On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Alan Prior wrote:

I feel I must get something off my chest, so to speak. Something I've only ever told one person before. Yes, 'tis true; I own the complete Menswear back-catalogue. Aaaaaargh! The shame! But, phew, I've finally admitted it and now my soul can finally rest in peace...

I thought Menswe@r were dead good. I managed to get a copy of their debut 7" (sold out within 2 hours - Aye, my arse. I bought it in Stirling on the Wednesday afternoon), and was thrilled to see on the Chart Show that weekend that it was worth "as much as �50". Wonder what it's worth now...? Ah, the heady BritPop summer of '95. Happy days!

NB: MSP write 'You Love Us' and receive mass adoration (and justly in my opinion); Menswear write 'We Love You' and everyone hates them (because they're shite?- you tell me...)

I've got everything they've released except that single, which I thought was cack. I actually got to see them live in Glasgow for free, after winning a competition on their website (it's still there! http://www.rise.co.uk/menswear/ "New Single 'We Love You' out 28th August", apparently) and I won a free signed CD of their album, which I promptly gave to a girl I fancied, and got a snog in return. Pretty good deal, if you ask me. FWIW, they have apparently recorded a new album, but London Records have dropped them, so they're shopping around for a new label. Rod. Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | "Finally, an erection from actual physical contact." | -- Brian Krakow, My So-Called Life ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . 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 . Listen, this is pish, I think I'll leave -----------------------------------------------------------------------