<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137389585514815061.post6660358127845348954..comments</id><updated>2009-07-12T01:33:24.455-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Cupcake Brigade: Music Critics of the World, UNITE!</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.cupcakebrigade.com/feeds/6660358127845348954/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4137389585514815061/6660358127845348954/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.cupcakebrigade.com/2009/06/music-critics-of-world-unite.html'/><author><name>Anna</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16576201339765283688</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137389585514815061.post-3330633893184066335</id><published>2009-07-12T01:33:24.455-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T01:33:24.455-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have no idea how I even found this blog, but I'm...</title><content type='html'>I have no idea how I even found this blog, but I&amp;#39;m glad I found this post.  Thanks for putting it up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wish to God that music sites would actually get back to the &amp;quot;whys&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;hows&amp;quot; music writing, to wit:    What does this artist set out to do on this album?  How is this goal achieved, if at all?  Is the result relevant or important?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Instead, we get sites like Pitchfork which pile on useless imagery, make random connections between music and art (so as to make their &amp;quot;critics&amp;quot; appear insightful), and extrapolate from limited bases of knowledge.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4137389585514815061/6660358127845348954/comments/default/3330633893184066335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4137389585514815061/6660358127845348954/comments/default/3330633893184066335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.cupcakebrigade.com/2009/06/music-critics-of-world-unite.html?showComment=1247376804455#c3330633893184066335' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.cupcakebrigade.com/2009/06/music-critics-of-world-unite.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4137389585514815061.post-6660358127845348954' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4137389585514815061/posts/default/6660358127845348954' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>