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Sinister: Engine Tours
by Peter Oliver 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

I'm going to find myself in Edinburgh at the weekend. Bizarely, it was cheaper to buy a train ticket to Glasgow via Edinburgh than one just for Edinburgh. I considered the coach, but it's twice the price of the train and takes twice as long to get there; I suppose there's a certain twisted logic to that, but it's no wonder that people avoid public transport with such fervour, when just trying to figure out which ticket to buy is such hard work. Anyway, such an opportunity to go somewhere different, indie-club wise, shouldn't be missed. I increasingly find that my local clubs fail to excite. I hope that it's them that are getting boring, and not me... It's also a great chance to wind up my mate, who normally won't listen to anything unless it's heavy metal. He'll be at my mercy. So I thought of you. If anyone has any recomendations for what to do on a Saturday night in Edinburgh (or a Sunday, Monday or Tuesday night, for that matter), it'd be great to hear them. -- Peter Oliver +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: ahem...
by marisa stroud 05 Aug '04

05 Aug '04

quick quick gina, miss gina titchener...could you please tell me your address? I have a long-belated addition to your xmas present and I don't want to send it to an address you no longer live at. Sorry, everyone else. Continue swimming naked...or whatever it was you were doing out there. In other belated news, I attended the hot-and-sunny Ballyhoo in the Botanics (that's *really* what they should have called it...maybe not) in June with my good friend from Manchester, a Melbourne boy who had a crush on me and his sister, who didn't like me and sat "with a face like a busted muffin" (as the lovely mancunian put it) for most of the afternoon. I hoped Camera Obscura would cheer her up, but due to what I think were sound difficulties, they buggered off (slightly distressed? I was pretty far back) before I even got my dancing feet on. However, it was nice to see them back on my home turf in T-dot (what *all* the cool kids call Toronto, for those of you who might come visit Canadiashireland and want to sound "with it") in a small and intimate venue (The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern) where I bought a tshirt (the wrong colour and slightly too small, but c'est la vie) from Gavin Dunbar (the man I couldn't bring myself to give my cv to when I saw him behind the counter of Avalance Records last fall, not that they would have hired me anyway, but there it is)...they seemed to be quite low on supplies at this point in their tour, because my friend went to buy the 'Underachievers...' album on our way out the door but they were fresh out. Do I win the prize for longest run-on sentence? Not on this list, I suppose. *sigh* It was nice to hear weegie accents again, tho. I didn't think it would hit me the way it did. Too bad. I know I said I'd share the rest of my days/but I was only going through a phase... Am I gonna settle down? Am I gonna be/Someone who has to take the rest of my life to settle down? There are two frontmen in the whole world whose voices I know intimately...who I can identify by the way they pronounce certain consonants...for whom I freeze when I hear the timbre of their speaking voice...the first time I heard both these bands, I *felt* the music rush through me and I knew something big had happened in my life...I feel what I imagine hollywood-style love to feel like. How sad is that? Maybe not "sad"...but I wonder sometimes if this impossible love spoils me for what's real... I wonder if I'll ever meet someone and know that something big has happened in my life. Cause, to be quite honest, I don't think it happens for everyone. Well, I guess we'll see. marisa xo ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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'm leaving, on a jet plane...
by Stuart Gardiner 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Hmm, every time I send an email to Sinister at the moment, I'm in a different country. Such a glamorous jet-setting lifestyle I have these days. Erm, maybe. Actually, I've spent most of the last four weeks sitting on my arse at my parents' house, which is never fun. The parents but, not the sitting on my arse bit, obviously. I don't think I'd have made it this far through life if I objected to sitting down. Still, at some point in the next month or so - as soon as the paperwork's done, which will probably be a while since it involves the US embassy - I will be moving to Portland, Oregon. Because I've got a job out there, for the next two-years at least. Naturally, if anyone has any tips or advice about the place (where to go, where to live, how the hell to get there from the UK etc), I'm all ears. OK, not literally, pedants. In the meantime, since I'm moving countries, I'm having a big clearout of all my possessions which I don't want to take with me and/or can't carry to the plane. And part of that involves getting rid of my old cassettes, since I hardly ever listen to them any more, partly because I no longer own anything as low-tech as a tape-player. Amongst these tapes, there is quite a bit of B&S material; so I'm now offering it up to anyone who wants it. Sort of first come, first served, except if I get more than one reply I'll split the tapes up to be fairer. So not really first come, first served at all then. Actually, I'll give priority to anyone who can record them digitally and send me mp3 copies, since I haven't got the technology for that here. Or failing that, to whoever offers most sexual favours. The tapes on offer (note most of these tapes have random other stuff on them as well...): Live at Dublin Olympia, April 1999 John Peel session (Shoot the sexual athlete, Magic of a kind word, Nothing in the silence, My girl's got miraculous technique) Live in Belgium (don't know where or when, at least a couple of years ago!) Live in Boston (likewise) Live at Bowlie festival, April 1999 Sessions at West 54th (unbroadcast New York TV session), 1998 Black Sessions (French radio) Live at Manchester Town Hall, December 1997 (the Sunday gig) Beat Patrol (interviews with whole band chosing one song each by someone else), December 1997 Steve Lamacq Evening Session, 1997 (I think) 2 x Mark Radcliffe Sessions, 1996 (I think) Tapes offered for free, on condition that they will never be sold on to anyone else for money. Any takers? Big Stu _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: CHU move to the country, she comes back a KEN
by Rachel fruitloop-Apps 04 Aug '04

