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Heartbreak No. 3: The Blogosphere As The New Status Quo [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)]

Dec 11, 2008, 4:00pm

Heartbreak No. 3: The Blogosphere As The New Status Quo [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)]

You know what I miss? "Blog rock." I know what you're thinking. I've been as bored as anybody by the blog-beloved blandishments of the Voxtrots and Bishop Allens of the world. However, there was a time when the blogs represented a via media between the print media and the online "magazines" like Pitchfork. Sure, they were prone to sycophancy, and knee-jerk "greatest band evah" reactions, but it was exciting to watch a new media movement blossom, one that was chaotic, democratic, and in direct opposition to the establishment. How quickly things [...]

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