The last time I saw Paul Morley, and there have not
been many times, he actually turned his head sideways
and gave me a somehow surprised yet definitely knowing
glance when he finally uttered the name 'Anthony H.
Wilson'. I think the 'H' was part of it.
I was slightly stunned last night when at 10:35 it was
announced that he had died, presumably mere hours
previously. On the end of the pwrogramme they featured
Richard Madeley, Paul Nearly and Peter Saville, and
Stephen Morris chirping laughingly down the line from
a dark Manchester avenue.
Anthony H. Wilson, said Richard Madeley, deconstructed
World In Action. He was very loveable. Yes, said Paul,
really, but he was very hateable too; he wouldn't have
wanted you to love him too much. When you hated him
you thought: I ought to love him, and when you loved
him you thought: I ought to hate him.
He dreamed up history before it happened, said Paul,
not poorly: he said it would all happen, and somehow
it came to pass. He said to me, You're going to be a
great writer ... he somehow engineered it so that one
of the best television presenters in Britain, and one
of the best wrock writers in Britain, if not THE best,
and one of the best designers, if not THE best, are
all here at the end to say goodbye to Tony.
Today the sun is shining again and 'Everyone
Everywhere' is playing. That's the best I can do,
right now.
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Dear Sinisterians,
I have been holding back writing for so long (wasn't sure if I was
eloquent enough) that I don't know where to start.
Let me start by saying that I'm jealous of you people that will go to
the Picnic! I currently live in the US (Ohio), and flying to London for
a picnic will not be approved by the financial committee here at home
(the wife... (not sinister)).
I sometimes feel I am the only Sinister one in this continent... Are
there any of you out here?
I never meet anyone that even knows B&S or have heard of the (sub)genre
Twee Pop.
Heck I wouldn't even have known myself that my love for music was
concentrated in that genre if it hadn't been for Last.fm and Wikipedia.
(I know it's a controversial genre here, but let's go with it for a lack
of better ok?)
I'm even more unique being a stay-at-home-dad... If you guys can find me
a stay-at-home-dad in the US that listens to B&S I promise I will donate
$100 to charity.
Now on to the more serious stuff;
I was born Dutch and from a young age I had the feeling I was been born
into the wrong country. This might have started when my parents
brainwashed me... Filling my days with The Beatles while being strapped
to my high-chair. They said it was for my own good..., so I wouldn't
fall out... yeah.... So as a little kid I was crying to (or with) the
Beatles. That was the 70's.
In the 80's I got a Wham! to the side of the head and lost my voice
singing "I don't want your freedom!" while in the 90's it was all about
"Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you..."
And now in the 00's I make sinister jokes about funny little frogs with
my imaginary friend Johnathan David, telling him that I want to call my
mom and say: "Mom, I seem to have lost an important part of my brain
somewhere, somewhere in a field in Ohio...".
So I still feel I should have been born a Brit.
Now you might think this just sounds like a pile of Yankee wannabe Brit
cuckoodoodledoo... And you'd be right.
A while ago I asked my doctor about getting a
trans-nationality-operation. He said this was no light decision. Was I
serious about this? Yes.
He suggested to first live like a Brit for a while to see if it really
was what I wanted. So I did.
I combed my hair forward, let it grow over my ears, unbuttoned my shirt
too far down, hung the Union Jack outside my house (which caused quite a
stir in Suburbia here) and went on a strict diet of Fish and Chips in
newspaper.
Then I took it a step further and repeatedly had myself kicked out of
the local "Irish" pub at 11 pm sharp (hey it's nostalgia) and dragged
myself home. This dragging business caused quite a number of inquiries
by the local police force, but after explaining my quest and proving
that I wasn't actually intoxicated they even escorted me home...
The next stage was to go on Britmones and that's where I failed.
Already the first day after taking my dose (15 pints of Guinness) I had
some sort of allergic reaction because I puked my guts out. So maybe I
wasn't fit to be a Brit after all....
