This might relate to something I said to Carl Wilson about "dismantling my contempt" being analogous to "dismantling my gun"; i.e., am I dismantling it to disarm myself, or am I just one of those people that likes to see how well they can dismantle and recombine their guns?
I think good rock criticism can do the latter -- I understand my contempt better, but hell if I'm going to STOP feeling contemptuous (see: mumblecore!!!).
So maybe one question here is: is there any way to use rock 'n' roll as a weapon in which contempt ISN'T at issue? How can I use rock 'n' roll as a weapon that doesn't hurt someone, or why would I even want to?
Re: But what about what *I* wrote
I think good rock criticism can do the latter -- I understand my contempt better, but hell if I'm going to STOP feeling contemptuous (see: mumblecore!!!).
So maybe one question here is: is there any way to use rock 'n' roll as a weapon in which contempt ISN'T at issue? How can I use rock 'n' roll as a weapon that doesn't hurt someone, or why would I even want to?