It's so hard It's so hard to be clever (All work and no play makes Gary a dull toy.) It's so hard to be clever when you're so fucking tired. The above took me 20 minutes. It's THAT hard! Anyhoo, Overture Curtain Lights, blah blah blah . . . (Don't ask. I heard it on Bugs Bunny. Which reminds me of the Bugaloos. I just read that the guys who wrote the theme to the Bugaloos also wrote Killing Me Softly. Go figure! I guess every songwriter has a couple of duds. Good thing they have The Bugaloos to look back on!) (The author pauses, thinks: "Is that enough streamofconsciousness witticism to allow me to plug my band's webcast without offending the earthy sensibilities of sinisterdom, or do I have to make the plug witty too? Oh, the humanity! MY BRAIN HURTS!!!") My band, The Play Trains, is playing Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ Friday night (1/5/01) around 10 PM EST. (That's 0300 GMT the next morning, if my math is right.) While it would be just lovely if you could attend, I don't expect you to be there. However, please tune in to our live WEBCAST at www.dcn.com. You'll have to register there, and you'll need Shockwave and RealPlayer 8. Just go to dcn.com around showtime, and we should be listed on the "Now Playing" page. They archive shows, so you may find other bands you like there too. Not Belle and Sebbe though, I'm afraid. (Oooh -- CONTENT! I'M OFF THE HOOK!!!) We get absolutely no money from the webcast, but I'm sure the traffic will benefit SOMEBODY economically. If lining anonymous industry pockets instead of those in artists' (losing the term usely) trousers makes you feel guilty, please send me money. (Sound effect: a cross between "ka-ching" and the sound of guilt evaporating. Smiling voiceover: Beats confession any day!) See all you muthas around the Net. (I know -- not if you see me first!) g +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+