I'm always pretending to be Canadian, but no one's fallen for it yet. The Floyd, eh? This is my favourite thread for some time and so long, although I suppose much of my enjoyment is at poor old Knightowl's expense. Maybe I'm in the luxurious position of having never felt persecuted for my musical tastes, but I think unswerving narrow-minded contempt for certain artists is really quite funny. Obviously he doesn't. And I apologise to Steve Kado if I implied that his antipathy was as poorly grounded as my own. Any chance of everyone referring to them as FLOYD at all times? I think that might help. It did wonders for 1970s WHO. Whatever happened to all the Sinister rockists? Do even they draw the line at FLOYD? David Moore implicitly chasitises us again for not caring enough about genuwhine band news. I hereby serve notice of my intention to consume no solids until such time as the band announce UK tour dates again. Or at least some wacky jamboree in an unlikely location. I'll settle for a swiftly recorded new record though. What *are* they up to this year? Can anyone tell us? 'Fact' spot: Jes, the title you're after is, you'll be surprised to hear, 'Landslide'. No, it's not a cover, no matter what people might tell you. Yes, it is *the* Church Hall that Stuart and Richard are getting kicked out of. In answer to someone, people have remarked on the Left Banke's influence. The band played a cover of 'I've Got Something On My Mind' at the Manchester Town Hall in December 1998. They said 'Does anyone know who that was by?' afterwards and we all failed or else were too shy to pipe up. Me, I'd never heard of them but now I'm their biggest fan because I do anything the band say and if they told me to jump off a cliff or buy 'Ummagumma' I probably would. I might draw the line at 'Standing On The Shoulders Of Giant' though, which I believe Stevie recommended. Nick xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+