Sinister: You May Needs Sweets to Swallow This

[LilyWhite]

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From: LilyWhite <lilywhite at xxx.net>
To: Sinister <sinister at missprint.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 12:03 PM
Subject: You May Needs Sweets to Swallow This


Allow me to apologise in advance for anyone who recieves this as a
cross-post, though I don't reckon it will be many... Just a post from
another list that I thought was particularly well put.
To put  a fine point on it... errr...
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> Subject:Open Mouth, Insert Elitist Arse
> 
> To:droneon at lists.no-fi.com
> 
> 
> Firstly- allow me to raise my glass to kicking a dead dog, you lot do
> it better than any. In fact, you almost make me wish I'd never joined
> the list. I might have known that allowing me to subscribe without
> being subjected to any severe hazing or beer ritual would be a clue in.
> I think being a member is punishment enough most days (I say this with
> love).
> Am I to understand that, whether it's U2 playing the SuperHole or The
> Ramones with Nissan it's  generally accepted that it's taboo for
> professional musicians to get paid a wage (that constitutes a living)?
> If this is the sort of truth you maintain I beg you to take note of
> exactly how daft you look, you silly nay sayer you.
> At last glance the entire point of becoming a professional in any given
> endeavour is to make a living at it(granted some more substantial than
> others). Otherwise, we'd all just be the bloke sitting behind a laptop,
> tinkering that 37 minute loop to perfection with Pro Tools. I wouldn't
> like the world as much then.
> I more get the feeling that it's the level of integrity with which one
> accepts said payment that is of particular concern.
> In the event that I am right, I'd like all of you wee cogs, trapped
> behind desks, performing menial, mundane tasks- having the same exact
> phone conversation SEVERAL times a day, to the point of tedium, to
> stand up. Stand up before the direct deposit of your wage comes through
> and declare that this is the sum total of your life force and what was
> destined to become of you OR protest every task, every phone call,
> every sheet of paper or moment of your day that you feel was a
> wasteful, insignificant or in vain.
> Go on, put down your staplers, shove your mouse aside, put that call on
> hold and demand what your worth(and see if there's anyone in the world
> who agrees with you) or keep mouthing down every handful of shite that
> comes your way and be thankful that it keeps you fed, fuckwit.
> 

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