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

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Forgot to hat tip chuckeddy's point in that old Idolator piece in (1), and uh I guess there were 4 points, though the final one is more of a bigger picture thing.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I see that I have now called down the Popist Comments Crew Massive on Hitsville's blog! Destroyer-in-paddling-pool scenario!

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Well, I still can't figure out if I'm more irritated or amused by the Virgin Mobile thing (and I refuse to re-type any of it from it's Flash format) and I'm not planning on reading the Reynolds piece. So Hitsville is the only fish in the barrel!