04 Aug '04

Hello Sinister! On a rooftop in Lewisham, months ago, I promised the Pinefox that I would post to Sinister again when he posted again. I didn't mean to let him down; I won�t disappoint the PF, if I can help it. So, here I am� rock you like a hurricane. In mid-April, I moved to London from the Los Angeles suburbs. The two are not remotely similar. I brought Bapps with me, on account of him being my husband and we�re continuing to get on so well, and because he�s English and the reason I got a VISA. Can I tell you, moving to a different country is NOT easy? It is not easy. Moving isn�t easy, especially for me. It takes me a while to adjust to changes and feel comfortable. I knew I�d be starting over, but when I got to London I was shocked. Luckily, Ben and I found a flat right away and that helped me to settle down a bit. Once Ben and I got jobs, it helped even more. But there were a good 3 months before we got jobs when I felt as if it could all unravel at any point. I�m feeling the benefits of living in London now, and really enjoying myself. I love seeing so many great friends that I have made from Sinister on a fairly regular basis these days. It makes it even easier to adjust to life in a different country. Summer�s hastening on, and I�m wrapped up in books. I�ve been reading so much since I�ve moved here. I just have more idle time, especially now that it takes me over an hour to get to and from work on the buses and tube. I started reading Stuart David�s �The Peacock Manifesto� yesterday morning and finished it today. It�s a great book and quick to read. I especially liked it because of Peacock�s reactions when he travels to different U.S. cities that don�t live up to his expectations. I�ve had a similar feeling occasionally on road trips. Graceland is really small inside, I was hoping that Peacock would actually take the inside tour of Elvis� house and then bitch about it! Despite this omission, I think Stuart D is a very good writer. I'll read 'Nalda Said' next. I almost feel in writing this that I�ve shown up to a party wearing an outfit that is highly inappropriate for the occasion. I�m sure that most of you don�t even remember me. Which is quite a strange thought since my life wouldn�t be what it is today without Sinister. I suppose I am to blame for losing touch. I got a husband out of the deal and then jumped ship. I�ve been here the whole time, really, though, I�ve just been lurking. Maybe the stories of mailing-list romances just got to be too much. I can�t quite remember. What IS fresh in my mind is Belle & Sebastian at Somerset House on the 17th July. It was brilliant. I really enjoyed The Shins set as well. Ben said the singer of The Shins looks like Kevin Spacey and it made me giggle. When b&s arrived on stage and began playing songs from Tigermilk in succession, I didn�t think it could get any better. The most fascinating part was the shift in their sound when they played "Stay Loose", which is still my favourite song on DCW. I was dancing like mad, but I almost felt as if I was watching this on TV. It is awful to say this, but the previous times I had seen them in L.A. had been so laden with personal interaction with the band that this time almost felt like I wasn�t really there. This occurred to me as they played �The Wrong Girl� and I remembered dancing on stage to it three years ago � it is so far away, it�s as if I just made it up. Last year�s treasure hunt planning and t-shirt designing with Stuart Murdoch made seeing b&s live into much more of a production for me. This time, I didn�t even bother to meet up with anybody for a picnic beforehand. Ken did, however, bring his 2 pint glass over to stand with me and Ben for most of the show (that�s where he disappeared to, Stefano!) My anti-social behaviour made it easy to just soak in the performance, as simple as that. It was perfection, the picturesque setting and the music melted together and carried me away. By the end, I didn�t feel the need to speak to anyone from the band or create any other corresponding event to make the day complete like I may have done in the past. Does it mean that I�m getting boring? You tell me... Love, Rachel fruitloop-Apps __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. 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Sinister: And The Children Drank Lemonade
by P F 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Let not the day go unmarked. Today, for the first time since the foundation of sinister, Sister Disco and Sruart Murdoch both appeared on a radio programme. If I am wrong and this has happened before, write to sinister and tell us. I turned on BBC Radio 2 at about 11:30, thinking: Murdoch's TRACKS OF MY YEARS is going to be on soon! Stuart Maconie is, you remember, replacing Kenneth Bruce for a week. He is doing a good job, in sooth, as they say in California, or, in truth - playing Lloyd Cole, talking to Stuart Murdoch, quoting Peter Miller, I mean, what more do you want? Anyway, Maconie said something like: - Ooh, I'd nearly forgotten, the feature that's named after me (what's it called again? remind us, Sister Disco) - and then he read out some puns on pop titles, relating to places in Wales. Casually, he continued: - Peter Miller suggests: - and I can't think what the exact words, the title, the place were. I did not write them down. But it was about the WHO, you see. YES, the WHO. I hope Mooro gets to hear it, possibly on an old-fashioned audio tape. I hope Sister Disco writes in and fills in the missing details too. The funny thing was: hearing Maconie read Miller's name, I felt as though he did it knowingly - the way I would, or some of you would, or the way Maconie would read, say, 'Paul Morley'. But I think this was probably an illusion, created from my mindset, in which Miller is a sort of major figure in fanzine-style online discussions of ROCK and other things. On reflection, I think that in reality, Maconie probably has no idea who Peter Miller is. Again, perhaps Sister Disco can set me straight on this. After the Miller moment, Maconie introduced Murdoch's first song. It was 'Do You Believe In Magic?', a song that Jerry the Nipper made famous, and of which Mr. David Moore gave me my first copy. It is very good. Murdoch then said, in a very high voice, things about how Orange Juice had always said in the early 1980s, things like, - We can never match this song, the only way is down. The funny thing is, they could never match that song - the only way was down. Endearingly, he then mentioned the Go-Betweens, in the same connection. I am reminded of the conversations I have had with Tim Hopkins in which OJ and the G-Bs become virtually two halves of the same imaginary entity, ie. you say one then you say another, and for me both mean: pop that people from a certain period like, but which sadly does not, *mostly*, live up to its reputation, being too scratchy and tuneless. So, Murdoch said something like: - I love the way that the Go-Betweens knew they could never write the perfect pop song / - which, in my paraphrase, is true. So, mixed feelings: a) he is silly to keep going on about those bands, but b) it is kind of touching, kind of keeps in touch, with eg. Peter Miller, on sinister. He spoke well, anyway. I stand by my statement of yesterday. The second track was something else, a soul track based on Bach; it was quite good. So, that was an exciting few minutes on Radio 2. What I have forgotten to mention is the way that Maconie went straight from Miller's joke to 'Life In A Northern Town'. I think it was the first time I have ever heard that song all the way through. It was a bit corny, but the way it sped up as it went was good. Once I asked Steady Mike about The Dream Academy, and *even he* did not know that much about them, though he owned a difficult second LP. I wonder two things: a) whether Maconie knows that Peter Miller comes from a Northern town; b) whether Murdoch will choose a track from Lloyd Cole, from that walk-in wardrobe that I mentioned before. And I suggest one thing: Miller should ring in with more puns, on subsequent days, and become a regular on this brief Maconie spot, and then he will be known to more people that like !P!o!P!! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: message to French fans
by isabelle roth 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

