History is Bunk

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I have a new Pitchfork column up - if it seems like ages that's because it's been ages! (not their fault or mine - standard skip week plus festival reports pushing things back).

This one is about pop, history, and what a history of pop should or shouldn't include (hint: no actual music).

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/142636-column-poptimist-17

It was born out of listening a lot to the new Girl Talk album, though as is the way of these things Girl Talk then vanished from the piece completely while I was writing it.

Comments

[epicharmus.livejournal.com]

I'm interested in hearing more details as to how you got from Girl Talk to History: what did you hear in the new album that made you think about the subject? (I can sorta guess but can't be certain I'd be right.)

As for the album itself, it's a mystery to me: I can't point to a single thing it's doing wrong, I can't think of any obvious distinction between it and the last one, and yet I find it unfun where I thought the last one was a gas. I wonder if his shtick (or to put it less pejoratively, his concept) is something that can only effectively be put into practice once.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

This is quite possible since I haven't heard the last one!

Remind me to elaborate on the GT/history thing later!