This is a very quick note to let you know this newsletter thing hasn’t fallen totally off the rails. Travel/work/life obligations threw me off the schedule I established in March-April, but I’ll be back on it asap. Meanwhile some things to read or hear if you didn’t catch them in recent weeks:
As part of The Local’s “Art + Money” issue, I write about the history, present, and future (but mostly history) of mainstream arts criticism in the Toronto media. (I’ll share some outtakes from these interviews soon on Crritic!) With the goddamn amazing illustration above by Michael Deforge.
On the Slate Culture Gabfest, talking about the legacy of Steve Albini. (And in “Slate Plus,” about a couple of recent articles about taste in the digital age.)
The Atlantic puts Let’s Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste on its Summer Reading list as a “Cult Classic.”
On video: Interviewing Robert Dayton about his upcoming book Cold Glitter: The Untold Story of Canadian Glam in the Popular Music Books in Process series.
On the Slate Culture Gabfest, talking about Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets.
Enjoy any of those you missed, and I promise to be back within days. xo