November 1998 - Sinister

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by Adrian Evans 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

Horsfield wrote : ~ Perhaps the worst offender was the the florid handwriting font sported by 'Dog On Wheels', which made it look a little like an Interflora advert. ~ Better than not having anything written on them at all as some clever bastards like to do. It's not funny when you're alphabetically challenged trying to find CD's with no writing on them. Mark Casarotto wrote : ~ I reckon that if Mr Mitchell is indeed receiving such overtures, then we should be the first to know about them, in all their gory detail. How about it, Honey. ~ I've heard he is and that they're a taxable benefit of running a smutty mailing list. I think it's only the honourable thing if we all dob him in to the Revenue. There might be a reward 'n all. And then..... ~ Anyone slagging off gingers had better have a mighty good excuse otherwise there'll be bashings. ~ Does shagging one count ? :-o My Kate's a ginger witch and she dishes the bashings out herself. Fiery tempers you Beacons have. Ummm did I say all that...how rude. Ev. PS. Mark if it's in yer sideys that's good enough for me ya Beacon :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: big everything posting
by Seamus Campbell 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

so for the first time in the history of my having e-mail (6 years now) i've been charmed into adding a signature to my e-mails. it's by richard, and i won't tell you what it is, i'll just let you scroll down to the bottom of this message and see it. so i'm back and mostly recovered from the Seamus Goes On A Big Trip To New York trip. a brief Harper's style listing of some of my accomplishments: number of states i'd been in before/after the trip: 3/7 number of time zones: 1/4 number of airports: 2/4 number of different models of airplanes: 2/4 number of list members i'd met: 1/(roughly) 30 the only dissapointment for the trip was that the nov 1 tickets i tried to buy from a helpful listee didn't show up at my house until nov 2, due to their being misaddressed. but on the other hand i got four nice souvenirs out of the deal. other than that the trip was a whirlwind of entertainment and, well, alcohol. the nov 2 show was marvellous, though to be perfectly honest, i thought that eugene kelley was no good at all, which is a shame as the vaselines were ace. especially the split live cassette they did with beat happening. afterwards i went with my friend max and new list aquaintance megan to the kordova milk bar and met laurel and rachel and JJ and goon and stasia and francisco and a bunch of other listees, mostly british, whose names i am rude anough to fail to remember. and dorigen, who is apparently no longer on the list but is a very nice girl, even if she did leave my card on the bar. i went to bryn mawr several days later to visit a friend and see dub narcotic, that was also a very nice time. new jersey, despite being the "armpit of america", was quiet beautiful. except where there were cities. i also went to a bit of cmj; i missed the wonderful mercury rev (let me say it again: buy "deserter's songs" and you will be a happier person) but i caught the triumphant k records showcase. any listees in attendance there? funny how i travelled over 2000 miles away from olympia to hang out with my friends from... olympia. later that night i caught a 4 am cornelius show in a very small and very crowded room. when i returned i had nearly 700 sinister messages to go through... it took me three days to catch up and another three days to actually get down to writing this message. i had more to say but it's slipped away. it was a wonderful trip and i hope to meet all the listees again in the near future... maybe on the west coast tour... seamus "Okay then basically what I'm saying is, go out and buy the entire pastels back catalogue an anorak and a bowl cut and be dangerous." -- Richard +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: i'm jumping like a jumping jack
by Genevieve Wesley 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

hello there (o no me again!) all these bus stories are reminding me of the not so lovely bus i'm going to have to go on soon...kids are so filthy-mouthed nowadays...they look all sweet and innocent,then it's '(*^@$^^%@# you $)*&^#&* *^#*%(&^#%^!' and they try and claw atcha...and my bus drivers have sordid affairs,it's so sleazy,straight out of a pulp song...we have video cameras on our buses because we are 'bad kids' but the sad thing is our school board has no budget,so there's like this blinking red light and a 'YOU ARE BEING VIDEOTAPED' sign..yet there's no actual camera in the box. Megan,thankyou for aggreeing with my opionions on the Judy thing..i think his meanings are pretty straightforward....I'm really scared by this lady on SHOWCASE,everything is a metaphor for sexual liberation...I mean,I like horses,but i usually ride them fully clothed..actually,when i was younger i never had an imaginary friend,but i had an imaginary horse named cammy..i had these 2 best friends (or so I thought!) and one day they decided they wanted me out of their group,so i guess i just figured...'so what,i'll create me a horse' it is a form of escape,see! :) I've got little things on all the girls of belle and sebastian songs, I remember the first time reading about Judy it was like 'wow,stuart...you're reading my mind!' and Jane too...the guilt of being lazy and never feeling so good except when you're sleeping...it's so true....when i have to get up,it's pitch black..it feels so unnatural,i always envy my cats,they get to sleep the whole day,without a care in the world.....i mean it's a common thread with Stuart's girls isn't it? wanting to get away from it all,but no-one even knows? Expectations...that dreaded monday morning feeling....Mary Jo's life is never dull in her dreams.. and our girl Jane's run through the city...pretending she's making indie-rock videos...and Le Pastie girl "wouldn't you like to get away?" Stuart should do self-help shouldn't he! he's always there at the end reassuring them the halo surrounds them,they'll be doing fine,that there's a star lighting up the path and that it's someone's else's turn to go through hell..he'll make a fine husband...and i bet he'll help out with the dishes too. the other day,at Cat Heaven(all the strays of the city) in Parlement,I was watching one cat chase a black squirrel..i went over to observe,and the squirrel got up on it's hind legs and chased ME! i was terrified because i've heard stories that when you get rabies shots,they have to strap you down,you get a shot in the stomach,etc..when the squirrel leaped from the railing onto my head...thankfully,it was a friendly one,he was just searching for some food...thought that was rather belle-y sebish. A wise lovely Honey wrote: "let me write it by your nipple in lipstick" there should be more proverbs like that i think. love, genevieve,friend of squirrels ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Sinister: I know my way down the side streets now
by Caleb J Rudd 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

