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I've ripped that quote from John Peel, but it's increasingly how I feel. There was a time when I so rarely bought old records but increasingly that's exclusively where I turn.
Even the decent stuff coming out at the moment seems so one dimensional. It's like a band starts out with a single OK idea but doesn't have the imagination to really take it anywhere. (No Neck being one of the very few exceptions)
Musicians (including myself) now spend more time worrying about gear than they do actually making music. Bands now seem more interested in comissioning a cool video to get them onto MTV2 120 Minutes than they are in writing something that'll see them beyond their 15 minutes of fame.
'Alternative' music needs a new punk, desperately. And I never thought I'd EVER say that.
End of a rather stoned rant.
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