I think Suzanne Vega said it best with "I guess it's called my destiny, that I am changing, changing". It's been a long time since the shock/thrill/freakout of the first B&S tunes, they've changed a bit, and we've changed a bit. I haven't heard the new album, that would be impossible because it isn't out yet, but if I had I wouldn't be at all surprised to find it startlingly uncommercial and uncompromising, as if the intervening years have been spent building something up and then painstakingly taking it to pieces again. Personally, I can't wait to hear it. I'm particularly keen to hear what Isobel's come up with this time. Good old Stuart! I do so love him when he's angry. I didn't know he goes round spraying the walls. Our neighbour's cat does that. I like Primal Scream's new stuff, Stuart. I didn't at first, but then I realised it sounded exactly like "Holidays in the Sun" by The Sex Pistols, and isn't that what they started out trying to do? Right back in the beginning? There's a photo of The 'Scream in this week's Q Magazine. They look remarkably like former list favourites The 'Waddy. And their politics sounds a lot like drug-addled nonsense. Will they be campaigning for that farmer as well? I bet Malcolm "The Duke" Allured will, because one of his pubs is quite isolated. Showaddywaddy were one of the first multi-racial groups in Britain. They rarely get the credit for that. Some of my friends used to take the piss out of me for liking Primal Scream. I sold all my old vinyl the other week. It was a very painful experience, and it didn't have anything to do with not being able to listen to the music anymore. Jeepster's reasons for closing the chat room sound hauntingly familiar to some of us. Apparently, Sinister is a clique too. Jeepster bashing is one of the things that make the list worthwhile, it usually goes like this; we bash Jeepster, they take us off their Snow Patrol news list, we bash Jeepster, they start their own list, we bash Jeepster, they try to get people on the list in trouble, we talk about knickers to Jeepster, they close down the chat room. I think it's all done in a spirit of fun. Surely? I hope I dream about an angry Stuart Murdoch tonight. 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+