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Article: [ Hype: Instant media attention can backfire with some music fans ]
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- The Topeka Capital-Journal
- Article date:
- April 30, 2002
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The media attention close your mind to exciting new arrivals,
including, in the rock world these days, such passionate bands as the
White Stripes, the Hives and And You Will Know Us by the Trail of
Dead.
This is especially true at a time when media space is increasingly
devoted to pop music despite a scarcity of acts worth that attention.
If you want a sobering look at the marginal nature of pop hit-
makers these days, check out the list of 100 best-selling albums last
week. I couldn't fully recommend more than seven, and I wouldn't want
to read about more than a dozen.
Is it any wonder the media get excited when genuinely talented
young stars such as Keys and Jones come along?
When the same ...