Sinister: Splinter: wood spree (plus, bonus! LONDON DANCING THIS SUNDAY)
Hey Sinister, It gets harder and harder to think of Belle and Sebastian song title puns these days, but today was another punny day, so I thought I'd write you guys. I like that on the Belle and Sebastian myspace page, in the "Sounds Like" section it is said that they just sound like their records. This makes them my favourite friend on myspace I think.. or they will be, when I manage to get round to befriending them, and if they'll have me. Because I haven't, "Faith" is still my favourite friend on myspace, she's quite a funny girl, you know the kind who is adorably clumsy and disorganised.. she kept trying to send me a link to this website that apparently would make me loads of money, almost every other day, but she always gets it wrong and ends up sending me the same link each time. If she didn't live so far away, and were real, I would have gone and given her a hug and tell her that it's okay. Oh well. Do you guys have plans this Sunday? If not, you should come to this dancing thing in London. It's going to be really great. ======================================================== INTERNACIONAL Pop music for true pop internationalists. INTERNACIONAL is an EXCITING NEW NIGHT that will bring you the best of super dancing fun indie and sunshine pop from all around the world, with strictly no world music! Tahiti 80 * Peter Bjorn and John * Morning Musume * La Casa Azul * Jorge Ben * Saint Etienne * Cardigans * Serge Gainsbourg * Tommy February6 * Jens Lekman * Cobra Killer * Gilberto Gil * Bertrand Burgalat and many more Get your kicks out on the floor from Tokyo to Stockholm, from Paris to Sao Paulo, from Glasgow to Madrid and more. First Night's guest nation: Sweden Plus QUIZ with Prize. Sunday 22nd April 7-11:30pm, £3 entry The Albany 240, Great Portland St, W1W 5QU (Right opposite Great Portland Street station, and walking distance from Warren Street and Euston) DJs: D-pop, Daniel, Ken C and special guest ===================================================== I have no idea who this "Ken C" person is, but I heard he's awesome. I've invited "Faith" too, so you might even get to meet her (she'll probably forget though, or get the venue wrong). See YOU there? Ken P.S.: Check out this link .. I've double checked and it's definitely the right link. http://www.myspace.com/internacionalclub ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and is intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this is not you, please forward the message to mail.administrator@uclh.nhs.uk. We have scanned this email before sending it, but cannot guarantee that malicious software is absent and we shall carry no liability in this regard. We advise that information intended to be kept confidential should not be sent by email. We also advise that health concerns should be discussed with a medical professional in person or by telephone. NHS Direct can also provide advice. We shall not be liable for any failure to follow this advice. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH). +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Hello darlings, You know, yesterday I had a really good idea for what I was going to write if I posted to Sinister. It was such a good idea. Orange, it was. I put it in a box under the sofa, where marauding Vikings wouldn't find it. Unfortunately, marauding Vikings must be more perceptive than I thought, because I can't find it today. But I wanted to say hello. So, hello. Just a post, then. No gimmicks. Is that possible? Today, I was feeling bored, so I disguised myself as a GIANT BANANA and snuck into 80s pop sensation ALISON MOYET's house. She is so elegant at home. She lounges around all day, on a delightful chaise-longue, and sips cocktails that are so sophisticated they don't even have NAMES yet. She even has a SERVANT to pick her nose. I left, though. Got pissed off with her, and her sophistication. It was FUCKING BORING. Who wants to see an 80s pop sensation lounging around, crooning "love-letters" to herself all day as she swanks her way through a cosmopolitan-yet-tasteful record collection when you can go home, wank, and stare at the wall? I think Dimitra Daisy once said that.. Well, of course that's all a lie. Dimitra Daisy would NEVER say something like that. She'd be more likely to say "music is like the beautiful flower of the universe, it feeds on the nourishment of our minds, and makes our head a pretty garden". Yes, I can definitely imagine Dimitra saying that. And the bit about Alison Moyet was a lie too. I got bored of stalking her years ago. She's not so posh, really. In fact, last time I saw her, she was slumped outside Woolies with a bag of chips, an old copy of Take a Break and a plastic bag full of string, swigging something white and cider-ish, and screaming "you took your time to come back this time, the grass has grown under your feet" to anyone that would listen. I gave her a tic-tac, telling her it was only 3 calories, and 3 hours of freshness, but she didn't seem to appreciate the beauty of that. So - what WAS I going to say? Oh, there was some clever stuff, but that's for another post. In slightly different news, there was a very good turnout at the SINISTER TALLINN PICNIC, an event which set the standard frighteningly high for picnics to come... I'm not going to say any more than that, except that there are lovely listees in Northern climes, and it was very nice to meet them.. Also, some people have POSTED on the list, and they weren't talking about CLUB NIGHTS or anything! Well, some of them were, but they cleverly snuck it in among other things.. Jo Perry talked about finding B&S as friends again, and as I read it, I was listening to Tigermilk, and thinking how old, and familiar, and warming those songs sounded, songs that once sounded new, and exciting, and yet still strangely familiar. I guess this is where I put some sort of barb about how they now feel more like the New Tall (and cold) Elegant Rich Kids than the familiar shy outsiders. It makes me wonder whether they were celebrating the awkwardness and shyness and t***ness, like I once thought. And whether I still celebrate awkwardness and shyness, or whether I'd rather be an elegant rich kid too. Dimitra talked about where Sinister has taken us.. well, its true, isn't it? I've burbled on about this at length. There's so many branches I've followed as a result. I wonder if some sort of ROCK FAMILY TREE would be exciting. Possibly not. Ken's club night sounded blooming wonderful, and made me wish I'd been able to go. Are you doing any more, Ken? Also, I would like to hear more tales of your blooming relationship with Faith, do share. Stacey talked about loads of interesting charity stuff and made me wish I was more organised to actually do something. Except I'm not, right now. But if YOU want to organise an indie-schmindie night in Birmingham, that'd be nice. Are any of you out there from Birmingham these days? Remember the BIRMINGHAM SINISTER MASSIV? No? Nor do I. Finally, Gayle Anderson posted LOADS. Which is good, because somebody should. And there was one called "I Am The Fucking Best". Unfortunately, she didn't say what she was best at, so I think we should have a COMPETITION to guess what it might be. I think it involves licking the back of stamps to just the right level of moisture, so they adhere without being overly sloppy and peeling at the edges. Which is a great talent to have, isn't it? Equally, I suppose, I have proclaimed that I'm worth it, and haven't said what I'm worth. I don't know, really. Hopefully something. More than a bag of sprouts, maybe. Possibly three bags, even. Hopefully more than some manky make-up that is tested on animals: http://www.liberation-mag.org.uk/loreal2.htm http://www.naturewatch.org/shoppingguide/loreal_facts.asp and how nice it is that they now own the Body Shop. Cruelty without Beauty, for sure. This e-mail might not be worth much. Then again, it might be worth something. You decide. Perhaps even reply, that'd be FAR OUT. I'd like to finish with some rude thoughts, because I have been talking to certain listees about rudeness lately, and I know how they like it. COCKS, COCK, COCK, COCKING one day, a tiny priest, felching Sir Robin Day in an elevator spandex* rah, rah, Rasputin, LOVER OF THE RUSSIAN QUEEN!! It was a shame how he carried on. Whispering "sluts" to birds. Thank you to the rude person who inspired some of the above. Have a lovely day, children. Smile at someone you don't know. Hug someone you do. xx Ian *yeah, yeah, I know, but it SOUNDS LIKE it should be rude. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
participants (2)
-
Ian Anscombe -
kenneth.chu＠uclh.nhs.uk