Sinister: Page the Oracle

[Robin Stout]

Hello

I went to see Stephen Merritt do an acoustic set of his songs once, 
because I heard he was good. He was really very smug and ironical. 
I don't like him very much.

On the bus to Birmingham, where we saw him, there was an old man 
who had been shopping for eggs. He was very frail and seemed like 
the sort of chap who doesn't go to the shops very often except to 
buy his monthly supply of eggs. He pressed the bell and stood up, 
then somehow he managed to stagger about the bus and drop his 
eggs everywhere. It was pretty embarrassing. "Oooh, me eggs" he 
cried. So we helped him out and mopped up the mess with Magnetic 
Fields flyers. So in a way, despite the fact that I don't like him very 
much, Mr Merritt helped to rescue a poor old man's pride.

David and Struan both mentioned the wonder of Teletext. My sister 
and I always used to read Teletext, or Oracle as it was then, when 
we came home from school. There used to be a teenager's section 
with a letters page, advice page, "Debbie's Diary", and the 'world's 
only Teletext soap opera', "Park Avenue". It was great. I thought it 
was very futuristic. Although it's hopelessly outmoded nowadays, 
with its two letter sizes and five colours, and letters that disappear 
when your telly's not tuned in properly, Teletext still makes me feel 
like I'm living in the Space Age.

Robin x
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