“As non-music-critic venture capitalist Fred Wilson… wrote, ‘What would happen if the 1977 vintage Talking Heads covered Paul Simon’s ‘Graceland’? You’d get the sound of a new band called Vampire Weekend.'” Concise, reference points easily graspable by everyday folks, an inferred sense he understands the socio-economic context of his subject, and he doesn’t even overstep his bounds by wading into murky international waters: why we’re all eventually going to lose our jobs to guys who don’t need the money. [Advertising Age]
