# Why Haven't We Run Out of New Music?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-we-run-out-of-new-music/475521>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-we-run-out-of-new-music/475521 "2008-12-03T17:04:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-havent-we-run-out-of-new-music/475521/21 "2008-12-04T18:45:42Z")

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> [@Neidhart](#):
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> The Spider Robinson story [Melancholy Elephants](http://www.spiderrobinson.com/melancholyelephants.html) is about this very issue!

It’s really hard to come up with a new cute mouse these days.

Spider was right.

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