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Re: Sinister: Bad sad news
by Sam Walton 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

"A great man is dead. The news shocked. So young - well, 65 is not quite young even now: but it needn't be a dying age in the millennial developed world." These, dear Sinister, were the words (albeit with the age changed) of the Pinefox, 22 months ago, when writing his wonderful obituary of Joe Strummer. They still ring true today, but with a different man. To a few people John Peel wasn't necessarily a favourite DJ, largely due to his frequent and uncompromising penchant for submitting them to a record that would never find a place in anybody's ears, let alone mine. However I returned to him more than I ever did to anybody else. Fads and personalities came and went, Peel remained he was a cornerstone of my musical education. And for all those 20-second Japanese noise-core bursts of feedback or impenetrable glitchtro workouts ("rather good, I think you'll agree" was normally the growly description, and one to which I often came to concur) there was a guarantee of stone cold brilliance at a far more frequent interval than during any other programme you'll ever hear. My overwhelming feeling tonight is one of guilt and regret for all those times I never listened. The clichés were of Peels unmistakable voice as the nations favourite old sweater or much-loved uncle, as a universal source of fondness shared by all. I can do a mean Peel impression, and indeed the vocal delivery by Messrs Radcliffe, Lamacq and the like owes much to the great man, who seemed to be the first to um and ah whilst being equally equipped with a killer turn of phrase. But the fact remained that while every competitor's failings eventually irritated, Peel's foibles became the very things I adored about his programme, and the trademark that kept me tuning in. He enticed listeners to his endure his butchered pronunciation of a German techno groups, or to abide one more seven inch played at 33rpm John wouldve liked a minutes silence but he'd probably have played it at the wrong speed somebody suggested on the Radio 1 tribute tonight. He was scratchy and unpolished a fact that he frequently and genuinely lamented, but which made him irreplaceable to me. When he spoke into a microphone, he was speaking to me, individually, with all the nervous inflection that inevitably comes with telling somebody about a newfound love, and I felt almost honour-bound to embrace his choices. He was not a musician, but reminiscing over the greats of 20th century music - yes that includes Lennon, Presley, Rotten et al I cant name anyone who has altered my musical taste more, directly or not. He was an innovator and an explorer, and his death leaves me wondering what uncharted waters he has left permanently unmapped. In todays radio schedules there is simply no space for a programme as frankly random as The John Peel Wing Ding, and without him there will be nobody to enforce its existence. John Peel was not my favourite DJ, but there is no other of whom I am fonder. Stronger, deeper fans will pay more attentive tributes, but Im afraid I listened to Mark & Lard more religiously, or the Evening Session, or latterly the Breezeblock and Worldwide. Strip that all away though, and Peel was always there and always reliable; he was the best and most dependable DJ I will ever hear, and for that I am truly thankful. ================================ "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he certainly has a good vocabulary" - Holden Caulfield +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Bad sad news
by Hewitt, Stephen 27 Oct '04

27 Oct '04

No doubt you've seen this on whatever other mailing lists you're on, but just in case: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm Good night John. xoxo Steve **************************************************************************** For the latest City Lit news & information, please visit our website www.citylit.ac.uk **************************************************************************** The City Literary Institute Registered Office: 16 Stukeley Street, London WC2B 5LJ Registered in England no: 2471686 Registered Charity no: 803007 *************************************************** PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE. *************************************************** This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information. The message and any files transmitted with it are intended only for the use of the recipient or organisation to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, no action may be taken on the information nor may it be copied or shown to a third party and you are asked to notify the sender named above. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where specifically stated to be the views of The City Literary Institute. " +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: Bad sad news
by robin stout 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Dear all, Awful news about Peel. One of my heroes, completely unique, cooler than anyone really. He died suddenly, on holiday in Peru. Not a bad way to go, all things considered. It's just a complete shock, isn't it? I mean, he was 65, but I kind of figured he'd just always be around. Radio 1 may as well close down now: I don't really see the point of it anymore. Robin _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: you'll never know what I'm thinking of
by s.santabarbara＠qmul.ac.uk 25 Oct '04

