G'day Sinister: You might remember me from such emails as "Interminable Diary Post: Part XXIV" and "Quarter-Arsed Attempt to Make Myself Seem Witty and Interesting". But fear not! I'm merely popping my head in the door to hand-deliver a message from unquestionably our most sorely missed listee. Here it is: Good morning sinisterines, it's been a long time since I've spoken to you. The reason for this is mainly that the email address I was subscribed with disappeared, a sad prisoner of a server moving war. I hold out hope that it will be found alive, but it isn't looking good for jules@inebriated.cx. How sad, I was the only one subscribed to the list from Christmas Island. Anyway, the point of this post is that there's a Belle & Sebastian show in New York in May, and I think that calls for a picnic. After all, there will be several people from #sinister who will be in town that I've not met before, and I trust there will be several from the list too. I'd like to meet you. Besides, those Chicago kids are having a meetup and I'm jealous. Now, I need your opinion. My first instinct was to keep it in Central Park, but I do realize that this is inconvenient on a number of fronts. Prospect Park in Brooklyn has been suggested, due to 1) ability to place soccer there and 2) proximity to O'Connor's, a lovely bar, in the case of rain. Also, there is East River Park. Or some other park. My guess is that none of you will have an opinion, but as a hostess with the mostess it behooves me to try to get as many people to this damned picnic as possible. So if you're going to be in New York May 5 (for the show) and want to meet some truly lovely sinister people (myself included, but some even lovelier) and would like to meet up before the show, please email me and express an opinion on this mundane nitpicky matter! It's more than two months from the picnic, why am I stressing? Well I want everyone to be happy. Yes, I do. Please, email me at jules910@hotmail.com, and thank you for your attention. Rock on. xoxo Julie Oh, and I should add that it looks like I'll be able to be there myself, but don't let that put you off. I can certainly vouch for the loveliness of many of the local SiniSTARs you'll meet, and I'm very much looking forward to meeting YOU as well. I won't even bitch behind your back about that daft looking haircut, I promise. Well, not too much. What were you thinking, anyway? I'll be the mysterious stranger to whom you find yourself strangely attracted. Or the sweary drunken guy you're slightly embarrassed by. I can never remember which. Maybe I'll wear a badge of some kind. Bulk love, -David. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Snipp snapp snut, sa var sagan slut! +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+