From pj-miller at xxx.uk Wed Nov 3 08:54:18 2004 From: pj-miller at xxx.uk (Peter Miller) Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 09:54:18 +0100 Subject: Sinister: Telly Salvarnos! Message-ID: <000d01c4c182$c392bee0$43e130d5@oemcomputer> Bonjela! I hope you are all feeling bright-eyed and Bushy-tailed. At 2 o'clock in the morning, Channel 4 is advertising a programme called '12:34' - 'Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch narrates his journey from fan to artist'. I suppose it might be worth watching. I wonder if he will be in the bath. You can read about it on the B&S news page: http://belleandsebastian.banchory.net/newsstory.php?id=201 It will soon be the Hornfest at Wembley. Are you going? Yes will play. One day I will tell you about my visit to The Pinefox's luxury bachelor pad on London's fashionable Coconut Grove. Today I would listen to 'New World Order' by Ministry, if I had it. Cheers, Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From C.B.Stride at xxx.uk Thu Nov 4 12:22:29 2004 From: C.B.Stride at xxx.uk (Dr C Stride) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:22:29 -0000 Subject: Sinister: Offbeat Belle and Sebastian night, Friday 19th November 2004 Message-ID: <418A1F05.19491.742A89@localhost> ** Offbeat ** Sheffield's Real Indie Night presents... a night of Belle and Sebastian playing the usual Offbeat mix of classic indie, punk-pop, C86 and new indiepop underground plus loads of Belle and Sebastian tracks... Friday 19th November, 2004 from 9pm to 1am @ The Raynor Lounge, Sheffield University Students Union Admission £3.00 Free Lollipops, plus a Belle and Sebastian picture quiz; win Belle and Sebastian Rubics Cubes, (the Offbeat craft factory has been at work again!), 'Wrapped up in Books' promo bookmarks and signed posters. For the playlist from our last Belle and Sebastian Special check out http://www.shef.ac.uk/~offbeat/frames/pl211103.htm * VERY IMPORTANT - 1 * We do not do advance tickets - it is first-come first-served on the door on the night. Arrive early to avoid disappointment - the venue has a small capacity and we are expecting lots of people. So to be sure of getting in, turn up before the doors open at 9pm! * VERY IMPORTANT - 2 * If you a non-student, also see http://www.shef.ac.uk/~offbeat/frames/wherefra.htm for directions and admission details, or email me. For more info' on Offbeat such as other dates, past playlists, reviews, etc, check out http://www.offbeatsheffield.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From stuartf1 at xxx.com Thu Nov 4 13:07:17 2004 From: stuartf1 at xxx.com (Stuart Flanagan) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 05:07:17 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sinister: 12:34 film In-Reply-To: <000d01c4c182$c392bee0$43e130d5@oemcomputer> Message-ID: <20041104130717.27936.qmail@web54704.mail.yahoo.com> Well bugger that - mixed up my days and missed this :( Don't suppose anyone could do a DVD copy for me?? Please please :) Stuart > At 2 o'clock in the morning, Channel 4 is > advertising a programme called > '12:34' - 'Belle and Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch > narrates his journey from > fan to artist'. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From david.moore99 at xxx.com Thu Nov 4 20:43:54 2004 From: david.moore99 at xxx.com (David Moore) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 20:43:54 -0000 Subject: Sinister: Butterfly Ball Message-ID: <000701c4c2af$001bbe20$bc8f2bd9@oemcomputer> Hi there, Thanks to Peter for being an ace Belle And Sebastian fan & giving us all the '12:34' tip-off. Sadly I am a bit up my bum with work right now and was a right tosspot last night & couldn't get it together to record it. Hey ho. I guess I'll see it in a few years time on Blair's 'Fans Only' follow-up. So here is my attempt to do something in the same vein. I found this on the Chickfactor site ( http://www.chickfactor.com/index2.shtml ): "welcome to chickfactor.com, the companion website to the print magazine of the same name. we are currently sorting out the details of our grand holiday event -- chickfactor's gala papillons at bush hall in london on december 10 + 11. hope to have the lineup sorted soon and tickets on sale but so far confirmed are: the first solo gig of one mr stevie jackson (belle & sebastian); the london debut of parisian crooner benjamin biolay; the first show ever from new york city's wonderful mascott; swedish popstar jens lekman, and the amazing chickfactor house band pipas (more acts confirming soon) chickfactor 16 will be out by then too." Stevie J, Jens Lekman, Pipas & more (Are the rumours of a certain band composed of 2 very fragrant Sinisterines true?) Looks pretty good to me, so I know where I'll be on those particular Friday & Saturday nights. Love/Regards, David Moore/Mooro Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From pj-miller at xxx.uk Thu Nov 4 20:04:23 2004 From: pj-miller at xxx.uk (Peter Miller) Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:04:23 +0100 Subject: Sinister: Butterfly Ball References: <000701c4c2af$001bbe20$bc8f2bd9@oemcomputer> Message-ID: <001701c4c2a9$7cebb460$d5ca30d5@oemcomputer> > Thanks to Peter for being an ace Belle And Sebastian fan Thanks, Dave, it's nice to be appreciated. & giving us all the > '12:34' tip-off. Sadly I am a bit up my bum with work right now and was a > right tosspot last night & couldn't get it together to record it. Hey ho. I > guess I'll see it in a few years time on Blair's 'Fans Only' follow-up. Dave, come on down! Don't let work drive you into your own personal bum Tora Bora! I taped it! At least I think I did! After something about bullfighting! You can borrow it, when I've filled the tape up with more good stuff. Assuming it worked, of course. > confirmed are: the first solo gig of one mr stevie jackson (belle & > sebastian); the london debut of parisian crooner benjamin biolay; the first > show ever from new york city's wonderful mascott; swedish popstar jens > lekman, and the amazing chickfactor house band pipas (more acts confirming > soon) chickfactor 16 will be out by then too." I think Benjamin Biolay is very good-looking. He played some kind of opening party thing for the San Sebastian Film Festival. I think this is the same person. I just mention that to boost ticket sales. > Stevie J, Jens Lekman, Pipas & more (Are the rumours of a certain band > composed of 2 very fragrant Sinisterines true?) Looks pretty good to me, so > I know where I'll be on those particular Friday & Saturday nights. Up your bum, Dave? 'Touching the Void' is on now, unless you are FOREIGN. Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From billrogers_1 at xxx.com Sun Nov 7 04:38:18 2004 From: billrogers_1 at xxx.com (Nathan Reader - Wilson) Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:38:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sinister: visit? Message-ID: <20041107043818.55725.qmail@web41304.mail.yahoo.com> Hello all, Hope you are well. As you may or may not not I live in little ol' Australia down here, but I think it's time to expand my horizons and see the world! So I have decided to give the UK and a few places in Europe a visit. I get there on the 26th of this month (nov.), and am there until Early January. I am going over to visit a friend that is studying in Leeds, but would love to catch up with a few sinisterinies on my travels. So, I do not know where I will be when exactly, but as many of you live that way, please e-mail me any picnics, cool clubs, B&S congregations or even a number if you live in England somewhere, and hopefully we can catch up. I am still a sinisteriny virgin, and have not yet met another member of sinister, BLASPHOMY!! you cry. Here's your chance to turn it all around. Hope to hear from some of you soon. be well all. Nathan Reader. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From feather_boa at xxx.com Sun Nov 7 20:40:17 2004 From: feather_boa at xxx.com (Feather Boa) Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:40:17 +0000 Subject: Sinister: feeling unimaginative Message-ID: dear sinister, like mr moore, i also know where i will be on the two nights of chickfactor @ bush hall. there is a reason for this, as some of you know, i work there (bh not chickfactor, sigh). the bonus of this is, of course i get to see you when you turn up there and prolly tick you off some kind of list. we've had more than our fair share of b&s related gigs - camera obscura/trashcan sinatras being the one that really sticks in my mind, because it was the first time i was on the door, and it felt like about three quarters of the attendees were people i knew through sinister. of course it's not all fun and games. this weekend there was a uriah heep convention. uriah heep! it featured the band demanding copious amounts of, er, red wine. could have definitely been worse. i stayed up and watched the 12:34 thingy (i'm underemployed at the moment and can just about afford to spend most of my day asleep). i found it strangely moving. there were no actual what you might call shots of struan, the camera lingered on the view out of a train window going from (i assume) glasgow to london. nonetheless it was interesting to hear what he had to say about music and his favourite songs. i saw him in a restaurant in brighton, oooh, ages ago. it came as some surprise to walk up from the toilets and see his face. i spent the rest of the meal all a-quiver, over-excited and slightly jittery like i'd drunk too much coffee. post-student life is treating me fairly well, i have at least got my masters now (dissertation title: 'music journalism and the weblog phenomenon', i was going to put you in the acknowledgements, but decided not to put any in after all). i regretted using the word phenomenon when i came to have it bound - �2 it cost me to have that printed on two copies. i could have just called it 'music journalism and the weblog' and saved my money. but i wasn't thinking of frugality when i named it. i am pretty bored though - daytime telly is only interesting for so long. i'm considering going on work experience again, but i find it somewhat soul destroying. i cried quite a lot about jp. i thought about the night described here [http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200106/msg00261.html], and a hundred other such nights, and i was horribly sad. for a long time i had sinisterine's block, it's like writer's block but subtly different (in a freudian slip, i wrote that it was like writer's blog, which of course is the real reason for my recent silence). let this be an end to it. pip pip fb X ******************************************************************************* http://featherboa.blogspot.com - bandwagonesque http://groups.yahoo.com/group/yorksini - big up to the york sinister massive. innit +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From s.santabarbara at xxx.uk Mon Nov 8 08:30:28 2004 From: s.santabarbara at xxx.uk (s.santabarbara at xxx.uk) Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 08:30:28 +0000 Subject: Sinister: I will never let you see me undressed Message-ID: <1099902628.418f2ea42605a@webapps.qmul.ac.uk> Is not my cup of tea. And is it caffeine or me? I live like a ghost, sneaking around corners, leaving no trace or memory. I move the dust on the road when walking to the tube station, sitting by strangers to which I am a stranger too. They won’t know I’ve there, I won’t know they’ve been there. The dust will fall back in the place it was before I’d let my footstep, ready to me moved by someone else’s feet. Let’s write a sentence on the sand. Let’s steal it from someone else’s book. Chances are it can be remembered then. I live like a ghost and I sneaking around corners. Like the fog in the autumn, in the field. It disappears with as the sun rise. It disappears and even if it will come back on the day after, no one will notice. One just walk trough the fog without bothering. Just a sense of annoyance, need to slow down your car, look around more carefully, but then will be over, and the fog’s forgiven. I can trace my sentence in the dense cloud of smog, and the wind will cancel them, because no one is there to listen to them. And won’t probably remember them anyway. Rightly. I live like a ghost because the castles made of playing cards are not strong enough to hold the weight of a proper human being. But still can sustain something which is more similar to an immaterial entity. But those are only fragile shelters from the monsoon, and will be swept away, although are so easy to rebuilt, if one decide to ignore the warning. And the rain can’t harm a ghost. And there is silence in this place. There’s a silence which is nearly unreal. Unreal as a ghost is. And last for days and days. Things around here don’t make sounds, and can’t listen to them. Things around here all look quite vain. I have lived like a ghost for too many years, and have realised just right now, how insignificant all that has been. And if I’ll see myself in the mirror, is that the one would have liked to see? Sure I’ll walk to my death because I know I’ll never feel that way again. Sure today is bound to be less boring then tomorrow. At least there is a consolation, the day I’ll disappear, no one will miss me. If I’ll burn or draw, won’t make any difference. And when you have no one, no one can hurt you, sure, but who’ll be by your side then? A ghost, might be. Take care Love (if you can have some) Stefano +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From stoutrobin at xxx.com Tue Nov 9 15:53:11 2004 From: stoutrobin at xxx.com (robin stout) Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2004 15:53:11 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Jowls Message-ID: Sunday evening, I sat on the stairs, eating a pomegranate with a spoon, an eye for Monarch of the Glen and an ear for my sister who was on the phone. We discussed allotments, the rules of bridge, and the difficulty of finding bridge doubles in the borough of Ealing. "You know our problem, Robin, is that we still have to get used to the idea that it simply isn't the Nineteen Twenties any more," she said. "That's dangerous talk," I answered. I am currently reading "Three Men In A Boat", which I am enjoying very much, and I wonder why I haven't thought of reading it before. To improve my reading experience, I am reading it in the voice of Richard Briers. (Or is it Sir Richard Briers? I'm not sure. Surely he must be a Sir by now?) Monarch of the Glen really isn't the same without Richard Briers, is it? They seem to replace the whole cast every now and again, hoping that no one will notice. My mum usually doesn't. I am not sure if I like Tom Baker very much, even if he is Doctor Who, I just reckon you can't trust a man with so many jowls. Robin x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From purpletrousers at xxx.com Wed Nov 10 03:31:39 2004 From: purpletrousers at xxx.com (jim taylor) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 03:31:39 -0000 Subject: Sinister: PEEL Message-ID: So Peel is dead. So many words from so many in tribute, so much love for the man most of us never spoke to. I'm planning a wee gathering sometime to watch my 'Harder They Come' DVD with take away curry and red wine. I think he'd approve. I'm still kind of hoping for an Ian Anscombe obituary, cos he writes better than me, but I may be waiting in vain. And he is a very busy man these day's dontcha know. Acknowledging I've probably said half of this before, but, I was lucky to hear 'The State I'm In' on my mate Damon's radio at the end of 1996. Peels Festive Fifty. I was walking past in the hall and came over all a quiver. Working out well it's not Donovan voice, it's not so-and-so etc, then finding it was this 'Belle & Sebastian'. The very end of the year as it happens, new years eve I think, and went out to Berwick Street and bought Sinister an hour or two later, foisting it upon my mate Cassie that evening. If I hadn't heard that then, I guess I'd have got into them sometime, but I imagine I'm not alone in savouring my "who's voice is that?" Murdoch moment. Peel brought me mine, and I suppose it was very literally life changing. Not quite in the same way as my University being selected on the basis of an open day in London meaning I could get to a gig, but... good friends, visits to new cities and foreign lands, the closest of relationships have shared a love of B&S... #28 in 1996 was the entry. sigh. and of course the same song was picked by Peelie to represent the year in his mighty Peelenium, bless him :) http://www.rocklist.net/festive50.htm will take you to the lists if you fancy a bit of F50 perusing. It's funny searching back through the archives. check out September 1997's 'Peel is an old git' debate. There's some (if unintentionally) entertaining comments. I just discovered how to search so it showed old stuff first. http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199711/msg00148.html reports Peelie's copy of tigermilk for the register I vaguely remember being organised... so did he play em before Radcliffe? and the fact that it was debated! Peel. bless him. waking up earlier than I planned on a Saturday to be soothed/smile listening to Home Truths can never be the same. A bit like Elliot Smith, deeply loved but under listened when he was still around. sigh. I'm itching for the chickfactor gig days to be announced as I can't really miss my work Christmas curry on the Friday :( ah well, team building important and all that, especially when you're lucky enough to have a team you like. erm there's a lot of stuff I could ramble about. blimey it's been an interesting year. and there's plenty of it left too. well wishes to a good friend who should read this. jim x currently listening to Jeffrey Lewis 'the history of US Punk' (9mintues 41...nice) [on Tangents online radio :) ] +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From s.santabarbara at xxx.uk Wed Nov 10 15:05:07 2004 From: s.santabarbara at xxx.uk (s.santabarbara at xxx.uk) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 15:05:07 +0000 Subject: Sinister: when she was five year old it was cake and bright lights Message-ID: <1100099107.41922e23f024c@webapps.qmul.ac.uk> Same day, different years. And things remain the same, or came back in a recursive manner. From a point the story started, and the one who wrote the story knew how it was going to end. Worst then a soap opera, when the unexpected is what is actually expected. He went to dam on day. I’ve been there many times. Because the mountains are starring over the horizon and the pine woods reflects over the river, and there are not cars running over there, might be one from time to time, only, and is nice to feel the cold breeze, in December, waiting for the snow to fall, on lucky day. The dam was built in the late sixties, I think, or in the early seventies. It’s the light blue painting on the metal structure, and the glass-concrete bricks from which you can tell. Almost as is it where out one of those geography book full of picture of what were futuristic architectural designs, now a pale imagine of what could have look as ground-breaking, as much as ink of the fading semi gloss paper texture. There are several of these structures on the river, lighting up the bulbs and the television screens at night, or branching in channels which used to bring the water to the local city. There use to be water, in the city. Now it runs underground over traffic arteries and parking space. But they are only far away from the top of the dam, you could barley see the orange light of the nearest village when the wind blows the clouds away, just minutes before the sunset. But silence is not that bad, if you can handle it. I’ve been there, waiting for the sun to fade, before the people in the car arrived, then it was the time to get on the bike to climb the hill back home. My mother has always thought, and still thinks, I believe, that I was spending the afternoon in the library. I generally had a wonder in the red brick building to grab a book, and then spent the time remain on top of the barrier. My father has never given a dam about anything, no worries where I did spent my afternoons. At least I could nick some fags out of him, for he would have never have noticed. And smoke them, waiting to keep my act together and the right time to swim with Phoebes that one was taller and more handsome then you. For I am still waiting for the right time to come, he did get on top of the bridge on a day of November. And I wasn’t there, as a couple have been on any other day of the week, but not that Wednesday. And now is in the water, and he is now talking to the Phoenician prince, not me. How did he get the idea, I don’t know. We’ve never been there, not together. If not for a swim a few yard upstream, where the river bends, in the summer, when the air is too dense to handle. But not in