![Heartbreak No. 3: The Blogosphere As The New Status Quo [80 '08 (And Heartbreak)]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/1402336_lg.jpg)
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 [...]