1 Sep
2010
1 Sep
'10
8:30 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:29:14PM -0500, Brent Busby wrote:
On Mon, 30 Aug 2010, Dave Phillips wrote:
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.
--
Joel Roth
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....