hiho all Let's jump straight into it, shall we? Silverchair I had hoped that I would escape their omnipresent derivitive Pearl Jam/Stone Temple Pilots/Alice in Chains whining over here, but it appears not. They've probably passed puberty by now, but I doubt their music has. As another listee pointed out, don't do it if at all possible Vicky. (What's the) My Life Story? To those enquiring to the whereabouts of Jake and his sparkly cohorts: after being dropped from Parlophone (after the reissue of Mornington Cresent last year) they aligned themselves with another label, which one I'm not sure, but I think it's an independant, and will have a single out in May with an album following. Expect an interview with Mr. Shillingford in Papercuts and Chester around that time. Jake was at the Uncle Bob's Wedding reception club on NYE where the following conversation with my flatmate and scary Australian Taylor took place (Taylor - smoozing with Simon Price and slurring her words - "I want another scotch and coke", Jake "You want a scotch and what? Choke?" [jokingly strangles her]. Her, having recovered (and not knowing who he was)"What do you do", "I'm in a band", "Are you famous", Simon Price laughing "Not really!"). Another M band, Menswear, will have a single out soon, also independantly. This Byrds sounding song can also be heard on the Good Mixer's jukebox, usually around the same time John Dean or Stuart are boozing inside. Coincidence or not? I think we all know the answer to that one. Boo Radleys split? Someone on another list forwarded a post from a message board by Brave Captain saying they've called it a day. Bugger. One of the bands I really wanted to see over here and they go and split up. I suppose the main reason is that Kingsize sold about, what? about 10 copies? But then they did no press or concerts (bar one at Virgin or HMV) to promote it, so they have to shoulder some of the blame. Other guff Tricia asked about a britpop list. I used to be on uk-indie (go to www.onelist.com) and probably should resub. It can be very good, as it has a small core of regular and opinionated posters. Tag mentioned Billie, who I had a rather strange dream about last night. In it, someone from her record company contacted me with an offer for interviewing her for Papercuts. I think it it was suggested via email or fax but finally it was face-to-face, at which point the dream took on a sexual nature. Ahem. For a laugh, various photos including some of Sinister listees (well Katrina, Mr. and Mrs. Warrander and, erm, me) and My Life Story and Polak can be found at http://www.darkshadow.com/chester/articles/travel x Caleb PS Stan and Tam? Well I laughed. Beats Rraggled Fock pants down. /-(^)-----------------------------------------------------------(^)-----\ | Chester Indie Zine http://www.darkshadow.com/chesterau | | UKindiePOPdance editor@chester.org.au | | New interviews: Jack, Lucksmiths, Underground Lovers + Pictures! | \-(v)-----------------------------------------------------------(v)-----/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+