I've not been posting because I am ashamed at not having sent out my Sinister Christmas presents. However, they are nearly ready now - I have written the actual tracklistings on the cassette covers, so they should be going into the post to three lucky people in the next month or so. But not till I get back from the Glastonbury festival. Is anyone going to that? I think there is a Sinister-ILX meetup on Thursday, from about 5.00pm at the Brothers Bar by the Jazz World stage. Carsmile Steve is going to have a big something to do with Girls Aloud at it, so if you see some guy with a very large item that relates to Girls Aloud then it's probably Carsmile Steve. apart from that, I am lacking in news. My beloved has just flown away to study things on the West Bank, so the nights are a bit lonely in the vicarage. I'm developing a bit of a taste for Old Cellar Finest Sherry as a way of wiling away the long winter evenings. Still, I saw Billy Childish & the Friends of the Buff Medway Fanciers Association perform the other day. You know the score, garage rock like momma used to make. My new theory is nevertheless that this music only ever existed in revived form, and there is no halcyon era of ur-garage rock. This is life. and with, I will bid you adieu. ian +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+