...well actually it's pretty great weather today, excepting the usual north wind. Brr. Compelled to de-lurk once again in 2 months (wow) by James Laming's addition to the Scott Walker debate: "in this scribe's humble opinion scott could sing the phone book and make it divine." I bought the 'Boy Child' compilation in 2000 on a whim, having only ever heard a couple of Walker tracks before, and fell in love. My favourite song is "Time Operator" - he's crooning to the voice on the end of the talking clock about what a lovely couple they'd make - should I ever end up a lounge act singer, I'd sing it. Insane. The compilation's foreword makes the point clearly, as my belle at the time, Viks, hated his voice - Neil Hannon was commissioned for the intro and closed it "Unlikely as it may seem, Scott Walker is the musical equivalent of Marmite" [you love it or you hate it]. I'm firmly in the former camp. Glad to hear others are too. While we're singing praises, I have Stevie Jackson's XFM hijack set on CD from 2002, and boy howdy, he spins some excellent records on that show. if you email me i'll gladly (eventually) send a copy off! Glad to hear the Barbican was good; it even got a few stars from a Times critic. Damn (Rupert) Murdoch, he should be kinder to his namesake. Well, gotta brave the breeze, the library is calling as my dissertation won't write itself. Sigh. Wrap up warm, Love Niko xxx __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+