Welcoming back the Dean

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Author Message   Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 1290 Registered: 03-2006 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 02:33 am:    Robert Christgau has resurfaced on MSN: http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide   Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 1038 Registered: 05-2005 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 03:13 am:    Thanks for the link LK.   Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 188 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 04:26 am:    Yeah, thanks, LK. I was wondering if the Consumer Guide would live again. I'm glad to see it.   Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 336 Registered: 01-2005 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 05:04 pm:    I wonder if he wil take the Pazz and Jop poll with him, or does The VV still own the rights to it?   Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 1050 Registered: 04-2005 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 06:45 pm:    Ol' Xgau must be happy to be back--he's doling out the A's left and right this time. Pazz and Jop seems meaningless without him, but I suspect the VV gets to keep it. But with or without him, it's a given Modern Times is going to win, right? After all, Kanye West didn't release an album this year, lucky for Uncle Bob.   Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 191 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 08:25 pm:    I think I read that VV DOES get to keep it. I'm actually surprised Xgau got to take the Consumer Guide moniker. I also read someone is starting up a competitor to the Pazz and Jop, partly as a protest against the VV firing Chrisgau and its consequent descent into critical meaninglessness. Can't remember the same, but I'm sure we'll here about it. They've got tons of critics lined up to participate.   Rob Brookman Member Username: Rob_b Post Number: 192 Registered: 08-2006 Posted on Monday, December 11, 2006 - 08:29 pm:    Oh, yeah, it was from an article in the New York Times. And I quote: This week Idolator, a newish music blog owned by Gawker Media, seized on the outrage and disappointment felt by critics around the country who saw Mr. Christgau -- and Chuck Eddy, the Voice music editor, who was dismissed in April -- as a force of credibility and journalistic continuity, by announcing its own poll, Jackin' Pop. ''For those who had long turned to The Voice to help guide them through the realm of pop, rock and hip-hop,'' the announcement read, ''the 51-year-old alt-weekly now had about as much musical credibility as, say, a three-month-old blog.'' Apparently, sayeth the Times, Chrisgau plans to particpate in both.   Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 117 Registered: 09-2006 Posted on Tuesday, December 12, 2006 - 04:45 am:    It had to happen...glad it didn't take long.