Hello all, I went to Montreal last month. God it was cold. Who on earth decided Canada was a good place to settle should have stayed where they were. Silly French people. Thus, the winter does not do the city justice. Everything is closed, theres no one around, and the romanticism that I'm sure the place doesn't come to life. It's on hold. Hibernating. Also my lack of French language skills was a pain in the arse. Its funny going to foreign countries and having to go to Subway or McDonalds (not my choice of eatery, I was dragged there by my traveling companion) and order food with English names, in another language. It sounds so awkward. Je voudrais un cheeseburger. Me gusta un McChicken sandwich con fries y Coke, por favor. So yes, more so than Toronto Montreal has a bizarre mix of colonial French and English (I particularly liked the mini Nelson's column) and monstrous North American blandness. Apologies to all North Americans. I still like Toronto better. Not being able to go to Glasgow for this much discussed B&S gig, I'll have to content myself with the equally good and even cuter Delgados. 4th April, Lee's Palace, Toronto. I'm very excited. It'll mean I'm two thirds the way through my 'must see before I die/get too old' list of bands. First was Gorky's. Then there'll just be our Belle and Seb. I'm beyond excited. Hopefully joining me will be Mr Jason Cochrane, my only sinister buddy so far. Oh, a little thank you to all you who emailed me about Pizzicato Five - I bought 'Playboy/Playgirl' and its lush. Not that this should turn into a war, or even a minor skirmish, but I found it quite funny and also irritating (irritating enough to write this) that Mark Cassarotto chose to tell someone off for their post, by posting to everyone and thereby clogging up our inboxes again. Why not just delete it and move on? Did it require the energy of posting a reply? I think you said you used to be in Offbeat, in which case it was in the true spirit of that society. There's so much bitchiness going on in the exec, and despite having left years ago you are perpetuating the ugly feelings of animosity that breed within. How unfortunate. Peace love and happiness everyone xxxx Wow, you've made it to the end. Well done and thank you Joanne x _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with cool emoticons http://messenger.msn.co.uk +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+