This looks like the first picnic post, so I suppose it had better be good in order to set a precedent for those that follow. Despite having been on the list for some considerable time now, I had never before ventured out to play with the sinister crowd. I'm now really glad that I finally did. I probably didn't show it, because I only said about 3 words the whole time, but it was nice to meet so many people whose minds work the same way as mine. It was quite odd meeting people whose greatness I have been in awe of. Truly fantastic to see the ever youthful Mr. Dastoor, Mark, Lucy, Pamela and the Steves' (to name a few), but the greatest honour of all to be bestowed on me was finally being in the presence of the legend, Miss Erica MacArthur. As I hobbled off round the tube on my way home (nasty injury preventing me playing football you see) I felt a twee, smug, warm sensation inside having met so many wonderful people (or more correctly, having been met by, as my shyness usually prevented me from saying anything back). I do apologise for not really speaking, but I was paying attention the whole time, just observing with quiet wonderment how great it is that such a friendly group of people can be born out a passion for a twee little Scottish band. That was a big paragraph. I'm sure it should have been split up in places, but my English has gone to pot. Well, I'm looking forward with relish to another meet up and hoping that there may be a Tigermilking before the end of the summer, but no pressure Mark! Bye bye lovely people. Chris Jones. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+