the winter. And I’ve been silent; I’ve kept my place; if he’d done the same, for real. Loneliness is not that bad, they said, if you can handle it. If you can accept that walking over someone else’s feeling is perfectly fine. I start to learn that on these days. Did I ever manage to fully accept that? Is it there where all the problems are? So let’s the blood flow, then, someone is going to get hurt, isn’t it? But that’s fine. And that’s normal. I’ve been told. And I should listen to what all the people say, and everybody is telling me that I got to change: change! And that I should learn how to hate. I’ve been told. But they walk in line, and I walk in spirals. It takes quite a bit of time to get anywhere, but I’ve seen the people around the rocky shore, and the fireworks that strike eleven o’clock. As the church bells do for the Sunday mass. And have seen them again and again. And they all look the same, and they all sound the same. As doctors in the reception hall wearing an immaculate lab coat. They also walk in line and down the pale green corridors. All pretty much the same. Until one day, some ten years late, you also feel like you had more than enough of doctors, cars, rocky beaches, fireworks, football on the telly, books, records, telephones, dams, rivers and light bulbs which brightens the night. On a Wednesday of November, that should be the day. Sitting on your bad, listening to radio a bit too loud, not to listen to the people talking in the next room, and because you don’t want them to listen to you talking to yourself. They won’t listen anyway. They said you should sleep at night. And shouldn’t work that hard. But you don’t even realise if it Sunday, or Christmas, or New Year eve, because every day is the same, you know how it starts and can predict how it will finish. Still got a point to prove, but can you prove it? Doesn’t matter ‘till he sings on the radio, and talks to you, or you do believe so. But they, they will not understand however. And why not to sleep then? And you fall asleep and thinking that this time is the time, and didn’t took that much, after all. After all this waiting was it was just five minutes, and you’ll be sleeping calm and peacefully, and your heart is at quiet, hold in warm and silent cuddle. That simple. So damn simple that you’ll wake up the morning after as nothing had ever had happened, down to the train station, crossed the bridge and the river, the mountains at your back, thirteen station to your work place. As the day before, as the day that had to come, because every day was the same. Is, the bloody same. Still doctors in their candid coats, might be walking down a pale cyan alley this time, still people over rocky or sandy beaches, which will never remember your name or your face, even when you walk then home, five in the morning, in the steam of alcohol, and being offered a place on the coach, while her boyfriend is sleeping upstairs. The won’t remember your face, even though you’ve tried to put up your best smile and dig out all the irony of the circumstance, you’d rather walk home in the light rain of November. Thinking of Phoebes and the dam and the mountains \and the bulbs which makes endless day. Almost as a Scottish summer night, but not pleasant. If I were a spy, being invisible would have been a quality. S. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From jk151 at xxx.uk Sun Nov 14 14:46:46 2004 From: jk151 at xxx.uk (J Knutsson) Date: 14 Nov 2004 14:46:46 +0000 Subject: Sinister: it's winter in Paris Message-ID: <200411141446.OAA22673@webmail0.york.ac.uk> Hello sinister! I hope that this email finds you well. What have you been up to? Lovely. Having spent the past two years cocooned in the cosy warmth of the York Sinister Massive, I now feel slightly adrift, living in Paris with only a couple of B&S liking friends with whom I can make myself feel shamefully uninformed when it comes to matters of indie importance. Or of any importance really. Anyway, this is my roundabout way of asking if there are Parisian sinisterites who could point me in the right direction of a decent indie pub/club? I really miss dancing (although those who have seen my attempts at dancing may feel that the world is a better place without it) and could really do with somewhere to go boogie other than my living room. Thanks, and sorry for being one of those people who never posts and then when they do it’s completely lacking in content. Love Jen PS – Hello to the YSM, wherever you may be these days. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From dirtyvicar at xxx.net Sun Nov 14 15:44:00 2004 From: dirtyvicar at xxx.net (Dirty Vicar) Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:44:00 +0000 Subject: Sinister: the King is dead, but he's not forgotten Message-ID: It seems like it's been a while. In the meantime I have done so much, but most of it is of esoteric interest. I went to America for a bit, to observe the election and play pinball. That was fun... well, the pinball was. If I was on a roll I would often get scores of over 500,000,000 and successfully battle the Power of the Twilight Zone, even if more usually the game literally laughed at my pathetic efforts. I was somewhat irritated by the election, though, and the way ANTICHRIST is going to spending another four years in the White House. This is not what Ian Curtis died for. Talking of death, like everyone else I was saddened by John Peel dying. I don't live in the UK and have only on rare occasions been able to get adequate Radio 1 reception, so Peel was not part of my life in the same way that he was for many of you. I mainly remember him from his occasional Top Of The Pops appearances, and things like that all-nighter music video programme he did with the underappreciated John Walters on the night of another election victory for Thatch. I seem to remember him doing a great job of compering the (then) NME stage at Glastonbury one year I went too, which was nice. There was a brief period in the early 1990s when I could actually hear Radio 1 properly, and that led to my enjoyment of John Peel's radio magic. The funny thing is that for all people seem to go on about how he was Cap'n Indie, the things I most remeember from his programme was world music, weird electronica, ragga, and general exotica. For all that I did hear fab radio sessions by the likes of The Sultans of Ping fc and Pavement, the music I most associate with Peel is the jangly guitar sounds of African pop. I like the way that Word magazine that's just come out is not afraid to talk about Peel's nonce shame, something that people have been conveniently forgetting in the rush to canonise him. This is life. In other death news, I noticed that Yasser Arafat finally died last week. Although primarily famous as the leader of the Palestinians, Arafat did acquire some fame in certain quarters as the bass player with popular 1980s indie band Felt, going on in that respect to inspire Belle & Sebastian in much the same way that he inspired countless strugglers against imperialism. I saw some interesting footage of Arafat from the late 1970s and early 1980s, a period when he still had it. I reckon if he had been killed in Beirut in 1982 as planned then he would now be as iconic a figure as Che Guevara and would be staring down from countless student bedroom walls. Instead he got to grow old and his chaotic and incompetent approach to administration and negotiation became more apparent. Still, I had no qualms about signing his book of condolences. And the struggle continues... here in Dublin the ladies of Dublin are struggling for their rights, and I'm doing my level best to support them. They're hosting a lovely festival here called Ladyfest, and in a shocking break with tradition non-ladies like myself are able to go along to see gigs where bands not entirely composed of ladies do their thing. Thus far I keep getting down too late to catch the early birds, but I have greatly enjoyed Americhord's live techno set, the folk-rock adventures of Katell Keineg, and especially Pram's space pop. Today I will be going along to see more lovely ladies play at an all-ages gig which looks like being lots of fun. So, eh, that's all I've got time for. your grubby pal, DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From kenneth.chu at xxx.org Mon Nov 15 11:44:15 2004 From: kenneth.chu at xxx.org (kenneth.chu at xxx.org) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:44:15 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Lee Bowyer roasts the bride Message-ID: Hey there kiddos! The last time I posted was on the 15th Oct.. Maybe I like this posting on the 15th thing. Like a monthly magazine about everything not Belle and Sebastian related. So how are you people? I'm really glad that you are all posting again. A couple of weekends back I went on actual ROLLER COASTERS! In Blackpool. That really big one (imaginatively called "the big one") was pretty fun.. It drags you about 200 feet up before plunging you right down again!! I said "fuck" a few times. It was way fun. It's kind of strange that "The Rollercoaster Ride" the song is such a slow and quiet song (there's even a bit where someone does a "shhhhhh!" sound) when rollercoasters are FAST and LOUD, and I wonder what it'd be like to listen to that song on an actual rollercoaster. I'm going to try that next time - although I'll need to plan this well because you're pretty well strapped down when you get on the rollercoaster, and you'd need to conceal the walkman until the coaster is off the station so the safety officers won't catch you. It's just like a Grand Theft Auto mission! Maybe there should be a GTA3 styled game for being a Belle and Sebastian fan. You just walk around completing missions. ----------------------------------------------------------- Mission 1: "Mix tape for Millie.." "It's Millie's birthday tomorrow, you must go to record shops and find all the records in order to make her a mix tape that she'd like." So you go around looking for records.. But as you came out of one shop... "Oh no!! Big Bully Boy is walking towards your direction.. If he finds you he's sure to steal your bag of records and give you a wedgie! Find a suitable place to hide" And then you have to scamper and hide before he walks away. And then go home and make the mix tape for Millie to try and capture her heart. ----------------------------------------------------------- It can work! Instead of stealing cars, though, you ride buses, of course. And you'll get silly sub-games like you're a girl who has to Skive off work as much as possible during your job as a lane painter.. or something. And now I must go and finish my mix tape. Ken ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this email was not intended for you please notify the UCLH Mail Administrator at mail.administrator at uclh.org. This footnote confirms that the email and attachments contained no viruses when they left UCLH. