Last Saturday, from my home in Moraga, CA (near SF) I called my 5 year old
neice in Chorley, England (near Manchester). She told me her favorite group
is the Spice Girls, and her next favorite is the Chemical Brothers. True
story, she turned 5 a month ago.
I suppose in music, in mass media, and in life you have to respect the Chaos
Theory.
For me, part of the appeal (or initially anyway) of AJ is the unique
"subculture" or "underground" feeling about it, which is totally threatened
by mainstream publicity. And yet... I appreciate the fact that true quality
music gets recognition by "popular society" - it makes being in public,
listening to the radio, going to parties, watching movies, etc. that much
more enjoyable.
I guess I'm sitting on the fence for this one.
Peace & respect,
Katawin