Sinister: Lotus Eaters

[PJMiller]

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

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