Sinister: I told the stars above about the one I love.

[Sam Walton]

Hello Sinister.

I was only 14 when the last ever Mark & Lard Graveyard Shift was broadcast, 
but I'd been into it for a couple of years, and was sad to see it go. They 
finished the show with Tindersticks' "Tiny Tears" (a great record - if you 
haven't already got it, go get it), shivers ran down my spine, and then they 
were gone.

Tonight, the legendary Evening Session went the same way. Although I hadn't 
really listened to it for a couple of years, I thought I'd better listen to 
the last ever one - a bit like going to the funeral of a distant relative 
with whom you've lost touch - because once upon a time I adored that show.

Like a doddery old relative, the ES had, for my money at least, gone a bit 
senile in the last couple of years, obsessed with any band that began with 
"The", but when I came to pay my respects tonight, it was fucking wonderful. 
Everything that the ES has ever got me into was there, from Britpop to hip 
hop; Lamacq ended the show with Supergrass' Alright (another great record), 
shivers ran down my spine, and then he was gone.

So yeah. All hail the ES - I'm sure I'm not the only person on this list 
who's sad to see it go.

Having (albeit indirectly) had a go at bands that begin with "The", I must 
say that I am quite taken by the Libertines' single. I haven't a clue what 
it's called, but I've heard it five or six times now and it's great. It just 
needs a big brass section, and then it'd really be one of the great Britpop 
singles. Anyway...

I forgot all about B&S on Peel last night, which was really quite annoying. 
I only managed to tune into the last bit of Get Me Away From Here, and then 
I caught the new Christmas tune and the frankly brilliant Twelve Days of 
Christmas. Does anybody have a copy they could share?

Aside from the final ES, I've been listening to The Divine Comedy all day, 
in particular "A Short Album About Love". I'm currently in that 
all-too-common predicament of unrequited love - in fact it's a crush I've 
had for best part of a year - and "Everybody Knows (Except You)" has been 
remarkably theraputic. It's the nearest thing to how I actually feel.


love,

Asm.x


P.S. Whatever
Happened to EE Fumblings?
Is he still with us?



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