Well it's a good job we don't need petrol to talk shite about the Beatles, that's all I can say. My favourite Beatle is the legendary fifth Beatle, Stuart Little. I don't think we should scoff at bakers. Lots of musicians give up their musical careers in favour of security, family, etc. It doesn't make them any less talented. I wish I had a pound for every time I've read "such and such is no longer involved in the music business" in soul and reggae sleevenotes. Some people even end up rummaging through dustbins for their dinner, and some people become mentally ill, without the dubious fanfare surrounding Brian Wilson's spectacular fall from grace. I have a confession to make. I have been unkind to Lloyd Cole. Bass players soak their hands in pish, eh? It takes all sorts. I still think Lloyd Cole is the Lenny Kravitz of jangle pop, and some of those early photos look decidedly new romantic, but I was wrong to imply he wasn't entertaining. He certainly entertained me. I think I probably turned against him because he wasn't 4 REAL enough, which is a bit silly. Also that turtle neck song was a bit duff. His website's quite witty though. I didn't make that stuff about Derbyshire and Sheffield up, presumably he was born in Debyshire and moved to Sheffield at an early age. I was just trying to make it all sound a bit more psychedelic. I could be getting him mixed up with Simon Groom. Do girls' mothers still drive 2CVs, or have they all been scrapped? That was a really cruel song to unleash on impressionable schoolboys. I hope you're all going to join Jordi's list. Not only do we get Jeepster news, we get DISTRIBUTOR news! And David Moore! Am I the only person waiting for a Northern Soul video update? I know where you can get it from, if anyone's interested: The Strange World of Northern Soul (video, CD and booklet by Ian Levine): 01543 304022 (39.99). I got that from Too Darn Soulful: The Story of Northern Soul (book by David Nowell), which is an interesting read. No wonder Beans laughed. Peter +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+