I remember back a few years ago Johnny Cash took a full page ad out in the trades papers. The country music programmers were ignoring the great Unchained album at the time just as they had ignored the even greater American Recordings collection before it. The ad was just a picture of Johnny giving them the finger.
The sad truth is that we are better off artistically with good music sneaking in under the radar. The industry would undermind the quality with pretty faces and waterdown versions. Who really wants to hear the Backstreet Boys doing "ST James Infirmary" or Aerosmith doing "Muleskinner Blues"? It would happen if that is where the buck was.
Gotta go Al Gore is backing up my toilet.