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On 2006-02-09 07:26, Zer wrote:
...those consumers (till out of money) are now a minority.

well, annual figures for Germany (2003/4) are

31 billion Euro spent on gambling

beverage of 800 million litre pure alcohol - think of all those contacts to clean...
smoking of 123 billion readymade cigarettes
and 18 million tons of tobacco as diy rolls

police confined
0.6 tons of heroin, 1 ton of cocaine, 10 tons cannabis and 1.2 million units extacy
the 'real' figures (about the amount that arrived at the consumer) are up to anyone's guess...

but hey, that doesn't look so depressive...

cheers, Tom

synapes?
cleaned permenantly?

well, "american idol" truly does suck, but at least the final contestants CAN hit their cues and sing on key, so from a show business aspect, i can't hate the contestants. they are following the money of the producers and we all want more money....it's the producers who are determined to feed us sh*t that looks like a fine meal....and the masses who beleive what they are told because they are indoctrinated and taught the principles of passivity from the start. this includes "cool people" who hate some music or production in a knee-jerk fashion and who justify the system by making it seem just a little more "democratic"....

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On 2006-02-06 10:39, braincell wrote:
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake all come from the Disney TV show "Mickey Mouse Club". What it takes is to be good looking and have a well connected agent. It helps that the public is stupid enough to buy this crap. It's too bad that people pick music because they find the singer attractive. That has nothing to do with music.

I simply make your words mine... and say that, as the industri is in crisis, they will continue to look at anything they can, to continue earning big time money!

Oh yeah,did anyone see Jessica Simpson on Saturday night live and at the superbowl.I never knew it was possible to screw up a playback.Hilarious !!!Nice one Jess!!

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Newspapers are usually written for the vocabulary of a twelve year old. Popular music needs similar goals if it is to appeal to the masses. Face it folks, anyone here won't fit in with the "masses" tastes in music.

It doesn't seem to matter what you're into, whether it be metal work, music, chess, table tennis etc ... the better you get at it, the more likely you are to lose the average audience. And the more money you (edit: or your employer) want to make from your craft, the more you'll need the support of the "average" audience. Balance .... anybody?

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