Pat Smear? Wasn't she in EastEnders? Or am I mixing up character names and plot lines again? It's been a funny old week. I've bought two albums from people with really boring names, in fact they both sound like members of the Preston and District Turnip Growers' Association - Dennis Brown and Bill Evans. What makes matters even spookier is the fact that on both occasions I had to choose between someone with a boring name and someone with a really fantastic exciting name - Dennis or Everton Blender and Bill or Willie Bobo. Uncanny. I'm yet to be entirely convinced of Dennis's magnificence, but Bill's album is a corker - "Bill Evans, From Left to Right: Playing the Fender-Rhodes Electric Piano and the Steinway Piano" It features two fantastic versions of "What Are You Doing With the Rest of Your Life? North and South and East and West of Your Life?", one of the most beautiful songs of all time, and something called "Children's Play Song" for extra twee points. It's very relaxing, you'll like it. Cheap too. Buy it or rot in Hell for all eternity. Unless you don't want to. Or you've already got it. I've also received two fantastic fanzines: "Segundos de Luz" from Our Jordi is a great improvement on the last issue, and is packed with interesting features, photos and fun. And Matthew Hintz's address. The fanzine's in Spanish, but don't let that put you off - it contains a photo of Isobel Campbell speaking the international language of school uniform wearing - PHWOOAR! And a drawing of Camber Sands chalets by Mad Dog Murdoch that looks like a bus. And a special message from Mick Cooke. What else can I say? One day, issue two of "Segundos de Luz" will be as sought after as origianl vinyl copies of "Tigermilk". Ask for it at your local newsagents, or order one directly from Mister Jordi. Before it's too late. I've also received issue 2 of "Trousercuts - The Magazine for Men", which also looks fantastic. However, I immediatelty scrambled through it looking for the answers to last week's quiz. Alas, I look destined to remain ignorant. Furthermore, the absence of Keith Watson University of Rock is a bitter blow, that I hope will be rectified in the next issue. Not that these minor criticisms should detract from the overall impression of a slickly produced must-have for the culturally ambitious man about town or his bit of fluff. Congratulations to Trousers for the spookily appropriate pictures of Cubans going about their daily business. Tag, do you think that the "Pitbull" bloke from "Black Cat, Whte Cat" looks like Bobby Ball from Cannon and Ball? I do. That Bill Evans LP I mentioned also has a fantastic cover photo of Bill playing two pianos at once with a heavily ash-ladenn fag hanging out of his mouth. Wow! It's a CD, but I say LP to sound groovy. David "Dizzy" Moore wrote: : - I had lunch with Barnes Wallis once, - Did he demonstrate the idea behind his most famous invention, using a boiled potato and several strategically placed soup bowls, leaving young Master Moore awestruck and soup-splattered? I agree that the opening credit sequence of Gary Glitter and Roy Wood biopic "Velvet Goldmine" is the best bit of the film by a long chalk. I don't know who that song from "The Dreamlife of Angels" is by, but only because I've forgotten. It's called Something or other Street. And don't think I didn't spot those two capital letters the other day, Andrew Dean. Yours sincerely, Sister Disco. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+