Throwing shade: a Q&A with Kristin Hersh.(Interview)

Publication: Curve

Publication Date: 01-NOV-03

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Of all the injustices in the world, which have directly affected you or people in your life?

OK, I'll pick an injustice that's bugging me today: the fact that the music industry has prevented an entire generation of people from hearing their own music; i.e., the songs that were written for their time by their peers. The "business" has bought out radio, MTV and the music press and uses these outlets to sell fashion-sound to the lowest common denominator--in our case, preteens for whom they have very little respect. There, that felt good.

What do you consider tragic in today's world?

I don't want to get into the real tragedies on this planet. So, suffice it to say that I firmly believe that music can save the world and that the music business...

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