I hope Belle and Sebastian do get the oppurtunity to grace the TOTP stage. I don't know what it's like now, so I don't know if they'd be an antidote to anything or not. Many years ago TOTP was sort of important, and even if it's shit now, I for one would jump at the chance of being on it, if only for the oppurtunity of telling my grandchildren about it. My Aunty Ann has been dining out for years on the fact that Ted "3,2,1" Rogers once asked her out. She turned him down. If anyonne wants to see how the mighty are fallen, check out the following link. Apparently 23 pages contain the word Showaddywaddy, and this little gem is one of them. Isn't that Isobel and Sarah sitting on the floor in the front row? And that looks suspiciously like Stuart Murdoch in a tangerine frightwig. http://www.chycor.co.uk/kiligarth-manor/page3.htm The other important reference point for seekers of Showaddywaddy-isms is the song "A Little Bit of Soap" by De La Soul, which (if I'm not embarrassingly mistaken) contains a sample of our new heroes just before the fade out. I wonder if their lawyers are as good as James Brown's. So that's why some of the messages come twice! I thought it was Bill Gates' fault. I'll try my best, but please bear in mind that I've only just learnt not to send all the messages to Paul instead of the list. Peter ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------