So I appear to have been at the picnic. It was hot. I played football, scoring 2 before suffering from heavy trousers syndrome in the second half. There was some badminton. I forgot everyone's names and didn't really say hello to many of the (seeming) hundreds who were there. which is why there are probably a lot of people wondering 'who the fuck were you?'. I was called Paul and I can't remember what i was wearing. What impressed me most were the people next to us who had food from Harrod's Food Hall. That is clearly the way forward in terms of picnicing. And that inflatable ball which threatened to run amock. I do remember Mark C though because he Dj'd and said hello to me, and the ubiquitous Ken and a couple more Pauls and Asm. And Greg who was much maligned for coming straight from the set of his latest 80's Bratpack movie. Still, his moves on the football pitch were more reminiscent of 70's Brazil. I wished I had a pair of portable record players (which I will have soon) so I could have provided a soundtrack. Given the heat however, the vinyl might have started to flop so perhaps it is a good thing I didn't. i then went all the way home and back (not an inconsiderable distance) to change clothes and shower and stuff before going to Strange fruit. Everyone who had been at the picnic was (almost literally) glowing. The bands..well Cherry orchard sounded like a less charismatic, slight stale, Style Council. I believe I was probably at Oval on the Northern Line when Easter played so I won't comment. And I danced a bit to some great records. And then it was hometime. paul p.s. next time someone should take the responsibility for bringing at least three corkscrews. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.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. 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+