Sinister: Stop!

[Sam Walton]

...carry on!

Anyway, my British chums, I thought I'd write and give my two-penneth on 
recent things.

As for the Mark & Lard thing, yes they were great, then they were alright on 
the breakfast show, and now they're great in parts in the afternoon, but 
nothing will beat Simon Armitage, "fancy a brew", them playing TSTIAI and my 
mate getting his name read out on it when he was 14. Yes, I was **that** 
cool - I had a mate whose name the boy Lard had **said**. So yeah, they were 
brilliant.

But now they're not. Oh well.

I was walking down Oxford Street by myself on Monday evening, about to meet 
a certain listee when I noticed a very stange thing. The dummmies in the 
windows of different shops appeared to be of totally different, how shall we 
say, umm... proportions. Some have bigger chests, some have tighter waists, 
some have broader shoulders etc. It's very bizarre. I'd like to think that 
it's something to do with the type of person the shop is trying to appeal 
to, but it's probably just luck whether they get a B-cup dummy or a C-cup 
one. Has anybody else noticed this or am I just imagining this?

Onto Mr Carter's point about mediocrity or whatever. Please, please, 
**PERRRLEEEASE* don't sully my inbox with this kind of crap, and I quote:

"I'd argue that in a lot of ways [Kings Of Convenienve's album] is ground 
breaking".

Sorry Pete, it's not. It's beautiful, sleepy, rather wonderful 
harmony-tinged, startlingly good Norwegian folk-pop, played with two 
instruments which have been around for centuries, and using simple but 
effective lyrics/harmonies about troubled relationships of whatever sort. 
See here:

http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=groundbreaking

Groundbreaking, it ain't. I take the man's points, but there are limits to 
which you can stretch such things. Then again, everybody's entitled to their 
own opinions, not that many people them (their **own** opinions, that is).

Anyway, does anybody else think it a bit strange to hear 'Pyramid Song' 
played on daytime Radio 1? I certainly do. Chris Moyles played it on 
Wednesday, and it was very bizzare. The Radio 1 jingle comes in, then the 
song, and then SClub7. Now I'm not complaining, because that's two great 
songs in a row, but if Radio 1 are playing this, shouldn't they be playing 
more hautingly captivating angst with no time signatures? It's just strange 
hearing this wonderfully anti-radio, desolate song flanked on both sides by 
p!o!p. Perhaps it's just me again.

Oh well... I think I've said enough again. I volunteered to be Picnic Mummy 
for the Albert Hall thing, but the number of responses I've had could be 
counted on the finger of one stump, so I'll stop shouting...

Right then, a big biggedy-biggedy-bong in a twee Scottish style...

love

s.X
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