Friday, May 28, 2004
Saturday Contemplation Hut is Now Open
"For some readers, website reviews by an amateur critic may be more in line with their tastes than that of a highbrow cinèaste in a broadsheet. Moreover, some online critics write in a 'webby style' that suits a generation accustomed to instant messaging and text messaging."
In light of the gathering of the tribes mentioned below, two articles leaped out today which describe some current trends in two areas of criticism. Two out of four ain't bad ... and some parallels can be inferred about the current trends in music criticism:
A look at literary criticism in The Slightest Sardine
Everyone's a critic, even online critics.
(via Arts & Letters Daily and Arts Journal Daily respectively).
And then there's Jane Dark's Sugar High!
The Song Remains Different (+ Ann Powers)
¶ 5/28/2004 08:14:00 AM
"For some readers, website reviews by an amateur critic may be more in line with their tastes than that of a highbrow cinèaste in a broadsheet. Moreover, some online critics write in a 'webby style' that suits a generation accustomed to instant messaging and text messaging."
In light of the gathering of the tribes mentioned below, two articles leaped out today which describe some current trends in two areas of criticism. Two out of four ain't bad ... and some parallels can be inferred about the current trends in music criticism:
A look at literary criticism in The Slightest Sardine
Everyone's a critic, even online critics.
(via Arts & Letters Daily and Arts Journal Daily respectively).
And then there's Jane Dark's Sugar High!
The Song Remains Different (+ Ann Powers)
¶ 5/28/2004 08:14:00 AM
