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		throwaway2037 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thoughts on thinking `> In the 90s you only had certain songs if you knew someone who had it on cassette and you borrowed it and put it on your mixtape.` I knew lots of people who recorded 120 Minutes on MTV and listened to college radio.

bonoboTP 9 months ago [–]

I meant the niche long tail stuff, since the commenter mentioned "tons of painters I would not have been otherwise". The equivalent in music would not be on MTV.

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