Good Moaning, (as in the English policeman from "Allo Allo") Being a damn nice guy I felt that that I should write and forewarn anyone planning to attend Snow Patrol's Aberdeen gig as part of the Alternative Festival to turn up late, as support is beng provided by the innocuous sounding but truly horrific Needles. These perrenials of the Aberdeen "scene" don't just stink in an ordinary sense, they really stink. Think the 3 month old corpse of a particularly committed Levellers fan. In a sauna. To make matters worse they seem to believe in the "healing and redemptive power of rock 'n' roll", which means attempting to sound like the mAKE-UP or John Spencer Blues Explosion. Except with Aberdonian accents. Think the John Spencer Yeast Infection and you're moving along the right lines. I heard the most fantastic insult ever the other evening. It was like a Free Jazz insult; formless and continually evolving: "You are such a wank Fraser. No, serious, a total wank. You are such a wank you have a poster of Keith Chegwin on the wall of your flat. In the nuddy. With his knob slapped out on a table. There he is, with his chap in one hand, giving you the thumbs up with the other. And its autographed." I meant at some point during this incoherent heap of gibberish to mention Alexander Spence, The Nectarine No.9, Tommy Sheridan, Alasdair Gray, Claudio Caniggia and even Belle and Sebastian (crazy or what?). Oh well.. Good lovin' all round, Iain McG. ---------------------- Iain McGilp u02nim@abdn.ac.uk +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+