Yo, long time no see, Sinister. All this excitement about picnics. It has been SIX WHOLE YEARS since I picnicked in London, sitting outside the R!A!H! with some of you lot. A long LONG time ago. Sadly I can't make this one as I am all growed up now and have to move into my shiny new house that weekend. I *could* just fly down for the weekend and leave the mister surrounding by packing crates, cursing me, but in the long run I think it's best that I don't. I shall raise a glass or two in yr honour though, and remember all of the great things that have happened as a result of this daft wee list. Friendships, weekends, drinking, fun, festivals, weddings, babies. Not bad for a bunch of twee bedroom-inhabiting socially-inept nambly-pamblers. Talking of festivals, Mr Ian A (who I met at Bowlie, atop a sand dune at stupid o'clock in the morning, and scribbled down the URL for Sinister because he seemed like the sort of bloke who'd like it here) said the following:
On the up-side, I am going to the CONNECT FESTIVAL. Which is in SCOTLAND and has TEENAGE FANCLUB, amongst others, playing. I think there might be other Sinistereens attending too..apparently at least one member, of far greater Sinister Stature than myself....but hopefully they'll post about that... Is anyone else coming?? It'll be FUN, and not WET.
By member of far greater Sinister Stature, I'm guessing he is meaning the very lovely Glam Pam. However, I'm going too! It is one exciting old lineup for people like me who don't care about young people's music any more. I am quite extraordinarily excited at the prospect of standing in a not-muddy field listening to the Jesus and Mary Chain and the Fire Engines, though not so much at camping. Festivals in holiday camps have ruined the "joy" of portaloos and traipsing through mud for me. Enjoy yr picnicking! ailsa xx _________________________________________________________________ The next generation of Hotmail is here! http://www.newhotmail.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+