Good morrow! ROD BEGBIE The other day I was listening to the 1991 top twenty on the BBC, and there was a new entry for EMF and "Unbelievable", followed by another new entry for Jesus Jones and their "International Bright Young Things". For some reason, these two records reminded me of Rod Begbie, and how desolate and windswept the list is without him. Rod is abroad, so I'm sure he listens to the BBC World Service, which just happens to have launched a new request show, "Wright Around the World", introduced by Steve Wright, formerly of "Steve Wright in the Afternoon", which had us all in stitches throughout the eighties. Denim were on it once, and they all laughed at poor old Lawrence, just like in the school playground all those years ago. But I digress. What I was thinking was, one of us (probably me) could send in a request for Rod on behalf of the whole list, asking him to find a window in his busy schedule and come back to the list. We could even request a B&S song, although that would probably ensure failure. However, if we told Steve Wright about "Popgob" it would probably be a winner, because it's a very Steve Wrightish sense of humour. So, that's my plan. I just thought I'd ask in case anyone objects to being "outed" in such a way. IN SEARCH OF PANTNESS All this talk of underwear! I don't know where to look! Personally, I like to walk around as nature intended, wearing pants AND a vest. I'm sure all you gentlemen know what I mean. Ladies! Don't leave home without first donning a pair of panty-gurdles. VILLA PARK HALL OF FAME I have no idea what happened to Jimmy Riddle and Nigel Spunk, but I do know that Tony Barton, who performed a monkey's function at Villa park after Ron Saunders went off sulking, at least according to Ron Saunders, had a heart attack or something, and generally had a rough old time of it, bless him. Still I'd rather have a heart attack AND a European Cup winner's medal than no heart attack and no medal. I think. OH THE SNOT HAS CAKED AGAINST HIS "PANTS" Arthur Lee. I bet hundreds of people have answered that question overnight. Mr Lee is regarded as eccentric by the music press, as opposed to mentally ill, because it's funnier. One of his funnier exploits, according to the aforementioned muisc press, was to wake up in his van on tour in Britain, just as it was pulling into a petrol station on the motorway. "Wow!" said Arthur, "So this is Liverpool, the home of tthe Beatles!" Well I thought it was funny anyway. ROBERT McRAGTAG I thought Robert's quiz was splendid, especially the funeral bit. I would have enjoyed it even more if I'd known it was going to cause such outrage. Robert, I'm afraid I didn't tape that Yé Yé programme. I tried to, but it's been so long since I used the damn video that I couldn't rememebr how to do it. We have to swap leads around or something. At any rate, the other day I tried to make it sound better than it was, they were only little ten second clips of performances, quite frustrating really, becasue Lulu was just beginning to get really psyched up. Or out. But there was an amusing social commentary song about a girl walking along wearing a mini skirt that kept getting more and more mini as she walked along. I'm sure it'll be repeated soon, so I'll try and get it next time. YÉ YÉ DRESSES Fluffy, aren't they Yé Yé dresses that you drew on the female members of Melys when you sent me that fantastic picture? GIRL GROUP FRENZY I bought a girl group thing the other week too. It's called "Playin' Hard to Get" and it is quite hard to get, I don't really get it at all. Perhaps I should listen to it some more. RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO SAY It's getting quite obvious, so I'll wend my merry way to the toilet, where I'm sure I'll be welcome. Sister Disco +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+