On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:29:14PM -0500, Brent Busby wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Dave Phillips wrote:
> >Btw, there's a strong argument that the "teen craze" sort of
> >pabulum started with Disney and his ilk. Pop stars such as Annette
> >Funicello and other Mouseketeers were the Britneys of the day, and
> >manufactured stars such as Fabian soon took over the charts after
> >the harder rock music suffered from the effects of Buddy Holly's
> >death. Disney and Colonel Tom Parker determined the tastes of
> >whole generations of listeners. They substituted saleability for
> >creativity, and the rest is what's known as pop history.
>
> Yeah, that's happening again, Disney again. Miley Cyrus, Hannah
> Montana, the Jonas Brothers, etc. Moral of the story: Mickey Mouse
> makes a very poor DJ....
Apropos of which, South Park Season 13, Episode 1, "The
Ring" does a good job of skewering both Mickey and the Jonas
Brothers, in the great tradition of Dan O'Neill's Odd
Bodkins strip.
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