Sinister: My bip bopping days are over

[AmyRicha]

Well everyone, we've had some very interesting ideas recently! I reckon we
should all go out and have our middle names as 'belle' for girls 'sebastian'
for boys- that is the best idea i've heard all year :):)
Also, about Bert Jansch... go ahead and record what you like- home taping is
naughty i suppose but then we all do naughty things and also, i've tried
finding people like bert jansch, nick drake et al on vinyl- i hate CDs(see
that post from david about how bootlegging  thrives on them etc) and basically
there have been no rereleases or anything so I have bought records
second/third/fourth etc hand. And i'm not about to buy any bert jansch on one
of those shiny little discs of terror- sorry to the jansch family but as david
says
 >>only £1.61 from a £13.99 CD ends up with the artist.
Now, if I buy old records, am I stealing from mr jansch just because he won't
get any profit from the sale? How is that different from home taping, from
bert's point of view? Home taping is a humane way of spreading good music!
Without home taping, I couldn't have convinced my friends to go out and buy
Belle and Sebastian records, and without home taping, i would be very sad
because I love Nick Drake and it's almost impossible to find his original
records, and there've been no rereleases on vinyl. Should I go out and buy a
Nick Drake cd? That would compromise my ethics!:) And anyway, when tigermilk
gets rereleased I'm going to buy it even though i have it on tape!
I hope that fuzzy argument made sense, and dispute with me if you like- "if
there's one thing i learned when i was still a child it's to take a hiding" :)
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Being a ve May 1996 when he sent john the album.
In the letter it says "We are recording another lp in August, Cock Fun, with a
London independant called Jeepster" 
Does this mean that the original title for If You're Feeling Sinister was Cock
Fun? Anyone know what happened to make them change their minds? I think it's
quite a funny title, but maybe not as good.
This letter has also got Stuart's home address and telephone number on it.....
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Northy says>>Well I have a tape of the BBC sessions now    
if i sent you a tape, could you record them for me? I could give you stuart's
phone number and address in return...:):):)

>>Isn't it weird - you want as many of your friends to hear B&S as 
>>possible but wouldn't you hate it if everyone liked them and you were 
>>just another fan.........I think this.......I don't want to be just 
>>another faceless fan.

>>We are priveleged.  Let us enjoy our position while we can

Absolutely- it's very very precious!!!

anyway, that's all for today
love and kisses from amy


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