Daniela Varanda said:
But I wish the media weren't spreading the news so much and making them a pop band.
I say: I wish they were more like a pop band. Apart from the obvious, like they'd all have to wear co-ordinated "street" clothes and have dance routines which would be a clear improvement, it would mean that an evil pop svengali would rule their world. the upshot of this? more tours, record signings, struan and isobel dolls, B&S eye liner, pepsi drink, trading cards, even mopeds! They already have their own Geri Halliwell in Stuart David. On a more practical note,(applies glasses and peers over the top therefore creating an air of parental/teacher seriousness), I think that it is great the mainstream media write about Belle and Sebastian. No band wants to write songs that are only going to be heard by 2 students and their dog. They want them to be heard by as many people as possible. Mainstream media has given me the chance to see B&S at the Royal Albert Hall rather than at the camden Falcon. I know which venue I think is better! If B&S weren't known by mainstream media and played the Uk indie toilet circuit (next stop...: Camden) I don't think there is a chance they would be jetting off to Brazil. It's a game of give and take. I want them to embrace the media. Starting with a Smash Hits cover thanks. Paul P.s. the editor of NME thinks Stuart M was the worst cover he has done under his tenure. not all media is good media obviously. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+