LLPJ is indeed "hot pants" pink. On the colour issue, will the re-issue of TM have the original cover/colour? Perhaps it should be in the format like those re-issued Rolling Stones albums were a few years ago, modeled on the original vinyl, which came complete with zip for Sticky Fingers. Although TM's cover doesn't feature Stuart Murdoch's trousers, perhaps something else could be arranged. -x Caleb x- <----------------------------------------------------------------------> < Chester Indie Zine http://www.chester.org.au > <----------------------------------------------------------------------> hello ... Mick McMick wrote: > Well, Sinister is red and LLPJ is purple, of course! Tigermilk > is...erm...just Tigermilk. I always thought that the "Lazy Jane" EP is pink ... does anyone else remember ages and ages ago one of susannah's postings where she took polaroids of herself doing the covers of the albums/ep's? *sigh* way back when (actually, that could have been on the coolist? ... i don't remember) ... anyhow, i could swear that LJ is pink ... anyone else? tigermilk is pale blue. so there. :) cheers, Katrina. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: List orgy - but will honey join in?
by Mark Casarotto 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

Doing my Apple For Teacher bit, I think that Honey's posts, even if they are necessitated by less than cuddly things, are word for word the most thoughtful, well-expressed and completely darling things posted by anyone. I bet he ends up number one...If anyone could now pull me out from Honey's behind, it would be much appreciated, there's not much air in here... However...not only is there never any smut from his end (hmm - not sure I like the sound of that) but he increasingly seems to be soliciting bribes of a woollen/sexual nature, and we all know about power corrupting...I reckon that if Mr Mitchell is indeed receiving such overtures, then we should be the first to know about them, in all their gory detail. How about it, Honey (and I bet you're really called that due to you predilection for certain sweet foodstuffs in compromising positions...)? After Lesley Jo's kind offer to go out with everyone on the list (at once? Does that mean we'd all be, like, going out with each other too, or would we have to take turns?), I thought I'd share a deeply distressing moment from my past with 800 people. When I was 15, I went out with a girl who, it turned out, was using me as an experiment to figure out her sexuality. I think you can all figure out what the result was. What surprised me was the number of my friends this has happened to, both male and female. What also surprised me is that I heard on the weekend that she's getting married. To a boy. Obviously I only put her off for (erm) just over 9 years, then... Other pop shots: Stuart - crush update pleese.........John - I can let you have an only slightly torn "Mad as fuck" Carter t-shirt for a pony, but better get in quick, it's bound to go go go.........Anyone slagging off gingers had better have a mighty good excuse otherwise there'll be bashings - although I only have a wee bit of ginger in my sideys (and only in a particular light), I've got a fetish for pre-raphaelite (sp?) lovelies with locks aflame, which is why any mention of all things auburn makes me tingle somewhat.........Reid Dossinger truly is the bomb, despite my list crushes quotient being full and the fact that he's a boy.........David Kitchen, you'd better bloody hope that the "s" in shtml is in full effect, what with your rather rash declaration that "the rest of the new e can be found in the discography section".........I accidentally misread McMick's ICQ number as his IQ, which was impressive, if only for a fleeting moment, though I did wonder what kind of person put their IQ in their signature file :)........ooh gawd, I have to find a poem - would it be a little too sycophantic for *me* to choose one of Archel's beautiful poesies? Possibly...... Sebastian Brennan ate my hamster, Markx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: eeeee
by debbie spiers 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

eeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee dreamy :)lee:) Get your FREE E-mail at http://mailcity.lycos.com Get your PERSONALIZED START PAGE at http://personal.lycos.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Re: musical under dog blah, blah.
by ETLRDHY＠notes.ericsson.se 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

dear List, Alright then, musical underdogs who we should all be listening too. Well most of you probably are but I've said it before and I'll say it again 'The Pastels' are probably the most important cultural phenomenon of the 20th century. Ignore them at your own peril. start with Sitting Pretty LP. go from there to Up For A Bit then Suck On is quite good, lots of early stuff bit patchy but you know, Let It Be was no great shakes either. Then the last two albums 'Safari' and Illumination' And the new remix thing is quite interesting. Okay then basically what I'm saying is, go out and buy the entire pastels back catalogue an anorak and a bowl cut and be dangerous. Richard, 'But the ceiling moves on down towards the floor And soon there's only room enough for us to crawl' Crawl Babies +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Please sir, can I have an apple?
by Sarah Wheeler 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

