Digest Number 180

[pete flynn]

>    From: Martin Wheatley <martinw@...>
> Subject: Re: THE APHEX TWIN BRITS 2000 CAMPAIGN
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> Something must be wrong here.  I actually agree with Stig about something!
> The Brits are the worst since each record company just nominates the
> artist and record they most want to hype.  We should all have sufficient
> faith in our own judgements to like what we like and not dash out and buy
> something because 5 industry lackeys have voted Westside the most original
> group in the history of the world ever!
> Belle And Sebastian aren't a better group because someone
> managed to fix the system last year and what makes anyone think they'll

Of course, that is right about it not making them a better group.  But it
certainly made me smile when B&Seb won it (I'm not a great fan either), and
thoroughly pissed off Pete Waterman too.  A small victory, meaningless
probably, but good for them.

And there was no rigging, such as what Waterman suggested. Just the liink to
the voting website was linked from the B&S website, and that was where from
a lot of the voters reached it from.

Why should the Brits be another year of what you said Martin;  I'd like to
hear all the papers mention Aphex winning a Brit in a rather confused way
not knowing where he came from, not having been nominated and got in there
by Warp.   we've enough Robbie Williams/ etc all over the tv/radio/news,
it's a simple thing to do, click a button, I don't know......i can't see the
vehemence that ppl (other than here) have towards it.

btw sorry for posting it to here ...?....I was in a rush and just forwarded
it to all the addresses I had to hand without thinking ;)

lurve,

pete