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Robert Christgau's Big-Hearted Theory of Pop
Book Reports features reviews of not only the pop-music
tomes you'd predict but also literary fiction, Marxist-adjacent
cultural commentary, feminist debates over pornography, and even books
about the past decade's financial crisis. It follows a collection that
Christgau published last year, Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years
of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017, which includes Christgau's takes on,
among many other things, classic rock, Kanye West, the music of Desert
Storm, Lollapalooza, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and so-called guilty
pleasures--a category that Christgau rejects, since, for rock critics,
as he puts it, "pleasure is where meaning begins." Together, these
collections make the sneaky case that Christgau is not just the Dean
of American Rock Critics, his self-awarded and perhaps slightly
off-putting nickname, but one of America's
sharper public intellectuals of the past half century, and certainly
one of its most influential--not to mention one of the better stylists
in that cohort. Fun is a big part of why.
--David Cantwell, The New Yorker
News
Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
Unhappy news, the one-man campaign to render "Mr. Lee" a recognized
classic, working with the State Department, McCartney (not Paulie),
genius and generations, whining from down under.
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-09-27] Hanging in There Till the Living End Robert Christgau published a piece,
Hanging in There Till the Living End --
Joy Harvey, 1943-2023
-- as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-09-20] Consumer Guide: September, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: September, 2023:
Lovequests, sobriety songs, combustible guitar effects, and the last
will and testament of 91-year-old believer, mother, artist, over,
sister, and grandmother.
Reviews of:
Atmosphere,
Rodney Crowell,
Dave and Central Cee,
Gloss Up,
Killer Mike,
Ashley McBryde,
Janelle Monae,
Thelonious Monk,
Bobbie Nelson and Amanda Shires,
Noname,
Olivia Rodrigo,
Speedy Ortiz,
Chris Stamey,
Morgan Wade.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-09-13] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section -- Episode 1 million of "Why Haven't You
Reviewed . . .," Prince x Dickens, the depressive A list, digging the
Band (or not), Sun Ra and a 1969 dispatch from Slug's, and music for
rethinking eternity.
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-08-23] Peter Stampfel's Latest Miracle Robert Christgau published a piece,
Peter Stampfel's Latest Miracle --
A story of a voice lost and found
-- as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-08-16] Consumer Guide: August, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: August, 2023:
Unabashed eroticism, commonplace maturity, baseballese guitar rock,
and three songs from four decades ago that will kick your ass.
Reviews of:
Dzambo Agusevi Orchestra,
Amaarae (2),
The Baseball Project,
Miles Davis,
Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward,
Fokn Bois,
Lori McKenna,
Nakhane,
Nastyfacts,
Nia Archives,
Palehound,
SZA,
Wreckless Eric.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-08-09] Auriculum (Ep. 7) Robert Christgau posted a podcast,
Auriculum (Ep. 7): RJ Smith on Chuck Berry,
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-08-01] Fixing a Hole (Or Wikipedia) Robert Christgau published a piece,
Fixing a Hole (Or Wikipedia) --
On the vagaries of the Wikipedia entry for "Cheetah" magazine, and
an excerpt of a piece from the February, 1968 issue.
-- as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-31] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-07-19] Consumer Guide: July, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: July, 2023:
Sweet melodies buoying up existential weight, trying Jesus when other
men let you down, sad and brilliant tales of failed relationships, and
jazz with a pop-friendly sense of identity and purpose.
Reviews of:
African Head Charge,
Buck 65,
Carook (2),
Elle King,
L'Orchestre National Mauritanien,
Allen Lowe,
Baaba Maal,
Parodner,
Bill Scorzari,
Straw Man Army,
Tinariwen,
Billy Woods,
Young Fathers.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-07-12] Three by Steve Anderson Robert Christgau published a piece,
Three by Steve Anderson --
From the "Village Voice" music section, reviews of Joan Jett, Slowdive,
and the Ramones
-- as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-31] Auriculum (Ep. 6) Robert Christgau posted a podcast,
Auriculum (Ep. 6): Rob Sheffield and the first Quarterly Pazz &
Jop Report,
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-06-29] Paging Steve Anderson Robert Christgau published a piece,
Paging Steve Anderson --
a review of his novel, As the Day May Determine (2021, 280 pp.) --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-06-28] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
Artistic vitality and momentousness considered, the blind pull,
metallic K.O. without arrogance, journalistic angels, and some
thoughts about the Beatles.
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-06-21] Consumer Guide: June, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: June, 2023:
Lovestruck avowals, stealth-ethical jokers, Black pop standards, and
lovers smart enough to understand how much worse it could be.
Reviews of:
África Negra,
Bar Italia,
Big Joanie,
Lewis Capaldi,
Brandy Clark,
Ernesto Djédjé,
The Ekphrastics,
Fokn Bois,
Larkin Poe,
Taj Mahal,
The Nude Party,
Water From Your Eyes,
Wednesday.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-06-14] The Big Lookback: David Johansen Robert Christgau published a piece,
The Big Lookback: David Johansen --
"Kid Patriarch Makes His Move," The Village Voice, June 12, 1978
--
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-31] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section --
The King of the Gentle Blues Singers, uncountable grooves and subgrooves,
brevity, a fun job (as jobs go), octogenarians who keep on truckin', and
Carola's favorite science-fiction novels
--
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-24] Blokeishly Extraordinary to a Hilarious Extent Robert Christgau published a piece,
Blokeishly Extraordinary to a Hilarious Extent --
Lewis Capaldi, Broken by Desire to Be Heavenly Sent (Capitol) --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-17] Consumer Guide: May, 2023 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: May, 2023:
Melodies that mitigate pain and navigate stumbling
relationships, a spiritual force on tour, 25 songs or rants about
(among other things) street life, racism, automobile fetishism, and
ice cream.
Reviews of:
Algiers (2),
Boygenius (2),
Fever Ray,
Holy Modal Rounders,
Ice Spice,
Jinx Lennon (2),
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens,
David Murray,
Peter Stampfel & Baby Gramps,
Withered Hand.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2023-05-10] Just Enough Before It's Too Late Robert Christgau published a piece,
Just Enough Before It's Too Late: David Johansen Meets Martin Scorsese --
Personality Crisis: One Night Only, directed by Martin Scorsese
and David Tedeschi --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
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