25 Oct '04

My Dear Sinisters and Sinistrines I have been travelling a lot recently. That was one of the things I really used to enjoy about the work I do, forget the awful number of pencil I chew, the chalk dust on dark jumpers and people who think they do understand what they do, but actually do not, as long as sometimes I am part of that, at least I can travel and see new places and meet new people, I though. To be honest, that was the only reason why I dont entirely regret in having spent three years doing a Ph.D. is that I managed at the end to escape from my home country as settle at least for a few years in England, where my life has been, for some spell at least, better then it has ever been. And still managed to travel around Europe doing some obscure experiment of rather dubious utility to put on masquerade or an excuse for a holiday. It seemed a nice plan until I didnt really want to travel anymore and really had to go here and there to finish, or try to finish, what I had allegedly started. And when I could stop that spinning around, more than Kylie, or 10 downing street does, was quite to late to enjoy the staying: it is always a matter of timing. However, thing sometimes dont come to end and have been rose to a higher excitonically delocalised state again, generally dominated by exchange interaction. Or lack of exchange interaction, mhmhmhthose transition arent in principle allowed, but mixture of wavefunctions can occur, then thats allowed. Also to keep some sort of consistency, I couldnt have choose any better country that those in which I couldnt understand a world on the local language, i.e. French, in the last couple of months and German next one, if Ill live again I will buy one of those whatever language in three weeks, and by then I hope they would be good enough to ensure one could buy the things he actually wants from the shop or ask things to people on the way, in a language they can understand. I was actually a bit surprised that in Quebec French is greatly dominating over English as the common language being the ignorant that I am however I have seen some whales there, and that was rewarding and met some people from this very list that have been fantastic taking me around in Quebec city and surroundings the English speaking borderline apparently there is only an English enclave, New Carlisle, through which I just went on the bus at something like 2 am or so, hence without no many chances to stop despite the wishes to exchange a few word with someone and some remote sentimental affection, but thats another story. France was guys with gun machine, retina scans and similar stuff in the suburbs of Paris. However at the local bar, quite self-explanatorily called the Christ had a quite fabulous dish, called Chicoute, or something like that, involving any sort of sausage you can think and some more, I didnt had one (even if I would have been in principle allowed) but Im sure it would cure the hangover from hell with ease: gnammy. Back in the town where I live for the week end, I had a phone call at something about seven oclock on a Saturday, asking if Id liked to join some sort of friends birthday party. Actually Ive never really seen this person that frequently, but I remember I helped move her couch into her new flat about one year ago, and should be the reward for the effort. In fact, I quite blessed the call as the idea of spending another week end sheltered in my room, listening to radio 5 and having not much more to do, wasnt quite so appealing. Although Im quite safe in my room, there are plenty of dangerous object in the house. And I have almost explored the place inside out. I suppose that is what lonely people do. However I do not know what people that are not lonely do, because I have essentially never been one, but, I can see is definitely more fun, otherwise everybody would opt for the loneliness options. Of course excluding monks, but they have seen some sort of light, and bless them, can take my place if they wish, but I wont take their. So, generally I feel rather sinister at week ends. Actually I generally dont hate things or person, but I do hate week ends lets say that I dont like them someone once tell me I should learn how to hate people and things, probably she was right, although I still havent learnt. Actually receiving a phone call was in itself an event, so I shouldnt miss the chance and, because of rail replacement work between here and there, I take the bus, which we know if you do it for fun, is sad, but was because of the underground, and thats alright, Im allowed. The party wasnt really a party, actually when I arrived at the place, it was substantially empty, not even the birthday lady there. After all, it looked more or less as being in my room again, just, I had a bit of entertainment from the public transport system. And in this place as in many other they have the bad habit to sell alcohol, they are allowed. So I sat in the corner on a couch, but not the one I helped to move, and have a couple of drinks in magnificent company of myself and my evil twin who start arguing about the fact that the boozes were expensive. In fact they were. Sometimes even the evil one is right. The less scary one was complaining about me smoking too many fags instead, I suppose he is right, but Im allowed. So I decided not to listen to anyone and have sever drinks and several more fags, which meant, I was quite perfectly drunk when they finally arrived, almost three hours later, but theyre allowed and Im allowed as well. Well, the music that was alright. Few hours later, after many more cigarettes and beers and without essentially havent said a single word but the courtesy of hello, how are you doing and fine thanks [if it were true], when leaving the place walking on my way home, somewhere in between Islington and Angel, or about there, I saw this lady, sitting on the pavement, all on her own, broken in tears, next to a bus stop. I just kept walking. Was feeling like going and ask if she were alright. Quite a silly question, she obviously wasnt. was feeling like going there and give the person a big cuddle, but just walked by, as nothing was happening. Jus a few yard away I start thing, why have I done that, and couldnt find an answer, but then it was just to close to my bus stop at 3 am to get all the way back and she might have taken her bus home, or to anywhere, already. Still I dont know why I didnt stop, but I fell like I have become what I despise. Am I allowed? Take care stefano +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: All Souls Day
by Katia913＠aol.com 24 Oct '04

