I think that means "happy new year!" in Mexican or something, at least that's what my baby brother put on all his Xmas cards. S'nice to be back on the list again after the holidays, with a whole new list of (increasingly anal) topics to wade through. A couple of thoughts: A big hello to all the sweet kids I met in Manchester, and to all those I didn't 'cause I was working both afternoons. Saturday night sure was pretty shambolic, though still perversely enjoyable, but, jeez, Sunday was something, Seems the whole "Was it crap/a rip-off/illegal/a disgrace?" angle's been covered while I was away, and that I may be an easy pleased, indie-schmindie, hopelessl devotee, but I'd happily pay twenty-odd quid again and again for them to start playing 'Modern Rock Song' as I ran in from the cold, and for Stuart M to sing the line about Mark Twain just as we arrived, breathless, at the top of the stairs. Please don't anyone rise to the bait and write in to the weeklies about the bad reviews. Tony Naylor's Saturday piece was pretty spot-on in parts, and Steven Wells... Don't hate him 'cause of his abonimable taste. Don't hate him 'cause he thinks he's the Bill Hicks of music journalism. Just despise him for inflicting the terrible mugshot damage above his column every week, in all its mono-brow glory. Tweezers, man, tweezers. Oh, and can anybody help me out? Suggestions for things to ask Steven Pastel tonite, when I've to interview him for the paper, would be much appreciated, so's I don't just blurt out crap like "Gee whizz, you know Steve malkmus, wow". Yours gratefully, Joseph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------