IN THIS ISSUE ...

1 - THE EDITOR WRITES - Latest news and information in brief

2 - THE BEST BUZZ OF OUR CAREERS - Last Wednesday the 15th Nov saw
    the Los Palmas 6 headlining a huge charity gig in Brighton.
    There were 5 bands on the bill with the LP6 finishing the evening.
    Steve Turner reports.

3 - ARISE SIR MICHAEL CAINE - Actor Michael Caine, who once said he
    felt an outsider in Britain, receives a knighthood from the Queen
    at Buckingham Palace on Thursday. The double Oscar-winning star
    has already been awarded a CBE for his services to the British
    screen.

4 - POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION - Can't think of anything
    you'd like for Christmas? We have a few suggestions here.

5 - THE EBAY ROUND-UP - Latest batch of Madness items currently up
    for grabs on Ebay.

6 - 16 TODAY, AND UP FOR FUN - Madam Barzo celebrated her 16th
    birthday in true style with a visit to see The Los Palmas 6 and
    some partying into the small hours with a certain member of a
    certain band.

7 - ANOTHER CLOSED DOOR - Thanks and closing words.

[1] - THE EDITOR WRITES

Hello all,

Following last week's lean edition of the MIS, you'll be pleased to
know that things seem to have changed this week with loads of little
bits and pieces of info arriving in my mailbox on an almost daily
basis.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that this trend continues. Please keep
sending the info in and I'll keep printing it!

Some of you may recall some mention of a Madness stage show that was
currently in the planning stages. Well, things seem to me moving
along if this snippet from the Daily Record is anything to go by;

     "EIGHTIES legends Madness are writing a West End
      musical based on their hits. Singer Suggs met
      top script writers to come up with a storyline
      weaved around the band's hits. But none of the
      group will appear in the show. A theatrical
      source said: 'They want to capture the essence
      of Madness without it being a story about the
      band. All the hits will be in there".

Many thanks to Iain Mason for digging that out.

Attention all Radio 2 listeners! Andy Clayden reports that the
legendary Suggs will be appearing on Mark Lamarr's Radio 2 show this
coming Wednesday at 9pm. For those of you not based in the UK, you
should be able to listen to the show via Real Audio. Simply connect
to: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/
Ashley Moore tells us that the show is entitled `A Beginners Guide to
Reggae`.

Some none Madness related news now, and Wee Stoo reports that;

     "On the um.. 10th December, Bad Manners will be
      packing out The Garage here in mighty Glasgow.
      Tickets are about a tenner, and you can pick
      them up in person from Missing Records shops
      in Glasgow, over the phone or from the web..
      www.missing.co.uk. For anyone who might be
      around, I've heard a whisper that an afternoon
      of bevvying may be the order of the day. And,
      with The Garage being one of Glasgows prime
      studenty cattle markets err i mean clubs, there
      may well be some after gig entertainment".

If you're in the area on the 10th, you'd be mad to miss this one.
Thanks go to Stoo for the info.

We've some more Radio 2 news now, and it seems that this coming
Thursday at 9pm will see the first part of `The Davis Diaries`,
hosted by none other than Ray Davis himself. Part one see's the
birth of the Kinks, and how they struggled for their initial break.
This show will surely be a must for all Kinks fans out there. Many
thanks to Ashley Moore for the info.

After a long break away from the keyboard the TMML's Clockworkorange
returns to life reporting that the latest edition of `Scootering`
magazine has a big interview with the legendary Mr. Dammers. For all
you Specials fans out there, this looks like something well worth
tracking down.

