What I Owe To Paste Magazine
In the last couple of years I’ve become increasingly frustrated with mainstream music magazines, Paste included — not because they’ve changed, but because I’ve changed. Reviews of new albums look like mad libs with interchangeable clichés; feature articles aren’t much better, though they have more research in them.
Appetizers For Your Week
I guess by virtue of reading these words, you’ll know that this thing is in fact on. Hi. I’m Mel. My official introduction came to you last week, and I’m pretty thrilled to be here. Right now I’m hard at work on what I hope will be the writing sample that will get me in […]
Another Welcome to the Family
Yesterday, you were introduced to Mel, one of my fantastic new writers for the site. Today, say hello to Chantaal.
How’s My Living’s Newest Addition!
I’ve been at this blogging thing for a little over a year now, and recently, I started asking around for a little bit of help. I’m only one girl, after all, and I want to be able to provide more news, more opinions, more facts and reviews and general overall awesomeness.
How A Poem Became The Best Music Criticism I’ve Read In The Last Three Months
By Mel on January 6, 2011
The best piece of music criticism I’ve read in the last three months is a poem by a guy who builds cabinets in West Virginia. It is called “The Denunciation of Ricky Skaggs From On High,” it is by Steve Scafidi, and it lives on page 137 of the 2010 Oxford American music issue. The […]
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