Well, I am as keen as anyone to clear up once and for all the vexed issue of "props", and so I put the miracle of the wiggly-waggly web to work, finding this page: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Bayou/2835/ebonics.html Not only does it tell us that "props" does in fact mean "recognition", but it also suggests that "swervin' & pervin'" means "riding around in your car just to show off", "skrilla" means "money" and "buga wolf" means "a woman who is ugly but thinks she is cute". Well I never! Someone was going on about songs that have speaking in them. I quite like them. Especially if it's Phil Oakey doing the speaking. I think they've got a bad press cos of that fella out of the Blue Aeroplanes with the face like a relief map of the surface of the moon. The pinnacle of the genre must surely be Melvyn Bragg's version of "Walk Away Renee" with that there Duane Tremolo on geetar, now re-released on that new compilation thing. It has many Murdochian moments, not least the bit where he says love is like "being on one of those fast rides at the funfair, the sort that are scary and you want to get off, but as soon as you're off you want to get straight back on again". I had a dream about Peter Miller the other night. He looked like a fabulous furry freak brother with a big bushy beard and an afro, and he showed me this magazine he published called "Acid Rock", which had My Bloody Valentine on the cover. I've been reading this book what I borrowed off Nick Dastoor about Orson Welles. When I get to page 199, who should make an appearance but everyone's favourite French litigator Mme Cécile Aubry? Can I just point out that Harvey-the-invisible-rabbit will *not* be playing at the Pocaff? We promised to never book him again after he put on KISS face-paint, ran amok and trashed the joint the last time he played here. Re: Mums in pop... How on earth did I forget to include Mama Cass? Straight to bed with no porridge for me. Stevie Troussé PS Mistopher Christopher and Warrender John both back in the same week! Now, whatever happened to Watson and Begbie? Hmm that sounds like a good title for a detective series.... +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+