Why would record labels invest in obscure indie bands like Franz Ferdinand or Kaiser Chiefs when X-Factor's R&B styles guarantees them easier #1s?

http://mymarilyn.blogspot.com/2008/12/is-simon-cowell-killing-music.html

People are still writing this article in 2008. Jesus fucking Wept.

High points:

Back in the 70s The Supremes were driving teenagers mad.
Aside from the contestants not even singing their own songs
Think of all those bands who ended up giving the public what they didn't even know they needed. Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground, Nirvana, The Clash
Article also contains link to conspiracy theory claiming Robin Cook was killed. Good work all round.

is this an important or influential blog? why give it attention?

It actually got linked off Liberal Conspiracy today, which is meant to be the biggest left-wing political blog in the country so... I dunno. Yes?

CHILD MURDERERS: Bet you didn't read it in The Sun, but the wealthy too can kill their offspring.

A+

Hey! That blog also features "Pubs Are Too Loud" article and "Robin Cook Was Killed By MI6 Probably Cummon Boing Boing Baggies" article

Let's have a look at it while we try and keep snobbishness at bay. Cheesy, manifactured charts pop has always existed.

^^^ A1 WORK

http://mymarilyn.blogspot.com/2008/12/most-overrated-bands-in-history-part-2.html

Madonna
Arrogant, disgusting, middle-aged cunt who spends her days strapped up in lycra, inflicting her sinewy husk of a body on the public. Can't sing at all. Famous solely for shagging about

does anyone know if " Franz Ferdinand" and "Kaiser Chiefs" that are referred to are real obscure bands or have been made up for the purposes of the article?

Favourite Music

* richard hawley
* the cure
* depeche mode
* the clash
* morrissey
* the smiths
* soft cell
* pulp
* roxy music
* pink floyd
* bowie
* nick cave & the bad seeds
* inxs
* killing joke
* the sharks
* the housemartins
* tears for fears
* bauhaus
* the cramps
* suede
* blur
* the auteurs
* carl perkins
* faron young

Favourite Books

* writers... nick hornby
* george orwell
* mark steel
* michael bracewell
* albert camus
* voltaire

No shit, this douchebag's an Auteurs fan? Colour me shocked.

There's a bunch of bands I like on that list, just in the interests of full disclosure.

Yeah, Blur are pretty fantastic.

It's a bit like somebody's gone thru the Roses and just left all those shitty caramel/toffee ones tho.

Might do all Christmas similes this week.

doesnt even like the vines...

Favourite Books

* writers... nick hornby
* george orwell
* mark steel
* michael bracewell
* albert camus
* voltaire

Year of the Intern (1972), ISBN 0-451-16555-1
Coma (1977), ISBN 0-451-20739-4
Sphinx (1979), ISBN 0-451-15949-7
Brain (1981), ISBN 0-451-15797-4
Fever (1982), ISBN 0-425-17420-4
Godplayer (1983), ISBN 0-425-17638-X
Mindbend (1985), ISBN 0-451-14108-3
Outbreak (1987), ISBN 0-425-10687-X
Mortal Fear (1988), ISBN 0-425-11388-4
Mutation (1989), ISBN 0-425-11965-3
Harmful Intent (1990), ISBN 0-425-12546-7
Vital Signs (1991), ISBN 0-425-13176-9
Blindsight (1992), ISBN 0-425-13619-1
Fatal Cure (1993), ISBN 0-425-14563-8
Terminal (1993), ISBN 0-425-15506-4
Contagion (1995), ISBN 0-425-15594-3
Acceptable Risk (1996), ISBN 0-425-15186-7
Chromosome 6 (1997), ISBN 0-425-16124-2
Invasion (1997), ISBN 0-425-21957-7
Toxin (1998), ISBN 0-425-16661-9
Vector (1999), ISBN 0-425-17299-6
Abduction (2000), ISBN 0-425-17736-X
Shock (2001), ISBN 0-425-18286-X
Seizure (2003), ISBN 0-425-19794-8
Marker (2005), ISBN 0-425-20734-X
Crisis (2006), ISBN 0-425-21657-8
Critical (2007), ISBN 0-399-15423-X
Foreign Body (August 5, 2008), ISBN 0-399-15502-3

"A Peek Into Media, Culture and Society"

The Robin Cook piece is one of the all-time greats of reading a couple of blogs written by lonely fantasists investigative journalism.

It's a pity, for him, that he can't spell 'manufactured'

as it does seem to be a key term