Sinister: The chances are slim

[Reid Dossinger]

I'm done with all of the digests that were filling my mailbox after a
fun-filled visit to Our Nation's Capital, visiting everyone's favorite
seldom-posting listees, Christian and Susan.  You'll be happy to know
that Susan and I sacrificed a few brain cells at the altar of the God of
Just One More Couldn't Hurt.  When will I learn?  Sunday morning was
spent overcoming waves of nausea, although that could have been brought
on by the MTV that we were watching and taunting.  I think we hurt its
feelings, but I'm glad.

When you get right down to the nitty gritty of all this M!O!V!E!M!E!N!T!
talk, I just have this to say: there won't be another movement these
days, because anytime a group of people with similar interests or goals
get together, the whole fucking world feels some twisted obligation to
have long, drawn-out discussions and analysis on whether or not said
group is a "movement", and whether it's valid and necessary, and what
name we should call it, all of which ends up killing it immediately. 
Hint, fucking hint.

I suppose this would be an appopriate time to confess that I adore Belle
and Sebastian for the shocking reason that they write brilliant songs.
It has nothing to do with wanting to be part of a movement, nothing to
do with "Stuart M.'s lyrics are sad and lonely just like me", nothing to
do with cardigans (I wouldn't even be able to recognize a cardigan,
aside from Nina Persson)...nothing to do with any of that.  And I would
just like to say once again that I hate the term "twee" as it's applied
to Belle and Sebastian.  This band writes beautiful songs, end of story,
no need for meaningless terms.  Wear what you want, throw out your
biscuits (unless they're the Southern variety, in which case pass 'em
here) and listen to whatever tickles your eardrums.  I hope I speak for
the majority...

> Seymour Stein - isn't that a tongue in cheek criticism of the major =
> label industry?
>
No.  And frankly, I'm a little surprised (no insult intended) that a fan
thinks this.  It's been said several million time by sources official
and just plain knowledgable that Seymour Stein is just A STORY ABOUT B&S
meeting Seymour Stein.  There's no criticism intended at all.  There are
tons of reasons why a band shouldn't sign to a major label *besides*
their corporate-ness, and I never cease to admire B&S for realizing
that.  They chose not to go with a major label, and that's that.

Mag Megan wrote:

> anyway, i was going to write about how i got my first flame from someone on
> the list today.
>
I'm sure I'm not the only one on the list who will gladly offer my
capacity for violence to "take care of" said flamer in defense of dear
Megan.  Especially after that beautiful B&S-esque story of the bagpiper
in front of the church.  Did you request "Sleep the Clock Around"?

Is anyone else slightly worried about Honey?  Not a peep since "the
incident".  We're not orphans, are we?  Where's our list mummy?  Who
will protect us from the mean ol' metalheads who are itching to spill
their cheap beer on our twee cardigans?  Oops.

So I'll be spending the next few days driving from my mailbox to Two Way
Pull records in downtown Chapel Hill, seeing which one gets TIGGER
'JAMAS first.  My money's on the mailbox, but don't I doubt the
record-ordering prowess of the perpetually stoned owner of Two Way
Pull.  Should make for an interesting race.  If worse comes to worse,
I'll end up with two copies, but there's nothing wrong with that.

At the back of the gym,
       Reid

On my air-conditioning: the "cool" setting.  It's summer without leaves.
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