Hello co-sinisters,
You wouldn't think it, but I usually start these messages with some
idea of what I'm going to say. On this occasion, that is not the
case. I would say I'm a big believer in spontaneity, but that demands
a punchline and I can't think of a spontaneous one.
So - Birmingham. Well, it is rumoured that the world actually started
in Birmingham.
Then it stopped again, and started somewhere else.
Eventually, however, one by one, everyone is drawn back, like Elves to
a mouldy sandwich.
And so, on.... whenever it was... 5th of May, I think... a few of us
sought solace and sandwiches in the throbbing heart of our glowing
island (err...). Sadly, we couldn't get the train to Grimsby in time,
so we met in Birmingham instead.
God, I miss sinister. Arguably, it never went away, but still, I miss
something that I'm still clinging to, ten years later. How can you
miss something and cling to it? That makes fuck all sense... but did
you expect it to? Its so nice to see not one but SIX posts.
In answer to our list mummy:
So take your
coat off and go and lay the table. I have a few things to say.
Firstly, I hope the Brummy sinister picnic was fun, whoever went.
Was it you? If so, we need to know:
(a) Who was drunk
Rachel
(b) Who kissed who
Rachel
(c) Who disapproved
Rachel.
The rest of us didn't do much, really. Just stood and watched as she
weaved her spell of wickedness over the normally zen-like oasis of
peace that is Cannon Hill Park.
She used to be such a good girl. I blame that Grainne.
Any other details also very welcome, such as unusual footwear. The
baying crowds with pitchforks demand answers!
Okay, it wasn't quite like that.. It was just...nice...and
multinational. (i.e., we had someone from Ireland, someone sort of
from Wales and someone who would live in Scotland if she just moved a
few miles further North. And me, and my friend Peter. No, that isn't
a euphemism).
On one level, a bunch of people sitting in a park - not even a very
big bunch. Londonistas would perhaps sneer into their perfectly-mixed
cocktails. But, there was something warm, and comforting about it...
maybe I'm insecure about my identity, but I often find these events,
when they go well, affirm something I didn't realise I needed
affirmed.
Has anyone (not) heard the two God Help The Girl songs/demos
floating
around by now? The single is very pretty, and swooshes my head back
to
1997. I'm not sure if that's a bad thing to say, but I quite liked
1997. Stuart always sounds like Stuart, even when he's not singing.
I
do wish he'd sing though. Anyway there are some publicity pics
kicking
around now with Stuart looking quite Michael Caine with girls draped
around him. See some recent interviews linked at
http://www.godhelpthegirl.com/ and some really dramatic journal
entries
about Stuart rearranging his sock drawer.
Now, I keep hearing rumours that mails are bouncing to Sinister. If
you
send a mail and it doesn't get through, please mail me! I am Honey,
I
can fix it (maybe) but I need to know. Poor old Miss Print gets so
much
spam now about extending her unmentionables that she can't check
through
every error message, but if you tell her she will take a look!
Sinister
is a cosy sleepy seaside town now, but I'd just like to make sure
it's
not sleepier than it should be because I'm an idiot and broke
something.
I still miss Mrs Murdoch.
Honey xxx
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