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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: i fought the hook, but the hook won |
| Date | Tue, 27 May 2003 02:52:59 -0400 |
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At Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 22:43:25 Jocelyn wrote:
>why does this happen to 'bowling for soup'?
>
>this is just a rhetorical question, of course. i know,
>i know. but it was just weird. are these guys popular
>or something? i don't listen to the radio. i'm out of
>the loop. but for one song, i'm like...okay. there's
>a hook, mediocre or not, i'm singing along. damnit.
I don't think it's anything conspiratorial or underhanded. Kilborn fills a
spot in late night TV that the more popular Dave and Jay don't wanna touch.
Can't remember the name of the fellow that starred along with Gerry
O'Connell in Kangaroo Jack but apparently Kilborn was the only talk show
that would let him on the air....because he was black!! [not my words, they
were his]. But, I digress...
Kilborn seems to sit in the same position as Canada's own late night rube
Mike Bullard. No one at the network bothers them so they basically just put
on the air whatever strikes their fancy. I've had three of my label's acts
on Bullard. I've had major label reps call me up and ask me how the hell I
did it....well, I sent the production manager a press kit, followed that up
with calls, and viola....on the air (Killer Dwarfs, Honeymoon Suite and
Goddo). Of course, these acts were once "somebodies", but still....Kilborn
may have just liked 'Bowling For Soup'....or the band's management was
persistant.
But then radio in the US is fuelled by payola so maybe Bowling For Soup paid
everyone off at the Late Late Show and the rest is micro-history. :-)
Jaimie Vernon,
President,
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
#1 West Hill Dr., Toronto, ON
M1E 3T4 Canada (416) 284-7067
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