A quick report on the San Francisco picnic, which occurred over the weekend. After overcoming my initial shock that other people actually showed up (there were 6 of us total) we sat round a lovely colorful blanket and gorged ourselves on Tostitos, Entenmann's cake (yumm!), Oreos, bean salad, and pita bread with hummus. "Cheese food product" and vegemite were noticeably absent, tho not to the dismay of anyone present. We drank some vodka drink, we drank some whiskey drink. The ensuing chat culminated in indier-than-thou posing as everybody tried to out-do each other with the obscure nature of their musical interests, and who'd gotten into B&S first and knew more about them. Trying to alleviate the tension, Joanna started telling jokes only to have James roll his eyes in exasperation, saying, "Listen this is pish, I think I'll leave..." and high-tailing it out of there. Then Brian bitch-slapped me for (*accidentally*, mind you!!) spilling Sprite on his blanket. Typical Belle fans... who you calling twee? nah In actuality, it was a sunny, relaxing day and the company couldn't have been lovelier! Conversation topics ranged from mod poseurs to Spice Girls (Baby rulz), life in Seattle and Kraftwerk. Entertainment included a bare-breasted hippy woman "possessed by the spirit of Stevie Nicks" who leaped and frolicked in the grass chasing rainbows and such. No need for a ghettoblaster when you have live bongo music!! (they don't call it Hippy Hill for nothing!) We tried borrowing a puppy from one of the abundant soap-dodgers in the park, for company. Thanks to all who came! We should reunite for a record release party or something, no? Tarararara ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------