Re: (TV) 33 1/3 Review in Crawdaddy

[Rex Broome <rexbroome@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Jesse Hochstadt <jesseh58@yahoo.com> wrote:

> It may be a good review in the sense of a positive review, but there's some
> terrible writing and/or editing in there:
>
> "During a brief period of time, a little club on the Bowery spurned a sound
> and a look...." Really? I could have sworn they _supported_ that sound and
> look. The writer means "spawned." (And there was no single CBGBs sound or
> look.)
>
> "... who better than an academic to eschew legend in favor of fact, and
> write the book on the band and its seminal album? New York University
> professor and author Bryan Waterman takes this to task...." Or maybe he
> "takes on this task."
>
> "A hard feat by any means, as it seems that nostalgia and vintage
> storytelling are part and parcel with rock b nb  roll, ... an appendage
> holding the central artery of rock together." How does an appendage hold an
> artery together?
>
> "... an extensive true story that is still interesting, and
> echoes long down the volleys of rock history." Presumably "valleys" -
> although it's still not the most apt metaphor.
>

Wow, those are epic malaprops. It almost sounds like it was written as a
comedy sketch... somewhat Pythonesque, even.

Do arteries even really frequently fly apart?

-Rex
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