Aye up, bald eagles. It is not a good Friday. It all started swimmingly last night. I went to see Melt Banana and they were marvellously metaltastic. There was a violent looking moshpit which I decided to brave. Unfortunately, I did so with my anorak hood pulled up so I didn't see the mystery assailant who booted me directly above the ball area, rendering me somewhat incapacitated. Then the bastards lowered the price of vodka and red bull to £2. An act of outright cruelty. As a result, I am still drunk at midday in work and have to stay here until 8 o'clock. Not good at all. It's going to be a long day. Last week I was drunk in a bar in New Cross that plays ska music and I was accosted by a drunken middle aged crusty Glaswegian street poet. In a referee's jersey. He asked me if I'd vote for him if he tried to be prime minister. I considered explaining that I lived outside of the jurisdiction, but since he was looming menacingly I decided to tell him that I would. He copped my accent and started going on about the IRA and the UDA next, pointing out that stopping violence would be foremost in his manifesto. At the time, I think this was something of a relief. Anyway, he said he'd like to send me some of his poetry in the post because I was "a good man". The charmer, eh? Drunkenly, I decided 'what the heck', I mean... what harm could it be giving him my real address and getting something interesting if perhaps a little insane in the post? In retrospect my decision seems somewhat unwise. I have a horrible feeling that when I arrive home, tired and unwell, there'll be a drunken Glaswegian in my living room. Who isn't called Ailsa. If that happens, I will be very pissed off. Yours in discomfort, Mr Joss scilabs@thumped.com PS I bought a Music Tapes record yesterday on the advice of one Lance Bangs. I haven't listened to it yet, but it has a great pop up cover. Not enough people make records with pop up covers these days. If B&S did I bet we'd all be *dead* impressed. ;) PPS The bloke my friend followed on the tube: http://www.madfrankiefraser.co.uk/madfrank.html PPPS If anyone wants to, they can mail Paula at booze_explosion@hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+