is off-topic a bit. yes. totally off-topic. ah. our London-based indie pop band (Jinx) is looking for a female keyboardist. we're in the vein of the Lucksmiths, early Cure, etc, with indiepop boy/girl harmonies. generally we're looking for creative sorts above and beyond music. piano players encouraged - and we actually have a Roland keyboard for those who might be discouraged by lack of equipment. the key ingredient would be enthusiasm for indie pop. email me off-list for access to songs and more info. btw, sorry for lurking for so long. i've had little to say. maybe i've been just living in the doldrums. somehow that reminds me of Shel Silverstein - the poet of "Where the Sidewalk Ends". A good read for any of you who love children's books. oh and on a personal note, i'm sick. why is it that holidays and colds seem to go hand-in-hand? is there a parallel between the warmth you feel inside in both? as for b&s content, i had a bit of a question. given that Tigermilk was 'produced' for that uni songwriting contest, has anyone kept up with the goings-on of that contest post-Stevie/Stuart? i'm curious if there are any other stars in the rough there... does anyone on the list actually attend there now? last bit: go see camera obscura/tompaulin/chris leonard wed night (london, spitz) and then see tram/the relict at the spitz (dec 15). chris [ aka senor droolcup ] PS: i may be breaking two rules here (1/not B&S topic, 2/indie bands don't advertise for members in public), but tough. i couldn't resist because generally some of the nicest folks i've met are from this list, and getting along well is pretty key in a band. if honey wants to admonish me, i shall take it with distinction. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: you saved for a bass guitar...
by Hannah Brown 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

greetings people, just like to apologise for my last post, i didnt mean to offend anyone, i just have a habit of saying things i dont mean sometimes. It felt really autumnal on sunday. My new house has real fireplaces so we made a fire and i went for a walk in the leafy streets of Herne Hill. It was brilliant. We have only lived there a week and we have already had complaints from downstairs, mind you, we did decide to break-dance at one in the morning. My attempts were quite poor, i managed to roll on the floor and wave my legs in the air a bit but was told i looked like a puppy scratching its back. In the end i opted for standing in the corner with my arms folded trying to look "hard". I also bought some records on saturday. Camera Obscura is outstanding. It makes me want to be in love or at least be all gooey about someone, in fact, i want to go home now so i can listen to it. my favourites are "Eighties Fan " and "pen and notebook". Hopefully i will see some of you at the gig on wednesday, i am very much looking forward to a good old indie night. I also bought the the B&S ep. It's quite dreamy and wandery and the trumpet part in the second song reminds me of the last track off of Radiohead's album. I have to say i really dislike the cover, the text is just all wrong, but that's just me being a fussy graphics student. Joan of Dark mentioned sending christmas prezzies(i think?) and i agree that would be a fab idea, we could have a site to see what everyone sent each other. Good luck to Rachel fruitloop and Ben Apps, you are both very brave but i'm sure you will have a fab time. this messege board is fab love hannahxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: We've got class
by Madeleine McNeil 03 Dec '01

03 Dec '01

My God! Don't you just ADORE that Sir David of Stankin Cooter? What a lovely chap he is, with his funny, warm and affectionate posts. And yes, he is a lazy (though devilishly handsome) swine as I believe I am a recipient of one of those piles of gifts in his room. Although goodness knows how he's managed to neatly stack the dingo and kangaroo he's promised to send me.... I also adore Stacey "Dahling" Stackford. She's a Sinister SuperHero, you know, and is simply wonderful. I think she should subvert those children she's working with. She could teach them stories about charming little children called Belle and Sebastian who played in a band and went touring in a big bus. It could be a kind of Monkees/Jem/ Scooby Doo type hybrid thing. Jem was a funny woman, with HUGE pink hair in a mullet, a la those singing women in bands like Heart. I was wooed by someone who gave me a Jem book instead of a birthday card once. I think it was the inscription in the front of the book that did it: it was addressed to Maddie Magik. How could I resist? The new single (*gasp* content shocker!). Well, at the risk of alienating every single one of you: I don't like dogs. I really really don't like dogs. Their dewy eyes do not warm my heart. Their wet noses and excess saliva terrify me. There is one dog I am slightly fond of, but only because she's so incredibly stupid it feels mean to hate her. I digress. The cover put me off. The first listen didn't rock my world. Neither did the second. However, by the time I'd turned the volume right up and stood up for a little dance, I was sold. It's magnifique! The bassoon and oboe are grate, and make me laugh. When I was 14, I played the oboe in two school orchestras and my best friend played the bassoon. We were the reed instrument gang. The clarinets could join in because they were single reed, but we were double reed. Aren't teenagers exclusive? I enjoyed the Later... moments. I didn't actually get to watch them until yesterday. Even though I was taping it, I wanted to come home from the pub on Friday night to watch too. Instead, I got dragged to some snooty over-priced after hours bar. Last things I remember from the night? Haranguing a man who tried to trick me into kissing him two years ago (I have a long memory for tricksters) and watching the loved one dance, mad as a bucket, to Stevie Wonder in the middle of the room. How I got home.... who can say? Christmas is making me very excited at the moment. I can appreciate why it's horrible if people don't feel they can spend it the way they want to. When I was younger I hated it, as my family were all at each others' throats. Now, we just pour wine, gin, beer and other toxics down out throats and get on swimmingly. Also, I'm a big greedy fan of materialism when it comes to Christmas. Where's my stuff? Give me more shiny, useless plastic STUFF! It has to be useless, that's the most important factor of a gift. While I was very grateful when my Dad gave me a television arial, a wee frying pan and a tool kit, my heart sank when I realised they would actually *do* something. I like things I can put on the shelf and look at while they collect dust and fade slightly in the sunlight. I loved Sir David's idea about a #sinister Top of the Pops. There could be garish graphics and irritating back ground music. Honey and Linda could present it. Vicky Vodkabird could be the roving reporter. Ken could be the pervy bloke in the audience who pinches girls' bottoms while they're watching the 10 to 2 run down. I would be the disappointing chart entry at number 18, I think. A poor showing, due to my lack of publicity and promotion. I make no appearances at picnics, pubnics, gigs, etc. I never have my photo taken. I don't do interviews... well, it worked for B&S. After expressing a general indifference to each and every one of you, I am now quite overcome with affection. Props to you all, but especially to Rob Brennan (he has Stu M brand arms of sex, you know. That's what he told me anyway. Gullible? Moi?) Dannypants Farrell who is grand and class and all the other daft words that I use Lovely Miss Honey, who I am slowly but surely corrupting Lluscious Lliterary Llaura Llew, who underneath her benevolent exterior hides a heart of true malevolence. You're all darlings and I heart the lot of you. I will be vile and bitter again by the next post, I promise. Love Madeleine xxxx _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. 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