Isn't this a beautiful day? Sitting up here in the northwest corner of the U.S. we sometimes have to wait a little longer for the summer to arrive but when it does it is glorious. Speaking of un-summery places, there has been talk recently of Aberdeen, Scotland (we've got one of those in Washington too, which you may remember was the hometown of a certain dead left-handed guitarist who isn't Jimi Hendrix). A friend of mine spent a couple years studying in Aberdeen and said it is the grayest place on earth. Not only does it have the same soulcrushingly ubiquitous cloud cover that Seattle has but it is also built almost entirely of granite, the grayest of stones, so that on a typical day it may be difficult to discern the horizon or distinguish buildings from sky. He theorized that the grayness of Aberdeen - which is credited in Seattle for our high suicide rate and heroin use - is at least partly responsible for what he observed to be a fairly common practice of, as he termed it, "drinking to total obliteration." He told me that on Friday and Saturday nights (most frequently but not exclusively) it is not too difficult to see people making their way home after the pubs close on their hands and knees. With this cautionary tale in mind, I'd like to propose a sinister happy hour on the evening of Sept. 14 before the Seattle gig. I've sometimes chidingly referred to this list as "a bunch of sensitive teenagers" (twee cynicism, sorry), but I suspect that more of us actually are of age and would be able to have a pre-gig meetup at a bar. I know the classic sinister model is a picnic but I know I'll be working that day as will probably many others so it would maybe be easier to meetup after work in the neighborhood of the theatre. There are probably half a dozen suitable places within a block of the venue. I'll go ahead and volunteer myself as organizer so feel free to email me offlist to express interest or make suggestions. Hopefully we can make it work. Rinaldo _________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+