Here's how the New York picnic went!
We arrived at the Central Park Carousel at 1pm. The sun was shining and the
weather was sweet. There were 47 of us. After bribing the carousel worker
into cranking up the dial, we each got on one of the olde-tyme wooden horses,
and the thing started spinning. Sweet Dina, unfortunately, was not on a
horse, but rather, on one of those little runty unicorns. She wanted to
impress us New Yorkers (she'd walked from Washington just for this event), so
she grabbed onto the unicorn horn, and using the torque provided by the
spinning carousel, hung from it, her body flapping outward like so many wind-
whipped flags.
It was then that disaster occured.
Her sweaty palms slipped from the unicorn's horns and she flew outward,
upward, like so many rocket ships to the moon. She landed in a tree, where
Cindy, Phkintz, mlk206, and twelve of the other picnic gatherers ran to find
her. Unfortunately there was not much left of her head. (On the bright side,
we'd forgotten to pack lunch--and we're not vegetarians!). We New Yorkers are
a surly bunch, so we started, as they say, "chowing down." Mm, those
Washington DC people sure do taste funny!
Unfortunately one of New York's finest witnessed our little picnic.
Apparently cannibals need a permit to gather in Central Park. Cindy tried to
sweet-talk him, to no avail. He was about to write us a ticket, and he was on
the verge of handcuffing Phkintzshch, but then he heard the sweet strains of
"Fox in the Snow" emanating from Megan's ghetto-blaster, like so many sweet
strains of "Fox in the Snow" emanating from Megan's ghetto-blaster. His
heart, well, it just melted. Soon he was like that proverbial "fox in the
snow", dancing around naked, his pink fleshy body jiggling in the spring
breeze. It was quite beautiful, although we're all sorry about Dina.
Next time, we'll pack a lunch!
with love,
Ari
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In a message dated 4/29/98 12:02:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
John.Johnston(a)capgemini.co.uk writes:
> >Anyone fancy a pint?
yeeees... please, and thank you....
>
> God yes, I'm having one of those days - Crisps as well, please.
>
> I've been thinking about the picnics and I think we should have a
so have i... it seems that i missed the NYC one.... it was raining, you
know.... you sinister people are wall to wall tough if you were able to stand
out in the rain in central park for god knows how long and chat up
whatever..... And today is such an excellent picnic sort of day... warm,
bright clear.... there wouldn't happen to be any sort of plans afoot to do it
again? maybe out here in brooklyn?
> I was thinking of this after a bloke came up to me on the platform at
> Hammersmith station today and said, rather forcefully, "Oi - are you on
> medication??". "Not yet" I said (being inadvertantly funny I later
> thought). "Well why are you talking to yourself?". I told him I was
> learning the lines from a play I'm in and he seemed a bit disapointed.
This reminds me of an incident that happened when I was in london, back when
i was an undergrad.... i had just finished the day at an internship, and went
staggering out the door and down to a nearby pub. I was worn out. Shirt
untucked, hair in different directions.... So, I propped myself up by the bar,
and ordered a half of something or another.... empty stomach, and lo tolerance
and all... Well, these two burly beef-eatin' workers came in, grabbed their
hearty pints of lager and started hitting the sauce. A few minutes passed. One
looked my way and said "Oi! Are you a lesbian, then?"
I am not a lesbian. In fact, i am not even a woman. I was what you could call
"stunned." I finally uttered a no, no i'm not... and they were rather
suprised, to say the least... one said "SO you're a bloke then... where's your
beard?" and the other asked where in america i was from. I answered that A) i
shaved that morning, and B) Delawaren, and they just sorta nodded in disbelief
of my nonlesbianness and Delawarian residence and eyed me for the rest of the
very very very brief period i remained in that establishment.
Back to the land of the lurkers.
Derek
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hello people
i've been back for about a week now since my beastly dissertation has been
finaly put to death. to be honest since its been handed in i suddenly have
lots of time on my hands and not so much stuff to do with it. so i've been a
tad depressed really - so i rejoined the mailing list! actually i joined lots
of mailig lists - robyn hitchcock, xtc, teenage fanclub and beth orton - just
so i look really popular whenever i check my e.mails.
and i have come to a conclusion. other lists may have more deep philosophicla
conversations or musings on politics and life, but none of them *not one* of
them are as nice as you lot are. i mean they are all nice bods and all that
and i have only just been musing the delights of krazy kat with the fegmaniax
list. but sinister is teh only list i get the impression from that you
actually care for each other. i look forward to reading these e.mails. i love
it when someone tells me that they have a crush on a girl but are too shy to
tell them or whatever - because i live these things too. i wish i could go to
the london picnic cos i tell you people without meaning to get all dewey eyed
you are all (and especially one person who has been most kind in listening to
my ramblings - yuou know who you are :-) !!) this is such a wonderfullist to
be on. occasionally you might get in strops with each other and scrap and
whatever but oh i dunno. i just like it lots here. i'll miss it at teh end of
june..
