On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Richard Banner wrote:

Oh and on that NME review of the gigs its really not worth worrying about. For a long time i've done nothing but slag off the likes of NME and Melody Maker(thought i'd put them in as well)and i will continue to do so. How the hell these papers sell is beyond me. Pure pants

Come on now, it was a fair review. Swells's opinions may differ from everyone else on Planet Pop, but he managed to stereotype the average B&S fan (as seen here on this list) perfectly. By which I mean that I half-recognized myself in his description. I enjoy debate. I like reading opinions that differ from my own. But rather than get into some slanging match about politics, I narrow my focus to the stuff that really interests me (music, TV, comedy) so that at least the debate has some form of passion behind it. That's why I read this list. That's why I buy NME. (oh, and I'm also a shallow sheep who likes being told what to think. SHIT! whaddagiveaway!) Rod. (stopping before he gets TOO intensely intense) Rod Begbie @ http://www.cee.hw.ac.uk/~ceerab/index.html | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Windnesty: n. The belief that if the parking ticket lodged between | you wiper and windshield blows away, you don't have to pay ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . We're all happy bunnies humming happy bunny tunes. Aren't we? -----------------------------------------------------------------------