Assalaamu alaykoom! The Oxford Sinister Short-arse here, avec Picnic Report. Woo! The first picnic of 2001, and boy it was a corker! Not only because of the presence of Honey & Linda, not only because I met so many new people, but also because it was followed by the brilliant Tigermilking. What an amazing selection of music - I never expected all those TV themes (snooker, Scooby Doo, the A-Team) and I was surprised to discover that my Mum's favourite, David "Hutch" Soul's "Don't Give Up on Us Baby" had been treated so kindly by the passage of time. Well done Chris, Kevan, Mark, Lucy and (?) and sorry (?) for not knowing who you are. David Strange Strange showed an uncanny knack for knowing when the next b&s record would be played, too! Highlights of the day included: Peter Carter and Hannah Brown exchanging views on the merits (or otherwise) of the St****p****cs. Spotting Graham Coxon and Finley Quaye outside the Hogshead, together with some bloke with star quality but who Sold Hannah A T-shirt So He Couldn't Be That Famous Could He? Carey's whistle blowing. The Pinefox's colour-coordinated hat/jumper ensemble. The Robsta's dancing. Rip van Phil Two. Discovering that Robert Smith is a North London Lad who name-checked Barnet and Tottenham. It's not really that scary, Sophie. Honest. Apologies to: Mark C for saying I'd play football and then disappearing to the toilet. Never thought to use this ruse to get out of P.E. when I was a nipper, but then the school loos weren't one and half miles away at the bottom of a steep hill. Thanks to: David "Mogwai" Moore for the sweets - yum! Lucy "it's got to be Gordons" Alder for general organisation & motivation and for playing Mint Royale featuring Lauren Laverne - superb. Liz "not short" Daplyn for pointing out that it was *much* better to get the Blue Bus back to Oxford than the Red Bus coz More Night Buses Go To Trafalgar Square Than Victoria! If we have seen further, it is by Standing on the Shoulders of Big Stu. Ma assalaameh, mArk. _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+