Sub Pop Records

Joshuah sez: No big huge drug addled story here. I ordered the Sliver/Dive single around 1992 and immediately had to hear more... (on A Form of Paying Attention November 2009 )
fudge packing sez: the second time I saw them was a 'surprise' show at Western Washington University ...it was a Mudhoney concert but... (on A Form of Paying Attention November 2009 )
fudge packing sez: I bought Bleach in 1989...I was 15 years old. Around the same time I discovered K Records via the Fallout... (on A Form of Paying Attention November 2009 )
smelly sez: that's the kid who's porking taylor swift. (on Obits on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Thursday, Nov. 19th! )
deleteme sez: In the 5th grade, my friend and I used to hole up in his room and listen to this album... (on A Form of Paying Attention November 2009 )
deleteme sez: In the 5th grade, my friend and I used to hole up in his room and listen to this album... (on A Form of Paying Attention November 2009 )

When they come to write the dissertations, and all the deconstructions and doctorates are done and dusted, I hope the point is not lost. For how Saint Etienne subtly smashed the system was by mastering the art of being all things to all people. Rather handy it was too, as their name gave an entree to any strata of society.

So, when colleagues cornered you and asked the dreaded question: “So what music DO you like?” the words Saint Etienne were a godsend. Everyone seemed to know or have a soft spot for them. And when eyebrows were raised at arms aloft, shirt off antics, it was okay to say: “Oh, I’ve been at it since K-Klass learnt to spell. You should come up and see my Saint Etienne 12”s some time."

And if the headz behind the record shop counter in the discreetly logoed limited edition tee shirts looked down their noses at the Etienne vamping it up on the Radio One roadshow, they would drool into their goatees at the 45s Bob and Pete played down the Social. Then when the coffee bar philosophers gathered to put down the party people, it was good to state that present company excepted, no one could do more with a feather boa than Sarah. So the debate would continue about whether she was thee role model for the emerging Fabians jet set, flitting between Prada and Primark, the Third Way and Home And Away. And when the light was only provided by a scented candle and the talk turned to books, we would declare for Douglas Coupland and never resist mentioning his sleevenotes for the gorgeous Good Humor set and then speculate on…