Dear All i hope this find you all well. I am fine and dandy on this fine weathered bank holiday which i should be using to my full advantage and studying but i think i shall wait until the afternoon until my self inflicted headache (more on that in a min) has subsidedl. Last night was the first of many (i hope) beach gatherings. All it took to organise was a couple of phone calls. Originally it was to be just a car party with just 5 of us going down but it ended up being about 20 of us sat on a beach not far from Kinsale on the south coast of Ireland with guitars and fire and beer and food. It was a great evening and the beach is incredible. It is a tiny little cove with the nicest sand underfoot. THere are rocks all over the place and a walk along moorland where you eventully reach a an old fort which has dungeons etc. Legend has it that there are tunnels leading down to below the water accross to the fort on the opposite headland which i think may have had some fact but i think the tunnels are now blocked over. THe area around the town has some incredible history seeing as it was the setting for the Battle of Kinsale in 1601 when the evil brits (no offence i am part one anyway) landed and tried to take control of the country (which they eventully did) But it is one of these places where you get the feeling that you are walking over history and i rarely get that. But i suppose when you know the history of the place it is different, for instance i probably wouldn't get the same feeling from concorde or any place in the states purely because i am pig ignorent when it comes to american history. THe only reason i got that vibe in Paris was at the Bastille was cos we were there with all the protesting against Le Pen which was weird for me anyway but persume the French are used to protesting. I always feel the same way whenever i get back from a trip-restless and annoyed at my puny and slightly unfulfilling life back home. But i am heading away after my exams to Italy for a while. France beckons at some point in the Summer to stay with my brother and in August a big blow out is planned for Barcelona with people converging from London and Madrid and Cork The gig in Austin sounded nice and atmospheric but i can't understand why people are bitching about the lovely Ms Cambell not being present. She isn't the band!!!!! Neither is Stuart or Stevie or Bob or Mick or Richard or Sarah. they all are collectivly ( i could understand if stuart was missing cos he is the vocalist) IF liking the band is based on aesthetics then you might as well listen to Nsync or backstreet boys or what ever. So what the pouting mistress wasn't there- was the music any different- i doubt it highly. Right rant over and my i say i am dead jealous of anyone who did actully get to see them Isobeless or not godspeed jonathan +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+