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Monday, March 07, 2005
ROCK 'N' ROLL BON MOTS #031

Pop, at its pinnacle, is so transparent and so unabashed in its artiface and constructedness and calculation--its inherent unrealness--that it allows these concerns to fall away; it builds them up to such a degree that they collapse under their own weight, and finally allow us a peek at the thing inside. No genre does this better than pop does.