Dearly beloved, We did indeed go and see Billy Bragg, and he is so good in concert, in spite of the tossers in the audience, one of whom shouted "all politics is bollocks", not the most intelligent thing to say at a Billy Bragg concert, especially after paying to get in. Perhaps he was on the guest list. He was selling "Official Bootlegs" again - live recordings of that concert (or a previous one in the tour). Whay are they bootlegs if he is selling them? Is he by-passing the record company, or is it just a word to describe a style of recording. Anne Ward said Mr CrystalBalls said:

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And does anyone want to meet up in glasgow soon - possibly for the looper gig?

Yes, that would be lovely. It would be very helpful if you could wear your school uniform so the other listees can recognise you. Just as well you're not a girl, or people might think you were Dizzabel. Better wear some short trousers anyway, just to make sure. I'll be one of the old women ogling at the back.

In case you make it to the Edinburgh gig, I will be one of the even older women at the back, clutching my exam certificates. Maybe we can compare :). Chris, your mother was probably just trying to annoy you. Mothers do that. They say, "Were you watching BBC2 last night" and then go on to tell you in detail about the programme you have waited all your life to watch, but miss out the crucial elements, as they had to unload the dishwasher when that bit was on. Then they say, "I was going to phone you, but I thought you'd probably know it was on" (implying that you are a sad obsessive). Was it on "Mr Anderson's Fine Tunes" - an excellent mid-afternoon programme. Nice to see chirpy cockney member of the intelligensia Tim P!o!pkins back. Now we'll see some fun! I've been flamed in public! Sweet mother of Jesus, I belong. Linda +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+