...did you know John Cusack's a B&S fan? Or at least he mentions them in his new script, which isn't bad going :) I'm sad I missed the Greenwich picnic - my clique points are slipping (as is my listcrush position - come on chums, I'm sort of cute when it's very, very dark. And when I'm not speaking), so I am hoping to get to Oxford this weekend for a bit of out-of-town schmoozing. I also didn't make it to Kevan's Eurovision party - too busy ringing up to vote for Cyprus (whose only points came from the United Kingdom, which was thanks to ME!) in a student house in Birmingham with Miss Vicky and lots of people who wouldn't piss on Belle and Sebastian if they were on fire. I expect. I am going to plug, yet again, the B&Sophile club night on June 11th Upstairs at the Garage in North London (Highbury and islington Tube, I think), "A Night of Tigermilking", featuring several DJs of this parish, fun, frolics, added incentives and at least one spunky pop performer. So please come and get merry with your favourite sinister listcrush (reports of Nick Dastoor's attendance are as yet unconfirmed)! B&S badges and t-shirts get in cheaper, of course... I quite fancy that promo Swede Tigermilky single thing - hopefully it'll be found in abundance in the Gothenburg equivalent of the record and tape exchange 2 weeks after it's distributed - any lovely Swedes (and hey! You're all lovely in my book, yes you are!) fancy picking me up a copy, I'll go all red and smiley just for you... My job has entailed me reading some of Joan Aiken's works yet again (sorry if I've said this several times before) - Nightbirds on Nantucket's quite good, really. Imagine, a big gun on the other side of the Atlantic to blow up James III with! Saddam Hussein's a fan, then...Any listees want to mail me with their favourite Aiken recommendations? If they're good, I'll try and make them turn it into a TV series, promise... Gosh I'm not on form today. Sorry chickens! But I'm pleased to hear Th' Faith Healers have their fans - I'd recommend most highly the first three EPs and the first album, Lido, which only has a 10 minute song at the end, but I challenge Lesley cos it's much better than the other one...They had wicked fans, too, and they used to let us sit on stage intertwined among their legs while they played, banging tambourines and playing with mic stands and generally feeling like we belonged :) It's not all work, work, work, you know... Mark xxx ______________ This letter is dedicated to Joe Kinnear, 1992-1999 <sniffle> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+