Sinister: Move Over Rover, Let Murdi Take Over

[PJMiller]

Tim made me jealous:

>I once shook hands with a man who had shaken hands with Clement Dodd, aka
Coxsone, the most
>important record producer in ska history. Having said that, the fellow
whose hand I shook was in
>a band supporting Rancid, and no doubt he'd shaken the hand of somebody
Rancid more recently
>than Coxsone's. So I decided to wash my hand after all.

Perhaps as well. I once saw Rancid on the telly, playing at some kind of
festival. It was ska, but it was shit ska, and they had pink hair. They look
to me like the kind of chaps who stick their hands down their sweaty bum
cleavage before shaking hands with anyone. Like in that film that I like,
Mallrats. That's my video tip, if they haven't got Clerks, which is better.

Being the kind of chap who puts his money where his mouth is, I went out on
Friday to buy some ska, the real thing, not the sweaty bum cleavage sort. In
the end I couldn't decide between The Best of Don Drummond (who killed his
COMMON LAW wife, so that's all right. I bet he tromboned her to death) and
The Skatalites' "Ska- Boom- Da - Boom - Boom" album on Top Deck Shandy
Records. And then the shop closed and I was all alone. Imagine my joy upon
arriving home to find this:

I'm
>already planning my ska/rocksteady tape for Peter, here. It'll start with
the marvellous 'Fat
>Man' by Derrick Morgan. It will also include 'Fatty Fatty' by Clancy
Eccles, and 'Fattie Fattie'
>by The Heptones. Can you spot a theme?

Yes, I can. Fatness. Can I have "Eh Fatty Bum Bum" too? In the end I bought
another LP awarded the mythical "E" for "Essential" in the reggae book - "My
Xperience" by Bounty Killer. It's loud.

>You got that idea from The Idler, didn't you?

The only idea I got from The Idler was to put The Idler down again and never
have flying lessons.

Trousers wrote:

>(This is from Mr Muldoon’s forthcoming collection, ‘Hay’. You may be
interested to know that Paul is the beloved President of The Poetry Society.
What a funky organisation we are.)

Please congratulate Mr Muldoon on producing the late nineties equivalent of
the great John Keats album "What's a Greek Urn?". Is the title of his
collection a tribute to the late great Will Hay? Whatever, the poem gave me
great pleasure, right up until that bit about batlles or something, that was
too hard for me.

Sarah wrote:

TODAYS moral message kids - if it isn't the Beach Boys, it's crap. The
Beach Boys. *nods sagely* yes.

I couldn't agree more. I love The Beach Boys. Love Love Love. And Welsh
language punk.

Genevieve wrote:

as my first bunny..Pom-Pom froze
to death under a shed, so I will help Pom-Pom's ancestors.

I just thought I'd repeat that for Adrian Evans' benefit.
I am the vicar out of Dick Emery, but I can bake if called upon to do so.
For example, when there's a bread strike.

Molly wrote:

Me and a friend are going to the Nottingham gig in a car, and we don't know
how to do it. Please help us!! If anyone could send us some decent
directions for simpletons t'would be much appreciated. We'll be coming from
Birmingham if that helps any.

Unless I'm wrong, you just get on the M42 and keep going. You could always
get the Midland Red X99 bus that connects Birmingham and Nottingham, calling
at Tamworth, Ashby, Long Eaton and all points in between. It is one of the
finest bus routes in the world. One day the BBC will make a documentary
series about it.

A song with a list in it is the theme to Only Fools and Horses, and another
one is by The Skids. They're both quite good. I'll try not to think of any
more, but I can't promise.

B&S content: A bridge has just been opened down the road. It's a footbridge
connecting the old rambling and charming part of town with the new houses
and supermarket. It is a sturdy, well constructed bridge, yet gleefully
wobblesome once you're on it.

I beleive it is a metaphor for the forthcoming Belle and Sebastian LP, and a
sign from Jesus.

Oh bloody sod yer then,

Bobby Chariot
xxx



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