Enough already! [...] I was intrigued to read, in this week's issue of the metrosexual jazzmag Time Out, an interview between thinking woman's journo-crumpet Peter Paphides and Stu D's old man, Mr Hal David, the feller who use to write all the words for Burt Baccarat. Paphides chances his arm and asks the Alexander Pope of Pop what he thinks of modern lyricists, playing him a "snatch" of "Seeing Other People". Mr David responds:"it's a very original idea, a very youthful idea. But if I have any objection it's to the song itself, which goes on repeating itself. Personally I would have required a tune that was more developed". Well, miaow! Hal goes on to say that Pulp's "Something Changed" is "wonderful". Next week: Jaco Pastorius gives his opinion of Groucho Robertson's bass-playing on "Spaceboy Dream". [...] Mental Mickey Jones mentioned the total eclipse of Bonnie Tyler next week. It did occur to someone at the p*cn*c on Saturday that, had we all be killed by a bolt of lightning on top of Primrose Hill, the media would have thought we were a cult of virgin cardie-wearing interweb creepynutfreaks who had committed mass suicide in the belief that Isobel Campbell was waiting for us in a groovy Barbarella-style spaceship hidden behind the moon and was going to beam us up to safety before the Dark Lord of Terror descends from the skies and the seas turn to Um Bongo next Wednesday. [...] Pamela H said that Baxendale sound like My Life Story. WHAT???? Are you such a desensitized, citified wuss, that you can't respond to things *genuinely * anymore and *emerse * yourself in the sheer *beauty * of *pop music *? What, do you expect lyrics like *Hemingway * or something?? I mean, people should do psychology experiments on you!! What on earth IS pop music to you then? Shed your emotive programming and feel something fresh for a change! Leave your insulation of jade and irony at home, and expose yourself to something NEW! I was a boy scout in Stevenage, you know. Stevie Trousers xxx Ask Mr Trousers: http://www.lowsodiumonline.com/gorilla_theater/quiz_questions/mr_trousers.ht ml +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+