Oh Oh Oh.....I just stalked Stuart Murdoch. And the only reason I recognised him from behind was 'cos he was wearing those lovely tartan velour trousers as seen on Lesley Jo's photo page. His arms of sex weren't on show; they were hidden 'neath a little blue jacket! And he had a full head of hair. I followed him into Fopp, and had loads of trouble pretending to look at CDs and check out his movements, and I definitely timed it wrong to buy a CD 'cos he walked out while I was at the counter. But he can't get away that easily...not with those trousers. On the way down Byres Road he looked over at the queue outside Greggs bakery in wonderment, or maybe he was reliving those grafitti days. (Maybe Greggs queuey people are being referred to in the first part of A Century of Fakers.) I wanted to ask him for an apple so I followed him to John Smith's, but he went inside and I couldn't do it. Aaah, I hang my head in shame. So I cheered myself up by booking myself a holiday in Amsterdam over New Year. They have loads of arms of sex over there.....and pictures of donkeys too. Byeeeee Sarah x ======================= Sarah Wheeler Room 106 West Medical Building University of Glasgow GLASGOW G12 8QQ 0141-339 8855 ext.2860 ======================= +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Re: Re: Sinister: MTV 120 Minutes premieres B&S video stateside tonight?
by SPRFNK＠aol.com 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

i have to say that was definitely the cutest video i have ever seen---it was worth waiting for it :) kristin :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: my vote for "MUSICAL UNDERDOG WE SHOULD ALL BE LISTENING TO!"
by Kin Woo 16 Nov '98

16 Nov '98

Hey Sinisterines:) Why didn't anyone reply to my previous email ("B&S here in Australia?")??? David and Katrina STOP IGNORING ME!!!:) Reply Pretty please! Also, for a while back there, someone seemed to have taken the bait I laid down in an old email and was writing about underrated people that all us listees should have a listen to. Then, no more:( So I have taken up the baton myself and decided to reveal my vote for UNDERDOG WHO DESERVES MORE RECOGNITION. I hope Paul Mitchell ("Honey", a very sexy and suggestive name! Then again all B&S fans are) won't mind this. He told me he's a piece of fluff actually (or is that supposed to be a secret?), and he did say "no boring music lists" but that if one could actually describe WHY people should listen to a particular act, then it's ok. So I hope what I'm gonna say fits that description. My vote goes to Tanya Donelly. Why you ask? Well besides being as beautiful as a fairy queen, Tanya was one of the pivotal women behind alternative music in the 90's. In the seminal Throwing Muses, she and her half-sister Kristin made a contribution to music as important as their labelmates, Pixies; though it's only the Pixies who g But it was in Belly, the band Tanya fronted, (not just played second fiddle to like she did in Muses and Breeders) that her star rose to ascendancy. Belly's "Star" is still one of my favourite albums of all time (yes yes B&S are also on my all time fave list, so don't throw those rotten veges!) I've not heard an album that melded extremely unforgettable tunes and melodies to such dark and weird fairytales with so much success. Its very subversiveness has never been matched (though Garbage and Black Box Recorder have come close). It frustrates me so when I read articles about the women who shaped alternative rock today and I see no mention of her. It's always PJ Harvey, Courtney love, Kim Deal and Kim Gordon. While all those women are absolutely amazing too and I love them immensely, it's as if it's saying Tanya wrote pop songs and wasn't as outspoken about her gender, so she doesn't count. My friends who have heard of Belly also carelessly dismiss them. ARRGGH! It's like saying on a first listen, B&S are tw So listees, go out and buy "Star" and be reduced to tears by the powerfully surreal and sinister fairy tales (Brothers Grimm indeed) and of course, whirl dervishly to the amazing tunes contained therein. Their follow-up "King" is also excellent-rockier and less sparse, but unfortunately also a bit more conventional and less cohesive. Her solo album called heh! "Lovesongs for Underdogs" (Belly split up after "King":( is you guessed it, brilliant. Though a bit too happy for me personally as a Tanya fan (she needs to return to dark and depressive imagery), it contains more innovation and great songs than all those moronic Alanis-ites put together. Her EP, her first solo outing, "Sliding and Diving" is breathtaking too. You get the idea. So listees don't crucify me for writing so much; I get very passionate about my music. Also, don't tell me I should go off to a 4AD list, they already know the wonders of Belly and Tanya (though maybe I should go there and extol the virtues of Belle and Sebastian!:) Instead heed my advice and give Tanya a listen, you won't be disappointed! Also, hope others are gonna take up the bait (is that correct English?) and extol the virtues of an act they think has been cruelly underrated by the music press (Though back when "Star" was released it appeared on every music mag's "best of" list) Honey, forgive me if I have sinned Seeya:) Kin Woo With A Star Upon Your Shoulder Lighting Up The Path As You Walk ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister(a)majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo(a)majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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