Keith wrote:

Peter, I didn't know the Lotus Eaters extended any further than their 1983 hit, don't know anything about them - however, the bizarre and crazy news today from my corner of the world as regards hits in 1983, is that this girl's just joined our company and she used to be the drummer in the Belle Stars! Weird eh! (There's the Belle and Sebastian link - for the more hawk-eyed amongst you).

Keith, do you keep your Guiness Book of Hit Singles edited by Paul Gambaccini at work, or have you got a special pop brain? The Lotus Eaters tasted top 20 success with their debut single, The First Picture of You, The First Picture of Summer, Seeing The Flowers Scream Their Joy, but then had a string of flops, followed by an album called No Sense of Sin. Then....nothing. Until now. I'm sure I had that album from the library, at the time I was dead mad keen on anything from Liverpool and you know how sensitive I am. I liked that China Crisis song too, where they're all looking dreamy in a haystack on the video, and some other group who had a song called New Dreams For Old, which must have been really shit. Next to the article about The Lotus Eaters, there's one about We've Got a Fuzzbox and We're Gonna Use It, who remind me a bit of a certain someone on the list, but I'm not telling you who in case I get called a stale bucket of wee. One of them witnessed a murder and had to get the hell out of Birmingham!!! As for The Belle Stars, they were surely one of the great bands of the eighties, I loved their songs "Three Minute Hero" and "Too Much Pressure", but it was a terrible shame when Neneh Cherry left. Why don't you get your new pal to write a "Where Am I Now?" article and send it into the list? I forgot to point out that Q Magazine features a picture of a Waronker on page 100. Thank you to whoever sent in that photo of Eval Keneval playing rugby. Claire, don't send me a tape, I've got some already. I recommend The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill for your pub. It's an urban hang suite, I think. At any rate, it won't get you the sack and it's dead long. I could down about twelve pints while it's on, no problem. I look forward to the clash of the titans, DJ PJ taking on DJ Divine in the Northern Soul stakes. Is the Symington Special seamlessly mixed? I bloody well hope not, or I've got no chance. Thanks to everyone for the smut, keep it coming! DJ PJ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+