whoever it was that was saying that all belle and sebastian fans should be
fragile wallflowers and whatever. it ain't true really. b&s may be a quiet
band but what grabs me about them is their vividness. the songs speak, they
unfurl - as soon as i heard fox in the snow i had an image. and not of a fox
either. maybe these images are different for different people but it shows
that b&s are a band that make people feel *passionately* about them. a band
that doesn't insult your intelligence - but inspires you to use it.
i'm a rambling. but basically i want to say thanks. i can be a bit manic by
nature my moods swinging from tree to tree like whatever but i know i will
always smile when i read a sinister e.mail.
sorry i've gone on! hope you didn't mind me all just waffling on. i don't
e.mail much so humour me when i do! i'm off to make some toast..
thanks again people!
chris
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A certain Stuart G. wrote about his drunken stripping and this:
<<But anyway, one of the other people saw me
and said "That's not the kind of behaviour you expect from someone in a
Belle and Sebastian T-Shirt." I'm not quite sure what he did expect, maybe
for all B&S fans to be really quiet and sober at all times or something.>>
After the "picnic" in New York was finished (we can all pretend that we
frolicked in the sun and meadows but we know what really happened), Megan and
I were walking back to her abode when she mentioned something rather similar.
She said that one might expect Belle and Sebastian fans to be introverted, shy
types, but the Sinisterines she had met were quite extroverted. Then she
added, except you, Matthew--you're introverted. I was so upset at that last
part, I went home and wrote a sad poem about the experience. I would post it
to the list, but I am just too shy to share that type of personal pain--but I
have no qualms talking about it. (If you must know, the poem was inspired by
Ari's Morrissey impression. It is about sad clowns that ride bicycles in the
rain while holding black lilies.)
I won't tell which parts of this are true--I have to go write another poem
about this experience. I will draw butterflies in the margins of my notebook
paper.
Living and loving--and laughing all the way home ;-)
Matthew
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The lot,
Sorry to say i'll be missing the LA picnic (if it's on the second)...for
that's Mayday and i've...a prior engagement :( so i'll have to meet the LA
crew, alas...at the next function....i'll send my twin in my
place...KELLY...you go. Take photos. OK? OK. As for those nasty sorts bad
mouthing the Housemartins, just stop, because it's giving me a tummy ache.
I can see how people who loved them can like Belle & Sebastian, not that
that they sound anything alike...but it's rare to have lovely pop with
SOUL....*sigh*
I think that's it.
yours scy,
beth
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IM BOREDDD
how are you?
:)
well, actually i'm just tired of studying for my stupid algebra midterm..
actually 3/4 term considering it -is- practically may... actually, after
tomorrow's over, the rest of the year will be pretty easy and then june will
come and.. high school will be finished forever... slightly scary, i
suppose, but also kind of exciting, no? probably not..
i had a belle and sebastian dream last night. i was with one of my friends
and we were at a belle and sebastian show.. it was in the school gym or
something, and there weren't very many people but for some reason i wasn't
allowed to stand near the stage, so all i could see were these little dots
with instruments.. i couldn't hear anything either - it was like watching a
concert in mute.. after the show was over i could see people walking towards
the stage to get autographs while the band carried their gear away. stuart
murdoch smiled at me cos i was staring at all of them. too bad i couldnt
turn up the volume in my dream.
if you live in toronto, go to the new-ish record store at queen and spadina
(well, it might not be new.. i've just never seen it before..). anyway, i
went there last friday after school and graffitied belle&sebastian lyrics on
the staircase walls.. dont worry, i didnt do it illegally! the walls were
half filled with those square-ish tags (is it just me or do all tags look
exactly the same? i dont know about people tag though..) anyway, my friend
brian happened to have a black felt tip marker in his bag so we asked the
owners for permission and spent a half an hour doodling away. mostly i just
marvelled at brian cos he's an amazing artist, but i did manage to scrawl a
few lyrics.. you know, written for anyone with eyes in their head.
oh, ive gotten 2 listee zines so far, and i love them!... megan's great
-movers and shakers- with an interesting account about her trip to russia,
and a story about her prom (which i read with some attention since i was
guilt-tripped into going to mine which will happen too soon.. i think im the
only one at my school who's going to take public transportation there since
i do not want to take an expensive limo.. heh) and the other day i got jon
parker's -paradiso- which is just perfect.. with it's green cover and blue
ink and and beautiful writing.. so nice.. get them, okay?
ummm
i saw teletubbies for the first time yesterday morning, and it's not as big
a deal as i thought it would be although that baby in the sun is really..
errr.. weird.. oh, and of course, the simpsons is great show! i can never
pick a favourite one, but the one where lisa decides to become a vegetarian
is funny... is -this life- a popular show in the UK, etc? we get it here in
canada on TVO which is like pbs but i don't know anyone here who watches
it.. will miles go through with his wedding?? ooh, i'll find out this
sunday! hehe.
oh dear, this is maybe a bit too ramble-y.. i guess i should quit
distracting myself and finish studying.. boo.. :P
teri xoxxo
ps- david k, did you get my b&s drawing?
