on corruption in the music industry
rock, and popular music for that matter, will be ultimately passe and comodified (as they have been for some time now), until the curent incarnation of the music industry is destroyed, and entertainment truly turns into a form of manipulation.
then hopefully, in a wonderfully science-fiction esque scenario, the desire to create non-derivative music and destroy the oppresive structure of one's own country will meld and we'll get rock bands doubling as terrorist insurgent squadrons with gun barrels instead of guitar necks.
then hopefully, in a wonderfully science-fiction esque scenario, the desire to create non-derivative music and destroy the oppresive structure of one's own country will meld and we'll get rock bands doubling as terrorist insurgent squadrons with gun barrels instead of guitar necks.