Ok, the last thing I'll say about this.
Yes, I see your point, but the fact that is that if you look at FM radio
in the United States, SIRIUS is defiantely 180 degrees from that. Maybe
they aren't underground, but they do have the "Left of Center" channel
which is dedicated to unsigned bands. That alone is the most
anit-corporate thing you could find on radio. Plus, they played BoC on
the Vortex channel. ;P
The manifesto is marketing, but then again wasn't the real Communist
manifesto marketing? Fact is, everything is marketing... you should
know. I'd rather here this kind of marketing, than the usual safe bets
corps play.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Clow [mailto:greg@stainedproductions.com]
>
>
> At 11:16 AM 26/02/03, John Reading wrote:
>
> >Whether or not their programming is good for you or not,
> isn't it nice
> >to at least hear that stance for a major corporation??
>
> I actually have no problem with their programming. I don't
> expect major
> corporations like this one to give much coverage to truly
> underground music
> of any sort. And I actually like some popular and
> non-eletronic music, and
> often tune in to www.theiceberg.com to listen to some of their jazz,
> 50s/60s and 80s stations.
>
> What I *do* have a problem with is major corporations taking
> supposedly
> "underground" & "anti-corporate" stances in order to seem hip
> or cool. Do
> you really think that Sirius' stance here is anything more
> than a publicity
> stunt? They've printed up 11 MILLION of these "manifestoes"
> according to
> their press release. It's marketing, pure and simple.
>
> It's like Nike opening an "underground" nightclub in the area
> of town where
> lots of punks, artists & other freaks live and hang out
> (which is exactly
> what happened here in Toronto last summer). I view it as an
> insult to the
> underground artists, small-scale promoters, and ultra-indie
> record labels
> that ARE working at the street level, fighting to be heard
> through the
> barrage of corporate-sponsored garbage that is being thrown
> at people from
> every direction.
>
> But I'm just a crazy anti-corporate commie pinko, so don't mind me...
>
>
> Greg
>
>
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