Hello, I lost faith with Radiohead with that Anyone Can Play guitar song, I thought wow punk rock yeah I can play guitar. So when I found out I really couldn't and that that Steve Jones was a quite accomplished guitarist on Never Mind the Bollocks and some of the "licks" as I believe they can be called are rather troublesome to play. I was going to write a song in response called Anyone Can Write a Song Better Than Anyone Can Play Guitar but I though better of it as, a) I could only play 2 guitar chords and at a speed that makes Galaxie 500 sound like Napalm Death, and b) where would it end if they replied to that and the banter kept going to and fro. We'd have a song title longer than that Fiona Apple album. Apparently the new Constant Spray album title was going to be a synopsis of world history since the dawn of time, but it wouldn't fit on the CD cover. Call that progress? I think not. They settled in the end for "Atlas dropped us long ago" which isn't half as good, though less than half as long I guess. I do admire the way Ocean Spray write songs in Volapuk, as it does appear to be the true international language of angst and not just a throw back to 19th Century British imperialism. Somehow words seem more touching with an umlaut or two, or is that just me? My fave song is "If I give you the time will you wait for me", which is a exploration of the 4th dimension. Though the middle 8 detailing the plot lines of all 3 Back to the Future films does, I admit, devalue its credibility. Probably one of those ideas that seemed good at the time, much like the October Russian Revolution (or November if you have a differing calendic opinion, I'm currently a Juliean but that's another story). Actually, I think of Radiohead much in the same way as Josef Stalin, and see Belle and Sebastian more as Leon Trotsky, will it end when Stu picks a fight and they all get axed on tour in Mexico. Sorry.. ummm as for Lenin I see him as the picture on my wall I kiss before I go to bed every night. I was going to write a dissertation on a comparison of Lennon and Lenin once, the conclusion being that where one says no the other says i, hello, goodbye etc. But now I'm starting to lose the plot much like any Yoko Ono album. Actually has anyone ever heard a Yoko Ono album? What would go through your mind as you positioned it upon your record player and think I'd quite like to hear Yoko sing now. I'm also glad someone mentioned the comedic values of Willie Carson on A Question of Sport earlier today, as I'm starting a campaign to get rid of John Parrot and little Willie would be an ideal replacement. And also a fitting farewell and memorial to Ethel from Eastenders. The 'enders just isn't the same without ol' perky Ethel and a little jovial jockey under her arm. Plus then Dot might not be be wrecking chemist shops and instead have her feet up with a cup of Rosy and a slice of cake watching hilarious sporting banter. Though you never see people in soaps watching TV do you? Reflection of real life my arse. Or something... Anyway, I'm probably going to that Scalarama thingy on Saturday, I'll be the one singing "(I've had) The Time of My Life" on the karaoke machine all night wearing a Dum Dums t-shirt. Don't worry it won't be ironic. Te ra, Martin P.S Ally, you nicked my slugs and snails can I have them back? Or at least feed them some crab sticks, they like them. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+