tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269306468607044272.post7541081469627543392..comments2023-09-08T23:03:38.173-07:00Comments on Speculative Nonfiction: The BNR Death Metal Tournament; Or, the Triumph of the ClassicsMichael Catonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017910055699348111noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269306468607044272.post-71863150625795332972011-09-19T15:48:35.822-07:002011-09-19T15:48:35.822-07:00The simpler (and more appealing) argument is that ...The simpler (and more appealing) argument is that the early stuff was better - but the definition of quality complicates things (if good=the first bands, then of course.) Your argument of peer-pressure "founder effect" is an interesting one too.Michael Catonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01017910055699348111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269306468607044272.post-67285348941062518342011-09-17T17:07:42.043-07:002011-09-17T17:07:42.043-07:00Very interesting. I think there's another fact...Very interesting. I think there's another factor, which is that many fans invest some time getting into a genre by looking into the roots a bit, which will follow cannon. Also, another way of expressing your quality argument is more directly in terms of survival of the fittest, which is that membership in cannon is related to continued appeal. Finally, people are influenced by what they have listened to in that search of cannon (what they are told to find appealing).Lee Lovejoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06742316863107754374noreply@blogger.com