Sometimes starting is the hardest thing... Anyway, a week and a half since The Shepherd's Bush soiree (a big hand to Mr Kevan Cooke please everyone for being my benefactor), and now I'm back at work sifting through the opinions of countless unknown (to me) people. Here, in no particular order, are some bon mots from me on some of the subjects. 1. The gig was fine, just fine. Anyone moaning about waiting needs to learn a little patience. If you're in London, you can practice by trying to get anywhere on the Northern Line. 2. The Molartoaster Guide is a lovely, lovely, dream of a song - the sort of drifting track that can only ever be put at the end of an album (OX4 by Ride, This river never will run dry by Moose, and Sleepy song by the Tindersticks close albums in a similarly drawn out way.) 3. Manchester would be good, although I feel that not only the pigeons in Piccadilly Gardens deserve to do. There are a lot of people hanging around there who frankly the world could manage without. Also it would give me time to pop into the studenty bizareness that is Affleck's Palace on my way to Vinyl Exchange, which brings me to point 4 4. Indie shops or chain stores? Indie stores are sometimes superb (Vinyl Exchange) or terrible (most others). My favourite of all time was a place called Revolution records in Windsor. The smallest shop I've ever been in, it featured a host of (to me at the time) unknown treasures. The advantage of chains is that they sometimes are more likely to stock what you're after. They also exist so your parents can buy you CDs for christmas without being too intimidated by scary record shop people who've listened to absolutely every single piece of music every recorded anywhere by anyone in any language. 5. I guess that's it. My boss is a vulture, hovering over me, asking me if I've done this or that, or whatever. Anyone got any advice on how I can stay sane, supercede him, or exact revenge for the fact that he does absolutely nothing at all for the whole working day? (except try to design a 3D company for our Webshite) 6. There are only 5 points +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+