Hot, hot, hot. In a drunken moment during one of the recent Belle and Sebastian concerts, a close friend of mine confided that if he had to go to bed with a man, like if his life depended on it, it would definitely be Stuart Murdoch. I didn’t really think much of what he said at the time. I was being happily distracted by the sight of Isobel Campbell and the sounds of Belle and Sebastian. But lately, I’ve been mulling it over. And I think Diego Maradona is probably a safer option. What with that half inch penis and rapidly expanding waist line, he probably wouldn’t be able to get anywhere near your ass. Hehe. Cunning like a fox, that’s me. If I’ve crossed the boundaries of good taste, I apologise. Reading Ken’s posts has probably corrupted my fragile little mind. _________________________________________ Pulp, shmulp rant. Over the past few months, Jarvis cocker and Pulp have been mentioned in numerous posts. I hope I’m not commiting sinister suicide here, but I really don’t care for them any more. I liked ‘Intro’ and ‘His n’ hers’ and even went to see them in concert but at some point during ‘Different class’, all their lyrics started to sound like ‘I’m selling out, uh-huh huh and sucking corporate cock, uh-huh huh.’ To start off, I didn’t appreciate it when thay began releasing variant copies of the same single (as with Disco 2000) in shameless and transparent attempts to get to number 1. Surely, this was exploitation of the fans. I also think that they let themselves become overexposed. In 1995 and 1996, it was practically impossible to buy a newspaper or magazine without a Pulp feature or interview. And like Tony Slattery and Spice girl, Mel. ‘agenda of rage’ C., I think they have paid the price. Also, when they got in trouble over their ‘Sorted for E.s and whizz’ single cover, did they show backbone and stand their ground? No, they withdrew it and started pointing fingers at The Shamen for ‘Ebeneezer Good’. And surely, ‘Help the aged’ even on a tongue in cheek level is just nauseatingly wet. In summary, I think Pulp have lost their way. That said,...... I could be wrong. I mean, what do I know? Just recently, I’ve found myself enjoying ‘This train don’t stop there anymore’ by Elton John. That can’t be a good sign. ___________________________________________ Umbrellaphobia Being a resident of the U.K. (and Scotland, no less) I think I chose the wrong week to buy my first umbrella. It’s something I had always put off buying. They’re just not cool, are they? Not even remotely punk rock, I can hear Toadie saying. But, I’ve started demonstrating to the undergraduates at the university and it looks bad if I come in sopping wet. I’ve found umbrellas to be much more complicated than they look. Mine blew inside out five times on my way into work before breaking. In the end, I was quite relieved when it did because I was terrifed of it collapsing around my head like a giant Venus fly trap and poking my eyes out. Maybe, Mary Poppins could open up a school for umbrella etiquette. The woman’s got miraculous technique. *************************************************************************************** 'Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.' from Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (1923-1999) _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+