Afternoon all. I?ve come out of hiding for my first real post, but will whip straight back again. Not as you might suspect, for fear of a barrage of mud--slinging and recrimination, but as I will lose regular e-mail access (change of Jobs). From now on you can mail me at poplad@hotmail.com. Yes the address is embrassing, but indiekid and popkid were already taken. As mentioned by the Tagster I was in the Manchester region last weekend, staying with the delightful Mr and Mrs Warrander John. Well I think it was the real TAG? Or was it the more ample troused doppleganer? Well I didn't like to stare but can say he was the Uncut one. Perhaps if I had more time? Manchester though suitably grey and menacing, charmed me with it's air of laidbackness and Smiths references. On Saturday at the record fare we did blend in well with the annorak brigrade, although not knowing my nothern from any other pole soul, I made do clutching second hand indie seedies (David Devant, Boo Radleys, Suede, Tiger, if your interested, which I'm sure you all are) and live recordings of rather dubious quality. I also spied a few copies of the bootleg Tigermilk CD, and hissed at the stall owners. These seemed to be copies of the other TiggaMilk bootleg doing the rounds in certain Manchester record shops, proving that there is indeed honor among thieves. That night the Warranders introduced me to the splender of Smile at the Star and Garter. Three Belle & Sebastian tunes were played, including Boy with the Arab Strap and String Bean Jean. I was assured three songs was a lower than average figure, and the rest of the night was pop-porri of northern soul, indie and eighties delights. There was a girl who was a dead ringer for Rollergirl there, all golden locks and milky skin. I told her she looked like Heather Graham (Rollergirl). "Who?" she replied indignantly and I shuffled away. No matter, she didn't dance to B&S either. Much of the time at the Warranders was spent listing to records from the greats like Jacques Breil, Scott Walker, Serge Gainsbourg and Momus and watching 60s music shows. I can't tell you how gutted I was, realising I was born a generation after the likes of Herman's Hermits topped the pops. Fate I curse thee. Wednesday night saw a large number of listees attend the illustrious Bull & Gate at Kentish town for a feast of Fortuna pop. I missed Kato, who were reportedly Spacemen 3/post-shoegazing ish but did spy John Simms (a band not a man) doing a good impersonation of Stereolab, Sportica playing the buzzcock power-pop hand well, Aeroplane girl, who despite looking like a Bis tribute band were much more eclectic, with echoes of Pavement and the Pastels. I should mention that on the tube home a guinessed up Trousers liberated an Alanis Morrissette advert. How does it look on your prison wall, Trousers? Finally, bad news for fans of the rather fine Australian pop group The Earthmen (i.e. The Warranders and myself). After about six years and one full album together it appears they are going their seperate ways, after the release of a final EP. Hopefully the parts will be more than the sum. See you on Sunday at Lady Ps, London boyos and girlos. -x Caleb x- "Baby I've been waiting for you, in the housing benefit queue." - Jack "Nico's Children" -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Chester Indie Zine www.chester.org.au -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+