24 Oct '04

Hello my sinister! its getting close to Halloween. Do all of you have your costumes picked out? I sure do, and am mighty excited by it. True, it will be hard to top the success of Pippi Longstocking from last year (those braids are hard to pull off!) but I think that my lovely brunette self dressed as a Freudian Slip will take the cake by narrow margins (and I do adore a yummy cake). I've got a cute creamy slipdress and a picture of freud to pin to my chest. Can you beat it?? Lets have a costume contest! Tell the list what you're being this halloween. Last year was quite a success for me. I happened to have a great time at a party with some fantastic friends at a gay party (which meant good music, good drinks and boys to dance with). I have no plans as of yet. I visited home this weekend from university. My little bitty sister's birthday was this weekend and I took her out to a movie and thai. Saw I heart huckabees. One of those frustrated comedy types, loved it by the end. Went and got some coffee and listened to B&S in the cafe. The coffee man told us stories of regulars and a good time was had by all. Going home is a currious event. I've done it a lot over the past few years, but it never seems the same. its not my room, not my fridge, not even my cat anymore. You can't make phonecalls to friends at three a.m. and cant come waltzing for fear of waking momma. Its just a different thing. Like starting all over and finding your new, revised place within this group of people you sort of know outlandishly well and at other times, you are on the outside of the inside jokes... Challenging. I always feel at home with Sinister. When you write at least... Love and Candy Apples, Kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Re: sinister-digest V4 #1197
by Bruno Gomes 22 Oct '04

22 Oct '04

> From: "KMitchell" <kristinssmitchell(a)blueyonder.co.uk> > Robin emailed me and asked me to return to the fold of Sinister chat. I > did, after my initial request, but there was nobody there. As is so often > the case with Sinister chat. What's wrong? maybe the end of the world as we know it? > From: anakin_sky(a)gmx.net > ...is that a thread, because nobody's answering... > anyway, my favourite album of the year is by that amazing band called !!!. i'd rather go for elliott smith's "from a basement on the hill". by the way, did you guys notice that it was 1 year yesterday? :-( > From: "Peter Miller" <pj-miller(a)blueyonder.co.uk> > comics and B&S! struan was featured as the "cartoon of the week" in a music related newspaper here in pt (isobel had that same "honour" some time ago) ttfn ps - sorry for this crappy ramble (?) but i'm going down with a flu and the clock here at the office seems to be stuck :-( +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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Re: Sinister: Just another list of consequences of things that we do
by anakin_sky＠gmx.net 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

hi... > Hello! > > Do you have a favourite album of the year? I know we should really think > about these things in December, but I feel it is highly unlikely that I'll > hear any new album between now and the New Year that surpasses Universal > Audio by the Delgados. ...is that a thread, because nobody's answering... anyway, my favourite album of the year is by that amazing band called !!!. not just great music, but also fantastic lyrics, a kick-ass live show, and they seem like the nicest/craziest/most confident guys without even being the slightest bit pretentious or arsy. yeah, so that one and the new pinback album "summer in abaddon". they are always amazing and one of my favourite bands ever. i saw that thing on british television yesterday, where a pregnant woman complained that hardly anyone on buses or trains gets up and gives their seat to pregnant women anymore, and then there was this guy saying that it's because men nowadays are really scared of women barking in their face "no thanks you wanker, i'm bloody well able to take care of myself and certainly don't need a MAN's help" like ALL women do nowadays when men are nice to them and show good manners. and he also said that they are so scared, because when this happens to a man (a woman barking at him), he loses his faith in humanity completely and has an emotional breakdown, because women already gave him a really hard time at work, and then when he comes home, there's the missus to face, who, again, set out to make his life really miserable... how sad is that. as for content: sorry, i can't really think of anything except that i listened to "dear catastrophe waitress" yesterday for the first time in a long time when i was on the phone to my friend for an hour and he had it playing in the background. love, anne. -- GMX ProMail mit bestem Virenschutz http://www.gmx.net/de/go/mail +++ Empfehlung der Redaktion +++ Internet Professionell 10/04 +++ -- +++ GMX DSL Premiumtarife 3 Monate gratis* + WLAN-Router 0,- EUR* +++ Clevere DSL-Nutzer wechseln jetzt zu GMX: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: the Boston Sinister Massive
by Joanne Hill 19 Oct '04

