Hi Guys... have any of you seen the article on page 16 of today's daily record? They are claiming that the free secret gig at Glasgow Uni is a blatant attempt to win stuart Rectorial votes. OK... I suppose on face value it does look like that... BUT.. I'm not as cynical as these journalists... think about it this way... If you are a belle and sebastian fan who are you most likely to vote for...? I mean, OK like myself, you might feel swayed (I mean, my fav. author is up for the post too) but If you are a fan you are more than likely to vote for SM, free gig or not. Now, if you ARE NOT a B&S fan and you're not intending to vote for him, you are hardly likely to think to yourself... Oh look, a free gig by a band I don't even like.. I must get to that and then vote for their singer as he was kind enough to set up a gig for us. No, you wouldn't would you?... thus... The gig, while no doubt trying to secure the votes that he has already won, is mainly a way to let B&S play to a dedicated bunch of fans who don't get to see them NEARLY enough! The fact that it falls so near to the rectorial campaign is incidental... or is it...? Maybe I'm just too naive... just a thought.. Neil ===== "he has no idea where he's at or where he's been." Queen of the Troubled Teens - iDLEWiLD ---------------------------------------------------------- Neil Milton; neil_milton@yahoo.com; ICQ:77866398 Troika - http://www.troikaonline.co.uk 2mf - http://www.geocities.com/tmfpromo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+