P.J.Miller wrote

I once saw this French film from Belgium, it was the scariest film I've ever seen, really good. It was called "The Vanishing". Does anybody know who the director is, or if it's available on video? I would like to scare the wits out of my "other half" with it.

It was directed by George Sluizer in 1988. He also directed the Hollywood remake about 5 years ago, which, if my memory serves me right, starred Jeff Bridges, although I never saw it. However, I have it on good authority that it was awful, as seems to be the way with such remakes... I recommended it (the original) to a friend who then promptly went to see the remake and berated me for recommeding such tosh. Without wanting to give too much away, they substantially altered the ending, thereby removing one of the factors which made it so shocking. It is a great film, very compelling, I don't know if it's available on video however. (It has been on t.v. in the UK at least once). J Errington wrote;

Question 1: My ubiquitous friend Adam went up to visit his (possibly ex) >girlfriend Charlie (AKA The Evil Pixie) a while back at Leeds Uni. He went around to the flat of one of her friends and she had a copy of Tigermilk! On vinyl! Which she actually played! The question is, is this person on the list by any chance. here's fingers crossed.

I'd have a good guess that this was (is) my friend Charlotte who managed to get her mitts on possibly the only copy of Tigermilk to make its way to Leeds, from Jumbo records. She periodically threatens to give it to me, even though she's a massive fan. Which would of course earn her my ever lasting love and gratitude... She's not on the list, (am I the only person from Leeds on the list?) but will definitely be at the gig. When I read about the Leeds date I got the most excited I'd been in a quite considerable time and had to ring her straight away. I'll ask her if she has a friend called Charlie, otherwise known as the Evil Pixie. Perhaps I better not mention that bit. The venue is an old-style music hall/theatre, all seated. It used to host that old BBC programme 'Old Time Music Hall' or some such, the older listees may recall...They have various comedians, pantomines, etc but never gigs, although having said that I notice that Baby Bird are also playing at the end of September. For post-gig partying you have 'Brighton Beach' at the Cockpit, a veritable feast of indie/sixties/soul type shenanigans open till 4am, or 'The Cooker' at the Underground, soul/funk/jazz type proceedings (till 2)...nearer the time I could come up with some pre-gig suggestions? Unless anyone else has any? Looking forward to seeing you all there Cheers Ed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or . "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net" . List rules, FAQ etc., http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . >>> B&S new LP worldwide release 7th September, tour news etc. at <<< . >>> http://www.majordomo.net/sinister/news.html <<< . Nee, nee mun pish etc. -----------------------------------------------------------------------