Oh my. What a weekend. It was the birthday of an old friend of mine on friday and he was throwing a party so I dutifully went. Turns out half the guests there were filthy crusties swigging raw Tesco vodka and Carlsberg special, the other half were all puritanical vegan straight-edge skinhead types. It was a nightmare. Me and Barbara (my gf) walk in dressed like 70s pimps with gin, tonic, bag of ice and a lime. Nobody says a word to us, they just stare like we're a couple of fucking lepers. Then they set up a PA in the living room and this woeful punk band starts playing death-metal versions of Exploited songs. Me and barbara hid in the kitchen, quickly drank a bottle of gin between us in about 10 minutes then sneaked out the back alley, past two copulating skinheads. It was awful, I tell you. What has become of my friend Henry? I am partly to blame. It was me that lent him a copy of a Minor Threat compilation when we were 17, and within the year he'd turned into a slightly skinnier version of Henry Rollins. He's just no fun any more. The following morning I bought the NME, and Barbara, an emtionally fragile creature dressed entirely in black silk and velvet, went into hysterics at the news of the forthcoming Suede tour. The problem is, they're not playing belfast, so I have to fork out my hard-earned shekels on a weekend trip to Dublin to watch four poncey wankers prance about. (If she knew what I just typed I would die - my feigned appreciation for Suede is the foundation of our relationship. Me: "No, I like Brett's voice.....No, really, it's all right.") My day was brightened when a supposedly well-connected friend of mine told me that B&S are planning to play in Belfast in November. Can anybody please confirm or deny this rumour? It would be the highlight of my year if it was true. Only two days till the Arab Strap show in Belfast. Any other sinister folk going? Oh dear what a rambling mess. Well, I have been inhaling jumbo markers to pass the time away. My prose is usually far superior to this. please don't hit me. Yours with dangerous excitement, Ian ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the reborn Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". WWW: http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "jelly-filled danishes" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+