A good current article on the history and flourishing state of power pop music by Mike Baron is posted here and Powerpopaholic gets a brief mention (cool!). It’s my opinion that as more people “discover” power pop, you get a reaction like, “That’s pretty good. How come I’ve never heard of them before?” and a new convert is born. And as word of mouth spreads, bands that never got a second look during their commercial heyday will cultivate a growing fan base long after the band has dissolved. This is exactly what happened to Big Star — and it’s being repeated with several 90’s bands recently (i.e. Jellyfish, Posies). The “mainstream” music media has pretty much ignored this phenomena, and that’s what the blogosphere is all about. So continue to spread the good word and the good music.