Where is the love?

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

So we're all resigned to a bit of a slump in pop and teenpop, but... am I imagining it, or is everyone getting spikey about music in general? I know "I Love Music" has rarely lived up to its name in the last 5 years, but it does feel like a lot of stuff (new stuff) is getting ACTIVE dislike more than seems usual (or healthy, to me).

Is this because things are "on the move" and people are trying harder to be "taste makers"?

Or perhaps I am just imagining it, and no explanation is needed.

Settle my mind, or solve my conundrum.

Comments

[blue-russian.livejournal.com]

ILM is probably the place to (not) discuss this, but I still attribute this to the fact that new people, full of enthusiasm about whatever (usually NOT something that's just appeared) get immediately hit by a round of "we've already discussed this," if not snippier zingers. This discourages all but the heartiest new blood, both in general, and in particular from developing the habit of engaging discourse.