In a message dated 98-02-26 11:13:44 EST, Natalie sez:
<< I'm quite sure Elliott Smith is playing at the Oscars - there were a few
things mentioned in Allstar about it last week. >>
Billboard had an interview w/Elliott last week. He says that he is singing his
song at the Oscars after Celine Dion and before Michael Bolton! How
frightening is that?
I will renew my vow to all American Sinister Ministers who need a copy of
TigerMilk to e-mail me off-list. I have now given everyone on the Guided by
Voices and Jonathan Richman lists copies of said album. The best thing about
this is nearly everyone plans to buy the cd reissue when and if it comes.
clem lane
nrbqlover(a)aol.com
n.p. bluetones-solomon bites the worm
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I would like to publicly apologise to Andreas Perfection as a Hipster for
answering a message that wasn't intended for the list.
Yes, words have been exchanged. I think Rod and I both know what our
punishment is. Which way to the Radiohead chat room?
In the desperate race to accrue B&S Big Chief I-Spy points I think I am
probably way out in front. But I need more. To this end, I would like to
compare myself to an obese comedian, one of my favourites. Sadly, I can't
remember his name. He was a warm up man for Alexei Sayle, in fact he looked
a bit like Alexei Sayle having undergone a Tarbuckisation operation. He
slept in his Jag and was very sad. Can anyone help me with the name? Bobby
Crush or something. Whatever his name was he was top comedy.
I would like to remind my fellow listees that some of us, myself included,
were recently awarded diplomatic immunity to talk shite. Despite this great
honour, I still try to keep it to an only slightly unreasonable level. For
instance, I resisted the temptation to go on and on and on about how much I
love Sid James, and even the street he lives on in "Carry On At Your
Convenience", you remember, next door to what's her name. "Phwooar, what a
waste!" says Sid in very visible frustration. Robert De Niro pales in
comparison. I once contemplated joining the Sid James and Kenneth Williams
Appreciation Society, but in the end I didn't in case it adversely affected
my social life.
The Eighties: I'm sure there was lots of great music in the eighties, and
Keith is right. Until fairly recently the seventies were considered the
absolute pits, just because hair gel had taken over from big bushy
sideburns. Despite my love for Led Zep, I think my favourite seventies music
is all the funk/soul/call it what you will that came out of the new black
awareness/call it what you will, such as the Stax stuff and Marvin Gaye's
political work. There's something irresistible about the combination of
radical politics and huge afros. The point is, I suspect that the best music
of the eighties ws hip hop. I don't know much about it, but when the reissue
scene gets its act together, I'll be there, fifty years old walking around
without any laces in my "sneakers". To help prepare myself, can anyone
remind me of the name of a girl rapper who swore a lot. I'm sure the
character Angela, played by Rosie Perez, in "Night on Earth" was based on
her. It was Roxanne something or other, but not Roxanne Shante, who was
equally adorable. It was on John Peel a lot. Making any sense? Perhaps I
dreamt it.
Also, Stock, Aitken and Waterman churned out some great records. Who could
forget the female version of Honey? Well, me actually. I've
forgotten her name...Samantha?...Siobahn?.....come to think of it, I've
forgotten the song too. So scrub that one.
If I remember correctly, "Bright Eyes" was number one at Easter time. I
listened to David "Diddy" Hamilton doing a run down of all the Easter number
ones since time began. The only other one I can recall was "Congratulations"
by Cliff Richard. I was quite a keen Cliff fan in my formative years.
This evening I hope to present at the B&S bunfight, even B&S aren't there.
That's if I can work out what 6pm GMT is in CET. Hope to see you all
there...
Peter
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PJ Miller's favourite comedian is, I believe, called Bobby Chariot - "Top
warm up man to the stars" and his godlike catchphrase was "HOW YA DIDDLIN'?
(Followed by bemused silence) Bloody sod ya then"
This somehow seems a lot less funny in print.
Oh well.
Ronan
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From: PJMiller
To: ronbarrett; B&S mailing list
Subject: Sinister: Funkasize You
Date: 26 February 1998 15:12
I would like to publicly apologise to Andreas Perfection as a Hipster for
answering a message that wasn't intended for the list.
Yes, words have been exchanged. I think Rod and I both know what our
punishment is. Which way to the Radiohead chat room?
In the desperate race to accrue B&S Big Chief I-Spy points I think I am
probably way out in front. But I need more. To this end, I would like to
compare myself to an obese comedian, one of my favourites. Sadly, I can't
remember his name. He was a warm up man for Alexei Sayle, in fact he looked
a bit like Alexei Sayle having undergone a Tarbuckisation operation. He
slept in his Jag and was very sad. Can anyone help me with the name? Bobby
Crush or something. Whatever his name was he was top comedy.
