"I've never heard of them"

Harry isn't impressed with the "off with their heads" comment at the end, but I found one paragraph of Apostate Windbag's post on Dinner parties worth quoting.

There is no point in discussing music with these people for the most part because they will, from their eleventh birthday to now, have only ever listened to or enjoyed music that they do not have to seek out in order to hear. I'll not say that they only listen to top-forty, because it's not as simple as that, and I'm no snob: there are top-forty hits I appreciate. But for me, music is something you work at, something you investigate and explore. And I feel the same way about film and literature and, well, just about everything in life. The division is not some Berlin Wall between popular art and independent art - because the Beatles and Shakespeare were popular as well as being 'good', and there's also a lot of indie music that remains indie for a very good reason. However, these Commerce grads are as identical in their musical/film/fashion/literature/art tastes as their personalities are identical. And, by and large, they know nothing of what exists beyond the corporate culture they are spoon-fed. So there is no point in talking about any of these topics with them, because they will always say: "Who? I've never heard of them."

That's the reaction I got from just about everyone I've spoken to about the amazing Mostly Autumn gig a couple of weeks ago. Just about the only person who seems to have heard of them is one member of the Demodellers mailing list.

One thing I have to disagree with Apostate Windbag, though. The best stuff may get ignored by the corporate media and the fashionable scribblers. But it spreads by word of mouth. And that means that you have to talk about them.