speaking, tangentially as i was in the last post, about belle and sebastian, i see that pitchfork reviews their three most recent EPs today. that's great and all, and pitchfork gives them very high marks, but have you ever seen a band besides radiohead put out more superfluous material? not superfluous in the sense that it's not good or worthy of being put out, but just in the sense that i cannot even begin to keep straight all of the eps that they've had. it's got to be around 10 at this point. can't they consolidate? i'm glad they can put out so much new material, but the cost is a little ridiculous -- for example, with these three new eps, there's eight new songs, and i think all together the eps would cost me around $20. i guess we could debate the merit of paying 20 bucks for eight songs, but i'm not sure it's worth it. anyway, i'm just rambling, and i probably have to be one of the first people to ever complain about one of their favorite bands putting out too many songs, so i'll shut up.

but i will never purchase anything from the dreaded reed-voiced isobel campbell. and that is final.