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And It Don't Stop on Substack Robert Christgau's newsletter And It Don't Stop appears three (or four) times a month on Substack. Subscribe here. 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 NewsExpert Witness: Three Cutting, Politically Minded Records
Expect a second batch of answers to Xgau Sez sometime Tuesday. It will be posted at the top of the usual page. [posted by Webmaster on 2018-08-03] Expert Witness: Elza Soares's Disruptive Brilliance
We've done a partial update of the website. This includes a page for Robert Christgau's new essay collection to be published October 26 by Duke University Press: Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism 1967-2017. The book contract requires that we embargo 70% of the book's content for three months before and two years after publication, so you will notice that a number of essays (59) will now link to the book page. These changes are happening at a time when lots of things on the website are in process of being revamped, so it's quite possible for a partial update to introduce new bugs. If you encounter any problems, please notify the webmaster. [posted by Webmaster on 2018-07-27] Xgau Sez The first batch of answers to Xgau Sez have been posted. Some style issues are still up in the air, but that link will always get you the latest answers. You can ask a question using this form. [posted by Webmaster on 2018-07-24] Expert Witness: SOPHIE's Sweet Clarity
We're setting up a new section where Robert Christgau will be answering questions from readers. To submit a question, use this form. Current plan is to post first set of Q&A on Tuesday, July 24. Christgau has a new book coming out in October from Duke University Press: Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism 1967-2017. You can order a copy at Indie Bound or your preferred book retailer. [posted by Webmaster on 2018-07-20] Expert Witness: G.O.O.D. Music's Good (and Less Good) Music)
We're setting up a new section where Robert Christgau will be answering questions from readers. To submit a question, use this form. [posted by Webmaster on 2018-07-13] Expert Witness: Merrill Garbus's Creative Compulsions
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