Hello all, I'm usually nice and quiet and sat in the corner, drinking on my own, hoping someone will come and talk to me, but as it's all got a bit nasty, I thought I'd better write something down. I've never heard the Strokes, and they sound too good to actually be any good (we had this kind of ludicrous NME hype with Terris, and they're a sack of cack), but as they've been the subject of nice e-mails (along with a certain Monsieur Chu), they can't be all bad. I hope Sinister doesn't turn into a competition to see who can write the word 'fuck' the most in one e-mail. It seems to be heading that way. So, despite the fact that all this bickering has aroused strong feelings in me, I'm staying well out of it before I make a tit of myself. You may think I've already done that, in which case, I'm not going to make even more of a tit of myself. Am I the only person who thought the Jonathan David single was a bit crap? I played it once and haven't felt the faintest urge to play it again. Right disappointing. And it cost £4 too. Give me Legal Man anyday. Or any of the other singles, in fact. Just seen this: 'Yeah, when you hear the manager of your favorite sweet little band publicly cussing out a fan, it's kinda disheartening. Whether Julie deserved it or not.' Couldn't agree more. I wasn't going to say anything (as you will have read), but I will say this: I think Julie (and others) are wrong in thinking the band owe them something. I admit, I'd be annoyed if I couldn't see my favourite band, but let's face it, you have to live with it - don't shoot the messenger (ie Neil). My absolute favouritest band is The Smiths, and I've got absolutely zero chance of seeing them! This, however, is life. Neil's response, however, was frankly disgusting, and you'd think someone representing the band would reply with a little more dignity than that. I suppose you could argue that he's tried that and just got abuse back (which was wrong - I don't think he deserved to be the target of everyone's frustration in the first place), but to go so out and out abusive is just out of order. But there you go. I'm probably next in line for a long e-mail full of 'fuck's now, and probably from all sides. Hooray! Anyway, now that I undeniably have made a tit out of myself, I think I'll crawl back under a rock for a while and dodge all the eggs which will doubtless be thrown my way. Stop arguing everyone - it's pointless and unpleasant. Marc +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+