The strength of this forum (right now, in my head) is the relaxed, casual atmosphere - trying to present the ideas offered here in a more professional, rigid manner misses the point, I'm afraid. The in- jokes and silliness are just as important as the critical thinking and the philosophical banter.
― Daver, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
haha "joshing"
I like mark not-s's answer
― Josh, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― nathalie, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
As a corollary to the recent lament re: the ever-depressing lack of decent music mags, I wonder if there'd be a place for a publication whose stated mandate was to aim for the type of back and forths that have become so native to ILM. So, rather than, say, a straightforward Wilco piece (complete with the requisite fluffer PR bit about how they done stuck it to the man and YHF is a triumph and blah blah blah), you arrange for a simple back and forth between music critic #1 (wilco fan), music critic #2 (wilco skeptic - the recent village voice review comes to mind), perhaps a wholly disinterested but nonetheless insightful third party (mark s - you busy?) and, say, Jeff Tweedy.
Now, have a conversation. Level accusations. Discuss. Defend.
I don't know if it would work, but it certainly sounds like a more interesting read.
― Mark, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― dleone, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think artists would only be deterred if they sensed a continual ambush, which really needn't be the case. It doesn't even have to be an us vs. them thing, really.
In a very utilitarian sense, one of music media's abiding allures comes down to simple matters of access. Imagine what access could yield if used properly...
Also, don't Chicago-based crits Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot do a Siskel-and-Ebert-style rock-crit radio show? I read a transcript of one show once and it seemed like it'd be a bit of a jack-off party, but I've never heard it, so I really couldn't say.
― Lee G, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― adam, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
I think where ILM scores over this kind of thing, is in the sheer number of people available to comment. It isn't n reviewers forced to talk about whatever comes up. Here we have a pool of hundreds (maybe tens of thousands) each of whom pile-in and discuss *only* when they really care.
― phil, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― mark s, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/culture-editor-at-creative-loafing-atlanta/JobPosting?oid=7639873
Creative Loafing Atlanta, the 42-year-old award-winning alt-weekly that shares a home with OutKast and the world’s busiest airport, has an immediate opening for a Culture Editor.
Applicants must be accomplished writers/editors with at least three years of experience working in the journalism industry.
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
"world's busiest airport" is an oddly sad phrase
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:28 (ten years ago) link
How does this position compare with that of Dalkey Archive intern?
― Kilgore Haggard Replica (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 24 April 2014 01:31 (ten years ago) link
That ad specifically doesn't mention music as part of the job. CLATL has a separate position for music.
Or maybe I am missing the point here.
― alpine static, Thursday, 24 April 2014 07:37 (ten years ago) link
oh
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 24 April 2014 11:58 (ten years ago) link
A meditation on the present state of things, with a lot of familiar names quoted:
http://ajr.org/2014/11/13/music-critics-role-changing/
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 November 2014 14:59 (nine years ago) link
http://www.quotecollection.com/author-images/dame-edna-everage-2.jpgCling on!
― Junior Dadaismus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 November 2014 13:58 (nine years ago) link
Sorry
― Junior Dadaismus (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 15 November 2014 14:29 (nine years ago) link