Sinister: a little this...a little that

[Suzanne Schroeder]

> 
> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 05:07:40 -0400
> From: Mick McMick <mick at xxx.com>
> Subject: Sinister: A Pleasant Surprise & a Father's Day tape
> 	In unrelated news, I spent a large portion of my day making my father a
> mixtape for tomorrow. I want to tape him a B&S song, as he's shown a bit
> of curiosity about them, but I don't know which song... He really likes
> the Beatles, the Beach Boys, & Steely Dan (hehe). Keep in mind that I've
> only got IYFS & Dog on Wheels (waiting for that EPs comp that has been
> pushed back FURTHER *groan*) and some stuff that is bad recording
> quality. Any suggestions? So far the best I can do is "Me and the
> Major." =D

Hmm.  you have a cool dad.  Mine goes for Enigma for some strange reason as
far as new music goes.  older things, he's a Judy Collins fan.  When i was
growing up, I was able to tolerate her just because I lived in that
household.  It's sort of like Stockholm syndrome.  Last time my parents
were in town, they were playing one of her CDs in the car and I was sitting
in the back dying to jump out the whole time.  Anyway, they were in my
apartment and I had Belle and Sebastian in the CD player.  My dad stopped
and started to laugh saying something about how the singer sounded out of
tune.  Since my dad is well versed in singing in the atonal scale and can't
even find the beat to a sousa march, I take his word for it.


> Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:21:39 +0100
> From: "Gary Done" <gary at xxx.uk>
> Subject: Sinister: CIN makes me want to smoke crack.
> 
> Hi Katrina,
> 
> First off, £1.99 for CD singles is a very fair price, when you consider
you
> can more often than not pick up CD albums for £11.99 first week of
release
> featuring 12-14 tracks, four tracks for £4.99 was bad enough, £4.99 for 3
> tracks is going to be a complete rip off. 99p for 7" even though I hardly
> ever buy them is great and probably the only good thing to come out of
this
> new ruling will be the inevitable resurgence in the 7" format when  the
> punters say "sod that extra track on the CD, I'll get the vinyl for a
damn
> sight cheaper price".

Hell yeah, you cheapo Brits.  :^)   Do you know how much it costs us
Americans to buy a single?  $4.  Or, to translate, somewhere around 3 quid.
 True, in general, to buy a full length album, we don't have to pay as much
and all the major releases are on sale, but in general, when you buy a
single from an american release, the b-sides are either remixes or other
cuts off the album.   So, not only do we pay more for singles, but after
listening to that song and 3 remixes of it, you REALLY want to retire it
after only 2 listens.  It's all an evil ploy just to make us buy the album.
 The last time I was over there, I thought that if I had a CD player (over
there, I only had a radio and walkman) then I would have gone crazy in the
singles aisle.
 
> WE WANT FOUR TRACKS ON OUR CD SINGLES....... OR SOMETHING, DEATH TO CIN
AND
> THE MONEY GRABBING MAJORS.....  FREE GEORGE JACKSON..... ERRR.... AND
LOTS
> OF OTHER SOCIALIST COMMENTS WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT..... NURSE!!!!!,
MY
> PILLS PLEASE.

Woohoo!  Kill everyone!
> 
> Actually I think I've found a good reason to cut CD singles down to three
> tracks. Think about it, less tracks by horrible boy/girl bands being
> released..... and Stereophonics as well. Wouldn't the world be a better
> place with 6 less Boyzone songs a year being released ?. 87)

Maybe making more tracks will keep them preoccupied and off the streets.

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