Posted
6:20 PM
by Gene
Once again BIGPRESS beats its head against a wall over the decline in the cri-TIC-al community, and the eleventh head-banging graf is this:But the future is still online, where a younger generation clusters around music blogs such as Stereogum and Brooklyn Vegan and discovers artists such as Colbie Caillat, Ingrid Michaelson, and Sara Bareilles through MySpace rather than radio or reviews.We have not heard of the sites and we definitely have not heard of these geniuses -- and we probably hardly ever will. We have heard of Pops, and Ol' Blue Eyes, and Elvis, and we say, we repeat it again and again, that the decline of the cri-TICS is only a symptom of a decline in the culture -- something, as with the decline of the outlets they type for, these withered snobs refuse to admit.
(Via the usual AHTSJournal)