Just finished watching a nigh-on heroic appearance by Paul Morley on The Review Show.
Unphased by either the blandishments of Miranda Sawyer, the aggressive high-brow stuffiness of Tom Service, or the spectacular vapid corporatism of new(ish) NME editor Krissi Murison, Morley was on hand with an unflinching stream of pithy, PoMo-free rationality (for once).
I quote from memory:
... music festivals are talked about in the same way as Epsom or Ascot ...
... the Mercury Prize is pure marketing...
... what you're talking about are business models ...
... live music is a leisure industry ...
... no actual music is heard at live gigs ...
... I've recently started using Marxist terminology again ...
... what you're lacking is a narrative of how music is produced ...
... what is music for? ...
... the gatekeepers have been removed ...
... there is no desire to subvert or disrupt any more ...
Here's the link, for as long as it lasts.
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