Re: Sinister: B and S is becoming a pop band
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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
it's one of those hotlongislandsummernights. for those of you who do not know what it feels like: go to a zoo and ask to step into the butterfly house. then spend 24 hours trying to a) escape from beautiful bugs b) keep the sweat from forming droplets on your eyebrows of course, we do not have those little dishes of honey that they put out for the butterflies all over the place. we do have an abundance of boredoutoftheirmind disgruntled teenagers who roam the streets at night somehow feeling that sucking hotsmoke into their lungs will a) make them look all sexylike b) cool...them...down??? c) calm their stressful nerves from their fretful day of s.l.e.e.p.i.n.g. i am seeing r-a-d-i-o-h-e-a-d on august 7th in nyc. woo! i will be the one pleading for them to play "exit music" and to "shut up with the weird stuff" *hopefully they will do both* rufus wainwright is SUPERB. catpower can sing her little heart out the lucksmiths make me so very happy nick drake makes me want to drive on the expressway forever with my windows open and moses leroy's tribute to sesame street "fuzzy" fills me with monster gladness bravo to the sinisterist who wrote the entire email "alex from clockwork orange" style. a job well done. i just finished reading .electric koolaid acid test. which is actually where i grabbed the name "merry prankster" i wish i was mountain girl from the ken kesey crowd. large and wild last night i hung about at my english teacher's house. well i suppose he is not my teacher anymore. we played with magnetic poetry and i subtly left my emotions for him on his refrigerator as he went to get a book for me to see from a different room. promise you won't tell him though leaving with a quote, (i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens; only something in me understands the voice of your eyes is deeper than all roses) nobody,not even the rain,has such small hands eecummings (ignore his leaf falling poem and read his l.o.v.e. poetry) peace love and one depressed american who does not have a picnic to go to, alice virginia *a suggested read: GRIFFIN AND SABINE by nick bantock. promise me that at least one of you will follow me up on this. it's heartthrobbinggoodness* ===== "the best damn minigolfer out there" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.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 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
----- Original Message ----- From: "Merry Prankster" <ferrisfubar@yahoo.com> To: <sinister@missprint.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 9:48 PM Subject: Sinister: stella bella
*a suggested read: GRIFFIN AND SABINE by nick bantock. promise me that at least one of you will follow me up on this. it's heartthrobbinggoodness*
i've been telling people, including someone just yesterday, to read these books for the past eight years. so far i don't think the first person has. nonetheless, however vainly, i must second your recommendation. a must. jay, who has different feelings about radiohead though "all dressed up in your ridiculous seersucker suit" +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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 +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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