To those that made it this far I say; Thanks for listening!
To the rest I say: .... No loss you b@st@rds! You're not even worth it.
;)
Michiel
sinister(a)buenk.net
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it's a HIVE of activity around here, i can tell you...
So anyway, t'committee have found a pub we can use for free* on the evening of the 25th and the pub is called The Harrison and it is about a five minute walk from Kings Cross, and it is here:
http://www.harrisonbar.co.uk/
it's not as p0ncey as that looks though.
also there will be a crack squad of carefully selected DJs, for your listening pleasure.
so the updated plan is as follows:
Primrose Hill from 2pm
bus/tube/space hopper to kings cross for 6.30ish
Harrison 7-11
i'm reckoning we'll be all tuckered out by this point, but for you young 'uns (are there any young 'uns left round here?), there is an all-night salsa fest at the scala, no doubt something indie at the water rates, or even thumping dancing musics at cross central...
i'm getting quite excited about all this now :)
xoxo
Steve
*actually i've had to put a deposit down, so we MUST drink £300 worth of drinks (they have a wide range of fruit juices as well as bouze ;)) or there'll be trouble :)
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I haven't posted to this list since...2001. Oh, hang on, that was some other fella who stole my DNA for a bit. 2000, then.
So, er, yeah. Kids. We've got two and while Ma and Pa didn't meet directly through Sinister (met at the Manchester Town Hall show, Xmas '97 - Pam was already a Sinisterine, I was about to be initiated [back then there was a questionnaire compiled by Honey and the Duke - no Wikipedia in those days and woe betide you if you didn't know yr Jesse Garon lyrics]), it certainly acted as an lively sidebar to our blossoming transatlantic emailathon. And would I have had any London chums when I moved here in spring '98 without Sinister? Only the geezer outside Brixton Tube handing out flyers for Iration Steppas and Aba Shanti and we were never really on more than nodding terms.
So, all being well, Ava and Tallulah will be running/crawling around Primrose Hill in three weekends' time. We'll be bringing muffins made with SMA Progress. Only kiddin'.
Mike x.
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All the Sinister Rachels are sprogging!
Just a short announcement to say that, barring unforeseen circumstances,
Alice WILL be attending her first - but hopefully not her last - Sinister
picnic on the 25th. Hurrah! Even better, I have persuaded Matt to take her
home at a reasonable hour leaving me to party in my old pre-breeding
Sinister style ie. from noon until noon again(?)
I think having a mini-picnic one day is a great idea too. So nice to hear
about all the Sinibabies :)
Ooh and I am jealous of Rachel getting to chat to Morrissey about beauty
products.
See some of you in a couple of weeks! (I tried on my red pants the other
day and they do still fit me despite motherhood, yay!)
Archel xxx
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Joe and I have two of the little beggars! Kitty is three and Edie is almost
one. And they truly *are* Sinister babies, in that they wouldn't exist if we
hadn't met through Sinister back in 2000. I think that's something to be
celebrated, and we were intending to celebrate at the picnic in August....
sadly, it coincides with Edie's 1st birthday, and there are grandparents who
would be most disgruntled if we carted the girls off to London rather than
do the whole birthday party business. *Sigh*.....
Maybe we need to organise some kind of mini-Sinister (Minister?) event? All
the babies could get together and drink bottles of tigermilk and dance
tweely around their change bags.
So we won't be at the picnic, but I want to say thank you to Sinister and
all the lovely people who've been on it over the years. I wouldn't have my
wonderful man and my beautiful girls if it wasn't for you. Neither Joe nor I
have posted for a few years, but we've remained loyal readers, and will
never forget how much we owe to the list (and to Lorraine in particular) and
to B&S - so, HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY SINISTER!!!!
Xx Florence xX
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I too am the mother of a Sinister Baby, although at 19 months I don't know
if I would call the little homewrecker a baby anymore, however I won't be
able to attend any picnics as Manchester isn't holding any. Perhaps I can
get the M16 Posse together for a little celebratory cup of tea one day. With
the Sinister Children.
