Brace yourselves. On the subject of lyrical mis-hearings, I'm forever getting in a bit of a muddle with popular tunes from some of the 'finest' 'classic' 'rock' bands this isle has produced in the 90s... -- Once upon a time, not too long ago, we took a day out in Manchester/We all fall down, there's not enough hours in our day/Excruciatingly tedious and flatulent dullards/Drown us in the nearest canal I need to hear some sounds that recognize the pain in me, yeah/I let the melody shine, let it cleanse my mind, I feel free now/Overblown dross for the hard of thinking/If you caved my skull in with a half-brick no jury in the land would convict you She walks in beauty like the night/Discarding her clothes in the plastic flowers/My voice is like silver foil in a mouth full of fillings/Throttle me with my own diaphanous blouse -- Oh dear, it's not exactly Hal David, is it ? Still, it's what the kids like, so I can't really complain… Anyone here associate strong coffee with botty bother ? There is that scene in "Henry Fool" of course, which I find reassuring. Thought I might be the only one with a digestive tract that Goes Liquid after a few shots of espresso. I did enter "cappuccino" and "the shits" into AltaVista, but it crashed my browser. I always used to favour the leaf over the bean until relatively recently - the switch was an integral part of my ongoing sofistycashun, along with my move to Giddy London and, at the behest of Jasper Buckaroo, the zebra-pattern tattoo on my eyelids. Ooooon ! Can we tempt you to England in September for Ali To Model Panties ? Is it insufficiently P!O!P! (I bet that bloody filter is still on... this post is already too scatological) ? I shall do my best to charm you into spending all your money on plane tickets by revealing a new fact I have learnt about your homeland every time I post... David Toop's new book "Exotica" mentions an easy listening album of Latin-Hawaiian music composed by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand. Apparently the monarch used to have private audiences with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and had a recording studio in his palace. This album was voiced by heartthrob Thanin Intarathep - 'a kind of Thai Cliff Richard'. One track, a bossanova entitled "Face Up To Problems With A Smile", 'suggests that the King was one of those composers incapable of writing cheerful music'. "Far From Worry", replete with 'double-time piano and soaring strings', paints a picture of the King's palatial retreat in paradise. And "Sounds In The Air", if only it was extended by a few hours, would 'lift [the King] out of his melanchol[y] ... and into the vanguard of international minimalism'. I really want this record. Next time - Glenn Danzig writes the Thai Olympic Table Tennis Team song *plus* some compelling rainfall statistics. Mike x. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+