Stuart David spoken-word and bizarre (sexual?) devices gig in
Glasgow. And yes Tag, I've just sent the questions off to the band.
They will now stop talking to us.
HoneyP xxx
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From: Stuart David
Hi Paul
Here is the gig details. The Glasgow School of Art, in the Vic Bar. 2
pounds, (1.50 for glasgow school of art students)
Starts at 7.30pm ends at 12pm. There will be bingo, two spoken word guys, one
DJ, one ambient music guy, and then me around 10.30 or 11pm- with my full
multimedia experience. AND my box.
Stuart
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Go tell Stuart M. that this is the right answer.
According to Dale 'n' Kyle's Carolina Dictionary:
biscuit: a right tasty fluffy thing that y'eat for any time of the day. Real good with
sausage gravy.
bar: a place where'n you get likkerd up at.
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As far as I know, the Diggers were dropped by Creation, split up and
some of them are back doing crap jobs in Glenrothes.
The Archdeacon of Pop
Blur245(a)aol.com wrote ...
>One band in particular I really like is "The Diggers" so if
>you like creation let me know.
"Stop! Look! Listen!" ... now the Digger$ are worth your attention and
appreciation. I have no idea how much recognition this fine Glaswegian band
received following their contract with Creation Records, but "They said I'd
know" from the _Mount Everest_ LP/CD must be one of last year's favourite
tunes, "Life's all ways" off the "Nobody's fool" 7"/12"/CDs from the year
preceding that ... the line-up featured quite interesting personnel in the
earlier days as well.
"No names"
Andreas
The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella
But more upon the just because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella
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I think Tag might be mixing up his EC and his Customs & Excise (or is
it Inland Revenue?) officials. I know it's an easy mistake to make.
This is how I recall the case of a few years ago:
Under UK taxation law, food is exempt from VAT charges, but this
exemption doesn't cover confectionery (nor food in restaurants - it's
all too luxurious.)
Now cake is classed as a basic foodstuff (something of a hangover from
Marie Antoinette and her Pasties of the Bourgeoisie no doubt) but
biscuits, they're clearly frivolous items of confectionery.
One day the taxman decided that Jaffa Cakes weren't really cakes at
all but just tax dodging biscuits. McVities weren't going to take this
lying down because they wanted to make lots of money. So the
courtcase ensued. And clever McVities lawyers argued that JCs really
were sponge cakes, just a lot smaller than the norm. In a coup de
grace, they called for Exhibit A, a specially-baked giant Jaffa Cake
which they sliced in front of the assembled court in a very cake-like
way. Everyone gasped and the day was won. A Jaffa cake is a cake is
a cake is a cake.
Hmm.. Is the new LP going to have a pub trivia theme I wonder? "If
you're feeling anal" anyone?
So long
Nick xxx
Tag wrote:
And jaffa cakes, which are
particular bone of contention for me. Biscuit or cake? Since they
are described as cakes, a recent EC directive decreed that they should
therefore be taxed accordingly. And a jaffa cake contains light
sponge, chocolate and a smashing orangey bit, but not 'biscuit'. But
I can't help feeling that an authentic cake should somehow be bigger.
I have no problem with them being called jaffa 'cakes', somehow jaffa
sponges or jaffa biscuits is aesthetically inferior, and a bombay duck
is a fish not a duck, and a parson's nose is not a nose at all, so why
should a jaffa cake be a cake. A case of EC bureaucracy gone mad,
perhaps? Maybe, other readers or indeed Stuart himself would care to
offer their views.
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People, people get it together......
A Rich Tea or a hob nob is a biscuit yes....
They have no chocolate on them only eh... whatever makes the crunchy.
Crunchiness X...
Therefore a neccasary condition for a biscuit must be crunchiness X.
With not much more else. Chocolate is OK.... but I think if you've
got toffee your a bar.
So breakaways and trios are about the same size. Breakaways biscuits.
Trio's bars.... nothing to do with size.
And what the hecky moses are all these Streethawk votes for... the
guy was a ponce. Ebery time he knocked somweone off or injured them
even like really evil bad guys there was always the obligatory shot
of him looking pensive. Whats goin' on there eh?
