Hi to Sarah, good to hear from you. Wait, this isn't just meant to be about personal messages, is it. Well I'm sure everyone else out there enjoyed reading your report as much as I did. All the things I'd forgotten. Like what everyone was wearing (or not wearing in Stuart's case...). At least now everyone knows I wasn't making it up about watching Stuart take a bath. And I think I can now claim the record for having my name mentioned most times in a post that wasn't about me. Aah, happy memories. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all ends up looking (my money's on me being on screen for about 10 seconds in total...) Respect goes out to Mr Miller, via Mr Moore, for possibly the most anoraky piece of B&S trivia ever. In other news, summer is here! Well, it seems like it at least. It's been gorgeous and sunny and hasn't rained for over a week now. In fact, that makes it officially better weather than a typical British summer. It's amazing how much people cheer up when the sun comes out. It doesn't matter if it's cold, or the pet budgie has just died, or we're at war, people are always happier when the sun comes out. And everyone is determined to make the most of it - it may only be about 14 degrees outside, but there are people everywhere sunbathing and having barbeques. Another good thing about the weather is that the Sunshine Sheilas come out. All these really good looking women walking the streets. I don't know where they hide the rest of the year, but the city is suddenly full of attractive ladies. It even helped me get over my hangover by 3pm on Saturday (and that takes some doing at times - I was five of the dwarves at various points on Saturday morning, but there was no way I was going to be Happy until I'd seen Doc...) I hope there'll be lots of Sunshine Sheilas at the BOWLING and PICNIC in a couple of weeks' time. I've not been to a Sinister meet-up for over a year now, but I still remember well the fun, the conversation, the booze, the football, the food, and the more booze. I hope to see you all there. And if you're nervous or shy, don't worry, everyone is; by the time you've got through a few cans you'll be chatting along with anyone... (And if you're nervous about bowling, a one-legged five-year-old child with a blindfold on could beat me most days). Of course, as if one picnic wasn't enough, it's only a month after that until Glasgow; speaking of which, if anyone in that fine city happens to be feeling kind and has a bit of floor space up for grabs, I'd be very grateful... In other other news, is anyone going to Glastonbury this year? Tickets go on sale next week, and I can't decide whether to go or not... In other other other news, I hear that Trevor Horn's other darlings, Tatu, are going to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest. Up the bum sex in front of a hundred million viewers. Could be interesting... In other other other other news, you should all go out and buy - or cheaper, stay in and download - "Mala Vida" by Manu Chao. Because it may well be the ultimate B&S song (complete with a 'Stevie' playing surf guitar, a 'Mick' on the trumpet, and a 'Chris' going ape on the Hammond organ) but without any of them actually involved. Surely a cover version has to be imminent. (As regular readers will know, it is unusual for me to be recommending anything other that The Whitlams or the equally great - and equally Australian - My Friend The Chocolate Cake; so you know I'm serious about this one) Answers to Sinisterines' questions: Yes, he does. Yes, we do. Will that do? Big Stu +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+