guitars in the background, create a stoned yet stressed out vibe over which Van Conner repeats "reality is the enemy". The song might be one of the best stoner rock can give.

"Voyager" is another masterpiece here. While it may be a grower, the song is one of the most accomplished Valis tracks, if not the most. At a 6-minute length, the band throws everything in with a surprisingly great result. Launching off with a really groovy hard riff drowned in soundscapes and reverbed vocals, the song progresses to a breakdown, only to restart to a thunderous finale."Across The Sky" is another nice addition to the album. The downright infectious dreamy chorus, the sparse, lush piano and again the guitar solos make this song really beautiful. It might beMick Hume
Editor

New Diana, New Danger

The day after Tony Blair's speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton, the Sun printed a full-page editorial in praise of 'the People's Prime Minister'. It might have been more appropriate for the new toadies of the ex-Tory press to go the whole hog and proclaim him the People's Prince.

With the spirit of Diana, People's Princess, infusing his conference vision of Britain in the twenty-first century, Blair has now assumed the Di-given authority to impose his new moral order almost by royal decree. Next time the Queen says she feels too tired to rule in the modern world, somebody should tell her that Blair has more or less packed her off to bed already.

After the party political conference season, Blair could claim to