Rockism

I forgot that part. But isn't it also a matter of preferring the song form over pieces of music structured in other ways? Or am I just wrong about that. I'm definitely not rockist in the sense of thinking that albums should be the unit of recorded music, rather than songs. Of course, for reasons of economics and for convenience (so I don't have to keep putting on new songs, or make my own mixes, etc.) I appreciate good albums.

commonswings, I'm sure you aren't alone in feeling this. Realistically, it would be difficult for old timers (and I'm not one, by the way) to stop and explain every inside joke, strange spelling, etc. An ILM FAQ is also an unrealistic thought, I guess. (The search engine is helpful. Are you aware of it? It's on the ILM top level under Searching ILM.) Another thing: there are groups of people who post here who know each other in real life, or who have at least met in person. (Again, I am not in that loop, and in some ways I prefer remaining anonymous.)

Does this term really date back to Paul Morley and Ian Oenman era of NME, as referenced by Marcus Grey in “The Last Gang in Town” (1995). He cites “rockist” as “ a common term of abuse” (p. 377)

Penman