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| From | Stewart Mason <flamingo@theworld.com> |
| Subject | Re: FCC/Stern/Copycat Bands |
| Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2004 14:05:38 -0500 |
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At 10:44 AM 2/27/2004 EST, DanAbnrml9@aol.com wrote:
>In Howard Stern's case, maybe Clear Channel wants to
>avoid headaches? Maybe he's a dying brand? Stern's own bizarrely off-base
argument
>that the powers that be are "afraid of what he has to say" might support
that
>theory...
I think you're right on the money here. The entire concept of the "shock
jock," along with that of nu-metal and the commercial alternative radio
station, two things that often go along with it, is on the decline...not
for moral reasons, but for the simple fact that they're not the ratings
draws they used to be! (Think about it: unless you actually listen to his
show, when was the last time you even HEARD of Howard Stern before this?
It's been a good long while, I bet.) Once again, the market winnows out.
>Total topic switch here, but this is something I've been thinking about
quite
>a bit lately. I think that, for me, my favorite time/place in music was
>Britain about ten years ago, 1994/1995. Blur's "Parklife" is to this day my
>favorite album (tied with the second FOW, which I always saw as an
American take on
>the same themes), and it spawned a sea of imitators who are now long
forgotten.
>But going back and digging through those albums, from the likes of bands
like
>Menswear and Space, I realize just how much I loved all that stuff. It's
>funny how the combined effect of lots of "minor" acts can wind up feeling
sort of
>"major", at least on a personal level.
Funny, I was just reading a review in one of the local papers this morning
about the Franz Ferdinand show at the Middle East, which said something
like "The last time the UK press went this apeshit was about 10 years ago
over a band called Menswear who were immediately swallowed up by the hype
and never heard from again." Reminded me that I haven't heard "Daydreamer"
-- the only Menwear song I ever thought was worth a damn -- in years.
S
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