Sarah has it all sussed, as ever... well at least in her imagination which of course is all that counts. Naturally I'll be doing requests in my support slot, so calls for that one about Denise From Doncaster and the one about Gordon (of the moronic variety, not the gopher family...) gleefully accepted. It's a post-modern review type thing where all previous characters are filtered and cross-referenced. Much like a great big database. But more fun. Of course. Nice to see that someone also remembers the FACTS about Pop History with respect to Looper and such like. Thankfully mr Looper has not stolen anything from me recently, particularly with respect to his literary adventures. I mean... that Peacock thing. It wasn't very good was it? The Duchess got through about ten pages and tossed it aside with a bemused guffaw/grimace. She judged it, if not 'unreadable' then 'unfinishable'. Which amounts to the same thing really. The Duchess has only ever judged a handful of books thus in her life... and she reads tons of them. Lots more than I do. At the moment I am I the process of re-reading the first five of the Lemony Snicket 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' in eager anticipation of the sixth and seventh dropping through my door any day now. Some readers will recognise Mr Snicket as the friend of the very wonderful Mr Daniel Handler, who wrote two terrific grown up books and who plays accordion with that awfully grumpy and beautiful looking Mr Stephin Merritt and his Magnetic Fields. Um... Speaking of poets and such like, does anyone remember that drunk Glasgow Central Station drunk that B&S let wander onto the stage of the Union Chapel show way back in the day? Am I totally wrong in assuming it was Jock Scot? I only ask because I remember him telling some story about Davey Henderson (which had several of us up in the balcony swapping bemused glances - us being the Fire Engines appreciation society...) and then I recently heard his thing on the Bent Boutique compilation where he performs with the Nectarine no9 which of course is the self same Mr Davey Henderson. Apologies if this has been dealt with back in the murky mists of time that honey calls the archives. Nice to see Struan paying his respects to the Go-Betweens. Not that I've heard it of course... but the IDEA sounds marvellous. Maybe its best if I don't hear it. I wonder if anyone will write a similar respectful ditty to the Chills? I only wonder because I've been playing their Secret Box triple CD to death recently and remembering how truly wonderful they were/are. Hmmmm. Speaking of the antipodes, can I just say two words? Augie March. There, I've said it. Those of you lucky enough to live in Edinburgh can catch them on their first UK sojourn on 6 -10 august where they will apparently be playing the spiegeltent. Be there or be somewhere else much less sonically delightful. Londoners can look forward to some dates a week later. Hopefully... can anyone offer them a 'gig'? Who runs track and field these days anyway? That name again: Augie March. Have I droned on for long enough? Have I had my fifteen minutes of irrelevance? Cliff Richard? He loves a bit of it... irrelevance, I mean. And drones. Big drones fan is Cliff. Little known fact that... go listen to 'wired for sound' again. You'll see what I mean. Nice to be back, by the way, even if I feel like I've wandered into my old local boozer after two years in the hinterland only to find a whole clutch of marvellously attractive and confident 'youngsters' propping up the bar, drinking funny coctails and, shock horror, sitting in my favoured comfy chair by the fireplace. Mine's a pint of Guinness, since you're asking. Keep that dream burning baby, forever.... The duke.

'Brian Appleton', the new character from John Shuttleworth's creator Graham Fellows, will support Belle & Sebastian for some of the dates on their forthcoming tour.

It's the Duke!!! Under a new name! Everyone KNOWS Looper nicked his act, never mind his 'tood. I must say I preferred Piezoelectrickery Unit, it's a lot more rock than 'Brian'. However, seemed to work for Brian Mouldko. This sounds all FABULOUS. Look forward to seeing you Duke! I mean, Mr. Appleton, *fnar* yuckyuck. Love, Sarah xx +----------------------------------------------------------------------- --+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------- --+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+