[Sheriff Rhys Chatham]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

...yeah. i think more radical and amazing things come out of the underground, obviously shit like polvo, thinking fellers union local # 282, renaldo and the loaf, etc. aren't on the radio.... but when bands like wolf eyes get offered spots on lollapalooza, boredoms are comissioned to play with 77 drummers in new york, rhys chatham and glenn branca are both on tv playing with huge symphonies.. is there really even an "underground" any more? every noise musician you like is a click away on soulseek or information on wikipedia, so yeah.. pretty much everything you can think of is known by many many people.. there are still tons of little bands around, but yeah.. i don't think it's stretching it too much to say that it's impossible in this age to be a music snob.

well put