2006-11-29 - 11:08 a.m. I just want to assure readers that you will never be carded at this IHoP. I have no major problem with rock critics per se, and I have no major problem with magazines that wield a lot of cultural power. But this insightful Slate article pinpoints my irritation with the much-despised/feared/loved Pitchfork: "...It's dense without being insightful, personal without being interesting..." Salmon's a-leaping! This kind of thing excites me. I like when fish do just about anything. Ancient computers! thoughts? (14 comments so far) previous - next blog archive contact