Long interview up on Letter in the Ether:
https://greilmarcus.substack.com/p/the-whole-world-in-a-song
― clemenza, Thursday, 29 December 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
From his substack: Ask Greil
I wasn’t exactly sure in what way Swift’s Midnights was the musical equivalent of Dylan’s “autopen” scam. Could you please expand on that? —ANDREW MACDONALD
It sounds to me as if it were made by a machine, and I don’t mean Taylor Swift herself is a machine.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 16 January 2023 17:17 (one year ago) link
I think he meant the recent Billboard chart where Swift had the entire Top 10 on Billboard. Stuff like that always makes me wonder if it actually means anything.
― clemenza, Monday, 16 January 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
Hey, I said (in the Midnights thread): this kind of sounds like if you asked an AI to make a Taylor Swift pop album. Move over, Marcus!!
― Vexatious litigant (morrisp), Monday, 16 January 2023 17:24 (one year ago) link
Greil Marcus's daughter, Emily, passed away yesterday (1/31) more than two years after her diagnosis of appendiceal cancer. Per request, Greil has posted her obituary, and Robert Christgau posted a tribute to her. Her playlist for her funeral has also been posted.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 2 February 2023 06:20 (one year ago) link
If you want a free month of Marcus's Substack, let me know via ILX mail--I've got two to give away. It gives you access to a few things that are behind the paywall.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2023 16:55 (one year ago) link
Also, his Real Life column this month leads off with a 100% vintage-Marcus entry on Biden's SOTU. If you're a fan, you'll probably love it, if you're not, you'll almost definitely cringe.
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link
Oh boy.
https://greilmarcus.substack.com/p/ask-greil-may-10-2024
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2024 14:03 (two weeks ago) link
Yep, 2 things can both be bad but he won't recognize that.
― curmudgeon, Sunday, 12 May 2024 05:07 (two weeks ago) link
This article by Bret Stephens from's today's New Ytapped out here
― bae (sic), Sunday, 12 May 2024 05:33 (two weeks ago) link
When I saw the thread revived I knew exactly what it was going to be about.
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 12 May 2024 06:40 (two weeks ago) link