My vote is for MICHAEL KNIGHT and KITT...
Also I remember Manimal BUT was there not a similaire type of
man/animal fusion series around at the same time.... A kind of Blue
Thunder to its Airwolf.... Or have all these 80's TV oppositions gone
to my head...
God Bless you Mr and Mrs Rosewaters!
neil H
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well i have felt
not in the mood for any of this..."
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Anyone here ever played "milky biscuit"? An ex mighty lemon drop told me
about this rather...um...strange game that British bands play on tour (when
totally pissed I hope)...he mentioned New Order played this, and i've not
been able to listen to them, let alone kiss them...since. *shudder*
Anyway.... last night at an instore at No Life records, here in
LA....(Momus)...My very own Felicia came skipping over to me with a CD copy
of Dog On Wheels...yeah yeah...no biggie for you British Milky Biscuit
sorts, but for daft Americans it's been hard to come by. Felicia then
informed me that there was one more on the rack and I scampered over to see
a boy and a girl looking over it like the baby Jesus. I then did the most
un-Christianly thing thinkable and snatched the sleeping baby from it's
cradle...like a viper, I struck without warning....right infront of the
poor fuckers outstretched hands.....I then felt flooded with shame at this
vile and repulsive act (like a band member after a hearty game of milky
biscuit) and knew...that wasn't very Belle & Sebastian fan-like at
all.....so with this incredibly innocent (and quite dumb) look on my face I
hand it over saying "oh...sorry...did you want this?" AS IF! As if i'd not
just dived for it like Nicky Walker with a Hun football flying right at his
wee heed. Sheesh. What a dope. They were so shocked at the genius move i'd
just pulled to get it, they shook their heads and went "uh uh. that's cool.
you take it."
GOAL!
Tag? Fancy a game of MB?
beth
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Paul Dean wrote ...
>Has anyone in the US heard of a band called 'The 3'o clock'? Apparently,
>they were a huge influence on the fledgling Roses...
The Three O'Clock were fairly popular exponents of the American Paisley
Underground in the early Eighties ... the _Baroque Hoedown_ debut 12" from
1982 is a classic masterpiece, the _Sixteen Tambourines_ album from 1983 is
highly recommended as well and may have been quite influential on other
excellent Eighties bands such as Fantastic Something ... both records are
compiled on the _Sixteen Tambourines_ CD reissue.
Besides, I've just obtained a letter from friends in London telling me that
XFM plays tunes such as "If she doesn't smile (it'll rain)" by Fantastic
Something ... lucky people.
"As real as real"
Andreas
The rain it raineth on the just
And also on the unjust fella
But more upon the just because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella
(Charles Baron Bowen)
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>He wrote :
>*What makes a biscuit a biscuit and a bar a bar? For example, Twix, biscuit >or bar? 5,4,3,2,1 bar or biscuit? Which treat surfs the elusive dividing line the
>best?
I don't think anyone can better Windy Miller - United Bisuits man, so I'm not going to try.
>and also
>*Who is the most famous living person?
Obviously this is Fred Dibner. That bloke who used to blow up knob-like structures.
As for the Kiosk / Booth / Cubicle debate.
I consider a Kiosk to be a retailing outlet, usually situated in the middle of a pavement in a narrow busy street. They usually trade in cigarettes, but some of the more reputable kiosks have been known to trade in bisuits and choc bars.
A cubicle is definitely a compartment with three walls a door and a bench more commonly found in public bathing facilities.
You will often find coat-hooks in cubicles in some of the more well-off parts of England like Bognor Regis.
In the liberal ninetees, many working-class baths have employed changing-room attendants. These are primarily ex-cons who wear seventies-style red tracksuits and stride up and down in a disturbed manner looking at young boys and thinking..."mmmmmmmmmmmm" and licking their lips.
A booth is a bit more non-descript and could be applied to either of the above.
