I’m usually not prone to getting into discussions like this very often, but it does seem to me that, as regards music videos, art does appear to be losing the cultural tug of war with its old partner/ nemesis, commerce. I say this in particular this month because it’s late June as I’m writing, and the airwaves are being simply flooded at the moment with that most dreaded of all clip genres— namely, the “movie soundtrack video.” I honestly can’t think of a major motion picture being released right now that doesn’t have an accompanying video designed to try and coax you into plunking down five or six bucks for what may or may not be a complete waste of an hourand-a-half of your life, but hey, isn’t that theme song something! And even if the movie stinks, you can still buy the record!