On Sun, 3 May 1998, Chris Borne wrote:
The real solution is for the Jeepster to re-release the album, on vinyl and CD.
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RE-RELEASE TIGERMILK!!!
The call echoed around the world - but it's important to remember that it's the *band* who don't want to release it yet - and they've signalled their intention to do so at "some" time in the future. Just for fun here's two excerpts from the "pish" chat - "belleandsebastian" is Stuart Smirnoff talking (and note me putting on my sensible trousers): <eilatana> How do you feel about the fact that now hundreds of people have a taped copy of Tigermilk and it will soon be circulated to many more around the worl d via tape exchanges? <StuartD> Dear eilatana, who gives a fuck... <honey> well its a serious question Stuart - is the answer that you dont? <StuartD> No * huxley - 9 people have asked if tigermilk will be re-issued (or rather pleaded), but don't want to ask you themselves. so what of it? <belleandsebastian> TMilk will be out sometime <belleandsebastian> I'm sorry, it hasn't been the right time to release it and make a good job of it David and Katrina have left the list now, which I think is a pity but I guess they have their reasons - tangling the list up with Jeepster's official position was always a problem and nice though a job is, it's hard when it gets mixed up with your friends. Let's just make it clear once more that this list doesn't represent the record company, band or anyone - it represents YOU, and it's completely independent. Jeepster have taken a position on this with regard to specific media types and I've got to say in my opinion the distinction always *was* going to get them a slagging, because it's artificial - of course copyright makes no reference to whether the medium is digital or analogue. They don't want to know if you're doing it, privately, for non-profit, ok, and I guess because people kept telling the list, they felt they had to cover their ears and leave. My interpretation. <sensible trousers off> Bearing in mind we all accept that this list fills a gap in all our lives when we're bored stiff or haven't got any friends, who is the saddest of them all? Just for fun I looked at the archives and foudn out who's posted the most since August last year (based on number of messages and not size). Here we go: keith@qss.co.uk (283) pjmiller@arrakis.es + oc245d8aff@colon.net (264) tangent@lineone.net + tangent@mail.zynet.co.uk (181) honey@Majordomo.net (175) d.kitchen@virgin.net + bluesoda@totalweb.co.uk (151) jeepster.uk@virgin.net (149) mctag@mcmail.com (111) sarah@elsato97.demon.co.uk (107) rod@begbie.com (99) parachute@earthlink.net (94) blink@inexpress.net (87) johnj@seahouses.u-net.com (80) aevans@env-dept.devon-cc.gov.uk (75) John.Johnston@capgemini.co.uk (68) skg21@hermes.cam.ac.uk (66) rnorth@amos.co.uk (66) t.hopkins@lancaster.ac.uk (62) amh20@hermes.cam.ac.uk (62) kschaffe@trinity.edu (56) j.stuart@efp.com (53) cleonard@MURRAYJ.COM (51) susannah@tormentor.clara.net (50) Andrew.Dean@bull.net (49) Andreas.Hering@stud.uni-hannover.de (49) timminsc@tcd.ie (46) s9720251@student.let.uva.nl (44) nigelt@uk.uu.net (44) Aren't the top ten brilliantly predictable?! I thought this was great - Keith and Peter steam ahead in front, clearly having no friends. I'm embarrassingly antisocial too. I like the way some of them try to fool us by changing their email addresses. I did it for subjects too: no surprises for the number one slot here: Tigermilk (39) Fun for the Family! (24) TIGERMILK REGISTER (22) magnetic fields? (19) influences and a request for some taping (19) Domain membership of list (15) Belle and Sebastian Quiz (14) Arab Strap (14) Favourite track (13) An Eighties Quiz! (Minimal B&S, but what the hell) (13) 13th Note (13) Compo (12) registers... (11) Some Questions (11) Manchester Gigs (11) your mail (10) to dream the impossible dream (10) the radio song (10) that sound... (10) Sons of Showaddywaddy (10) Great last one there - I must go back and look at it in the archives. <sensible trousers on again because i'm at work> Honey xxx ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------