Pop music sampling (from the 1980s) have also been utilized as methods for the creation and elaboration of pop music. By the early 1980s, the promotion of pop music had been greatly affected by the rise of music television channels like MTV, which "favoured those artists such as Michael Jackson and Madonna who had a strong visual appeal". The latter half of the 20th-century included a large-scale trend in American culture in which the boundaries between art and pop music were increasingly blurred. Between 1950 and 1970, there was a debate of pop versus art. Since then, certain music publications have embraced
Maitland Madge labourer at Gore working in the Lime Quarry. By 1936, Maitland is in North Queensland and listed on the Ingham electoral roll working as a labourer at Halifax. When again war was declared in August 1939 Madge was working in Townsville as a security guard. In October 1939 Madge again volunteered to serve in the Australian Army. Madge joined up in Townsville to the 1st Garrison Battalion even though he was now over 45 years old. His father had died in 1931 his mobilisation papers list his next of kin as Miss Violet Madge of Townsville, his cousin. By August