Sinister: Praise from unexpected sources

[the duke of harringay]

Sandy Blair wrote:

> >Sorry to bring politics onto the list but this
> really angered me.
> >
> >Every time I read the NME and it say's such
> mindless comments as
> >
> >"Cast are shit.....but at least they're shit
> under a Labour
> >government"
> >
> >I mumble under my breath "socialist rag"
>
> Can anyone explain what Richard here is ranting
> about?

no, it's beyond me...  i just thought the NME was
basically a load of crap irrespective of
politics.  only steven wells is vaguely
interesting because he has opinions and can
write... the rest is just boring.  apart from the
picture that someone sneaked off at the belle and
sebastian hotel party.  hmmm.

> >I only read the NME to find out about music and
> the latest news and
> >stuff.
>
> If you think music, and especially Belle and
> Sebastian aren't political
> then you are mising the point.

or missing A point, most certainly.  In my opinion
the biggest one, but there you go, that's me and
my opinions on the nature of Pop again (that it is
intrinsically political, with a small p...).  Oh,
and wasn't it stuart m who said that basically,
the band was socialist?  i liked the points made
in the stephen pastel interview someone posted
recently actually.  i thought they were spot on.
And you know, today i listened to 'The Wicked
Palace revolution' by McCarthy today, and realised
how apt it is now... sunstitute 'tony' for 'neil'
and it's all painfully true.  As we all knew it
was, but... whatever.  i'm just an old socialist
feeling a bit uptight again.  you know how it
goes...

the duke.

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