I am confused by two things, and would appreciate if anyone could help. Firstly, I just the new Delgados - by jingo it's brilliant (although Dave Friedman's production makes it sound like a Mercury Rev/Flaming Lips album, and the first track does sound like the theme from "Battlestar Galactica" towards the end). Anyway, I keep reading that "The Great Eastern" is named after a 'flophouse' in Glasgow. Excuse my Southern-hemispherian ignorance, but what the hell is a flophouse? An answer mailed offline would be much appreciated. I am really very very confused. Second thing ... why does everyone spell "great" GRATE? Is that some new cool thing? (Jeepers ... I'm starting to sound like my mum!) thanks, Lawrence Mikkelsen http://www.akn.quik.co.nz/mikelsen/aboutme +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+