Dear old Sinister, You’re looking well. No, really! I notice a flush in your cheeks. Who wants to know the gossip from the Chickfactor Black & White ball, then? I suppose, seeing as nobody else can be arsed, I ought to oblige. What a chore, eh? Ha! Of course not! Here’s the goss: Sinisterines past and present in attendance were Me, Ally Cook, Nal, David Moore, Sally Moore, Pam Berry, Steady Mike, Stevie T, Tim Hopkins, Ben Apps, Rachel Sunnyset, Stefano, BG Ian, BG Mark, Michael Grant, Gav Dunbar, Sarah Dorman, Starfire Dave, Carey Lander, The Pinefox, The Gingerfox, Andy Dean, Beth, Liz Daplyn, Robster, Ken Chu, Martin, Matt, Rich and the inevitable tons of people who are probably my best mates but I still can’t remember them. So I guess you can see how it was that we practically filled the hall with just us. Phew! Bush Hall was extremely elegant – rose lighting on the stage, chandeliers over the audience, lots of red velvet… just dreamy. I could have danced all night had the floor not been carpeted. Never mind, we sipped our drinks most delicately and crossed our ankles and sat and listened very politely. Mummy Honey would have been proud. And, of course, there was plenty to listen to. In fact, eight bands who were all very, very, very good. I only dared go to the bar between acts for fear of missing something, so ended up fairly sober (not such a bad thing seeing as I was also fairly skint). My favourites? Hmm…Camera Obscura were deserved headliners on the first night –I think they were what one might call ‘tight’. They played tons of new songs but nobody felt cheated because they were so *good*. And Carey sang! Pipas, who provided Ally and me with board and lodging for the weekend, were also fabulous. I notice their website has some downloadable stuff: http://www.plumasbouncer.com/llc/index.php The best band of the weekend, though, were the Pines who made several of the audience *actually cry*. Can you believe it? Words really can’t describe how they were, so I won’t try. I just hope they come up and play in Glasgow soon (hint). OK, will that do? Now all that remains is for somebody to spill the beans about Tigermilking. Who witnessed dirty dancing, snogging or hands down pants? Now, onto other important business. Seeing as Paul Ginger Fox (and others from London?) will be in Glasgow this weekend, we really ought to get together, oughtn’t we? So, on Saturday 12th October, we will indulge in a picnic-stroke-pubnic. Incidentally, anyone who wishes to stroke me will have to ask Ally’s permission, but I’m sure he’ll oblige. After all, he has previously offered my breasts to Starfire Dave. We meet at the Tap at 2pm. It is a short walk from Hillhead station or Kelvinbridge or the city centre and has (a) pool tables, (b) quiz machines and (c) comfy sofas. These props will enable you to (a) show the person you fancy how to hold a cue correctly whilst leaning in, blowing in their shell-like and frotting gently, (b) win enough money to buy a bottle of wine, cf. Ailsa Watson and (c) fall on something squashy and non-bruising when you are too drunk to stand. At approximately 8pm, you* will remove to the Pewter Pot, on North Woodside Road, just up from Kelvinbridge, to continue your drinking in closer proximity to… The Winchester Club (yes, I confess, this is a ploy to get attendance figures up, ahem). From 9pm, the Woodside Social Club, just along the road from the Pewter Pot, hosts our fine night of bands and dancing. Be there or be square, darlings. Smut, check. Wanton self-promotion, check. Content, er… Juicy Lucy ps. I might possibly be able to offer a bed to members of the Edimbourgeoisie - email me if you want. Also, email me if you're not sure where the Tap is or if you're a scaredy cat and need my mobile number. *somebody else will have to organise this bit – I expect to be running around with a frantic look in my eye brandishing electrical tape and lollipops at this point. ===== The one, the only Glasgow Indie List! http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/glasgow-indie/ ************************************************** The Winchester Club http://www.geocities.com/the_winchester_club __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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. 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