Hi All, UNHALFBRICKING A prize for anyone who can tell me what that heading should have been. So, the week before last we spent a week in Barcelona. What an amazing place! So many sights to see so we tried to see all of them, following the red rosettes in the pavement to every Modernista building we could. Each landmark then anchored in the memory by a personal recollection, whether it was the eyes of the captivatingly playful grey tabby kitten at the Sagrada Familia or the ferocious arguments of the green parrots in the Park Güell. Then on the last day another tour, following the footsteps of Rag, Tag & Bobtail and the depraved cherubs on the old city walls along the B&S BCN 9/97 route: pre-gig courtyard, the stage was here, the hotel there. Our guide Peter Miller, with whom we went for a drink, did lunch and went for a drink. And passed a (an?) hugely enjoyable afternoon. Its great when you finally get to meet a listee in person - they're always different to how you imagine them from their posts but on rare occasions they turn out to be even nicer. Mrs Sister Disco is really lovely too. Oh, and yeah, we did talk about YOU, but nothing bad (unless you deserved it.) Sadly due to a little accident we didn't get to see Belle and Sebastian play Benicassim despite a very kind listee (thank you Maria!) who even gave me her ticket. I'm glad for everyone that had so much fun there though. Especially Mini-Beans. PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION A lot of people at the Karaoke on Friday night were disappointed that I hadn't taken a photo of Mixmaster Miller. They prevailed on me to sketch a picture, but don't worry Peter, I can't draw so there was little interest in the result. I had thought of myself as sym- or even em-pathetic but yesterday I learned I just don't UNDERSTAND. So I will try harder: I can't bring myself to burn prints or negatives (t'would be like murder) but they are hidden from any public gaze and any scans have all been deleted. OK, Hon? Oh, I would like to second Dimitra's thanks to Princess Honey, who if she won't take credit for making the list should at least take credit (with Linda) for having nurtured the garden. WHO'S YOUR DADDY? Karaoke at The King Of Corsica featured usual suspects Mark (The Kaiser), Vicky, Ally96, (Blonde!) Lucy, Carsmile, Paul Field, Robbo, Sally, Le Troussé, P F, Elena99, Nick, and last but not least (apparently everybody's Coo Ca) Chu. I probably missed someone (as usual), so sorry to whoever you are. Also a new face: pookie59/jiffy_popper/Geneviève! Another rare occasion :) Joe put it much more beautifully than I ever could so I won't add anything to his description. Except that he in particular should have appreciated her foxiness more :) So after this last week there's only one listee left that I *really* want to meet in person. Its SO unfair that she's only toured the UK once. My old brain began to be befuddled early on, so only the haziest of recollections remain: Edna doing Morrissey doing Jarvis to Common People, Ken & Gen doing a number together (ooh, missus!), Mark as Colin Blunstone with Lucy & Geneviève on backing "oohs" & "aahs" to The Time Of The Season, in fact Mark and the impossibly slim Nick seeming to sing a lot of tunes each. I SHOOK HIS HAND* AND SAID GOODBYE Yesterday I assisted at the latter half of the second Lloyd Cole summit, held not in the James Joyce room of the Oriental Café but the terrace of a Thameside pub in Rotherhithe. Sausages were consumed, a Thames barge passed sedately by, but there was no yardarm, no watershed and maybe even drinking from noon until noon again. Shoulders featured, both Hard and soft, and arguments were tossed up without all opportunities for conflict being seized. A11 Well, M11 actually but we were forced to drive on the hard shoulder for part of the way. To the pavement of the terminal at Stansted, a pleasure tinged with a little pang of parting. Have a great week, you're in safe hands. I can't think of anything else to Report Back on, so Farewell, farewell David Moore Chelmsford, UK *Sorry boys, THEIR HANDS would have spoiled the quote +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+