Fancy having a look at a new Madness website that's still having the
edges smoothed out? If so, Becky Lane and Caz are currently in the
processes of putting a new site together, entitled "The Maddie
Files". The address is:
http://www.geocities.com/pailthelamppost.index.html
Please remember that the site is in a very rough state at the moment
and has been set up so that Becky and Caz could bounce some ideas
around. Still, I'm sure they'd appreciate any feedback you'd care to
give, and this can be sent to Becky at: nutty_bex at hotmail.com

Some dates for your diaries now. Rob Lythall of VIP Events sent me
a mail earlier in the week reminding me that on the 25th and 26th
November at Hall Three of The Wembley Exhibition Halls in London,
The Wembley Music Fair will be held. This year promises to be huge,
with traders coming from as far a field as Brazil, USA, Canada,
Croatia and Macedonia joining from all over the UK and Europe. This
is the UK's biggest and busiest fair offering you the rare chance
to meet everyone in the business under one roof. For more information
please visit the www.vip-24.com or email VIP at wembley at vip-24.com
Note - their last day in the office is Thursday 24th November.

TMML subscriber, Adam Fowler reports that;

     "There is a new Night Fever advert on TV, which I
      wouldn't mention except for the fact it made me
      chuckle.  There's a line when they're going on
      about how great it is, and then Suggs says, "If
      this doesn't sell...I guess I'll carry on with my
      day job" or something along those lines.
      Glad to hear Madness is still his day job and
      not vice versa!"

Many thanks to Adam for the snippet.

Last Friday saw the BBC celebrate 21 years of `Children in Need` with
its most extravagant show to date. As regular readers of the MIS will
no doubt be aware, a special edition of A Question of Sport Meets A
Question of Pop was staged. Team captains were Sue Barker (for the
Question of Sport Team) and Jamie Theakston (for the Question of Pop)
team. The all-famous Suggs was present, but I have no idea how well
either of the teams did. Can anyone let us know what went on? I'll
print a review in next week's MIS if someone can send in a rundown of
events.

I'm sure many of you were roped into playing the recorder when you
were at school. I know I was, and can't say I enjoyed it that much.
However, TMML subscriber Suzie Wilkins says that she is currently
teaching her recorder group to play a remixed version of the classic
`March of The Gherkins` which she has arranged. Now, if only she
could record it and put it online so we can all have a listen.

News in from Jim The Copper is that on 14th November, The Daily Mail
newspaper had a good picture of Suggs in it's word quiz. One of the
questions was "which pop band did Suggs used to sing with??"

The answers were something like:

a. Madness, b. Duran Duran, c. Dexys

As Jim rightly says "What do they mean USED TO SING WITH???"

Many thanks to Jim for the news-bite.

I know that a number of you have had problems when dealing with
certain individuals who sell Madness merchandise via post. Well,
following the suggestion a few weeks back that a `Dodgy Dealers`
list should be set up to aid the unwary Madness buyer, Wozza has
offered to host the list on his Nutty Sounds website. If you would
like to add people/companies to this list, please contact Wozza at:
paul.wassell at btinternet.com or visit the website at:
www.nuttysounds.co.uk

Any now, lets get right on to this week's collection of articles.

Enjoy the ride!

Robert Hazelby (MIS Online Editor)

[2] - THE BEST BUZZ OF OUR CAREERS

Last Wednesday the 15th Nov saw the Los Palmas 6 headlining a huge
charity gig in Brighton. There were 5 bands on the bill with the LP6
finishing the evening.

We started our usual set and had the crowd from the first number.
When we got to 'Drip Fed Fred' I looked up and this geezer was
standing on stage in front of me dancing.  My first thought was
"where are security" and then I noticed that security was standing
on stage next-to our guest with big grins on their faces. I looked
closer and who should I see but the main man himself - Mr Lee J
Thompson.  Wow, pressure!!  We finished DFF  and the promoter
announced to the crowd that Lee from Madness was here, and they went
wild.  Lee grabbed my sax and the rest of the LP6 started One Step
Beyond.  Lee was awesome, playing his usual Mad self.  He left the
stage and we carried on with the gig - all of us aware that we were
playing in front of the writer of a lot of our set.

We got to our encore of Baggy Trousers and Lee got up again playing
Baritone with me, it was the best buzz of our careers so far.  After
the gig I told Lee that as I had let him play with my band he must
return the compliment at the next Madness gig - and he didn't say no!
Maybe, just maybe ?