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From neil_grayshon at xxx.com Mon Nov 15 13:30:56 2004 From: neil_grayshon at xxx.com (Neil Grayshon) Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 05:30:56 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sinister: Almost like a missing person persons appeal Message-ID: <20041115133056.51603.qmail@web50710.mail.yahoo.com> Just without the drama, and your face won't appear on the side of a milk carton. This is really just a brief message, a question really. No it's not even a question, perhaps a polite request. If KIERAN DEVANY, mostly of Birmingham, but more recently of Sheffield still reads this could you please get in touch via neil_grayshon at yahoo.com or on my mobile (0)7946 57 12 23. It'd be good to hear from you. And thanks to everyone else for putting up with this. Presuming that is you do and that I don't find hoards of you at me with spud guns and flick knifes. Thanks N x __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From lucyalder at xxx.com Tue Nov 16 09:36:24 2004 From: lucyalder at xxx.com (Lucy Alder) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:36:24 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Sinister: Ever wondered how long Isobel's hair is these days? Message-ID: <20041116093624.47434.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com> Dear Sinister Peter Miller said I should write to you and who am I to refuse? I’d been feeling a bit under the weather all weekend, but by Sunday night I was ready for some gentle fun so I went to Glasgow’s only (as far as I’m aware) purveyor of Sam Smith’s famous brewed drink products, Mono, where the other big attraction was singist Ally Kerr, and his terrific axe man Mr Chris Leonard. They were very good, but their set was too short. But they were on first, so that’s the way of things. The next bloke was a bit dull, although he did do some whistling as well as singing, but I decided it best to spend the time browsing in hardman Stephen Pastel’s recorde shoppe. I almost went home before the third band but gosh, I’m glad I didn’t! Do you know who got up onstage? That bootylicious headscarf-wearer, Miss Isobel Campbell herself! Blimey, I haven’t seen her in ages, despite living in the same city. She was wearing an utterly gorgeous pair of black knee high boots, a slightly mumsy denim skirt and a black polo neck that was a bit short so her tummy poked out. I’m still trying to decide if this was a deliberate, wanton display of flesh, or if she didn’t realise and might be shocked to discover that her navel was on show. The other thing I noticed about her was how long her hair was – half way down her back, in fact. Other than that, she was quite the same as I remember her – eyeliner, asthmatic hamster voice, blah blah. The band she sang two songs with was called the Green Peppers. It’s a shame none of the support bands was called the Red Tomatoes. I bet people say that to them all the time. Nobody in the audience looked like Ainsley Herriott either, but one chap did bear a strong resemblance to Dominik Diamond of Gamesmaster fame. It WAS Dominik Diamond of Gamesmaster fame! What a celeb-packed night out it was. The next morning, I got up at 6.30am and went to work. FIN ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From lucyalder at xxx.com Tue Nov 16 09:36:24 2004 From: lucyalder at xxx.com (Lucy Alder) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:36:24 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Sinister: Ever wondered how long Isobel's hair is these days? Message-ID: <20041116093624.47434.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com> Dear Sinister Peter Miller said I should write to you and who am I to refuse? I’d been feeling a bit under the weather all weekend, but by Sunday night I was ready for some gentle fun so I went to Glasgow’s only (as far as I’m aware) purveyor of Sam Smith’s famous brewed drink products, Mono, where the other big attraction was singist Ally Kerr, and his terrific axe man Mr Chris Leonard. They were very good, but their set was too short. But they were on first, so that’s the way of things. The next bloke was a bit dull, although he did do some whistling as well as singing, but I decided it best to spend the time browsing in hardman Stephen Pastel’s recorde shoppe. I almost went home before the third band but gosh, I’m glad I didn’t! Do you know who got up onstage? That bootylicious headscarf-wearer, Miss Isobel Campbell herself! Blimey, I haven’t seen her in ages, despite living in the same city. She was wearing an utterly gorgeous pair of black knee high boots, a slightly mumsy denim skirt and a black polo neck that was a bit short so her tummy poked out. I’m still trying to decide if this was a deliberate, wanton display of flesh, or if she didn’t realise and might be shocked to discover that her navel was on show. The other thing I noticed about her was how long her hair was – half way down her back, in fact. Other than that, she was quite the same as I remember her – eyeliner, asthmatic hamster voice, blah blah. The band she sang two songs with was called the Green Peppers. It’s a shame none of the support bands was called the Red Tomatoes. I bet people say that to them all the time. Nobody in the audience looked like Ainsley Herriott either, but one chap did bear a strong resemblance to Dominik Diamond of Gamesmaster fame. It WAS Dominik Diamond of Gamesmaster fame! What a celeb-packed night out it was. The next morning, I got up at 6.30am and went to work. FIN ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From lucyalder at xxx.com Tue Nov 16 09:36:24 2004 From: lucyalder at xxx.com (Lucy Alder) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:36:24 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Sinister: Ever wondered how long Isobel's hair is these days? Message-ID: <20041116093624.47434.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com> Dear Sinister Peter Miller said I should write to you and who am I to refuse? I’d been feeling a bit under the weather all weekend, but by Sunday night I was ready for some gentle fun so I went to Glasgow’s only (as far as I’m aware) purveyor of Sam Smith’s famous brewed drink products, Mono, where the other big attraction was singist Ally Kerr, and his terrific axe man Mr Chris Leonard. They were very good, but their set was too short. But they were on first, so that’s the way of things. The next bloke was a bit dull, although he did do some whistling as well as singing, but I decided it best to spend the time browsing in hardman Stephen Pastel’s recorde shoppe. I almost went home before the third band but gosh, I’m glad I didn’t! Do you know who got up onstage? That bootylicious headscarf-wearer, Miss Isobel Campbell herself! Blimey, I haven’t seen her in ages, despite living in the same city. She was wearing an utterly gorgeous pair of black knee high boots, a slightly mumsy denim skirt and a black polo neck that was a bit short so her tummy poked out. I’m still trying to decide if this was a deliberate, wanton display of flesh, or if she didn’t realise and might be shocked to discover that her navel was on show. The other thing I noticed about her was how long her hair was – half way down her back, in fact. Other than that, she was quite the same as I remember her – eyeliner, asthmatic hamster voice, blah blah. The band she sang two songs with was called the Green Peppers. It’s a shame none of the support bands was called the Red Tomatoes. I bet people say that to them all the time. Nobody in the audience looked like Ainsley Herriott either, but one chap did bear a strong resemblance to Dominik Diamond of Gamesmaster fame. It WAS Dominik Diamond of Gamesmaster fame! What a celeb-packed night out it was. The next morning, I got up at 6.30am and went to work. FIN ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From kristerbladh at xxx.org Tue Nov 16 21:28:10 2004 From: kristerbladh at xxx.org (Krister Bladh) Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 05:28:10 +0800 Subject: Sinister: Such a Little Thing Makes Such a Big Difference Message-ID: <20041116212811.2772D21B32F@ws5-6.us4.outblaze.com> Hello all, I must say I am ashamed *hanging my head in shame* I haven’t written to you for criminally long. Even my sinister-mail has been piling up. And I know it’s no excuse to say I’ve been busy! Actually, this isn’t the post I’ve been meaning to write, explaining all about how my life has changed (for the better, I like to believe). That will have to come later And Astrid: I’m even sorrier I haven’t written to you either (though you’ve been on my mind every so often). At least YOU remember me, right? The thing is, something’s come up. Something that’s so much more important to say. And I have to write it down before the feeling of it fades away. It includes two people, called Mark and Lupe. All you need to know right now about the other stuff is that I’m now studying at the university and that I’ve gotten involved with the student radio’s indie program. Ok here goes: One of my favourite bands, Pipas, came to Sweden for a gig last Friday. (I’m just a fool for Lupe’s voice). I was sooo excited. Me and Rebecca (also from the radio) were going to interview them. My experience started with me and Rebecca seeing Mark, Lupe getting off the bus, guitar cases in hand, with a friend of theirs (I’m really terrible with names). They were so nice and cute! It was really the dream of meeting an idol come true. The interview went well and we had a few laughs, but all the important stuff happened after that. They played two songs live in the radio studio, and I finally realised that I was going to see them live that evening and how great it was going to be. My best friend Eric, who also loves Pipas, was unable to see them, because only students are allowed at the club where they were going to play. He was really sad. But Mark and Lupe were nice enough to put him on the guest list. (Must’ve been the funniest one