"Jarvis" on Looper. And "Jarvis":
well, i really love it. It's strange, but the record really reminds me of me, if that doesn't sound too conceited. It's like, well, it sounds for all the world like a little segment of a Duke's Living Room set, with some blips and slow beats and then some break beats and a spoken word thing over the top.
I haven't heard the record, but I have heard Looper over the Internet, and yes, they reminded me of myself as well, insofar as they sounded bloody terrible and kept stopping and starting. Stuart's stories, particularly Impossible
Things, are lovely understated pieces, and really remind me of the short pieces we used to stick in the LR booklets, not that anyone read them, but whatever.
I've read some of them. My favourite is the Manifesto, especially the suggestion that anyone who wants 4/4 beats all night should bugger off down the shops and buy a Cream LP. I'm paraphrasing, of course. The only story I can remember off the top of my head is about a bloke sitting on a bench that says "arab strap". I mean that has "arab strap" written on it, it doesn't actually say "arab strap" out loud, although that would probably be quite good, can you imagine the look on the bloke's face? Sheer Heart Attack or what? Anyway, seeing as I'm not going to get the Looper single, what I thought I'd do is read that story out loud over a bit of that drum'n'bass tape you sent me (which I really like now, I'm Squarepusher too) and record it as a kind of substitute, back to their roots, Looper record. Anybody want a tape? It's just weird is all... and really nice to feel that
maybe someone somewhere else has a similar sensibility or something.
I know just what you mean. The same thing happened to me when I discovered Isaac Hayes a couple of years ago. Jon G - you might like Echo and the Bunnymen, the first two Billy Bragg albums and some albums by The Fall, such as This Nation's Saving Grace, as well as Orange Juice. Of course, you might hate them, but those are some of the things I liked when I was around about your age. Well, I'm not sure how old you are, but this kind of thing kept me company through the sixth form. In fact I was so impressed by Mark E. Smith that I once refused to analyse poetry because I'd heard him saying it was a bad idea on the radio. The teacher must have thought I was a complete twat. But I digress: I used to use and abuse the local record library, if you've got one of those nearby, it's a good way to get to listen to new stuff dead cheap. When I say "new" I mean stuff that you haven't heard before, because most of it's really old. Keith was a prefect, eh? I don't want anybody's address, you can all breathe a sigh of relief. I've got Paul's and it's him I'm after. He might wake up to find a goldfish's head in the bed one day. I'd forgotten about that tape he was going to do me. love, Mad Frankie Miller ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
PJMiller wrote:
"Jarvis" on Looper. And "Jarvis":
ha ha ha. you have no idea how funny that joke remains ;-)
I've read some of them. My favourite is the Manifesto, especially the suggestion that anyone who wants 4/4 beats all night should bugger off down the shops and buy a Cream LP. I'm paraphrasing, of course. The only story I can remember off the top of my head is about a bloke sitting on a bench that says "arab strap". I mean that has "arab strap" written on it, it doesn't actually say "arab strap" out loud,
oh it doesn't say Arab Strap at all... it says 'Shaz' and 'Boyzone', and 'NC Loved Me', the bloke is just LISTENING to Arab Strap. You get an 'F' for your critical appraisal.
It's just weird is all... and really nice to feel that
maybe someone somewhere else has a similar sensibility or something.
I know just what you mean. The same thing happened to me when I discovered Isaac Hayes a couple of years ago.
that's exactly what Isaac said about the experience.
The teacher must have thought I was a complete twat.
ah, some things never change, do they?
