Hello Sinister-children, Though none of us are children any more. We're either grown-ups or playing at it. I feel as if I'll always be playing at it, no matter how grown-up I'm supposed to be. It has been a long time. Every time I post on sinister, I decided I'm going to do it more and then I just........ don't. Which applies to so much of my life, I suppose. Anyway, enough navel-gazing. There was one good reason for posting: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1131571057&ref=nf#/event.php?eid=52297313786&ref=mf Just incase you don't subscribe to the corporate behemoth that is facebook, the event is a sinister picnic in Birmingham. Rachel and Grainne have been good enough to come up with the idea - possibly to overcome the force of inertia that is Ian Anscombe (i.e. me. Yes, he refers to himself in the third person now. Who the fuck does he think he is? Apparently, he doesn't know, but he's hoping to find out soon) err... thread, lost, continue... Yes, Rachel and Grainne were good enough to suggest it. It will be happening on 2nd May, which if I've done my sums right is a week on SATURDAY. Ideally, the time to advertise this would have been more than a week beforehand, but of course I have failed spectacularly to do this. For those travelling from (purely for the sake of argument) Ireland, Carlisle, London, Cardiff, Exeter, Brighton or Colchester (Ramsdale, you still owe me a visit...) or anywhere else, there is lots of space in my house. And it would be nice to see you. And I will get out my Bumper Book Of Fun Things To Do In Birmingham. I won't read it, but we can marvel at its existence. Rachel says the list is bouncing. Will this reach you? I don't know...just in case, I won't write any more. A wise man once said that, at some point in their life, every man visits Birmingham. And then he goes home. He didn't mention women. Perhaps he didn't know any. Come, join, Love, Birmimgham, Yes. Nice. xx 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+