Sinister: Glissards Progressifs du Reynard-des-Pins

[Peter Miller]

Hello, I am the ghost of Troubled Joe,

Speaking of which, whilst wandering around a
Cure-like forest of listening posts the day before yesterday I happened upon
the new LP by
Tori Amos. It features a cover version of Lloyd Cole's classic
"Rattlesnakes" song, from the LP of the same name. I had
a listen to it, but I was a bit underwhelmed really. Tori Amos has slowed it
down and eradicated that nice jingle-jangle that gave the original its
charm. What's more, it sounds like an American (or Canadian or whatever she
is) pretending to be a Debyshire boy pretending to be American (or wanting
to be American or whatever it was). But... it's a good job Lloyd did go
American, I can't imagine Tori Amos covering the song if it had been full of
references to Matlock Bath and Buxton. Of course the really great news is
that Lloyd will probably be able to record a new album with the proceeds. Or
at the very least it will keep him in bubbly
gum for a couple of years. It's like when Guns'n'Roses recorded "The
Spaghetti Incident" and suddenly old punks from Huddersfield all had season
tickets to the municipal baths and really big Scalextric layouts.

Laura Llew, I really did unsubscribe in disgust, you know. I travelled to a
mystical timezone, but I missed my Ken and I soon came home. As for me still
posting, that's complete nonsense. I stopped that ages ago.

I trust you will all be Reporting Back on the London-Indie-USA shenanigans.
I hear they raised 1800 pounds! Not bad for such a bunch of tight-arsed
bastards. I'm joking of course. Did Elenita99 go, and if so, what was her
slogan for the evening?

Peter



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