tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post3835490273273063767..comments2023-08-25T05:16:40.313-04:00Comments on Growing Old With Rock & Roll: The Sorry State of Rock & Roll Journalism, circa 2013Ricki C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04687745258304549097noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-59934959307757771142013-04-27T21:23:05.871-04:002013-04-27T21:23:05.871-04:00Hmmmm, Paste. A coupla years ago Paste named that...Hmmmm, Paste. A coupla years ago Paste named that band The National as its Band Of The Year, and since then I haven't been able to bring myself to pick up the magazine to look at it again. I hate to badmouth fellow Ohio boys, but I really can't abide The National. But Eric, thanks for the input. (Also Paste, back when I did read it showed absolutely ZERO sense of humor, something I find implicit in great rock & roll writing.) (i.e. Lester Bangs, Mark Shipper, Ken Barnes, Don Waller, R. Meltzer.) Ricki C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04687745258304549097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091714924588660529.post-19942598954307622942013-04-26T19:24:50.270-04:002013-04-26T19:24:50.270-04:00Paste isn't too bad, but they try to be too ac...Paste isn't too bad, but they try to be too across the boards and inclusive. That's what killed it for me ... pick a genre, cover it. You don't need be inclusive. Eric Brozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16372001452304566576noreply@blogger.com