Pin Ups
I had a dream about the Pin Ups (www.thepinups.co.uk) last night – can’t remember the details but we were all attending somebody’s wedding?! Anyway. I am taking time out to relate to you a moral tale. And to warn all you girlies of the dangers of being arrogant and overconfident in the hope that you do not disgrace yourselves as I have.
Let the story unfold…
When I was a little sprog, I was in a band called Disco Pistol and thought we were “really going places!”. (But don’t all bands think that?!!) I 
used to drink in a quiet pub in Reading called “The 3B’s”. A humble place really but that’s where the Reading glitterati drank, and so that’s where I went DESPITE the evil mulletted bouncer who hated me!
There used to be a beautiful blond fella who also drank in that pub, and I fancied him so much my heart just felt like it’d bust if I didn’t snog him. He was so handsome and had the best teeth in the world. Think international man of mystery. Think HOT!
Knowing all this, you would think that I would be charming and seductive when I spoke to him. But no! That would have been too easy. Every time I saw that boy, I was brash and condescending. And he used to tell me that he was in this band and I used to say back to him “Take some advice from me you’ll never get signed looking like a fisherman” because at this stage he was wearing baggy holey jumpers and flares about a foot wide.
So anyway – I never got with my dream boy, and time passed and my band were signed and dropped in the space of a heartbeat. Didn’t even graze the record buying public’s consciousness, let alone dent it.
The next time I heard about the beautiful boy, he was in an incredibly hotly-tipped band and everyone that I met was bleating about how good they were and so were the music press and there were pictures of my beautiful boy everywhere except now he had dark brown hair! I went to see his band play at a huge venue that I have only ever dreamed of playing and was completely 
overawed. The fisherboy had done good. And when he saw me out of the corner of his eye he looked straight through me. As if I didn’t exist.
So all you budding Coolgrrrls…don’t ever talk down to people, especially if you like them! And don’t diss someone’s dream either – if they need a reality check, who says it’s up to you to be the one to give it to them?!! This story is about me doing something that I really, really regret. And I’d like to apologize to the boy involved…I’m eating humble pie now!
BUT the one positive thing that came out of this my friends – is that I can share this knowledge that I gained so painfully!!
The band is called The Cooper Temple Clause. They currently have an amazing single out called Who Needs Enemies and a similarly mind-blowing album is also available called See Through This And Leave. I swear I am not just writing this because of that boy! You can see and hear their greatness by clicking on this link to a video of Who Needs Enemies. (http://realmedia.ipc.co.uk:7070/ramgen/nme/video/april2002/tctc_vid.smi)
Prepare to be converted
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