John shamefacedly wrote: Coz it then struck me (ouch) that the only other fanclub i've been in was for...........Big Country! ...how I loved to stroll around in my "country club" T-shirt with the epic slogan "Stay Alive in 85" (a good idea when you considered the alternative...).

Jeezus Kerrist! Am I glad I wasn't paying any attention to pop music throughout the 80s or what?! If even the dedicated indie-poppers of the list can get sucked into the dark and slimy underworld of Big Country t-shirt-wearing, there would have been no hope for a puir Midland preteen such as myself 10 years ago. But no, I adhered limpetlike to my tapes of Vivaldi concerti all those years ago, spurning the "charms" of Mr Michael Jackson etc. It does mean I have to catch up on The Smiths etc now, but I believe this is an acceptable effort to make in exchange for not owning anything by Satan's Bleachboy. What's the most hideously embarrassing record owned by a member of the list? Or have we done the embarrassing music thing before? My memory is going already...

ByeBye, Liz (edaplynr3n00297@kiadroch.kiad.ac.uk)

*********************** silence

.is a looking

bird: the

turn ing; edge, of life

(inquiry before snow

e.e. cummings ***********************

Hah! I found out yesterday that my birthday is the same as ee's. Happy happy joy joy!

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