ever – just one name ) We got badges of course, and they wanted to hang out with us afterwards. So the five of us went back out into the dark and damp late Swedish afternoon (the first time I’ve appreciated that kind of weather). It was so nice just talking to them – it’s moments like this you’re thankful that you’re trying to do something more with you interest in music and actually getting involved in some way. They wanted to do some sightseeing so we took them to the cathedral (we couldn’t come up with anything else), which is definitely boring if you live here. But it was great being there with them and they were fascinated with it and its astronomic clock and the sculpture of Finn the giant (which is an unquestionably stupid legend). Then hugs were exchanged and we parted, as we all had to prepare for the show. My perfect day continued with me and Eric taking the train to the pre-party (is that a correct English term?) at Rebecca’s friend Marie’s corridor room at campus. It was nice, talking and listening to Pipas, Free Loan Investments and Heavenly. Than all of us, maybe 10 people, took the bus to the club. This is first time I’ve been to a club together with that many people –and with that nice people. At the club, it was without a doubt the best time I’ve been there. We met Mark, Lupe and their friend again, and Eric got to meet them too. I was ecstatic, talking to them, dancing with my friends to Teenage Fanclub, and drinking Guinness. The concert was one of the best ones ever (right up there with B&S). It wasn’t perfect, it never is. And the place wasn’t even half full. But I didn’t mind any of that. I was dancing It was whole the context, everything that had happened that day that made it so good (and that they mentioned “our friends Chris and Rebecca”). Also, I have to mention that a very special girl was there. This is a girl that just makes me cry every time I look at her. I’ve never talked to her. I’ve written a song about her though, called Belle (of course). And our eyes have sometimes met. I’ve been seeing her at all the best gigs for about two years, and I’ve finally figured out where she’s from. This is the girl that will be on the cover of my fanzine (whenev! er I get started with it) sitting on a blanket in a park, immersed in a book by Dostoyevsky, frowning over a sentence she’s reading. I could die just to touch her Me and Eric took the last train home. It wasn’t until I was in bed, going softly to sleep, that I it came to my mind that this was one of the best days in my life. I felt happier than I’ve felt for a long time. I fell asleep and dreamt about Belle. (I hate myself for not remembering it clearly. I need to savour every moment in her arms, fiction or not.) Today I understand it even more clearly. I think this must be the first time I’ve ever really felt appreciated. It’s a moment that has to be made eternal so I never forget it. That’s part of why I’m writing this. And it has to go into a song of course, presuming I have time to write it. I’ve never felt as inspired as now. I can picture myself writing about this, all teary-eyed, for the sleeve of a compilation ten years from now. Maybe all this doesn’t seem overly fantastic (probably just sentimental and trite) to any of you, but you must consider that my life has always been kind of empty, making me an incurable saddo (well maybe not anymore). Pipas has earned a very special place in my heart. the intended post will follow (hopefully soon), x Chris -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From twistlittlegirl at xxx.com Sun Nov 21 14:15:29 2004 From: twistlittlegirl at xxx.com (Matilda Liljedahl) Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 15:15:29 +0100 Subject: Sinister: christmas presents? Message-ID: I haven´t heard of any christmas present exhange tihis year. If there is one that I've missed please tell me. This have to be just as short as it is. Time is running away. _________________________________________________________________ Hitta rätt på nätet med MSN Sök http://search.msn.se/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From s.santabarbara at xxx.uk Mon Nov 22 07:44:44 2004 From: s.santabarbara at xxx.uk (s.santabarbara at xxx.uk) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 07:44:44 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Promise that =?iso-8859-1?b?eW91kmxs?= rise this day next year Message-ID: <1101109484.41a198ecbee3c@webapps.qmul.ac.uk> Hotel rooms are aseptic. Anonymous wallpapers, view on the back of car park, the television speaking language I can not understand, and there is a documentary on how to resurface the highway with perfectly blended asphalt, as far as I can understand. Promise that you’ll rise this day next year. That’s what I told myself this day, last year. And here I am. Promise accomplished for once. It the queue at the acceptance there were not many people at 7 am in the morning. Sworn in stitches, I walked to the worst of it. But I should have definitely cut the power, because the silence breaths even deeper right now, and under water I should have slept with honour. I’ll sleep with honour, one day, sometimes. Shall I make this promise again when being a stranger to the one I love? When not even a tin sliced pineapple does help, is it a wound too hard to heal? Cat street fights and the devil’s inside. And sure it is the price I have to pay for being an absolute idiot. And for all the stupid thing I said. So, it was ’98 and ’99 and is two thousand something: wake up! And it is snowing outside. And I should take a train a 6:04. I’d better go to sleep. Under the water and under the sea. Love stefano +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From ianwatsonuk at xxx.com Mon Nov 22 17:32:56 2004 From: ianwatsonuk at xxx.com (Ian Watson) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:32:56 +0100 Subject: Sinister: berlin dancing In-Reply-To: Message-ID: hello sinister! please forgive the brevity of this post. i'm coming over to berlin for a couple of days this week - thursday and friday - and wondered if there was anywhere i should go. shops? bars? clubs? i'm particularly interested in finding somewhere to dance. any ideas? replies offlist would be great. thank you! x +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From Katia913 at xxx.com Mon Nov 22 19:58:00 2004 From: Katia913 at xxx.com (Katia913 at xxx.com) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:58:00 -0500 Subject: Sinister: He was a fortune teller Message-ID: <5FFF2E02.369BCCC4.0077470B@aol.com> Sinister, mi amore majore! For the past few days and weeks, I have been dying for a break to come home, sleep some decent hours and catch up on my reading. Now that my Thanksgiving break, a week off, has come....I am not so interested in it. Why wouldnt't I want the bustle of shopping for friends and the crispness of leaves underfoot? Because I am in love. I met him on Halloween. Ran into him at the Mates of State show. Now he is almost mine. His name is Frederick. The first tall man I have been able to find with curly dish water hair. He is gorgeous in a red turtleneck and blue asics tigers. And dont get me started on the music. Thursday he picked me up because it was raining. We drove to his house, far away from campus by the faregrounds, a large house with three other boys. He is going to be mine. We watched Wet Hot American Summer and talked about music and design until two am. His living room is full of books and has exposed rafters. And he thinks I am beautiful. For the first time since I have been away, I have met someone who can introduce me to music, someone who knows more than I. Hes more well read. He adores Belle and Sebastian and Tom Robbins, my passions. I have a new band to lust over, The Concretes. I'm all fluttery inside! Love Kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From Johan.Cheander at xxx.com Tue Nov 23 08:51:32 2004 From: Johan.Cheander at xxx.com (Johan Cheander) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 09:51:32 +0100 Subject: SV: Sinister: He was a fortune teller Message-ID: <17473CA99E722542A535AD07D5961E0202517731@ptp075.perstorp.com> For you who also are into The Concretes, I would like to recommend the following music (and yes they're all from Sweden, sorry ]:): Heikki - The singer of the concretes and her husband/producer Jari. http://www.heikki.cjb.net/ Sandy Mouche - Another Swedish band www.sandymouche.com /Johan -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: owner-sinister at missprint.org [mailto:owner-sinister at missprint.org] För Katia913 at aol.com Skickat: den 22 november 2004 20:58 Till: sinister at missprint.org Ämne: Sinister: He was a fortune teller Sinister, mi amore majore! For the past few days and weeks, I have been dying for a break to come home, sleep some decent hours and catch up on my reading. Now that my Thanksgiving break, a week off, has come....I am not so interested in it. Why wouldnt't I want the bustle of shopping for friends and the crispness of leaves underfoot? Because I am in love. I met him on Halloween. Ran into him at the Mates of State show. Now he is almost mine. His name is Frederick. The first tall man I have been able to find with curly dish water hair. He is gorgeous in a red turtleneck and blue asics tigers. And dont get me started on the music. Thursday he picked me up because it was raining. We drove to his house, far away from campus by the faregrounds, a large house with three other boys. He is going to be mine. We watched Wet Hot American Summer and talked about music and design until two am. His living room is full of books and has exposed rafters. And he thinks I am beautiful. For the first time since I have been away, I have met someone who can introduce me to music, someone who knows more than I. Hes more well read. He adores Belle and Sebastian and Tom Robbins, my passions. I have a new band to lust over, The Concretes. I'm all fluttery inside! Love Kate +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From paulo_stinsoni at xxx.com Tue Nov 23 16:40:23 2004 From: paulo_stinsoni at xxx.com (Paulo Stinsoni) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:40:23 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Oh come emmanuel Message-ID: Help me. Now, if you've read any of my previous posts, you may have noticed I have a penchant for the twee side of pop. My roots are in the 80s, with the Darling Buds and Tallulah Gosh, but I've been enjoying newer choons, from Camera Obscura and Isobel Campbell as well. It's coming up to Christmas, and the lucky ones amongst us will be receiving presents. I've been asked to make a list of what I'd like, and, well I'd like some new music like the stuff I've mentioned above. Pay attention now, this is your bit - can you suggest any CD's I should put on my list that would fall into the bracket of the stuff I like? Any good films too? Thanks you sweeties Love and stuff P. