Now, I am not worldly. In fact, I have only ever been to Ontario Canada and was only because it was 20 minutes from Detroit. But I know that some of the best pop music of the late 80's and early 90's came from the British Isle and I believe most was of Scottish decent: 1) POOH STICKS: My chihuahua is under the impression that Sweet Baby James was written for him. You see, when Linus was a wee little guy ( weighing only 3 pounds when I brought him home) I sang to him all the time and "..who loves ya' pretty baby" was perfect.(if you sing to your animals they have better self esteem). I swear that he knows the 7" 'cus he starts running around when he sees the sleeve. 2) VASELINES: Tell me that Frances couldn't get you outta your seat! Dum-Dum was divinely inspired and yet no animals were sacraficed to insure this vinyl gem was as flawless as this. When most bands were trying to deny their pop heritage this ensemble were defying it. Only love could tear 'em apart. Bless them for sharing with us a vision of pop ectasy. 3) TEENAGE FANCLUB: Let's not judge by where they are but by where they have been: flashback 1992: TFC come to Detroit. Opening are Superchuck on their No Pocky tour. I went not expecting much but left floating on the yummiest pop cloud ever accumulated. In the dehydrating times of Soundgarden and Helmet, TFC was a tall, cool drink of water. My heart DID do flip-flops whenever they were near. fast-foward to 1994: In '94 I was able to meet them on the 13 tour. Brendon O'Hare ( bless his heart) was just like a dream. Norman was so kind you could've eaten him up and been full forever. I never really for getting rid of Brendon-sure he was a loose cannon but I loved that guy! GranPrix was rewarding in ways I had forgottan possible. Reality check circa 1997: I wish, however, I would have stayed away when they played here last summer. Bless their hearts, Denver wasn't receptive. For goodness sakes! it was free and nobody came. Seeing them up there playing to an empty hall singing Alcholiday was actually depressing. I hope that they find success in knowing at least they touch this american, ya know? and i must agree with Rich in regards to the BMX Bandits " Serious Drugs". Someday a boy will cut off a finger if I wanted ( i wouldn't require it, of course, but the sentiment will be there) Okay, post two accomplished, back to work. ( p.s. I'm gonna try to send this with out all the nspb crap) jen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing, list rules, FAQs, . please see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . *** B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at *** . *** http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html *** . Nee, nee mun etc. -----------------------------------------------------------------------