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THE place for your Sisters-related comments, questions and snippets of Sisters information. For those who do not know, The Sisters of Mercy are a rock'n'roll band. And a pop band. And an industrial groove machine. Or so they say. They make records. Lots of records, apparently. But not in your galaxy. They play concerts. Lots of concerts, actually. But you still cannot see them. So what's it all about, Alfie? This is one of the few tightly-moderated forums on Heartland, so please keep on-topic. All off-topic posts will either be moved or deleted. Chairman Bux is the editor and the editor's decision is final. Danke.
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anybody seen this?:
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Someone is (or several someones are) not going to be very happy :lol:

But then again, isn't that what goth is all about? ;)
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markfiend wrote:Someone is (or several someones are) not going to be very happy :lol:
Jepp, Steve Severin will be very angry :lol:
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its too bright...
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indeed, they forgot the "the" :o
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I might buy that just for old time's sake. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be...
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if they missed the 'the' out (well spotted randdebiel²) on the cover, I can guess what the content is like, was a certain Mr. Mercer involved with this one? :innocent:
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James Blast wrote:if they missed the 'the' out (well spotted randdebiel²) on the cover, I can guess what the content is like, was a certain Mr. Mercer involved with this one? :innocent:
and we all know how much von just loves the NME
What is hell?

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i dont think mr mercer has had owt to do with the nme for a number of years...

he's strictly freelance now: http://www.mickmercer.com/
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What exactly is Von's beef (ahem!) with The Mick? Is it purely down to "You called me a g-g-g...ohIcan'tsayit - and I'm sooo not! LOOK I'm wearing a big orange jacket that makes me look like a B&Q worker just to prove how totally not-g-g-g-... oh you know... I am!"
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James Blast wrote:if they missed the 'the' out (well spotted randdebiel²) on the cover, I can guess what the content is like, was a certain Mr. Mercer involved with this one? :innocent:
if you look well on thesepages you'll note most of my constructive posts have to do with missing "the" 's :lol:
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I think these things are often the NME turning their archive upside down. Hardly going to be any new material I'd say. Still, there was a good article with Andrew in the NME around the time of the greatest hits release I believe. It had the Cure on the front cover. Can't recall but I have it somewhere...
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hallucienate wrote: and we all know how much von just loves the NME
What is hell?

"You tell me; I don't write for NME."
The NME logo is a bit of a misnomer -- since the death of the Melody Maker, their archives are regularly plundered as well, plus other mags too I think from memory.

There's some modern day narrative, but it's essentially word-for-word reprints which are good to see again.

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Sorry mates, a bad-English-speaking Heartlander from Peru... no, from Estonia (this time) wants to know if any of you could be so kind and send me this issue. If you sent me a PM we could discuss how could I pay. But be sure, I would do it.

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in fact I was serious :innocent:

(in spite of my weird sense of humour :oops: )
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pikkrong wrote:in fact I was serious :innocent:

(in spite of my weird sense of humour :oops: )
i'll see if i can pick you up a copy when its comes out ;)

remind me nearer the time though as i'm quite likely to forget :urff:
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Quiff Boy wrote:
pikkrong wrote:in fact I was serious :innocent:

(in spite of my weird sense of humour :oops: )
i'll see if i can pick you up a copy when its comes out ;)

remind me nearer the time though as i'm quite likely to forget :urff:
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People would moan if they weren't on that list.

No big fan of the NME, but hey ho. Worth a look
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I want to know wny Von hates The Mick dammit! Tell me tell me tell me!
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Quote from the Virgin.net interview:

"I gather Mick Mercer keeps revising his Book Of G*** to include ever-more-ascerbic comments about us because we still refuse to talk to him. Go figure."
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Karst wrote:Quote from the Virgin.net interview:

"I gather Mick Mercer keeps revising his Book Of G*** to include ever-more-ascerbic comments about us because we still refuse to talk to him. Go figure."
Yeah, I've heard that one. But why will Von not talk to him (I know he says 'we' but I assume it's a Royal we).
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"ever-more-ascerbic comments about us because we still refuse to talk to him"

i imagine he must have said something in the very early days that von took umbridge to :?:

certainly mr mercer has been a staunch supporter of all things goffick for the last decade plus, and even seems to respect the sisters :o

so i've no idea where eldo got the idea that mick holds some sort of grudge from.

unless, shock! horror! gasp! and i know this is very much out of character for him, but unless von is actually the one holding the grudge?

nah, thats not like our fearless leader now, is it?

:?:

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Mick Mercer is a journalist - and not a very good one to be honest. He has tried to write the History of G*** times over again while fewer people have become interested and he's forced to sell his goods over eBay at knockdown prices. Seems to me that poor Mick nearly considers it a personal injury that Eldritch refuses to speak to him let alone acknowledge him. Another aspect is that some people seem to accuse the Sisters of turning G*** into stadium rock and making it mainstream (although that is maybe more relevant to the Mish/Cure in the latter part of the Eighties).

In the end people like Mercer are pretty much irrelevant as they provide a skewed analysis. They can't seperate the concept of a 'movement' and the corporate set up of the music biz.
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Karst wrote:Seems to me that poor Mick nearly considers it a personal injury that Eldritch refuses to speak to him let alone acknowledge him.
Same with Siouxsie...
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It might help if he could write an interesting story instead of his dull facts about how The Cult were not only the founding fathers but the champions of Goth music

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