Strange days, friends, strange days. It all started, as things often do, with the Vengaboys. Their new single, as I'm sure you don't need me to tell you, is entitled 'Sha-la-la': a poignant tribute to the beleagured indieschmindie discussion list. Then, not to be outdone, my old friend Ghostface Killah released an lp called 'Supreme Clientele' - an account of his meet-up with our favourite bunged-up fifties schoolboys on their recent jaunt to America. Finally, and best of all, while searching for rough trade in my local rough trade shop, I find that those nice Broadcast folk have composed a song for their new ep called 'Papercuts', a whimsical ode to a renowned organ of this parish, shortly to publish its epochal fourth issue. Well, I never. If this wasn't enough, I feel I should admit that after seeing the new Steps video on Ant and Dec on Saturday, H and his pals have become my very favourite pop thing of the twenty-first century. Re: the Sinister commune. In the words of Tim Booth I say: 'Hmmm' to a village. Stevie's Cinema Round-up: American Beauty (5/10), The Talented Mr Ripley (7/10). TTMR scores extra points for a) the character of "Freddie" and b) Miles-out-of-This-Life playing an arsedamaja. While I'm here, I thought I would pass on this little statistic by Kevin Shay, which can be found on America's best website www.mcsweeneys.net ++++++++++++++++++++++++ P E R C E N T A G E S O F I N T E R N E T U S E R S G E N U I N E L Y E N G A G E D I N T H E A C T I O N I N C O L U M N " A " W H I L E T Y P I N G T H E A B B R E V I A T I O N I N C O L U M N " B " . laughing out loud LOL 2% grinning <g> 8% being humble about an opinion IMHO .01% seeking to provide information FYI 12% just kidding JK 21% being thankful, in advance TIA 15% smiling :-) 4% winking ;-> 1% rolling on the floor laughing ROTFL .00032% hoping to talk to you later TYL 6% trying to conceive TTC 77% ++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'd like to say hello to all my friends and family and anyone who knows me. Stevie Troussé +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+