Sinister: Hello lovers...

[stacey dahling]

.... of music. Music lovers. Yeah. Hello!
Any interest in makin' sweet love...ly music and saving the world AT THE 
SAME TIME? Ooh! I've gotten myself involved in helping to organise the UK's 
biggest music festival. It'll take place over the entire month of October, 
in loads of venues across the UK, and all proceeds will benefit Oxfam. It's 
cleverly called Oxjam. Last year was its first outing, and they made half a 
million pounds! This year, we're aiming for a cool million.
Anyway... I thought I'd try to lure some sad yet soulful bedroom devotees 
out of their bedrooms to get involved. We're currently recruiting official 
event organisers, who will be all trained up proper-like, to put on some of 
the bigger events, or a bunch of small ones, or whatever their little twee 
hearts desire! There's only a few more days left to sign up for these posts, 
but you can do it here: http://www.oxfam.org.uk
Otherwise, we'll take all the help we can get, so even if you don't want to 
commit to throwing a big shindig yourself, you can still get involved in 
other ways. You and your colleagues can get sponsored to participate in a 
'work opera', for instance, where you spend an entire day communicating 
solely through song. Or you could dress up as a gorilla and deliver singing 
telegrams. Or you could fry up some banana and peanut butter Elvis 
sandwiches as part of a rock star luncheon. Or you could just volunteer to 
be my minion as I try to coordinate a couple hundred gigs in Glasgow. Phew! 
Won't that be fun!
If you visit the above site, there will be more info and local contacts, or 
you can email me. I'd especially like to hear from Glasgow folk, as I'm 
bursting with ideas for events here, but I'm not supposed to put on any of 
them myself. Some of them even include our beloved belles and friends. Mmmm 
hmmm. Incentive enough?

In other news, another festival was in town this weekend - Triptych - and 
some of us Sinisterenes were lucky enough to attend an epic day of fab music 
organised by the illustrious Stephen Pastel and friends. although I've lived 
in Glasgow now for coming on five years and see Stephen about toon on a 
pretty regular basis, I had never seen The Pastels perform, so it was quite 
a treat! There were tons of them on stage, too. They roped in loads of 
friends, mostly of Teenage Fanclub and Tenniscoats fame, and did TWO sets - 
an early, wee bit experimental 'quiet' set, and a full-on closing set at the 
late hour of 11pm (which was sadly more difficult to hang on for than I'd 
like to admit). It was pretty gosh-darn special! And in between we were 
treated to other fantastic sets from the adorable and talented Tenniscoats, 
the amazingly rockin' ladies of Electrolane, wacky local popsters The Royal 
We (featuring our very own wee Patrick!) and the quirky cool Pierre Bastien.
Sadly, I had to work yesterday and therefore missed what was surely another 
amazing show for the Ballads of the Book, a super ace project combining 
Scottish artists and musicians. If you haven't heard about it, check it out 
here: http://www.chemikal.co.uk/news.htm There's a CD to be bought there 
too, so if you're willing to part with a few squid, there ya go!

There's been loads of good stuff happening 'round here, with even more to 
come! Indian Summer is shaping up to be a pretty ace, so if anyone is 
looking for an excuse to come visit, July 14-15 would be a good time. 
http://www.indiansummerglasgow.com
Yeah!
Hope y'all are well!

-stacey

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