i wish i knew the exact quote - but james blunt said something like 'to me it is stupid turning something artistic, such as music, into a competition, through things like charts, you dont make music to win a competetion'
some very fine artists mentioned. the fact that triple j plays something like 50% australian music... all other stations only play the compulsory 25%....
but i also want to say some of your are guilty of music wankery... people like what they like for whatever reason (you think less of some because they like popular music, they might think less of you because your always trying to find alternate bands - not that much of what you listed is that alternate)
you dont have to like what others like, and they dont have to like what you like it doesnt mean that people who listen to music you dont like have BAD taste in music... maybe they arent as interested in music as you (they like other things that you dont) and as such they have developed their own taste as much as you have.
i seriously like most music, examples - red hot chili peppers, hot lies, john butler, ben harper, ben lee, sum41, kelly clarkson, ac/dc, powderfinger, end of fashion, modest mouse, the ramones, the smiths, clare bowditch, ash grunwald, franz ferdinand, the grates, faker, the spazzies, blink182, nirvana, unwritten law, reel big fish, pepper, avril lavinge, iggy pop, U2, frenzal rhomb, taking back sunday...
doesnt mean anything except that i like alot of music...doesnt make me cooler then you...