Whilst reading this morning's papers, I noted with interest the "surprise" victory of the Turkish national football team over once mighty Germany. Say no more... Moose poo jewellry?! My mouth is opening and closing, but no sound is coming out... Americans? Fat? I thought they were all like the mechanic in the film "U-Turn". Except the black people, of course. They're all like boxing promoter Don King. And the hispanics. "Look boss! It's zee plane! It's zee plane!". A rich mixture of cultures. Back to our favourite topic: Northern Soul. To my great joy, I managed to pick up two of those CDs I was recommending to Tall Stu the other day. The Twisted Wheel Story is pretty jolly groovy, and the sleeve notes are very instructive. They conjure up the spirit of the times perfectly: "We joined the queue when some drunken sailors, walking up from Deansgate, started shouting abuse at the Mods, calling them poofs and ponces. Some of the scooter crowd went over and gave them a good kicking. Those sailors would rememebr that night as well as we did but for somewhat different reasons!" Heartwarming, isn't it? The music is ideal for parties, Stuart Git. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Shrine: The Rarest Soul Label. The music is excellent, but at least half of the tracks are only really sutiable for smoochie dances. I'm sure that kind of filth won't be allowed at Stuart's party. Another recent Sinster list mystery is cleared up by the notes to The Twisted Wheel Story: "Keith, along with Phil Stables and Phil scott are busy compiling a book about The Twisted Wheel and it's era that will be available soon." So that's where he's gotten to, the little tyke! The apostrophe is theirs, not mine. The same mistake is made throughout the notes, reinforcing my theory that TRUE northern soul fans are totally brainless freaks with moustaches and zip-up pockets, and anyone else is JUST PRETENDING. Those photos of B&S in Paris are really rather good, aren't they? I particularly like that one of Mad Dog Murdoch treating the bemused French crowd to his impersonation of Rigsby from "Rising Damp". He must have done that during the news too, the naughty boy! Yours sincerely, Travis Wammack PS: I'm really enjoying Funkyseb's attempts to brighten the list. It reminds me of that sequence in "2001" when Hal the computer is being disconnected. Funkyseb's obviously going through a difficult time in his lovelife, and it's up to us to humour him. And his Richard Roundtree joke has already assumed legendary status in Bobby Chariot's Jag and other top comedy circles. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+