So, There it was Stuart on the NME's front cover. I buy it. I read the interview. I get angry. In 1500 words Steven Wells does the following. Insults the band for a number of reasons: Apparantly the fact that B&S want to make music rather than stand on a soapbox means they should have stayed in their bedroom. I tkae issue with this because I don't always want politicisation and furthermore I don't think their music would actually suit a hardcore political stance (unsurprisingly). He accuses the band of "peddling inarticulate self-satisfaction". hello, has he bothered to listen to any of the songs at all...He actually later admits that he never has liked the music. so why did he do the interview? His main thesis here is that the kids are finding "new and radical ways" to fight against the "McFuture" and that all B&S do is write songs. I take it Mr Wells is referring to the recently discovered new way of showing frustration. the street protest. Apparantly, the fact that B&S have private jokes that no one else understands also irks him. He attacks for the fans for, well basically for loving and believing in a band. Oh and for being inarticulate, deranged etc. Hey he even namechecks The Sinister List. "B&S are also self-concious which is intellectual laziness combined with snobbish elitism....." He doesn't think that maybe they are just a bit shy and introspective. Apparantly B&S aren't as good as ADF, Manics or Oasis becuase B&S' "self-conscious ideology is not in conflict with their showbiz reality". whatever the fuck that means. And I wouldn't say that any of the above bands are self-concious. In any way. read the article for yourself. It pissed me off. Maybe I am not detached enough. maybe I love B&S too much to be objective but I know crap desparate journalism when i see it. Paul p.s nice photo of Katrina though ________________________________________________________________________ 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 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+