Sinister: Promo ideas

[P. Miller / A. Ubieta]

Charlotte Hall wrote:

>      It needs to be something quirky and something which
> would be anathema
>      to "the starmaker machinery behind the popular song".
> I bought a BMX
>      bandits record once (shhh!) which had a little
> cartoon strip inside
>      and someone had handwritten in pen on my copy "I love
> you very very
>      much". I liked the personal element of this. I guess
> BMX Bandits sold
>      a lot less records than B&S are going to be selling
> ... maybe it would
>      be wholly impractical!
>

I've got a Peel Sessions EP or LP by Stereolab, PJ Harvey
and The Faith Healers. It has got a hand painted squiggle on
it by one of the band members. One day I'm going to take it
to an art expert so that they can confirm my suspicion that
I've got a Faith Healers' bassist one.

>      Here are some other ideas.
>
>      1. Bring back seventies car stickers! ELO did it, why
> not B&S? There
>      should be a B&S sticker in the back of every car in
> the kingdom.
>

I was frittering away time looking at old copies of
"Terrapin" the Syd Barrett Appreciation Society. They
discuss the possibilty of merchandise, but decide it's too
expensive to mass produce anything. and I quote...

"If you are good with a sewing machine (girls) see if you
can run up a few cloth patches with "Syd Barrett
Appreciation Society" or just "Syd Barrett" would do. Please
try. Thanks"

What a great idea! If all the girls rustled up a few cloth
patches, Jeepster could stick one in every record and then
some other girls could sew them on their boyfriends' denim
jackets. OK, I accept that this idea could be conceived as a
bit old fashioned. Perhaps we should go for iron-on patches
instead.

>      2. Willy Wonka style "Golden CDs", 500 of which
> (e.g.) have a ticket
>      inside entitling the holder to a trip to, er, the
> Grosvenor Cafe...
>

I don't like the Grosvenor. The miserable bastard owner once
told me off (very loudly) for eating a Mars Bar at the
table, and I wasn't even eating a Mars Bar at the table.
Most humiliating. I'm boycotting the bloody Grosvenor.

>      5. Lifetime membership of Rolf Harris fan club.
>

It's very expensive! Details
at:http://www.enterprise.net/rolfharris/home1.htm
If that's wrong, try changing the "1". It might be an "l".

>      7. That's all.

By the way, one of the blokes from The Incredible String
Band has got a new album out called "Dream Journals
1966-76". Robin Williamson.

Peter



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