I had a strange experience on Thursday past...I went into Space NK in my
leafy suburb of Cheshire where I work and who did I run into, No, not Kerry
Katona, but a certain Mr Steven Patrick Morrissey. We had a little chat
about beauty products, the neighbourhood where he grew up and about some
other tidbits of information. He was a very nice man indeed and it was
lovely to meet him.
Thanks for your patronage.
Rachel
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Hello Sinister!
Since there seems to be a little flurry of activity on the list, I
thought I'd speak up and say congratulations to Vicky and Chris on
the birth of their son as well! That is very nice of David Moore to
let us all know that he's finally arrived.
As for the London Sinister birthday picnic, Ben Apps and I will be
attending, as will our baby son, James Stewart. It would be nice if
some other Sinister babies were there, such as Chris and Vicky's
Aidan and Rachel Playforth's daughter Alice. If any other Sinister
babies were born when we weren't looking, it would be nice to meet
them as well! We won't be attending any after picnic activity as I
can't drink, we live a bit out of the way, and it will be past
Jamesy's bedtime. Does it mean that I'm getting boring, you tell me
...
We had a test run of bringing baby James to a picnic when we attended
Robster's birthday celebration a couple of weekends ago. It went
pretty well, he met Carsmile Steve, Pinefox and Starry Sarah just to
name a few. The best part about the picnic was the salt beef and
gherkin sandwiches. Mmmmm, salt beef!
The other day I was trying to figure out what dates I was physically
present in the United States so I could complete my son's U.S. Report
of Birth Abroad form, so I was looking through some old emails. I
think I had convinced myself that Sinister was never as fervent and
vivid as it once was, but looking back I see that it really was
*grate* and it made me a wee bit sad to think how much things have
changed. So it will be nice to get together and reminisce and maybe
Ken will show us his bum.
Love,
Rachel fruitloop
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Sinister.
I have been meaning to post for some time
There has been an ever increasing amount of things I have been wanting to
say
But the sadness is being dealt with, the happiness is ongoing, the rest is
history and future and uncertain!
And none of it has a place in this post.
This sudden small burst of Sinister activity has left me all excited about
Birthdays and picnics and twee celebrations and the fact that Sinister is
not completely dead. Hurrahs all round!
I will be attending Sinisters Tenth Birthday Bash, accompanied by my beau
(he is not quite Sinister, but close enough).
It has been some time since I have attended a Sinister get together, around
five years!
Crivens!
And these days...it would sadly seem that picnics are just not the done
thing anymore. It has gotten quiet around these parts. More for another
post!
The Facebook event page for the bash shows almost 20 confirmed attendees and
a few more 'maybes'.
Pub for afterwards sounds good to me!
Anyway, must dash, much lazing about to be done
London, here I come!
Gayle
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Hi Fragrant Sinisterines,
Long time no speak, hope youÂ’re all doing fine, living
happy, fulfilled & productive lives. Speaking of
which, CONGRATULATIONS to Chris & Vicky on the birth
of son Aidan Paisley earlier on today. Apparently Mum
& Son are very well, Dad is off getting the name
printed on the XXXXXXXS size replica Liverpool FC
shirt.
>From one Sinister birthday to another one. I think
that someone well organised like Mighty Ken Chu should
post some instructions, plans, timetables, etc. for
the 10th Anniversary Sinister Red Pants Day. Just so
that everyone knows whatÂ’s going on.
And then maybe people actually intending to attend
could please put their hands up and let us all know
that they are going to go, so that people travelling
from FOREIGN PARTS could be re-assured that it is
going to be worth their while making the journey &
that they will meet lots of interesting & friendly
people. Or just YOU.
For a change I am writing this from a beautiful
Cornish farmhouse on a lovely sunny day surrounded by
green fields & wooded hills with more or less only
cats, cows, bluetits, woodpeckers (green & spotted) &
buzzards for company. Nice.
Love to you all,
David
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