"So perhaps pop music is becoming like comics—a minor artform, fiercely loved by enthusiasts but nugatory in revenue terms, whose real value lies in powering something else. What comics [intellectual property] does for the film industry, pop does for the celebrity biz—provide a stream of garish, blockbuster characters and never mind the source material."

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Underwhelmed And Overstimulated, Part II: PJ Harvey, Jessie J, And The Post-Pop Character Landscape

This point by Tom Ewing may be a little obscure for most people, but it will ring very true for the people who are way into both comics and music. You might be surprised by how many well-known music critics fall into this venn diagram!

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I spent the last 15 minutes trying to think up a joke about Katy B and looking for analogies between Brandon Graham and Madlib. I am in this crossover demographic and I think I need help.

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