Many thanks to Swanny for organising Lee for us.  We owe you!!

For more info on the LP6 e-mail lospalmas6 at hotmail.com or see our web
site at www.lp6.co.uk

Steve Turner

[3] - ARISE SIR MICHAEL CAINE

Actor Michael Caine, who once said he felt an outsider in Britain,
receives a knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on
Thursday. The double Oscar-winning star has already been awarded a
CBE for his services to the British screen.

The honour follows his second Oscar for his 99th film, awarded in
March, and a Bafta fellowship, where he used his speech as a platform
for his frustrations. He told the audience that he felt like he never
really belonged in Britain and that he was a loner and on the outside.

But Caine will be embraced as a fully-fledged member of the British
establishment on Thursday when he gets his knighthood. He has always
made a virtue of his working class background and his accent has
resolutely refused to alter in his 40-plus years as an actor.

BRITISH ICON

Caine was at the vanguard of British movies in the 1960s, playing the
anti-hero spy Harry Palmer and the cockney Alfie. In recent years
many of his earlier films have been reassessed as true cinema
classics.

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Anyone think a re-mix with the word "sir" inserted is on the cards?

Jonathan Young

[4] - POSSIBLE ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTION

Calling all fans of Channel Five's `Night Fever` TV show. A new CD
album has just been released in UK music stores up and down the
country. The album, entitled `Night Fever`, features a photo of the
legendary Madness front man on the front cover, whilst the back
lists a varied selection of karaoke `classics` for you to sing along
to over the forthcoming beer-induced festive period and beyond.

Continuing on a CD related theme and Andrew Langmead reports that
the Ultimate Band List (www.ubl.com) has the newly released Madness
singles album, "Madness - The Ultimate Collection" for sale. UK
Maddies can buy the album for $18.94 including delivery, which is
approximately £13.50. Andrew says that this is a much better price
than you can get it for from any of the UK sites as an import.

The album track listing is as follows;

 1  ONE STEP BEYOND
 2  MY GIRL
 3  NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO
 4  BAGGY TROUSERS
 5  MADNESS (TWO-TONE SINGLE VERSION)
 6  THE PRINCE (TWO-TONE SINGLE VERSION)
 7  EMBARRASSMENT
 8  THE RETURN OF THE LOS PALMAS
 9  HOUSE OF FUN
 10 OUR HOUSE
 11 IT MUST BE LOVE
 12 MADNESS (IS ALL IN THE MIND)
 13 GREY DAY
 14 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY
 15 SHUT UP
 16 THE SUN AND THE RAIN
 17 MICHAEL CAINE
 18 YESTERDAY'S MEN
 19 WINGS OF A DOVE (A CELEBRATORY SONG)

For more information and a look at the cover artwork, click to:
http://www.ubl.com/ and search for `Madness`.

Many thanks to Andrew, www.nuttyboys.com and Wozza for the info.

[5] - THE EBAY ROUND-UP

With nothing better to do on a cold and bitter English Sunday
afternoon, I thought I'd have a rummage around Ebay and see what
Madness goodies are currently for sale.

I've not listed everything I found, only the items that I thought
were either good value for money, good condition, or hard to get
hold of.

Please note that I am not responsible for any of the auction items
listed below.

Happy bidding...

MADNESS-LOVESTRUCK-PROMO C/D - £3.00
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=503507145

1 TRACK PROMO C/D IN CARD COVER

MADNESS. 8 NUTTY BOYS COMIX - £14.00
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=496873391

Here are a collection of eight Madness comics. They are from the
80s and given the fact that they are nearly 20 years old they are
in fantastic condition. There a little tiny tears on a couple of
them but apart from that there are in fantastic condition. They
have been well looked after. £2.00 p.p uk. Elswhere to be arranged.
Forgot to mention the comic numbers. 1/2/3/4/5/6/7/9.

