Sinister: dream of the bowling kids

[Sam Walton]

Hello everyone.

It’s a Saturday afternoon. It’s that small period of time after I’ve got out 
of bed but before the football’s started, where the only thing to do is to 
write to Sinister. So here I am.

First things first though, we must say happy birthday to everybody’s 
favourite trumpeter, Mick Cooke. He’s 28 today, y’know, according to various 
posts from a while back. It seems obligatory to cite an archive reference in 
posts these days, so for all B&S’s birthday’s, see here:

http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/200109/msg00016.html
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199807/msg00795.html
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199807/msg00794.html
http://www.missprint.org/sinister/mhonarc/199711/msg00035.html


The NME published their list of Top 50 records of the year. Predictably, it 
was wrong, although not as wrong as it has been in previous years. So to set 
the record straight, introducing...


ASM’S TOP 10 (WELL, 11, BUT WHO GIVES A F...) ALBUMS THAT SAY “© 2001” 
SOMEWHERE ON THE BACK OF THEM

1.	Air – 10,000 Hz Legend
2.	Kings Of Convenience – Quiet Is The New Loud
3.	Pulp – We Love Life
4.	Spiritualized – Let It Come Down

5.	Sparklehorse – It’s A Wonderful Life
6.	Mercury Rev – All Is Dream
7.	The Beta Band – Hot Shots II
8.	Radiohead – Amnesiac
9.	Alfie – If You Happy With You Need Do Nothing
10.	The Avalanches – Since I Left You
11.	The Strokes – Is This It

At the moment, that’s the order, but it’s changed loads since I started 
making the list. At various points I’ve been convinced that all of the top 
four should be number 1. I had something of an epiphany regarding “Let It 
Come Down”; I thought it was a big pile of wank until about two weeks ago, 
when I suddenly realised how fucking brilliant it was, and haven’t stopped 
listening to it since.


...dream of all the bowling kids who hang around here... London Bowling 
Mummy, whoever you are (Ken?) – what’s happening about that?


Anyway...

Festive love,

Asm.x



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   "He's strictly a pain in the ass, but he
    certainly has a good vocabulary"
               - Holden Caulfield


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