Isn't it ironic?
| Publisher | Reason Foundation |
| Publication | Reason |
| Subject | Humanities |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0048-6906 |
| Issues per Year | 11 |
| Volume | v30 |
| Issue | n1 |
| Published | 1998-05-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Brian Doherty |
The tangled discourse of anti-market snobbery at Harper's
In September 1996 in Manhattan, I saw a rock band called Yum-Yum perform as part of the alternative rock industry's biggest showcase, the College Music Journal Convention. The band's label, an affiliate of Atlantic Records (part of Time Warner), had pulled out all the promotional stops. Label flacks inched their way around the crowded room, shoving Yum-Yum stickers and other paraphernalia into everyone's hands.
The band, which included a mini-string section, played a set of sad, pretty pop love songs. They...
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