Sinister: Woolies' chart position

[Corpora Arenacea]

umm.... I take sort of serious issue with the following....
I mean, supporting indie stores and all is great, yes, but the 
unfortunate truth is that most Mom + Pop record stores don't exist 
outside of major urban centers around the world anymore.
In my hometown, in the United States, your only option to get any music 
AT ALL was to drive for an  hour and a half to get to a Woolies-style 
establishment. Driving to an indie store takes anywhere between six and 
twelve hours round trip.
In other words, not an option.
Point being, Belle and Sebastian have made records that could not only 
conquer the world but bring a measure of unvarnished goodness into it, 
and I think the merchandising department's hobbling them is not only a 
sin but a darn shame.
If love of music was what really drove your department you'd be selling 
your CD's at the price it cost you to manufacture them.... no? Of course 
not. 
I think that it would be wise to jump on every chance to get their music 
out there now, before their talent dries up and goes away and they 
become an embarrassment to their former selves like the Average White 
Band or something. Driving back to my hometown (nine hours each way) I 
put in "If You're Feeling Sinister" and my PearlJam/Dave 
Matthews-obsessed traveling partner was nearly in tears at having a 
whole new, better world revealed to him, joyous and unbelieving. This is 
no shit, brothers and sisters. With a "Fox In The Snow" He Was Healed.
Anyhow.
Nuff tirade.
Get the word out.


>> I needed some little plastic things that only Woolies sells, so I 
>> popped over there this lunchtime. <snip> I went
>> over to the record section - <snip> to look at the Woolworth's Top 75
>> to find TW*TTYBUS at number...ermmm...it wasn't there at all! 
><snip>
>
>when we were shipping out the pre-orders of the album a strange thing
>came over us, a weird desire came over us to help the little indie
>stores and to not give a shit about the big chains who hadn't stocked
>b&s before and were now doing so just to make the moeny and not because
>they cared for the music.
>
>so when woolies asked the distribution company for a similiarly
>ludicrous discount that they get from EMI and Sony, (i.e. cheap and
>include the album in a buy 2 get 38 free type offer!), we just told 
them
>to go get screwed and pay the dealer price without whinging.
>
>we gave what discount we could afford to places like 'rough trade',
>'fopp' and 'missing' who are all lovely stores and actually love the
>music.
>
>woolies should've gone back on their decision to not buy any since we
>hadn't given them discount, since we had got into the official charts.
>but who cares if woolies have it or not - if you've yet to buy it or
>need to buy more in the run up to christmas, then give your money to an
>indie. go to 'rough trade' even if it means an extra bus ride or
>something.
>
>when you buy an 'indie' record you help to support new music and a 
label
>that trys to bring new music to you. but if you buy from a major store
>then you're only helping them to dictate what you'll buy next through
>supporting their policies - so buy through an 'indie' store too and 
help
>support the outlets for the new music that's created.
>
>you know it's the right thing to do :)
>
>david kitchen
>

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