I'd like to begin by welcoming myself back after another spell in the archives. The reason I am back is because it has always been my ambition to post on the same day as both Pinefox and Big Dave. And because there's a JAPANESE TOUR coming up. Thank you to Big Dave and Genvieve for Reporting Back so beautifully a couple of weeks ago. I can't remember what it was about, but it was good. I haven't got much to Report Back on. Those 'In the Studio' photos were good. I particularly liked the one of Mike Hurst sidling along the curve of the piano in an Isobelly direction. You'd have thought the string players would have got dressed up for the occasion. The ones on 'Ocean Rain' got dressed up, I think. I can't quite remember. There was a photo on the inner sleeve. Can anyone help? But then again, in those days, string sections were a thing of the past. Now they are so common it gives you lockjaw just thinking about it. I'm glad they were up-front about Sam Fox. She had been unfairly airbrushed out of the equation earlier on. And let's face it, she had massive knockers. I recommend the film 'JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK'. I have written a poem in the style of LLOYD COLE: Isabelle Huppert Went to the cupboard To fetch Norman Mailer A bone. When she got back, He'd gone. As you can see, the first stanza is in the style of early LLOYD COLE, while the second stanza is more in keeping with the DON'T GET WEIRD ON ME, BABE period. I'm really looking forward to a rash of Reporting Back from Japan. Sod Belfast. I wonder what appropriate songs B&S will cover in Japan? Some achingly hip J-Pop? And in Belfast? I don't know any groups from Belfast. This month is the last 'chance' to read stuff that has already appeared in the now legendary Papercuts at http://www.badosa.com There have been one or two changes, but it suffers dreadfully from not being sandwiched between a Caleb Rudd interview and Lucy Alder's top tips. It would be good if Papercuts came back, I think. I think it's good that the new PINK FLOYD compilation finishes with BIKE, too. Peter +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the 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 +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+