Belle and Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister (33 1/3)
by Scott Plagenhoef
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Author: Scott PlagenhoefEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-15
ISBN: 0826428185
Number of pages: 105
Publisher: Continuum
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Book Review: Belle and Sebastian and the Internet
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is as much about the internet and what it means to be a music fan as it is about Belle and Sebastian. And I don't consider that a bad thing, really. I disagree with a lot of what Scott Plagenhoef has to say, but he says it well and with passion. Plagenhoef is not so much concerned with If You're Feeling Sinister as he is with the entire early part of Belle &Sebastian's career and how the band related (or deliberately didn't) relate to their fans, and how fans themselves experienced that once secretive band.
Where I believe the book runs aground a bit is when Plagenhoef turns it into an elegy for a "better" time when people really "listened" to music, as opposed to now when most people just "hear" it as background noise on their mp3 players. I find this kind of nostalgia for a past time a little suspect, and honestly, it was only with the advent of the internet and being able to listen to radio stations like WFMU from thousands of miles away that I began to be adventurous with music. But even though I disagree with many of his conclusions, it was still a very interesting read and it got me thinking about what we've gained and lost in the past decade.
Summary of Belle and Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister (33 1/3)
If You're Feeling Sinister shows how Belle &Sebastian transformed themselves over the space of a decade, from a slightly shambolic cult secret into a polished, highly entertaining, mainstream pop group. Along the way, the book shows how the internet has revolutionized how we discover new music?often at the cost of romance and mystery.History & Criticism Books
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