Well the unbelievable has finally happened. After years of sitting sullenly, half a world away from the nearest picnic, B&S are playing in a town near me. The tickets are out on saturday and I already have my minions waiting patiently, credit cards and cell-phones in hand. So this is kind of a rallying call in the unlikely event that anyone out there is considering attending the gig at Osaka Zepp on november 12th. We're looking for a few brave souls with whom to share our Makizushi and Umeshu. I wouldn't call it a picnic as such, for two main reasons: 1) Numbers: at the moment we have a meagre three, maybe four if Takahiro can persuade his boss to let him have a day off work. Getting Japanese people to chuck sickies from work should be considered as a new olympic event. 2) Haircuts: our unofficial group leader and token Gaijin has recently been accused of wanton tweelessness following and extended spell of mohawk-wearing. (According to recent japanese opinion polls, people who sport mohikans shouldn't like belle and sebastian.) Anyway if anyone is up for a bit of a gathering before the gig, give me a shout. Both Japanese and Native English speakers will be on hand to deal with your enquiries. HappyHappyHappy TBWTHE _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+