Sinister: Fwd: message from archel

[Mr Beaker]

Sorry 'bout the delay.  I've been in hiding for days
due to the fact I've obtained myself a kojak style
haircut.

Beaker.

--- Archel1978 at aol.com wrote:
> From: Archel1978 at xxx.com
> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 10:09:53 EDT
> Subject: message from archel
> To: meepmeepmeepmeep at yahoo.com
> 
> adrian, please forward this to sinister, there's a
> dear. luv archel x
>  
>
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> **************
> hello sinister.  yes, i'm afraid i have temporarily
> deserted you, seduced by 
> the evil corporate power that is Poetry.  well, kind
> of.  trousers very 
> kindly obtained some work for me at the poetry
> society, and i am now in the 
> unique position of being able to tell you all what
> he keeps on his desk.  but 
> i'm not going to.  however, i can reveal that his
> media activity was not 
> restricted to the exalted pages of the independent,
> but extended to giving an 
> interview on wiltshire local radio with someone
> called semen (sp?).  kept 
> that one quiet, didn't he?
> 
> my (digested) contribution to the pop/poetry debate:
>  1) pop lyrics can be 
> poetic, but they can still work as pop if they're
> not.  2) pop and poetry are 
> not unrelated, but should not be judged on exactly
> the same criteria.  3) 
> when the nation voted they were not voting for the
> most *poetic* song lyric, 
> they were voting for the best one, whatever that
> means.  4) as it was 
> national *poetry* day, this may have caused
> confusion, and lots of people to 
> have arguments.
> 
> i don't know how many of you read the daily express
> (2?) but in my new 
> glamorous role at the posoc (ie. while i was filing
> press clippings) i came 
> across a nice piece about national poetry day which
> quoted and pictured 
> stuart david.  i can't remember what he said now
> though.  perhaps i should 
> leave the task of bringing the world's media to the
> attention of sinister in 
> nick dastoor's capable hands.
> 
> oh, and i filed an entry to the national poetry
> competition by one tim 
> hopkins yesterday.  see, underneath that
> foul-mouthed exterior lurks a poet's 
> heart.  i think he should give it back, don't you?
> 
> missing you all,
> 
> luv archel xxx
> 
> ps:  i've just had some very... interesting photos
> developed.  they feature a 
> shopping trolley, a mirror ball and several
> sinisterines......... watch this 
> space.
> 
> hearts and flowers to: archel at iname.com
> 


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