greetings, it would seem that i somehow managed to miss the very meet up i tried to organise. ah yes, when it comes to rank stupidity, i truly am the leader in the field (of one). it's difficult to explain exactly what happened without making myself sound more stupid, but basically, i had no idea where people were meeting up, got lost several times in dark alleys with my new shiny minidisc man proffering itself to muggers and thieves etc before eventually stumbling upon the spitz. i then waited in the cold for about half an hour, before realising that since i had a ticket i could go in. oh yes, it gets worse. i then went upstairs (to where the venue is) and got told to go back downstairs, then got sent back up before finally being told to go back down. which i did, and got my hand stamped. then, realising that i still hadn't made a fool of myself but that the night was yet young, i embarked on a journey back upstairs, where i managed to briefly evade the 'bouncer' (he wasn't very big, but he would still prolly have duffed me up :)) and saw a certain i. campbell sitting before me. and when the aforementioned bouncer started talking to me, i failed to notice him (being in a state of shock at my first ever sighting of a belle), and this seemed to make matters worse. so i hid from him for the rest of the night. but then i managed to get in the front row, where i looked in vain for the other sinis. i agree with carsmile's comments about the gig (except isobel's singing - being close to the stage meant i could her quite well), though i thought the last bill wells song was quite good (the one with stevie wailing beautifully). at the end of the gig, i had to rush off cos my last coach home was 11.30 and i had to get to victoria, so i got a taxi and he charged me 15 squid, before i nearly convinec him to drive me to canterbury for 35 squid (for non-southern listees, it's a 20 minute drive from liverpool street to victoria, and about 1 1/2 hours from london to canterbury). but i did get home, with badges and t-shirt firmly in tow :) anyway, sorry to anyone who missed me (wow. that sounds so unbelievably arrogant i think i'll leave it in for posterity :)) . . . ian. ps isobel's bottom was most definitely NOT on the big side. in fact, it was looking quite lovely :) +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+