Talking of old codgers, Nick Dastoor seems to be feeling his age all of a sudden doesn't he?

Oh dear, yes you're right. What have I become? That didn't come across very well. I think queasy is a bit of a stupid word to have used. Tom Cox does like new bands though. It's just that they have to sound like they're 30 years old. Cotton Mathur, anyone? I like some current indie bands too. But I can only think of a handful other than Belle & Sebastian who are doing anything very vital. Let me try and explain things better. What I don't like is the assumption that because you think B&S are the bee's knees, you must be heavily into other current 'indie' bands too. I wish I could have followed Simon Reynolds ( http://members.aol.com/blissout/bio.htm) into his 'right, alternative music is ossifying - I'm off to rave culture' re-invention. But I'm not at home there either. I'm just an indie-kid plagued with self-contempt, that's all. Ignore me. Nick xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+