It has been a long long time since I posted anything to Sinister. I was prodded in this direction by a review in a friend's mag written by Stephen Trousse who surely (I'm sure) is (was) Trousers. If he isn't then he jolly well ought to be. Did anyone see the God Help The Girl prog on C4 last week? It was lovely, could have done with a bit longer really. I found it strangely reassuring to see even Stevie Jackson is looking older. It's not just me then. The album is a real winner in case anyone hasn't heard it. At first I liked the Asa (from Smoosh) songs best. Then "Pretty Eve in the Tub" (all Stuart and stately strings). Now I'm into "Hiding Neath My Umbrella". It's got a lovely early 60s, melancholy/happy, Bacharach and David feel. It's in 3/4 (or 6/8 or somesuch). It's got a lot of piano and then a big orchestra. It reminds me of "It's For You" which Lennon & McCrrtney wrote for Cilla Black when she was a singer. Classy. Anyway, you've got to hear it for yourself. The orchestral flourish in the middle will knock your socks off, as Alan Partridge might have said. That's all I wanted to say really. And that I'm still playing The Life Pursuit a lot and reckon it might be one of their best. Look at all that on-topic content! Ye cannae complain at that (?) I'm glad Sinister is still with us. Love to one and all. Robert Stay safe online with 50% off Norton Security 2009 - http://www.tiscali.co.uk/securepc _______________________________________________________________________ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+