Sinister: The Marvelous, Mechanical, Sinister List! and all who sail in her

[Mark Casarotto]

Urgh...funny day today. Made even stranger by the fact the Archel now thinks
I'm named after that time of the month. Hmmm.

Various stuff I wanted to say - Rachel, how about "Puppet on a String"?
"Hazy Shade of Winter" (not the most obvious, maybe, but it's a fantastic
song and will no doubt be very easy to word-associate from. I like the idea,
though - the whole compilation tape thing ties in with what Megan and Blake
(I think) were saying about losing their love for music. I sometimes wonder
if I'll ever get mine back. Miss Vicky gave me three CDs I bought in Glasgow
10 DAYS AGO which I'd left in her bag - she couldn't understand how I'd been
able to not listen to them. I barely even remembered I'd bought them. And I
got the Mogwai album from Amazon about 4 weeks ago, and I haven't even
touched it yet. I'd rather listen to Kate Rusby at the moment. But then who
wouldn't.

For what it's worth, I read the NME. Occasionally. It's not really for me
any more, but the crossword's fun.

And now, something I started last week but ran out of inspiration to finish.

I'm aware of the indiewanker aspect of this comment, but I couldn't let it
lie...

"Yerself is Steam" is Mercury Rev when they were GOOD! I promise, I've tried
to get into their new stuff, I watched them at Bowlie all excited, only to
be unbelievably disappointed by their standardised mid-tempo rock music.
They played "Carwash Hair" as a fucking jaunty whistle-along that could have
tripped off the lips of They Might Be Giants. What a letdown.

I've just read the rest of my digest and seen that the boy Spoon beat me to
it. Way to go Spoon. But then Erica went and gave beeg props to Kylie's
"Confide in Me", which is THE record I look for every time I go to a new
record shop, only to be cruelly disappointed each time. I've met her mum you
know.

Urgh again - I should do some work and salvage my self-respect.

Mark xxx

p.s  Claire - have you updated you Bowlie II attendants list lately?
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