Nick Dastor wrote "Hoorah for Martin and Amanda's dad..... The young and the old are much better." He also spotted a mesage from David Moore: "My copy of Telstar (b/w "Jungle Fever"!) came out in 1962, which would have made me 6 years old at the time.. 12 year old son and to really enjoy B & S gigs with my 19 year old daughter." and remarked "More old folk - triple hurrah!" It's good that the list is expanding so rapidly because with people as old as us three (and there may be more?), the mortality rate will be enormous! And if somebody of 50 joined the list, how would Nick describe them, since we're "old"? Nick also wrote: "I have no idea what Stormbringer is, but I'm sure it rocks like a beast. There used to be a bearded Maths teacher at school who'd lost interest in rock since Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin et al. The only modern band he liked was The Smiths." Stormbringer was a very gentle album by John and Beverly Martyn (Scottish?). It came out c. 1969 and has a B&S-type tone (some of them are bound to know it). John Martyn has made tons of albums since but I never cared much for his solo efforts. Anybody know what happened to Beverly? The Smiths opened my eyes, too, but in terms of certain songs and overall sound rather than a particular album. Nick also wrote: "I enjoyed your horse tale, Martin. But God doesn't smile upon those after a quick buck. In fact he drops delibarate red herrings to make them look foolish. The devil is a better bet for gambling tips. A horse called "Fashion Victim" ran at a meeting hours after Versace was shot. It came in first at 20-1.after a quick buck." It's back to Bible studies for some. What about the parable of the "talents" or maybe the bucks in question there weren't amassed very quickly? Anyway, the next time Versace is shot, I'll know what to do. Finally "Does your son like Belle & Sebastian?" He's 7 and I'm afraid Christmas carols are more his cup of tea. He also sings a version of "My Lovely Horse" from "Father Ted" (pity about the death of Fr Ted/Dermot Morgan). But I wouldn't encourage him. After all, Mr Murdoch sings; "Could I write a requiem for you 'n' your Dad?" As far as I know, requiems follow death and there may be a subliminal message there to children to commit parricide, then suicide. Amanda's Dad and David Moore better watch out, too. I know that some will say it's actually "Could I write a requiem for you when you're dead" because that's in the Official Website Lyric Sheet, but that's not what he sings. Martin C ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------