It's Wednesday night and it seems like a good time to point out a cranky old man argument that I don't agree with but that should create an amusing thread. In other words, kids these days record their music too damn loud!
now all you kids get off my lawn
Another day, another old professor at an elite institution bloviates about how professors just aren't like they used to be. He decides by talking to Todd Gitlin for some reason.
I think it's pretty well-known that nothing can turn a music critic's mind to mush faster than considering whether someone has "sold out," but David Hajdu's entry in the field.
Buzz Bissinger, handpuppet to Tony LaRussa, Super Genius (TM). See also....and also.