So Steven Wells slagged off B&S and their fans (us, that is)? A word of advice and knowledge to you all, who think of writing an angry letter to NME: Don't do it, kids. Why, I hear you ask. Well, for a simple reason: By saying things like "Fuck off Wells, you know nothing and B&S are the best/ most important band in the world ever since The Smiths were here" you only strenghten his opinion about Sinisterians and B&S fans in general: That we really are ponces who feel so strongly about "our very own band" that no EVIL stuff should be written about them. And hey: I write stuff, interviews and reviews mostly, to this smallish indie/punk/metal/magazine. And I happen to know a few REAL journalists, people who actually get paid from doing that job rather than me, who only gets to keep the cd's I review and nothing else. And let me tell you, I've discussed this subject with them, and nothing is more rewarding than receiving an angry letter/ e-mail from someone who dislikes my text/opinions. Then I know I've caused some emotions. That's how it is, people, with every journalist, and that's what Wells only tried to do: to cause havoc. And remember this also: The journalist ALWAYS gets the final word. Always. You can send 1000 angry letters to NME, and in the office they can laugh at your angry rant and then... throw it into a wastebasket. They don't have to print it, you know. I know someone (maybe from Sinister ,perhaps?) will complain about Wells and his views to NME, and I know they'll print some of the letters in their next issue. And let me tell you, the staff at NME will have a field day thinking of ways to tell the person who wrote the letter to either fuck off or get himself/ herself a life. And I, I'm sorry to say, agree: It's only music, for fucks sake. Good music, yes, but still JUST music. And hey, think about yourself: You have no problem saying that europop is utter shite, and you can even name bands that are shit. You smirk whenever you notice that someone has slagged a band that's number one on your hate-list in some interview. But now, all of a sudden, you get furious just because YOUR band was laughed at. Hmmm... Me, personally, I love Wells' style of writing. It beams out FUCK YOU in this Stewart Home- type of way. What if all the magazines would be like MOJO: Informative, yes, but oh so very dull? @--->--- Jake Le PetitE ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+