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...well, my mum's attic, as it happens. A quick trip back to the ancestral manor house (sorry I didn't have time for a quick pint, PiB) and a trawl through a box of stuff yielded a stack of Sisters press clippings from when I was a yoof.

Here's a link to all of it on PhotoBucket

In addition, there was some stuff that wasn't really scanable, so here goes:

Quotes of the Year (Melody Maker - December 22 1990)
Andrew Eldritch
"Never trust the French." (Jan 6)
"Good just doesn't cut it. There's no point in being good if you can be great." (Jan 6)
"I can quote Shakespeare like som people can play jazz chords." (Jan 13)
"Very civilized people, the Dutch. I'd live in Holland if they weren't so damn boring." (Jan 13)
"I truly believe that you can tell how intelligent a woman is by the way she moves her hips. I really do think you can. And I hope there's something about my hips that screams intelligence at 10,000 people every time I take the stage." (Oct 6)
"I don't necessarily agree with everything I think." (Oct 6)

1990 Poll Winners (Sounds - January 12 1991)
Best Band: TSOM (#2)
Best Album: Vision Thing (#3)
Best Single: More (#2)
Best Live Act: (TSOM (#3)
Male Vocalist: Andrew Eldritch (#2)
People you'd like to see more of: TSOM (#3)
Person: Andrew Eldritch (#1) "I'm not very good at being gracious. It's moments like thus that make one feel humble. What a shame they don't happen more often. The thing to remember is not that we're really good, but that everyone else is really awful. God bless you all."
Comback: TSOM (#1)
Promo video: More (#12)
Tyrant: Andrew Eldritch (#5, behind Saddam Hussein, Margaret Thatcher, Shaun Ryder, and John Major)
Survivor: Andrew Eldritch (#3, behind Neil Young and Gary Glitter)

The Reading Awards (Melody Maker, September 1991)

The Bryan Ferry Lounge Lizard Pewter Cigarette Holder
Awarded to Andrew "Half-Pint" Eldritch for his immaculately turned-out DJ and dickie-bow

Gnome of Darkness Award
Andrew Eldritch

Heckle of the Weekend
The Kids during The Sisters of Mercy. When Andrew Eldritch came on naked from the waist up for the encore, they started chanting "You Fat Bastard".

Retort of the Weekend
VonEldritch: "I don't think so!"
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:D thank you EvilBastard!
EvilBastard wrote: Tyrant: Andrew Eldritch (#5, behind Saddam Hussein, Margaret Thatcher,
:lol: who voted?
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I'm pretty sure I voted in that poll - probably voted Thatcher as tyrant though ;)
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This album is private. Please login. :roll:
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Nic wrote:This album is private. Please login. :roll:
Whoopsie! You should be able to get in there now.
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Works a treat!

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i expected to see a picture of an attic, i'm bored now :(

where would we have gone for our 'quick' pint?
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EvilBastard wrote:
Nic wrote:This album is private. Please login. :roll:
Whoopsie! You should be able to get in there now.
Cheers. :notworthy:
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Thank you EvilBastard :D
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Sterling work you, Bastard! :lol: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:
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That's just stunning :notworthy:
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this had me rolling on't floor :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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paint it black wrote:i expected to see a picture of an attic, i'm bored now :(

where would we have gone for our 'quick' pint?
Depends where we could have found a spot at the bar - I hear that Peel was up to its inbred eyeballs in celtic folk, but maybe the Creg Malin would have done the job.
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