A note to
Times awardsblogger David Carr, who decided to indulge his rockcrit side in today's
broadside against Juno haters as such: "But to suddenly kick something to the curb because it found an audience is the height of 'rockism,' a critical mindset that suggests if a lot of people like something, there must be something terribly wrong with it." Actually, no. (Please trust me on this.) Rockism is—c'mon,
say it with me,
everybody—"The theory that traditional rock music is a more authentic form of popular music than pop music." Or: a just as annoying, yet
totally different, sort of reactionary attitude exhibited by people who "know culture."
* Maybe next time you should check with
your colleagues before embarking on music-crit-related vocabulary lessons? Otherwise, love your work, that
No Country acronym contest was killer! [
The Carpetbagger]
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Idolator
Gentle readers, I am writing this from my couch, where I am as crouched in the fetal position as I can be (going all the way would, of course, render me completely unable to type). I am not operating at 100% right now, and what better way to exploit my lousy physical state for music-blogging gain than by writing a listicle (oh man, using that word just made me worse) about music one should listen to while under the weather? Specifically, when one is put under the weather by a foodstuff from one of New York City's finer dining establishments? (I swear, if the matzoh ball soup I had for lunch yesterday is the culprit, I am going to cry.) Five songs that are making me feel just a little bit better after the jump.
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