How exactly do you characterize the 'current climate'? Apart from placing
judgement on such things (we'll be stupid and trivial compared to 50 years
from now), I'd say it's better than ever before.
Think of it this way...perhaps a magazine can't make money putting
Phthalocyanine on its cover, but consider all the assumptions you've
validated in this one paragraph...
1) that a band called Phthalocyanine CAN exist (and make money)
2) that a magazine like Grooves, with its limited readership, can continue
to survive AND be 'pretty damn slick-looking'.
3) that trust-fund kids can change the world (was this REALLY possible in
the 60s? think hippies)
4) that there is such a thing as 'mainstream music' and
5) that we can ignore it.
If you want to live in a world that supports independent-minded musicians
(or independence of any kind, for that matter), you can't expect the
'mainstream' to exist on any such meaningful scale. When you promote DIY,
you're going to find that the people who really care AND who can make a
difference are going to do it themselves. The 'mainstream' thereby becomes
mindless and soulless, to some extent, because it represents widespread,
easy-to-consume products...
Basically, if you want good music, make the effort to find it yourself.
Don't expect middle-aged, career-minded establishment types to deliver it to
your radio anymore. The world has changed...locations change.
---brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Segal [mailto:segal@altpress.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 9:59 AM
To: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [idm] Interesting article
"Jason Birchmeier" <jasbir@allmusic.com> wrote:
Of course, I'd love to see somebody start a magazine, put, say,
Phthalocyanine
on its cover and thrive in the current climate, which I think
is the worst in pop-culture history since the early 60s (I'm talking
mainstream music here).
It'll take a nation of trust-fund kids with loads of
time on their hands to manifest this scenario. That said,
the new issue of Grooves is pretty damn slick-looking. Where does the money
come from?
Kudos to them if they can keep it going.
Dave Segal
Managing Editor/Alternative Press
Reviews/BPM/Reissue Redux
Secret Ions on WCSB Thursdays 9-11PM EST [www.wcsb.org]
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