I couldn't agree more with Nick Hornby yay, Greil Marcus boo. Hornby is sort of a breezier, less polymath (but who isn't) Clive James; Marcus is the sort of rock critic who makes me want to disagree even when he's (unusually) right.
I cut Jack Pendarvis a little slack; Roy Blount, Jr. is a tough act to follow. (Pendarvis replaced Blount as regular columnist in the Oxford American about a year ago.)
The publication date of the Oxford American's annual music issue should be a national holiday. Nine weeks to go!
I couldn't agree more with Nick Hornby yay, Greil Marcus boo. Hornby is sort of a breezier, less polymath (but who isn't) Clive James; Marcus is the sort of rock critic who makes me want to disagree even when he's (unusually) right.
HA HA.
The publication date of the Oxford American's annual music issue should be a national holiday. Nine weeks to go!