Sinister: the magic of a drunk word

[Archel Playforth]

have just been out for tapas and alcohol (mainly alcohol) with - god help
me - work colleagues, so please excuse any typos in the following text.

i just watched jools holland, who is an annoying twat, not doubt about it.
'welcome. tolater. with. MEJOOLS. holland.  now, belleand SEBASTIAN with.
THE magic of. A. KIND. word.

still, you can't deny his eclecticism.  endearing energy from feeder, proper
blues with a modern twist from boz scaggs (is that any sort of name?).
wrinkly pop from tom jones.  crap covers from the lighthouse family (who all
have either too much or too little hair).  etc.  the lowest point was the
awful mutual back-slapping between tom and jools.  on the other hand, there
was undeniably boogie.  and woogie.

magic of a kind word was underwhelming as an opener.  isobel looked as bored
as ever.  but IWUTU was great, and struan's white t-shirt (arms of sex)
could hardly fail to please the girlies, though he did look strained.
perhaps it was that fake schoolboy enunciation taking its toll.  b&s
finished with TBWTAS complete with struan on paino, which was a nice
surprise - plus isobel not only smiled, but also donned a sombrero and
played the recorder.  which is not to be sniffed at.

today i also read that independent interview.  stuart comes across as a bit
whiny, unfortunately.  not happy with mike hurst's work on IWUTU, felt that
todd solonz didn't make full use of their contribution to storytelling, etc.
he also nearly had a nervous breakdown while recording 'fold your hands...'
on the other hand he thinks the band are performing better live now than
ever before.  afficionados who say that this wouldn't be hard are simply
uncharitable...

for the full interview, which was interesting despite factual errors, go to:

http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=107508

blimey, i stink of garlic.  riocha and tortilla and calimari are beginning
to take their toll...

luv archel xxx

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