On Sat, 9 May 1998, duke of harringay wrote:
so here's one for our american cousins: sat this saturday evening watching tv on a rare occassion and on comes this Dawsons Creek show and we sit and guffaw like good uns. Many reasons for these outbursts of unrestrained frivolity but main ones caused by: ... ... 2. The High School dance was grooving to what sounded like a soundtrack stright outta the 80s. Is US High School really like this? or just in trashy tv shows set in the middle of nowhere? it was weird. At least in our high school dance last summer we had a kid chopping some house tunes and some drum'n'bass. I mean, they could have at least played some B&S.
I also caught the Creek for the first time yesterday. I was sniggering at these 25-year-old actors playing 15-year-olds, recreating the good old high school feeling, when the 80s soundtrack was interrupted by... our very own Gina G! This must be what passes for cutting edge in America. I'm still laughing. Can't wait till next Saturday... Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------