These are mostly for my own reference (I may talk about them in more detail later), but you should have a read as well:
'The Pornography Of Pop' by Taylor Parkes. Otherwise known as the reason why Taylor Parkes doesn't write for Bang magazine anymore - see also, "why Bang magazine went from promising to utter shit in the space of about four issues". I don’t actually agree with the basic premise of this piece, and Parkes’ style is either a little more florid than I remember, or has degenerated… But I would still like to have seen it published.
'The Death Of Pop' by Freaky Trigger's Alex Thomson - this is actually part one of a larger work-in-progress entitled A USER'S GUIDE TO THE CULTURE INDUSTRY, and you can read the introduction here (it'll mean more to you if you've read Adorno, and I'm afraid I haven't).
Last but by no means least: Sasha Frere-Jones on Justin Timberlake, rock critics, and… oh, just read it. Seriously, this article is like a primer for some of my current obsessions involving music and ideology right now. My only complaint is that it could have been longer. I’ll probably end up starting a thread about this on Barbelith in the next few days, but I might decide that those Coil-loving suckers don’t deserve it, and just follow the I Love Music thread instead.
It feels like something’s heating up: can I leave with you?
'The Pornography Of Pop' by Taylor Parkes. Otherwise known as the reason why Taylor Parkes doesn't write for Bang magazine anymore - see also, "why Bang magazine went from promising to utter shit in the space of about four issues". I don’t actually agree with the basic premise of this piece, and Parkes’ style is either a little more florid than I remember, or has degenerated… But I would still like to have seen it published.
'The Death Of Pop' by Freaky Trigger's Alex Thomson - this is actually part one of a larger work-in-progress entitled A USER'S GUIDE TO THE CULTURE INDUSTRY, and you can read the introduction here (it'll mean more to you if you've read Adorno, and I'm afraid I haven't).
Last but by no means least: Sasha Frere-Jones on Justin Timberlake, rock critics, and… oh, just read it. Seriously, this article is like a primer for some of my current obsessions involving music and ideology right now. My only complaint is that it could have been longer. I’ll probably end up starting a thread about this on Barbelith in the next few days, but I might decide that those Coil-loving suckers don’t deserve it, and just follow the I Love Music thread instead.
It feels like something’s heating up: can I leave with you?
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