Afternoon, Sinister list, The. Today I have mostly (I know, I know, it's so 1996, but it's a good phrase, humour me) been downloading stuff from the internet. Which takes an age on my modem, but that's alright, as I have an age. Ages, even. I have been mostly downloading "Bizarre Love Triangle" from Audiogalaxy. New Order must be gutted to know that out of the 4 I've got so far, theirs is the 4th best. Top of the pile comes featured-once-on-"Neighbours" popsters Frente!, whose singer has one of those gorgeously uncluttered voices. Second is Devine and Statton, who I don't know so much about, except that I heard their version about 10 years ago and have only just got around to tracking it down. 3rd are the also-Australian Even as we Speak (they are, aren't they? Insanely interesting fact - the only Sarah record I own is by EawS), who do a jangly, indie-style version which falls between stools, really. And 4th comes the 'Order. I've not been much of a fan, but I always thought Barney was a bit monotone. However, in comparison to the others, his vocal part is almost R!O!C!K! in its mannerisms. Still good, but Oh! the beauty of Frente! wins me over every time. That Stephen M Rhodes is a funny chap. Does he ever publish his creative writng? (No doubt he's been hailed as the new JD fucking Salinger and you all know and I don't) Tomas Repka out of West ham is the new Stuart Murdoch, only rock 'ard. Check him out. Further proof that I'm nothing but a big GURL - I broke my nail! Well, it's sort of split down the middle really. But it's the most exciting thing that's happened today, and no mistake guvnor. Trish mentioned the nasty antipiracy people. Assuming that the band and their label have no problem with the downloads being on the website, I suggest everyone kick their arses as discussed. But a confirmatory message from jeepster/banchory should probably come first, I think... That address again - antipiracy@bpi.co.uk Brighton picnic - I'll be there, so come along and throw wet sponges at me. I'll be wearing a white t-shirt specially, rowr! Household tip of the day - don't let girls use your shower, or you'll be picking skanky bits of hair and unmentionable gunk out of the plughole on a weekly basis ;-) Mark xxx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+