A.O. Scott, ftw! Seriously, not only should this essay but a “must read” for anyone who gives a f— about the state of arts criticism but I really hope it establishes a new baseline in the conversation from here on outwards. I think it’s right to mourn the contraction of print journalism as a medium, [...]
Posts from ‘March, 2010’
THE ASIAN PERSUASION
Apparently, Complex is hiring Asian American majors with a top line Netflix account since someone was able to turn out a mind-blowing 51 pop culture examples of Asian men with non-Asian women. I have a few small quibbles (too much Jackie Chan and Jet Li examples, not knowing that Chi Muoi Lo and Sanaa Lathan [...]
PODCAST #3.2 w/ guest ANN POWERS: THE STATE OF POP MUSIC
In our second podcast, we welcome guest Ann Powers, pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times. The three of us debated the present and future of the music industry, whether music downloading is bankrupting musicians, whether getting your songs onto a Twilight soundtrack is selling out, what American Idol mean for pop criticism and [...]
PODCAST #3.1: OBAMA YEAR 1 + AVATAR
JS and OW debate Year 1 of Obama and the Dems in control (and flailing!) plus the politics of Avatar. (In case you’re wondering, there is no Podcast #1.1 or 2.1, etc. #3.1 = first podcast of March. I guess technically, I should have done 3.1.10 but I’ll save that for 3.2.10).
WELCOME TO POPLICKS 2.0
Welcome to the revamped Poplicks.com. Blogger.com’s decision to stop supporting FTP-hosted blogs meant that we had to switch over to WordPress and we decided to use that as an excuse to revamp and relaunch Poplicks. As you’ve likely noticed…our posting has declined, severely, in the last year. The main culprits are 1) family life (since [...]
