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what price dignity

Did Any Of Rock's Long-Standing Icons Not Make A Poor Aesthetic Choice During The '80s?

My post on James Brown's "Living In America" reminded me of a sorta-sketched-out theory I have about the evolution, and devolution, of recent years' musical landscape: There are few musical icons from the glory days of rock and pop who didn't make at least one indescribably awful career choice during the 1980s. (Some of the artists haven't even recovered yet.) Evidence for this theory after the jump, along with one striking exception who leads me to believe that the product of an idle mind forced to hear one too many Rod Stewart covers while waiting on line in Walgreens might actually be fact. More »

3:00 PM on Thu Aug 14 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by Chris N.: Gated reverb was awesome, it was the subsequent digital approximations of it that were so awful. more »

rock-critically correct

"Rolling Stone" Shines A Light On Its Inspiration

Once again, we present Rock-Critically Correct, a feature in which the most recent issues of Rolling Stone, Blender, Vibe, and Spin are given a once-over by an anonymous writer who's contributed to several of those titles—or maybe even all of them! After the click-through, a look at the new issue of Rolling Stone: More »

1:00 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Anono-Critic
1,596 views, 13 comments

"Mick Jagger's son, James, will be asked to play his father in a new film about the Rolling Stones, according to reports." In related news, Salacious Crumb, Jabba the Hutt's right-hand man, is in talks to play Keith Richards. [Gigwise]

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