I'm not sure if I agree with you Harvey. If hype sells, then Gigli would have been the #1 box office draw of the summer. The media does not MAKE the big seller, they merely ride the wave.   The media jumps on the bandwagon and THEN hypes the hell out of it when they smell success. There were numerous articles about Eliza when she signed on with Warner and the record was pushed to the radio stations, but by and large the public did not really care. So why would the media keep hyping something that the majority doesn't care to see? There are many one hit wonders who are dropped when the public loses interest. Remember Hanson, the Backstreet Boys or The Spice Girls? Once the public starts to lose interest, the media forgets them. Commercial radio stations aren't going to play songs that people aren't going to listen to.

Please, don't think that I am knocking Eliza Carthy. Nothing would satisfy me more than to see her at next years MTV Video Music Awards, but realistically it won't happen and frankly it doesn't matter. Her music has followers and she is an enormous talent. However, by and large the public doesn't want to think about the music they listen to. Eminem is an exception, but I often wonder if people are really understanding what he is singing (or rapping) about.