A review of Richard Brookhiser's article "All Junk, All the Time" criticizing the boyband phenomenon.

Yates Phillips Writing 1320 Dr. Wu April 23, 2001 All Money, All the Time In Richard Brookhiser's article "All Junk, All the Time", Brookhiser explores elements of rock music which will never change because as he states "it is so easy to do well enough" (Brookhiser 607). He claims that popular culture rock music, or pop, is inferior to the musical stylings of classical, jazz, and show tunes. Contrary to these superior forms of music, rock music requires no …

…with inferior intellect, and above all it's easy money. Brookhiser says is best, "It's Bottom 40, all junk, all the time" (Brookhiser 609). Works Cited Canada's Internet Network. CANOE. 28 March, 2001 <http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsO/otown.html> Richard Brookhiser. "All Junk, All the Time." National Review (25 Nov. 1996): 73-74. Rpt. In Writing in the Disciplines: A Reader for Writers. Fourth Ed. Mary L. Kennedy, William J. Kennedy, Hadley M. Smith. New Jersey: Upper Saddle River, 2000. 606-609.