Mummy's been a bit absent recently, but here's a bulletin of things. First off, I'm sad to inform you I'm not Mrs Murdoch - a few people seem to have decided I am. I don't have the panache or the knitting proficiency, and I suspect poor Stuart would go off to school with cold toes every morning if I was in charge. The fragrant Mrs M merely sent me the email because her Hotmail account was proving troublesome - I think Mr M is going to set about it with a spanner at the weekend. Now Looper: for anyone who hasn't bought "Up A Tree" yet, do so please. It's really quite tremendous, and Stuart and Karn's story on "Impossible Things #2" is extremely reminiscent of lots of stories I've heard of long-distance email-mediated romance under the sinister covers between you smutty Sinistereens, prior to actually meeting and things going all squelchy of course. Someone asked who The Gentle Waves are: Stuart David tells me it's basically the band minus himself. Stuart's staying in cos he thinks it's a sin... etc. Someone mention that Jeepster have set up their GW site now, and a recent news mail from Jeepster (for anyone who doesn't get it) indicated the 7" is in short supply so order now if you want it. Oh, and that adverts you may be seeing for a 25 Japanese Tigermilk CD won't result in you getting it early, so don't go for it - everyone gets the real Tigermilk at the same time, apparently, and I know it can't be long because Stuart M made a trip to London to sort it out recently, and I think it's being mastered now. Maybe. On to more fickleness: doing my daily Sinister scan, I spotted the following proverb from the super David Moore: "He who f**ks with honey will come to a sticky end". Shall I use this as some sort of advert for Camber Sands? I might earn my entrance fee back with positively glowing references such as this. I will place it in florid writing above the door to my chalet, all clients get a free G&T and a foot massage. Rod's punchlines: "Goodness Father Antonio, I said pass me the loofah". Don't blame me, after Steady Mike's revelations about which section we find ourselves in Time Out magazine, I'm just trying to get us listed under the "Cheesey 70s Smut" section too. And advertise my love for "Sunset Beach". There's been a load of newspaper cuttings recently on all the Brits stuff and I've got a proper little collection. I'm "clearing copyright" just now, which makes me sound terribly important, but actually means I sent three emails, so soon I'm hoping to stick them up on the Sinister wall, for your delectation. They're very amusing, sometimes unintentionally so. I quite like Peter's one-man campaign for screaming guitar solos on the new B&S LP, and I suspect it's paying dividends already on the list. A tribute to Dave Gilmour, countless The Who odes, and some sort of Metal convention being held under our auspices?? Goodness I'd better dig out me denim. Can I mention that Linda bought Black Sab's greatest hits last year? Along with The Corries. Not on the same CD. A few customary reminders: please remember Jeepster set up a "Meetup Bulletin Board" ages ago, for people who are trying to organise Sinister (and presumably non-Sinister) liasions in various parts of the world, just to keep information that's only relevant to a few off the main list (remember there's 950 of us). I'd suggest that we keep on using this, and mark the entry titles "Sinister:" there if you want to refer to list meetups, to make it clear where we're coming from. This should keep Andy Dean happy in his big hairy cave. If you want to mail the list once and mention that you're trying to organise something locally, that's ok, just take it offline after that, maybe asking local people to mail YOU privately and then setting up something between yourselves. And then tell us what happened when you get back, to file away in the Sinister Chamber of Horrors. I'm hoping Jeepster will similarily set up a Support Group Message Board for Mr Christopher Mellan from Holyrood School, so you can similarly send messages of support offline. Finally I'm still hoping to get to the Looper doo-dah in Edinburgh this afternoon, as long as my legs stay on. So I'll see you all there then. "honey man/lady" (c. Chris Mellan 1999) xxx P.S. Finally, I'm all for covert operations, but it would actually be quite nice to recognise other Sinistereens at Cambers, the Looper things etc. I don't for a moment imagine we can get our act together to get special Sinister badges, broaches or hats organised (I'd be worried if we could), so what I suggest is this: if you wish to be identified by other Sinistereens, wear a B&S badges upside-down, a bit like an old Vincent Price film. If you haven't got one, make one. For added sinister effect, you can mutter the words of "Photo Jenny" backwards in latin under your breath is you want. Upside-down. 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