My calendar says "S. Pablo" underneath yesterday's date, I wasn't trying to be cheeky, honest. I apologise if I unwittingly condemned Paul to spending all eternity in a fiery pit being whipped. It's because I'm a proddy bastard. Evie Sands! Evie Sands! I had to sit down and pour myself a stiff one when I heard that, I'm sick with envy. Evie's "Take Me For a Little While" nestles somewhere near the top of my personal Hot One Hundred, which I'll be posting to the list with explanatory commentary a week next Thursday. Ms Sands is just one of a galaxy of recording stars on "The Red Bird Story", a smashing 4 CD set from Charly Records Ltd, full of beautiful sounds. Paul, this is where Ronnie Mitchell's "Having a Party" comes from, which should give you some idea of what kind of atmosphere to expect at the church hall next week. Surely worth hiring an air ambulance for the night? I'm sure they'd let you park your bath chair next to the stage and lend you an ear trumpet. Fluffy! This is where "Mary Weiss Speaks" comes from, which should give you some idea of the kind of advice that will be on offer on the night. Evie Sands - I'd walk a million miles for one of her smiles. Here's an uninteresting Evie Sands fact: "After several mediocre records, (Jackie) Ross came out with the excellent "Take Me For a Little While", in July 1965. With it's rolling, catchy beat and plaintive plea, the song was a perfect vehicle for the singer. It was, however, a cover of a just-released record by Evie Sands, a young white singer in New York. Because Ross's version was on the veteran Chess label and sung by an established black star, it knocked off Evie Sands' song in most cities." Really quite remarkable. If you're going to the concert, you could memorise that and blurt it out to Ms Evie at an inappropriate moment, and she will reply, "Why, fiddledy-diddledy dee, ain't that just the darndest thing?" because she probably thinks no one knows who she is, and will be overcome with joy at the waves of love flooding the stage. Unless she's grumpy. Anyway, I want to go. As soon as it stops raining, I'm going to set out walking. In case I don't get there in time, can someone make sure to record it and take nice photos? Jeepster should do it really, it'd be a massive hit and earn them a place in the history books. Speaking of history books, could someone please tell Warrander John that I promise never to mention Gr*il M*rc*s again if he comes back home, where he belongs, to the Sinister list. Because we miss him. I've seen that film "54" and I thought it was shit, except for Austin Powers. Apologies to anyone who's waiting for me to reply to anything, especially Anne, who's been waiting since mid-November. Thank you for reading, Peter "Shadow" Miller +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+