Folkwrongica

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I got absorbed enough in this Guardian piece to miss my tube stop:

http://music.guardian.co.uk/folk/story/0,,2071468,00.html

A lot of its anecdotal material is good and I can't much disagree with the central argument (tho as they admit Tosches summarises it more neatly) but I didn't like the conclusion - even as a staunch poptimist "the inherent democracy of pop junk" is a MASSIVE handwave.

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

notice of the "faking it" book, i mean, not this article -- i agree with FK's problem with it, which is that the generalised definition of "authenticity" just takes the discussion into mush

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It seems from this extract that it might be OK in uncovering specific flaws or dodginesses but whether it could build those into an argument I don't know.

Authenticity has swung well back into fashion as a marketing idea currently. I agree it is always horribly vague.

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

There's some serious smearing of the meaning of the word 'pop' which doesn't help either.