Christgau, Chusid, or DeRogatis: Which critic is the most useless?

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they're not, really.

― gff, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

i would suggest you try working for a daily or weekly newspaper. you'll quickly change your opinions about critics being "revered."

― strongohulkington, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:40 (nineteen years ago)

by their colleagues much less the readership

― Matos W.K., Monday, 26 March 2007 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

Why does everyone hate Klosterman?

souldesqueeze on Monday, March 26, 2007 3:33 PM (2 minutes ago)

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― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:41 (nineteen years ago)

christgau is revered maybe by other writers and probably not very well known otherwise. chusid i am not familiar with. the only one who revers derogatis is (insert culinary proprieter)

― rps, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

I only say that because I've noticed a general deference to their points of view as being somehow more worthy of evaluation than others'. Same with somebody like Roger Ebert. At least Gene Siskel seemed to have a sense of humor about his line of work.

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

I don't understand why critics are so revered, basically.

saying that here is like walking into a gay bar and asking "why would anybody wanna kiss another guy?"

― m coleman, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

the idea that "everyone" on ILM "does" anything is mindbending

― Matos W.K., Monday, 26 March 2007 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

did wagemann get spellcheck?

― marmotwolof, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

Part of why you're getting a snarky response to this thread is that critics are really not revered, and in fact there are approximately 300,000 people on the internet going around starting "clever" and "provocative" threads about how they're SUCH transparent dickwads, to the point where those threads get more predictable and irritating than any dumb thing most any critic can come up with to prompt them.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:42 (nineteen years ago)

I will say that I admire the hell out of David Fricke.

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

ebert once wrote a garfield review from the pov of garfield

― rps, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:43 (nineteen years ago)

did wagemann get spellcheck?

oh snap!

― strongohulkington, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

I only say that because I've noticed a general deference to their points of view as being somehow more worthy of evaluation than others'.

You will also notice that George Bush's point of view is more often discussed and evaluated than that of my Aunt Nina. This is not necessarily because George Bush's point of view is deemed better.

― nabisco, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

Does this site feature a search function that isn't powered by Google?

souldesqueeze on Monday, 26 March 2007 20:34 (4 minutes ago)

"Direct ILX search" shows countless searches with "Christgau"

― curmudgeon, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

Just to go totally off-topic for a second, are you familiar with Garfield Without Dialogue?

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

http://bokertov.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/sharon_head_in_hands.jpg

― deej, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

Just to go totally off-topic for a second, are you familiar with Garfield Without Dialogue?

NO I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS BRAND NEW WHAT DO YOU CALL IT AGAIN "INTERNETS" OF WHICH YOU SPEAK PLEASE DO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT

― Matos W.K., Monday, 26 March 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.theonion.com/content/files/images/character2.article.jpg

― gff, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

HEY GUYS CHECK OUT THIS HILARIOUS ROBERT CHRISTGAU BOTTLE OPENER

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

colon p.

― souldesqueeze, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

omg

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:47 (nineteen years ago)

I will say that I admire the hell out of David Fricke.

souldesqueeze on Monday, 26 March 2007 20:43 (3 minutes ago)

I admire the hell out of his teeth.

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.lizardfire.com/graphics_genIllus/Ozymandias_450.jpg

― bernard snowy, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:48 (nineteen years ago)

JIM DEROGATIS VS NAS

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

CHUCK KLOSTERMAN HAS NEVER HAD SEX

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:49 (nineteen years ago)

CONTROVERSIAL CAT IS CONTROVERSIAL

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

^^his next title

― m coleman, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:50 (nineteen years ago)

oh many the lolz on this thread

― strongohulkington, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

I love the "punch me in the face right now" quality of the thread title / original post. It's like something I would write. Except I wouldn't.

― Pye Poudre, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:52 (nineteen years ago)

hey remember when david fricke had that whole rant about cellphones in the wilco movie? that shit was fuckin OTM. the dude really knows about life!

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:54 (nineteen years ago)

haha you watched a wilco movie

― strongohulkington, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:55 (nineteen years ago)

hahaha! you got me!

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

rohnaldino on tipping, more @ 11

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

souldesqueeze is just lucky louis jagger went off the net today

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 20:59 (nineteen years ago)

There is a direct ILX search, btw. You go to Search and then click on "Direct ILX Search." While I was there, I discovered 27 threads (besides this one) with "Christgau" or "Xgau" in the title, and 10 with "DeRogatis" in the title.

― jaymc, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

wagemann hasn't found google, yet, obviously.

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

louis jagger is gone off the net??

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:03 (nineteen years ago)

fraid so

― gff, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

http://ilx.wh3rd.net/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=56&threadid=1596#unread

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

BECAUSE OF YOU

― bernard snowy, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

you never him now, dog

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:06 (nineteen years ago)

calum got the sack?? didn't know that, rad

― gff, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

oh shit wrong thread. well maybe not

― gff, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:11 (nineteen years ago)

I like the random-talking-amongst-selves direction this thread is taking. Carry on.

― Matos W.K., Monday, 26 March 2007 21:12 (nineteen years ago)

did any of you guys hear that the village voice got bought???

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:13 (nineteen years ago)

BOUGHT BY YOUR MOM

― Mr. Que, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

Jesus. Poor Louis.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:16 (nineteen years ago)

i can't believe my mom fired xgau ;_;

― ghost rider, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

huh, didn't see that LJ thread until now. apparently his Cambridge education hasn't taught him enough about the classics, because this whole thing is on some greek tragedy shit.

― bernard snowy, Monday, 26 March 2007 21:24 (nineteen years ago)

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