Me and Mrs Sister Disco went to Saint Jean de Pied de Port yesterday, best known as the setting for Nouvelle Vague children's television series The Flashing Blade!* It's exactly the same as it used to be, except with Renault Clios instead of horses and baseball caps instead of Laughing Cavalier outfits. Half way up the Royal Mile there's a shop selling books and t-shirts and music. Most of the music (and books and t-shirts) was of the Basque variety, which means accompanying yourself on a tambourine as you see how many times you can mention the name of your country during each song. But they also had TWATTYBUS. And you can't say fairer than that. I mean, it's quite a small town. That Stuart Murdoch diary thing was good, wasn't it? Especially this bit: If you have any queries or problems about how to be a student, or what bus to get, or whatever, you may write to me care of 'Guardian'. I wonder what the address is? It's very nice of Stuart to offer, and I think it's up to us to make him feel that his kindheartedness hasn't fallen on stoney ground. It's not the first time he's offered help either. I remember him saying that what he liked most was making people a cup of tea and listening to their problems. And then writing a song about them, probably. Does it really take twenty weeks to get a record out once it's finished? I don't know what the world's coming to. Apparently, Slade used to do the whole process in a week, and their records were much better than anything on Jeepster, except Slow Graffiti. I am too frightened to go and see Blake Witch Project, even though it's dubbed. Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+