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| From | "Jason Baldwin" <jebaldwin@iquest.net> |
| Subject | Re: audities-digest V1 #801 (13 msgs) |
| Date | Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:06:52 -0500 |
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< I guess we'll just agree to disagree. I still say no one would give half
< a shit about the Strokes or White Stripes if it weren't for the
intangible
< "hype" factor that has elevated these overrated indier-than-thou snots
< to Rock God status. I guess the ticket to success in mainstream rock
< is to get the hype, learn to suck, and make a wholeheartedly mediocre
< lo-fi record.
<
< Hats off to Jack and Meg....
<
< Jeff
Hell, I must have been wrong all this time actually liking most of the
songs. It's like the Grateful Dead -- for me, anyway -- like the band,
dislike most of their fans (or the fan "scene", more precisely, I guess).
Judgmental stereotyping, I know, but it's just how I feel.
-Jason
np: GBV, HARDCORE UFOS box set on shuffle
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