Sinister: No Jugs To Speak Of

[PJMiller]

The bus fares went up by five pesetas here a few weeks ago. I had
mixed feelings about it, because it's a nice round two hundred pesetas
now, instead of the more unmanageable one hundred and ninety-five
pesetas that it cost before. I didn't think it was worth mentioning at
the time, but seeing as transport costs are reportedly the new
rock'n'roll, I didn't want to be considered square or anything.

Is anyone who was quoted at the end of "Young and Foolish" going to
Betty Trotwood's Pub beofre the Camber sands do? If so, perhaps they
could do a kind of spoken word duet with the Duke, thus pushing back
the boundaries of popular entertainment even further. Am I the first
person on the list to have had a dream about The Visitors (apart from
Tim)? I had to do a Gram Parsons duet with Tim, but just before it was
time to go on, I realised that I didn't know the words, so I hid in
the bogs, where there was a massive jobby that hadn't been flushed
away properly.

The reason I'm reminded of the e-mail section of the Good Book is
because I'm about to disagree with Stuart G, who wrote:

The music press are always going to stereotype B&S fans as being all
the
same, even though it's blatantly not true. It's the same as the way
they
make up genres and subgenres to describe what a band sound like, and
lump
in with them other bands who sound completely different. It's just
lazy
journalism. Get used to it...

Hmmm, well,  yes, BUT...I think it might be lazy journalism to call
lazy journalism lazy journalism. After all, they are only giving the
public what they want, and "Belle and Sebastian fans are like any
other fans really" isn't a good enough story, people would FLEE to
rival publications, where they can find their desired diet of dross
and dromedary dung. B-sides, that Time Out article was based mainly
around an interview of sorts with Beepster Records, who seem to have
decided that it's more "fun" to play on all the myths and nonsense
surrounding the band, a bit like Alan McGee with Oasis, only more
polite and less shagging and fighting and sticking two fingers up. I
think it was a rubbish article, full of fibs and clap-trap, but I
enjoyed reading it, so thanks to whoever sent it in. Don't want
another Melonballs incident, do we?

Yesterday I went to a cat show and it was full of fur-fondling freaks.
Record fairs are tame in comparison. I've got "Show Case" by Jackie
Mittoo. I recently suggested that "The Roulette Story" was perhaps a
little sub-standard. I was a bloody fool, it's great. Can't wait for
THE GENUFLECTING WEEBLES album, THE GREEN FIELDS OF
FLOELLABENJAMINLAND.

Petrol prices go up on April 1st, so FILL UP beforehand, or be square.

Sister Disco
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