Sinister: Red Pants Day Picnic

[David Moore]

Hi All,

Pardon me for interrupting.


REPORTING BACK
>From the opposite end of the age spectrum. Yesterday's picnic was held in
Regents Park on a hammeringly hot day so we sat in the dappled shade of a
tree near the camel & llama enclosure.

About 40 people turned up, I think. Sally, Lucy, Liz and Carey (lovely
surprise to see her!) all proved that they were honouring the day correctly
at various points through the day. Not me though: the maroon ones I wore for
last year must have, er, shrunk in the wash or something as I couldn't
manage to get them on comfortably. Elena wore a stunning top, and the girls
practised hip-swinging walks to the loos & back.

We listened to B&S live, The Loving Spoonful, the Eurosexuals (or would have
done if the CD could have got past the 58 second mark), The Aislers Set, &
the Moldy Peaches (I think - anyway, one of those bands you young people
like nowadays)

As I sit here listening to Belle and Sebastian and writing to the Sinister
list whilst drinking coffee from a B&S Girl Reclining mug, I can't recall
what I said when interviewed by the R1 researcher with the lovely smile who
came along with Carsmile to collect material for her piece on fans. I'm
certain it was bollocks though, so luckily it won't be broadcast. I wonder
how we compared to the Manics fans she met last?

What else can I remember now? Elena's story of her Papa being covered in
llama spit when she was four, Lucy admiring Marks's meat & one veg up the
leg of his shorts (Carey saw too), girls laying on the grass posing for
early 90's indie band cover shots, goats, emus, sheep and an elephant, the
lunatics playing football, (afterwards Peter Carter looked like he was going
to have a heart attack & Robbo's veins stood out on his forehead like one of
those transformation sequences in a horror film)and the birds getting
restless as the sun began to set. (Epecially a great big one that looked
like a toucan.)

Others reporting for duty: Le Troussé, 2 Polish girls whose names I don't
know how to spell, picnic uncle Cabbage, Robbo, Richard, PeetSketchSteve,
Paul Field, Mike Winship, aSm & some cult leader bloke. (Bless you!) Lilly
96 attended via the phone from his lonely satellite picnic in Kelvingrove
park. (Aaah!)

Then off for the ride in aircon comfort listening to S Club 7 & Ronan
<swoon> whilst adjusting our makeup to The Betsey Trotwood for


TIGERMILKING
where DJ's Cabbage, Casarotto, Lixibell & Lucy did their utmost to keep the
dancefloor filled. Mark I hope you reached the magic 42 people break-even
number.

Here Archel, Matt and Chris Butler/Señor Droolcup joined the throng.

Star-shaped velcro hairslides were in vogue, people danced like loons to Le
Pastie de la Bourgeoisie & other hits & I wondered what kind of perverse
snobbery made me not rate Dexy's Midnight Runners at the time.



Apologies to all those particiPants whose names I forgot or don't know.


OTHER STUFF
How completist do you guys want to get? There's a Shoeshine Records sampler
(only £1.99) available with a bonus cut "You Don't have To Cry" (Gene Clark,
who is as we all know the 22nd GREATEST SONGWRITER IN POP HISTORY) by Frank
"Jackson" Blake (Norman Blake, Stevie Jackson & Francis Macdonald) - see
here:

	http://www.shoeshine.co.uk/Sampler.htm

& you can get Stevie Jackson's version of Future Pilot aka's Beat Of A Drum
from the Domino site here:

	http://www.dominorecordco.com/sounds/futu_beat.mp3



Love,

David Moore
Chelmsford, UK

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