although i don't share some of his enthusiasms (eg. hardcore) i actually don't mind simon reynolds' writing. i became a big fan when someone pointed me to his brit-pop rant (it reminded me of a few brit-pop fans i knew) and his best of worst of the year are usually fun to read - i think he (finally) discovered a jeff mills dj set in the last instalment :)
i like his argument about modern commercial rock music, writing and fandom being "ambient". as for mocking his subjects - giving them a stir - isn't that what being a writer and critic is partly about? sometimes the fires have to be stoked... chris > I guess our responses to it are subjective, too, but I still feel that it is > revisionistic in some ways - an international focus I can deal with, but it > is UK-centric. He centralises the UK and marginalises America and he > demonstrates a profound lack of empathy for his subjects, mocking them > rather > than trying to see things from their vantage point. I have major ideological > problems with his book on many levels but I think he is a fine writer and > there are parts of it I may agree with. Just my 2 cents. > >>I've read the Reynolds and to use the term Revisionism, i think, is a little >>strong. Perhaps the focus isn't on Detroit/Chicago exclusively but that >>doesn't make it a revisionist text just more of a UK bias. It is subjective >>journalism after all, which he makes clear. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
