Sinister: American Radio and TV Commercials - Double Take (fwd)

[Jessica Murphy]

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 14:16:17 -0400
From: Samiam <samiam2 at xxx.com>

^Currently, TV commercials in America feature much better music than
^what's played on 'progressive' radio.  My local stations are full of
^Matchbox 20 and Three Blind Mice (slag intended) -- they all sound the
^same.  

It's true...  I keep hearing bands like Lush or Stereolab wafting from the
television during commercial breaks, but I never even turn on the radio
anymore because I've given up.  (Also the reception is bad in my area, so
I don't get the smaller stations.)  Have B & S ever showed up on "120
Minutes," to anyone's knowledge?


^ If
^ B&S decide what sort of commercial to have their music played with, I
^ wonder what sort of products they would endorse?  

I love this question.  Some kind of sweet crispy breakfast cereal, maybe?


^If it hasn't been already answered (I'm way behind on Sinister digests),
^the Dream Academy called it quits in '91 after the 'different kind of
^weather' album.

Thanks, by the way!


jessica m





>Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 18:00:59 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Jessica Murphy <jmurphy at xxx.Edu>
>Subject: Sinister: double take

>Speaking of hearing music you love when you least expect it...  Has anyone
>else been startled by the TV ad for Acuvue contact lenses that plays a
>remix of The Dream Academy's "Life in a Northern Town"?  (This might be
>airing only in the States.)   I haven't heard that song in ages, and it
>brings back memories...  Whatever happened to The Dream Academy, anyway?
>I lost track of them after the second album.
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