Sinister: Sort of reporting back; or, How Belle and Seb Nearly Killed Me

[Joanne Hill]

So this bowling thing sounds cool. Apart from the fact that I go bowling 
every week, so it's not so much of a novelty for me. But if I knew some 
sinisterettes round my way I would certainly be up for showing them how it's 
done. Ahem. I'm exceptionally happy, if it's true, to hear that bowling is 
now in the Olympics; it was in the Commonwealth Games in 1998 cos it's the 
national sport in Malaysia, go them. But then it got taken out again, boo to 
Manchester 2002. We (Warwick Tenpin Team) were in lovely Nottingham last 
month for the BUSA championships, my team mate got onto the national student 
squad, she's ace. She's the 7th best girl student bowler in the UK. I came 
16th. (Out of 51.) Must do better.

So yeah we were in Nottingham. Much twee-er than Coventry, though I wasn't 
very twee that day, wearing my bowling kit. We are hoping to get American 
style shirts soon, which will be nice. I liked Nottingham so much I went 
back twice, to the lovely Selectadisc and Fopp. Then last week I ventured 
even further north to my town of birth, Sheffield, for a special gig. But 
you've heard all about that off other people. I drove there, drank some coke 
while the others had beer, and then danced, stood in front of my seat, all 
thru the gig. Isn't Bobby the cutest!

At Offbeat's after show party Stuart nearly bumped into me as he went 
charging past, but I managed to jump out the way. Stupid me. Could've ended 
up in a heap on the floor with him. Damn.

But he signed my ticket anyway, and tried to talk to me, which is more than 
I can say for Stevie - I tried to talk to him and he wasn't interested. 
Hmph. Then I stood around encouraging a Bowlie friend to go talk to him abot 
the Rolling Stones, he wouldn't get up the courage. But he did in the end.

On the drive back it was really foggy. I had hoped to get home in an hour 
(it took two hours going) cos at 2-3am there's no traffic, but not being 
able to see 20 metres ahead is quite a hindrance to going 80 miles an hour. 
So I slowed down, and passed lorry after lorry, and some crazy guy who kept 
over taking me and then slowing down, and swerving around in his lane, I 
don't know what his problem was, bloody road rage in the middle of the 
night! We had exhausted my tapes so one of the guys put in a tape of 
acoustic songs, really lovely versions of Delgados songs, and some Bright 
Eyes and stuff like that. Fantastic. Driving along the empty M1, feeling a 
bit tired but nervous of the weather conditions, all foggy AND raining, 
wondering when the hell we'd reach the M69 junction, the three lads all 
asleep, I passed a sign for Alton Towers...now I thought we'd already passed 
that...maybe, in this terrible weather, we've already died, I thought, and 
are destined to travel this dark road forever; but if we get to listen to 
amazing music like this all the way, that'd be fine.

Then the fog cleared, I realised Alton Towers is much further south than I 
had thought, and later the sign for Coventry popped up, and we were ok. 
Still alive.

A friend of mine went to the Norwich gig and he was wearing the same t shirt 
as Stuart, apparently the white Fred Perry shirt he always wears. But when I 
asked this friend if he bought the shirt *because* Stuart has it, he didn't 
reply. I'm not sure if he reads Sinister or not, so he may come and defend 
himself, but in the meantime I shall speculate.

love,
Joanne

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