Hi 1484, By The Mark Apologies for misleading anyone, but the report of Peter Miller's demise was an exaggeration. Apparently although he did un- he has subsequently re-subbed. I take back all that stuff I said about him. He's obviously just trying to build the myth & fashion himself into a Sinister cult figure, don't yu know? The Hill For Company Lawrence Mikkelsen just beat me to a recommendation to check out the new Sodastream album. Maybe its my spanking new stereo but it sounds fuller and the vocals clearer than its predecessors. On the first couple of listens you think there aren't many strong melodies but its just that they're growers and the whole thing builds to a dramatic climax with the last few tracks. They're visiting Europe within the next few weeks & playing these gigs: Monday October 22 12 Bar Club, London Tuesday October 23 - La Guinguette Pirate, Paris with Life Without Buildings Wednesday October 24 Paradiso, Amsterdam Saturday October 27 - Krefeld, Church Sunday October 28 - Frankfurt, Dreikönigskeller Monday October 29 - München, Club 2 Saturday November 10 - Tanned Tin Festival, Santander, Spain w/ Labradford, Manta Ray, Mark Eitzel, Piano Magic and many more Thursday November 15 - Madrid Friday November 16 - Valencia Saturday November 17 - Barcelona So go & see what we're making such a fuss about in the flesh! The Strokes sound a lot like The Smoking Popes to me Many Happy Returns to Beans for his forthcoming birthday on Tuesday, which is apparently not the only thing Arantxa would like to share with him :) Props to the pulchritudinous Princess Honey for all her hard work in restoring the Sinister archives and photo pages. Now one can compare and contrast current list content with that of four years ago again. Reporting Back Albeit very late, sorry. A couple of weekends ago a room above a pub off Oxford Street hosted a Stylus event. Playing were The Relict (well, just Innes Phillips actually), Jinx (spot the listee!), Bart (from the Cat's Miaow) & The Pines (spot the P F). Sinisterines/former Sinisterines present: Joe, Pam, Steady Mike, Sez, Chris & Wendy Butler, Andy Dean, Madame Cholet, Carsmile Steve (who says men don't gossip?), Kevan & Josh plus indie toffs like Alasdair & James from The Clientele (with Daniel, one of their former drummers), Harvey Williams and Amelia (plus another Marine Researcher). All the acts played very enjoyable sets punctuated by the squealing of bus brakes from the street outside. Alasdair thought that a couple of Dr Pinefox's numbers were covers of classic songs. Say no more. Apologies to anyone I owe mail or other stuff to but its been all Corian(R) & ceramic hobs round here for quite some while now. Love, David Moore Chelmsford, UK +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+