BJ, that the music business is tightly controlled by the money...I'll agree. Try getting on Saturday Night Live or a major talk show without major backing...very difficult I'm sure. Some are more generous than others (I doubt for example that SNL is an easy to get gig while Letterman is more daring and less beholden to the powers that be). And yes, I'm sure payola is still around in different clothes, but still, the ultimate vote comes from the buyers pockets...and I give them more credit that you do.


Lastly,

"If she has to stoop to wearing outrageous indecent garb and flashing her boobies to sell records and get publicity then that tells me two things.
1. She has little self respect and low morals.

Maybe she has more self confidance, more daring, more flamboyance, a greater sense of adventure, or maybe she is less repressed, less inhibited, less self conscious.... I could go on here but I think I've made my point


2. She has very little musical talent.

As a crown attorney might say "I rest my case on the evidence Your Honour"


If writing ever becomes work I think I'm going to have to stop