Whatup. Astute viewers of the UK's channel 4 in the past week or so will have noticed that the music in the ad for tonight's episode of "Wife Swap" is none other than the instrumental bit and whistling of TBWTAS. I am now tempted to watch. Does TV sampling pay anything worthwhile? I hope it throws some bling the band's way. Mr Stout made a request for reviews of the new album to come out of the closet. I hesitate to admit, but I've heard it, and the first time I played it I put it on while I was doing something else, and then ended up sitting on the coffee table with elbows on knees while it played out, the something else forgotten for the time being while I listened. The new direction others remarked on in the style evokes some kind of vague childhood memory of mine involving dusty radios and riding in cars with vinyl seats, passing kudzu on the side of the highway at 70 mph. A time before neon colors were invented. Concretely though, "Stay Loose" reminds me heavily of David Bowie's "Ashes to Ashes." This is a good thing, I think, but if your tastes run not to earlyish Bowie, don't fear. There have been lots of songs about baseball, but "Piazza, New York Catcher" has to be the best song about baseball ever. I am in love with it. There are others on there that I love slightly (but only slightly!) less, but nothing yet that stays with me like that one. Thanks to David Hewitt for articulating that peculiar angst felt by us middle-ish children of the list. I hope everyone's doing alright out there, however aged you are. I wonder if any arab straps will appear on Wife Swap tonight. xox sgs and HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rachel Fruitloop-Apps! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+