Hello one and all, Ah, it's been a long time spent in the shadows of lurkerdom for me, but now I emerge, blinking, into the light . . . I've got a zillion questions to ask. First of all, has anyone heard the new Gentle Waves album? Is it good? Is the earth round? (please don't feel free to insert comments about Isobel in here - I get enough of that from my 'humerous' housemates) Secondly, when does the auction start? If I had a talent I would have auctioned it, but apart from being quite good at playing Zelda I don't really have much to offer. Though if anyone would like any help with Zelda, I will gladly try. I think that the people that make Nintendo games must be on the Japanese version of Sinister, for they are surely the twee-est of all the people in the world. Well, behind a certain Miss Owl, but everyone knows that she's the twee-est lass ever :) Thirdly, which Orange Juice album is best? I bought The Orange Juice the other day and it was ok, but I decided to take it back and ask everyone here in case there's a better one. Oh, and what Pastels album should I buy (I don't have any at the moment, so which is the best?). People on this list have so far recommended Hefner, Felt and the Field Mice, so I will trust your judgement :) But (my Mum says you can't start a sentence with the word 'but' but I have, and she won't know, so mneurgh!!!) it's grate. Aha, 'what is grate?' I hear you collectively whisper (not cry, for ye art all timid as wee little miceys) . . . well, I do this university radio show at Kent, and I get a 5% discount at the fantabulous Rough Trade. As do all my listeners, cos my show is EXTRA EXTRA special. Oh yes. For I play all the best music ever. On which note, has anyone heard the single by a band called Junip? It's quite good, and I think you might like it, if you could just bring yourselves to trying it. A bit like Dr Pepper, though I don't really like that, and I have tried it (well, it was a tiny little sip, but that counts, doesn't it?). But (there I go starting sentences with 'but' again . . .) I might try Irn Bru one day. Did you know why it's called Irn Bru? Apparently back in the olden days if you named a product after something it had to have that special something in it (hence cocaine in Coca-Cola). And obviously you don't want to drink iron, now do you?? Oh dear, I'm rambling a bit (well, a lot). All I really wanted to say was how excited I am about my radio show, and the discount at the lovely Rough Trade and everything. So if anyone lives in Canterbury and has loads of time on their hands they could always e-mail me and I'll tell them all about the frequency. Or people could just e-mail me about the show (or anything else, really), even if they live far, far away. But not if they're a moke. Okey dokey, I've got to go, byeeeeee, Ian. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+