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Originally Posted by davidbeinct
Christgau, like many rock critics, focuses far more on image than music. I don’t think it takes the benefit of hindsight to realize that a white rock critic calling a black performer an Uncle Tom is not a good place to be.
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Yup.
I wrote a variation on an old musician joke, you know the one: "How do you get a guitarist to turn down..."
How do you get a rock critic to shut up?
Give him an all-instrumental album.
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