Nin and Foster's Road to ...

Here's the thing: we never have only one goal kicking around. We are working towards buying a house, buying a car, being a writer or painter respectively. More immediate is that we are working on losing weight and being healthy. Bionic even!

But the biggest, greatest, most stupendously huge thing that we are working towards is a TRIP! Not a massive one in terms of location but ... (dot dot dot ... suspense building ...)

I feel weird even talking about this because this is so exciting to Melina. I will let her explain what seeing the Mish (that's what those in the know call them) means to her. Let me just say that if I mention our trip to Toronto to see them, she literally starts bouncing. 

The plan is to go see them play, spend the next day in Toronto and then take the train to Montreal for a few days. GOAL! Requires, money and planning and I'm gonna lose weight because there will be shopping. Oh yes. There will be shopping.

So many goals, so little time. What are yours?

~ Denise

What the Mission UK means to me is, OMG, I've loved them for so long I don't know when it first began. Was it 1985? Or was it early 1986? I'm not sure, I think it was 1985. Wow, did I digress or what? 

I love the music, which should be obvious. The first song I heard was 'Wasteland', and loved it. It touched something in my soul, and somehow made me feel hope. I didn't have much hope at that point in my life. Everything felt grim and painful, and like that would never ever change. But the opening strains of jangly guitar and rising vocals gave me something to hold on to. 

For the last 27 years, I have. And I had given up hope of seeing this amazing band live, but then I saw that they were not only mostly reformed (why Mick isn't back I don't know, but must suppose he has his reasons) and doing a short tour of North America in the fall. I finally will see my favourite band!!!

~ Melina