Keith was a prefect, eh?
one of my biggest regrets is not turning down the opportunity to be a prefect. i would have been the first at my school to do so, but i buckled under the pressure. we had to wear scummy green bands around the cuffs of our blazers. the blazers were purple, and it was not a pretty sight. But then nor was i so it didn't matter so much. i never did any duties though... well i did a stair duty once and tripped up some kid in the corridor who shouldn't have been running, but that was about it. hazy days. bathroom. tiles. tiles. bathroom. oh sod it, i'll do it tomorrow with a hangover. the duke ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Sat, 11 Jul 1998, duke of harringay wrote:
one of my biggest regrets is not turning down the opportunity to be a prefect.
i did, but rather belatedly (last few weeks). and i was just sulking. espadrille ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
ok, so someone who is a friend of a friend just e-mailed me and said - I heard you listen to a lot of brit shtuff - guess these lot - alas, i'm bored - and therefore my mind has gone blank - the second i'm thinking is elvis costello but since I haven't listen to him in oh, 5 hours I could be wrong - any guesses? 'As the sun hits, she'll be waiting With her cool things and her heaven Hey hey lover you still burn me You're a song yeah, hey hey' 'Now there's a tragic waste of brutal youth Strip and polish this unvarnished truth The tricky doorway, gapes beneath the raged noose The cripled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse.' secondly, what ever happened with the NY picnic? (any other nj kids out there?) thirdly, what is it about B&S and ex-boyfriends? mine got me into B&S right when IYFS got promo released to the radios (I think about a month or so before it's actual release) - he was music director of a station and had the decency to give me a copy upon a very romantic trip to vermont's nature (or something like that) - alas, it was the one decent thing he did - his birthday was some 2 months later and I got him B&S singles on import (special ordered mind you) - a will self book - and then a week later decided he was a bad boyfriend and promptly dumped him. he still doesn't talk to me ! but then again he does have all the singles now... sigh... ms. teri, aka track 3 de 3..,6..,9.. http://hampshire.edu/~tdzF94/ - Inspired by the writings of the eighteeth century Venetian gambler, eroticist and spy. "The day didn't go too well. Too many chocolates and cigarettes, I kept thinking of you and almost walking into lampposts." Pulp "I may sit in a bar where the cocktails are but I really don't feel like talking I ride around and let the darkness fall 'cause I've got a sense of perfection and nothing else makes sense at all." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . East Coast USA and Canada 31/08 - 4/11, details at . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
The Trainspotter wrote:
'As the sun hits, she'll be waiting With her cool things and her heaven Hey hey lover you still burn me You're a song yeah, hey hey'
Sweetly, I want you You burn so fast it scares me It matterws where you aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare Yes, that would be my favorite Slowdive song, "When the Sun Hits," unless today escaping the term "teenager" has made me go batty. Well, maybe I shouldn't say favorite. After all, "Losing Today" is quite wonderful as well.
'Now there's a tragic waste of brutal youth Strip and polish this unvarnished truth The tricky doorway, gapes beneath the raged noose The cripled verdict begs again for the lamest excuse.'
No idea on this one. I must also point out that I also prefer IYFS to Tigermilk. I recall the first time I heard "The State I Am In," probably a fourth generation copy. I just kept thinking "THIS is the band everyone's on about?" I was pretty unexcited by that song and the other one I'd heard from Tigermilk. Later two people independently taped me songs from IYFS and I was not moved much. However, I grew to like them a bit more, and when we got IYFS in at my radio station, I'd had enough time to become familiar with three or four of the songs, and I was feeling down, so the album was like an epiphany. I went out and bought it the next day and I've been happy ever since. Some nice fellow taped me the entirety of Tigermilk (without previous warning too) and I listened to it in its entirety three or four times. I didn't feel particularly compelled to hear it much more, and when I did I couldn't find it. So now I'm basically without Tigermilk. I think if I gave it a chance, it would grow on me, but I don't have a copy, so I guess I'll wait until the reissue. /"\_/"\_/"\ Mick McMick - mick@indiepop.com - ICQ#5056758 \ / Sandcastle Records - sandcastlerecords@indiepop.com | | Sandcastle Homepage - http://indiepop.com/sandcastle/ | | | | "Everyone has their own cup of tea. | | Some just happen to like a lot of sugar in it!" | | - Me! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For unsubscribing, list rules, Tigermilk and sessions tapes, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Coinini athasach ata muid - ag canuint amhrain na . coinini - nach bhfuilimid? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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