Jake has moved!Dec 20, 2023

I love Robert Christgau's two criteria for reviewing an album:

1) Do I want to play it again just to hear it? 2) Am I ever actively and consciously enjoying what I’m hearing on some purely aesthetic level?

https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-december-2023

#xgau #rockcrit #RobertChristgau

Robert Christgau's Xgau Sez: December, 2023

Robert Christgau answers readers questions on Taylor Swift, PJ Harvey, Rosalia, and a jazz starter kit for kids.

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Jake has moved!Jan 29, 2023

The dean, Robert Christgau, on the glory of "Marquee Moon," from "Going Into the City."

#xgau #RobertChristgau #TomVerlaine #television https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/the-big-lookback-tom-verlaine

The Big Lookback: Tom Verlaine

On the glory of "Marquee Moon," from "Going Into the City."

And It Don't Stop
Jake has moved!Nov 24, 2022
Robert Christgau on the new Chuck Berry biography and why it’s not getting the attention it apparently deserves. #chuckberry #robertchristgau #xgau #books https://open.substack.com/pub/robertchristgau/p/roll-over-joseph-pulitzer?r=mm4y&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
Roll Over Joseph Pulitzer

RJ Smith, "Chuck Berry: An American Life" (2022, 415 pp.)

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