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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.

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

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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)!