A regular dispatch of essays, criticism, and (pop) cultural ephemera, compiled and mixed by Norman Brannon.

1.10.2012

“When I was a young piano student I got so caught up in the seriousness of sitting grade exams, I forgot what I was doing it for. On finishing ten years of learning, my piano teacher gave me a card, which read: “Good luck with everything and remember Eve, MUSIC IS FOR FUN.” So Rihanna’s voice has little depth, her music is a non-stop glucose shot to the brain. In your review you ask what the point of a record like this is. As a young writer eagerly awaiting its release, I’ll tell you; the point of a Rihanna record is to rave your face off to it.”

— Eve Barlow’s The Problem With Music Critics is the most salient piece of music writing that you missed in 2011.

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    Some parts of the OP were kind of like “…..okay”, but then there is the part above, and this one:
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