sarah wrote:
So, who else on this list has a penchant for bad '80s toons?
Oh, the worst one *by far* was the Smurfs. My mom had diabolical methods (usu. involving Pop Tarts) of luring my sister and I away from that show on Saturday mornings so we'd make our ballet lessons on time. She didn't like that show cause it only had one girl, and she was silly, all batting eyelashes and piercing giggles. Anyway, my sister and I watched the Smurfs for old times sake once, and we noticed that there's this male Smurf who wears a white hat like the others, only his has this gaudy purple daisy stuck on it, and when the other Smurfs do something neat, he exclaims "fa-AA-bulous!" in this totally camped-up voice. Hmmm... the animators wouldn't be trying to imply something, would they? wonder what my mum made of *that*... and now the other bit (B and S content, albeit slim) - Did you notice that during "Century of Elvis", you can hear the words to "Century of Fakers" in the background? And that the run-out grooves of the "3.. 6.. 9" singles say "Masterpiece."? (that always gets a smile from me - warm and fuzzy, not derisive) so I hear that the High Llamas will be touring near me... they're one of those groups that I hear *about*, but never actually hear, but they have a Stereolab connection of some sort, so they could be good. So whaddaya say, kids, are the High Llamas worth going to see? Keep in mind that I just paid for me and my best friend's ticket to the radiohead / bjork show, so I'm broke as the Ten Commandments, and that falling in love with B and S has raised my musical standards significantly... love, leeann "Sid James speaks to you like God" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------