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Author: »Q«
Date: Apr 3, 2008 17:56

Now that R.E.M. is better, Bill Wyman (the critic, not the Rolling
Stone) goes through reviews from Rolling Stone (the magazine, not Bill
Wyman) searching for where it all went wrong in the first place.

<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-wyman/rock-criticism-101-if-you_b_94959.html>
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Re: my favorite blog about Accelerate so far         


Author: Eric H.
Date: Apr 4, 2008 15:40

In article <20080403195649.46a3d77c@bellgrove.remarqs.net>,
>>Q<< gmx.net> wrote:
> Now that R.E.M. is better, Bill Wyman (the critic, not the Rolling
> Stone) goes through reviews from Rolling Stone (the magazine, not Bill
> Wyman) searching for where it all went wrong in the first place.
>
> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-wyman/rock-criticism-101-if-you_b_94959.ht
>>

That was brilliant!

It'd be fun to do something similar with Richard Thompson reviews. Those
always include phrases like "criminally neglected" and references to how
only the reviewer and a few others understand his genius, along with how
this album is his best since whatever. And yes, the next review mentions
how the last was marred by poor production or whatnot. (And yes, with
Thompson there are whatnots!)

Eric
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