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Change This Face: Towards Being A Better Fan | The Classical

2013-04-12 ~ Mark

Music writing, like sportswriting, is inherently ancillary, and people who only ever seem to want to talk about who gets it right, who gets it wrong, and who gets it stupid are not just drags but point-missing drags. They’re the Tom Townsends of the world, drowning in counterpunching Jeezy crit when they could be listening to The Recession.

Change This Face: Towards Being A Better Fan | The Classical

Eli Manning’s Burden | The Classical

2012-02-01 ~ Mark

He took the burden of history, carefully placed it in the garbage, and lit the garbage on fire.

I just thought that was a nice turn of phrase.

Eli Manning’s Burden | The Classical

You’re Not Me: Nyjah Huston and Inflationary Spectacle | The Classical

2011-12-08 ~ Mark

Pete Beatty (@nocoastoffense) sums it up: “In which @kylebeachy invents skateboard crit”.

You’re Not Me: Nyjah Huston and Inflationary Spectacle | The Classical

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