This Week in the Mercury
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Video Dorky, Bearded Music Writer Tells Us How Obsolete We Are
Posted by Ezra Ace Caraeff on Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 2:16 PM
By the time you finish watching this video, music critics like myself will probably be out of a job. This entertaining clip of critic Christopher R. Weingarten gives a pretty accurate rundown—"crowdsourcing kills art"—of the (sad?) state of music journalism in the Twitter age.
If you need me, I'll be updating my resume and sobbing into my CD promo pile.
Friends of End Hits
- Our Dumb Twitter Feed!
- Bend Bulletin
- Blackout Bin
- Blogtown
- Chris Cantino
- Cowboyz 'n' Poodles
- Crappy Indie Music
- The Daily Swarm
- The Days Of Lore
- Daytrotter
- The Fader
- Fuck Bad Music
- Into the Woods
- KPSU
- Line Out
- Local Cut
- Manhero
- More Cowbelle
- Music Spectator
- My Favorite Album Art
- The Old Gold
- Oregonian Music
- Outsider Music
- Pandora
- PC-PDX
- PDX Pop Now!
- Portland Musicians Union
- Rock and Roll Camp for Girls
- Rubin Recommends
- Snacks and Shit
- Super Happy Wax Forum
- Three Imaginary Girls
Enemies of End Hits
RSSGoing to Seattle?
