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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 -- Spotify praxis, a stupid feud, the
greatness of the Funk Brothers, a sense of destiny that comes out
in the sound, pop queens filed under 'B,' and right-wingers lie
about everything (including punk) --
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-09-21] Consumer Guide: September, 2022 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: September, 2022:
Guitars for those who believe in hope and those that don't, the finest
album of one of hip-hop's most prolific careers, and rock-as-electrodance
about struggle not devoid of satisfaction.
Reviews of:
Etran de l'Aïr,
Fox Green,
Freedy Johnson,
Kabaka International Guitar Band,
Mach-Hommy,
Mista Savona Presents Havana Meets Kingston Part 2/Toma 2,
The Mountain Goats (2),
Petrol Girls,
Homeboy Sandman,
Santigold,
Dusty Springfield,
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers,
Kate Vargas.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-09-14] The Big Lookback: The Singles vs. Albums Debate Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
The Singles vs. Albums Debate -- Remarks from a 2013 New Music
Seminar panel --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-08-31] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section -- The greatest jazz composer as a player,
considering Zappa and 'Pet Sounds,' the internet's capacity for evil,
Christian nationalists' capacity for same, and thoughts not from the
killing floor --
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-08-24] Consumer Guide: August, 2022 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: August, 2022:
Women having fun (with and without Basquiat-buying power), the best-sounding
battle rap you're likely to hear this year, adulthood alt-rock narratives,
and pop-rock devoted to the arts.
Reviews of:
Beyoncé,
Dan Ex Machina,
Danger Mouse & Black Thought,
Kari Faux,
Folk and Great Tunes From Siberia and Far East,
Jinx Lennon,
Lizzo,
The Paranoid Style,
Phelimuncasi (2),
The Regrettes,
Derek Senn,
Viagra Boys,
Billy Woods.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-08-18] The Big Lookback: Bette Midler Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
Bette Midler -- From The Village Voice, September, 1993: Bette Midler Sings . . . Everything --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-08-03] Just Enough Monkey Business Robert Christgau published a piece,
Just Enough Monkey Business, about Our Great National Parks,
-- Sophie Todd (series producer), Barack Obama (executive producer, narrator) --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-07-27] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section -- Francophone bias, loving the '90s
without loving grunge, quoting a misogynist without endorsing a
misogynist, B sides, don't stop can't stop won't stop, and a few
words from the estimable C.D. --
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-07-20] Consumer Guide: July, 2022 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: July, 2022:
Songs from New York, Pretoria, Berlin, and São Paulo, as delivered by
performers ranging in age from 20 to 95. Plus: guitar rock from
Nashville and Cambridge, drones from North Jersey, and more.
Reviews of:
Arcade Fire,
Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga,
DakhaBrakha,
DJ Black Low,
Elucid,
Emperor X,
Craig Finn,
Gonora Sounds,
Mammoth Penguins,
Matt North,
Regina Spektor,
The Trypes,
Tommy Womack,
Tom Zé.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-07-13] The Big Lookback: Hillary Clinton Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
Hillary Clinton --
an Oct. 11, 2016 Village Voice piece, "Putting In Work for HRC" --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-06-29] They're Not Gonna Live Forever Robert Christgau published a piece,
They're Not Gonna Live Forever, about Selo i Ludy: Live and Unconquered,
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-06-23] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section -- Standing by some old judgments;
grade-grubbing Nas, Al Green, and A Tribe Called Quest; appreciating
Billy Joel's attention to prose; and an encomium to the estimable C.D. --
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-06-15] Consumer Guide: June, 2022 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: June, 2022:
Songlets from Africa, songs from Brooklyn, thoughts on fame and sudden
wealth from a Pulitzer winner, and unique music to match unique rhymes.
Reviews of:
Drive-By Truckers,
Mary Gauthier,
Hata Unacheza,
Kendrick Lamar,
Leikeli47,
My Idea,
Youssou N'Dour,
Bonnie Raitt,
Homeboy Sandman,
Vince Staples,
Pusha T.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-06-08] The Big Lookback: "Loving Women and Duran Duran" Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
"Loving Women and Duran Duran" --
a Sept. 20, 2010 review of Rob Sheffield's Talking to Girls About Duran Duran --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-06-01] After the Revolution Robert Christgau published a piece,
After the Revolution, a review of
C.A. Davids, How to Be a Revolutionary (2021, 296 pp.)
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-05-25] Xgau Sez Robert Christgau published his monthly
Xgau Sez q&a section -- Spreading out from NYC, Pulitzer to
pop: drop dead, reviews not on the road to ruin, impressed by David
Crosby (sorta), abundance and multiplicity vs. marginal differentiation,
and wedding playlists. --
in his Substack newsletter
And It Don't Stop. Like all of Xgau Sez, this is
archived here.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-05-18] Consumer Guide: May, 2022 Robert Christgau published his
Consumer Guide: May, 2022:
Sexual autonomy & mortality in a country style, almost abstract
polygrooves in a South African style, and indie-femme pop sopranos.
Plus: soul heroines, leftist shitfits, & more.
Reviews of:
Mary J. Blige,
Kady Diarra,
Bobby Digital vs. RZA,
DJ Maphorisa X Kabza de Small,
Miranda Lambert,
The Linda Lindas,
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder,
The Muslims,
Willie Nelson,
Dolly Parton,
Ann Peebles,
Oumou Sangaré,
Wet Leg.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-05-11] The Big Lookback: Rock 'N' Revolution Robert Christgau published a Big Lookback piece,
Rock 'N' Revolution -- Thoughts on John and Yoko, the MC5, People's
Park and the difference between changes in style and structure, from
The Village Voice, July 3, 1969 --
as part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-03-30] Guest Post: Greil Marcus Robert Christgau published a guest piece by
Greil Marcus: On music and politics, the musicality of writing, and
a Village Voice column from 1969.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop. The guest posts this month are in honor of
Christgau's 80th birthday.
[posted by Webmaster on 2022-04-27] Guest Post: Rob Sheffield Robert Christgau published a guest piece by
Rob Sheffield: A Consumer's Guide to the Consumer Guide.
This is part of his subscription newsletter,
And It Don't Stop. The guest posts this month are in honor of
Christgau's 80th birthday.
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