because I don't pay proper attention I can't remember whether the conundrum wrapped in an enigma shrouded in mystery that is the song "Landslide" was ever cleared up. Namely, was the song that Isobel sang at Bowlie, backed by The Maisonettes, with Struan failing to play his sax, an original or a cover version? I mention it because I was round my speshul fwend's house last night, looking after her cos she's poorly, and she had a print out of a Northern Soul poll of the favourite records of people who attended the Wigan Casino in 1978. And at number 18 was a song called "Landslide" by some bloke whose name escapes me. Have the Sinister Northern Soul congnoscenti heard this track? And can I have a tape? There's a lot of illness going round at the moment, and because I was sick last week I spent quite a lot of time watching daytime tv, and got quite engrossed in the indoor bowls, direct from P!R!E!S!T!O!N! Guildhall. It's getting quite rock and roll these days, bowls. The audience was full of dead hard lads with klaxons and drums and bagpipes and there were mexican waves and terrace chants and stuff. There was even a streaker! However, I missed the final, so if there are any fellow bowls enthusiasts out there who know the result, I would be very grateful if you would share it with me. I hope it was the Aussie charmer Ian Shuback, in his last appearance before he retires. I've tried looking on the winky wanky web, to no avail. But I did find something of interest, however because on nme.com I came across the news that mogwai are going to be choosing bands for the re-scheduled ATP festival. Post-rock muppet Struan Braithwaite burbles in a scatological vein, thusly: "Bowlie was refreshing because half the bands weren't there because of greedhead agents foisting their half-arsed cack soon-to-be-has-been shite bands upon those who dare to get up before six o'clock. This event was clearly something that was close to the organisers' hearts, as shall ours." And that's not all because on the same website I came across the following snippet: http://www.nme.com/crispianmail.html . It's good to see Mr Mills realising the power of the superweb chocolate cyberhighway, and I'm sure Sinister folk will be only too happy to share their thoughts with him. I haven't mailed him yet because I've been too busy trying to decide what the greatest film of the century is. I think it's a toss-up between the film version of "Please, Sir" and Ferdinand Leger's "Ballet Mecanique". It certainly isn't "Gregory's Girl" because as Will will undoubtedly find when he finishes his Laura Mulvey book, it's one long hymn to patriarchal scopophilia and the fetishising qualities of The Male Gaze. Will also mentioned meeting a Notts County player when he was a nipper, which got me reminiscing because when the mighty Stevenage Colts won the Herts Minor League 5-aside tournament in 1980, I was presented with my winner's medal by Luther Blissett. This was before he became an Italian anarchist hero, mind. love Stevie Troussé xxx +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+