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The Gold Standard

Gotta keep this short as I'm running around like a chicken sans head thanks to CMJ Marathon madness: The infamous slogan of Bill Clinton's successful 1992 presidential campaign was "It's the economy, stupid." Well, I'd like to amend that to "It's the exposure, stupid" to apply to CMJ week. Every year you hear one of these out-of-touch, elitist music critics bemoan the fact that a certain much-hyped band didn't get an expected post-CMJ record boost, and therefore, failed to capitalize on the festival. While this brand of hazy logic may have flown in the pre-Interet era, it's completely [...]
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