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Sinister: Stuart and ME
by honey＠missprint.org 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

No, not "Stuart and me", "Stuart and ME": an article by Paul Whitelaw in the Scotsman, what wrote that book. Possibly it's an extract or condensed Reader's Digest version. http://news.scotsman.com/features.cfm?id=1811622005 Obviously I have an interest to declare as I've had the same thing for 12 years, and our pal Ciara MacLaverty, the cover star of Feeling Sinister has for longer. If you don't have ME, you're just not hip. Calling it CFS just isn't where it's at, but if you're not in the UK, that's what you might know the condition as. It's not a fantastic description of ME - I'm currently in the biggest relapse of my life, and wouldn't manage sitting at a piano for half an hour just now as per the article. In fact, we have a harmonium in the front room, Ivor Cutler fans. But it's broken, which is probably a blessing, at least for cats and neighbours. My favourite Ivor Cutler song is probably "Sharks", which you need to hear. Anyway, the other point of this mail is to test the list, because it's having jitters. I spent yesterday trying to figure out why, with the admirable help of Sir Kenneth of Chu, who I have yet to thank. I think I know why now, and it's due to the stupidity of my hosting company for missprint.org, who've suddenly taken it upon themselves to count anyone mailing to more than about 10 people at a time as a spammer, with idiot new software what they wrote (I seem to be quoting Morecambe and Wise today, which isn't a core symptom of ME - sorry). Funnily enough, if you pay them a heck of a lot more money, they stop counting you as a spammer. I've put in a kind of part fix to fiendishly avoid the stupid block, so I guess if you get this mail it might have worked. Miss Print's will probably just explode though, like Willy Wonka's lift. So it looks like I will have to move missprint somewhere more friendly, which brings in a whole lot of other difficulties. Progress will be slow. In the meantime, please bear in mind that there may be times when the occasional message will get through to the digest, but not to the main list, and won't be listed in the archive until I patch it up later. I'm really sorry about this, and will fix it. If you're on the main list and notice your own message didn't get through, please feel free to resend, but wait 24 hours or more, like Spacey Stacey did. Digesters may have to put up with the odd repeated message until I can summon up the energy to move the list. But I'd rather be using it to write "We Rule The School", if I could. Please don't be put off posting! List membership number is a very very mysterious thing, worthy of investigation by Institutes of Parapsychology: it has remained constantly at near 1500 for about 5 years, much to my astonishment, and that's with me weaning out the old addresses constantly. So pipe up. Honey x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Just a Modern Rock Story
by Ana Cristina Morais 22 Aug '05

22 Aug '05

Hi everyone, With Honey's blessing, here goes my second try: I've belonged to the list for a few months now but this is my first post. I've been a fan of B&S for a while, but have only recently (within the last year or so) gone all out and got my hands on everything of theirs I could. In response to Honey's requests for anyone to post on the book: I work in publishing, specifically at the American publisher of this book so I was able to read it a while back when it was still in the galley stage. I even managed to spot a couple of factual errors that I was able to have corrected before the final print was done. Overall I enjoyed it, although I thought the author might have been a bit too reverential. I don't know how accurate it actually is since I'm not really familiar with the band's development and growing pains. But I thought it a good introduction for someone like me who's been a fan for a while but doesn't really know a lot about the band itself. I'd be really curious to find out other members' opinions on it, since it seems as if most of you are really knowledgeable about B&S. Ana from NYC, via Newark and Lisbon P.S. If anyone would like a copy of the book, I might be able to dig one up and send it along. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: branching out... it's time for another sini tape tree!
by stacey dahling 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

