November 1998 - Sinister

Sinister: before the story ends
by Aranzazu Sanz-Garcia 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

So, before reviewing shoegazing and shoegazers become the last week topic, has anyone a slight idea about what Kitchens of Distinction did in the last five years or so? Arantxa +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Belle and Sebastian are bigger than T-Rex!
by Kevan Cooke 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

Hello folks, I popped into Southampton centre yesterday lunchtime, posted a tape, asked various people with no dress sense who looked about ten years younger than me to stop manipulating me illicitly, and picked up a certain film soundtrack. Woohoo! Slow Graffiti! So did you all watch "Belle and Sebastian - the unofficial biography" on channel four last night? I thought that Mandy from Eastenders made a very good Isobel. Oh, and big hugs and kisses to whoever voted for me. Perhaps I'd get more votes if I signed off with a more appealing name, I'll try to think of something by the time I get to the end of this message. The (now officially) gorgeous Fluffy insinuated that I may have voted for her as a result of roses changing hands in Sinister chat. As she well knows my vote was placed solely on the basis of her retracting a statement she had previously made pertaining to my smelling of wee. Gary, I'd love to join you in the car park, but I'm a lover not a fighter. And besides, nothing scares me more than the thought of a red mullet. Still no sign of a replacement Stuart Murdoch pop subbuteo figure, if anyone can help me out could they let me know, as I need one for the national pop subbuteo championships in just two weeks time. If anyone wants to swap I'll throw in an (almost) complete set of the Rezillos as well as my spare Arthur Lee. The Arthur Lee is one of the new models with digitised sound samples that "jams" with other figures immediately around it using technology a bit like in those Furby things. Kevan The Horny Toad *********************************** chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickclick.com http://www.chickmail.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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RE: Sinister: shoegazing backlash
by Keith Watson 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

anastasia wrote >why is it that british indie kids like >to take the piss >out of old shoegazers? i once had this discussion with someone and they claimed to be anti-shoegazing because it was a purely middle class phenomenon and that oasis as heroes of the working class rescued fair england from the pretenders with floppy fringes. I suspect it's more to do with the fact that the entire "Shoegazing" scene invented by the music press to follow up on the large sales figures they attained during Madchester, and that lumping together a load of frankly poor bands who sound like My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins and calling it the next big thing wasn't really going to wash with the kids(tm). That's not necessarily a reflection on the fact that there were certainly some good records made, but then, there are good records made in almost all genres. It has been a source of mystery to me however quite why "shoegazing" seems to have left a lasting impact on the USA. I suppose it just died here since the top bands (Ride, Slowdive, Chapterhouse etc.) were just not even vaguely comparable to the previous year's big thing, in the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays. I would doubt that people would deliberately decide not to be into a genre of music cause of it being a "middle-class phenomenon" however (you can basically rule out the sixties for a start), and in any case shoegazing died a death several years prior to Oasis appearing here, there was a grim patch in between with people like the Frank and Walters on the cover of the NME. Cheers, Keith. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: Delivery Notification: Delivery has failed (fwd)
by Denise Power 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

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Sinister: ben ferney attn pleez
by milla |razorkandy| 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

Dear List, muchos apologies for abusing publicalalalality like this, but BEN FERNEYH. I HAVE DONE YOUR TAPE and promptly lawst yer address. Mail me and we will be back on track, wotwot? x MILLA ______________________________________________________ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: black session and Tigermilk free - 2nd update
by Stephan Hammer 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

Hi all, Time for another update. I got about 40 requests by now and although it gets hard for me to finance this everybody willing to make a donation will get a tape, just be patient. There were some people saying -I am really out of money but can't you send the tape anyway?- Sorry folks, this is really hard for me, too, so please check if you really have to go to the movies next weekend or if you don't rather donate the money and get a wonderful tape for it. I mean I really trust all you people to do what you say, if somebody does not donate, I won't know (but I trust anybody doing this will get horrible nightmares). Anyway, most of the messages where really nice and good to keep me going with this. I still could not find out the foreign accounts of PLAN, I guess those people are too overworked to answer. However, I will mail a complete list of addresses later so you might send checks or just call them yourself. More later Stephan -------------------------------------------------------------- There are people going hungry Far away They've got nothing on their plates And you're feeling your fat face With every single bite of cake (B&S: Century of Fakers) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 A bus story for you...
by NoelWhitey＠aol.com 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

