I'm not here

I can tell you, in many cases, a lot of the people involved in that scene are bad people. Because the moment you start talking about money, you’re talking about… I mean, to be brutally honest, crime. Criminals, thieves, bastards, are attracted to money.

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—	Glenn Branca, on the people who run record companies and manufacture the mediocre pop music many of us listen to. From the documentary I Need That Record

How The Academy Lost Touch With Movie Music »

nprmusic:

How did we get here? Only two songs from movies were worthy of Oscar nominations? From, the country that brought you “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” and “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”??

Very good read.

PS: If you follow just one Tumblr account, make it NPR’s. So many interesting posts. Keep up the good job, people who update it (and who actually write them)!