hi again i don't normally consider myself the sort of person who's at all controversial, so i was a little surprised when i received both positive and negative responses about my last post. i didn't mean for anyone to take what i said as some dogma, or in fact a statement that b&s have sold out or anything, in fact i specifically said that they *haven't* changed. or that the fan base hasn't, other than the fact that it's larger now. i dind't say that i felt the list had changed, except that it's grown larger. nor did i say that's bad. but the truth is, humans generally are reluctant to change. i haven't left the list, i still love it. but there's a difference between the heady days of discovery. i've known belle and sebastian for over two years now, and the truth of the matter is that they can't excite *me* as much as they did in my initial days of discovery, if only because i nkow the songs now, they're expected. they aren't the beautiful surprise they once were. this is muddled i'm sure. but it's the nature of life. when i hear a new ep, a new song, i get that same beautiful thrill that i once did when i first fell in love with judy or jane. but... don't you understand? things change for better or worse, and it's not wrong to share. and if i miss that, it doesn't mean that i'm elitist. at least, not by my definition of the word. i'm not going to cry and i don't think that i'm better than anyone else. it's just that the joy of discovery is gone. does that muddle it more or explain it? if you still don't understand, that's ok. with 900 people, it's ridiculous to think that everyone will. but i never said that i wasn't ridiculous. ;) xoxoxox megan mkl206@is8.nyu.edu visit the NEWLY UPDATEDmagnetic fields web page at: http://www.dissemination.com/megan/magneticfields/ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to "majordomo@majordomo.net". For list archives and searching, list rules, FAQ, poor jokes etc, see http://www.majordomo.net/sinister +---+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" +---+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+