Usually, we use The Last Word to round up the all-important, all-summarizing last sentences of the biggest new-music reviews, but this week we'd like to focus attention on responses to Ann Powers' recent L.A. Times think piece on "poptimism," a.k.a. critics paying serious attention to mainstream pop music, a.k.a. critics doing (one of) their jobs. In particular, Powers' discussion of covering American Idol
as a music-news story has become something of a bloggers' chew toy. Below the jump, a bit from Powers' original piece and some choice blog responses.
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