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Re: (TV) Meltzer, Tom, Costello, critics



mr. diamond david lee roth, of course...a testament to wild jews everywhere.

Maurice Rickard wrote:

> At 7:18 PM -0400 8/2/00, Casey, Leo J wrote:
> >I claim (half seriously) that a considerable part of Costello's
> >success was that many males in the late 70's  to early 80's who did
> >not possess the archetypical male looks/body that the media were
> >always selling, could better relate to someone who looked as nerdy
> >as they might have
>
> I'm going to show my age here, but in my own misspent youth, warped
> considerably by access to Creem Magazine, I encountered some rock
> star's comment on exactly this point.  ("The reason so many critics
> like Elvis Costello is because they all _look_ like Elvis Costello!")
> Anyone remember who said it?  (btw, I also have and enjoy the first
> four EC LPs.)
>
> And:
>
> At 10:30 PM -0400 8/2/00, Jeff Strell wrote:
> >And in fear of (again) sounding like an old fogey, why can't any of the modern
> >rock crits come even close to generating the exitement for their subject that
> >seemed to come so effortlessly to that first wave?
>
> Oh, but you haven't been looking hard enough.  I submit:
> http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/
> Particularly check out these reviews, which got me excited about
> record reviews again: (Get rid of any spaces in the URLs, or if
> there's a short line after it, stitch it together in your browser.
> I'm still having trouble sending long links in email.)
>
> Extra bonus mention of Verlaine:
> http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/phelps_joelrl/blackbird.shtml
>
> True music-fan enthusiasm that took me back:
> http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/billy_bonnieprince/i-see-a-darkness.shtml
>
> Nice short one:
> http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/b/bedhead/transaction-de-novo.shtml
>
> Classic, classic, classic put-down, an absolute must-read:
> http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/n/nine-inch-nails/fragile.shtml
>
> Lately they've been getting a bit full of themselves, but there are
> some damn good reviews here.
>
> Mark Donahue is a fine Weblogger with an addiction to writing
> reviews, which are here: http://www.westernhomes.org/critic.html
> Check out what one undergrad thinks of _Marquee Moon_!
>
> In print, the reviews in _Puncture_ are just as good as anything from
> the old school.
>
> And lastly, I'm not going to mention just yet why it might be worth
> reading some of the reviews on the All Music Guide, but the curious
> are welcome to contact me.
>
> --
> Maurice Rickard
> http://mauricerickard.com/
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