Mark July 26 as the beginning of a revolution of sorts. First thing this morning, two sightings never before seen in the world of music blogs, the equivalent of people in metaphoric rubber boats oaring their way towards the cultural shoreline.
Uno. July 26.
Tres Producers dream of opening up the world of music journalism to those who publish blogs. Why ever would they want to do this? Go find out. (posted under "Free Music" and "More Free Music" if you want free music CD's to write about on your very own blog)
Dos.
freezing to death in the nuclear bunker creatively critiques and expands upon a review of the latest Sonic Youth outing, published online in
PopMatters
Disclaimer: Entirely unsynchronized events as far as I know, even though the above two writers occasionally contribute to PopMatters.
To read more good writing about music, stop in at these blogspots, too:
cheek (also check out his musings on folk art, 5-16 post on bill traylor)
and
transistornet (check out Sophie B. Hawkins)