Sinister: Miss Smila's Feeling For Ribena
I'm on Ribena strike until The Pinefox agrees to write some more songs. Not one drop of Ribena will pass my lips until then. Although I might dribble some down between my bumcheeks if I get really desperate. It depends how long he holds out really. When AIDS first started to become popular, people were advised to dribble cognac down their partner's back as a substitute for "penetration". I wonder if it ever caught on? I suppose the authorities were in a bit of a tight corner. The Pinefox has to write more songs, otherwise it places too much pressure on the other Foxglove. He might crack. Looking at the big picture, pop's effect on global culture has been virtually nil. The Khmer Rouge didn't come to power because of Purple Haze, Nelson Mandela wasn't freed because of Free Nelson Mandela, asians weren't dubbed because of Asian Dub Foundation. Pop played no real part in these events. In political terms, all pop has given us is a bunch of neatly packaged platitudes. That's entertainment. We had a nice time listening to it, that's all. Salman Rushdie's appearance on stage with U2 had nothing to do with selling more books or more records. It was something to do with freedom of expression. Rock on. I'm going to read that Ground Beneath Her Feet book and report back. I like Rushdie's pop journalism. He introduced me to the expression "fuck me high heels", in an article about the Rolling Stones. This has made shopping for footwear so much easier. In a recent piece about Shaggy I think I spotted a mistake. Not a pop mistake, a grammar mistake. But I wouldn't stake my life on it. I wouldn't stick my neck out. I think Magnetic Fields sound a lot like Velvet Underground. The Age of Consent was so-called because the members of Bronski Beat were all gay, and they wanted the age of consent lowered so that they could take better advantage of their new-found popularity. Shall I delete this bit, Linda? A book I'm reading now is The Legendary Joe Meek. Chas out of Chas 'n' Dave is in it. He has a surprisingly liberal attitude to homosexuality. Which begs the question, are all comedy cockneys gay? It gives a new meaning to Up the Elephant and Round the Castle, doesn't it? Or was that the original meaning? Thanks for all the Peacock Johnson reports. Sounds GRATE. Sister Disco +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Hiya Sinister, Looks like it's gonna be a week of lovely weather here - below 80 during the day and cooling off to the 50's at night. I thought we were gonna steamroller straight into summer, but now we're walking briskly and watching things grow before the heat overtakes us and we'll just have to loll about. Today I saw a girl in a lavender coat made of light wool, or maybe a sort of tweed. There was a slit in the back and when she walked I could see the olive green lining. It was a really nice coat. It looked good on her. She had naturally curly hair done up with one of those clips. Yesterday I walked by Mirror Lake and saw a really frightful sight. Several ducks were astride another duck and they were pecking its head, fiercely. I hope that isn't how they mate. Then I saw a couple kissing goodbye in a car. The kiss could be described as a pecking sort of kiss. I looked away immediately, but I couldn't help notice. The day before that I saw a dead cat at an intersection in a residential area, so not a very wide street. It was lying at the dead center of the street, as if someone had placed it there, with its front legs splayed apart.
Looking at the big picture, pop's effect on global culture has been virtually nil. The Khmer Rouge didn't come to power because of Purple Haze, Nelson Mandela wasn't freed because of Free Nelson Mandela, asians weren't dubbed because of Asian Dub Foundation.
Meester Miller, what we wanna know is this: Did Atari Teenage Riot improve anyone's score in Ever Quest? I know about that game because my brother used to play it. Maybe he still does. I'm very bad at video games, so I don't really ever play them. I just move the controls about randomly for a while 'til my brother loses all patience with me and pushes me aside. And what about Cornershop? Did they help any struggling young couples start a cornershop or off-license, as they're called over there? I heard that in New York many liquor stores are owned by Korean couples. But that's just the opposite of an off-license, isn't it? I once got lost on the way to an off-license. It was very embarrassing. You know, it's the life of the people we're interested in (a samurai is not one of 'the people')... I've been to Aberdeen before. That's where Ailsa is from, I think. I was only at the train station though. Scotland is nice cos it's cool and there are lotsa lakes and trees. I wish I had gone to Edinburgh and seen the university and all places they sing about in B & S songs. I wish I had stood around longer on Byres Road like that character does in the first book of the New York Trilogy. (It wasn't Byres Road though.) I coulda stood outside Hillhead Station waiting for Sebastian to come back from meeting Isabelle or stood outside Iceland waiting for Stuart to choose a fish pie for his dinner. I wouldn't have stalked them. Only said hello. Or not even that. Just stood anonymously, not really there, you know. Oh well. Farewell Farewell Youn +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Youn described what sounded like a rad coat and then said:
I wish I had gone to Edinburgh and seen the university and all places they sing about in B & S songs
Unfortunately you can't see all those places in Edinburgh because they are in Glasgow. HOWEVER! Some rad things you can see in Edinburgh are 1) list mum in waiting Honey 2) list mum Linda! 3) Splat! 4) Shirl 5) a purdy castle. And there are a lot of other rad things too, the radness doesn't stop there. I once went to Glasgow and left a note on Struan's door. I just tacked it up and ran away. I was hoping he would love me, but he doesn't, still. I think I've mentioned this before. I'm not quite over it. I've been posting like MAD lately to sinister and poppyfresh and some other lists too that I usually keep my mouth shut on. Mostly antagonizing people. This excess of posting/antagonizing can be traced directly to the end of the semester and the fact that I have enough homework to keep me firmly seated in front of the computer while still not wanting to type say, a 12 page paper on The Unnameable. How much more do I have to post before I get sillustrated?? The antagonizing, I think is a combination of end of semester crankiness and pms. I have finished my chicken nuggets, I KNEW I should have gotten a 9 piece. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Okay, well, good night. :o( xoxo Julie +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
No, I meant Edinburgh. I've been to Glasgow before. When I said that I wish I had stood around longer on Byres Road, doesn't that imply that I've stood there in the first place? Maybe it was confusing cos I went on to talk about places in Glasgow. Stuart sings about Edinburgh in "I Could Be Dreaming": "I took a walk up Castlehill". Youn On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Julie wrote:
Youn described what sounded like a rad coat and then said:
I wish I had gone to Edinburgh and seen the university and all places they sing about in B & S songs
Unfortunately you can't see all those places in Edinburgh because they are in Glasgow. HOWEVER! Some rad things you can see in Edinburgh are 1) list mum in waiting Honey 2) list mum Linda! 3) Splat! 4) Shirl 5) a purdy castle. And there are a lot of other rad things too, the radness doesn't stop there.
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