Dear all, It's been a while - a very long while. THE TRAIN ARRIVING ON PLATFORM 1 IS THE 8:15 FROM MANCHESTER, THE TRAIN DEPARTING ON PLATFORM 2 IS THE SAD TRAIN TO THE BOY G's HEART People coming, people going - it's a funny place. Sad to lose the boy G, nice to see there's a picnic to commemorate it, even if I won't be there. Glad to see the delicious return of Mr.Trousers, here's to many more wholesome posts. CREAMY CONTENT So the Peel stuff. John Peel lives a few miles up the road from me don't you know. I could feel Struan in the air, oozing boyish charm, charismatic smiles and succulent melodies. I didn't rate the tunes that much though. The boy Walton has already condemned me to the indie toilet for daring to suggest that a 'change of direction' was not a desirable thing - no doubt everyone else will too - but I buy Belle And Sebastian because I liked Tigermilk, Sinister and the three EP's - I liked the fey, the whimsical, the dreamy tales of schoolboy angst not seen since Emma's House was released. If they released IYFS from now until eternity, I would be happy. That one with the trumpet was OK, and Desperation Made A Fool Of Me went someway to demonstrating a return to form, although I have yet to see how the beginning sounds like Seymour Stein. Sarah's song about sunbeams was very pleasant, although her voice will take time to grow on me, much like that of a departed cellist I would imagine. I didn't care much for the other two though. After months in the darkness, it's nice to see I can come up with some real in depth analysis. ISOBEL ON THE RUN It was mentioned during the Olympics, but anyone watching the 400m hurdles yesterday would have seen Isobel Campbell furthering her athletic career by making it to a European final. She's Scottish as well you know. WE'RE GOING OUT - ON BRIGHTON PIER This weekend, the York Sinister Massive are tootling down to the south coast for a holiday in Brighton. It will be my first holiday in over eight years, so I'm as happy as a child with a potato cake. Archel appears to have something simmering for Sunday, so I'll leave it to someone who knows what they're doing to sort that out. I'm happy just to smile and watch. It would be lovely to see the London kids and Chu crew make it down. Looking forward to seeing you all there. This post was absolute rubbish, but I read appendix A and B. Chris Jones. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+