On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Keith Watson wrote:
He was much better on the Wide Awake Club. Sorry Dave, this is an old joke. Slightly modified, ironically Zoe Ball said it the other morning, that he was much better on Magpie.
I know, it's an obvious one. But I couldn't resist...
You were on the wide awake club weren't you? I remember my little brother pointing it out one day.
Yep! Appeared on "Singing In The Shower", performing Bryan Ferry's "Let's Stick Together". Definitely the low-point in my media career (one step up from asking a question to Tanita Tikaram on Going Live). I met the afore-mentioned permboy, and if you want to find out my opinion of him, try searching DejaNews for "Tommy Boyd AND cunt". On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Stuart Gardiner wrote:
Recent CD purchases since my exams finished; the Fatboy Slim single (buy it now! Keep David Badiel off number one! He can't sing to save his life!) which is just superb, and the Rialto album, which has some cracking songs but lacks variety.
<double takes> Rialto album?!? I thought they were just preparing to release Monday Morning 5:15 for the umpteenth time, just on a different label now? Wossit called? On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, debbie wrote:
A.M. Horne wrote:
so, scotland have won something at last!
ooh, that's not very nice... however true it may turn out to be, hehehe. humph. why are we so shit?
It's all mathematics. Brazil has a population of 120 million, we have a population of 5 million. Statistically, there is a higher chance of them having 11 decent players than there is of us. As we proved so amply last Wednesday. Now, Norway, on the other hand, is roughly the same as us, population-wise. So when they whip our hides tomorrow, we'll have to come up with a new excuse. On Sat, 13 Jun 1998, debbie wrote:
i just read that Je T'aime Gainsburg is gonna be on at the edinburgh festival this year. does anyone know whos going to be playing in it? will it be the same as the Renfrew ferry one. just wondered. Am v. excited, JAMC, Spiritualised and PJ Harvey are playing too. Wow!
My friends were somewhat confused when I said I was delighted that my move to America had been put back to October. But I'm chuffed, cause it means that I can go the Festival this year, as well as go to V98 (tickets pending) which looks bloody great too. Mind you... I won't actually be able to afford any tickets to these things, cause I'm going to have to do some crappy temping job over the summer :( Data entry sucks! Anyone for a game of Sinister Hangman? _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ / _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ Rod. Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "We're all going to heaven, lads. Waaaay!" | -- Father Dougal McGuire ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Rod Begbie wrote:
<double takes>
Rialto album?!? I thought they were just preparing to release Monday Morning 5:15 for the umpteenth time, just on a different label now? Wossit called?
Rialto got dropped by East West Records less than a week before their album was due out, so inevitably by that time a lot of copies had been pressed. Some of these are now available "on import", on the basis that they weren't dropped by East West in some other countries. The fact that these imports are available for the price of a normal album makes me doubt if they are in fact imports... The band are going to release a remix of Monday Morning 5.19 next month, with at least one album track on the B-side I believe, followed by the proper release of their eponymous album shortly after. Actually I saw Rialto last night, and they were excellent. They were playing at Trinity College May Ball (yeah yeah, I know, this is the one time of year when us Cambridge students actually live up to our stereotype as extravagent, opulent types. I mean, prints of Monet paintings, and piped classical music, in the Portaloos? Although there aren't many chances in your lifetime to stand in beautiful surroundings, eating oysters, drinking vintage wine, watching a massive firework display... It might be elitist and poncey or whatever, but it's a bloody good night!). Given that it was only a college gig, you might have expected them to ease off a bit, not try particularly hard, and just be there for the money; but they really went for it, and we even got a moshpit going in the marquee, in dinner jackets. If you get the chance to see them, I would highly recommend it. Of course, one problem with going to a Cambridge May Ball (apart from the price...) is that they don't finish until 6am. So I'm off to go back to bed. The Tired Git ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Stuart Gardiner wrote:
Of course, one problem with going to a Cambridge May Ball (apart from the price...) is that they don't finish until 6am. So I'm off to go back to bed.
another problem with going to a cambridge may ball is that you might do all sorts of embarrassing things under hypnosis, and someone you know might have brought a camera. yes indeed, i was there too, and it is all to tempting to spill the beans on what the tall git got up to... but then again, bribery is another option g'bye rob ps. how's claudia, or should i say 'mike', stuart? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + / \ St Theresa's calling her | O | The church up on the hill _______| _ | Is looking lovely / / /\ | __| \/. But it doesn't interest /_/\_//_/||##| ;\|/' The only thing she wants to know __|_||_|||_||##|_____|_ Is how and why and when and where to go If you're feeling sinister... Belle and Sebastian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, rob b wrote:
another problem with going to a cambridge may ball is that you might do all sorts of embarrassing things under hypnosis, and someone you know might have brought a camera. yes indeed, i was there too, and it is all to tempting to spill the beans on what the tall git got up to...
Don't even think about it. Remember, I know where you live... On a more serious note (except possibly to Rob's health...):- Can I just say, nationalism sucks. I'm not proud of being British - we've been responsible for the deaths of more people around the world than any other country in history. But I do support the England and Scotland football teams, for the same reason as I support Cambridge in their inevitable annual sporting victories over Oxford; because it's enjoyable cheering the team on, or whatever. Most sports fans don't think it's a matter of life or death, it just makes them happy to see their team win. The hooligans that have appeared in marseille and other places recently aren't football fans, I doubt if many of them care about football in the slightest, they just like causing trouble whether it be at a football international or, say, and England cricket test match at Headingley. Finally, in a quite remarkable twist, something both on-topic and relevant! In today's Melody Maker, Chris Geddes is asked about football; and in particular, which football team he would compare B&S to, to which he answered: "We're the Manchester City of pop. People still come and see us, no matter how bad we get." So football is a valid topic of conversation on the list after all... Claudia's other half (?), Stuart G ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Somos todos conejitos felices que tararean . consonancias felices del conejito - no somos? -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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