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Sent from Gmail Mobile On Tue, 22 Aug 2023 at 3:11 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > He suffered a skull fracture ten years ago, and said he writes songs to > help combat mental illness and depression: > > https://nypost.com/2023/08/22/who-is-oliver-anthony-unknown-musician-ranks-no-1-on-charts/ > (link) > B > > Mark Jeffries, August 22nd: > > Hitherto little-known country singer Oliver Anthony (not his real name) > has the number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 this week with "Rich Men > North of Richmond," a song that starts out as an attack on the rich but > turns into dog-whistling about "welfare queens" spending their food stamp > money on Little Debbie products--it owes its position to support from > rightwing podcasters and social media and by gaming the iTunes Store > downloads (still a major factor in the Hot 100, despite the fact that more > people are streaming now) to look like it's a big hit (Mediabase's radio > airplay chart shows neither Anthony or the equally-iTunes Store-game Jason > Aldean dog-whistler "Try That in a Small Town" in their top 30, which means > that unless either song is between 31 and 40, Seacrest's not playing them > on "AT40" this weekend): > > NY Times gift article > <https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/21/arts/music/rich-men-north-of-richmond-oliver-anthony.html?unlocked_article_code=tLLAm0vJb0-O6_Lab0tbIQcKtVLhAs7qBYy3NlGoF_b0ZGVIhfqeTt5JJZEx41njjL-Zb_ccs5TFBVGw4bIURhS9D5qhqn_cP9kULrclmGTn9-l-HJVbIVULyRcZq5vDHoAQvouITuhKaXCuNm5C6BxbKdrXK_hTyLc2B6eT7rVbYpiV5LOE1lhMTBSSAhP8qHFHGMx-9xkC_FMTaRG83knmxYmXNVi1gyTibJURaVmjBigKL7xahsWF5sO4hW1w3B_PolnTU-OeS_wHzRS96qx29JYRDh2wpWYxLStfJrIsD017EBQP3cdrlSH2xr_JKTXwWL60UUqY4H3yfT08InGdsSBXA0sPljttpI-nGj3qBOznLQA&smid=url-share> > > It should be pointed out that the iTunes Store gaming is not just > political--fans of KPOPers and Taylor Swift have done it to make their > favorites look bigger than they are (well, the former, maybe--it's not like > you don't hear TayTay on the radio everywhere). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/00df8355-7f5e-4d64-b21c-ce272cc3b0ddn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/00df8355-7f5e-4d64-b21c-ce272cc3b0ddn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJ1Bmeaa%2B48xu5VrdSZB_gaaE%2Bx4zknHpT0eEBuVU_cBg%40mail.gmail.com.
