Sinister: Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 13:18:47 +0100

[Mark Casarotto]

Chris Paluch said:

"Twee is about being dreamful and poetic, with an added
touch of unrequited love and misery, and sorta cute. 
It means being hopelessly shy, and well sentimental,
but not towards things, but towards memories,
relationships, etc [...] But twee tends to have its serious moments, 
and a search for meaning that is well, perfectly
human.  Twee is all about well being yourself."

Hmm. I don't really think it is. The twee described above is an expedient
melange. One angle is what we (some of us at any rate, myself included) want
it to mean, a useful tag that we can use to differentiate ourselves from
other types. It combines elements of the insult reclaimed, along with a
sense that we know others find our attitudes a bit cloying and whimsical and
WE DON'T CARE. 

The other side of twee is what we want others to be, most particularly our
heroes. I can't speak for everyone, but do we really crave "unrequited love
and misery"? I don't. It's horrible. But I sometimes enjoy hearing others
telling me about it (*on occasion*, not all the bloody time) - the tortured
artist you can empathise with, or even want to be like, but without the bad
bits.

So by all means, if you want to claim the word to describe a philosophy you
find appealing, or maybe just recognise around you, go for it. I just think
it's misleading claiming that it's what twee (small 't') is, because it
isn't. 

The NME - just ignore them, really. Ever since they've been allowed to use
FUCK instead of f___ they've been like gleeful schoolboys. Stuart did have a
valid point to make about Primal Scream, or rather not about Primal Scream,
but about Belle and Sebastian - Primal Scream were there as an EXAMPLE.
Stuart has issues about the politicisation of pop, and used Primal Scream's
stance to express what he thinks. Which is a lot more interesting, but sadly
you won't read about it in the music press.

Ian Watson was nice, though.

The delectable Sarah Garrett Sonner should post more often. Don't even think
of going back to lurkdom, hon :-) And it's not just cos I want a listcrush
vote, even though I thought Sebastian Bach was in Skid Row. Is that not
right?

The Luscious Pouting Robin Stout should post even more often. I really fancy
her.

Mark xxx

p.s. thanks to Erica and Lucy for not mentioning which tipsy, extremely
embarrassed listee who bigged up Belle and Sebastian in the corniest way
imaginable last week...

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