Joid7@aol.com said: "i wade through these postings longing for the words "b&s lover, australia" i find myself alone and lost...." Well, I've been lurking for a little while, but this rather winsome post has persuaded me to break cover. I'd not posted, as I had no content, and am unlikely to ever have any, so with any luck you'll hear from me infrequently at best. In fact, I've been turning a bit green at all this discussion of gigs and picnics and hearing the new songs on the radio and so on, as I'm in no danger whatsoever of finding myself at a gig anytime soon, and the new single is still a couple of weeks off here, according to the good people from whom I purchase music. That's what you get for living in the clever country. Take heart, though, there are at least another three of us that I know of. While I'm at it, I'll take this opportunity to say the following: THOMAS PYNCHON I was chuffed to see his name show up in a few posts not all that long ago. 'Gravity's Rainbow' is a bit of a slog, admittedly, but well worth the effort. I think that this is one of those books that is bought far more often than it is read, unfortunately, and probably not the place to start with Pynchon. If it seems a bit dense and impenetrable at first (which it most certainly is), may I humbly recommend kicking off with something a bit slimmer, like 'The Crying of Lot 49'. It makes a perfect appetizer. I'm reading 'V' at the moment, as it happens, which is also thoroughly enjoyable, and a little more approachable. AIR The jury's still out on the new album, as far as I'm concerned. I've warmed to a few of the tracks, but they sound suspiciously like a band getting just slightly worse with each subsequent release. Shame, really. Particularly in the face of the new Daft Punk, which (whilst not strictly my cup of tea) is fairly obviously a sophisticated and genuinely inventive bit of work. BUYING ALBUMS SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU LIKE THE NAME A good idea, clearly. Made me the first kid on my block with the Kings of Convenience record for one. Oh and if you're not listening to both them and the Aislers Set almost constantly at the moment, I'm frankly a little disappointed :) THE LETTER 'S' Why do all good record collections have so many more records under 's' than any other letter? That's my lot for now. I'd like to be able say that I was off to play with words and pictures or do something pretty, or something similarly clever and relevant, but I can't, because I'm off to drink gin and see a band. Stay poppin' fresh, -Stankin _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+