internet not good for music journalism

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2010/04/dont_believe_th.php#

one Christopher R. Weingarten does a mildly entertaining high energy rant against internet.

he sure delivers a few points…

…but isn't this whole pop music thing losing much of its teenage identity struggle relevance to video games and other futuristic things anyway?

fat bald man sweating

Wait I never really thought music journalism was ever that good.

Wait I never really thought music journalism was ever that good.

Rock Music journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.

i'm passionate about music journalism.

I can just imagine, somebody thinks they're better at listening music than everyone else.

I enjoyed the rant, because he IS spot on about the blog / internet music culture, but that doesn't mean I'd rather read Rolling Stone. Fuck that shit.

maybe we could remove the internet somehow?

who pays attention to music critics?

I don't think I've ever used a review (internet or print) to decide whether or not to buy an album.

well i used to. But that was back in 2002/2003 when i was looking mostly for obscure experimental bands which were unknown to anyone i had contact to at the time, and the internet was still largely a hostile alien landscape to me.

seemed like a good idea to read the digests of people in the know, and i've ordered some interesting CDs just based on a interesting review.

how things have changed…

but this guy here is going on about pop writing, which indeed seems like a dead thing just as pop itself innit, it simply doesn't matter anymore.

Media marginalization/hybridization and all...

he's annoying but does have a few good points

i think they should write less

the more they write, the more they move away from music

What is with the swearing? Instead of coming across as an intelligent individual with a valid point or two, he looks like a baby throwing a tantrum saying fuck this and fuck that. He shits on the literary competency of college students and proceeds to rant like a third grader.

Indie rock, lol. He's angry because someone would rather use a machine's recommendation than read his sage "indie" wisdom. Someone escort him back to his time machine and kindly ask him to go the hell back to 1994. Math rules all industry. Why? Cause money = math and cash is king, no?

he makes good points but he should realize it's all up to the consumers.

  On 5/5/2010 at 2:23 AM, Deepex said:

I enjoyed the rant, because he IS spot on about the blog / internet music culture, but that doesn't mean I'd rather read Rolling Stone. Fuck that shit.

Great content, horrible messenger.