I must say hello to my good friend Todd who recently posted to the list for his first time. He's quite a smart character and he left for university this past week leaving my sorry arse to my own devices, which usually means microwave pizza and Judge Judy. Sweet...hello anyhow. I've fallen in love with Gus Gus this past week because some kind (idiotic?) soul finally returned a copy of This Is Normal to my record store. Since we're only allowed to listen to used CDs this was a Godsend of sorts. I don't see how you can listen to it and not booty-dance with someone. If any of my co-workers were good looking I wouldn't think twice, but as it is now... I heard the Acid House soundtrack too. I like it very much, especially the Beth Orton and Pastels songs. I thought the Oasis song was half decent because it sounds nothing like them at all. They should do more of that... I was reading the bios on the new B&S page and they raised a few questions: #1 - Stevie says they didn't meet in an all-night cafe as legend has it. Does anyone know how they really came to be? I know all the Stuart M&D demo sessions and whatnot but I just wonder how Stevie and Co. got into the picture. #2 - Struan mentions returning film to the Evening Times. Is he moonlighting as a photographer in his downtimes? If so I'd like to see some of his pics 'cause I bet they're quite good. Has anyone seen any other art Struan has done? I'm not much on the Who really but I watched a film of their live performaces the other day and it was quite good. My favorite moment was when Pete's amp literally blew up in the middle of a song and this huge cloud of black smoke came pouring out of the back. I liked the song "Water" alot just because the lyrics are pretty funny (especially the "somebody's daughter" part). They played Sister Disco but I don't remember much about it for I was too drunk. I can't wait for college basketball to start again. My local team, the Maryland Terps, had one of the best teams in the country last year but blew it in the playoffs. They lost their best player to the pro leagues this winter but I still think they'll kick some arse. Are the Beach Boys better than the Beatles? Sometimes I'm just not sure... steve c. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+