Edna returned, and had nothing to say save about that Hurst stuff. Welthorpe (la), the world of loggers and theatregoers is hanging on your every other word! Pick up the pace here! I mean, when la Welthorpe last posted to sinister, those were different times. The boy Cook was still at 'school'. Sabre-toothed tigers roamed the land. Emile Heskey was coming into form, or going out of it. Can't remember. Christmas was coming. Orton hadn't been revived, but plans were afoot. George W. Bush was a simian right-winger. Belle and Sebastian were due to appear on a Xmas record. chickfactor was produced in New York. Papercuts was produced. Was it? I'm not sure. So, the thing is, people have been rattling on about the Welthorpe situation ever since that first Bracknellesque intervention. They want more. MacArthur returned, and said something like 'They're not terrible, more so'. That sounded apt; I'm not 100% sure whether she meant it or not; I liked what she said about generic clattery bands on somebody's 'website', anyway. Casarotto returned, and I wondered where he'd been, and why the Pinefox made him think of 'cocks'. That seemed unfair to me. A low blow, in fact. Plus, why does Cazza not want to relive the concerts in his home soon? Did the smoking-jacket put him off? I'm still toying with this soundtrack thing. The trouble is, their people and my people. It's about, you know, money. That's the trouble when you start dealing with money - there's just so much *money* involved. When it's involved, that's when you feel your money. Anyway, I thought that this next bit could benefit from a duet by la Welthorpe and Casarotto, perhaps singing 'Put A Little Love In Your Heart' (Al Green / Annie Lennox, 12.88; hm, what was that record actually called, again?) on the jukebox in the background. What d'you reckon? ----------------- JOE What do you think would happen if I got him a professional�you know� BILL A professional? JOE Hooker. You know, the kind that can teach things�first-timers, you know�break him in. BILL But Joe, he's 11. JOE You're right, you're right. It's too late. He is�what he is. Forget I said anything. BILL Maybe you ought to discuss it with Betty. JOE I can't. I can't talk to her. BILL Hmm. That's a problem. JOE Things aren't too good between us� BILL Not too good. JOE No. Pause. BILL Are you�? JOE No. (a beat) She's a dyke. BILLY and JOHNNY approach. BILLY Dad, can Johnny sleep over tonight? BILL Well, that's up to Joe here. JOE (pause) Sure. Whatever. JOHNNY AND BILLY Yeah!!! JOHNNY and BILLY hold each other as they jump for joy. JOE (to himself) Like girls. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+