http://cultureby.com/2009/03/blender-magazine-rip.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cultureby.com/2009/03/blender-magazine-rip.html/comment-page-1#comment-912 Scott Roberts Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:49:49 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=114#comment-912 Blender was pretty. I took it for a year and let it lapse. Reason? The music reviews were not critical, they all seemed like a sales pitch. I've noticed this has moved on to Entertainment Weekly and my beloved Rolling Stone where hardly anyone gets below a 3 stars anymore. Is all this music really that good (everything is above average!)? Or do the reviewers not know enough about "what the kids are listening to," or are they just unwilling to expose the emperor's nudity because they are corrupted by advertising and celebrity rub-ups? BTW, Grant, love the blogs, (best, Scott Roberts!) Blender was pretty. I took it for a year and let it lapse. Reason? The music reviews were not critical, they all seemed like a sales pitch. I’ve noticed this has moved on to Entertainment Weekly and my beloved Rolling Stone where hardly anyone gets below a 3 stars anymore. Is all this music really that good (everything is above average!)? Or do the reviewers not know enough about “what the kids are listening to,” or are they just unwilling to expose the emperor’s nudity because they are corrupted by advertising and celebrity rub-ups? BTW, Grant, love the blogs, (best, Scott Roberts!)

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