have just been out for tapas and alcohol (mainly alcohol) with - god help me - work colleagues, so please excuse any typos in the following text. i just watched jools holland, who is an annoying twat, not doubt about it. 'welcome. tolater. with. MEJOOLS. holland. now, belleand SEBASTIAN with. THE magic of. A. KIND. word. still, you can't deny his eclecticism. endearing energy from feeder, proper blues with a modern twist from boz scaggs (is that any sort of name?). wrinkly pop from tom jones. crap covers from the lighthouse family (who all have either too much or too little hair). etc. the lowest point was the awful mutual back-slapping between tom and jools. on the other hand, there was undeniably boogie. and woogie. magic of a kind word was underwhelming as an opener. isobel looked as bored as ever. but IWUTU was great, and struan's white t-shirt (arms of sex) could hardly fail to please the girlies, though he did look strained. perhaps it was that fake schoolboy enunciation taking its toll. b&s finished with TBWTAS complete with struan on paino, which was a nice surprise - plus isobel not only smiled, but also donned a sombrero and played the recorder. which is not to be sniffed at. today i also read that independent interview. stuart comes across as a bit whiny, unfortunately. not happy with mike hurst's work on IWUTU, felt that todd solonz didn't make full use of their contribution to storytelling, etc. he also nearly had a nervous breakdown while recording 'fold your hands...' on the other hand he thinks the band are performing better live now than ever before. afficionados who say that this wouldn't be hard are simply uncharitable... for the full interview, which was interesting despite factual errors, go to: http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=107508 blimey, i stink of garlic. riocha and tortilla and calimari are beginning to take their toll... luv archel xxx *************************************** archel@iname.com For the best in new writing on the web, visit www.buzzwords.org.uk Contact us on buzzwords@bigfoot.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+