Tag: The Daily Beast
'UPDATE: New York Mag's Pop Critic Jody Rosen Responds with Shelfie to Tongue-Tied Ted Gioa's Daily Beast Column
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'Music Criticism Is Tongue-Tied, Says Daily Beast's Ted Gioia
A very interesting piece comes to us from Ted Gioia at The Daily Beast about music criticism, or rather its death, or rather its inability or unwillingness to use technical language or display, you know, any kind of actual knowledge. It's especially interesting because it seems to take the viewpoint of mainstream, pop music criticism, referencing outlets like Billboard and even American Idol (I know, that last isn't exactly a bastion of intelligent criticism but apparently Harry Connick, Jr. was sniggered at for using the word "pentatonic"). Sigh. -
'FACT CHECK: Woody Allen's "Rape" Case Gets Murky as Mia Farrow and Dylan Malone Lay Questionable Claim
As we all know, the facts behind anything can be skewed to formulate an idea, or even hypothesized to the same effect. While everyone will engage in the former, Allen stays unethically mute, allowing the gaps in his silence to be filled with backlashing chatter.