(apologies to those of you who already received this on digest. but due to a cog in the sini machinery, it got very limited distribution...) ... kicking ass and taking names, that's me alright... hello honey! how you doin? and hiya davey! welcome.. sorry about the prolonged nursery stay, but now that you're out of nappies, join us at the big kids table for cake and biscuits! i'm so glad to see i spurred some activity, even with my embarassing html fumble. oops i haven't exactly been the model sini citizen lately either. i confess, i've gone other to OTHER BOARDS. no, not bowlie. but other places. non music related, in fact. shocking! but i still have a soft spot for sinister, and i hate to see it die, so i'm determined to revive! i don't have a meticulous plan mapped out quite yet, but i'm working on it. i do have plenty of time to scheme, however, since my (semi) new job allows me hours perusing the interweb. and long mornings in front of the telly. bless! i've also moved house this summer, to a STUNNING old tenement flat on a quiet street in glasgow's leafy west end. it's a very good street; it even boasts a superstar in the form of mr murdoch hisself. ha! yeah, we're kinda neighbours. no, i don't have him round for tea. tho maybe.... he's been too busy bumming around LA recording the NEW ALBUM anyway. i should probably be more excited than i am. but maybe that's because i'm an old hag, suspicious of this wacky new direction they're going in at the moment. i heard some snippets of new stuff a few months ago, and was not convinced. ah well... that said, i have been spending an inordinate amount of time exploring mp3 blogs lately, and my new obsession is swedish music. it's glorious! jens lekman, the chrysler, andrev bergstrom, speedmarket avenue... to name but a few! i've been insatiable! which got me to thinking... how long has it been since we've had a sinister tape tree going? i think it's time we get another one started! this time it would probably have to be in CD format, i'm afraid, what with everyone using their ipods these days and not their good old fashioned walkmans. it would be especially good if the cds were filled with somewhat local music, so that us faraways could be introduced to NEW SOUNDS. i volunteer to organise. anyone interested? if so, email me. also, state if you have any posting preference. if you're a poor working sod who can barely afford tea, nevermind international shipping rates, let me know and i'll make sure the next person in the tree lives close by. i'll send a reply explaining the intricate details about how the whole thing works. but basically, you just have to make ONE cd , and post it to one person. in turn, you will receive a cd from another person. you'll have... two weeks (sound ok?) to listen to the cd and copy it if you like. then you send it along - to the same person you sent your original cd to. you're always sending and receiving from the same person. make sense? anyhoo... drop me a line if you're interested. or just to say HELLO! or if you need travel advice of any sort, as i seem to have become a travel agent on the side these days... hmmm. and keep posting! or else.... - -stacey _________________________________________________________________ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Ink Polaroids from Stuart David
by Stuart David 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi, This is Stuart David, fugitive ex B&S bassist- and author of the message at the bottom of all your Sinister messages. :) I just wanted to let everyone know I've made a new Ink Polaroids site at www.inkpolaroids.com. You can post your own Polaroids there, and as well as my weekly Polaroid there are links to other Ink Polaroids sites on the internet. If you have one you'd like linked to just let me know. There is also a new edition of Ink Polaroids of Belle and Sebastian there, which includes the other book, Little Ink Movies of Belle and Sebastian in New York, and my original Ink Polaroids of Paris which started the idea. Ink Polaroids of Belle and Sebastian had started changing hands on Ebay for $250, which is a rip-off for a lot of rubbish- so I thought I'd better make it cheap again. I hope to see some of you there, posting your own Polaroids. Cheers, Stuart +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: oh no...
by David Giordanella 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

well fernando, i know he wasn't being really polite with the group but wasn't he ridiculing himself & not them... lets hope, at least, that for those who didn't know Belle & Sebastian & who were watching the program, it didn't hinder them from discovering the records... bom dia & obrigado for your opinion- david +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: "eighteen months of hard labour seem... fair enough"
by David Giordanella 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