Who is the person who made an "illegal" audio CD from all B&S material for "L'entrepot's" bar rue Sorbier 75020 Paris? The staff played it for our greatest pleasure! Nice choice of songs from Eps... +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 much beer to choose from...
by Amy Skelton 03 Aug '04

03 Aug '04

For anybody in London between now and Saturday it's the Great British Beer Festival atThe Olympia http://www.gbbf.org Come and try a variety of lovely real ales while being entertained. Just have a little taste if you're not sure - you'll be pleasantly surprised. For those siniglasto types there will be delectable ciders and perrys on offer too. Sorry for the brevity. I'm heading down to the capital NOW to go and volunteer at the festival. As I'm a last minute addition to the staffing I have no idea where I'll be yet. I'll be wearing an upside down Offbeat badge for identification. In fairness the real reason I'm going is to get a return visa for Bangladesh. I've just cleverly timed it so my three days of waiting are all BEER days - hurrah! Any gig or club night recommendations in London are welcome as I won't be working ALL of the time. I will hopefully get to check my emails but I will definitely have my mobile: - 07835104132 Take care all, Amy _________________________________________________________________ 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: Seeing other people
by Sam Walton 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Hello Sinister. So I'm in the Boston Public Library, with 6 minutes left on this terminal before I get chucked off. Yes, it's not my usual habitat, but this isn't a usual post - sorry Sinister, this is gonna have to be short. I'm on holiday. Some of you may recall this fact from a previous post - others may have guess it from the fact that I'm in the Boston Public Library, and I'm a boy from London. So here's the point: We travel to Chicago tonight, and will be there until 8th August, and then will be moving on to Philadelphia until the 12th, then New York until the 17th, and then Reykjavik from 18th to the 21st. If there's any Sinister people out there who'd like to meet up with me and my charming mate James in any of the above places at any of the above times, please drop me a mail - it'd be great to meet up... (esp you, Maria from Finland - I deleted your email by accident, sorry!). Anyway, what say you, fair folk? Might be fun... Sorry for the abbreviated post and lack of CONTENT. Love, Asm.x ================================ "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: 10 MacArthur Park
by P F 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

