“Only a critic that submits to fanboyism can match his readers’ earnestness, grasping the pinnacles and depths experienced by us, the fans ditching school to camp out for concert tickets, the people who listen to music for fun.”
—Making the Case for Music Fanboyism, Orr Shtuhl, The Morning News
Some quick, jumbled thoughts on this old [...]

What I’m reading: June 23:

The New Republic: Postcards from Nowhere
David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon University - Oddly sweet.
The Great Lil Wayne Debate: Is Tha Carter III A Classic? - I think this done, completed thing that has been released can be willed into classic-status, though the phenomenon itself has (largely) been [...]