April 2010
“PM: It seems to me that when you do take that broader perspective in some of...”
– Greil Marcus in an interview with Popmatters today. This is why I’ve never been entirely comfortable with ratings-based criticism, as necessary a tool as it’s been in the Metacritic era. Often I’m less interested in value judgments than I am in trying to figure out how something works, where it fits...
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“Consider just a partial list: the death in police custody of Michael Stewart, a...”
– A November 25, 1988 New York Times editorial, referenced by Matthew Dessem in a piece on Do the Right Thing. Dessem’s Criterion blog is wonderful, but I never check it, so thanks to Matos for the reminder and link.
WatchTHE_REAL_SHAQ “Luka” (Suzanne Vega cover)
