intercourse with biscuits a modern miscellany

This is fantastic, even if Johnny’s a bit of a softball interviewer (no reference to Frankly Mr Shankly? :P):

JM: It seemed to me that Rough Trade and the other small labels would’ve turned down some of today’s bigger bands on account of their blatant commercialism. Would you agree?

GT: Jeannette Lee and myself run our label, and yes we regularly turn down hugely commercial and successful groups simply because they don’t appeal to us. Our criterion is one million per cent selfish. We just have to love the music and what it embodies. We don’t make judgements on the basis of commercial potential. Call it folly or call it what differentiates us from many other labels. This may not be the best policy in terms of running a business, but who said we were trying to just run a business.

I want that thrill I got when I heard the opening chords of I Can See For Miles as often as possible. It is an impossible dream, but worth a try. That is what Hand in Glove was all about for me – it connected in an original way with that psychic turmoil and musical nirvana.

[via The Guardian]