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Re: (idm) Good taste in bad places; Background music, eh? (was: MTV sucks)

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1999-04-07 03:10Jeff Barszcz Re: (idm) Good taste in bad places; Background music, eh? (was: MTV sucks)
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1999-04-07 03:10Jeff BarszczI remember a thread a while ago semi-related to this (ie good background music amongst cra
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Re: (idm) Good taste in bad places; Background music, eh? (was: MTV sucks)
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I remember a thread a while ago semi-related to this (ie good background music amongst crappy programming). Someone brought up what I thought was a good explanation: people working at MTV and the commercial radio stations might actually be into underground/experimental/whatever music but are unable to get it into regular programming due to the powers that be (idiots running the station or TV channel, etc). So, they sneak in their favorites whenever they can: in the background of lead-ins, IDs, and so on. Discuss.... ;) Jeff Electroniks Made Easy http://www.wuvt.vt.edu/eme