In a message dated 11/10/98 9:44:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, Mew817(a)aol.com writes: << Anyway, when I was living in London my flatmate and I were walking down Regent Street on a busy Saturday afternoon....We were looking in store windows, dodging all the shoppers and enjoying a nice walk. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, this lady comes flying off of a bus. I mean she was airborn for a second!! Not only did she go flying in the air, but so did all of her packages. She fell to the ground and looked back our way and quickly gathered up her packages and started walking along like nothing had happened! She did not look like she was hurt and a lady that saw this whole event stopped her and asked if she was OK and she must have been because she went right along without really skipping a beat. >> Oh I have thousands of storys About My Adventures On the Bus(Huh Amanda?) from everything to My friend getting a BJ to Us throwing pies in peoples faces anyways this story was a Few Days ago, It was raining alot and and This kid to everyone who was on thre road yelled HA HA YOU HAVE TO WALK IN THE RAIN(By The way that was What I Use to do in 5th Grade! that wee Bastard!) and Finally When it was at his Stop, As he walked Off The Steps He Slipt And Flew Like 9 Inches and was like 6 feet in the air and like flipped half way and Fell Smack In a Huge Poudle of WAter I mean it Was like a Fucking oasis and He was soo soaking wet..It was So Hilarious and As the Bus rolled by I said INSTANT KARMAS GONNA GET YOU(John lennon song) and the bus rolled off. Well thats it Kiddies -Damon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: A bus story for you...
by Mew817＠aol.com 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

Hi everyone I'm trying to be more outgoing around here and thought I would post a response to an email that was sent a while ago. I can't remember who wrote it and I can't get into the archives...Anyway, someone wrote a story about an old man who had an accident while on a bus and wondered if anyone else had any tales of people falling on buses, so here goes... First of all, I have to say that sometimes I find humor in things that one should not laugh about, like people falling down, etc... Anyway, when I was living in London my flatmate and I were walking down Regent Street on a busy Saturday afternoon....We were looking in store windows, dodging all the shoppers and enjoying a nice walk. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, this lady comes flying off of a bus. I mean she was airborn for a second!! Not only did she go flying in the air, but so did all of her packages. She fell to the ground and looked back our way and quickly gathered up her packages and started walking along like nothing had happened! She did not look like she was hurt and a lady that saw this whole event stopped her and asked if she was OK and she must have been because she went right along without really skipping a beat. It was really weird and kinda funny too. You see my flatmate and I always seemed to witness weird stuff like that when we were walking around in London. It's stuff that you see on those TV shows where they play home videos. Stuff that makes you laugh and then make you feel bad for laughing... OK, so that's my bus story... Megan x PS- who was it that wrote about the old man falling on the bus? +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 wanna be adored
by mkl206＠is8.nyu.edu 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

oh, i feel the love. because... >4 votes: >Genevieve Wesley >Magnetic Megan Lehar woohoo!!! that means i have the most votes of any of the yanks, which is sort of like winning, only not. perhaps someday i will achieve fluffy star or pj miller territory, until then one can only try to be charming and seductive at all things. and contrary to popular opinion, i did *not* bribe anyone, though joss did try to lead me astry, but i stood steadfast. then pj miller said: >Magnetic Fields Megan henceforth shal be known as simply Magnetic >Megan to avoid any confusion. Unless anyone objects, of course. and when mr miller speaks, i listen. so should you all, do you know he's a basque terrorist? At 10:41 AM 11/10/98, Janine Papp wrote: >hey I actually did e-mail brad and tell him how cute megan was. >so there. >megan is adorable. i wholeheartedly agree with this. did you all know i work for janine? i wonder if this means she's going to have me cleaning the toilets on friday..... (hehe, i joke. she's lovely. and she is a bee, she's even striped) and finally about his name is alive... they're a marvellous band. basically it's warren defever writing these songs with a band and producing them in various odd ways that hover somewhere between interesting and amazing. each album sounds completely different, almost as if it was done by a totally different band each time around. i just saw them live for the first time on thursday and was totally awed. i just borrowed the latest album from a friend and it's brilliant. so, um, buy it. i interviewed warren in the last issue of my zine, and i think it turned out pretty well. he's an interesting guy if nothing else. ;) xox megan mkl206(a)is8.nyu.edu visit the magnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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: this charming blood clot
by Pulpbot＠aol.com 11 Nov '98

11 Nov '98

Here, my queers, ...get away from me, I'm dying my hair. Har. Feeling and looking like a post- chemo Ari Up this weekend, I decided 'twas time to play Twister on my scalp again, albeit with fewer arms but just as confusing. No suspense, then: I hoped for nuclear reactor red, but the combo of not-yet-gone bleach and impatience, made me look like a sexy bit of mud and the bathroom like a George Seurat miscarriage. Salvation comes in the form of another dye, with a more orange base. Pushing the baby cancer cells, none so sensitive as my record collection, to grouchy adolescence, no doubt. see subject head as for what the finished product ended up like. It ain't rockin' to be shockin' as the good man Alfie Bambaata would say. Oh, does anyone have a copy of Tigermilk? And: you listees can get a copy of most Felt albums for 10 cents in your finer strip mall chain record stores in the New Hampshire/southern Virginia areas. I abandoned such muted musical pursuits, myself, after espying Brett Anderson's nipples, back when he was a mere bobbed-blonde steward serving randy gin and tonic's on Virgin Air's express flights from Heathrow to Stoke-on-Newington. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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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