I would like to remind my fellow listees that some of us, myself included,
were recently awarded diplomatic immunity to talk shite. Despite this great
honour, I still try to keep it to an only slightly unreasonable level. For
instance, I resisted the temptation to go on and on and on about how much I
love Sid James, and even the street he lives on in "Carry On At Your
Convenience", you remember, next door to what's her name. "Phwooar, what a
waste!" says Sid in very visible frustration. Robert De Niro pales in
comparison. I once contemplated joining the Sid James and Kenneth Williams
Appreciation Society, but in the end I didn't in case it adversely affected
my social life.
The Eighties: I'm sure there was lots of great music in the eighties, and
Keith is right. Until fairly recently the seventies were considered the
absolute pits, just because hair gel had taken over from big bushy
sideburns. Despite my love for Led Zep, I think my favourite seventies music
is all the funk/soul/call it what you will that came out of the new black
awareness/call it what you will, such as the Stax stuff and Marvin Gaye's
political work. There's something irresistible about the combination of
radical politics and huge afros. The point is, I suspect that the best music
of the eighties ws hip hop. I don't know much about it, but when the reissue
scene gets its act together, I'll be there, fifty years old walking around
without any laces in my "sneakers". To help prepare myself, can anyone
remind me of the name of a girl rapper who swore a lot. I'm sure the
character Angela, played by Rosie Perez, in "Night on Earth" was based on
her. It was Roxanne something or other, but not Roxanne Shante, who was
equally adorable. It was on John Peel a lot. Making any sense? Perhaps I
dreamt it.
Also, Stock, Aitken and Waterman churned out some great records. Who could
forget the female version of Honey? Well, me actually. I've
forgotten her name...Samantha?...Siobahn?.....come to think of it, I've
forgotten the song too. So scrub that one.
If I remember correctly, "Bright Eyes" was number one at Easter time. I
listened to David "Diddy" Hamilton doing a run down of all the Easter number
ones since time began. The only other one I can recall was "Congratulations"
by Cliff Richard. I was quite a keen Cliff fan in my formative years.
This evening I hope to present at the B&S bunfight, even B&S aren't there.
That's if I can work out what 6pm GMT is in CET. Hope to see you all
there...
Peter
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Look out Bangor I'm on my way
And keep yer distance if you're gay
I'll need new pals and a piece of ass
But kiss my butt all you working class
Papa has dished out sheds of wedge
my student living will be 'on the edge'
His conglom has sponsored our new halls
we'll have pictures of Cerys on everyone's walls
I'll roll up spliffs in the union caff
burn 'Das Kapital' for a laff
I'll keep my stroke-mags to myself
till I sneak them on the library shelf
The 'Scurge of Lefties' will be my name
Tag will beg to bask in my fame
I'll buy this list & sell it you back
I'll be a real pain in Paul's nutsac
Bar or Biscuit? Laugh or Cackle!
You won't believe the size of my Big Tackle
We'll catch the catfish with a wee net
the salacious results will be the talk of TweeNet
Of such pisspoor rhyming I'm not worthy
Ha! screw you, jack, my name's NORTHY
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-----Original Message-----
De: Honey <honey(a)Majordomo.net>
Para: PJMiller <pjmiller(a)arrakis.es>
Fecha: jueves 26 de febrero de 1998 13:40
Asunto: Re: Sinister: Funkasize You
>> Also, Stock, Aitken and Waterman churned out some great records. Who
could
>> forget the female version of Honey? Well, me actually. I've
>> forgotten her name...Samantha?...Siobahn?.....come to think of it, I've
>> forgotten the song too. So scrub that one.
The loveable lass from Liverpool was called Sonia. And I think I might have
got my Roxannes mixed up.
Peter, doing a Keith.
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Like Keith, I'm looking forward to Cornershop appearing on TOTP. As long as
that adorable Jayne Muddlemuss is presenting it...
Is there an official line on B and S and TOTP? I mean, would the band
appear on the show if they ever, for some reason, got round to releasing a
new EP and it scraped the Top 20? Or do they have too many principles?
Couldn't they do a New Order and insist on playing live?
Lots of Love,
DAVID
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Northy!
Dig the new material! Have your people call my people and we'll do
lunch to discuss your debut release.
Just one question: Are you representin' East Coast or West Coast? Or
would it be Tory?
It's great to have you back!
