For those Northwesterners not aware yet, which I'm sure not a one of you counts in as such, Belle & Sebastian are touring to Portland, yes here in the merry Northwest, on September 11. If this isn't a reason enough for me to expell one more breath on the whole notion of a picnic, I don't know what is. Now I know that Stefanie has filled me in that *us* Northwestern twee sort aren't full of enough gumption or what have you to organize such a lofty thing as a silly old picnic. But I know she doesn't really believe that, in spite of both Andrea's and Heather's failed attempts (& perhaps countless others), and neither do I! So, we're going to have one and that is that. I was thinking for all of the Northwesterners that maybe Olympia would be a fun middle ground, but I think Washington Park could suffice just as well, and the rose garden there is almost as if right off of the album cover for Ladybug Transistor's 'Albemarle Sound'. So, who's up for some kickball, music, barbeque, sun (hopefully) and lots of fun? Chris _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+