Music Criticism Degree: The Syllabus

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In response to the thread Northwestern University to accredit music critics I amused myself by suggesting a couple of modules/subjects/classes - Dismissive Miniature Singles Reviews and Sharing A Tour Bus With Nu-Metal Bands. What other modules should be taught?

Martin Skidmore, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Dismissive Miniature Singles Reviews Of Nu-Metal Bands.

(see: NME.com)

Mark, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Pretending To Know Anything About Hip Hop 101
Asking Emo Bands Their Opinions On The West Bank Crisis

Dom Passantino, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Handicapping Trends 101

Lee G, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Snowballin' the hype (see also pretending to know anything about hip- hop)

tyler, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Post-": The Most Important Prefix You'll Ever Learn

Nate Patrin, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A Beginners' Guide To Buggering Lester Bangs' Corpse

Dom Passantino, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sonic Constructions 101: Walls Of Sound (inc. Walls of Feedback)

Mr Swygart, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Romo: The Manufacturing of Scenes (or Because you didn't ask for it!)

Scott, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

brevity 102

mark s, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

DO YOU SEE!!?

mark s, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Post-": The Most Important Prefix You'll Ever Learn
And the avdvanced course is called " 'Proto-' is a Revisionists Best Friend."

Lord Custos III, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Miasmia - A Multipurpose Description for any Sound'

by Simon Reynolds

Michael Dieter, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Build 'Em Up, Knock 'Em Down Unit Two - Damning With Faint Praise.

Nick Southall, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

The Etymology Of 'Life-Affirming'.

DG, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Jesus Christ Where Have You Been? and other exclamations used to berate your audeience when jumping on a bandwagon that started rolling last year.

Queen G of the Take That You Fucks, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How to avoid saying whether you actually liked the song/band 101

jel --, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Review Not Using The Adjective (Professor Barthes)

nathalie, Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

'Angular' - Lost For Guitar-sound Words?

david h(owie), Saturday, 22 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Reviewing Albums in Their Relation To "Kid A" (see Q)

Colin Cooper, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Convolution (Not Depth) Is Your Friend.

david h(owie), Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

CD Econ 101: Stratigies for getting the most $$ for promotional Compact Discs.

brg30, Sunday, 23 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Boring The Reader.

Frank Kogan, Tuesday, 2 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Macho Flippancy: A bridging course for those entering directly from high school. Macho Flippancy 101: For those who already have some proficiency in one liners.

maryann, Wednesday, 3 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"yr kewl: a guide to indie-rock cred" (prof. Malmkmus)

Aaron G!, Saturday, 13 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

do you know what you look like?

dan, Saturday, 13 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Onomatopoeia and Noise: How to "Write" "Passionately" [taught by the late, great Don Martin]

M Matos, Saturday, 13 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, fuck, I'll say it then:

Now You Know What I Did Last Summer - Writing For Pitchfork 101

Mark, Sunday, 14 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)


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