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From christopher.leonard1 at xxx.com Tue Nov 23 16:55:34 2004 From: christopher.leonard1 at xxx.com (christopher.leonard1 at xxx.com) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 16:55:34 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Funny Murdoch Pics/ Gig this Friday Message-ID: <20041123165738.SNLL1092.aamta05-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@[62.253.162.61]> Hello Sinister, I was rummaging for things to sell and I found some Murdoch Propaganda from the time that he was standing for election as Glasgow Uni Rector. If you are I, you find these rather amusing. SEE: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/christopher.leonard1/images/murdoch1.jpg and http://homepage.ntlworld.com/christopher.leonard1/images/murdoch2.jpg The other day Lucy said: " the other big attraction was singist Ally Kerr, and his terrific axe man Mr Chris Leonard. They were very good, but their set was too short. But they were on first, so that’s the way of things." Yes, that is the way of things, but ta muchly for the nice comments. BUT we will be playing a full length set this Friday at the 13th Note Cafe in Glasgow. If you live in Glasgow and you like Belle and Sebastian you may well enjoy this music - perhaps before going to the NPL? Eh? You can look at Ally's fancy site at http://www.allykerr.com . Support comes from the superb St Jude's Infirmary (from Embra) and the guitartastic SAL (from Aberdeen). It is highly likely that the Diamond will be there too, with his funny beard! And you can look at my dog, Bailey here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/christopher.leonard1/images/gallery/bailey1.jpg I trust you are well, Chris ============================ http://www.sleekasounds.com ----------------------------------------- Email provided by http://www.ntlhome.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From dearpaperclip at xxx.com Tue Nov 23 18:21:01 2004 From: dearpaperclip at xxx.com (Astrid Wiezell) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:21:01 +0100 Subject: Sinister: The New Message-ID: Dearest Sinister, It's been much too long since the last time, it really has. I have been lured to the dark side, yes, i now live in Bowlie-land, ahem. I still love you sinister, and i always will, but i like how active bowlie is. I just erased a long bit. Have I nothing to say anymore? How crap is that... Hmmm... I'll be performing live for the first time on December 17th, at a school concert so rock n rawl debauchery it ain't, but that's fine by me. I'd get nervous by that kind of scene. Now it's just 300 people where about 90% think J.Lo/Fiddy cent is da shit. So, lord have mercy, there i'll be with my guitar. But still. Also, on Friday I'm going to see Dizzee Rascal live, hopefully, and on Sunday, INTERPOL with support Bloc Party, oh man, that WILL be such a party. I am very much excited and looking forward to it. Oh and Christmas is a-comin' and yay yay yay for that! Hope you're all well, i've missed you Love Astrid x _________________________________________________________________ Hitta rätt på nätet med MSN Sök http://search.msn.se/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From g.lynch at xxx.com Tue Nov 23 21:57:01 2004 From: g.lynch at xxx.com (grainne lynch) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:57:01 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Sinister Christmas Present Exchange: Deadline Tuesday November 30th Message-ID: <20041123215701.9B20F86B0D@ws7-1.us4.outblaze.com> Hello boys and girls, I am here to announce the Sinister Christmas Present Exchange! Usually the lovely Laura Llew does this, or she has for the last 3 or 4 years, but she's very kindly given me a turn this year. It's my first time, so fingers crossed that it all goes well! For people who know all about the Exchange, if you want to take part send me - g.lynch at mailcity.com - all your information before November 30th, which is next Tuesday. And I will get back to you with your exchange partners by Dec 3rd. Send me; *Your Name *Your Email Address *Your Full Address (of where you will be at Christmas time) * The number of presents you would like to send out (since it will correspond with the presents you will receive) * Whether you have a preference of sending to someone inside your country or not, since foreign postage can be expensive. If geography makes no difference, then there's no need to mention anything. However, please note that this only works if you live in a place where there will most likely be lots of other Sinisters. I hate to break your heart but you're probably the only one on here in Antarctica. *Please, please, please put "Sinister Christmas Present Exchange" (or something to that effect) in the subject line. It will make everything so much easier! As soon as I get your information, I will send an e-mail back to you so you know that you been added to the exchange. If you don't get an e-mail back from me, you'll know something has gone wrong and you need to send it again. For those that are new to the Sinister Christmas Present Exchange (though the name is pretty self-explanatory!): 1. This is just for those who wish to participate. It is by no means required nor are there any requirements - meaning you can still be in the nursery, only flit around in #sinister, or be embittered and wasting away in ILX all the time and have just in a moment of nostalgia and dementia tainted haze have wandered back to your ole' stomping ground. However, only sign up if you intend to participate. If you sign up and don't send anything, there will be some very sad Sinister types on Christmas morning, and we don't want that. 2. You don't have to celebrate Christmas to take part. Everybody is welcome. 3. It's up to you want kind of gift you send, it can be something you've made, a favourite book or the Llew's favourite chocolate-covered boy. According to Laura's e-mail, the only rule is "As long as it adheres to the postal code and doesn't involve bodily fluids, I think we'll all be happy". I remember putting a lot of glitter on my presents one year, which was vaguely encouraged by Miss Maddie Minx and I think there is still little pieces of glitter on my bedroom floor. So, I wouldn't really recommend that, although it was fun! I think I left glittery foot-prints through out the house. So to recap - the Exchange is open to everyone, you can send anything except bodily fluids and don't sign up if you don't think you will be able to get a present in the post in time for Christmas. Deadline is November 30th and I will have you all partnered up soon after that. I've never done this before, I don't know how long it will take, but everyone will get a e-mail telling them who they are sending gifts to by Dec 3rd. I think that's it. Email me if you have any questions. Grainne. PS It's been so long since I emailed Sinister that I couldn't remember the address! -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From s.santabarbara at xxx.uk Wed Nov 24 08:17:34 2004 From: s.santabarbara at xxx.uk (s.santabarbara at xxx.uk) Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:17:34 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Interpol? bahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1101284254.41a4439ed5b60@webapps.qmul.ac.uk> > > Also, on Friday I'm going to see Dizzee Rascal live, hopefully, and on > Sunday, INTERPOL with support Bloc Party, oh man, that WILL be such a party. > I am very much excited and looking forward to it. Precisely BAN INTERPOL! They had made a decent first album, which actually put some of the basic fundaments of my moral in tatters, but with this piece of crap they have shown what I had always more then reasonable suspected, horrid tasteless 'follow the way' wannabe'idiekinds' (di sticazzi,), BAN THEM NOW. HOOD, orcodiquelliddio, HOOD Autistic music for autistic people Orcoiddio e la Madonna e tutti I santi! S. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From kenneth.chu at xxx.org Thu Nov 25 15:52:25 2004 From: kenneth.chu at xxx.org (kenneth.chu at xxx.org) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:52:25 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Johnny Vaughn, David (Gray) Message-ID: Hello my favourite tins of luncheon meat, Portable mp3 players are interesting things, before these things existed, going out is a sometimes a bit of a struggle when you want to figure out what music you wanted to listen to. Last February, I missed the flight for my sister's wedding for the most stupid reasons ever that was I took too long making the most kick ass ever mixed tape for my plane journey. I was so proud of myself on the Tube to the airport, but boy didn't I feel stupid when they told me I was too late to board my flight! Nowadays it's different - you can practically carry all of your records with you, and the whole psychology of the thing had changed - before you had to carefully pick out a few mixed CDs/albums that you can take with you, and you made sure that they were your most favouritest CDs because you're going to be stuck with it for hours. And you end up listening to the same few albums all the time, or all the new stuff. Now it's all changed, with your whole life's music on shuffle, going to work everyday is like a history lesson on your life, of you growing up. It's weird. The other morning, Jonathan David came on the iPod, and an unconscious grin appeared in my reflection on the bus window. Then I remembered the same grin three years ago, at the Sinister Hotel in Glasgow watching the new Jonathan David video with a bunch of folks, having just got back from seeing B+S for the first time, right after finding out that my degree results was as great as I had hoped. I got off the bus and I couldn't help running in beat with the piano, step step stepstepstep step step stepstepstep. Going up the stairs on the Tube used to be like this, running up, in time with music, getting to the top and running out of breath but feeling better for it. What a great feeling. I was still late for work. But who cares. I'm joining the gym next month. ----------------- Speaking of sports, well, "sports", if you have been watching the Snooker UK Championships you may have noticed that David Gray has not merely entered but is now through to the semi finals!! What on earth is going on. Ian McCulloch and NEIL ROBERTSON (http://www.neilrobertson.net) really need to catch up. And more "sports", and nostalgia of 3 years ago. Three years ago was also the first year that International Sinister Bowling day, was held, you know. You should all go bowling on the last weekend of the year (i.e. xmas weekend)! So how about it? Do people in London still read this bitch? Wanna come play? Bowl Selecta, Ken ********************************************************************** This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If this email was not intended for you please notify the UCLH Mail Administrator at mail.administrator at uclh.org. 