>
> You know, this sort of musical Gresham's Law -- that bad music represents a
> threat to the good -- has been discussed here before (we talked about it in
> relationship to Split Lip Rayfield, if I recall), and I still just don't
> buy it. "Boy if weren't for those damn Moonshine Cousinfuckers (insert
...>
> This kind of thinking smacks of an elitism that I can't tolerate -- as if
> the "sucky" bands are doing something they shouldn't be allowed to do, or
> are actually harming the bands a certain cogniscenti deem to be "real"
> (read, band with chops, bands that are sincere, bands that write "good"
> songs, etc. ) If you think a band sucks, fine, but don't blame them for
> turning off audiences from stuff you happen to like better.
>
> Todd
>
Why not blame them, if that's what they're doing? And there's a big
difference between criticizing someone for art that's been thrust into the
public right-of-way, and saying they shouldn't be allowed to do it. I
don't even know whom we're talking about. -- Terry Smith
