http://www.supmag.com/2006/proton-proton-rules/ Based in London & New York City, we strive to bring you the best in new and classic music without that nasty hipster aftertaste. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:04:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.supmag.com/2006/proton-proton-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-20 heidi Fri, 10 Feb 2006 01:34:39 +0000 http://www.supmag.com/?p=257#comment-20 Here is a good interview: Q: What's the best thing about music journalism today and the worst thing? Ben: The best thing is what's always been true: music journalism is a flexible form and wide open. You're not expected to have been to journalism school, or have a music degree; you can use a discussion of a record or a concert as a jumping-off place for talking about society and history and geography. I can think of a few bad things. One is an alarming trend in arts journalism I've heard about, where newspaper critics are being asked to write about concerts as they happen, in a live feed to the paper's website. Another is unmerited confessional rock criticism: people are getting "new journalism" confused with perversely dull personal nosepicking. -- Ben Ratliff Here is a good interview:
Q: What’s the best thing about music journalism today and the worst thing?
Ben: The best thing is what’s always been true: music journalism is a flexible form and wide open. You’re not expected to have been to journalism school, or have a music degree; you can use a discussion of a record or a concert as a jumping-off place for talking about society and history and geography.
I can think of a few bad things. One is an alarming trend in arts journalism I’ve heard about, where newspaper critics are being asked to write about concerts as they happen, in a live feed to the paper’s website. Another is unmerited confessional rock criticism: people are getting “new journalism” confused with perversely dull personal nosepicking.
– Ben Ratliff

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