Collapse Board Whatever happened to the music press?

Added on February 23, 2012 Everett True Drowned In Sound , Everett True , fanzines , Mekons , Melody Maker , Music criticism , NME , PhD research , Philadelphia Weekly , Poison Girls , Steven Wells , Susan Williams , Swells , The Redskins , The Three Johns , tribute

PhD research issue #3. You write to make an impact: A tribute to Steven Wells (re-post)

Engage, argue, inform, irritate … but above all entertain.

Added on June 6, 2011 Everett True Drowned In Sound , fanzines , Mekons , Melody Maker , Music criticism , NME , Philadelphia Weekly , Poison Girls , Steven Wells , Susan Williams , Swells , The Redskins , The Three Johns

You write to make an impact: A tribute to Steven Wells (re-post)

Engage, argue, inform, irritate … but above all entertain.

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Is there really such a thing as selling out?

It can feel like a betrayal, and the fan blames the band: they ‘sold out’, because they don’t belong to you exclusively any more.