tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post341597615350664102..comments2024-03-14T16:57:29.045-04:00Comments on Whisky Prajer: Indie Music, RIPdpreimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905531259256800022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-27234292139669235172010-04-03T18:27:29.446-04:002010-04-03T18:27:29.446-04:00Caught this while in the car a little while ago, a...Caught <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125473486" rel="nofollow">this</a> while in the car a little while ago, and recalled (vaguely) this post. <br /><br />(Never could get through that Paste article, by the way, though I went at it a few times. I've never been that audience, that culture, in spite of appeal for me of a lot of the music & its associations. Odd man out, here as much as anywhere.)paul bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17409615610994443652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-47375048931843238232010-02-08T18:23:36.768-05:002010-02-08T18:23:36.768-05:00Hm. "Indie breakthrough" works for me, a...Hm. "Indie breakthrough" works for me, although there are many listeners who would howl with protest. Maddux has a lot of fun anticipating howls of protest, actually. I went ahead and bought the magazine off the rack and have given her essay a slightly closer look. Worth the read, I think, even if it's a bit long for the subject matter.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329706.post-68608524881931618912010-02-08T16:41:14.161-05:002010-02-08T16:41:14.161-05:00Well, my definition of Indie music is an artist wh...Well, my definition of Indie music is an artist who truly breaks through on their own without the initial help of a label. So, by that definition British Pop Tart Lily Allen would be indie, because she broke herself through her facebook page. <br /><br />That said, I more or less agree with you, that the definition most think of as indie doesn't exist.yahmdallahnoreply@blogger.com