it's funny that all this talk about 'selling out,' (which strikes me as sooo 1992) is occuring on so many lists i'm on, all in the same month. is it something about springtime? has the spirit of maximumrocknroll magazine invaded all of our little minds all at once? is it the rain? http://www.divinia.com/people/ian/sinister_eggers.htm do any of you read mcsweeneys.net? or that hyperbolically named book 'a heartbreaking work of staggering genius'? they're both sort of the work of mr. dave eggers, who used to make a really funny ironic-as-1990s-california zine here in the us; anyway, getting to the point: he recently wrote a really amazing thing about 'selling out' that was reposted to the Pavement mailing list, and i've web-posted it in tidy text form for any and all of you to read, if you care (url above). the basic point he makes is this:
What matters is that you do good work. What matters is that you produce things that are true and will stand.
i can't wait for the new b&s singles to come out, and will definitely be in line on the first day to buy both formats. and the album, too, a few weeks later. i don't know if this means i'm a sad, fawning fanboy with a pathological need for completist collectorism, but i DO know that b&s still make me ridiculously dance-alone-in-my-room happy to the core of my mopheaded little self - that's the important thing, i think. oh, and mr. PF's post was wonderful! more! ian c +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead 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 +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+