I have undoubtedly just witnessed something that has completely changed my mind on the phenomenon that is current Scottish pop. Whereas, until now, I was firmly of the belief that every Scottish band that I'd heard of that was around at theminute was at least *some* cop (OK, Bis aren't great, but they're at least listenable) I am now sitting here, dialling into work from home (hence the lack of the usual obligatory .sig), a shattered mess. During tonights episode of Essex and Suffolk's local news programme (News Southeast, or something), inbetween a piece on Chas and Dave (who, for those who want to see the hallowed hairy Tottenham fans in all their glory, are touring at the minute), and a rather moving, but totally un-newsworthy five minutes on the use of acupuncture to cure an arthritic dog, there was a clip from the new video of....wait for it.....BIG COUNTRY. Now, this maybe just me, but I thought they had died a totally befitting death in the late eighties/early nineties. But no. They're back. And what makes it worse is the fact that the guest vocals on the song are done by Eddi Reader. It's a bloody good job I have no hair to pull out, or it would be all over my living room carpet, I can tell you. I dropped my cigarette into my lap and virtually burnt a hole in my jeans as it was. What have we done to deserve this overnight regeneration of rubbish Scottish bands then?? *And* I happened to notice that the s! ! ! ! inger's eyes are too close together. Deary me. So here's a musical concept for you all: Heaven and hell. Beauty and the beast. Good and oh-so-very-evil. Belle and Sebastian and Big Country. I guess it's right what they say about these things co-existing in every walk of life. 'Xept it's usually the forces of evil that win, isn't it? I bloody hope not, that's for certain. Urggggghhhhhhhh........... Yours, feeling remarkably sick, p. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. This message is provided for informational purposes and should not be construed as a solicitation or offer to buy or sell any securities or related financial instruments. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+