Sometimes it's a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
So there's no guarantee if you like the music you will empathize with the culture and the people who made it. It doesn't necessarily happen. I think it can, but it doesn't necessarily happen. Which is...
Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.
Ninety percent of all music is always crap, and when too many people decide they're going to have guitar bands, then ninety percent of them are going to be crap. It's just a given law.
There's something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kin...