December 2010
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sockswithsperrys asked: I've always had an interest in your reviews and was wondering what your favorite albums were in 2010?
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“‘The listener always completes an artist’s work,’ he writes....”
– Pitchfork: Resonant Frequency: Resonant Frequency #43
I quoted this bit from Langdon Winner’s Stranded piece on Captain Beefheart’s Trout Mask Replica in a Resonant Frequency I wrote four years ago about “difficult” records. I really liked the ideas in his piece, and...
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The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #6: Salem, "Trap Door" →
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Every word of this is hilarious and ruthlessly on-point. This is why I am proud to say that Christopher Weingarten is my friend, and why I am so glad that we’ve got someone this good out there on the front lines calling bullshit on this terrible music.
Lots of good points, and “Trapdoor” is terrible - as are the other ‘screwed’...
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“I’ve always thought there was no reason to respond to attacks, unless...”
– Online Exchange With Greil Marcus
I always think of this Greil Marcus quote when I see people going back and forth with others on a message board or Twitter, trying to defend something they wrote. It is always a bad idea IMO. If you are so worried about your work being attacked, make it...
“For me, this playing is like an ideal sentence, a sentence I have always wanted...”
– James Wood: Keith Moon, the Who, and playing drums : The New Yorker (via desnoise)
I really enjoyed this piece.