Sinister: dangerous picnics, random gig, & bowlie 2.

[Jim Taylor]

hello sinister types (and advanced apologies for some/all of this 
being of limited interest to....well lots of bods.....anyway away with 
such deprecating and on with my 2nd post this year.....)

 big stylee shouts out to all london picniccers i met / didn't really 
meet / accidentally kicked whilst playing footie.....and no it wasn't 
me (or anyone?) that got miss vicky, but i can most certainly vouch 
for worthiness of F'd up ankle to merit a day off work, and 
cunningness of said ankle in its attempt to camouflage itself by 
turning the same blue colour as v's toenail varnish.

err yeah. anyway.
as mentioned to various piccerniccers, a band i like / now know & 
do mailing list for - Slot Jockey - play at Water Rats, Greys Inn 
Road, Kings X (London) on Wednesday (7/7/99). I introduced 
Gareth of SJ to a few Sinister people at Bowlie who also seemed 
vaguely interested (not B&S related musically they're i guess not 
light years from pavement-y kind of stuff....strong songs i think etc 
etc & some of band *are* B&S fans...) Gareth is also a lovely bod 
and a studio engineer/producer who apparently is very good to work 
with - he redid the Beta Band Total Eclipse of the heart track with 
them in the studio, but then they got permission so guess that was a 
bit of a waste of time. but i don't suppose he needs me harping on 
about him. and er yeah neither do you. sorry.
 
[so hopefully not really a random plug] 

they're the middle band (9.30pm) with Miss Mend headlining, 
Gertrude on before.
    
Slot Jockey also headlined a trip to / event in Prague i organised in 
March, along with DJ Downfall and assorted others (the latter is 
currently touring as his alter ego drumming for Marine Research in 
the US until 21st July as no doubt you've probably been informed)


errr which kind of brings me to apologize for the truth of my mantra 
at pic-nics that i never get time to read the list much (and so rarely 
know what is going on properly in sinister land....) i'm doing better 
but limited net access after/at work does make things tricky.... 

The Prague thing was amazing fun and may or may not happen 
again depending on my stamina/stupidity at taking on things like 
that, and amount of help i get doing it. I stupidly didn't mention it on 
the list for fear of abusing the medium, (or more reasonably inviting 
any of you lot along for what was in the event, fantastic fun)  , but if 
it did happen again i'd love to rope in the sinister community into 
getting involved.......more on that to follow hopefully.


Looks like the almost tournament winning sinister 5-a-side team may 
be reuniting in a pretty full way for All Tomorrow's Parties.......thanks 
to Martin & Vince,  Damon & i are now definitely coming assuming 
we can get time off work, so now we just have to weedle our way in 
again. i maintain i'm better out of goal than in, but i suppose 
somebodys got to do it so i'll buy some gloves that fit anyway. and if 
anybody ever hears of the bowlie goalie who lost/lent me his 
knackered pair (clue, big smelly hands) i still have them.

erk well i think thats quite enough.

So see y'all soon  / @ ATPs / in the next life.

jim

P.S,

That Tim Hopkins lookalike i saw at Bowlie was spotted in the Pub 
after the Al Green gig last week - even has the same encyclopaedic 
knowledge of Dub which proved a bonding tool after said being 
almost offended a friend of mine (another prague performer (Dub 
DJ)) by announcing there were a hundred southern?/soul singers 
better than Otis Redding....all turned out well in the end. Perhaps if 
this lookylikey is spotted by anyone else he could be courted for 
another footie supersub appearance at ATPs???



jim at city.ac.uk
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