Miller wrote:

I'm glad Slow Graffiti was tailor-made for that film about townies. It's my favourite B&S song because it dares to poke its nose out of the comfy confines of Murdochland, where birds are mad and boys are shy and public transport rules the roost.

Which is unusual. He seems to be actually making a serious point about something. Is this the real Peter Miller or an imposter? When Paul McCartney had a motorbike accident in 1967 some crazy folk thought he had died, been buried by John, and been replaced by a man with a moustache. It later turned out that he had just broken a tooth and was being vain. Recently he was in a rush to get to one of Stella's fashion shows and forgot to put his cap back on. It was splashed all over the front of the Mirror with the headline 'CAN'T BITE ME LOVE'. It was a good decade for mysterious motorcycle mishaps - Dylan fell off too and everyone thought he had been replaced by a new Dylan who wrote terrible songs and sang even worse than the original one. I don't think this has ever been firmly disproved.

My theory about the secret link between B&S and Iranian cinema was left in tatters yesterday by The Red Ribbon - no buses, no children. Pah!

Was there any wanking, though? Recent currents in Iranian cinema are indeed diverging from Murdochland, but I am pleased to announce that FunkySeb's latest project sees him filling the void with typical aplomb. It's a film about... buses and children. Seb plays the child but the buses are yet to be cast. It's an intensely personal project and perhaps I have already let the lemur too far out of the bag. When I joined Sinister, it was all lemur lemur lemur around here. Lemur this, lemur that. Have a look in the archives if you need assurance that the list was still appalling even when those shadowy SoSers ruled the roost. Anyway, yes, 'Slow Graffiti' is a bit special, even if it is stained with the blood of capitalism's forgotten victims. I must say, this idea that being commissioned to write a song on a particular subject is selling out to the Man is pretty hard-line stuff. I mean even workers in Communist Russia got paid to do specific jobs. It was no good if some night watchman started unblocking municipal drains instead and when challenged by Party Officials, started mumbling things about artistic integrity. That's not a very good analogy, is it? PJM is quite right that it's nice when B&S songs venture beyond the borders of Murdochland. I would like to see them write a song about the rise and fall of the Mafia. But what do I know? I'm always suggesting that they do things, like get Chris Leonard to join as third fiddle, with special popular culture reference responsiblities, but they never listen. Or Mrs Murdoch could join just to keep a check on things. I don't think there's ever been a band with someone's mum in it, but I would just love to be corrected. Email me publically. Is it just me, or was that comment along the lines of "The Smiths first album is great, but do be aware that it condones child abuse" just the greatest thing ever? Nick xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+