It is true, what Sister Disco said. The programme was on, today! I remembered just in time. I found Murdoch to be a better interviewee, a much better one, than most of those who appear on, or in, this slot. He seemed more intelligent, or to have more thoughts in his head on which to draw. He seemed, I mean, to have something to say about music - this music, that he asked them to play - and its connections with (his) life. The music was good also. I don't need to hear that version of 'A New England' again, now, as against once, when I had never heard it, but still, it is good. He liked the fact that she wrote new verses. Surprisingly, he didn't quite seem to know that Bragg was involved in the rewrite, so that the cover was not, I think, cheeky but authorized. I was surprised how good the second track was. Julie Driscoll sounded like she was going to be boring, but actually she sounded like a 1960s Isobel Campbell, with a singing voice, of some kind, singing a Murdoch lyric, to a Belle and Sebastian soul-music backing. In fact, forget the Campbell bit, a blue herring. She sounded like Petula Clark singing with Belle & Sebastian? Really, it was fine. I think Cousin Clubnight has probably heard it all before, in the Saracen Head. I have found my old books for Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. But don't fret, I am not going to play it with you. I have found some DUNGEON FLOOR PLANS also. They let you go on a boat, with added Realism. I am going to tell Tom Ewing, an internet supremo, about it all. Ally 96 has started a band, with an electric guitar. That's what I heard. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 must read report back.
by Nathan Reader - Wilson 02 Aug '04

02 Aug '04

Well well...they came at last. Hi all, after months of super-excitement leading up to the show, I finally got to see them in Melbourne! I am from Adelaide (in South Aus. for all you non-aussies), so I made the trek with my girlfriend to Melbourne. It was well well worth it... When we got to our hotel, which was just down the road from the Palais Theatre where thay were performing, we started chatting to the hotel-desk-guy (a respectable title), and told him why we were there, the conversation went something like this...*uhem* Me: Why hello sir, may you be so kind as to check us in? Desk-dude: Yup Me: By the way, we are here to see a super-dooper band from Scotland tomorrow night. Desk-dude: Would that be Belle and Sebastian? Me: Why yes, how did you know? Huh!? How!!? Desk-dude: Why Sir, it's just that they are all staying in the hotel... Me: *THUD!* (me hitting the floor) ------------------ Anyhow, it went something like that. But the important thing was they were in the same hotel!! All plans were immediately scrapped and the plan was to hang out in the lobby for the next three days...well, i would have but my girlfriend wasn't going to Melbourne and coming back to Adelaide without shopping. So I figured I'd run into them anyway. Myself and a few friends all went in and bought a copy of Catcher In The Rye and all signed it and wrote a "how are you doing" kind of thing in the cover, in the hope that I might run into Stuart. When I got back to the hotel, I thought that maybe I could get Desk-dude to call Stuart's room and ask him to come down, which he let me do, and even gave me the phone while it was ringing!! But he didn't answer, all hope was far from lost!! As I was doing this in the lobby, Stuart walked right behind me and was waiting at the elevator to go up to his room. It was now or never...I built up all my courage and went over to him. Me: Excuse me Stuart? Stuart: Mmm hmm. Me: Umm..uhem..I...I was wondering if I could get an autograph? (on a tigermilk record cover which i carried around with me everywhere while in the hotel) Stuart:Umm, sure, but I really need to take a pee (laughs) Anyhow, I ended up having a quick chat and getting an autograph and a photo, it was wicked!! To wrap up, as my hand is getting sore, throughout our stay we bumped into Stuart three times, Chrissy G! three times and Sarah once just after the concert. I also had a 10-15 minute chat with Chris about the band, how they met, why Isobel left, how good her current work is etc. If you have any questions or would like my autograph (J/K, just e-mail me. I hope all the Australian listees enjoyed their concerts!! Until next time. Have a good week everyone. xxox Nathan P.S - Colin, sorry sorry, tapes are in motion. Give me another week. PPs- Astrid, yes I am still at the same address. and HI! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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