So there I was, listening to The Mystery Train on the radio, when I hear John Kelly put some Thin Lizzy song on. I think it might have been called "The Wild One" or something, it was all about how the singer (Phil Lynott) was something of a wild one. Next thing the song had ended, and what should the DK play but... "I'm A Cuckoo". Winner. In many ways living in Ireland is a bit rubbish - the rationing, the curfews, the problems with mutant raiders, etc. - but the place does have its upside. Not least of which is John Kelly and his Mystery Train programme. I've heard pretty much every DJ in the world, and on balance I feel that Mr Kelly is the true heir to John Peel, what with his wilfull eclecticism and open-minded approach to music. In fairness, he perhaps does not do so much to seek out new music, and there is perhaps only so much Mrs Miller any one DJ should ever play, but he is a jolly fellow and I love listening to him. Moving along, surely it is time to address the fabulous Sinister Christmas gift exchange thing, which the lovely Grainne has organised. As something of a slackass I am in the embarrassing position of being two presents up, with one still on its way. I had hoped to have a wuvly present on its way to three very special people by now, but I haven't been able to master the magic of the CD-writer on Mrs Vicar's laptop. So I don't know, maybe it's back to tapes for me and you. I got some nice things from my Sinister schenkers, notably a compilation of mainly Swedish indie music from Krister Bladh (featuring a track from well-known Swedish band The Pines). Lots of sweets came my way from Stefano, nice, but nicer still was the CD - eschewing the compilation approach he recorded a load of tracks by some outfit called ONQ, who sing in foreign. I like it. Maybe now it is time for me to post this and move on. Bless you all! DV +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+