With "artists", if you seek financial success, artistic talent is more or less useless. Just look at the Twilight author or any number of Idol-esque musicians. That's not to say that these people are idiots, on the contrary, they must possess fast knowledges about marketability and consumer...
Arcade Fire - My Body is a Cage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pyp34v6Lmcc
Was pretty late in discovering Arcade Fire, but I'm hooked atm. I think they have among the best lyrics for any band for the past 20 years. Their latest, The Suburbs, is my far the bast, but this track from Neon Bible...
Well, they feel they are being punished (through raised taxed, dismissals and lowered wages and pensions) for something they have no blame in. I don't think they really have a realistic alternative, most of them are just pissed of. I think most people are inclined to think that the dismantling...