Sinister: Woolies' chart position

[Keith Watson]

Tim...

I guess I didn't put that too well as usual, but I'm not suggesting no-one 
supports local businesses, far from it, they certainly need it (although 
frankly in 1998 I suspect Woolies needs support just as much) nor that 
Woolies should get away with forcing a discount, purely with the rather 
black and white notion that Indie = Good, and Major = Bad. It's a daft 
generalisation. From what David said it appears that Woolies weren't going 
to stock it purely on the grounds that they wouldn't get a giant discount, 
and if that's the terms Jeepster want to deal with then them's the brakes 
as far as Woolies is concerned. It's just true that in many a place, these 
are the only stores available. My main problem with this sort of thing is 
that people do the same as they tend to do with politics and turn every 
situation into an us versus them situation, casting one side as 
holier-than-thou and another side as the evil empire - like Darth Vader or 
Fenella the Witch or something. It doesn't really help. It seems to me 
pointless arguing the pros and cons, and no I don't accept that everyone 
who works for a major record company is evil. Not one bit. I don't believe 
in people actually being evil at all come to that, perhaps misguided is a 
better word.

[Tim I actually thought I'd said most of these things in my mail, and that 
you'd evilly misquoted me just like the MAN does, but I read it again and 
it turns out I hadn't. I'd been daydreaming whilst writing it. Never 
mind... better luck next time :-) by the way, I've got a cracking photo of 
you pissed up in Glasgow. Looks like that'll have to go on the photos page]

Mark wrote :
> Good grief. I thought opinions like this went out with the eighties?

Yes, hear hear, know what you mean. It's ridiculous that people would want 
to exclude others from a pleasure they don't yet know about. Seems just 
incredibly selfish. Thanks Christ most people don't seem to think that way. 
Even if it does mean a band playing in a larger venue, which is definitely 
not as good etc.etc.etc. I've seen B+S in numerous small places and I'm 
glad that despite the London gig being noisier, more full of wankers etc. 
that at least more people got the chance to see a band they wanted to see.

Thanks,
   Keith.

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