Midnight Oil

[Powderworks] San Jose Mercury News coverage

Glitch sena.reisenweaver@verizon.net
Wed, 08 May 2002 21:15:42 -0400


Thanks for posting this!
Although some lines, like
> ``Whether a band like Midnight Oil will survive is very much an open
> question.''
and
> Garrett fears a day when bands will be sponsored from inception by major
> corporations.
give me chills.
> 
> ``I don't know what's gotten into our major artists. They certainly don't
> need the money. Maybe the little Neil Young, Pearl Jam, Midnight Oil club
> doesn't seem that much fun to be in.''
> 
BWAH!!!!  Funny stuff!

> ``There's never been a time when music was more straitjacketed, and artists
> only care about the unquenchable desire for fame and success. And, unlike the
> days when there were other benefactors, Enron is no Medici, Bill Gates is no
> Austrian duke.''
> 
> And if the money dries up, Garrett says, the band will still want to tour.
> ``Midnight Oil, cyber troubadours, busking in a hall near you. When the
> economy dries up, you'll find us on the back of a flatbed truck playing for
> cans of food.''

Yeah, if Jim Moginie wasn't my number one hero, Peter now would be.  What a
guy.



--Glitch
"when will i be yours...when will i be mine?" --midnight oil