Hello list I've been away for a while - whoring around other lists, etc. - and I must say, revisiting sinister is a pleasure. Class war, lust, French cinema - it's all so much more .vital than some I could mention. And so well run. You can keep your Sandi Toksvigs and Tommy Boyds, because yesterday at lunch I sat opposite Dustin Hoffman. Unbelievable but true. He gave me one of those strange L.A. style "how's it going?" type combination nod and smile things. Unsurprisingly, I wasn't sure quite what to say to him. But I did ask Terence Stamp for his autograph in a tea-shop recently. He signed my napkin "all the best, Terence" and seemed a little high. Mr. Begbie mentioned: Where are you now Stefan Dennis? Gayle & Gillian? Craig McLachlan and Check-1-2? and that was all it took to provoke me to share an odd sight from the Summer before last. Westminster Housing Benefit Office - a young man with an exceptional mullet - that is to say, hair which is short on top, long at back (a.k.a. "the best of both worlds" or "safety cut") and a home - decorated leather jacket that was a sartorial tribute to Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2, covered with artful graffiti concerning the band, and their logo. Kind of a walking shrine, in mixed media - tipp-ex and red aerosol, I recall. Bear in mind this was 1996, many years after what passed for Craig McLachlan's prime. Just in case I missed it while I was fannying about (is fannying an internationally comprehensible word?) - are they playing in America any time soon? B& S, that is, not Craig McLachlan and Check 1-2. Pardon my irrelevance, Richard P.S. am I dreaming, or did that pre-release review just posted recommend the new album for Brighton Boys and people who drive down the Pacific Coast Highway - and does that mean the entire album is just for me, since in the Venn diagram I am picturing, people in those two groups number roughly...me? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was 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" . List rules, FAQ etc., http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . >>> B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at <<< . >>> http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html <<< . Nee, nee mun pish etc. -----------------------------------------------------------------------