Happy holidays, y’all. In between the food, festivities and chaos, I’m holding myself to two weeks of long overdue writing – starting with this Houston Press post:
Sound Bite: Fans are critics
“When you sing off-key or devote yourself to inane subject matter, people who are paying attention to you (i.e. your fans) notice. Even if they immediately forgive you or have the tact to avoid mentioning it. Even if they decide that your particular faults are part of your unique charm. A critic simply notices and then says so.”
-Chris Wilcox on the value and role of the critic, a topic that’s surfaced again thanks to this Shania Twain quote:
“I think the only thing that makes me nervous is the critics. The fans are who I’m out there for. I’m there for them, and I feel it. They’re there for the same reason that I’m there. We love music, and we love the entertainment. So I feel like there’s a really positive exchange there. And critics just make me nervous. What can I say? That’s the nerve-wracking part of it.”
Glen Hansard, “High Hope”
You can watch the video — shot in Hansard’s hometown of Ballymun, Ireland – here.
