I quite like "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane, especially that bit in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" where Johnny Depp wants the other bloke to throw the tape recorder in the bath with him when it gets to the good bit, so that he can die on an incredible high. If my memory serves me well, there was also a Belgian New Beat song that was great and fantastic, called "White Rabbit", by a group called White Rabbit. How I yearn for the halcyon days of Belgian New Beat. The other day there was a half hour radio programme of the Pet Shop Boys playing their favourite records, fantastic early eighties dance music, such as "A E I O U" by Freeze (or Freeez or some funny spelling), which they introduced as "one of the first records to contain a solo made up of samples of various letters" and it was true, there's a great letters solo in it. Check it out. There were also great records from Grandmaster Flash and some others who I've forgotten. But it was good. Next week they're going to be playing their favourite sad songs, so expect some Dusty Springfield. It's on the BBC World Service, so even people in Thailand can listen to it. There was some cobblers on NME.com about the Bowlie concert on the radio, July 5th, I think. The information was credited to shadowy "insiders", so it's probably a pack of lies. There was also a review of a live album by Joy Division, recorded in PRESTON, which means that for as long as there are human beings, Preston will have a secure place in the pantheon of rock...erm...places. People from Preston will be able to say "I'm from Preston" and their interlocutors will fall over in wonder. Speaking of wonder, look at this description of Jimi Hendrix's "Midnight": "Globs of molten steel belch heavy industrial vibrato in this original GuiTarzan metal instrumental...at the crack of "Midnight" the past is eclipsed. A new sun rises and casts the first ray." Beat that, Toilet Boys! Like most people on this list, I read books that make me look clever. Unlike most people on this list, I only mention them when they contain secret references to Stuart Murdoch. From "Collected Fictions" by Jorge Luis Borges: Instead of seven thousand thirteen (7013), he would say, for instance, "Maximo Pérez"; instead of seven thousand fourteen (7014), "the railroad"; other numbers were "Luis Melián Lafinur," "Olimar," "Sulfur," "clubs," "the whale," "gas," "a stewpot," "Napoleon," "Agustín de Vedia." Instead of five hundred (500), he said "nine." There, I hope you dug that groovy extract. Be warned, that is only the tip of a truly freaky iceberg. I've just been listening to Chris Leonard's "The Fruits of the Forest". I'm very impressed by Mr Chris's manly voice. I expected him to squeal like a stuck pig. Thank you, Chris. I wish you every success. Do I detect a slight Incredible String Band influence? Rock on, Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+