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they say you can't come back until you go away..
-snailhouse-
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I must agree with the ever so angelic Angeleno M. Cholet, the House-
martins were a brilliant mid 80's English soul pop band. There music
made the summers even more fun and happy and warmed up the
winters because you couldn't stop moving to their music. One of the
most fun concerts I've experienced was the Housemartins in London
after their first record came out. Pure joy. Unfortunantly now, the music
they're making as The Beautiful South is not as well written, but still has
his beautiful voice.
I as well will not be making the LA picnic, for I am starting a lullaby record
for the wee little ones to sleep to.
Also, I need a clarification. Define twee. I know it's not where Tweety's
nest sits, but is it an age, an attitude?
All the best,
GreggO
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hi there everyone,
you know, I was thinking...we really don't talk about picnics like we used
to. I miss the magic. I think we can get it back.
just wanted to drop a final reminder that plans for the dc b&s barbeque
grillfest sat. may 9, 4pm (till late, show up when you can), are full steam
ahead, everybody but everybody is welcome to attend, bring friends, don't
be shy! I hope those of you who mentioned coming from out of town are still
up for the trek, if you need a place to crash there's certainly couch/floor
space with your name on it. call or e-mail for directions.
that's 1853 monroe st. in mt. pleasant. board games aplenty, veggie and
non-veggie grills, an abundance of beer and springy cocktails (pink
madonnas made happily upon request), plenty of pop (music and soda!) and
laid-back hanging out. or the rumored drunken orgy. up to you. we encourage
you to bring board games and/or food of a b&s nature to feed a bunch of
people. megan and I have started a list of b&s-related foods that we can
assure you will already be in attendance, people bringing stuff with much
snappier names than these (it won't be hard I'll wager) will get surprise
groovy door prizes. come to think of it, so will everyone else. featured
bbq fest foods include:
pam's hang-your-head-in-shame-and-cry-your-life-away onion skewers
angelfood shining fair cake
notdogs on wheels (a vegetarian delicacy in these parts)
megan's superfly deelish (you made me forget my) beans
and of course lots of devilled eggs and ten thousand pounds of potato salad
which we couldn't think of clever names for right off, but which are the
backbone of any respectable bbq.
thanks to monsieur kitchen, all the info you probably need can be found at
http://www.myspace.co.uk/bluesoda/picnics.htm, if you can't access the web
but have questions please don't hesitate to drop us a line!
see you there!
pam pberry(a)washcp.com or plb(a)tiac.net 202.462.0843
megan msearing(a)washcp.com or megans(a)webtv.net 202.588.1829
p.s. keith, a million thanks for that address!
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hello,
does anyone know a band called the house martins? i've actually never
heard of them, but my brother told me they're really good... who are they,
eh, and do they really sound like b+s as my brother claims?
oyhh, a friend of mine spent 120 dollars on a ticket to see the spice
girls! arghh! (sorry to any of those who take preference to this musical
group) i told him he had better give me that money and i'd spend it on
something worth while!
although i don't often post on this list for lack of anything
interesting to say, i have noticed one (1!) thing: we all seem to love the
simpsons. that certainly is strange, is there some like a link between b+s
and bart simpson. is it sick that my idol is a cartoon character? people
tell me so. ah, well, i am in love with a drawing, it's not the first time.
all right, that was my one (1!) insight. thank you.
eat my shorts tami
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>Anyone fancy a pint?
God yes, I'm having one of those days - Crisps as well, please.
I've been thinking about the picnics and I think we should have a
password when we meet so that we know we are with the right people like
in spy movies. I'm sure on the day in fact it will be obvious who the
Sinister lot are - we'll be the gorgeous ones with cheerleaders and
marching bands, oh and some belle and sebastian t-shirts. But I still
think a hidden codeword would add some spice, and a further frisson of
excitement to the occasion.
So when you siddle up to someone outside the tube say this...
"Escucha, esto es pish?"
and if you are a sinisterine turn to them and give them a sombre "Si,
pish". And we're away!!! Of course if they look like your from the dark
side of the moon try and carry off a dazed language student character -
say something like "Por Favor..henna tattoo???". Good luck
I was thinking of this after a bloke came up to me on the platform at
Hammersmith station today and said, rather forcefully, "Oi - are you on
medication??". "Not yet" I said (being inadvertantly funny I later
thought). "Well why are you talking to yourself?". I told him I was
learning the lines from a play I'm in and he seemed a bit disapointed.
Ho and if you will, hum
Scary-cheese-stick John
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