oh dear, thank-you for having removed me from the nursery, i was indeed much too big to stay with the kiddies lol! even though the subject has been approached 127 times (at least?) & though i'm almost two years late, i eventually came to discover the "fans only" dvd & i found it exhiliratingly funny, especially the group's now-legendary appearance at the "do jo" show on Brazilian telly... -Mr Soares: "Hello Blue Eyes...which instrument do you play?" -Mick: "i play the trumpet..." -Mr Soares:" i'm not talking to YOU, i'm not calling men Blue Eyes..." 'twas Sarah whom he was asking the question- this broadcast originally must have caused laughing riots all around Brazil, any Brazilian B&S admirers to confirm my wondering? take care all- au revoir- David, de Paris +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Oh Lord, Anthony
by kenneth.chu＠uclh.nhs.uk 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Eeet For'y Eeeet, am. Stuart and Chris are talking about football in the living room. Stuart "I still cannae believe Celtic got knocked oot of the Champions League qualifiers!" Chris "Och aye, Gordon Strachen is a dobber! Ruining my dear Celtic y'knoo" Stuart "Yeah, from the dizzy heights to winning the SPL to losing to some team from Bratislava!" Chris "aye, to a team called 'Artmedia' as well, bunch of fucking design students or something" Stuart "aye! I think I studied that at Stow.. They were good at putting out vinyls for us but those pansies can't play football fer shite!" Chris "haha, but I heard they just made a record signing!" Stuart "haha, good one!" Chris "huh?" Stuart "nice pun" Chris "what pun?" Stuart "och never mind. Speaking of pansies, I bet Stevie is probably gay! I never hear him talk about football or anything" Chris "haw! Ye think he fancies you?" Stuart "och I dinnae wanna think about that man!" Chris "Well who do you fancy?" Stuart "Och I like that Isobel lass, if Peacock can pull Sarah I think I might stand a chance" Chris "..." Meanwhile in the kitchen, Belfast Bob is cleaning the bin as Peacock Johnson walked in Bob "Standing in the kitchen cleaning the bin" Bob "Singing to myself The State I am in" Bob "It's pretty good exercise I'm getting thin" Bob "my long hair will be on fire if it's dipped in paraffin" Peacock "Oi what's this shite you're rhyming? It's fucking crap" Bob "Peacock Johnson dissin my rhyme" Bob "I'd talk back but I just don't have the time" Peacock "Och shut da fuck up! I'm off for a poo, if I hear your terrible rapping and it disrupts my flow I'm gonna throw poo water over everyone" ------- Eleven fiftee eeet, am. Isobel has just finished applying her make-up in the bedroom and is now talking to Richard. Isobel "check out my fairy wings, they're fake and costed me £5!" Richard "oooh they're so twee! and stick out so much when when you're lying down" Isobel "hehe aye, wanna have a feel?" *Isobel exposes her fairy wings Richard "Ooooh they feel good" Isobel "they make me look pretty by design" Richard "cor yeah they are nice honey" ------- One twanty sax, pm. Mick and Stevie were at the pool table. Stevie "Stuart I can get on with reasonably well" Mick "I like him more now, but I still think he's behaved very badly. You can't get more than five or eight bars out of him, if you know what I mean." Mick "That Isobel is a very strange girl" Stevie "I get on with her quite well as well, actually" *Mick takes a shot and missed Stevie "There was this one time I was playing pool with some sound engineer, and during this one break I didn't have a shot on at all, so I kept telling him I was going to make this plant. He kept saying I wouldn't get it in" Mick "right aye?" Stevie "and so I went to take the shot, and it didn't go in at all" Mick "oh yeah?" Stevie "..." Mick "...?" *Stevie takes a shot Dum dumdum dum dum dumdumdum dum dumdumdum dumdumdum dum dumdumdum. ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this email was not intended for you please notify the UCLH Mail Administrator at mail.administrator(a)uclh.org. This footnote confirms that the email and attachments contained no viruses when they left UCLH. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Posting is the new lurking
by The Cat's Pajamas 19 Aug '05

19 Aug '05

Hi all, Well, if Stacey is going to post, I may as well. I still owe her an email to explain myself for not calling her back when she was in Chicago last to visit, and should probably write that one first, but that would require actual thought, whereas this email can be rifled off without any effort on the part of my brain cells. In my defense, it was super bowl weekend, and I had a party planned, but that's still no excuse for being rude. The goldenrods around chicago are starting to bloom, which means that summer is ending and soon I'll be able to huddle in front of my computer in a sweater with plenty of time to write and tell stories and recount the days as they slide by. I woke up late this morning and drove to work cursing my bad luck and horrible discipline and listened to selected cuts of IYFS. It made the drive almost bearable, but didn't do anything to make me go to bed earlier so that a similar situation could be avoided tomorrow. So I think the subject line really says everything that needed to be said here tonight. No more lurking about thinking the longer you're silent, the cooler you are. We need posts, arguments, threads, senseless poems, weekly haikus, witty puns in subject lines, and the usual idiocy, depravity, lewdness, creativity, and all around brilliance that made this list worth reading in the first place. So here's my meager contribution. And if the rest of you don't write, I just might post again tomorrow. Then who will be sorry? Eh? Who indeed! Jason _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 wee fed-up with the nursery...
by David Giordanella 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

dear sinister & sinisterines, why have i been kept three whole plain half-exciting years in your nursery, i thought i would only have to remain there for a few months, blimey!!! let me express meself... all answers to davey from paris... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: too wrapped up in dreams.. wake up!
by stacey dahling 17 Aug '05

17 Aug '05

wow. could it be? half-way through the month, and not a single post? no mention of <a href="http://www.justamodernrockstory.com/">this</a>? what has become of our beloved sinister? y'all awake? or just too busy sunning yourselves/riding bikes/having picnics? hmmmm.... -s _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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