Wow, this professor seems as mean as rock nyc is. In part of a rant on “n+1” Robert Nevin sent me, J.D. let the rock crits of the world take it up the ass:
“Many writers on rock, by now the boringest of all possible musics, attempt to enliven things with a bit of proctological egotism: that headfirst disappearance up the asshole of lyricism, that display of the self—if that’s your idea of a self—in excruciating prose poetry, or pose.”
Oh OK, but been there.
Better is JD’s take on John Lennon:
” Why has no one mentioned that John Lennon’s “I hope someday you’ll join us and the world will live as one” is a sentiment suitable for chanting at a Nuremberg rally.”
Hahahahaaa, funny stuff.
Here is the kink: