Here is Stuart David's latest effort. For those who missed it at Camber Sands or Dublin, like 'Paper Boat' it's got a bit of a sing-song, faux-naif quality to it. This is my way of saying it's not that great. But it is nice. Like the Beach Boy's album 'Friends' is nice but not great. Stuart inrtoduced it by saying that it wasn't as good as the Flaming Lips. Which reminds me - someone sent me a tape of last year's Brussels show and in it Stevie introduces 'The Wrong Girl' by saying 'This song's not been released yet. It probably never will be' in a kind of self-effacing way. That band really need to improve their attitude. I think they should start boasting about how they are the best band in the world ever and swear more. Shunning journalists is good, but perhaps fighting them would be even better. Jay promised to tell us about 'The weirdest party he had ever popped in...' But I got to the end and there was no popping denoument at all. I was expecting a bit of flatulence at the very least. Did anyone else see that documentary about the University of Iowa's 'Greek system' of sonority and fraternity houses. It was quite the weirdest thing I have ever seen. Apparently a fifth of all new students arrive a week early to go through a sick selection procedure ('Rush') for all these 'secret' single-sex societies with names like 'Alpha Kai Kai' and 'Gamma Beta Sigma'. If they get in the girls get to be all prissy and live without alcohol and the boys get to boast about collecting more sonority girls' knickers than those pussies over at Beta Pi Eater. And they have to pay up to $11000 over their time at university for the privilege. I never really understood what frat-boys were before. But yeah, if anything the girls were sicker. They all sang songs like 'We are Alpha Kai Kai and we are great / Always Alpha Kai Kai / I love Alpha Kai Kai' whilst touching each others pointed fingers and banning fruit in drinks. But the REALLY scary part was that 80% of all major CEOs and most of the military and all but two US presidents have participated in this 'character-building' tomfoolery. It's like SoS - but *WORSE*. Would any US listee like to admit to being part of it and explain why this is complete mispresentation? Nick xx 'Winter Wooskie' Who's that girl? She must be nearly freezing Who's that girl? I'll bet All that snow makes it hard so see her Takes you away to me And maybe I'm in love Love love, love love And maybe that's enough That stuff, that stuff Made a film I made it through the winter Who's that star I cast? All wrapped up in her winter wardrobe She hurries by so fast And maybe I'm in love Love love, love love And maybe that's enough That stuff, that stuff On sunny days when the sun shines I watch the tape And through the snow, through the winter I watch her wave to me Who's that girl? She must be nearly freezing +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+