Hey you kids, stop that rock 'n' pop! Mick McMick: re - buttontunesmithship. <<So now I've become perhaps the world's first button player>> I'm sorry, but I'm abso-bloomin-lutely certain that many ages ago our very own Roy Castle, from 'Record Breakers', mastered the button, the toggle and yes the press-stud. Roy was great. Roy could play anything: a chair leg, an old lady's face, the arse of a small dog. And now he's dead (unrelated events, I'm certain). And all to the tune of that great poptune 'Dedication (that's what ya need!)'. However, my band are always looking for new talent. So if you could work your way up from button to zipper, who knows? So there I was, returning to my palatial pile on the outer crust of Manchester (called 'Mamucium' by the Romans, meaning 'breast-shaped hill', apparently, but that's the latin temperament for you), weary and sore from a hard day's cock-fighting, to find Stuart Murdoch rummaging through my drawers. "Hey!" I cried, "What's the meaning of this?" To whit the red haired interloper replied, "Why, it's a pronoun denoting a person or thing near at hand, just mentioned or about to be mentioned." "Oh. OK." I said. "Fancy a cuppa? It's Earl Grey." And that's how I got into Belle and Sebastian. Erm. Sorry, I'll have to go, I'm rejecting my transplant. Keep yer hands on yer ha'pennies. Cheer, Gazzoid. np: Buckaroo 'Can't complain, musn't grumble, have another piece of apple crumble.' - ABC*** +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+