Hi All, Does it surprise anybody that Peter Miller reads books by respected, knowledgeable pop critics like Greil Marcus?

I am re-reading "In the Fascist Bathroom" by Greil Marcus and it's got bigger words than "Young and Foolish".

Is that the one that claims punk was a modern pop incarnation of Dadaism or some other wanky shite like that? Greil Marcus "performed" (or whatever authors do) one of them in-store reading things once and claimed this. Instead of the assembled crowd mobbing him and beating him to a pulp, some other wankers starting saying things like "on the contrary, I would much rather the punk bands were viewed as the impressionists of their time". Of course they used much more clever and obscure movements than Impressionism but I'm a philistine and can't think of any. I wanted to say "punk was about spitting on wankers like you" then spit on them all. Deep down though, I'm just a big coward. So I didn't. I did get some free wine though.

One of the biggest words , which had me scurrying for the dictionary, is "solipsism"

I scurried to my missus for this one, confident she wouldn't know. And she bloody well did. A bloody walking dictionary that woman. Who also corrects grammar over your shoulder. A very annoying habit. Now that I know what "solipsism" means, it does beg the question, in what context was it used? Nothing to do with Sean Dickinson by any chance? Anyway, back to Greil. He refused to sign a book written by Lester Bangs for some reason. Maybe it's because Lester was a bit of a poof and couldn't make it all the way through Half Japanese's debut triple album "Half Gentlemen/Not Beasts" without a break. This from a man who "debunked technique" and probably listened to lots and lots of horrible noises. I strongly suspect he'd have made it through the Lee Perry box set without a break.

Do you know where Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee had a fight? I do.

I don't, but I think Bruce Lee may have been Phil Spector's bodyguard. Is this true? I'd like to think it is. I'll bet Greil Marcus would know. I don't. Cheerio chums, Love...John +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+