Look what I found when checking out the runners and riders for this year's Booker Prize: "A network of tunnels, a subterranean world of drives and pathways, has just been completed beneath the Duke's estate, but His Grace is far from happy." Sounds cheerful enough to me this evening. The kids must've behaved themselves at school today. Extra marks for mentioning Fife's finest darts player, who's got an Argentinian wife. I agree wholeheartedly with your eloquent defence of TOTP. If it were consistently brilliant, the special moments wouldn't stick in our memories so much, The Smiths freaking out the entire nation, Nirvana being daft, Joe Dolce (or was that a recording?), the list could go on and on, but fortunately my memory's on the blink. I remember Dexy's being interviewed about that album on The Tube (I think). Another case of freaking out the entire nation. I like the name Top of the Pops. Reminds me of Jimmy Saville. They perform live now. Was Duke's New Order quote a deliberate reference to their insistence on playing live on TOTP, back in the days when it was considered ridiculous? That was the song they did wasn't it? Belle and Sebastian have been described as "exquisite" in a Spanish magazine. Have I said that before? Daisy, Daisy... Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------