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I should have blogged this earlier, but tonight's Frontline looks hella rad. "The Way the Music Died" looks at the increasing difficulties of the corporate rock industry. With Tower closing down and the major labels feigning poverty, this seems like a relevant topic for fans and non-fans alike. But wouldn't the world be a better place if everybody listened to records from Dischord, Warp, or Drag City?

I'm sure your local PBS affiliate will replay the show sometimes this weekend - "Check your local listings" - and they post old shows here.

Update: Wow, a KCRW DJ on the show namechecked The Starlight Mints! Hooray for Normanites getting hyped on PBS!

Update 2: Okay, that show was not good. Granted, I probably know more about the media industries than the average joe, but the show repeated cliches I'd been hearing for over a decade without describing the structure of the music industry. The show trotted out dinosaurs like David Crosby who crowed that the hits-driven business crowds out creativity or MTV has privileged image over songcraft, rather than describe how record deals are structured or how distribution is critical for a record to find an audience.