Dear One-Finger Soloists, Well, sprinkle my brow with vinegar, I do believe we may be in for something of a spell as they used to say in the music halls. Just warm enough to wear indecent clothing, and a nice breeze to spirit away unsightly dampness. Precisely the sort of weather in which one should 'romp' in a 'meadow' with 'Susan Hampshire' to the strains of The Free Design. But first, this: I know there are a lot of Magnetic Fields fans on this list, which means there are an equal number of Magnetic Fields fans' brains on this list and it is into these brains I wish to place the following three-word phrase - Early Brian Eno. Whaddyasay ? An unconscious influence on the young Merritt ? It was my live-in pop consultant Lady P who first noticed this - a few songs from the "Taking Tiger Mountain..." era are strikingly similar in structure, production and vocal phrasing to the glorious Mags. Contradictory views to the usual address - don't forget to mark your envelope But That's Noodly ArtRock Dross You Moron. Of course, living with a Yankee Doodle Dandy means I find myself absorbing certain aspects of American Culture (it certainly isn't forced down my throat - except on one very literal occasion when she tried to choke me with a copy of The New Yorker, but that's all salmon under the aqueduct now). One of my favourite Crazy Things That Americans Do is their use of the definite article to invert a word's meaning. Hence: "bomb" - something of very poor quality that one might wish to avoid; "THE bomb" - really quite good ! "Shit" - contemptible, foul-smelling, rank, hopelessly dire; "THE shit" - utterly essential and excellent in all respects ! Isn't it great ? Oh sorry - isn't it THE dumb-ass ? PJ [Jim] "O'Rourke"['s Drift] Miller['s Crossing] had[daway] this [heat] to say [you love me just because you care]:
"L'Amour Aux Troussés", a 1974 thriller known in English as: "Hot Acts of Love". Trousers, what have you been up to? Think of the neighbours! Oh well, at least it wraps up Steady Mike's fantastic How Did Trousers Get His Name competition, although I'm not quite sure how.
Are you sure you don't mean "THE fantastic" ? But yes - you've blinking well gone and won... Visitors/Lucksmiths tape on its way to you as soon as you send me your address. Yes, that's the catch. William Messent formed these words from thin air:
I want to get drunk with her, but doing so will mean staying over, and I don't > want her to think I'm just after a shag.
Get very, very drunk. So drunk that it really is quite obvious that you couldn't possible 'do' anything and she'll put you to bed. The following day you feel hugely unfulfilled and nauseous but you *may* get to see her in her bra. Remember to pack a camera. Thanks to my spiritual leader, Rik Mayall, for that last paragraph. B&S content: the beginning of "Slow Graffiti" is a close blood relative of "Tennessee Waltz". Apologies if this has been mentioned before and I missed it. What's an Arab Strap again ? Tindersticks (officially the only band worthy of taking the stage after Belle & Sebastian) were fabulous in Brixton last night. Almost all new material - and a whopping great soul influence this time around. I'll trust it to someone who can tell their Gayes from their Mayfields to be more specific about the sound of the forthcoming album, but it sounded like a peach to me. They were THE rubbish. Goodnight, Mike. _____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Free instant messaging and more at http://messenger.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+