Katy Perry, Lady GAGA? Shitty music...This is music...
I don't blame those 'artists' for this poverty, but rather the music industry. They decide what most of us hear/see on/in the mainstream media. These days, it's -nearly- impossible to start an independent radio or TV station without serving the music bizz; it's simply too expensive.
This being said, I would like to thank Tim Berners-Lee, Vint Cerf and other 'mad' scientists for inventing the Internet.