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

Where are your titles?

[koganbot]

Tom, where did the titles to your pieces disappear to? There's no title to this piece other than "Column: Poptimist #17," and when I do searches for your old pieces (e.g., "Column: Poptimist #7"), they no longer have titles either. But, in fact, they once DID have titles. "Poptimist #7," for instance, was "Bury the Past, Empty the Shelf: How to Destroy Your Music Taste." So, where did the titles go?

Re: Where are your titles?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Wow! I thought that they'd just missed this one (which is "No Weak Men In The Books At Home") but no, they've all gone. I think I was unusual in having titles, I assume that it's a formatting thing with the column content template, since in between the last one and this one they've changed the back end round.