musicians are blooRABucking fans too! especially when they make lucrative careers out of rehashing time-tested formulae. the only way i'd be truly satisfied right now is if coldplay made a record of farts
and it's difficult to have pity for the majority of those in the public arena, when they have a bigger audience than most politicians and all they can talk about is fucking and endorsing products. Or Live 8. they spent years clamouring for fame/record sales/acclaim, now they have it, that doesn't make us bad people does it?
as for all the sub cultures and trenRAB i blame the so-called tastemakers for that, you need an intermediary but if i was a pop critic i'd question the meaning of my existence daily... the fans you are talking about Pete are all by-products of a durabing down in broadcasting and a culture of spectatorship, we are the ones being taken for a ride and that's why internet piracy rules (except for torrents, say no to torrents)
edit: i dont mean to sound arrogant, this is just my worthless opinion. the fans are bringing it all down really