Madness Driving In My Car 7" Picture Disc
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=503429964

Madness Driving In My Car 7" Picture Disc Lovely 1982 release
featuring the lads in black berets sitting on an open topped
Morris Minor. It is in mint condition and the b side is Animal
Farm, the picture on the b side is a car wheel. P&P £1.25 (UK)
$7,00 (US) Non UK bidders cash only

Madness Tomorrows Just Another Day Pic Disc
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=503431625

Madness Tomorrows Just Another Day 7" Picture Disc Mint condition
picture disc from 1983 with watercolour images of the lads on each
side. P&P £1.25 (UK) $7.00 (US) Non Uk bidders cash only

MADNESS Our House 7" PICTURE DISC
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=503483949

MADNESS * OUR HOUSE c/w WALKING WITH MR. WHEEZE * 7" Picture Disc
Single * Cat. No.BUY163A * In very good condition
p&p UK £1.30 Europe £2 Rest of World £3 - - In is cheaper for
shipping if you win bids on more than one item
Payment by Personal Cheque in UK£'s or Postal Order in UK£'s OR
CASH in UK £'s or US $'s ($1.55 = £1) ENSURES CD SHIPPED NEXT DAY
I will accept I.M.O.'s made out in UK£'s or Euro Cheques made out
in UK£'s.

MADNESS UK7" IT MUST BE LOVE
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=499742540

MADNESS UK7" IT MUST BE LOVE /SHADOW ON THE HOUSE . EX/EX COND
BUYER TO PAY P&P WILL ACCEPT CASH UK/US PERSONAL CHEQUE UK,
POSTAL ORDER UK

[6] - 16 TODAY, AND UP FOR FUN.

I'd known about the 'Los Palmas 6' gig in Brighton on the 15th for
quite some time, and seeing as it was a day after my 16th birthday
I thought I'd be going along, to celebrate in true Maddie style
(of course)... but Caz (my usual partner to LP6 gigs) was unable to
make it, I wasn't too keen on going along on my own, so after a
while I decided not to go.... until that is I got a text message
from the wonderful Swanny asking me if I fancied meeting up to go
to this gig along with Thommo (!)  after receiving this text message
I ran to the phone and phoned Swanns straight away to say that I'd be
there!!

So, after making arrangements over the phone I was going to meet up
with Swanny outside Brighton pier at around 8 - 8:15pm. After a while
the great man turned up, and got on the phone to Thommo straight
away to find out where he was - Swanny decided that as he wasn't a
local and wouldn't have a clue where Thommo meant he handed the phone
to me ... so I spoke to Thommo and found out which pub he was in, and
I lead us there.

We found the pub with no trouble at all, managed to locate Lee, got
the drinks in and sat down. I got a 'Hello' kiss off of Lee... very
proud..! hehe.

We sat and drank, some ate, for about an hour, there were some
friends of Thommo along there too. They were such lovely people!!
All of a sudden I got a phone call off of someone (who shall
remain nameless) who was (I think) shocked to hear me say that I was
in a pub with Swanny and Lee... I presume he was shocked as I had to
repeat Thommo's name about five times! Still not sure he was
believing me or not Thommo asked me if he could speak with him... I
hope that made his night :o)

After the drinks etc. we went off in search of the venue that LP6
were gonna be at; The Dome, we walked there in the rain (of course
what else do you expect in Brighton!?) We arrived and went straight
to the bar where we all stood and chatted whilst also listening to
the band that were on at the time (a band called Danny Fox and the
Soul Miners) and of course we drank - yes including little 16 year
old me! haha!

As a total surprise to the band (LP6) Thommo was going to get up on
stage and play along to 'One Step Beyond' (and had they been able to
play it Thommo would've sung along to 'Land of Hope and Glory').
Swanny and I went backstage to accompany  Lee up on stage.. and the
moment Lee got on stage the whole band were in a daze, their faces
were a picture! They just couldn't believe that Thommo was actually
there... and playing Steve's sax!

