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Says the guy with the cultural criticism blog…

If this was just about whether this guy liked Sonic Youth or not, I guess there’d be nothing to argue about: there’s no accounting for (bad) taste. And, if this argument was purely over whether Sonic Youth were “avant-garde” or mainstream or not, maybe this guy would have a point. Although, that sort of argument is about as compelling a prospect as racing to jerk off onto a soda cracker the fastest so you don’t have to be the one to eat it afterwards.

Attempting to measure the worth of a rock band by their cultural stature or “artistic worth” (or lack there of), however, is the kind of thing that betrays the sort of visceral joy that makes music worth listening to in the first place (not that I’d expect anything less from a blogger that uses the term “rockist” with a straight face). These sort of things always seem to be written by the type of people who stand in the back of shows with their arms crossed, cradling a Stella (bottle, never draft beer!), while the rest of the room is crammed at the front, drunk and sweaty.

towerofsleep:

there is (no) compelling reason for them to exist - there is no more at stake here than just another cool leisure product with all the right credentials.