Sinister: We have metal vision. We are the greatest lumberjacks the world has ever seen. Oh, we are whimsical and oh, we are cruel, but oh, oh, oh, to see us dance.

[Greg Pallis]

Heya there, all you hip-hop boys and heavy-metal girls. It's me.

I'm listening right now to the B-Sides to Spaceman by Babylon Zoo, for I
think the first time. There are three of them, and they are, of course,
terrible. Except the bizzarre remix on the D-Side, entitled "Spaceman - The
Fifth Dimension", which is actually pretty good. When I stop listening to
Bowie-influenced flash in the pans, I'm going to listen to 'Since Yesterday'
by Strawberry Switchblade, because Tangents is back up, and I was browsing
some old articles to celebrate this fact, and Alastair said that was a
fantastic song. And it is. I really, really like Tangents, especially the
way they don't link to the shop in shop in any way from the main page, and
you have to click on gallery to even get to it. It's 9.48AM, and I haven't
gone to bed yet yesterday.

On other news, I have decided to run the...
    Sinister Adverb Of The Year, 2000 contest.
 A simple idea, but a necessary one. The way it works is this. First, you
pick an adverb you like. It can be real, like "creakily", which is my
personal fave, or made up, like "Sofia Coppola-ishly" or even
"Perfudgonishly". And then you e-mail it to me. If it's a made-up one, of
either sort, you can enclose a meaning too, or not, depending on how you
feel, the day of the week. The closing date is 18:00 GMT on Sunday, this
Sunday, so get those votes in. After 6PM on that Sunday, one of three things
will happen, depending on events.
Possibility One will occurs if no-one votes. The poll will disappear into
obscurity, and I will hang myself from a beech tree.
Possibility Two will occur if a handful of people vote. In this case I will
write another Sinister post, saying "thank you" to the people who entered. I
will also feel happy.
Possibility Three will only occur if more than ten people vote, which, lets
face it, isn't going to happen. Still, you never know, how cold my toes, are
growing, so I'm writing this anyway. In this case there will be winners.
There will even be prizes. Yes, real prizes. Sent by post. EU only,
unfortunately, but everyone everywhere should still submit their entries,
for the glory such a victory would bring unto their household.

Remember, all you have to do is send a one word e-mail. This does not take
time. I am a dog, head lolling to one side, begging you to vote.

On still other news, Steven Kado got all huffy just because I got him
confused with Sexy Cris 'Sexy is my middle name' Lampien, and then I felt a
bit a bit silly. But then he said "besides, cat power isn't that hot" which
completely invalidates his point, and brings shame unto his family with the
brash brashness of this brash errr brashosity. Thought the festive fifty was
pretty good (which links because Cat Power were in it, would be the reason
for this jump), bit shocked by some of the results, though. Who are these
people who think Polly Harvey made the single song this year? There are many
of them, and they are wrong. The Neko Case victory was a lovely surprise,
though, it's a great track. Me, I voted for Black Box Recorder, but I guess
they weren't Peel enough.

Please can someone solve this bloody puzzle
(http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/aali/puzzles/water/watermelon.htm) and e-mail
me the result? It's driving me mad. Thanks.

    Greg

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