Thommo actually wanted to get up on stage and join in to 'Drip Fed
Fred' , but for some reason wasn't allowed. After his part we left
backstage and went back to the bar, we continued to sing along, but
finally I couldn't stand it anymore. I had to have a proper nutty
dance (there's not been one time I've been able to sit or stand
still when there's Madness playing!!) so i went a bit further out
into the audience (just away from the bar - didn't want to leave my
drink too far away.. hehe) and then proceeded to have a nutty groove!
I was dancing (doing my little Suggs bit) to 'Night Boat' when
suddenly I felt someone's foot almost kicking my upper leg, I
turned around to see Thommo right behind me, holding his thumbs up at
me smiling like mad seemingly impressed by my rubbish Suggsy
impression! hehe ... I just carried on till the end. Before they
finished Thommo got up on stage to do another song with them.

Subsequent to the gig Thommo was completely surrounded by fans
wanting autographs, some people (as spotted by Lee) were coming
back for more than one signature... Thommo asked one girl if she
was going to be flogging them off at school the next day! hahaha!

Anyhoo, the band came down and said their thanks to Thommo. They were
so over the moon with him being there especially as he went to the
trouble to actually get up and play along with them! not many people
would do that... only special people!!

At about quarter past Twelve (am) we were kicked out of the venue as
they were closing, but not before I had the chance to let Thommo know
that it had been my 16th birthday on the 14th of Nov, to which he
replied, that he remembered being 16 and what a great age it was...
I also got a short rendition of 'House Of Fun' ... "16 today and up
for fun!!" and what made it better was that I got a birthday kiss off
of him!

Outside the venue we said our good-byes to quite a few of Lee's
friends (whose names now escape me, sorry guys!!) but a couple of us
were left, everyone started walking off in twos chatting away, and
as luck would have it i happened to be paired with Thommo (!) we just
started chatting. I was so amazed at how easy he is to talk to. I
mean I've spoken to him before loads of times.. but it seemed
different this time.. I dunno it could've just been me.... we were
just talking about everything - me staying on at school to do A
levels.... Daley Thompson playing the drums... well just everything
really! One main thing I can remember asking Lee was why Crunch!
never played 'Round Trip' live.... apparently not everyone in the
band was too keen on playing it... but they (fingers crossed) may
start playing it now....... oh and he agreed that the last Crunch!
gig was too short...

When we reached Swanny's car we had to say good-bye, I said good-bye
to Lee last.... (save best till last... hehe)  and I told him how
great it was to see him again, and that I can't wait for the next
time, we kissed good-bye and I even got a long hug off of him!
I was soooo happy!!!! all evening I had a smile on my face!
Then after that Swanny very kindly gave me a life home in his car.
Thank You sooo much mate!!!! you're the best! Also, THANK YOU so much
for inviting me along to the meet up.. you didn't have to.... but you
did! I owe you big time mate!!!

Thanks of course go to Mr. Lee .J. Thompson too..... for not minding
me being there!! I hope somehow you manage to read this.

Wey hey... what a way to celebrate a birthday eh!?

Oh and thanks to everyone who text me to say 'Happy birthday' it
means a lot to me!!! thanks!!!!!

Anyhoo I'm really sorry to bore you all so much..
Well, I'm now completely and utterly knackered!!! I only got 3 hours
sleep last night.... so I must be off.........

Thanks again to Swanns and Thommo!!!

Loads of love to everyone!

Emma (Madame Barzo)

[7] - ANOTHER CLOSED DOOR

Thanks go to everyone who contributed to this edition of the MIS.
Special thanks must surely go to Emma for her in-depth review of the
Los Palmas 6 gig - excellent stuff indeed.

As usual, if you have anything you feel would be suitable for
inclusion in a future edition of the MIS, please send it to me and
I'll be more than happy to include it.

This coming week, I will be on holiday from Friday till late on
Sunday evening. I don't know what time I'll be getting home yet, so
if it's too late, I'll be posting the MIS early on Monday morning.

Hope this isn't too much of a problem!

Until the next issue. Take care.

All the best,

Robert Hazelby