Sinister: here comes the science bit ... concentrate!

[Richard Cooper]

LISTEN UP YOU PHILASTINES B&S ARE COOL BUT THE  STONE ROSES RULE
-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Begbie <rod at xxx.com>
To: Strange Bed-Fellows <sinister at majordomo.net>
Date: 01 April 1998 18:16
Subject: Sinister: here comes the science bit ... concentrate!


>hey kids!
>
>just about finished off the new edition of PopGob, which'll go on-line in
>the next hour or two.  two issues old, and already it's not as funny as it
>used to be.  i'll spare you the full blurb, but here's the short
>announcement:
>
> .oPYo. .oPYo. .oPYo.     | PopGob ... http://www.begbie.com/popgob/
> 8    8 8    8 8    8     | the internet's leading pop gossip magazine
> 8    8 8    8 8    8     |
> 8YooP' `YooP' 8YooP'     | as featured in bbc radio one, need to know,
> 8 ....::.....:8 ....:    | the guardian and the scotsman
> 8 ::::::::::::8 _::_:|_  |
> ..::::::::::::.(_|(_)|_) | more facts thank you can shake a stick at
>                 _|
>
>i've spent all day doing it, so i can't be bothered pressing the shift key
>to get capital letters.  normal service'll be resumed tomorrow.  anyhoo,
>here's the contents of my brain today...
>
>On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Eimeir Tereasa McCartan wrote:
>
>>   Could anyone tell me when the new single by the dandy warhols
>> is out
>
>april 20th, 'parrently (although that's the day that virgin are claiming
>'modern rock song' is coming out, so who knows). their album's available
>on import in HMV for #12.99.  anyone know if it's worth it?
>
>> why is neil hannon fucking alive when
>> hes a vile smug little wanker
>
>anyone see "him" on 'stars in their eyes'?  the audience hadn't the first
>f---ing clue who he was meant to be!
>
>On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Sarah wrote:
>
>> "I'm not a trendy asshole i do what i want..."
>> and lets see which Sinister dudes can NAME the song and artist from
>> which that quote came.... GO ON I DARE YOU!
>
>i think that admitting to owning a tape of this album would be more
>controversial than admitting liking the spice girls, but it's 'smash' by
>'the offspring'.
>
>> "I try to make everyones day a little more surreal"
>>                 ***Calvin!****
>
>one of my favourite calvin strips of all times, that one (i still do the
>"i'd like to order a pizza' thing myself.)
>
>On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, Alan Prior wrote:
>> Oh, and Rod; All Saints are better than the Spice Girls.
>
>hmm.. the jury's still out on that one... but the saints wouldn't be here
>today if it weren't for our pioneering girl power chums.
>
>> Film Quote of the day; "if i ever start refering to these as the best
days
>> of my life, remind me to kill myself" This is in my school yearbook
>> profile, where it also says i am "intense and glittery". Hmmmmm.
>
>ooh!  i know that one, but can't place it for the life of me.  heathers?
>my uni yearbook entry had questions for "in ten years time i would like to
>be..." and "in ten years time i will probably be..."  my answers were
>"living off the royalties of my wife, sporty spice" and "31.  or dead."
>
>On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Rob B wrote:
>> [sad songs]
>> boo radleys - lazarus, spaniard
>
>that's interesting, cause i always have 'lazarus' down as a happy song.
>something about that powerful trumpety fanfare just makes me shiver with
>niceness.
>
>On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, susannah wrote:
>> [sinister sleaze test]
>> 10) Have you ever 'got off' with a list member?
>> Five points, double if Northy or Begbie, ten points for actual
penetrative sex.
>> Fifty if it was up the arse. And you can double that if it was Tag.
>
>which raises all kinds of metaphysical questions.  did i spend my teenage
>years building up a collosal sleaze score?  i think we should be told...
>
>on a less flippant point, apologies to any offended by my use of racist
>language.  not at all intentional -- i paused before typing it, but
>definitely not for long enough.  believe me, i'm the least racist guy on
>the planet.
>
>3 days to the spice girls concert...
>
>rod.
>
>                                    Rod Begbie @ http://www.begbie.com |
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