Blog: Idolator

One thing about being a blogger with a lot of music-related RSS feeds: You see the word "rock" used as a verb a lot . Why, right now the following headlines are popping up in Google Reader for me: "'The Hills' Girls Rock The Paley Center Red Carpet"; "John Varvatos and Island Records: Fashion that rocks?"; "Veteran act Dinosaur Jr. to rock Music Farm"; and "Video: Sesame Street Says 'Earth Rocks'!" I've actually thought about calling a wire-wide moratorium on using it in headlines-just for a day!-and Carrie Brownstein reminded me of this impending mini-crusade with an examination [...]