Controv!

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Here are some links that may entertain or aggravate ya!

(If you read my tumblr or Lex's LJ you'll have seen them)

What hath Popism wrought?: critics being nice to albums - WHEN WILL THE MADNESS STOP.

Right Music Wrongs: popism means that the righteous anger of the people against bad music must now be outsourced to corporations like Virgin Mobile Australia.

Simon Reynolds on 'wonky': a losing move in the game of genre jenga, sez Lex (and many others)

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

1) "Hitsville" piece - wasn't there an Idolator post dealing w/this very subject a while ago? I mean, it's mostly a structural thing - any given publication tends to have many music reviewers, all of whom will pitch to review stuff they like (and will mostly get to do it); but one film dude, only occasionally more, reviewing all of the week's releases.

2) link doesn't work?

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

It needs some ridiculously advanced iteration of Flash (so you can see the title spelled out in a lame spraycan graphic!) - not really worth installing it for this link!