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From nowhere, dreary middle-aged men could atone for the profligacy with which they wasted their own youths by recording, mixing and distributing their ''own'' dreary pop songs to the studied indifference of every soul on this barren rock, including their own families, not that they’re bitter or anything,<ref>I refer to none other than [[Dangerboy]], of course.</ref> and have them at least ''sound like'' real pop music. No recording studio or record label required. | From nowhere, dreary middle-aged men could atone for the profligacy with which they wasted their own youths by recording, mixing and distributing their ''own'' dreary pop songs to the studied indifference of every soul on this barren rock, including their own families, not that they’re bitter or anything,<ref>I refer to none other than [[Dangerboy]], of course.</ref> and have them at least ''sound like'' real pop music. No recording studio or record label required. | ||
Unexpectedly, self-absorbed reality TV hosts could hot-wire their political aspirations into the nation’s deplorable consciousness, unfiltered by taste and undeterred by the cost of advertising or the mediated probity of party-political machinery. | |||
Suddenly, a wild-west of mediocrity. The world is knee deep in the stuff, yet — yet — amongst all those swine, the faint hope remains of a pearl or two, which keeps our hearts beating. | Suddenly, a wild-west of mediocrity. The world is knee deep in the stuff, yet — yet — amongst all those swine, the faint hope remains of a pearl or two, which keeps our hearts beating. | ||