I spoke to Mister Jordi on the phone last night. Some of us are supposed to be meeting up tomorrow, Thursday, at 1 o' clock, outside Cafe Zurich or Bar Zurich or whatever it's called. Some bloke called Annie's coming with her mate and someone else and Mister Jordi. It's all a bit vague, but it would be very nice if hundreds of people turned up, so come on down if you're that way inclined and in the Barcelona area. Don't be shy, I can assure you that you won't be as frightened as me, and I'm 32 years of age with a wife and several houseplants to worry about. So that's where we'll be, outside the Cafe Zurich. I might try and squeeze into my Study at Stow t-shirt, and will be loitering Clouseau-like at the newspaper kiosk. It's going to be BLUDDY GRATE, even if I'm on my own. This morning I thought I'd sort this Floyd business out once and for all, so I rummaged around and found my Floyd record, the first three singles. It's BLUDDY GRATE, especially "See Emily Play". Three minutes of pop perfection worthy of Nick Heywood in his heyday. "Wearing a gown that touches the ground". Lovely. I confess that it brought a tear to my eye. Great production too, especially the cello or double bass or whatever it is that sort of takes things down a level every now and then. "Scarecrow" is good too, suitable for Gentle Waves fans. Of course, this kind of Floyd stuff was a big influence on the eighties indie scene, and therefore a big influence on B&S. And Stereolab. My view is that when Syd went away, he took all the personality with him. That's why later Floyd sounds dull, and also why so many people like it so much. Once I'd run out of Floyd I had to seek out a track from something called "Nick Mason's Fictional Sports" featuring Robert Wyatt. It's terrible. Then I had to listen to The Orb. Much better. I like the Floyd better than the Straits. I recommend Queen for grandiosity. Quiz question: What have the Floyd got in common with the Kate Bush? I enjoyed Kate Bush's appearance on the soundtrack of "Felicia's Journey", really fitted in well, I thought. So we're counting down to the Queen Mum's birthday, are we? Should be a real cliffhanger, that should. Have Go-Kart Mozart been used on any TV tributes yet? Peter +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+