On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 Ayacolor <Ayacolor@aol.com> wrote:

Subject: Sinister:Seattle listeeeeees

Hi boys and girls. Your colorful Aya again and again. I'm going to move near Seattle. Anyone there? And anyone think about picnic there?

Dear colorful Aya, We think about picnics all the time here in sunny Seattle. I was just in Volunteer Park yesterday afternoon, lounging on the grassy slope near the reservoir, thinking about picnics while a line from a Neutral Milk Hotel song cycled through my mind..."but for now we are young let us lie in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see...." In addition to the current Seattle listees (i know of just one other one, so anyone else please mail me privately), it looks like the Portland contingent would be willing to road trip for a good reason: On Fri, 24 Apr 1998 "Courtney Knopf" <vegasbaby@hotmail.com> wrote:

And if there is anyone in the Portland/Seattle area on here, you drop me a line too. I'll be home in Portland all summer and would love to plan a picnic there too!

(Courtney, we'll let you know as soon as we get something planned.) Aya, you are not the only one on the verge of Seattle migration. Another list member visited from Southampton UK a few weeks ago and now he's decided to move here (yippee!) and eat falafel sandwiches at our picnics. He and I went to the Sit and Spin (combination cafe/club/laundromat) one night, after being shut out of the Pastels show due to Sleater-Kinney Mania, when a boy and girl approached and asked if they could share our booth. Sure, we said, and then they beckoned to their 4 other friends and the whole lot piled in beside us, making for a cozy situation. We started chatting with the boy and straight away the topic went to music. We played the whole "do you like X band? what about Y band?" for a good 10 minutes and the boy was amazed and elated to find two people who not only had heard of, but actually liked, many of the same bands. The boy went quiet for a minute and then with this hesitant, nearly lip-biting expression on his face, geared up and said "Ok, there's this one other band I have to ask you about. I don't know whether you'd know them or not, but I just really like them and .." <<Insert one long moment, as my Southampton friend and I look at each other across the table, thinking oh god, if he says it we'll just die!>> The Boy continues, with this unsure-if-this-is-ok-to-mention tone, ".. and well, they're called Belle and Sebastian..?" After we recover from the burst of emotion that follows his innocent question, we explain that yes, one could say we have heard of them (ha!). The boy decides we are his new favorite people and when his friends want him to go into the other room he declines, saying, "No thanks, I'm going to stay here and talk to Belle and Sebastian some more." He's not on the list, but we'll be sure to invite him to our picnic. xo, nicole. ----- n i c o l i n a @ d r i z z l e . c o m ----- ..... HOW STRANGE IT IS TO BE ANYTHING AT ALL ..... (Neutral Milk Hotel) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Ascolta, questo � pish, io sto andando lasciare -----------------------------------------------------------------------