2012-01-03
post/15261539064
quote 23:00:06
“ If Ellen Willis is concerned with pleasure, then Smith’s interest in music is motivated primarily by shame. ”
Rachel Maddox, comparing two female writers on music in a review of their work for Oxford American. I pulled this out because I think it’s fairly insightful in how modern music snobbery works, and because I’m re-evaluating my previous guilty feelings about liking somewhat unfashionable artists like the Pet Shop Boys.
The whole article is well worth a read, though.
