Comments on: Crisis in American newspaper arts coverage http://doublebassblog.org/2007/07/crisis-in-american-newspaper-arts-coverage.html double bass news, stories, downloads, podcasts, and more! Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:37:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Struts and Frets: Kris Joseph» Caveat embargo http://doublebassblog.org/2007/07/crisis-in-american-newspaper-arts-coverage.html/comment-page-1#comment-11174 Struts and Frets: Kris Joseph» Caveat embargo Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:33:02 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=1370#comment-11174 [...] watches the slow shriveling of our traditional media partners (local newscasts are being cut, newspaper coverage is waning, and on and on), we are all turning to more novel means of getting the word out.  We need to be a [...] [...] watches the slow shriveling of our traditional media partners (local newscasts are being cut, newspaper coverage is waning, and on and on), we are all turning to more novel means of getting the word out.  We need to be a [...]

]]> By: Joshua Nemith http://doublebassblog.org/2007/07/crisis-in-american-newspaper-arts-coverage.html/comment-page-1#comment-765 Joshua Nemith Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:58:00 +0000 http://doublebassblog.org/?p=1370#comment-765 What a pretentious and pompous attitude Schickel has! Credentials? Well, I guess those of us who actually <i>practice</i> our art form and then try to share informed opinions outside the usually limited paradigms of "established" criticism don't count in his book. I suspect the real reason for this is that the old-guard elitists are no longer steering the boat 24/7. People in Schickel's position are feeling threatened, and rightly so. But his overtly negative approach doesn't make sense to me. You can't punch a hole in a tsunami (which is what the arts blogosphere is becoming day after day). <br/><br/>Thanks for posting this Jason -- and I, for one, agree with Teachout's assertion that arts-related blog postings can be more energetic and meaningful than traditional media articles. Schickel should do some wider reading before he trods on his up-and-coming colleagues. They're nipping at his heels... What a pretentious and pompous attitude Schickel has! Credentials? Well, I guess those of us who actually practice our art form and then try to share informed opinions outside the usually limited paradigms of “established” criticism don’t count in his book. I suspect the real reason for this is that the old-guard elitists are no longer steering the boat 24/7. People in Schickel’s position are feeling threatened, and rightly so. But his overtly negative approach doesn’t make sense to me. You can’t punch a hole in a tsunami (which is what the arts blogosphere is becoming day after day).

Thanks for posting this Jason — and I, for one, agree with Teachout’s assertion that arts-related blog postings can be more energetic and meaningful than traditional media articles. Schickel should do some wider reading before he trods on his up-and-coming colleagues. They’re nipping at his heels…

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