I agree with the geezer that anything by Hornby is bad. But he is mistaken to imply that the Boss is bad. Surely the Boss is the best thing in that picture.

If I appeared to be biggying down Bruce Springsteen in favour of Cameo, it's because I recently bought a CD LP of Cameo and I have to convince myself that it was a good idea. I like Bruce Springsteen. Of course I do. Everybody likes Bruce Springsteen. I like that song "41 Shots" that rounded out his latest CD LP. Get killed just for living, it goes. I once borrowed a copy of "Nebraska" which was recorded by Bruce Springsteen in one of his living rooms. I objected to the fact that everyone in the songs was called Frankie. So I suppose we can safely say I didn't really listen to it properly. Bruce Springsteen *is* the best thing in that film, but that doesn't alter the fact that Cameo would have been better. Have you seen their outfits?

DON'T DO IT, KIDS

The geezer Miller writes to big up prop his novel. I haven't read it. Have You?

I'm sorry, I was just trying to muscle in on the burgeoning Ken P. Chu market. Read Buzzwords. Or Tangents. Duke of Harringay says he ain't gonna write no more music journalism. I hope that means he'll have more time to write to us. Dear Diary, I went paddling on a gay beach yesterday. It really was quite an eye-opener, even though I tried not to look. After their stunning return to form with YOU'RE MY MATE, I'm very disappointed with the new Right Said Fred single. I knew that film Storytelling would be crap. I said all along it was going to be crap, even if I only said it in my head. Was that song over the end credits sung in English or Spanish? Didn't you make a note of the lyrics? Pah! Thank you Princess Honey for that brief glimpse of Sinister Heaven. I mean Keith and Genviève, not the film. The film sounds crap. I was thinking that perhaps a list of top songwriters is a bit like art freaks making a list of top paintbrush manufacturers. I don't always know who writes the songs. Johnstone says "I write the songs" but obviously it was Wilson, under normal circumstances. I had a look who wrote some of my favourite songs and it said Hayes/Porter a lot of the time. Sometimes it said "features an interpolation of...". I could go on, but it's not going to get any better, is it? Sister Disco +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+