Sinister: The Cult of the Left-Handed Sinistines (and Billy Joel)

[Richard Connell]

> andy dean penned... > 3) strange that someone asked why stuart m was
'pretending' to be left > handed in the new press shot (the one in the lecture
theatre) cos if > you watch him spray the wall in the 'dog on wheels' video he
also does > this with his left hand...
>
>	OH dear! Why do you think people think we are all a 'cult following'?
Is his handedness really that important? Repeat after me: They're just a band.
Now please, throw that half-eaten ham sandwich which you found in the dumpster
behind Stuart M's house away please, it's starting to smell a bit ;)
>  someone other than andy wrote... > You know, BILLY JOEL trademarked his name
recently.  Astounding, isn't > it?
>
>	Well, Idunno, I mean there are several reasons why he might do this.
The first is that a Billy Joel fan might see that a prospective musician who
happened to have the same name was playing in a club somewhere, then go and be
very disappointed that it wouldn't be the BIlly Joel who has had Top 40 hits.
>	The other, more important-seeming reason, is that someone other than
Billy Joel, up until recently, could have trademarked his name, then Billy
Joel, who has sold quite a lot of records, would be out of his name and also
his name recognition. He might have to change his name into some silly sort of
symbol. Think of it as protection against silly lawsuits.
>


It would also stop some poor unfortunate who had never heard of Mr Joel (not
that unfortunate then) from using the name and being mistaken for the smug,
short-arse twat.

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