Comments on: Makin’ Jaw-Jaw With Nick Hornby http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2009/002384.php Carl Wilson on music, arts and culture Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:36:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Kevin Speicher http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2009/002384.php/comment-page-1#comment-5987 Kevin Speicher Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:47:31 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/?p=002384#comment-5987 You were charmingly nervous, Doyle and you were a good combination, and it went well. You were charmingly nervous, Doyle and you were a good combination, and it went well.

]]> By: Jody http://www.zoilus.com/documents/via-toronto/2009/002384.php/comment-page-1#comment-5984 Jody Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:20:30 +0000 http://www.zoilus.com/?p=002384#comment-5984 Carl, I'm sure Hornby's criticism isn't exactly the subject of this discussion -- and that you don't want anything too contentious. But I wonder if you might raise Hornby's infamous New Yorker piece "Pop Quiz," in which he listened to the Billboard Top 10 and concluded the barbarians had taken over. http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/08/20/010820crat_atlarge I'd be curious if he stands by that piece, has any awareness of/feelings about the rockist/poptimist discourse, etc. This seems like a natural topic, given the questions treated in your own book. Wish I could be there! Post a transcript or MP3 or something... Carl, I’m sure Hornby’s criticism isn’t exactly the subject of this discussion — and that you don’t want anything too contentious. But I wonder if you might raise Hornby’s infamous New Yorker piece “Pop Quiz,” in which he listened to the Billboard Top 10 and concluded the barbarians had taken over.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2001/08/20/010820crat_atlarge

I’d be curious if he stands by that piece, has any awareness of/feelings about the rockist/poptimist discourse, etc. This seems like a natural topic, given the questions treated in your own book.

Wish I could be there! Post a transcript or MP3 or something…

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