Happy Tuesday, Sinister. As the dust settles after the wholesale Sinister invasion of Brighton, I am pleased to announce the winners of the ARCHEL AWARDS FOR SERVICES TO FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT: Best Emo Shirt: Stephen Trousse Best Boots On A Canadian: Robyn Fadden Best Drinking Receptacles: Liz Daplyn (retaining the title) Outstanding Contribution In The Field of Music: Robin Stout and his Casio Special Award for Iron Constitution of the Year: Ken Chu With His Plate Of Ribs Best DDR Performance: Mark Casarotto (haha not really it was KEN obviously) Best Provision of Sweets: Stefano S. Briefest/Most Handsome Appearances: Rob Brennan and Steve Peet Best Fall (non-aquatic): Madeleine McNeil Cutest Sleeping Australian: Marianna Longmire Best Footballing Skills In A Hostile Climate: Greg Pallis, Mark Casarotto, Ben Apps, Stevie Trousse, Paul Healy and Stefano S. Tallest American: Sarah Garrett Sonner Best (And Only) Henna Tattoo Of A Sheep: Jeremy Tweddle Best Incoherent Phone Call: Ian Anscombe Look, everyone won something! I am so democratic. So, the weekend went a little something like this: 2pm: Archel meets Robster at the station and checks out his package (of CDs) 2.15pm: the Sinister Express arrives 2.30pm: Archel goes to get Liz and Robin who have already managed to a) get to a pub and b) buy a miniature Casio keyboard off some hippies 2.45pm: the 2nd Sinister express (aka The Slowcoach) arrives with Stevie, Marianna and Ken on board SEE GREG'S PHOTO FOR WHOLE MOTLEY LINE-UP 2.50pm: we go to the BEACH! We drink wine, play football, shiver, eat crisps and Liz's home-made goodies, wrestle, then depart for the warmer comforts of the PIER (Can I stop doing times now? - it's all a bit hazy.) ARCADE GAMES DDR DODGEMS CHIPS ROLLERCOASTER TATTOOS Then onwards to PUB (as featured in many Brighton-set films, I believe) where we have a speedy game of Scrabble - so much for a 'tournament', ha - and all the usual blithering nonsense produced by a group of Sinisters with access to alcohol. 8pm(ish): all back to mine for EUROVISION. I can't remember that much about any of the entries, probably because I was busy throwing poetry books at Maddie, typing randomly on #sinister, eating Haribo and watching various members of our company pass out. Latvia won, as you may know. Well, how far did you think you were going to get with a name like GARLICK, Jessica? Somehow I ended up with 11 people sleeping on my floor this time, which was certainly entertaining although I hope no-one sustained any serious back injuries. Stevie managed to fall asleep on some carboard boxes, which i hope isn't an omen... The next morning we braved rain and wind to visit the 'Gay Lard' cafe, aka Buddies. Our stomachs were at varying stages of health: Robin tried to hide his uneaten bacon burger under his uneaten chips but Ken polished off half a pig's skeleton. Then we lured Mark to the beach, hoping for a repeat of February's water sports (oo-er), but this time we all stayed dry. In fact we didn't linger long as the beach had been invaded by mutant foam - apparently algae-related and not in fact the hideous chemical reaction caused by sewage and/or Poseidon's jism that it looked like. Then I sent the wee tykes on their way, returning to my flat enriched with a) sparkly presents, b) several bottles of undrunk BOOZE and c) the now signature Sinister scent in my soft furnishings. Thank you all who graced me with your presence, and may I assure the rest of you that we thought about you the whole time :) Luv Archel xxx +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+