The more common application of this word though is either :
a) The small box like structures found on train-station platforms used for obtaining passport style photographs. These "photo-booths" generally have seventies style orange curtains, and can only be used by people under six feet tall. They are widely known for their ability to make even the best looking of people appear to have been on class A drugs for 15 years, and often result in customs officials giving you "dodgy" looks when presenting your passport for access to places like Columbia or Amsterdam.
b) The Balsa-wood structures found in primary school halls on polling day used to cast ones vote in secrecy.
These "voting-booths" generally have a single shelf, and often have ancient etchings on them which give a popular insight into political history, for instance,
"John Major...kiss my bottom" or "For a good time call.." etc etc.
There.
Can I slag off Chelsea now Paul ?
Adrian.
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This is a subject close to my heart. The novel that I'm planning to write
(don't get too excited - it's been at the planning stage since 1992) kind
of revolves around the most famous person thing: but in terms of empathy
rather than just pure fame.
Whose death (apart from Di, obviously) would cause such an outpouring of
grief around the world that it would be possible to shift hangarloads of
vaguely related merchandise in minutes?
The usual suspects (Jacko, Madonna, etc) don't convince me: I just don't
believe enough people love them.
I think I have the answer, but any suggestions would be gratefully
received.
Old Bands: have Jesse Garon and the Desperados been mentioned yet? For
about six months in the mid-eighties they were the loveliest thing on the
planet.
Love,
DAVID
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Dear All,
It's Friday morning, the sun is shining and I'm preparing myself
spiritually and mentally for a weekend of Scottish country dancing
(can anyone remember the steps to 'Bonnie Prince Charlie's Hornpipe'?)
and alcohol abuse. I remember my English teacher coming into the room
on the first day of term and saying "Spring is here - the time when
Young McTaggart chases after young girls and sticks his claymore into
them". He was a strange man, but a great influence.
So I'm listening to 'The Hit Power of the Exciters' which despite the
sleeve (which looks like something available "from all major branches
of Woolworths and Woolco" as well as motorway service stations) is a
corking collection of Lieber-Stoller songs. The cats are fighting
like mad fools and the fur is a-flyin'. And I'm officially 'working
from home'. Quelle belle vie!
So Paul, did you get answers are to our pertinent B&S questions? I
must say how disappointed I was to miss Stuart 'Rupert' Murdoch on IRC
yesterday. That Stu-d is slippery as an eel.
Rod Begbie wrote:
>Of course, over the atlantic, the merkins refer to a scone as a biscuit,
>a biscuit as a cookie, and a bar as a candy.
Merkins? Do you know what a merkin is, Rod? Do you wear one? Have
you got photos?
Keith wrote:
>>Old Bands: have Jesse Garon and the Desperados been mentioned yet? For
>>about six months in the mid-eighties they were the loveliest thing on the
>>planet.
>
>Haha, funny, you want to get in touch with Pam Berry from Washington, she
>loves them!
Me too. What happened to Pam by the way? She was hear and then PAFF!
no more.
>Anyone here ever played "milky biscuit"? An ex mighty lemon drop told me
>about this rather...um...strange game that British bands play on tour (when
>totally pissed I hope)
I've often wondered if B&S play 'Milky Biscuit' (or Milky Bar) to wile
away those long nights in the van. Maybe Paul could ask them this.
>...he mentioned New Order played this, and i've not been able to listen to
>them, let alone kiss them...since. *shudder*
When Northy was my fag at Eton, he always used to let me win. But
then he'd always bend over backwards to help me.
>Tag? Fancy a game of MB?
Righto Beth, I'll provide the Tunnocks and if you throw a six, you can
toss first.
Andrew wrote:
>(saying hi to captain keith monkey and the qss collective, or some such arse)
Yo! I'd like to give big respect to DJ Trousers, Kool Keith, Katrina
and the Blue Soda crew - KICKIN' IT in '98, Phat Honey P on the M-I-C,
the IRC posse, and a big shout to the Tormentor - your pipes need
laggin' - nuff said, to the South Central Manchester gangstas -
chicken vindaloo in full effect. And to Northy - peace.
Keepin' it real for the massive!
MC Tag (coming atcha straight outta Chorlton)
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