The Mercury Prize: Pulp Friction
Simon Frith, The Guardian, 13 September 1996
Tokenistic? Predictable? Ridiculous? Critics claim all three. Here, chairman of the judges Simon Frith defends the Mercury Music Prize.
Total word count of piece: 873
Simon Frith, The Guardian, 13 September 1996
Tokenistic? Predictable? Ridiculous? Critics claim all three. Here, chairman of the judges Simon Frith defends the Mercury Music Prize.
Total word count of piece: 873
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