What, with the upcoming B&S tour activity 31st Aug - 7th September. I thought it would be nice if we had a little competition. Here's the story - you have to buy 5 songs which you think will be played at the upcoming concerts, with 10000 quid. You get 5 points for each song they play, that you own. You will accumulate points as the tour progresses.

Bonus ===== You also have to guess the order in which your 5 songs would be played. If you get the order right you get bonus points.

1 Song played in correct order = 0 points 2 Songs played in correct order = 2 points 3 Songs played in correct order = 3 points 4 Songs played in correct order = 4 points 5 Songs played in correct order = 5 points

Rules:

1. You must choose exactly 5 songs 2. You must spend exactly 10000 quid 3. No members of Belle and Sebastian can win, but they can play. 4. No-one I suspect is on friendly/sexual terms with any members of B&S can win, but they can play. 5. I'm only going to run this for the UK tour dates, but you can still enter no matter where you are. 6. Once you've picked your songs you can't change them. Your 5 songs are applied to all the gigs. 7. I'm gamesmaster, so what I say is right. 8. Anyone who tries to manipulate the band to play certain songs (heckling at gigs etc) cannot win. 9. In the event of a draw, there will be a tie break round. I haven't decided what it is yet. 10. No entries will be accepted after 30th August 1998.

Here's a list of B&S songs with there corresponding prices.

Title Cost Sleep The Clock Around 5000 Chick Factor 5000 It Could Have Been A Brilliant Career 5000 Ease Your Feet Into The Sea 5000 Dirty Dream #2 5000 Simple Things 5000 Seymour Stein 5000 Is It Wicked Not To Care 5000 A Summer Wasting 5000 The Rollercoaster Ride (Instrumental) 5000 Spaceboy Dream 5000 The Boy With The Arab Strap 5000 The Fox In The Snow 4000 Like Dylan In The Movies 4000 Mayfly 4000 Seeing Other People 4000 The Stars Of Track And Field 4000 Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying 4000 Judy And The Dream Of Horses 4000 The Boy Done Wrong Again 4000 Me And The Major 4000 Slow Graffiti 3000 Modern Rock Song 3000 A Century Of Fakers 3000 The Loneliness Of A Middle DistanceRunner 3000 Rhoda 3000 Lazy Line Painter Jane 3000 Dog On Wheels 3000 A Century Of Elvis 2500 String Bean Jean 2500 You Made Me Forget My Dreams 2500 Le Pastie De La Bourgeoisie 2500 Beautiful 2500 Photo Jenny 2500 Belle And Sebastian 2500 Put The Book Back On The Shelf 2500 My Wandering Days Are Over 1000 Mary Jo 1000 The State I Am In 1000 Expectations 1000 I Don't Love Anyone 1000 You're Just A Baby 1000 She's Losing It 1000 I Could Be Dreaming 1000 Electronic Renaissance 1000 We Rule The School 1000 London Has Let Me Down Again 500 Hurley's Having Dreams 500 Pocketbook Angel 500

Sample Entry ========== here are my 5 songs:

The State I Am In 1000 Judy And The Dream Of Horses 4000 Slow Graffiti 3000 She's Losing It 1000 My Wandering Days Are Over 1000

= 10000

I take the order to be the order you write the songs down.

PRIZE ===== The big prize is one of my favourite personal belongings - A fine framed picture of Young Elvis dancing in a big woolly jumper. It is fantastic.

How to enter ========== Mail me your 5 choices at cleonard@murrayj.com DO NOT MAIL THE LIST WITH ENTRIES!!!! cos honeypaul with give me a row, and probably not put out. DO NOT MAIL THE LIST WITH ENTRIES!!!! That's important DO NOT MAIL THE LIST WITH ENTRIES!!!! MAIL cleonard@murrayj.com! I shall give you a telling off if you have a number of songs other than 5, or have not spent exactly 10000 quid. If you do mail the list with your entries, I'll change one of your guesses to Electronic Renaissance.

Any questions to me. I'm quite excited.

Good luck, dungeon master chris

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