Tag: Nitsuh Abebe

• Punk Ethos & the Blog: An Interview with A D Jameson, pt. 1

  Read pt. 2 here. I first read A.D. Jameson’s criticism on litblogs like HTMLGiant and Big Other, where he wrote about the New Sincerity, Russian formalism, and cinema. I was interested back then in irony and sincerity, especially because I was in an environment where a lot of people I knew were doing molly on weekends, were…

  suspendedreason

  April 3, 2018

  Conversations

  A D Jameson, avant garde, Big Other, Chris Higgs, Craig Owens, David Lynch, HTMLGiant, Joshua Cohen, Michael Fried, New Sincerity, Nicolas Winding Refn, Nitsuh Abebe, Sianne Ngai, Tao Lin, twee

• Regarding Rockism, pt 1: Black Truths, Noble Savages

  I. Introduction Controversy over Lana Del Rey has centered around everything from her singing ability and views on feminism to her interview last year with the Guardian in which she opined on musicians who have died young. (“Glamorous?” she was asked. “Ummmm, yeah.”) But within music criticism circles, one of the primary topics of conversation has been…

  suspendedreason

  November 23, 2015

  Essays

  authenticity, blues, fetish, folk, Lana Del Rey, meta-criticism, music, music criticism, Nitsuh Abebe, nostalgia, Pitchfork, pop music, poptimism, rockism