Hello Sinister-inos. It's been a long time since I've posted, although older members may remember me as someone who used to post frequently circa '99/'00/'01, and then as someone who got married, and suddenly had his days filled with domestic chores. Anyway, I'm still here, lurking away behind my lovely little PowerBook, still listening to B&S most of the time, and stiull reading all your posts, and lamenting that you don;t all post as much as ou used to. Anyway, my motive for posting is that Vanessa (for it is she, my wife, of whom I spoke earlier) and I are leaving these fair shores of New Zealand for 5 weeks, and visiting Croatia, Denmark and the UK. We've just booked flight to Scotland, from Friday June 3rd to Sunday June 5th. Thusly, I'd like some information. Firstly, does anyone have any suggestions as to a cheap-ish place to stay in either Edinburgh or Glasgow? (We're flying into one, and out of the other, so either place is fine, although Glasgow obviously has more interesting pop connotations for me.) Information on this matter would be _really_ appreciated. Secondly, any suggestions for any indie pop (ie. B&S< Postcad, Orange Juice etc.) landmarks worth seeing? Thirdly, where are the good indie record stores in either city. Finally, any Sinist*r-folk who remember me, and feel the urge to catch up for a wee drink or a coffee or something, drop me a line off-list ... I'll be in Londdon for about two and a hlaf weeks. Love Lawrence (Flying the Sinist*r flag in New Zealand since 1999) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+