28 August 2003

Hurting for Cash

Here is a very good article on the fascinating phenomenon of Johnny Cash's revival among younger audiences. I know it may seem I'm making a bigger deal of this than I should, but it really is stunning that Cash has -- thanks in large part to the quality of the "Hurt" video-- been able to defy all the normal conventions of musical popularity and acceptance. It reinforces a tiny little speck of hope that remains in me that even the most normally oblivious can be touched by the sublime, if only they'll give it a chance-- and even reinforcing the littler speck of hope that they actually might give it a chance. Every now and then, there's diamond in the dross, and it reminds you why you sludge through the dross in the first place.

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