Have I mentioned that I love National Public Radio? There are several reasons why I do. Regular readers will learn this so we won't get into that now. I developed a label specifically for NPR because I am predicting that I will blog about many things about or sourced from NPR.
What popped into my head today as I was listening to the Bryant Park Project ("BPP"), is: is there anyone that hates NPR? I mean, there has to be someone. So, using the miracle known as Google, I searched "who hates NPR?"
Strangely enough I found one blog with a entry entitled "Oh How I hate NPR" (read here). While I respectfully disagree with this poor chap, he makes some points that are pretty hilarious and that I can identify with, for example: "NPR is popular culture for people that are too good for popular culture."
Sorry to say, but this is right on the money for me. Being too good for popular culture has been a goal of mine for quite some time now. Does this mean that I am completely opposed to it? Of course not. I watch popular television shows, go to popular movies, listen to popular music, read popular magazines, visit popular websites. But I also enjoy independent films, independent music, websites and the like, as do many others.
Wait a tick... does everything on Earth fall into the "popular culture" bucket? You could easily make the argument. I mean every genre in every type of entertainment/art/activity has a following and there will always be dissenters in each group that say "they've/it's gone commercial". I think even homelessness has gone commercial. They are getting press everywhere and probably make more money peddling than the cops that have to wake them up in the park every night.
In short, it appears non-conformity is popular now. Probably more popular than it is to be popular. Drat! I guess I'll go back to being normal. Maybe that isn't popular any more...
PS - KSH, this is NPR: National Public Radio.
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