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| | Vox populi - Music - www.theage.com.au |
 | | Truth is, I haven't listened to Triple J regularly for many years - but their Hottest 100 is a cultural phenomenon, democratic touchstone and reliable indicator of what's what in music, more so than anything happening on any other radio station. |
 | | The thing with the Hottest 100, it could be argued, is that it is probably more truthful than the actual ARIA charts, which, like any "official" music chart, suffer from persistent accusations of unreliability. |
 | | Charts are basically a celebration of song - singles - and Triple J's Hottest 100 is all about individual songs, which are, and always were, the essence of pop, in which, according to critic Simon Frith, songs are written for public consumption, or public use, not for any deep form of self-expression or authenticity. |
| www.theage.com.au /news/Music/Vox-populi/2005/04/07/1112489575679.html?from=moreStories (861 words) |
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