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Bridget Burke
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Mon Apr-19-04 09:41 AM
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| 44. ....another example of Sturgeon's Law |
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(Somebody asked Theodore Sturgeon, the great science fiction writer, why so much of his genre was so bad. His famous answer: 90% of everything is crap.)
This middle-aged white lady needs to do some more research. But I'm not surprised that what gets the most press is not the best. I've been seriously into music for a long time--& I've heard lots of garbage in all genres.
John Nova Lomax is Music Editor of the Houston Press. Here's one of his features--on Latino Hip Hop in Houston--which ties into the genre as a whole. I enjoyed reading some serious history:
www.houstonpress.com/issues/2003-12-04/feature.html/1/index.html
Of course, his family has been explaining music for several generations--especially in Texas.
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