Sinister: Try not to think about it

[Reid Dossinger]

In theory, I'm one of those people that Mr. Kitchen spoke of...that is,
one of the people that prefers to get an album as a whole, rather than
little bits for the first few weeks before the album comes out.
But...I'm also impatient and totally lacking in the self-control
department, so obviously, I went and listened to a minute of "Dirty
Dream #2"...and I love it.  Thank God none of the band members thought,
"We really should get rid of all the horn swells."  It's gorgeous.  That
foul-mouthed Mick sure can play right pretty.

And then:

> Apart from some great musicianship & songs like "Alice Childress",
> I quickly jumped off the BFF bandwagon by the time that 2nd album
> was released.
>
Of course you did.  Wouldn't want to like a band that (shudder) gets
played on the radio!  Ah, the ugly American indie view of music raises
it's head: Anything that gets played on Modern Rock stations is
automatically bad.  Want a band that you can rag on and no one will
challenge you on?  Look no further than Billboards Modern Rock charts:
Marcy Playground, Barenaked Ladies, any one of them will do.  Easy as
pie, and you don't have to have any of those pesky "reasons".

So how long until we hear the first mentions of, "I liked Belle and
Sebastian until that crap third album"?  Probably around the time: a)
they get played on anything other than college stations b) a
fraternity/sorority member says they like them or c) Rolling Stone does
a feature article.  But it won't have anything to do with the music.
It's all so very, very sad.

It's still pretty early,
   Reid


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