THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
“Asleep at the Wheel” (Epic). Reportedly, this band has stopped trying to straddle West Virginia (original home of the band and their variation on Western swing) and Berkeley (where each found fellowship). Now comes the straight country push.
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgou
Pushing ’75 and I keep hearing the same thing I was hearing in '70: Music, at least pop music, is boring. Ho hum. I'm bored with hearing that meaningless criticism; given the choice, I'd rather listen to my records. I know former rock fans, as all of us used to call ourselves, who now subsist on jazz or country or classical or even pre-’69 rock, but. for me the flow of nourishing pop seems to continue. Perhaps it’s only nourishing in bulk; since it’s my profession to be glutted I can’t prove the contrary. But / know that when / listen to records for pleasure, I tend to concentrate among those one year old or less. And I insist that there are records out there for those ears so inclined.