Hello, Well it happened, I put off saying anything beforehand cos people always miss my point. Michael wrote...

If they don't want to sell their souls to the great god of corporate whores, surely that's a good thing. They're managing to sell a decent amount of records on the strength of the music and a little bit of mystique.

This bit is such nonsense. In the US, B&S are distributed by Matador/Capitol Records. How much more corporate can you get? They're even featured in those damn music clubs like Columbia House (um, so says a friend). Who cares? I like the music, not a business strategy. The reason they aren't on the top of the charts is because few want to hear creative, witty and sincere music. Not with a new Alanis album around. Yes I like the music not the business strategy, that was the whole point. Besides I was referring to their reluctance to do any press, not their choice of record label, sorry for the confusion, I'm hopeless at expressing my thoughts. I don't care who they're signed to, what interviews they do or don't do, whether they choose to tour or not. I just want to listen to great music that's all. Anyway, my whole point was can't we just enjoy the music, put up with the tracks we don't like and respect B&S for who they are and how they are ?. Gary +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ 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" +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+