Leslie
Aries - the perfect match for Mick Cooke ;o)
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Author: "Richard North" <r.north(a)mailcity.com> at X-MAIL
Date: 2/26/98 9:21 AM
Look out Bangor I'm on my way
And keep yer distance if you're gay
I'll need new pals and a piece of ass
But kiss my butt all you working class
Papa has dished out sheds of wedge
my student living will be 'on the edge'
His conglom has sponsored our new halls
we'll have pictures of Cerys on everyone's walls
I'll roll up spliffs in the union caff
burn 'Das Kapital' for a laff
I'll keep my stroke-mags to myself
till I sneak them on the library shelf
The 'Scurge of Lefties' will be my name
Tag will beg to bask in my fame
I'll buy this list & sell it you back
I'll be a real pain in Paul's nutsac
Bar or Biscuit? Laugh or Cackle!
You won't believe the size of my Big Tackle
We'll catch the catfish with a wee net
the salacious results will be the talk of TweeNet
Of such pisspoor rhyming I'm not worthy
Ha! screw you, jack, my name's NORTHY
(rhyme needs additional mixing time in the studio)
Get your FREE, private e-mail
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Hellohello,
Dina wrote:
>for those of you in the washington, dc vicinity please find it in your
>heart to come down the the kaffa house (u street between 12th and
>13th) tonight to hear pam berry and i spin some viscious tunes at cold
>rice. festivities begin at 11pm, to be realistic.
So Dina, what did you play? Did people dance? Ink polaroids, kiss
and tell stories? We want the gossip, we want the dirt, we want the
low down n' dirty sleaze. Well, I do anyway.
Wicked Little Stevie Trousers wrote:
>spotting a tagmail that does not contain the words "*****", "*******" or
>"*********"
Trousers, you are a morally corrupt young man, and you exaggerate like
a fiend. I have used two of these words only once to the best of my
knowledge. Far better to look for a Tagmail that includes the words
'Scandinavia' or 'Northy'. Or 'Tag' for that matter, since my rampant
egomania knows no bounds.
OK, the vaguely serious and earnest bit. All this commotion about the
nature of the list. Paul, David, Pedro and he who is tall said a lot
of good things, all of which I heartily endorse. Paul mentioned
lifelong friends and I've met a whole bunch of people doing this, who
I love very dearly, and you know, you can never have too many friends.
But it worried me a bit to hear that nostalgia is the best way to
connect. Surely not, we all have Belle and Sebastian in common,
that's the start, but hey, there's a host of reasons why we can look
forward not back. It's great to know you can start with liking the
same music and building on that, it's how I've always made friends,
and it works more often than it fails. And since it looks like
there's going to be little in the way of action from our boys and
girls, well, we should do it ourselves, and there's more to life than
misty eyed and whistful romanticism about bygone days. I may be old
enough to have had children by different marriages by now (I haven't -
I'm just old enough), but I refuse to admit that the best days of my
life are over. You may think you'll "never be young again ... but you
will".
And on that note, cheerio
Love Tag xx
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Megan thanks for analyzing my dream. I feel I know myself a little
better now.
>television is a typical metaphor for passivity. thus chris lacks control
>of his dream life.
My My. What a scary thought. I sometimes dream I'm eating stuff
and when I awake I feel full up. And sometimes I dream I'm swimming
and I wake up wet.
> then we get to the snake. why do I bother pretending
>otherwise, it's phallic.
Shite, does this mean I have dubious sensuality?
Dad has suspected this for a long time. He'll be ever
so pleased and probably take me up the pirn.
>the average male has an erection once every night.
Keith told me he's ready at all times. That's what makes him "sexual".
lovely miss megan also said
>socks are close to the feet. the feet are an erogenous zone. need I go
>further with this?
Are socks not phallic too? In fact I think socks are more phallic than
the song snake. Why? Just Because.
from Christine
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>hi, i just joined the list yesterday and i am not going to go through the
>boring, redundant "i've been a B&S fan for such a loooong time". frankly, i
>don't think it's that important.
Don't worry about this, anyone coming up with this sort of stuff gets an
immediate slapping and told to "deal with it".
I've only heard one or two Dandy Warhols songs and they sound pretty much
like a load of pish to me, kind of like Jesus Jones, with that curazee
keyboard guy with his acid house clothes and jumping around. Terrible name
too, kind of "We're a bit sort of Anglo-American" oh well... another shite
band, never mind, I suppose I'll just have to... deal with it.
Looks like Top of the P!O!P!s should be quite exciting this week, what
with Cornershop being at the top, in an unprecedented manoeuvre as the last
good British number one hit was 12 years ago, with Elaine Paige and Barbara
Dickson's "I knew him so well".
I noticed whilst running out the house this morning to come to work on
teletext on the headlines that "Elton John has won a Granny for the Diana
song", which I thought a bit poor, who's granny did he get? Was it perhaps a
dead granny, ex-airforce pilot who they rebuilt with bionics - this would be
the most humane cause I certainly can't agree with the British music
industry stealing somebody else's Granny for private use by a pop star.
Cheers,
Keith.
(Yes Peter, I finally plucked up the courage)
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