just a fun post hopefully not considered as spam cause i don't know what is anymore...
so I was bored and wanted to make a post and this is the only thing that came to mind:
who? and how? did you make(not force,just like telling someone about regina and then the next day they are a fan or somthing) someone start liking Reginka?

Last year I made my English and Music teacher like her quite a bit,my English teacher likes her because regina's lyrics are very cool and interesting(I introduced the song Belt to her BTW) ,and my music teacher likes her because, Regina makes cool sounds,and she has skillz(that's right skills with a z) playing the piano and the chair(I played a Regina song on the piano and he asked me who it was and then we youtubed her).

Well those are the people I infected with Reginitis

I wouldn't consider this to be spam, but there have been other threads like this one.
Oh, well.

I've been completely unsuccessful in converting anyone. Almost a year ago I gave one of my friends a Reg mix CD, but she never got around to listening to it until months later, and even then it didn't make a big impact on her.

And in my English class, my teacher said that we could bring songs for the class to hear that used metaphors and stuff like that in the lyrics, so I brought "A Lesson in How Fleeting Preservation Is," and everyone thought I was batshit crazy.

But it's good to know that some people have been successful in recruiting!

what's batshit crazy lol ive never heard of it before :P

I am Jewish and avoid missionary activities, proselitism, etc. I suppose the reluctance is bred into some of us. Anyways, I don't want any more converts to Regainaism. I am possessive in that way. We don't want our faith to become a mass religion. That would corrupt it. What I have done is buy countless copies of Begin to Hope (especially when Circuit City had it on sale for five bucks) which I have given to many music-loving friends. The more discriminating among them have acknowledged Regina's brilliance.

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Originally posted by barjochai:
I am Jewish and avoid missionary activities, proselitism, etc. I suppose the reluctance is bred into some of us. Anyways, I don't want any more converts to Regainaism. I am possessive in that way. We don't want our faith to become a mass religion. That would corrupt it. What I have done is buy countless copies of Begin to Hope (especially when Circuit City had it on sale for five bucks) which I have given to many music-loving friends. The more discriminating among them have acknowledged Regina's brilliance.

I honestly don't think it should be up to us whether or not she gets bigger, not only that, but it's really selfish to wish that she doesn't get more fans, and no, you're not saying that you don't want her to have more fans but you are saying that you don't want us to recruit new fans, I also think that, if we can manage to recruit someone, we should.


EDIT: Sorry, I didn't read the "circuit city" part of your post.
What are you saying, you don't want anymore people to convert to Reginaism but your giving away copies of Begin To Hope to people?

OK, despite how weird this whole thread is, I'll contribute...

I converted my brother, who happens to be a ridiculously talented singer/songwriter (http://www.citizensmusic.com), his wife, and my girlfriend. Even my mom was wowed by Apres Moi

At McClaren, my brother turned to me and said: "she's a much better lyricist than all those bands we used to listen to. The Beatles, U2, Bowie..."

My brothers saying this is the equivalent of someone changing religions. He knows their catalogs in and out and has incorporated aspects of all of them into his own work. I think what separates Regina is that she's not singing from on high, like some untouchable demi-god

wouldn't you agree?

My exchange partner!
I put some random Regina songs on her MP3 player when we traded around music, and I guess she didn't realize where they came from because she thought one of her friends had put Samson on there. Then she searched it in my iTunes the other day when I was playing music and put it on, and yesterday she goes to me "It was you who put the song "Sam...sam-sone (ohman her accent is adorable) on my portable?" And I say "Yes, Samson, I like that song. Regina Spektor is really good" or something like that, and she goes "Ah yes, I love so much. It is my favourite"

Then we talked about puppies and kittens and how childbirth is scary and growing old and having seven cats.

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Sorry, I didn't read the "circuit city" part of your post.
What are you saying, you don't want anymore people to convert to Reginaism but your giving away copies of Begin To Hope to people?

I think what he (she?) is saying here is that rather than giving people mix CDs of the "best" Reg songs, or copies of Soviet Kitsch he gives out BTH because it's the most "mainstream" (remember all those arguments when it came out?) and by some, least preferred album. As a means of sorting out worthy fans? Giving them the "worst" to see if they can still hear the brilliance? Sounds pretty ridiculous to me.
Just my speculation, correct me if I'm awfully misguided.

My 18yr old cousin and very recently my 50yr old aunt. I played Begin to Hope and Soviet Kitsch for her in her car and she loved it! Apres Moi is her favorite.

oh geez. i've got a few! my friends brittney, toni, ryan, and ashley. i've convinced three people who went to my school to join the stix, but two haven't posted. i think that's it?

I converted a friend when we were in class. I was listneing to Regina whilst writing an article or something... and he was so bored he listened, and put up with Regina for once. Afterwards he went home and listened to her all night. And openly admitted it. (this is a guy who's obsessed with rap...)

Now THIS part is a little complicated:
The friend who converted me, was one of the Samson/Fidelity/Us fans. When I became a loyal Reginite, I got Soviet Kitsch, BTH, Songs, 11:11, all her live and unreleased stuff... And have been feeding her with them. She is now interested in 11:11 album! Yay!!!

Hahaha my good friend David just discovered regina on his own through the trailer to 27 Dresses..

He IMed me and was like. You like that regina spektor right? I heard that song Fidelity and i swear its the most angelic thing ive ever heard.


haha its great! XD

my friend loves regina now!

i gave her BTH for her birthday (shun me but i dont think her parents would've appreciated me giving their daughter SK because reg is downing that alcohol )

but she looooves it! she loves on the radio and apres moi the most. squeeee

YAAAY! My brother came into my room yesterday and said "Can I borrow your mp3 player? I wanna listen to Regina Spektor"

His favourite Reg songs are Apres Moi and Pound of Flesh. Apparently Pound of Flesh is on one of his Xbox 360 games!

One of my bessie's has Rejazz as her flashbox

..Noice!

I think I've finally succeeded in converting someone!

I went to a school-related event recently, and everyone who went had to ride a school bus. On the way back, I found myself sitting beside a girl who I've never liked much but was generally nice to because she's always been nice to me. We had a pretty good conversation about a bunch of random stuff, and when we reached the topic of music I obviously brought up Regina. I let her listen to a few songs on my iPod, and she loved them. She told me yesterday that she's been looking up Regina on YouTube and she's liking everything she's heard so far, but I didn't have time to ask her about specific songs...still, though, really exciting! And now I like her a lot better than I did before, since she's a fellow fan of Regina.