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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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From rfadden at xxx.com Thu Nov 25 21:52:33 2004 From: rfadden at xxx.com (rrrrobyn) Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:52:33 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sinister: Meandering Metaphors for a Better Tomorrow In-Reply-To: <54C36E9E.077DEA67.0077470B@aol.com> Message-ID: <20041125215233.37747.qmail@web53504.mail.yahoo.com> Hello! No, really, Hello! Not sure where to begin, so here's the middle. Did I ever mention that I was born in 1975? Yes, That Song just came on randomly. I'm certain I was happy then, on and off. But what that also means is that I'm turning 30 in January! I'm excited about this though and will be having a party with some kind of theme. (The theme may just be Booze though, possibly Scotch (though maybe Whiskey or Rye.)) Anyway, I'm not big on measuring time with the usual increments, but 30 seems a good age to toast the measurement that is the Year and then all the other measurements that I've used up until now, including Fun, Ideas, Good Meals, Excellent People, TV Shows, Things I've Read, Places I've Lived/Visited, Pets, "Relationships", etc., etc. I like numbers, certainly, but you've got to count some*thing*, and those things seem more important than the numbers themselves. (But forget this tug o' war btwn abstractions and the things; let them live together as they should, no fighting.) And from the depths of the draft folder comes the following two paragraphs: I think a good cheer-up song is "Secondhand News", but that's my nostalgia-related soft soft for Fleetwood Mac (b/c, I mean, it's kind of a sad song despite the toe-tappiness.) (Not from draft folder: I have a new computer now so I'm going to download that song so it can come on randomly. (Yes, though I could download before, I couldn't really listen while doing other computery things. 200MHz processor! A friend correctly identified this as masochistic, and, with the death of ye old laptop and the introduction of laptop-manna from heaven, I must agree.)) Injury story... I seem to get minor injuries fairly often, mostly bruises and small cuts from bike riding, running into table edges, cutting limes while drunk, etc... Once I fell off a skateboard after drinking half a litre of red wine at the beach. The next morning I stood up to get out of bed and immediately fell down due to the *pain*. Having never broken a bone before, I assumed that this was the major pain everyone had been talking about re: broken bones. However, the emerg doctor said I'd torn pretty much all the ligaments in my right foot, and there was nothing he could do about it. Oh, maybe my hangover coloured his tone cruel and mocking, but still. It took a month for my foot to feel right again. A few years later when I broke my wrist snowboarding (not drunk), the pain seemed less severe, yet I was treated with nothing but kindness and a plaster cast (and codeine). Thinking about the broken wrist now (not from the draft folder), I remember when the cast came off and feeling as if the part of my arm that had been in the cast did not really belong to me, as it seemed to simply sit there off the end of my elbow, all soft and pale and weak, like some abandoned animal I had to take care of. It's funny how quickly our bodies adapt to change, forget about what was and move on with the show. Mentally, of course, I wanted my arm back. So when it did come back I'm sure some part of my body was, like, "oh, *this* again? eesh." And then that part was crushed by Arm Power. What is this a metaphor for? I'm sure it's a metaphor for something because why else would I think it? I'd say it's a metaphor for things you sometimes forget about but still want in your life because they've got some kind of necessary power, a place in your life that makes things better. So, hey, Sinister, I notice that you're still 1500-odd strong. Different, but still kicking. Not a blip in time, but time itself, I say. Both measurable and something I don't want to measure, with evenings, mornings, afternoons or otherwise. I'm obviously having a Being day (, dude.) blip-blip, Robyn ===== I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. ~Steven Wright ~~~ Robyn Fadden rfadden at yahoo.com Montreal, QC __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! 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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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From pdlngsp at xxx.pt Fri Nov 26 17:09:00 2004 From: pdlngsp at xxx.pt (Bruno Gomes) Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 16:09:00 -0100 Subject: Sinister: what she said (and what they said, too) References: <200411252153.VAA06917@missprint.org> Message-ID: <004301c4d3da$afbae950$1705140a@sata.com> hi all! [sorry for the lack of "intro" to this post, but all i want to say is:] astrid: "Hmmm... I'll be performing live for the first time on December 17th, at a school concert so rock n rawl debauchery it ain't, but that's fine by me. I'd get nervous by that kind of scene. Now it's just 300 people where about 90% think J.Lo/Fiddy cent is da shit. So, lord have mercy, there i'll be with my guitar. But still." 10% is more than enough, so go for it! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- stefano: "Precisely BAN INTERPOL! They had made a decent first album, which actually put some of the basic fundaments of my moral in tatters, but with this piece of crap they have shown what I had always more then reasonable suspected, horrid tasteless 'follow the way' wannabe'idiekinds'" c'mon... it's not that bad! imho it's even more "balanced" than their first (i.e. turn on the bright lights is 8 & 80 and antics is 44 all the way - "8", being the worse tracks; "80", the best) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ken: "Nowadays it's different - you can practically carry all of your records with you, and the whole psychology of the thing had changed - before you had to carefully pick out a few mixed CDs/albums that you can take with you, and you made sure that they were your most favouritest CDs because you're going to be stuck with it for hours. And you end up listening to the same few albums all the time, or all the new stuff." different, but for worse! the old days were more... er... poetic? you had to take care of those things, instead of just throwing them all into the "bag" in some sort of wham bam thank you m'am! same goes for getting music in the interweb and forgetting about the record stores... (but to be honest, i admit it's nice to put the b&s discography on shuffle in my minidisc!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- robyn: "Did I ever mention that I was born in 1975? Yes, That Song just came on randomly. I'm certain I was happy then, on and off. But what that also means is that I'm turning 30 in January!" and you should be cos nice people were born in 1975, like the boy geddes, isn't it? (who else?) anyways... call me dumb, but... what song is that? (the connells?) ps - yes i know: i'm the last one around here to have seen the fans only dvd, but boy! did it make me happy! my favourite spot is the i could be dreaming video (which was new to me, obviously), especially when struan is holding the puppet (can we call it that?) and the dancing parts (chris and, later, stuart d with isobel). [now playing on the radio: snow patrol.] +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From peetsketch at xxx.com Sat Nov 27 11:04:04 2004 From: peetsketch at xxx.com (Steve Peet) Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 11:04:04 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Johnny Vaughn, David (Gray) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hey I still read it Ken, though I don't think I'd call it (her?) a bitch? Bit harsh. And I'm now living in London proper so would definitely be up for a London Xmas meet up, though not sure the actual xmas weekend would be the best, most family friendly idea? Despite the fact my family live thousands of miles away and it will also be my birthday!! Sketcher >From: kenneth.chu at xxx.org >Reply-To: kenneth.chu at uclh.org >To: sinister at missprint.org >Subject: Sinister: Johnny Vaughn, David (Gray) >Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 15:52:25 +0000 > >Hello my favourite tins of luncheon meat, > >Portable mp3 players are interesting things, before these things existed, >going out is a sometimes a bit of a struggle when you want to figure out >what music you wanted to listen to. > >Last February, I missed the flight for my sister's wedding for the most >stupid reasons ever that was I took too long making the most kick ass ever >mixed tape for my plane journey. I was so proud of myself on the Tube to >the airport, but boy didn't I feel stupid when they told me I was too late >to board my flight! > >Nowadays it's different - you can practically carry all of your records >with >you, and the whole psychology of the thing had changed - before you had to >carefully pick out a few mixed CDs/albums that you can take with you, and >you made sure that they were your most favouritest CDs because you're going >to be stuck with it for hours. And you end up listening to the same few >albums all the time, or all the new stuff. > >Now it's all changed, with your whole life's music on shuffle, going to >work >everyday is like