Dearest Sinister Chums, PARAGRAPH 1 Having just gone through the unusual experience of moving house while on a holiday of sorts, I now find myself writing to you from, as Dr Pete Venkman calls it in Ghostbusters II, southern California's beautiful San Fernando Valley. Like where, oh my gawd, everyone like totally is rilly rilly like uh "he was all...and she was all...and it was grody to the max" Well not really but that's the myth that Chris Farley and Adam Sandler and a slew of 80's teen comedies would have you believe. If however you are from the locality and having trouble grasping non-valley variations of the English language, then I have found the indispensible resource you need: http://www.80s.com/Entertainment/ValleyURL PARAGRAPH 2 The London brigade may have stolen a march on all this 5th anniversary red knicker business. But here is where the new world order of this transglobal underground strikes back. What I am trying to say is that there will be a PICNIC this coming Saturday, August 31st in the sumptuous surroundings of the Arruyo Seco, next to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Meet at Gate A ( http://www.rosebowlstadium.com/seating2.htm ) of the Rose bowl (which is at the southern most end) at 3pm. When all stragglers are accounted for we'll find a shady spot of grass to picnic and chat on. Those with an athletic disposition are more than welcome to join me in a kickabout :) Coincidently the LA Galaxy Soccer team have a match at the Rose Bowl that evening againt the New York/New Jersey Metro Stars, which a couple of us will be going along to. It's a snip at $13, but don't forget to bring a coat or a jumper as it'll be getting cooler by the time the game finishes around 9pm. The plan once inside the Stadium is to get the crowd cheering the team on to the tunes of B&S. I think TBWTAS or JATDOH would fit pretty well....and if the pet shop boys and the lightning seeds can do it, we can too! PARAGARPH 3 If you think you might come along, or need directions or fancy an online game of chess or something, give me a tinkle at benapps@hotmail.com or mither 'er indoors at blind_lisa@yahoo.com . I guess I should encourage the wearing of red undies too, but it's not obligatory to wear any ;) I think that's it, apart from to mention that I anticipate some in-depth reporting back from the London brigade in the next couple of days. Goodbye goodbye goodbye Ben S BApps x _________________________________________________________________ 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! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+