[Powderworks] Rock & Roll Hall of Fame - again (LMOC)
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GrnVillageGirl@aol.com
Tue, 18 Mar 2003 01:11:27 EST
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Well, David Fricke - who was a senior editor at Rolling Stone the last time I
checked - is a personal friend of Midnight Oil, and thus has always
championed the band.
The Oils aren't being purposely ignored by Jann Wenner - the band doesn't
figure on his radar screen at all. He hasn't been hands-on at Rolling Stone,
except at the very top level of staffing, for eons. He's the publisher, not
the editor, and he also has US Weekly and that men's sports/health magazine
to worry about, not to mention a rather busy social life.
Rolling Stone - or any media outlet, for that matter - is going to cover what
the editors think their target audience is going to want to know about, and
in this case, that usually means chart numbers and sales, or 'buzz' of some
kind.
Midnight Oil was news in the late 80s in the United States, and only devoted
fans of great music have followed - or belatedly discovered - the group since
then. That's reality. It's not a big secret that the lowest common
denominator is often the biggest seller, and 'artist' and 'talent' are used
extremely loosely, in reference to any performer.
When it comes to truly talented artists, many of them are never heard from in
the first place, and others die broke and forgotten. Tragic, but that's - as
they say - show biz.
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last time I checked - is a personal friend of Midnight Oil, and thus has al=
ways championed the band.<BR>
The Oils aren't being purposely ignored by Jann Wenner - the band doesn't fi=
gure on his radar screen at all. He hasn't been hands-on at Rolling Stone, e=
xcept at the very top level of staffing, for eons. He's the publisher, not t=
he editor, and he also has US Weekly and that men's sports/health magazine t=
o worry about, not to mention a rather busy social life.<BR>
Rolling Stone - or any media outlet, for that matter - is going to cover wha=
t the editors think their target audience is going to want to know about, an=
d in this case, that usually means chart numbers and sales, or 'buzz' of som=
e kind.<BR>
Midnight Oil was news in the late 80s in the United States, and only devoted=
fans of great music have followed - or belatedly discovered - the group sin=
ce then. That's reality. It's not a big secret that the lowest common denomi=
nator is often the biggest seller, and 'artist' and 'talent' are used extrem=
ely loosely, in reference to any performer.<BR>
When it comes to truly talented artists, many of them are never heard from i=
n the first place, and others die broke and forgotten. Tragic, but that's -=20=
as they say - show biz.</FONT></HTML>
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