The name of
PWEI was stolen from an article in the
NME written by
David Quantick about a band named
Jamie Wednesday. The phrase was used to discuss how
pop music utilizes only the most
successful (
selling)
music as its
foundations, so eventually pop music becomes built on no musical tradition more far-reaching than a
base of that pop music which preceeded it, of the
best-sellers of all time.
Often misinterpreted by smart young folk, however, to refer to sampling.