Brother, can you spare a DRM?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I remember around the time of Bush getting in and the dotcom bust a few articles (that great pop seer Jim DeRogatis may have written one!) saying, ah well at least this will be good for music as recessions mean a return to grassroots creativity and proper music not this manufactured etc etc.

But on the other hand you could just as easily argue that in bad economic times music can provide a bit of escapism and fantasy - Busby Berkeley dreams and all that.

Do you have a view on the effects of economic gloom on the 'mood' of pop - the type of things that are likely to get big?

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[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

oh bugger I was just talking about this yesterday and I think the whole question of what happens to the celebrity industrial complex in a recession is v interesting but I have to rush off to Notting Hill to interview a grime singer now! agh. to sum up I think the celebrity industry, much like the booze industry, may well hold steady or get stronger because it appeals to fundamental base human instincts.