19 Oct '04

Wow I don't think I've posted here properly for like a year nearly. Finishing uni and getting jobs takes up a lot of time. I don't have anything much Belle and Sebastian related to say *wracks brains* um, nope. Fans Only is sitting here on the desk waiting to be watched but the computer needs fixing first. So I just wrote to say that I've recently moved from glorious Coventry, England to glorious-er Boston, Massachussetts. I have been lured here by a boy, my internet boyfriend yeah whatever. All my friends who don't have internet social lives don't understand...nor the people I met through work - when I told them I was moving to the USA to be with my man all they did was laugh incredulously, ask had we already met (yes, we met first in real life before we really spoke on the net) and say 'wow long distance...how do you know he's not cheating on you?' Yep that was the number 1 question. Well maybe some of you lot understand a bit more. So I'm here and very happy, but me and him can't spend every second together - especially when he's at work and I can't (legally) work - though we'll see about that and I'm looking for some DJing at a club or bar... It's hard for me to meet people, an English girl in big scary America. And coming from a house filled with 6 or 7 people, and having two jobs, and loads of friends living nearby (hi Dave), all of a sudden I've got just one person to speak to and it's weird. But I'm happy here. I've been here a week and didn't think til now to ask if there are any Sinisterettes in Boston and if any of you would like to meet for a drink or whatever. Let me know! Hopefully there's loads of you and I just haven't paid enough attention. Bye for now Joanne DV - thanks for the birthday email! _________________________________________________________________ Stay in touch with absent friends - get MSN Messenger http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: I close my eyes....
by KMitchell 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

...and wonder if this works. So here I am again. I had this idea, with Sprouting Robin, to email sinister more often. It never actually came to be, but nevermind. You still all missed my birthday. As did the folk at work. I dunno. Not that it matters. Much. Robin emailed me and asked me to return to the fold of Sinister chat. I did, after my initial request, but there was nobody there. As is so often the case with Sinister chat. What's wrong? Said all you need to say, now? Surely not. So I am going to be in London on Wednesday, given I have decided that the country's second favourite capital will do fine as a nice place to go and stretch my legs. And I'm going to be meeting up with some Bowlie types on Wednesday evening, and thought, hey, why don't I invite my sinister lot along too? I hope this time I might see Marianna. So I'm sitting here, and I'm not afraid to tell you I've turned gothic for the night. I'm practising for Hallowe'en. Unfortunately, there was little I could do when the milkman came to the door, to get his weekly money, and I just tried to hide my face, with little success. "Goin' out somewhere?" he asked. "Yeah" I lied. "where?" he asked. "um, Embra" I said. "drinking?" he asked. "maybe" I said. Gave him his money, and then after a prompt goodbye, I shut the door. He looked startled at first, then amused, and had tried to keep the conversation going (I think for his own sense of amusement if nothing else) if it wasn't for my unusual desire not to continue talking. Love idles 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: Slinted and Enchanted
by owen lowery 18 Oct '04

18 Oct '04

Well hello there Big news of the week is that Slint are playing ATP, this means that I need to go, therefore if anybody needs an extra body to fill a chalet then drop me a mail and you can have me (so to speak). I promise I'm clean, tend not to get too drunk and my days as a legendary womanizer are probably at an end. Thanks to all the people who replied off list to my last post (especailly the adorable girl with the coolest email address around) it's really good to know that people do read this stuff and bother to have an opinion about it. It all got me thinking about Sinister which scared me a bit 'cos I realized that I've been on here for over 5 years now. In that time I've met loads of cool people from the list (and even kissed a few of them), I've urinated next to Stuart Murdoch on a night out with the sinisterines, I've chatted in nonexistent spaces with foreign folk and I've went to see lots of bands that I otherwise never would have got to see. When I first joined this list I kind of figured that everyone here had been listening to the band far longer than me but now I feel like listening to them since 1996 probably makes me some sort of boring old fart who could bang on about the good old days and how the list was so much better then (it wasn't it was just different, livelier, more volatile, less international). So I've spent 8 years loving B&S and 5 years loving Sinister and at some point turned into a sad old git but what the hell, B&S still have a strange appeal for me and even if I don't think later albums have been lyrically as good as the first two I still think they're pretty special. Well time for me to get back to work Thanks for listening (for all these years) Owen so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens (William Carlos Williams) Support Care2 Email: 1,400 whales may be killed this year. Take action! http://www.care2.com/go/z/17954 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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