a history lesson on your life, of you growing up. It's >weird. The other morning, Jonathan David came on the iPod, and an >unconscious grin appeared in my reflection on the bus window. Then I >remembered the same grin three years ago, at the Sinister Hotel in Glasgow >watching the new Jonathan David video with a bunch of folks, having just >got >back from seeing B+S for the first time, right after finding out that my >degree results was as great as I had hoped. > >I got off the bus and I couldn't help running in beat with the piano, step >step stepstepstep step step stepstepstep. Going up the stairs on the Tube >used to be like this, running up, in time with music, getting to the top >and >running out of breath but feeling better for it. What a great feeling. > >I was still late for work. But who cares. > >I'm joining the gym next month. > >----------------- > >Speaking of sports, well, "sports", if you have been watching the Snooker >UK >Championships you may have noticed that David Gray has not merely entered >but is now through to the semi finals!! What on earth is going on. Ian >McCulloch and NEIL ROBERTSON (http://www.neilrobertson.net) really need to >catch up. > >And more "sports", and nostalgia of 3 years ago. Three years ago was also >the first year that International Sinister Bowling day, was held, you know. >You should all go bowling on the last weekend of the year (i.e. xmas >weekend)! So how about it? > >Do people in London still read this bitch? Wanna come play? > >Bowl Selecta, >Ken > > >********************************************************************** >This email is confidential and intended solely for the person or entity to >whom it is addressed. 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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! +-+ >+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ _________________________________________________________________ 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 at missprint.org. 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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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From idleberry at xxx.uk Sat Nov 27 16:15:03 2004 From: idleberry at xxx.uk (idleberry) Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 16:15:03 -0000 Subject: Sinister: questions Message-ID: <001701c4d49c$40977170$6501a8c0@KRISTIN> So, I was wondering a bunch of things. which sinisterette, from past or present, would you like to have a one to one with? and what sort of one to one? how many sinisterettes does it take to change a light bulb? how many sinisterettes have you had something sinister with? where do sinisterettes come from? how many sinisterettes do you need to make a meet up? how many sinisterettes do you need to make a break up? And what are sinisterettes doing for Christmas and New Year? And where's Mark Casarotto these days? answers on an email.... love idles xxxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo at 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From david.moore99 at xxx.com Sun Nov 28 23:07:46 2004 From: david.moore99 at xxx.com (David Moore) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:07:46 -0000 Subject: Sinister: Neon lights shine bright / Taxi cabs glide by Message-ID: <001001c4d59f$13dec760$b56d9951@oemcomputer> Hi All, You wouldn't know it from http://belleandsebastian.banchory.net/ but Oor Stevie is playing a solo gig in London, as part of this year's Chickfactor event. Some details here from the gorgeous Gail: "things are starting superearly each night (7 or 730) and sets are pretty quick with not much lag time... so the show starts early and live music ends at 11 but we can hang out till 1. chickfactor presents ... MON GALA PAPILLONS a sparkling and decadent holiday affair...featuring    fri dec 10 television personalities pipas stevie jackson (from belle & sebastian) mascott sat dec 11 jens lekman stuart moxham & louis philippe bridget st john bill wells trio + special guests dress code: lubitsch, fitzgerald, lartigue, sturges, kiki, berkeley, cahun, cukor at bush hall, 310 uxbridge road. london w12. tel 020 8222 6955       doors 7pm, showtime 7:30, admission £10 per night; weekend pass £17 tickets on sale now: http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=schedule&venue=bushhall&mon th=11&day=10&year=104 TVPs: http://www.televisionpersonalities.co.uk/ pipas: http://www.plumasbouncer.com/llc/band/pipas/hear stevie: http://www.belleandsebastian.com/bandbios.php?MemberName=Stevie mascott: http://www.mascottmusic.com/ jens: http://www.jenslekman.tk/ stuart: http://www.stuartmoxham.com/ louis: http://www.louisphilippe.co.uk/ bill wells trio: http://www.dominorecordco.com/artist.php?artist=86 http://chickfactor.com/ http://www.bushhallmusic.co.uk/bushhallhome.html " Looks pretty good to me, & I mean both nights, so maybe that weekend ticket looks like a good deal. 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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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From zoziepop at xxx.com Mon Nov 29 08:54:55 2004 From: zoziepop at xxx.com (Dimitra Daisy) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 10:54:55 +0200 Subject: Sinister: Once a Sinisterine, always a Sinisterine Message-ID: Dear Sinister, I thought of you on the bus home from work on Friday. Usually (meaning the four previous days: I'm new to this job), I take the train back because it goes a shorter way and it is faster, not to mention it gets me nearer to my house. But it was a Friday as I said and I was feeling like I had time to spare and when the nice boy who lives vaguely near me suggested we took the bus together I agreed. I like buses precisely for that reason: because they give you time to sit back with nothing to do but think or look at the city unfold or talk some crap. Or get to know someone a little better. So we were sitting there discussing the possibility of packing him in a suitcase and taking him with me to London when he asked if I was going over for a gig or something. "Yes! I am indeed! It's a festival and..." Naturally, he asked who's playing. I namedropped "Stevie Jackson from Belle and Sebastian" in a slightly hopeful way. I thought he might know what I'm talking about. "I once went out with Stevie!" "I've seen Belle and Sebastian seven times! Though I never went out with any of them." It is amazing how fast I can get excited about something -especially, something I thought I had stopped getting excited about -or how long it takes me to be surprised, sometimes. "I saw them once." "It was a good gig, the one you saw." (It was. Not great, maybe, but I don't think I have seen a truly magical Belle and Sebastian show, they always seemed to have those when I weren't there, and compared to the other six I've been to the one in Athens ranks as "really good".) So we went on to talk about them a bit more, and as I gazed excitedly out of the window all the phrases that I haven't used in a while came out of my mouth, sounding oddly familiar: "changed my life," "met most of my friends," "done the greatest things" and of course "I wonder what my life would be like". That last one is accompanied by a half-sad, half-happy sigh, because it is a scary thought, what my life would have been without Belle and Sebastian, really. He agreed and slowly the feeling of surprise started catching up on me and I was left marvelling at how I found myself sitting on a bus with someone I met at work who's life was changed by Belle and Sebastian quite like mine. And when he talked about the Greek Fanclub, which I was never a member of, I felt like I had to make some sort of excuse to "one of its founding members" as he put it. "Well, I used to be on Sinister. Or actually..." Hold on, I told myself. You never unsubsribed. You never even stopped reading, Dimitra. "Actually, I am on Sinister." Now if you only keep in mind that I had already given him the nearly-out-of-print-now printed version of Friends of the Heroes, and he had read it, and he knew I call myself Dimitra Daisy, you can maybe understand what it felt like when he turned round and said he was on Sinister too, he's been on it for ages though he never posted, and, hey, wait... "Is THAT who you are?! I used to read your posts!" That's when I thought that I will not be surprised if Sinister keeps haunting me for years to come, and if I end up in an old people's home sometime in the 2060's I'm going to go around asking people who their favourite band was in the end of the 1990's. Well, okay, it is a silly thing to think but I was at a loss for words. And smiling. I just thought I'd let you know. Love, Dimitra xxx ~~~~~ The huge abstractions I keep from the light; Small things I handled and caressed and loved. I let the stars assume the whole of night. http://www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk/ _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister at missprint.org. 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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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ From g.lynch at xxx.com Mon Nov 29 18:07:23 2004 From: g.lynch at xxx.com (grainne lynch) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 18:07:23 +0000 Subject: Sinister: Christmas Exchange Deadline is Tomorrow Message-ID: <20041129180723.E785A3384B@ws7-3.us4.outblaze.com> Hey, This is a quick reminder to let you know that tomorrow is the last day that I am taking names for the Sinister Christmas Present Exchange, so if you want to take part send me your details now! Send me; *Your Name *Your Email Address *Your Full Address (of where you will be at Christmas time) * The number of presents you would like to send out (since it will correspond with the presents you will receive) * Whether you have a preference of sending to someone inside your country or not, since foreign postage can be expensive. If geography makes no difference, then there's no need to mention anything. However, please note that this only works if you live in a place where there will most likely be lots of other Sinisters. I hate to break your heart but you're probably the only one on here in Antarctica. *Please, please, please put "Sinister Christmas Present Exchange" (or something to that effect) in the subject line. It will make everything so much easier! I'm looking forward to hearing from you! 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