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Why Pitchfork Scares Adults

August 29, 2006 by Kassia Krozser

We talk a lot about the decline of reviewers at mainstream publications. We have a lot of thoughts on the matter. Luckily, we have lots of server space, thus room for one more.

What is truly missing in today’s review world is passion. Good, old-fashioned, “I loved this so much I had to tell you about it” passion. There is a whiff of the academic in the work of many reviewers. Great, if you’re trying to write your master’s thesis, not so great if you’re trying to inspire your readers.

Let us take this lead from the Los Angeles Times’ review of the final Sleater-Kinney show:

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Filed Under: Mediacratic, Music, Publishing, The Long Tail Tagged With: large-hearted-boy, los-angeles-times, Music, pitchfork, Reviews, sleater-kinney

It’s Hard Out There For A Critic

August 15, 2006 by Kassia Krozser

This summer, the major studios decided press screenings weren’t all that — they bypassed newspapers critics in favor of popular review: weekend box office numbers. The recent Los Angeles Times poll suggested that today’s kids prefer peer analysis to highly trained professional analysis. We’ve suggested that today’s critics are out-of-touch with the real world.

So what role should film (music, book, architecture, etc) critics play in the real world? In response to a question from colleague Patrick Goldstein, there is this:

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Filed Under: Mediacratic Tagged With: books, critics, kenneth-turan, los-angeles-times, Movies, Music, patrick-goldstein, Reviews

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