How to Stay Indie During Election 2008

Even though it's miles away in far away land and the results are unlikely to effect me. On the 4th of November it's going to be hard to think about anything other than who will become the next president of Republic of Palau.

While some people on that very same day will be vainly hoping that The United Stupidity of America will finally elect someone who won't start a war. I'll be glued to my seat awaiting news of the Palau election. Now you must be asking yourself "why should I care about a country I've never heard of", well it's simple indie people are growing in numbers and a time will come when we (not unlike the Jews) we will require a country of our own, where we can freely and secretly practice our worship of indie music. So why have i chosen the republic of Palau? Here is your answer in convenient point form:



1) In 1994 it became independent of the USA (we're not sure yet if the USA noticed). Doing this is the closest any country can come to ditching it's 6 album deal with Columbia and setting up their own record label. also their flag seems to have a rare picture of Pac-Man sleeping.


2) There are only got about 20,000 people living there, so if about 15,000 of the most indie people in the world head on over there before the 4th, we can easily elect me as president of the worlds first Indie State. Also the people of Palau seem like a happy folk and probably wont mind to much.

3) We'll be learning from others mistakes by choosing Palau as our indie state. while the jews decided to go for a nice place in the sun, they neglected to do any research on who they share their boarders with. This resulted in a situation quite similar to what i would imagine happening if (due to a clerical error) a nerd found himself in a critical position in his high schools sports team. To clarify, Palau is very far away from Palestine.


4) If you aren't convinced yet then this sentence should seal the deal, when it comes to music "There are no intellectual property restrictions in Palau." i shall say nothing more about it.


So join the campaign and help The Republic of Palau make Seb Berkovich it's next benevolent leader

"Quoting is for pretentious people with a good memory"

I gotta say i love quoting people, the one above comes from Niall P. Deehan.
Here are some about "Indie" and don't forget if you can't remember who said something just think of a name in your head and say it with conviction! no one likes to argue with someone with conviction.

"All you needed was a couple of instruments and a few chords and you could be on an indie label."
David Byrne

"First off, I don't want anyone to think I'm this huge thing in Japan. Every group from here that's made any records over any length of time - even indie bands - have a Cheap Trick effect in Japan. "
Matthew Sweet

and my personal favourite:

"I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again."
Malcolm Wilson.

Now after my brief search for Quotes on indie. i realized that in fact there are VERY few quotable indie representatives. i hope to be the one to end that trend. Here are a few quotes, choice pieces of wisdom from my own memory, which i suggest be studied and repeated.

"The first time i truly realized i was indie, was when i found myself to be the only member of the audience at a terrible gig in Dublin on a Monday night, and being delighted about it"
S. Berkovich

"It's better to have loved and lost, but it's best to have loved their early stuff first."
Sebastian E. B.

"Someone once asked me 'if you couldn't be indie, what other social group would you be?'. i of course answered 'None'. she replied 'don't be stupid, only girls can be nuns'"
S. E. Berkovich