*---* HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINISTER BABIES *---* Good morning troops. At ease! May I applaud Belle and Sebastian for the touching gesture of organising the first concert of their major world tour to coincide with the first anniversary of the tragic death of Our Lady of Sorrows, Diana, Princess of Wales. Sadly, I won't be able to attend tonight's performance, but I'll be clutching my Fantasy Song League coupon in fevered anticipation of a 5p song double whammy from nippy little winger Mad Dog Murdoch. Yesterday I was listening to Reading Festival on the radio. It was SUPERGRASS, and when they did their enormous hit song they were boosted by large-scale audience participation. I suddenly had a terrifying vision of a field full of thousands of identical ROD BEGBIES singing "Have a fag, stub it out" in happy unison. I also heard RANCID. They were pretty poo, but not quite as bad as I had imagined. They did a SHAM 69 cover for a start, so that can't be bad. In an interview situation they tend towards the monosyllabic, but they did claim to have lots of fans in Jamaica. Can this be true? What else did I hear? ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN - not the same without the proper drummer - and a very pleasant BUTCH VIG interview. I hope you're all going to give Oon a traditional warm-hearted Glasgow welcome - staright off the train and into the Horseshoe Bar for at least four pints. Yours sincerely, Commander James Hewitt +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +---+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+