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Is NPR Actually an Indie-Music Tastemaker?

Wham.

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I wrote this earlier today on Vulture in response to a lame Washington Post article that gave NPR way too much credit for being a tastemaker. I hope I don’t sound like too much of a dick about this, but it’s not exactly an unqualified opinion or uneducated perspective given that I’ve been in music blogging for a long time, write regularly for Pitchfork, and spent a fair amount of time as a music producer in public radio. I think what NPR has been doing is great, it’s just dishonest to act as though they aren’t chasing the interests of a particular demographic of music fan who finds their music online.

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    Hmmmmm… Isn’t saying NPR a little vague? Are we talking about NPR PROPER, or its affiliates like KCRW? Living in Los...
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    It is! My dad comes...heard of! He listens...this...
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    may not be on the bleeding edge, but during my brief time working at an indie label,
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    is/are chastetasters. Or tastechasers....can never keep those straight.
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    has great taste in music,
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