# ten bands better than teh filth to even ask this is often a step too far for other researchers yet it's a question worth asking since some bands are obviously more equal than others privilege steals and colonialises an unfair proportion of the spotlight and conversational oxygen such a predictable rise to flat bland fame and the musical middle has far less to do with 'innate talent' and significantly more to do with mzungu casually skipping through the global musical marketplace lazily cherrypicking styles for ir toothless little brand researcher henry swanson: while one enjoys such music one must also realise it's so nice and safe and says nothing - soulless korporate tuned aspartame // republic of bob